The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-22
ARAB LEADERS
 ARE VERY BITTER
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tories within the Turkish empire, in exchange for Arab support.
 Later, under stress of the critical war situation of the allies, Britain was impelled to issue the Balfour declaration, promising Jews na- tional home in Palestine, in order to gain world Jewish financial sup- port for the war.
 "The Arabs have never ceased since 1917 to repudiate the Balfour declaration, which was a betrayal Of the Arabs.
 Cannot Surrender
 we will not and cannot agree to surrender under the partition scheme our most productive land to permit the establishment of Jewish state and mandatory zone, which would threaten the existence of half the Arabs of Palestine.
 We feel we are supported by the entire Arabic and Islainic world which considers this soil both as a fatherland and the holy shrine Of their religion.
 For l8 years Palestine has been the scene of repeated disturbances arising from Arab fears of this Jew- ish invasion sponsored by British imperial policy and the world may expect the struggle to be intensified until our aspirations are met, partic- ularly if Britain makes an effort to impose partition by force.
 We bitterly object to the British viewpoint that the Jews possess rights in Palestine on an equal basis with the Arabs and that they are here by right and not on sufferance.
 "The Royal Commissions proposal is impracticable and unavoidable and we cannot comprehend how the commission considered their idea of exchange of populations was feas. ible.
 Jewish State Is Arab
 For instance in the northern area, the proposed Jewish state in certain districts is entirely Arab. In the acre district there are 50,000 Arabs in 63 villages and only one Jewish village with 300 population.
 "In the districts of Tiberias, Safad and Haifa, the Jewish inhabitants do not number one-fourth of the population. The commission seem- ingly recognized that the proposed Arab state would be bankrupt from the beginning and therefore its sug- gestion of an annual subsidy from the Jewish state and a British grant of 100000 pounds Approximately $l0,000 000) to Transjordan.
 "This sufficiently indicates their opinion of the poverty, which the loss of the best lands, would infiict upon the Arab state. We believe that such Q suggestion proves that Britain recognizes that the proposed Arab state would not possess suffl- cient resources to support the popu- lation.
 will Not Accept
 we will not accept 1t and stand more firmly than ever upon the principles which the Arab higher committee erunciated to the leagues mandates commission i've months ago."
 These were:
 OD Recognition of the right of Arabs to complete independence in their own land.
 (2) Cessation of the British raan- date and its replacement by treat les similar to the treaty existing between Britain and Iraq and Brit ain and Egypt, also between France and Syria, creating Palestine as Q sovereign state.
 (3) Immediate cessation of Jew ish immigration and land sales pending conclusion of a treaty.
 The committee Issued Q statement saying that the Arabs were pre- pared to negotiate the conditions under which British imperial inter- ests may be safeguarded and furnish necessary guarantees for the pres- ervation of the rights of Jews and other minoritieS in Palestine.
 Could Not Talk
 Tn an attempt to obtain Q state- ment from the foremost religious and temporal personality now In ref- ugee from arrest went to Q village outside Beirut, in Lebanon, where found his eminencc Haj Amin Fl Husseini, grand Multi of Jerusalem and president of the Mosletn S,i. preme council until he was deprived of his ofiice by British administra. ton.
 had interviewed him seven years ago, but now he Is unable to talk. He sent word that he had given his word to French authorities that he would refrain from talking to jour. nalists while he Is a refugee.
 Husseini Is living in Q comfortable villa overlooking the Mediterranean with his family and own servants and a bodyguard. Apparently he IS under no compulsior as regards his movements. Only single Lebanese policeman was watching the house.
 Every Arab leader interviewed ad- mitted that he never hoped to be completiy rid of BritainS tute!age but, on the contrary, hoped to re. tain the protection of Britain which Arabs prefer to that of any other European power but on terms sit1- liar to their Arab neighbors.
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