Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, High Commissioner for Palestine, has decided to go to Geneva for the forthcoming session of the Mandates Commission of the League of Nations, the press reports today.
High Commissioner Wauchope will stay in London during June, when Emir Abdullah of Transjordania will be here. The Emir’s visit has been reported in the Palestine press to be for the purpose of being crowned king of Palestine following his recognition of the Balfour declaration. The Colonial Office informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the Emir’s call “is purely one of courtesy.”
Jerusalem’s Arab newspapers have been reporting that High Commissioner Wauchope’s purpose in going to London is to prepare for the reception of Emir Abdullah.
Still other rumors are to the effect that the Emir will sign a treaty with the British that would unite Palestine and Transjordania into one kingdom under his rule.
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