PALESTINE ARABS
^ > "Independent" Request To Commission JERUSALEM, January 14. Jamal A1 Du-sseini, president of one of tbe most powerful Arab parties, suggested to ihe Royal Commission tbat tbe Arabs be provisionally reeognised as an iudependent nation, with tbe power of the Britisb mandate limited to giving advice and assistance. When be observed tbat the Arabs enjoyed Parliamentary representation under tbe Turks, Lord Peel rejoined: "Had you aeeepted the Lejiislative Council of 1923, it might have develop ed into the kind of institutiou you want. ' '
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 1, 16 January 1937, Page 7
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