ARAB RIGHTS IN PALESTINE
[To the Editor of TILE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The letter published by Mr. C. M. Chapman in your columns last week provides a brilliant example of how parti- sanship can overstate a case. It is incontrovertible that the Jews in Palestine have provided lasting benefit to the Arabs. There may be a small boycott in certain regions, but this is negligible when regard is had to the volume of employment Which Jews ensure, both directly and indirectly, to the Arabs.
Regarding major policy, there is no doubt that wisely directed Jewish immigration benefits the whole country. This cannot be inconsistent with the Mandate. The Govern- ment. of Palestine can certainly be trusted to see that the Indigenous Arab is not unfairly treated. T. E. Lawrence is a legendary figure and his utterances are being cited in favour of both sides by his apostles. .Surely common sense is a better criteria for policy than romance ? This would have been the view of Aircraftsman Shaw himself.
The Palestinian Arabs are, it is submitted, superior in stock to ' many other branches of • their 'family. Eventually, Jew and Arab in Palestine Will find more in common with each other than with their relations outside the' country. Time lids already given 'evidence of this tendency, which can be Impeded only by unwholesome propaganda on the part of Zealots in both camps.—=Yours, &c.,
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