18 NOVEMBER 1922, Page 2

The policy of evacuating Palestine, and that as soon as

possible, has found strong support during the Elections. If the Government had any doubt as to the feeling of the country on the subject, they can have none now. In ordinary circumstances we admit that this would not be a ground for immediate action, and that the official plea for going slowly and for " a policy of close and cautious examination" should command sympathy and attention. There are, however, strong reasons in the present case for promptness. We have always felt that we might easily be put in a most dangerous and humiliating position if the Palestine Arabs, tired of appealing to us, appealed directly to Kemal and the Angora Government, making their appeal both racial and religious.