* a * * The Seventeenth Zionist Congress In opening
this Congress on Tuesday at Bile, Mr, Nahum Sokolow, who has succeeded Dr. Weizmann as Chairman, set out the ideals which he recommends for the movement in the future. We are glad to see, as we should have expected from his association with the' late Lord Balfour, that Mr.. Sokolow is in favour of loyalty to the Balfour Declaration, and of the conduct of political controversy "within the bounds of estab- lished law." He is convinced that there is "no special antagonism" between the Jews and the Arabs, and seemed to rely for a working compromise on the negotia- tions with the Jewish Agency for the development of Palestine. Although Mr. Sokolow is not President of the Zionist Organization, which office is still held by Dr. Weizmann, his firm and sensible attitude should make the task of Great Britain, as Mandatory Power for Palestine, somewhat easier.
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