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The Zionists, and the Mandatory Power COMPARES WOMEN TO
ISRAEL IN DESERT

By LIEUT.-COMMANDER THE HON. J. M. KENWORTHY, R. N., M. P.

(Couyright, 1925, by Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

(Lieutenant-Commander Kenworthy is the son of Lord Strabolgi
and one of the most prominent members of the British House of
Commons. This is the third of a series of articles written exclu-
sively for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency on the problem of Pales-
tine and the British Mandate.)

Council Chairman Outlines Re-
sponsibility of Citizens
to Nation.

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EXCHANGE

NEW YORK CITY.— Mrs. Sydney
M. Cone of Baltimore, national chair-
The Permanent Mandates Commis- used. Compared with the provision man of the committee on legislation of
"THE HOUSE OF SERVICE"
sion of the League of Nations ha
land; to emigrants by the govern. the National Council of Jewish Wom-
been sitting at Geneva The British bent of tae British Dominions, the en, c-mpares the %v.- men of today, po-
MABEL DUGGAN, Manager.
government as a mandatory power is, nandatory power in Palestine cannot litically, with the children of Israel,
under the constitution of the league, he accused of undue generosity. In who spent a period of instruction and
bound to furnish a report on its ad- fact, compared to the action of the probation in the desert, before enter-
ministration of Palestine, and this Turkish government before the war, ing the Promised Land. On the eve
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has been done. Major the Hon. Orms- little more generosity has been shown of the opening of Congress in Decem-
capacity, being adaptable to any type of body
by-Gore, M. P., under secretary of to the Zionist Organization in this ber, she appeals to the Jewish women
that your business may require.
state for the colonies, represents the all-important land question.
of America to give to the government
British government as a witness be-
It is true that the original canoes. the fullest benefit of their powers and
fore the commission. Ile is looked sion of the Turkish authorities for intelligent action on various legislative
upon as personally favorable to the the lease of the Kabarra swamps has proposals that will be considered at
Zionist cause.
been confirmed and renewed, but Washington.
Dr. Weizmann's letter to the High much capital expenditure has been
In the course of her appeal, Mrs.
Commissioner of Palestine of Sept. 1 required for the draining of these Cone declared: "The Children of Is-
Booking, Theatre, Banquets, Clubs, Etc.
last, written on be"alf of the Zionist swamps and the stamping out of ma- rael wandered for 40 years in the des-
Organization, together with the mem- laria, and the capital cost has been ert after leaving their serf's estate in
orandum submitted by the Zionist borne by the Zionist funds.
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There is real land hunger in Pales- Egypt. This period of instruction and
Organization to the secretary-general
probation, endured before entering the
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of the League of Nations for the in- tine. The funds of the Zionist Or- Promised Land, was deemed necessary
ganization
are
limited.
Much
more
PHONES:
formation of the Permanent Man-
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in order that the habits and thoughts
dates Commission of the same date could and should be done to encour- of slaves forced on these people during
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has been widely circulated. It is age land settlement. The fact is that their Egyptian sojourn should be
highly probable that those interested it is impossible to place colonists on abandoned. The attitude of mind and
in the Zionist movement on the per- the land anywhere without the active body of free men must be developed.
manent Mandates Commission other Assistance of the government in pow- Only an emancipated people under
than the British representative will er. This is shown by the history of standing freedom should enter a free
raise the general and political con- all the British Dominions beyond the land.
duct of the mandatory power and the seas. Take the case of Canada. Not
"So it is with the women of today,
question of future policy generally. only are intending settlers given free politically
sneaking. They too need a
land or allowed to take it up on very
The British administration of Pal- easy
period of instruction, unfortunately
terms
of
repayment,
but
they
estine as mandatory power is nol a re given a bonus of £15 per head they have entered their promised land
open to any serious criticism if the and relieved of taxation for three of political freedom unprepared, and
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conditions were normal. The gover n years. Similar facilities are given in must educate themselves as they go
went has been good. there have been Australia, Kenya Colony and other along. The ignorance of the great
no disorders of any seriousness, the lands under the British flag. No bulk of the women during all the gem
military garrison is small and the bonus is given to the Jewish settler erations of political dependency and
Arab population have no just grounds in Palestine, the land is sold at its lack of opportunity for expression has
of complaint. But the policy of the artificial market value and the colo- resulted in an apathy and lack of de-
British government in carrying out nist commences paying taxes from sire for knowledge which will take a
the terms of the Balfour Declaration the moment he arrives. Little has I long while to dissipate. It is true that
and the steps taken for the re-estab- been done so far in the way of grant- the time elapsing since the first suf-
DIAMONDS
lishment of the Jewish national home ing crown lands to the settlers and it frage note was struck in Seneca Falls
in Palestine are all open to criticism. is a pity that it has not been found in 1848, until the adoption of the
Some of the reasons for this criti• possible to introduce a series of ogre- nineteenth amendment in 1920, might
cism are expressed in Dr. Weizmann's rian reforms for the break-up of the be considered as years of instruction
letter. Among others they are the estates of the great land-owners, as and study preparatory to political
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small grants-in-aid given to the Jew- has been done by national govern- participation by women.
PLATINUM, DIAMOND AND
33 JOHN R STREET
"However, we know only too well
ish schools in Palestine, these ments in such countries as Roumania,
GOLD JEWELRY
DETROIT
that the great majority of women was
amounting in 1924-5 to only E£3,065. Poland, Hungary and Esthonia.
DIAMOND SETTING A SPECIALTY
This amounts to 3 per cent of the Again, take the question of immi- not so forethoughtful and that prac-
sum appropriated to education from grants. Only about one-third of the tically no attempt was made to develop
public funds. Now the Jews at pros- applications received have been wisdom and gain knowledge of things
ent number about 13 per cent of the granted and an all too careful selec- political. Even today there is much
population and on a mere capita tion has been made. If a similar lukewarmness shown in acceptance of
rear grant 13 per cent of the amount Policy had been adopted by the !the privileges and duties which go
Imarlimiawmalwalelsvoimm ■
available for education should have United States government during the along with universal suffrage. It is
been handed over to Jewish educa- years of great progress in America clearly the duty of women to function
tional establishment-. The fact of of the last century, what would be as integral parts of the law-making
the matter is that the Zionist Organ- the population of the United States groups of our cities and states, and of
ization itself is spending large sums today?
our nation. Ignorance of the matter
on education. Thus the total coat of
It is a mistake in a country that is under debate and of the methods of
the Hebrew schools in the year end- being developed and seteed to put legislative procedure is no excuse for
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ing Sept. 30, 1924, was Ei92,677. In unnecessary difficulties in the way of wInen not participating in these af-
addition to this E£6,000 was granted intending settlers. Political opinion fairs.
by the Zionist Organization to the should not be allowed to prevent a
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"Women as such are interested par-
Jewish Labor Association for ex- man and his family from going to ticularly in laws concerning women
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Demand Them of Your Grocer.
pem'iture on evening classes, lec- Palestine if they are otherwise suit- and children. We of the National
tures and libraries. To all these must able. If the man's political opinions Council of Jewish Women have put
be added the cost of the Hebrew Uni- are obnoxious to the powers-that-be, our strength behind the Sheppard-
versity on Mount Scopus, which has they should have sufficient faith in Towner Bill for a Department of Edu-
been almost entirely defrayed from the justice and excellence of their cation, and the World Court Move-
Zionist funds. The fact that the own administration to feel that his ment. Let us as council women—Jew-
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Zionist Organization and other He- opinions will change after a brief so- oh women, do our duty to the common-
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brew organizations are spending no journ in the enjoyment of the bless- wealth wisely and well."
much money on education is prob- ings of British rule.
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ably the excuse of the government
Now, compare these methods of ad-
When I observe some women smok-
Day and Night Service.
for not providing a larger quota of ministration with the methods adopt- ing I am reminded that woman does
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the grant to education from the reve- ed by the government of the Union certain things much better or much
nues of the country. But this excuse of Soviet Socialist Republics in their worse than man does them.—Dr.
J. DUSCHINSKY, Secretary
is not valid. The revenues of the bid for Jewish colonists in the Cri- Alexander Lyons.
MARTIN HOFFMAN, Pres.
JULIUS KANOC, Vice-Press
country are raised by the taxation mea. The greatest encouragement is
of the whole of the inhabitants and given to Jewish land settlers to pro-
QUALITY — SERVICE
the proportion paid today by the Jew- ceed to the Crimea. They are freed
ish section, owing to their greater from taxes for a period of years and
prosperity and commercial activity, 150,000 desiatines of former crown
is relatively high. If the grant was lands have
have already been allotted to M
more equitably distributed there Jewish agricultural settlers in the K-s-
would be more money available to Crimea.
the Zionist Organization for land set-
It will be a curious state of affairs
— Manufacturer. of
tlement and other purposes, or even if the greater generosity of the Rus-
for further grants to higher educa- sian government to Jewish settlers in
tion.
the Crimea cuts the ground from un-
Next, consider the land question. der the feet of the British govern.
Article VI of the Palestine Mandate ment as mandatory power in Pales-
itself lays down that close settlement tine and the Zionist Organization it- E.
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by Jews on the land, including state
lands and waste lands not required self.
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he prophets of woe foretold all
The
for public purposes, shall be encour- sorts of troubles if the great project -7_
of the establishment Of the Jewish
national home were proceeded with.-"-='
We were told that there would be
continual friction and difficulty with ;al
the Arabs. That there would be ris-
ings and revolutions, riots and civil
war. What are the facts? There has
been complete peace in Palestine,
with the exception of quite minor
disturbances, for years. A few miles
to the northwards is the French man-
dated territory of Syria, also in-
habited by Arabs and, incidentally,
Arabs of a higher state of advance-
ment and civilization than the Arabs
of Palestine, and therefore supposed-
ly of a more peaceable and law-abid-
GENERAL OFFICE:
ing
In Syria there have p
been disturbances of the gravest na-
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tare. The French authorities are !E=.2
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faced with a formidable uprising of ;
the people. And there is no Jewish
question in Syria and no attempt is
being made to encourage the immi-
gration of Jewish colonists. The an.
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famed and beautiful ciy
t
f
Damascus has been subjected to b om-
bardment reminding us of the Ger-
man action at Louvain. Badly need
ed troops have had to be sent from
Morocco to Syria to strengthen the
hands of the French authorities. And,
most curious of all, the Arabs of
Syria are pointing to the better lot
of their brothers in Palestine and de-
manding similar treatment!
These facts, which cannot be de-
nied, should remove the last vestiges
of timidity and doubt from the minds
of the statesmen of the mandatory
power. In an Eastern country, Pal-
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estine, the Zionist Organization is
spending money on scientific re-
search, in agriculture, in fighting dis-
ease, in providing medical services,
— SPECIALIZING IN —
in stamping out malaria, destroying
plant parasites, draining and reclaim-
ing swamps, replanting the moun-
tains with trees. The Zionist Organ.
ization has given a preliminary train-
ing to intending land workers and
farm workers in Palestine of a su-
perior kind to that given to intend-
ing British emigrants to Australia
and Canada.
Surely a government in its senses
should welcome such efforts and
should rejoice in the fact that these
great exertions and expenditures are
taking place in a territory for which
Great Britain is mandatory power.
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