Pope Pius XII is expected shortly to present his views privately to the British Government on the Palestine question. While the Vatican hitherto would not comment on Britain’s new Palestine policy and the organ Osservatore Romano even restricted its routine reports on Palestine to a skeleton form, the Vatican organ now for the first time reviews the White Paper and expressed anxiety over the holy places, doubting that an Arab-Jewish government is possible since even Arab-Jewish co-existence has proved difficult.
The Vatican apparently prefers British control to independent statehood, and favors even more international control with the Vatican’s participation. It is understood from Vatican circles that the failure to comment hitherto resulted from orders from above to await ”factual consequences.” It is believed that the Vatican expects Britain to change its Palestine policy with the developing international situation.
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