Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-09

by political considerations. they might
be expected to form a bloc inclined to
soften the censureS Of manufactures, and
not to stress overmuch the superior
authority of the League" The Bulletin
concludes that "Zionists may incline to
read in the response little indication Of
compliance with the demands for more
forceful action by Great Britain TO real
lie the hopes placed by Zionists In the
Balfour declaration Of 1917"
"A decent restraint" according to the
Birmingham News, marks the LeaSaIe
Mandate Commissions criticism Of
Great Brttain's reputed failure to pro-
vide suf1ctent police to prevent the
massacre Of Jews by Arabs at the WAL.
ing Wall in Palestine. A decent re.
straint marks Arthur Henderson's elab-
crate defense of British policies based
upon what his government regards rs
nigh insuperable difiiculties involved IA
being both enforcement ofIicer and UNI
pre- IN a vast region where Moslems out
number the Hebrews and where for cen
turles religious hatred has thriven I'm.
checked. II Britain may be Justly CEN
sured for lack of preparedness to avert
horrible events Ike that which occurred,
Britain's explanation is none the less
convincing"
"In the case of Palestine" contends
the Providence Journal, ANY one even
slightly familiar with the situation that
has existed there TO. centuries knows
that Great Britain could not possibly
have succeeded during the brief pkriod
of the mandate in securing the reforms
and providing the safeguards which the
League of Nations thinks ought to have
been provided. AS to anticipating the
riots, Foreign Secretary Henderson does
well to call the attention of the Man
date Commission to the fact that the
League itself did not foresee them. De-
spite the fact that 1t had in its possess
sion all the information concerning the
unrest preceding the outbreak that the
Commission itself was not anticipating
the rioting which later occurred"
1.-THE policy of establishing civil gov
eminent gradually" thinks the Chicago
Daily News, was connmendable and In
principle acceptable to the population
OF Palestine. Certain steps were pre-
mature. Great Britain might as well
recognize that fact and be more careful
in the future. It should consult native
and Immigrant leaders In Palestine as
to the wisdom of any contemplated &C.
ton at all experimental in character"
The st. Joseph Gazette sees signifi.
canoe in "the evidence that British an
thortttes in Palestine were caught nap.
ping when the Wailing Wall explosion
occurred" and adds, "It appears to
indicate that the present government "a
unable or unwilling to utilize to the
full the large experience that nation has
acquired in alert and vigorous imperial
rule"
mo doubt the Mandate Commission
did not anticipate the riots any more
imam did the British government" saws
the Waterloo Tribune. Had it antici-
pated them, it was the commisSion,s
business to address the British gov
eminent on the matter. The British
took this mandate from the League of
Nations. 1t was q mandate that no
other nation wanted. There was no
profit in 1t anywhere for the British
government. To be criticized now does
not set well with the British"
The belief that there is no possible
way OF predicting the future course a.
events In this situation Is voiced by the
Charleston Daily Mail and the Haverhiii
Gazette.