In his new book, “Palestine, Today and Tomorrow,” Dr. John Haynes Holmes, pastor of the Community Church, expressed distrust of the sincerity of Lord Balfour in making his famous Palestine Declaration. “Balfour,” said Dr. Holmes, “never had an unselfish emotion in his life.”
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