The report drawn up by the International Wailing Wall Commission set up by the League of Nations Council at the request of the British Government to settle finally the question of the claims of the Jews and Moslems in regard to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem will be published on Thursday the 26th. ult. Simultaneoulsy in Jerusalem and London, the J.T.A. here understands.
The report has been for sometime now in the hands of the British Government. It was believed at first that it would be presented to the League of Nations in time for consideration at the last session of the League’s Council. This was not done, however.
The members of the commission were nominated by the British Government, with the approval of the Council of the League of Nations, it has been explained, and their Report, therefore, had to be submitted to the British Government, and not to the League of Nations.
Under the resolution of the League of Nations Council by which the Wailing Wall Commission was appointed, the Commission was entrusted with the final settlement of the question, and its duties ceased as soon as it pronounced on the rights and claims concerned.
We are in possession of sufficient material for a report and verdict on the rights and claims in connection with the Wailing Wall, Mr. Loefgren, the Chairman of the Wailing Wall Commission, said in closing the sessions of the Commission held in Palestine last summer. The Commission would have much preferred a voluntary solution rather than to enforce a verdict, he added. Our aim is the improvement of the conditions for peace and goodwill between the different sections of the Palestine population, and real peace can only be established on principles of justice, with due appreciation paid to each side. We are determined to do our duty without being influenced by conflicting political interests, he concluded, and we appeal to the representatives of both parties to help the great work of peace and to wait for and receive our report without bias.
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