The Jewish population here today read with astonishment the announcement made last night in the Egyptian Senate that the Egyptian Government has taken upon itself to call a conference in Cairo of representatives of Arab countries for the purpose of discussing the question of the establishment of a Pan-Arab federation. It is obvious that Mustafa Nahas Pasha, the Egyptian Premier in whose name the announcement was made, is acting with the approval of the British authorities.
The announcement last night follows a recent informal conference at which the Egyptian Premier was host to Arab journalists from Palestine to whom he stated that the Egyptian Government “is as much interested in the Palestine question as in the Egyptian question.” He disclosed that the Egyptian Government, through its minister in Washington, had lodged an inquiry with the State Department regarding the nature of the pro-Zionist activities of the 68 members of the Senate and the 194 members of the House of Representatives who signed a statement declaring that the Balfour Declaration “was designed to open the gates of Palestine to homeless and harassed multitudes and to pave the way for the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth.”
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