, 1921-12-08

of Jerusalem seem to be fulfilled.
To-day the city stands midway between the hor-
rors of the Turkish regime and the promised good
OF the British mandatory rule. Nothing has been
done as yet in a public way to beautlfy the city.
North and west the houses struggle outside the
walls on the south forblddlng slopes border the
road to Bethlehem; and on the east lies the ter
rlble valley of Jehoshaphat@a valley of dry bones.
Seventeen times des -troyed-bltterly hated
anXiously sought-how desperate a history since
Nebuchadnezzar captured it more than twenty-five
centuries ago.
Redeemed today, but in her nakedness, Jerusa-
lem waits to be clothed. She has MS yet no grace,
no covering for her ugly wounds. Some day her
sides VIII glisten with the brightness of a heaven
ly radiance; she will be washed and anointed like
a bride waiting for the bridegroom"
The prophetic part of this Is written. of course.
In Oriental imagery. Sir Herbert Samuel, the Brit
ish high commissioner, puts the situation In plain
English and says, in his report to parliament:
"Undeveloped and underpopulated, Palestine has
possibilities of far more prosperity than the stand
ard attained before the war"
And Palestine's future Is the concern of half the
world: Christian, Jew and Moslem see in Pales-
tine a holy land. 1t is a most interesting sltua-
ton that is being worked out under our very eyes.
1t is an obvious chance for the punster; Palestine
Is indeed the Promised Land" To whom Is 1t
Promised? That is what Jew. Arab and Christian
in Palestine are asking of the British government.
The British government replies that under the
mandate there will be complete freedom and equal
ity for all religions and equal justice for all, re-
gardless of religion, race or position.
Sir Herbert's report to parliament makes inter-
esting reading, some of which must be done be-
tween the lines. Concerning the policy followed
Under the mandate he says:
THE policy of His Majesty's British govern
ment contemplates the satisfaction Of the
legitimate aspirations OF the Jewish race tbroug6--
out the world in relation to Palestine, combined
With a full protection of the rights of the existing
population.
For my own part / am convinced that the means
can be found to effect this combination. The Zion
ism that is practicable is the Zionism that fulhlls
this essential condition.
ut is the clear duty Of the mandatory power to
promote the w%ell-belng of the Arab population, in
the same way as a British administration would
regard IL as its duty to promote the welfare of
the local population In any part Of our empire.
The measures TO foster the well-belng OF the Arabs
should be precisely those which we should ndopt
In Palestine If there were no Zionist question, and
If there had been no Balfour declaration.
There is in this policy nothing Incompatible with
reasonable Zionist aspirations.
"On the contrary, II the growth Of Jewish In
huence were accompanied by Arab degradation,
or even by a neglect to promote Arab advance
ment. 1t would fail in one Of Its essential pur-
poses.
"The grievance Of the Arab would be n dIscredit
TO the Jew, and In the result the moral influence
Of Zionism would be gravely impaired.
simultaneously there must be satisfaction of
that sentiment regarding Pnlestine-a worthy and
e%nnobling sentiment-whlch in increasing degree.
anlmntes the Jewries Of the world.
THE aspirations of these 14.O00.O00 OF people
also have Il right to be considered. They ask
for the opportunity to establish n "home" in the
land which was the political and has always been
the religious center of their race. They ask that
this home should possess national characteristics
In lnnguage and customs, In Intellectual inter
ests. In religious and political Institutions.
This Is not to say that Jewish immigration Is
TO involve Arab emigration, that the greater pros
perity Of the country, through the development OF
Jewish enterprises. Is To be nj the expense, and
not TO the Benefit Of the Arabs, that the use OF
Hebrew Is to imply the disappearance Of Arabic.
that the establishment OF elected councils In the
Jewish community for the control Of It's affairs is
to be followed by the subsection OF the Arabs to
the rule OF ihooe councils.
IN n word. the degree TO which Jewish national
aspirations IAN las fulfilled in Palestine Is condi-