Evening star., 1933-01-12
r RISH INDEPENDENT, Dublin.-Ad-
miral of the Fleet Sir Charles Mad
den. formerly first British sea lord.,
- A. anp,Io1 rpIIpi0n Of

RISH INDEPENDENT, Dublin.-Ad-
miral of the Fleet Sir Charles Mad
den, formerly first British sea loro.
L speaking at the annual reunion OF
the r. N. v, r. Auxiliary Patroi
Club in London, said:
"One of these internal disarmament
conferences is on the way at present.
They were certain, he added, to take
a bit off the royal navy, but ne hopeo
that nothing would be done with the
r. N. V. r., because II trouble came
with a small navy the more important
would be their work. The cause OF
war was policy, and If they looked
around Europe there were TWO coun-
tries which had aggressive policies. Cne
was Russia and the other was In the
north of Europe, and had announced
its intention of rearming. Tne gentle,
men who went to Geneva and lectureo
them about war should look to poncy.
The Maharajah of Burowan SAID tney
could not apply the cato mine talls 70
the people who were talking olSarnaa-
ment. but his advice to them was 10
take inspiration from France, which
had the courage to say Wnat sne
wanted.
Curb on Jewish
Immigration DeplOred.
Jewish Advocate, Bombay.-Some OF
our readers will receive with gratlnca-
ton the announcement that the Pales-
tine government has agreed to grant
45O0 visas to the Jewish agency !or
the next six months. The jewish
agency, after taking everything -ln1o
consideration, appealed to the govern
ment for 6.760 immigration certlncates,
so that the decision of the Palestine
government is to some extent oiSap-
pointing. x-
The difference between the number
that has been asked for and that sane
toned is too big to be left unnotlceo:
We feel sure the Jewish agency must
have carefully considered the posslplnoo
ties of the country absorbing the o'Ioo
immigrants before they made an APP
plication. It leaves room for querylng
as to why such drastic reduction mas
been made in the application, ana since
the government has not offered any eA-
planation. one wonders when II VIII De
possible for larger influx OF lnlfnI-
grants to come into the country. 10
attain the objective of the Balfour dec
laration in the spirit in which IL was
maze Dy 1LS dulllOJ ~ I'D LAOoS
that there should be steady inflltra
ton of man power into the country. A
sine qua non of national home Tor
Jews should be that no restrictions
should be laid as regards the number
of Jews that enter the country from
time to time. It is true the Palestine
government has shown changed dls-
position toward Jewish national asplra-
tions since the appointment OF the
Wauchope regime. But there is still
room for a more sympathetic view to
be taken as regards the question OF
immigration.
The government announced some
time ago that of the employees engaged
on public works in Haifa, one-third OF
the number would be Jews, but we
have received no confirmation Of this
promise. Nor Is Jewish labor engaged
on public works to the same extent as
the Jewish contribution to public reye-
nue.. 1t is over 18 months that the
prime minister in his memorable let
ter to DR.. Weizmann made such @
promise. It is high time that greater
facilities are offered to the Jews by the
government in their effort to rebuild
Palestine.