The entire London press today and yesterday forecast that today’s parliamentary debate on Palestine will result in a climbdown by the government on its Palestine policy as announced in the much-attacked White Paper. Prophecies as to the degree of the government’s backing down vary with the particular policy of the individual paper.
The Daily Herald, the government organ, says that after all the noise of the last fortnight the Palestine debate will be an anti-climax. Premier MacDonald’s statement is expected to reassure those most concerned, the Herald says. The Times declares that all three parties recognize that the government’s attitude toward the Mandate needs to be made much clearer, “the ministers themselves arguing that the position of the government has been misin#####rpreted and misunderstood.” The Times points out that the Labor party stands to lose a seat in White-cha### unless immediate steps are taken to ca#se Jewish anxieties and “it is as-su### that some modification of the White Paper will be announced by the Pr### Minister.”
The anti-Zionist Daily Mail notes ### there will be a combined attack by the opposition on the government’s Palestine policy. The paper says that #”once again the government will wrig-###le out of an embarrassing situation in ###der to appease the opposition and ###ninimize the effect of the White Paper among the Zionists. The plea will be that the government’s declaration of policy has been misunderstood. The opposition, however, will not be satisfied unless the government promises a #modification of the policy and a fulfillment of British commitments.”
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