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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 hr rrinng 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 f Great Britain has lent money to the i ureai oriLctm uas ireek Orthodox Church in Jerus * the security of its land P°*f* lpnd on the samt Tl^l nrVxxr JONES FURNITURE COMPANY "The House That Service Built 174 North Church Street SPARTANBl RG«