Intermountain Jewish news., 1925-10-29
Cahan's Palestine

socialist, Forward" now visiting Pal
estine. cables to his paper daily his
impressions OF the Holy Land. In his
cable OF October II, he tells OF the
opinions and attitudes OF the High Com
missioner Of Palestine, Lord Plumer,
Tel Aviv
The High Commissioner told the So
cialist editor that he was very favor
ably impressed, upon visiting the vari-
Gus factories OF Tel Aviv, by the clean
illness and sanitary conditions under
which the workmen there did their
work, as also by the enterprise of the
people OF Tel Aviv. "This and other
things were n source of hope that the
country would be built up. That is
all that is wanted. he said Significantly
and every element Will be pleased"
said the High Commissioner And Mr..
! Caban infers that this evidently meant
that II material prosperity which the
Jews are capable Of bringing to Pales-
tine, the Arabs will appreciate the bene-
/ fit accruing to everybody and whatever
bitterness there may he will disap-
pear"
Mr. Cahan also believes that Cover
nor Storrs has no anti-Semitic in
clinatlons, as some feared. "In answer
] "a. .l.
some remarks which tended to confirm
my opinion as 10 his attitude toward
the Jews. I don't think there is any
thing in the rumors that he is anti
scmitically inclined. In his talk with
me he showed that he was aware of
these rumors and resented them keenly.
He said something about some of the
people attacking their best friends, as
if they were their enemies. He also
spoke of the Importance OF developing
the country. of making ii flourish, of
creatin. employment for everybody and
there was n word In his answer which
seemed to imply that n governor in Pal
cstine cannot afford to be one-sided
and must he fair to all the people
living in the country; that he is trying
to do his duty to everybody, and that
this is miSreprcsented."
In another cable Mr.. Calan says
about the Palestine Governor: Coy
ernor Storrs is an educated man and
simply nn official trying to do his duty
Often law and tact make him do things
which unreasoning people condemn
This is famed into flames, and all
sorts of ridiculous stories are circu
lated. l am convinced that High Com
missioner Plumcr and Governor Storrs
are all right. They mean well and
try to act WELL but chauvinism runs
riot, and you hear lot of nonsense
about them"
The DAY" calls the report of the
Palestine Government to the Mandate
Commission "a report of praise Re
ferring to the words in the report
which pay tribute to the great useful
ness Of the Jews in the industrial and
agricultural up-building of the Hol,
Land. the Day" says; THE Jews will
be more pleased by these words than
they were last year by the report OF
, this same Mandate Commission, whicl
then stamped the Jewish immigrant,
as undesirable in Palestine and not
adapted to the conditions of that coun
try. However, no one will be over
enthused over these words. fol
they are Immediately followed by 9th
eStine Government intends TO do t.
make Palestine Jewish national HON,
is but to improve local conditions il
> Palestine with view to securing equa
rights and opportunities 10 all classe,
and parts Of the population, as well as
to encourage their enterprises
such improving of local conditions,
as the British Government has hither
to given Us. will not lead us far to
ward our goal, the Jewish nationa
home" the paper continues, rs it i'm
proving local conditions when oh
stacles are put to the immigration ever
Of persons bringing capital with them
Is II securing equal rights and op
portunities for all classes and parts ot
the population when subvcntions ar,
granted Ia Arab schools. while Jewisl
schools are cntirly left 10 the support
of the Zionist organization? or is ii
encouraging AL enterprises when th'
Jews are made to buy land ut the high
est prices. while the Government re
serves those crown lands which it had
long promised 10 give for Jewish col
onization%"
"The Jewish people throughout th'
world The paper continues, "cou't
have been in II more appropriate mood
To listen 10 these praises coming from
tI, T,,In.tiun goyprumpnt IL that Gov