123 speeches referred to in the Report were the customary funeral orations and were not provocative. On the contrary, the Acting Mayor of Tel Aviv addressed the funeral procession and urged the public to maintain calm and dignity in the fac…

124 funeral) states : "The paper regrets the fact that a rumour spread in Jaffa that the Jews were going to attack Jaffa on Friday. Not only is the rumour false, but Jaffa never took it seriously..." The "Falastin" of the same date states :…

125 the utterly unsubstantiated report of cars passing to Jaffa having been systematically stoned from a Jewish lorry -— is carefully recorded. As a result, the impression is created of Jewish complicity in the outbreak which thus appears a…

126 did not see fit to apply the penalties provided in the Emergency Regulations. In not a single case was the death penalty carried out, although during the period under review in the Report 21 soldiers, 16 police and more than 80 Jews wer…

127 Para. 26 et seq. 16. It is noted with regret that in the description of the Arab general strike no mention whatever is made of the fact that the Arab Higher Committee and their Chairman, the Mufti of Jerusalem, were actively engaged in …

128 and acts of terrorism. On a number of occasions the Jewish Agency drew the attention of Government to the failure of the police adequately to deal with such activities, giving instances when police looked on without interfering, whilst …

129 not use their influence to check illegal acts unless Jewish immigration was suspended." It is submitted that this statement gives an entirely wrong impression of what had actually happened. In fact, after the attention of your Excellenc…

130 other hand, of any reference to the discipline and self-restraint maintained by the Jews during six months of daily provocation to which warm tribute was paid by Your Excellency and by the Secretary of State on several occasions. 26. In…

II. REPORT OF THE POLITICAL DEPARTMENT IN LONDON

LONDON POLITICAL REPORT. The work of the London Political Department since the last Congress falls into three main sections. The first period extends from September 1935 to April 1936. when attention was focussed principally on the Legislat…

134 which followed a few weeks later in the Commons. It was clear that there was a large measure of opposition to the proposal in both Houses of Parliament, and among all parties, and that this opposition would have to be taken into account…

135 passed by non-Palestinian lawyers prior to their admission to the Palestine Bar. On the other hand, representations made in regard to the restrictions imposed on the admission of doctors were without success. II. The Disturbances of Apr…

136 (i) the problem of British public opinion in general, including Parliament and the Press, (ii) the possibility of a stoppage of immigration by the Government; (Iii) at a later date, in connection with the appointment of a Royal Commissi…

137 on a number of occasions. These included addresses by Dr. Weizmànn to the Royal Central Asian Society and the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and, on two opcasions, to the members of the Palestine Parliamentary Committee in th…

138 Arab strike, including such matters as the disbandment of the strike committee, the arrest of the leading terrorists, and the arming of the Jews in defence of their lives and property. The question of compensation for losses was also ra…

139 assurance on the lines suggested had been given. Appointment of the Royal Commission : renewed fears of a suspension of Immigration : One of the last official acts of Mr. Thomas prior of his resignation was to announce on May 18th the G…

140 after this statement, everything possible was done to bring home to the authorities the dangers and the gross injustice of thus apparently, on the one hand penalising the discipline and fortitude displayed throughout the disturbances by…

141 quiry, and that for the time being little eould, or should, be undertaken in London. This attiude was reflected in a Debate which took place in the House of Commons on February 22, 1937, in connection with the Supplementary Estimates, w…

HI. REPORT OF THE GENEVA OFFICE

GENEVA OFFICE. In accordance with the resolutions of the Nineteenth Zionist Congress and of the Council of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, Dr. Nachum Goldmann was entrusted, in September, 1935, with the conduct of political work in connect…