EMIR SAUD, SON OF KING IBN SAUD OF SAUDI ARABIA, DECLARED TODAY AGAINST THE PARTITION OF PALESTINE AND SUGGESTED THE UNITED STATES OFFER THE JEWS TERRITORY FOR SETTLEMENT.
IN A STATEMENT TO THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY, THE ARABIAN PRINCE SAID: “THE ARAB WORLD WILL NEVER CONSENT TO PARTITION. PALESTINE IS ARABIAN AND MUST REMAIN SO. WE UNDERSTAND AND SYMPATHIZE WITH THE DIFFICULT POSITION OF THE JEWS IN MANY COUNTRIES WHERE THEY ARE PERSECUTED, AND THEY ALL HAVE THE SYMPATHY OF OUR PEOPLE IN THIS RESPECT.
“BUT WHY SHOULD THE ARABS PAY THE PRICE? WHY SHOULD NOT ENGLAND GIVE TO THE JEWS ANY TERRITORY OF HER OWN? WHY SHOULD NOT THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, BEING IN SYMPATHY WITH THE JEWS, OPEN WIDE THE GATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SETTLE IN SOME SECTION OF AMERICA?”
WHILE HIS FATHER IS WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS IN PALESTINE WITH GREAT INTEREST, THE EMIR SAID, THE SAUDI ARABIAN DELEGATION AT GENEVA WILL NOT TAKE PART IN THE DELIBERATIONS OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATES COMMISSION ON THE PALESTINE PROBLEM.
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