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development of any of the n atu ra l re sources of the country” ; lands w ith ownership are being .granted to Jewish imm igrants; the im portation of arm s by Jews is not strictly watched; Jewish colonies have been given B ritish arm s; and. what they deem worst of all, a Russian Zionist has been granted a con cession to utilize all the waterways of P alestine for a period of seventy years, and more if required. The B ritish gov ernment takes the position th a t th e dec laration m ust be adhered to, bu t makes it clear th a t th ere will be religious freedom and respect .will be paid to the rights of all citizens, whether Jews, Arabs or Christians. The Imm igration Problem I t is said th a t wealthy Jews are very slow in supporting financially th is Zion- istic moyement bu t th ere is no lack of Jew ish imm igrants. Hundreds and
W ill H ak e Mandate Good That G reat B ritain is determ ined to carry out th e P alestine m andate may be seen from the following statem ent issued by W inston Churchill: “The only cause of un rest in Palestine arises from the Zionist movement and th e B ritish prom ises in regard to it. Jew ish imm igra tion is very carefully watched and con trolled. No imm igrants will be brought in beyond th e number which could be provided for by the development of the resources of th e country. The ta sk in P alestine is one th a t England has im posed upon herself and which she is bound to perform unless she is prepared to adm it th a t the word of England no longer counted th roughou t th e Near E ast.” i ^ The Controversies Continue The controversies over Palestine are by no means over, in fact, they will prob ably become more heated as th e end of the age draws nigh. There is danger of serious trouble arising between the Arabs, backed (it is said) by Rome, and the Zionist Jews, backed by the B ritish government. The P alestine Arab delegation, which has been in England for a year, object to th e Balfour decla ration, because it implies, in th e ir view, th e Zionization of the Holy Land under the B ritish mandate. The dele gation complain th a t Zionists have been given leading posts in th e State while Hebrew has been recognized as an offi cial language, when only seven per cent of the population is Jew ish and only two per cent of these know Hebrew ; the Zionist organization is officially recog nized as a body w ith which the Admin istration is to consult on any “puulie works, services and utilities, and on the
sometimes thousands of Jews who are anxious to en ter the Prom ised Land are being refused adm ittance. These imm i g ran ts know very well th a t the Zionists have not sufficient funds to finance agri cultural enterprises. N either have they money enough to assist the poor imm i g ran ts when they coma there and do not find employment, y e t they are surging into P alestine in large numbers, bu t the B ritish as well as Zionist authorities must refuse to adm it such large num bers of Jews. Thus poor Jews th a t imm igrated there are struggling hard, building walls or making roads or b reak ing rock and having insixfficient food. All these g reat difficulties they stoically encounter w ithout a murmur. All th a t th e Zionist Committee can do for these Buffering settlers is to counsel patience. They tak e th e ir hardships w ith a smile DOCTRINAL STATEMENT IN DEED TO
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