The Arab Higher Committee which was formed here on Tuesday has voted to reserve the presidency of the committee for the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, who is a “prisoner of war” in a luxurious Paris villa. Musa el Alami, who represents the Palestine Arabs in the Arab League, was named general secretary, in charge of the committee’s activities. The group consists of thirteen members, five of whom are members of the Husseinites, the party of the ex-Mufti.
The Arab League has decided to ask Britain to allow the Mufti to return to Palestine, it was reported here today. The Palestine issue is the main item on the agenda of the council of the League, which is meeting here Saturday. According to an announcement, the League will study ways and means of “giving as total, efficient backing to the Palestine Arabs as the Jews give the Zionists.”
It is understood that as a result of the agreement to reconstitute the Arab Hunher Committee, the League will incorporate a section of the Higher Committee in its publicity sub-committee, and another section into its Palestine land-saving scheme, for which the League has decided to contribute $6,000,000. The League will also appropriate $300,000 for Arab propaganda on the Palestine question.
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