28 JUNE 1946, Page 13

STRIFE OR REPENTANCE ?

SIR,—Agreeing most warmly, as I do, with Mr. Home's proposals (r) and (2) for Palestine in your current issue, I ask him on what grounds he bases (3). Why are the Arabs, who have already received half a million Jewish refugees, to be asked to receive too,000 more? Why? " A major gesture of repentance and conciliation must be made " by us. Certainly. An offer to accept Jewish refugees in this country and a request to know what other countries will do in the same way would be exactly the gesture required. Will Mr. Home not press for such a conclusion to his generous and truly wise proposals (r) and (a)?—Yours, &c.