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Palestine Government Accused
And Defended In House
Of Commons
Kenworthy and Wedgewood Lash Palestine Administrate}
Reluctance to Assist Jewish Settlement; More Anti-Semitism 1
Palestine Officials than England or United States is Charge: Rr't^l
Public Opinion Unanimous on Zionist Policy; Orrnsb\.(, orr /••
Colonial Office Interpretation of Zionism
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London (J. T. A.)—Zionism and
its realization, as it is manifested
in the work in Palestine, and the
policy of the Palestine government to
ward the Jewish National Home there
had their day in the House of Com
mons on Tuesday, when a debate de
veloped on the subject during the vote
on the Colonial Office estimates.
Lieut. Com. Kenworthy and Col.
Josiah Wedgwood, Labor M. P.s and
staunch friends of the Zionist move
ment, made direct charges against the
Palestine administration for its at
titude toward the Palestine Jewish
work. Under secretary for the Colo
nies Ormsby-Gore defended the Brit
ish administration in Palestine
against these charges. British opinion
is unanimous, without regard as to
party, on the Zionist policy which is
“enshrined in the Mandate”, was the
view of all the speakers. The Under
Secretary, in refuting the charges of
the Labor members sought refuge in
the conception formulated by the late
Hebrew writer and philosopher,
Achad Halam that Palestine is to be
a spiritual center for the Jewish peo
ple and that the quality and not the
quantity of settlers matters. He of
fered his own view of the aims of the
Zionist movement.
Lieut. Commander Kenworthy in at
tacking the Palestine administration
declared that while the leaders of the
Conservative party maintain a clear
and correct attitude about Palestine,
the “back benchers”, the rank and
file, lost no opportunity of pinprick
ing. It is necessary, he stated, that
they drop the outcry “clear out of
Palestine!” because the Balfour Dec
laration is accepted by the Conserva
tive as well as by the Opposition par
ties. It is therefore necessary that
the government show a friendlier at
titude toward the Jewish settlers in
Palestine, who invested almost twenty
million pounds in the country, a sum
collected from the Jews in the British
dominions, the United States of Amer
ica and even from among the poverty
stricken Jews of Eastern Europe.
The speaker reminded the Colonial
Minister that Palestine is not only
paying the cost of the British garri
son and of the air force, but even a
share of the Ottoman debt. The coun
try is enjoying complete tranquility
and a growing trade. This is the re
sult of the Jewish efforts, the people
who wish to restore their ancient na
tional home. They are, however, com
pelled to buy land at the market value
and to pay taxes when Crown lands
were available. Since the Beisan land
let at least the Galilee swampy retrion
he reserved on reasonable terms Z
the Zionist settlements, Kenworthv
demanded.
It is also necessary, he added, that
the Jews of Palestine receive fa ; r
play in the Wailing Wall issue, *Ut-
ing that he suspects a smouldering
anti-Semitism in Palestinian official-
dom. He had hesitated to raise the
matter, but he thought it necessarv
to inform the Palestine officials who
apparently still don’t understand that
all parties in the House of Common*
are committed to a fulfillment of the
spirit and the letter of the Palestine
Mandate and the Balfour pledge, and
that Great Britain is responsible for
the Mandate and is honor hound to
carry out the pledge of Lord Balfour
Col. Wedgwood, joining Kenworthy,
declared that the Friendship between
England and the United States can
not be better cemented than by ce
menting it with the Jewish people
throughout the world. Throughout
England and Palestine one notices an
atmosphere of hostility toward the
Jews, he said, based upon an old re
ligious prejudice. It is necessary to
change the attitude of the Palestine
administration where there is more
anti-Semitism found than in England
or America.
The speaker referred to the taxa
tion system now in force in Palestine
and particularly to the Werko tax
and declared that this system was
“monstrously unjust.” He asked
whether the Colonial Office will per
mit the Jewish population of Pales
tine to gradually grow into a feel
ing of antagonism and dissatisfaction
with the British administration, simi
lar to the one held by the Arab in
telligentzia. Is the government en
deavoring to unite the Jews and the
Arabs and to create a situation simi
lar to the one prevalent in India and
Egypt, putting the entire population
of the country against them, ' n ^‘
of maintaining the friendship o* *
great and growing Jewish people- e
asked.
The Labor leader, who is the spon
sor of the Seventh Dominion League,
referred to the question of a oan *
facilitate the settlement of eW ‘ ,
Palestine and declared that it is
duty of the British Governmen
facilitate the floating of such a
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to the
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