Jewish Cause Will Triumph in Palestine, Lord Harlech Holds

The belief that the Jewish cause ultimately will triumph in Palestine was expressed today by former Colonial Secretary Lord Harlech (William G.A. Ormsby-Gore), arriving on the Queen Mary for a three-week visit to the United States in behalf of the National Museum of Wales. Lord Harlech voiced the hope that the Arabs would come to their senses “and live in peace and friendship with the Jews, who could do so much for them if it were not for the Arab politicians.”

Asked about his views on the Palestine conferences, Lord Harlech said: “There is just a chance that the conference will succeed. If the Palestine Arabs will listen to the leaders of the neighboring states, then they may come to terms….If the conference does not succeed, then the British Cabinet will have to consider the problem again,”

The former Colonial Secretary said that he still believed “there will be created a Jewish nation which will have a national life in Palestine, no matter under what form of government. The trouble just now,” he added, “is that Jewish nationalism has run up against another nationalism. Just as in Europe, racialism and nationalism are dominant in Asia — too much so for the good of humanity.”

Another passenger on the Queen Mary was Arieh el-Manani, chief architect of the World’s Fair Palestine Pavilion, who said the exhibits for the pavilion’s ten halls had been completed by artists and craftsmen in Palestine and were now en route to New York. Aaron Bin-Nun, a leader of the Poel-Hamizrachi (religious labor organization) in Palestine and head of the Poel-Hamizrachi credit bank in Tel Aviv, also arrived on the Queen Mary to spend a year in the United States aiding in developing the organization here.