Criticism of the proposed Royal Commission to inquire into the Palestine disorders as a surrender to violence by the Colonial Office and the Palestine administration is voiced today in a statement by the New Zionist Organization.
The Times correspondent in Jerusalem, asserting that unless a truce is reached martial law will become necessary to restore order, says that the suggestion for a Royal Commission has come too late to do any good.
Stating that incidents in Palestine are too numerous to record. The Times despatch declares that emergency regulations are becoming more stringent and the situation is steadily growing worse. It compares the situation to the Irish struggle.
The News-Chronicle says today in an editorial that the Government could not stop Jewish immigration into Palestine without breaking its pledge to the Jews.
The New Zionist Organization statement says the commission of inquiry may not materialize, but that if it does it would be natural to expect that discussions about the proposed legislative council for Palestine be dropped. It insists that London, not Palestine, should be the seat of the commission although a long visit to Palestine would be necessary.
The investigations must concentrate on the worldwide Jewish problem and the worldwide aspects of British imperial policy, not only on local Palestine issues, says the statement, otherwise the commission will be a danger to Zionism. The statement holds the commission proposal a defeat for the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
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