Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-03-09
PALESTINE CONTROL
WHERE IT BELONGS
Arguments Of the Zionists as
Against Arab Contention
Regarding the Holy Land.

Regarding the Holy Land.
Contributed.
Tho Arabs contend that the ma
jority OF people living In Palestine NJ
the present time Ii composed OF Arabs
and therefore. on the principle OF self
determination, the government OF
Palestine should be Arabic. Our an
swer IL that II Is true that there are
zoo. 900 Arabs in Palestine. and so.ooo
Jews, but that the arabic land or fal-
cstine il occupied only TO the extent
OF 90 per cent. There Is, therefore,
room In Palestine for n much larger
population. Estimates OF the size OF
the population Palestine Is able to alb
sorb vary from between 100000 tol
5000. 900. The first figure Is based on
the agricultural possibilities OF Pales-
tine and was advanced by the late
Lord Bryce. The latter figure Is based
ON both tho agricultural and indus
trial development. OF the country. 1t is
for the purpose OF building the waste
places OF Palestine, TO restore Pales-
tine TO its former state OF cultivation,
that the Jews have asked for the right
TO establish their homeland in Pales-
tine.
The Arabs in Palestine are a part
Of the Arabian people, of whom there
are $4,000, 900. The 100000 Arabs
occupy 100000 square miles. They
are to be found in well-developed.
autonomous settlements. in Morocco.
Algiers. Tunis, Tripol. Egypt. the
Sudan. Mesopotamia. Syria, Ieman
and the Hedjas. They have their own
king in the Hedjas. which is the center
OF Arabian life. So far as the Arabian
nationality is concerned, they are am
ply protected and provided for. The
undeveloped Mesopotamia is open for
large settlement of Arabs.
on the other hand. there are 49,
0O0. 900 Jews In the world. and these
100000 have no place on earth
which they can call their national
home. There is no place on earth
where the Jewish civilization has
freedom TO develop. The only land
which can be used to provide the
Jews with a national center is Pales-
tine, which Is associated in Jewish
history with the glorious past of the
Jewish people and which in our own
day is the place where the Jewish
creative genius has begun again 10
make a display of Its powers.
what the Arabs Created There.
The Arabs have been in Palestine
for many generations. During all the
time the Arabs were In Palestine, they
have not succeeded in creating a civ
ilization of their own. There are nc
Arab schools in Palestine. There are
no public institutions in Palestine
Il l,x~ hn he IN
have done nothing. Their methods OF
agriculture are OF the most primitiv,
kind. They have been s,agnating fol
the past three hundred years. Pales
tine. in breif. was reduced 10 ruin and
corruption with the departure Of tn,
Jews.
What the Jews Created.
Palestine was the center OF the
civilization created by the Jewish
people and il is now becoming the cen
ter OF a new civilization which is Jew
ish. The Jews. while in Palestine
gave the Bible to the world. The Jews
while in Palestine, created civiliza-
ton which is still the marvel of history
And today, in the course of only one
generation OF effort, the schools o.
Palestine are Jewish national schools
the progressive scientific, agr'cul
tural development of Palestine II
under the management of Jews. SAM
tary and medical relief is being sup
ported and maintained by Jews. Tn
building OF the cities. Jerusalem, Jaf
IA, Haifa, and Liberals, is being under
taken by Jews. The credit system o
the country is being created by Jews
The Jews are responsible for the work
Ing out Of a plan for Harvesting tn
water power Of the Jordan which Wi
revolutionize the industry in tn
country. The Jews are spreadin,
throughout the world a knowledge c
Palestine. creating a large tours
traffic which is destined 10 make c
Palestine the winter resort of IN
world. Only with the coming OF IN
Jews has a new era arisen In the de
.yelopment of the Holy Land.
why the British Government Recoe
nized Jewish Historic Rights.
Under these circumstances. the Brit
ish government recognized the histori
claim OF the Jews TO Palestine, an
gave recognition 10 the achievement
of the Jews during the past 40 year
by publicly stating its desire TO &C
operate with the Jewish people in. e.
tablshing the Jewish national home
Palestine. The interests OF other ma
tionalities and religious denomination
were protected. Without offence |
the rights OF anybody, the right of ii
Jewish people to establish q center
their own civilization was. recognize
by Great Britain and subsequent
this right was endorsed by and al
r1rnved by the Erench goYernrnent ar