In an editorial entitled “Arab Terrorism Answered,” the New York Times yesterday justified the mobilization of British troops for Palestine and impending declaration there of martial law.
“It is to be hoped,” says the editorial, “that the military power of new regime will be exercised with wisdom and restraint, and have the desired effect of quelling the disorders.
“For peace and cooperation between Jew and Arab in the common task of rebuilding Palestine depend chiefly on Britain’s showing unmistakably its determination to maintain its obligations under the Balfour Declaration.”
Reviewing the five months of disorders in the Holy Land, the Times declares:
“If conciliation short of surrender on the vital issue of immigration would have ended the present conflict in Palestine, peace would have been achieved under the liberal and just administration of the present High Commissioner.”
In discussing appointment of a Royal Commission of inquiry by the British Government, the Times points out that although Jews declared they would cooperate with that body, Arabs “insisted that not until the doors had been closed against Jewish immigrants would they discontinue their strike and agitation.”
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