For the dozenth time since the present Government took office, the rumour has been running that Lord Passfield is resigning the Colonial Secretaryship, the “Daily Herald”, the official organ of the British Labour Party, writes to-day.
There is, for the dozenth time, no truth in the rumour, the “Daily Herald” declares. Nor, it says, is there any truth in the rumour that a change of policy in Palestine is contemplated.
That part of the story, it says, is an unintelligent deduction from the fact that a Government Committee has been discussing with representatives of the Jewish Agency the famous White paper on Palestine. A supplementary statement which should clear away a lot of misunderstanding will be issued as the result of those talks, the “Herald” concludes. But there is no question of a change of policy.
The “Times” and other papers carry a Press Association statement to-day that no reversal of policy is involved, but that amicable discussions have made it possible for various disputed points to be settled. There is no foundation, it is added, for the statement that the administration of the Mandate for Palestine would shortly be transferred from the Colonial Office to the Foreign Office. There is also no truth in the report that the resignation of Lord Passfield is imminent.
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