4 APRIL 1925, Page 18

* * * * On Wednesday Lord Balfour opened the

new Hebrew University at Jerusalem. He pointed out that it was an experiment never tried before—the adaptation of Western methods to an Eastern Institution. Hebrew will be the language of the University, which will, how- ever, be free of all religious and racial tests. We trust that this comprehending spirit will be only one of many signs that the Jews will try to make a national home in and not of Palestine.