NO HOPE OF PEACE BETWEEN THE JEWS AND ARABS WITHOUT PARTITIONING PALESTINE HAS BEEN OFFERED BY ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID AT THE WORLD ZIONIST CONGRESS AT ZURICH, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH DECLARED IN AN EDITORIAL TODAY.
GRILLING OF COLONIAL SECRETARY WILLIAM G.A. ORMSBY-GORE BY THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS MANDATES COMMISSION WHEN HE APPEARED BEFORE THAT BODY TO PRESENT BRITAIN’S CASE FOR PARTITION WAS UPHELD TODAY IN AN EDITORIAL IN THE NEWS-CHRONICLE.
COMMENTING ON INDIGNATION SAID TO BE FELT IN SOME CIRCLES OVER THE MANDATES BODY’S SHARP QUESTIONING OF MR. ORMSBY-GORE AS TO BRITAIN’S ADMINISTRATION OF PALESTINE, THE NEWS-CHRONICLE SAID:
“WE HOLD PALESTINE IN TRUST FOR CIVILIZATION. IT IS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE RENDER AN ANNUAL ACCOUNT OF OUR STEWARDSHIP AND SUBMIT TO QUESTIONING. NO ONE DOUBTS THAT THE MANDATES COMMISSION ARE COMPETENT EXPERTS. THE CRITICISM OF SUCH MEN IS WORTH LISTENING TO.”
WEIZMANN SPEAKS AS “SEER,” GUARDIAN HOLDS
THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN TODAY ADVISED THE ZIONISTS TO ACCEPT PARTITION OF PALESTINE IF THE PROPOSED JEWISH STATE IS ENLARGED, WARNING THAT THE ALTERNATIVE WAS “THE RUIN OF THEIR HOPES.”
COMMENTING ON THE ADDRESS OF DR. CHAIM WEIZMANN, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION, URGING THE ZIONIST CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE NEGOTIATIONS WITH GREAT BRITAIN FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A JEWISH STATE, THE LIBERAL DAILY SAID IN AN EDITORIAL:
“WEIZMANN, SPEAKS AS ONE WHO IS BOTH A SEER AND A STATESMAN. CERTAINLY THE PARTITION PLAN MUST BE IMPROVED, THE JEWISH STATE GIVEN A GREATER DEGREE OF SOVEREIGNTY AND THE CONTROL OF THE NORTHERN TOWNS MORE STRICTLY DEFINED.
“THE NEW STATE MUST INCLUDE A PORTION OF JERUSALEM BIG ENOUGH TO RECEIVE FOR MANY YEARS A LARGE INFLUX OF IMMIGRANTS — 50,000 ANNUALLY AS SUGGESTED — AND SHOULD PROVIDE FOR AN OVERFLOW TO THE DESERTS.
“WHAT THE ZIONIST OPPONENTS DO NOT REALIZE IS THAT THE ALTERNATIVE IS NOT A NATIONAL HOME IN THEIR OWN SENSE BUT LIMITATION — MAYBE IN AN ARAB CONFEDERATION OR A CANTONIZED PALESTINE OR IN THE PRESENT UNDIVIDED PALESTINE, BUT ALWAYS LIMITATION AND THE RUIN OF THEIR HOPES.”
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