The Raymer enterprise., 1921-12-08

tinue, wherever possible, to apply the Turkish laws
to which the people are accustomed. Changes are
made only when they are Indispensable. Eff.
cheney Is essential to good government, but there
Is a point where efficiency may become harassing
Inc danger OF passing that point Is fOreseen.
Inc many faiths and sects which find In the
Holy Land their origin or their inspiration are
free to maintain their teachers and pastors and to
practice their cults, without let or hindrance In
the controversies that occasionally arise between
them the policy of the administration has been
strictly To maintain the status quo"
Nevertheless. native Christians and Moslems are
appealing to The British government not to put
into effect the Bafour declaration because they
say the Zionsts wish ito evict and dspossess the
Arab population Of Palestine The Balfour dec
laratlon, issued in November, 1917, approves THE
establishment in Palestine OF national home for
the Jewish people, and states that the British gov.
eminent will use their best endeavors to faclli-
tate this object, while at the same time reserving
10 all non-yewsh communities their full civil and
religious rights
The Iionlsts assure the native peoples that their
fears are groundess. "Our policy In regard to the
Arabs, as in regard to all our problems Is clear
and straightforward" said DR.. Chain Welzmann
president, In his address to the Twelfth Zionist
furthermore:
I'VE intend to abate no jot of the rights guar
anteed us by the Balfour declaration, and recog.
milton of that fact by the Arabs Is an essential
preliminary to the establishment Of satisfactory
relations between Jew and Arab. Their temporary
refusal to recognize that fact compels us to give
thought to the means by which we can best safe
guard our Ylshub against aggression. Selfpro-
l.
most solemnly and unequlvocalIy that we have
In our own hearts no thought of aggression no In.
tention of trespassng on the legitimate rights Of
our nelghbors We look forward to a future In
which Jew and Arab will live side by side In Pales.
tine and work conformity for the prosperity Of the
country. Nothing Will stand In the way Of such
future when once our nelghbors realize that our
rights are rs serious matter to as their rights
are to Them
That there are troubles Of many kinds Is evi.
dent from the report. Some Of these are referred
to thus:
The methods of agriculture are. for the most
part primitive; the area of land now cultivated
could yield far greater product. There are in
addition large cutivable areas that are left un!
TILED. The submits and slopes Of the hills are
admirably suited to the growth Of the trees, but
there are no forests. Some industries have been
killed by Turkish laws none has been encouraged
the markets OF Palestine and of the neighboring
countries are supplied almost wholly from Europe.
THE seaborne commerce, such as 1t Is, Is load
ed and discharged In the open roadsteads Of Jaffa
and Halfa; there nre no harbors.
THE country Is underpopulated because of this
lack Of development. There are now IN the whole
Of Palestine hardly 100000 people, a population
much less than that Of the Province Of Galilee
alone In the time Of Christ
1.-The long delay In the formal settlement Of the
international status Of Palestine has tended to dis
turb the minds of the people. Even more serious
has been the consequence that II has not been