The Arab paper “Jamal Al Arabia,” organ of the Moslem Supreme Council of which the Grand Mufti is president, is pleased with the appointment of Sir John Simpson to investigate land settlement and immigration in Palestine. The paper considers his appointment as the carrying out of the recommendations of the Inquiry Commission and a consequence of the negotiations of the Arab delegation in London.
May 16 will be proclaimed as a holiday in Palestine by the Arab executive in conformity with the proposals of the All-Indian Moslem conference on Palestine. What form the holiday will take has not yet been decided.
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