A ten-year plan for colonial development in which Palestine and other mandated territories will share and derive full benefits has been announced here in a White Paper.
The paper discloses that a scheme will be submitted to Parliament soon to increase the colonial development fund from £1,000,000 to £5,000,000 annually plus £500,000 annually for colonial scientific research. According to the paper, the funds will be used not only for capital development as previously, but also for maintenance of social services.
A clause in the paper states specifically that all territories of Great Britain under the mandatory system will be included in the plan. It was authoritatively stated that “Palestine will be able to share fully in the benefits of this policy.” In official quarters, queries whether imperial preference in the United Kingdom markets would be granted Palestine in accordance with the scheme for development of the colonies’ welfare received the reply that it had been ruled that Palestine, as a mandated territory, could not be included in the imperial preference system.
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