Evening star., 1944-11-08
Moyne Death Inquiry
May Show Disturbing
Palestine Situation
BY PERTINAx.

North American Newspaper Alliance.
The searching inquiry ordered by
the British government into the
origin and associations" OF Lord
Moyne's assassins will throw much
needed light on the disturbing state
of affairs which, for many months,
has obtained in Palestine.
The best-informed authorities
are as one in seeing Irgun Zvai
Leumi (the National Army Of the
People, at the center Of the pic
ture.- Within the framework of
Irgun ,zvai Leumi gather all the
militant elements in the Jewish set
Elements of Palestine-no fewer
than $4,000 men and women of some
SOC, o,o0O.,
At the outset, the National Army
of the people" which, by resorting
to violent deeds, tries to overcome
British governmental opposition to
the fulffllment of the Zionist pro-
gram, stopped short of actual mur-
napings and other vicious acts were
fairly common practice, but Killing
was not included in its means of
action.
Stern Overstepped Line.
However, a group led by Abraham
Stern, an immigrant from Poland,
overstepped the line that had been
deliberately drawn by the older
leaders, and now there is. little to
choose between the doings of the
Sternists and of the others.
The spirit of the whole movement
runs with extraordinary force In
the youth organization, an annex
to Irgun Zvai Leumi. There boys
and girls are trained in accordance
with methods reminiscent Of those
used in totalitarian states. Blind
obedience to their superiors is ex-
acted from them.
The British authorities under
Field Marshal Viscount Gort, the
new high commissioner, have to face
an astounding paradox. In the
acme of despair, the most merci-
lessly tortured of all European mi
norities comes to imitate-or at least
partially initiates for what it be-
lieves to be self f-defense-some of
the educational rules invented by
Its prosecutors,
Stacks Death Recalled.
1t was observed yesterday by an
expert of long experience in the
Near East and Middle East that the
assassination of Lord Moyne in
Cairo was perhaps fraught with
more embarrassing consequences
than the assassination 20 years ago
of Gen. Sir Lee Stack, commander
in chief of the Egyptian army and
Governor General of the Sudan
Then, under the pressure of Egyp-
tian terrorism, the British govern
ment gradually gave up the restric-
tions with which it wanted to beset
Egyptian independence and engaged
on new path that slowly led to
the conclusion of the 1886 Anglo
egyptian alllance.
In Palestine it is hard to perceive
now the problem arising out of the
antagonism between 1000, 900 Arabs
and 100000 Jews can be solved,
British policy cannot afford to
estrange the Arab world. 1t will
have to stand, somehow, by the
White Paper of May, 1899. This
means that the Jewish population
of Palestine must be limited to one
third Of the whole population and
that no further sale of arabic land
to Jews, twho do not own more than
100000 or 100000 acres of some
2,000,000) will be allowed.
In 1889, provision was made for
an additional influx of $4,000 immi-
grants. BY now, that quota has
nearly been exhausted-the slender
balance left is $4,000. Clearly, the
Jewish problem outstrips what the
British government can achieve on
its sole responsibility.
1t is worth noticing that the Rus
sian government is decidedly criti-
cal of the Zionist policy. Afiliation
to Zionisn is not tolerated in Soviet
territory. The government of Mos
COW Is now fully represented in the
Middle East. Lately, Russian minis
ters were appointed to Bagdad,
Beirut and Damar, and q Russian
consul general has taken I'M mar