The Palestine question is so tangled a controversy that it should be investigated by an impartial tribunal, declares the “Manchester Guardian,” discussing editorially the forthcoming session of the League of Nations. Pointing out that an inquiry by the League would be as nearly impartial as such a body could be, the “Guardian” says, “it is fairly clear that neither the Jews nor the Arabs would consider any purely English body to be so” and that it “seems an excellent opportunity for the League to undertake a specific peace work for which it is specially suited.”
The “Guardian” goes on to say that the present session of the League’s Council will have to make a decision of considerable importance for Great Britain in the light of the report of the Mandates Commission dealing with the different aspects of the protective work of the League. Following up its argument for a League-sponsored inquiry in Palestine, the “Guardian” declares that the British task in Palestine, already of more than usual difficulty, is made more so because of the international aspect of the Jewish National Home.
Since the League is here more directly concerned than is usually the case, says the “Guardian,” with Mandates, and while the proposal of the Mandates Commission to hold a special session to consider the report of the Inquiry Commission is welcomed by Great Britain, it would be a misfortune if the British request for an international inquiry into the Wailing Wall question be referred to that session because the Mandates Commission has already once decided against the British proposal.
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