83 14. The representations in regard to the inadequacy of the Jewish personnel in the security forces and public services as well as the anomalous position of the city of Tel Aviv assume particular urgency in the light of the tragic events …

84 of the Jewish National Home immune from any attack. I beg to submit that such a policy is urgently called for by the conditions of dire economic distress and political persecution to which large sections of the Jewish people in the Diasp…

APPENDIX III. LETTER OF THE EXECUTIVE TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER OF MAY 14, 1936. Jerusalem, 14 May, 1936. Your Excellency, In conformity with your suggestion we have the honour to submit the following observations in writing: 1. After the ou…

86 minai act including the murder of innocent people, have not diminished since then but, on the contrary, have increased. Yesterday two old Jews were murdered in the Old City of Jerusalem in broad daylight and it is to be feared that more …

87 Moslem Council and the Mayor of Jerusalem. These submissions were not acted upon and the impression was created throughout the country, among Arabs not less than among the Jews, that. Government was not averse tc the strike being continu…

88 pression being spread through the country, even if it has no basis in fact. To our great disappointment, our submissions proved unavailing, and we have no doubt that the creation of this impression is one of the aggravating causes of the…

89 tion and. constitution of the country be declared illegal. (b) That active measures be taken against acts of intimidation and coercion, by word and deed, intended to cause Arab workmen and merchants to strike against their will, and that…

90 11. It is our firm conviction that only vigorous measures which will make clear beyond all possible doubt the firm determination of Government not to tolerate any lawlessness and not to be deterred by any threat, violence or political bl…

APPENDIX IV LETTER OF THE EXECUTIVE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER OF 30 AUGUST, 1936 Jerusalem, August 30, 1936. Your Excellency, I have the honour to address you on the subject of the visit to Palestine of the Foreign Minister of Iraq and the n…

92 connection of the Jewish people with Palestine. It furthermore provides for the official recognition of a Jewish Agency, representing the Jewish People throughout the world, as a body authorised to advise, and cooperate with, the Adminis…

93 premium on violence. Any suspension of immigration as a preliminary to the investigations of the Royal Commission would, moreover, be considered by the Jews as a step calculated to prejudice the findings of the Commission and would, by g…

94 lastin," 27th August) and "as an act which has done away with the local character of Palestine and put upon it the international Arab stamp, also as a decisive step towards the establishment of the Arab Federation.'' (Ad-Difaa," 27th Aug…

APPENDIX V. SUMMARY OF JEWISH GRIEVANCES AND PROPOSALS PRESENTED TO THE PALESTINE ROYAL COMMISSION The Rt. Hon Earl Peel, G.C.S.,L, G.B.E. Chairman, Palestine Royal Commission, Jerusalem. 14th January 1937. My Lord, On behalf of the Executi…

96 2. The repeated attempts made by the Mandatory Government to give restrictive interpretations to its obligations towards the Jews as well as the efforts of the Administration of Palestine to placate the opponents of the Mandate by politi…

97 apart from such articles of the Mandate as are expressly mentioned in certain paragraphs. II. IMMIGRATION 1. It is the grievance of the Jewish Agency that Government has not adequately carried out the obligation to facilitate Jewish immi…

98 labour market, the vacancies filled by them do not figure in the estimates of absorptive capacity on the basis of which the Jewish Agency applies for new labour immigration certificates. 6. The Jewish Agency can find no justification for…

99 of land to the transferees under the Ghor Mudawwara Agreement at Beisan, in which transaction the obligation to provide land for? Jewish settlement was disregarded. It has since failed to revise this settlement on lines which might have …

100 rural land and the alleged failure of agricultural development to keep pace with the transfer of land to Jews. Government moreover, appears to be labouring under a misconception as to its duty under Article 6 of the Mandate in this rega…

101 on these works large sums of money which would otherwise have been available for additional colonisation. 12. Government has failed to take adequate steps to ascertain the water resources of the country and to establish irrigation schem…

102 throughout the world a growing State activity prevails in all spheres of economic life and when such a policy appears to be especially warranted by the requirements of Palestine. 2. The customs tariff of Palestine should long ago have b…