A report from a Palestinian correspondent to the “Mokattam” of Cairo, declares that the Colonial Office has definitely decided to establish a Legislative Council in Palestine consisting of 30 members, to be comprised of 16 Moslems, 8 Jews and 6 Christians. Another article in “Mokattam” begins by recounting the history of the Legislative Council project since 1922 and its steady boycotting and rejection by the Arab population since that date, and concludes that the project will now be received with favor.
There is a growing school of thought in Palestine which considers that the Arabs’ negative and non-cooperation policy has done them far more harm than good in the writer’s opinion. This school holds that the interests of the Arabs can be best served by participation in the administration and economics of the country. Despite the attitude of certain leaders, the writer thinks that the majority of the Arabs will not reject the scheme as they did ten years ago, and he advises them not to do so should the Colonial Office finally decide to put the project through.
Certain Arab parties, he states, have already begun to prepare for the Legislative Council elections, in addition to the elections to the Municipalities and to the Supreme Moslem Council falling during the current year.
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