The Palestine government is guilty of a grave injustice to the Jews, declared Barnett Janner in the House of Commons today, owing to its failure to complete the Jewish agricultural school for which funds were made available eight years ago in the will of the late Sir E. Kadoorie of Shanghai, while an Arab agricultural school was established some time ago under the terms of the same bequest.
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Minister of State for the Colonies, explained that the delay is due to the difficulties experienced in finding a suitable site for the school and an adequate water supply. The school is partially completed and will open in September of 1933, the Colonial Secretary stated.
Some controversy has existed around the Kadoorie bequest. The terms of the will, which entrusted to the Palestine government a sum for the establishing of an agricultural training school, did not make it clear whether there were to be one or two such schools. The government therefore decided to establish two schools, one for Arabs and one for Jews.
The Arab Agricultural School has been functioning since January of 1931. It is maintained by the funds of the Kadoorie bequest and is under the supervision of the Palestine government. Forty students are enrolled.
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