(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, who startled British and Zionist public opinion here with his unfavorable report on the prospects of the Jewish national home in Palestine, received an indirect reply last night from David Lloyd George, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, under whose leadership the Zionist policy incorporated in the Balfour Declaration was formulated.
Lloyd George, speaking at the dinner given by the Jewish Hospital Appeal in this city, paid a glowing tribute to Jewish cooperation with mankind at all times in recorded history. “The great work of the world has always been accomplished by small nations. The Jewish people have added the greatest glory to the nations,” Lloyd George declared in his address. “The Jews have survived many empires and will survive the British Empire. The Gates of Israel are wrought in iron. The Jews have nothing to fear except rust,” he declared.
Mr. Lloyd Georg also paid tribute to the Marquis of Reading, who also addressed the gathering, referring to him as “the greatest proconsul of our times” Lloyd George concluded his address with the Jewish idiomatic congratulation “Mazol Tov” to the Jewish race.
James de Rothschild was toastmaster at the dinner. Sir Berkeley Moynihan president of the Royal College of Surgeons, declared that medicine owe.
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