“I hope that my term of office will witness the moral and material prosperity of all Palestine citizens, and it is my fondest hope that I may do something towards this,” the new Palestine High Commissioner, General Wauchope, writes in a letter received here by the Ashkenazic Vaad Hair of Jerusalem, in reply to the message of congratulation which it sent him on his appointment. The Vaad Hair represents the Agudist Community, which stands outside the organised Kenesseth Israel.
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