Official circles here dismiss as speculation the rumors current in certain sections of the London press that Lord Passfield, Secretary of the Domions, is contemplating the setting up of a Parliamentary Commission to deal with the larger questions of policy in Palestine, such as the future method of applying the Palestine Mandate, declares the diplomatic correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
Official circles, the correspondent says, are not cognizant of any such Commission comig into being.
Competent quarters declare that they are unaware of any demand forwarded to the Colonial Office by the Palestine High Commissioner, setting forth the Arab desires to restrict Jewish immigration to the country. It is taken for granted that the Arabs desire restriction of Jewish immigration, but no official demand has as yet been transmitted.
A number of protests have been received here against the death sentences imposed on the three Arab murderers of the Jewish mechanic of Safed, Isaac Mamaan. They will not, however, make any difference to the carrying out of justice, it is stated. The government is determined to execute its responsibilities in the spirit of equity.
The fact that the new regulations at the Wailing Wall displease both the Jews and the Arabs is interpreted as proving the objectivity of the Government, the discontent of both disputants being inevitable.
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