Lord Henry Snell will raise the Palestine legislative council issue on the floor of the House of Lords on February 26, it was learned today. He will ask whether the Government has fully considered objections to the proposed council.
In addition, it was learned, Lord Snell will ask if it is not advisable to defer the establishment of the council until greater experience with local government is obtained in the Holy Land.
A general debate is expected to ensue.
Lord Snell, a member of the Shaw Commission which reported on the Palestine disturbances of 1929, filed reservations in which he laid a greater amount of blame on the Arab leaders and on the Government than was contained in the report.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Liberal Party leader, attacked the proposed council in a letter to The Times. He supported views previously voiced by Col. Josiah Wedgwood, laborite M.P. and L.C. Amery, former Colonial Secretary.
Sir Archibald denounced the granting of a controlling number of seats to the Arabs who, he stated, oppose the League mandate for Palestine. He added that without the cooperation of the Arabs and the Jews the legislative council experiment was bound to fail.
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