Evening star., 1944-03-08
Wants Hint to Arabs
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Constantine Brown in his column of
February 20, tries to impress upon his
readers that his remarks concerning
Palestine and the resolutions pending
in Congress are casual and innocent.
However, on close scrutiny we find that
either Mr.. Brown is ignorant of the facts
or he omits these facts to serve his per-
sonal purpose.
One of Mr.. Browns first casual re-
marks is: "At the end of the First World
War the three most important parts of
the Turkish empire in the Middle East
-Iraq, Syria and Palestine-were placed
under mandate of France and Great
Britain. Of these three, Iraq and Syria
no longer are inundated countries and
Palestine alone remains under the tute-
lage OF Britain" This implies that a
grave injustice was done to Palestine.
Here Mr.. Brown committed fragrant
sin OF omission. He omitted the very
important fact that Iraq and Syria were
lntrusted to France and Great Britain
to govern until their inhabitants were
ripe for self-government The Palestine
mandate specifically and categorically
differs from the other mandates, This
mandate was based on the Balfour dec
laration, issued to the Jewish people bv
Great Britain November g 1917. This
declaration recognized the historic right
OF the Jewish people to Palestine. The
Jewish people requested the Mandate
commission Of the League of Nations
to lntrust the Palestine mandate to
Great Britain. The terms of the man.
cate were that the mandatory power is
to facilitate Jewish immigration into
Falestlne and to create such adminis-
trative and economic conditions as would
help In the establishment of a Jewish
commonwealth. The Palestine man.
GATE was intrusted to Britain for the
jewish people not for the Palestinian
inhabltants. Iraq and Syria are inde-
pendent, according to the terms of their
mandates. Palestine is still under the
mandate because the mandatory power
did not adhere to the terms of the man.
date. She limited Jewish immigration
into Palestine, prohibited the sale of
land to Jews and hindered the estab-
hshment of the Jewish commonwealth.
The bad feeling between Arabs and
Jews III Palestine is myth. Very few
Palestlnlan Arabs participated in the
"k'AAHiAlSo dSdliiSt Tie Jews. lew self
appointed Palestinian Arab leaders. with
the aid of imported murderers from Irao
and Syria, melted the uprisings These
imported murderers were not interested
IN condltlons in or out of Palestine
Ihey were completely ignorant of ma
tlonal politics. These uprisings were
financed from the outside AS matter
OF fact, hundreds of Palestinian Arabs
were killed by the same murderers for
refusing to participate in these uprisinps.
concerning the fear of an Arab up-
rising If the United States Govern
ment would go on record in support
OF the idea of a Jewish commonwealth.
Mr.. Brown knows that without British
supervision the Arab Kings and Emirs
would murder each other. When Irao
welcomed the Nazi luftwaffe, Britain
beat her into submission, and there
were no Arab uprisings. The Arab
states do not revolt unless instigated
by outside influences. Britain knows
that hint from the United States
and Britain to the Arab countries to
leave Palestine alone would be sufficient.
DIR. H. PROTECTOR.