The Denver Jewish news., 1925-06-25
Author of White Paper
Establishment OF National Home in Palestine Must Be
Outcome OF Jewish Energy and Enterprise Alone,
Sir Herbert Samuel, Author OF 1922 White Paper,
Says in Last Report.

British Government with regard tt
Palestine, in which the Balfour dec
laration, speaking Of the establishment
Of Jewish national home in Palestln,
was interpreted 10 mean that the Jew
ish community Of Palestine is there "as
Of right and not on sufferance," is moi
Winston Churchill, then British Col
Oninl Minister, as was generally be
lieyed, but Sir Herbert samuel, the
first AnglO-Jewish High Commissioner
of Palestine.
This fact became known today wher
the report of Sir Herbert Samuel up
ON his administration Of Palestine dur
ing the period 10201a2j to Col. Leo
pold II. Amcry, British Colonial Min
ister was published today both here
and In Jerusalem.
Sir Herbert Samuel's report reviews
in sixty pages the political, agricultural
and economic development Of the ccun.
try under his administration. tells at
the outset the history of the White
Paper which has been regarded as the
Churchill declaration in the sense OF
its being an Interpretation Of the orig,
inal Balfour Declaration.
Because it was imperative that all
doubts about the Interpretation of the
Balfour Declaration be removed, be
cause it was imperative that the sit.
uation be cleared and that the Zionists,
the Arabs and the Jewish people
throughout the world know exactly
where they stand |, after two years
experience with Palestine conditions
returned to London In May 1922 in or.
der to present to the Colonial Minister
the necessity of such statement. Ny
Recommendation was accepted. ThC
statement was drawn up with much
care and presented to the House of
Commons as Command Paper No
100" Sir Herbert Samuel states in his
report
extensively. Sir Herbert Samuel OK.
plains in his report that lit made clear
the British governments interpreta-
tion of the Balfour Declaration to
mean that its purpose was not TO create
q wholly Jewish Palestine, nor did it
propose Palestine as a whole to be con-
verted into the Jewish national home
but that such home be founded in
Palestine. This statement (the White
PlperD made clear that the nationality
of all citizens of Palestine, Jews or non
Jews. with regard to domestic law or
estinian and nothing else. The Zionist
Organization gave unqualified assur.
auce to accept this policy and to con-
duct its activities in conformity there
with" Sir Herbert Samuel further
states.
The retiring High Commissioners re-
port tells the history of Jewish immi-
grant to Palestine and declares that
THE pressure to enter the country
was very great as there is an intense
feeling for Palestine, traditional among
the Jews for ages and refers to
factions toward Palestine colonization,
to the anti-Jewish prosecutions in
Europe and says unless the immigra-
tion to Palestine is regulated it would
economically ,oyerwhelm Palestine
which is a small, undeveIoped coun-
try.
THE Jewish population of Palestine
belongs to various types. Half of it
comes from Eastern Europe, minority
Of it is orthodox, minority is ire.
IIgious. The great mass lies between
the two The majority is politically
progressive. there being few Commun.
lists. The negligible number of Com
munists is divided as follows: three
fourths live in the towns, oue-fourth in
the agricultural colonies.
"Thr total area Of Palestine is near.
ly 10000 square miles, the cultiyatable
area of which is about one-half. The
Jews have increased their area to $40
square miles, including properties the
purchase Of which is still pending. Al.
together they hold nearly go of the
cultivutuble area" the report states.
Referring to Article 6 of the Pal.
cstIun mandate which contains the
provision that the mandatory power
shall encourage in cooperation will
the Jewish Agency close settlement or
the land by the Jews. including state
lands aud waste lands" the report
states that this would be disastrous
action because Arab cultivators are
settled on the majority of state lands
and their possession cannot be trans