World Jewry, through the medium of the press and representative organizations, today voiced vigorous protest against the action of the Palestine Government in proclaiming a legislative council for Palestine.
An emergency meeting of the political committee of the Zionist Federation of England adopted a resolution unanimously supporting the stand of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the World Zionist Organization, and other Jewish leaders who in Jerusalem yesterday flatly rejected the council proposal made by High Commissioner Wauchope.
The meeting reaffirmed the resolution adopted last September by the World Zionist Congress at Lucerne, which voiced opposition to the council on the grounds that it would crystallize the minority status of the Jews in Palestine and that it would be contradictory to the spirit of the Palestine Mandate.
Meanwhile speculation was widespread as to the identity of the president of the Palestine council. According to Reuters, British news agency, the president will likely be a former Colonial Chief Justice.
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