PALESTINE FOR THE JEWS.

Taihape Daily Times, 26 June 1918, Page 5

PALESTINE FOR THE JEWS.

The Zionist Commission has select-, ed Tel Aviv, the modern Jewish quarter of Jaffa, as its headquarters in Palestine. Its immediate task is the reconstruction of the Jewish communities and agricultural colonies at they existed before the war, in pre: paration for larger schemes after the war is over. Dr. Weizmann, the head of the commission, after a" visit to General Allenby's headquarters, expressed himself highly satisfied with the results of his iterviews with the military and political chiefs. "But tell the Jewish world," he said, "that it would be childish to expect the land immediately to flow with milk and honey because a commission has arrived. And especially tell them that of all the need's of Palestine the supreme need is victory and a complete and definite liberation of the country. All other wants must yield to this imperative necessity. Within these limits the held lies open before us; we are sur e of the friendly help o fthe authorities and the devoted collaboration of the Palestinian Jewry. We have secured complete unanimity with them and hope to attain the same unanimity with our Arab neighbours. If the Jewish peoples abroad do their duty ,the dawn of peace will unveil a Palestine possessing a well-organised and healthy frame-work for colonisation."