The League of Arab States
A very interesting development has come out of the preparatory conference for the Pan-Arab Congress, which ended at Alexandria last Saturday. The five delegations from Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Iraq and Lebanon have declared for the formation of a " League of Arab States." The protocol has also been approved by the repre- sentatives of Saudi Arabia and the Yemen, but has yet to be submitted to the Wahabi King and the Imam. The League is based broadly on the model of the League of Nations, and would have a Council charged with the duty of safeguarding the independence of the member-States againsr aggression, and watching the general interests of the Arab countries. Palestine is not officially included, but the conference supported the British White Paper policy, and urged the safeguarding of lands belonging to the Arabs, and the advance of Palestine towards independence. The growth of Pan-Arab solidarity in recent years has been one of the governing factors in the politics of the Middle East, and the soundness of the relations between Great Britain and the Arab States is one of the stabilising conditions throughout the whole area. Those who thoughtlessly and without understanding of the facts urge the wholesale introduction of Jews into the tiny country of Palestine should realise that all the Arab communities, and not the Palestine Arabs alone, feel themselves profoundly concerned in a solution of this matter which will give consideration to their claime.
