Loss of confidence in Great Britain was a contributory factor in the recent disturbances, the Royal Commission of Inquiry was told yesterday by Mayor Hussein Khalidi of Jerusalem.
The Arab mayor accused the administration of hampering development of Palestine, declaring it had burdened the budget with three languages, and restricted municipalities. He also complained that the Jews had been permitted to hold half of the Jerusalem council seats.
Reminded by Sir Horace Rumbold, a member of the commission, that the Jews constituted a majority in Jerusalem and thus were entitled to their number of council seats, Mayor Khalidi, admitting the fact, declared: ” From this, it may be imagined what will happen when there is a Jewish majority in Palestine.”
A. Mansur, mayor of a Jerusalem suburb, in his testimony held the Palestine Government responsible for the bad situation of Arab laborers, charging Jewish immigration was forcing Arab labor out.
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