Deprecating the haste of Aljamea Al Arabia, the Grand Mufti’s organ, in rejecting the offer of a legislative assembly, another Arab paper, Al Carmel, today lays down the conditions under which it feels the Arabs should participate.
They are that the legislature should be empowered to carry out all the obligations contained in the White Paper in which modification would not be permitted, that the legislators should not be obliged to recognize the Balfour Declaration or any other policy inconsistent with Arab national aspirations, and that the High Commissioner must consult the municipalities and Arab notables regarding the candidates he intends to nominate.
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