BRITAIN & PALESTINE.

Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 7

BRITAIN & PALESTINE.

COMMISSION’S REPORT. PRESS COMMENTS. A DELICATE TASK. (OlTlcial Wireless.) RUGBY, April 1. Commenting on the report of the Palestine Commission the Times says; “ To sum up its contents' in a phrase, the report makes out a strong case for a definition of the practical limits of Zionist colonisation in Palestine if it is not to result in a poor Arab problem. But it suggests that the first and most obvious duty of the mandatory Power is to leave no doubt whatever in the mind of either race that this country intends to retain the mandate with which the League of Nations entrusted it and lo maintain law and order throughout the country. “ So long as that is clearly understood there is everything to be said for a clear restatement of the terms of the mandate and of Lhe policy by which it is to be carried o.ut in practice.” The Daily Telegraph says : “ The report goes (o the root of the matter in insisting that what is needed —and that without delay—as between Jew and Arab is a statement of policy which shall leave neither community in any doubt as to its position and its guaranteed rights under the mandate or the Balfour Declaration, or as to the Government’s intention to support that policy with all necessary vigour.”

Tiie Manchester Guardian says : “ Tiie task to which we are committed in Palestine is at best one of the utmost delicacy. It is a problem wc are bound lo solve without injustice to the present population. It is tiie solution of tiie economic problem that hope for Palestine largely lies. Jewish culture and Jewish capital already have done much to improve the condition of the country, as, for instance, in the fight against malaria. Gradually, by raising the standard of life, the Jews may hope to reconcile tiie Arabs to their experiments. Quite clearly ttie key problems of immigration and land purchase require expert study and control and more detailed examination than they have yet received. Above all tiie suspicion that the administration can he bullied into making concessions, or be deflected by political cajolery, must be banished once for alt. In laying stress upon that tiie Commission has done well."