Prime Minister J. Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain was the guest Sunday at tea of Felix M. Warburg, Chairman of the Administrative Committee of the Jewish Agency Council, at the latter’s country estate in White Plains. N. Y. Accompanied by his daughter, Ishbel, the Premier spent an hour with Mr. Warburg.
In response to an inquiry concerning the visit of the Premier, Mr. Warburg made the following statement: “It is a very beautiful compliment paid by the Prime Minister, which I had no reason to expect. The spirit of the visit and the conversation, so far as I am concerned, were a great joy and satisfaction and the Prime Minister’s attitude toward the many problems with which he has to deal, I consider exceptionally fine and the fairest I have ever seen.”
Ameen Rihani, author of “The Maker of Modern Arabia,” and principal delegate of Arabic societies in the United States, appeared before the Premier on Saturday to present the Arab side in the Palestine case. According to Rihani, he expressed the wish to Premier MacDonald that Palestine be included in a free, united Arab federation. He asked that Great Britain hold the Palestine Mandate “in trust” for the Arabs. The Arab delegate stated after the interview that the Premier had assured him he will permit no injustice to the Palestine Arab population and asked that the results of the Commission of Inquiry be awaited.
Before calling on Mr. Warburg on Sunday, the Premier and his daughter were the guests of Miss Lillian D. Wald, at Saugatuck, Conn., returning later Sunday to New York City, where the Premier was the guest of honor at a dinner in the Henry Street Settlement.
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