The proposed legislative council for Palestine will be debated in the House of Commons tomorrow, it was announced today by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Demands that the council issue be openly debated in Commons have frequently been voiced by many members. Colonial Secretary J.H. Thomas, replying recently to interpellations on the plan, announced that final action on it would be delayed until Commons had had a chance to debate the question.
Representative Jewish organizations throughout the world are unitedly opposed to establishment of the representative assembly on the grounds that it would tend to crystallize Palestine Jewry into a minority status. While some Arab groups have accepted the proposal, which was outlined by High Commissioner Wauchope last December, others have not as yet committed themselves on their attitude toward it.
Tomorrow’s debate is expected to attract wide attention and may have a decisive bearing on the future of Palestine.
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