British M. P.’s, at Two Meetings, Hear Pros and Cons of Palestine Question

Sixty members of the House of Commons met tonight in a meeting arranged by the Pro-Palestine Committee of which Col. John Buchan, author and Conservative member of Parliament, is chairman, to discuss the Palestine situation, particularly the hunt for Jewish tourists illegally in the country and the change in the Palestine government’s immigration policy of basing issuance of certificates on political considerations instead of economic conditions.

Col. Buchan and Josiah Wedgewood, Laborite M.P., addressed the meeting and told the members of the House that the present immigration policy was undermining the Jewish economic structure in Palestine by preventing necessary work through forcing a shortage of labor and was checking the growth of the Jewish population. Professor Selig Brodetzky, noted British Zionist leader, was present at the meeting to answer questions posed by the attendants regarding the Jewish position in Palestine.

The Imperial Committee, it was learned, also met this evening to discuss Palestine. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Colonial Secretary, addressed the session. Several members of the committee who are opposed to Zionist aims in Palestine, are making a determined effort to induce the Imperial Committee, which has much influence with the government, to adopt an anti-Zionist stand. The Imperial Committee, like the Pro-Palestine Committee, is made up of members of Parliament.