FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Mr. Philip Graves was peculiarly well qualified, as the Times correspondent at Constantinople before and since the War, and as a staff officer at headquarters in the Near East, to describe the situation in Palestine, and his book may be heartily commended as an impartial and informing survey of a difficult problem. He points out that the extreme credulity of the Arabs and what Mr. Hogarth calls their " original and general consciousness of social inferiority " to the Jews make them very troublesome to deal with. He describes the good work done by the British Administration, and states that the Imperial subsidy next year may be no more than a million. Mr. Graves holds that the Mandate must be carried out, but that the claims of the extreme Zionists cannot be allowed. His appendices of documents will be useful for reference.
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