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PERSECUTION AND DOUBLE TALK
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area of 100000 square niles in Syria.
This is generally considered the richest oil field in
the world and this investment the largest made by
Americans in foreign country The oil corporations
fearful of having these concessions repudiaed by the
Arabian Government which has turned hostile because
America the chief advocate of the partition of Pales
tine Just last week. the Arab League meeting at Cairo
voted to stop Americans from building pipe lines
their territory
These mighty oil companies stricken with the fear
losing their concessions reported to have doubled the
amount spent in lobbying and public relations and have
engaged Col William Eddy former Midde-Eastern expert
of the State Department, to represent them.
The creation of Jewish state in Palestine would not
likely have been challenged by the Arabs but for the
perdy of the Chamberlain government of England which
issued in 1882 the infamous white Paper in effort
to appease the Arabs during the last This white
Paper" permanently limited the number of Jews who
could migrate to Palestine that the Jews would always
be in the minority and a seperate Jewish state could
therefore be established
Not only do the Jews have the legal right to part
of Palestine based years of international commitments
they also deserve the heartfelt sympathy and support of
everyone who hates cruelty and tyranny.
No in the long annals of history has suffered the
cruelty and barbarsm inflicted the Jews by the Hitler
government When Hitler to power in Germany
there 900 Jews in Europe there
100000 Hiters fiendsh hatred said to have been
responsible for the deaths of 100000 Jews. Hters
slanderous propaganda against the Jews has been
effective that his defeat and death ended the
persecution of Jews in Europe 1t because few
tries will accept displaced Jews that Jewish state
Palestine becomes so necessary.
Jews have better moral claim to Palestine than any
other people. 1t theirs exclusively from Joshuas
conquest in 100 B. c. until long after the Roman con-
quest of Jerusalem in SO A. D. Palestine was never a
separate Arab state and the Arabs ruled Palestine only
from ga A. D. until 1911 A. D. So in the last 876 years
Palestine has been free from Arab rule
Nor it be denied that the return of the Jews to
Palestine has enriched every phase of Palesnes civic
educational and political life The state has been mod
ernized with the latest methods of agriculture educa
tona facilities and medical sciences. 1t has been made
even more attractive to the Arabs whose population has
doubled since the migration of the Jews There
/ 200 900 Arabs in Palestine and 100000 Jews.
Experts agree that Palestine easily accommodate
1000 900 additional immigrants and there than
500 900 homeless and despsed Jews ready and willing to
go to Palestine but the British will accept 100
600 Jewish immigrants Arabs have valid objections
as the land proposed to be assigned to the Jewish state
is less than per cent of the acreage occupied by the
Arabs
The British mandate Palestine ends in May. 1t
is hoped that United Nations Organization will
truseeshp this land of racial and religious strife
and that that organization will have sufficient to
solve this conflict between the Jews and Arabs the
basis of the equities in the free from the intimidation
of threats and predatory wealth.
The Courier hopes that this Governments magnani-
nifty will not be confined to feeding Europe but that
will also face courageousy the duty that mankind
their