PALESTINE MANDATE
REQUEST FOR ENQUIRY. (Times Service). (Received this day at 9.25 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 20. ‘‘As members of the War Cabinet responsible for the Balfour Declaration we view with anxiety the present situation in Palestine,” declared Lord Balfour, Mr Lloyd George and General Smutts in a joint letter urging the appointment of an authoritative committee to investigate the whole working of the Palestine Mandate.” ,
This they said was not proceeding satisfactorily, owing to causes which at present are obscure. They declare the Commission now enquiring into events of last August must be supplemented by a searching inquiry to the major questions of policy and administration, which would be on advertisement to the world that Britain had not -.weakened in her task to which honour had pledged her. At the same time it would be an assurance to Jew and Arab alike, that any proven defects in the present system of Government would be made good. Commenting editorially on the situation ! ‘The Times” emphasise that the political crime in Palestine i y still rife, and that' relations between Jews and Arabs are nearly as bad as they could be, and arc showing no signs of improvement.
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 December 1929, Page 5
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