I believe that Palestine will become the trading centre of the whole of Asia, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the father” of Palestine colonization and the Honorary President of the Jewish Agency, said to-day in an interview here with ex-Deputy Farbstein, one of the leaders of the Mizrachi, and a member of the Zionist World Executive.
Commerce and industry are as important in Palestine as agriculture, the Baron said in the course of the interview, which lasted about an hour, but first, he added, we must produce enough for local consumption.
I am glad, the Baron said, that middle-class immigration to Palestine is being furthered by the Mizrachi.
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