PALESTINE NOT A JEWISH STATE.
DECLARATION BY LORD
PASSFIELD.
ARAB RIGHTS.
He then made the statement quoted above, and continued
"There must be a limit to Jewish immigration determined by the ab sorptive capacity of the country, There has been no stoppage of im migration. Nine hundred and fifty certificates on the labour schedule for the prosent half-year have been sanctioned in advance and have not been suspended.
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1930.
CO-OPERATION IN
RURAL LIFE.
THE CHARACTER OF THE
BRITISH FARMER.
American Experiment." It was of special interest to us in this country that there was pro ceeding in the United States a great
experiment having for its object
The
Sir Thomas Middleton, vice-chair- "The Show Commission have re-
man of the Development Commis "The mandate does not envisageported that a certain number of
sion, recently spoke at the Rural *the establishment of a Jewish State, Arabs have beon economically pre- only of a Jewish national home in Judiced as a result of Jewish land Community Council's Conference at purchases, although it is recognised Queen's College, Oxford, on "Co- with the that the Jewish Agency has paid operation in Rural Life, and dis Palestine consistently maintenance of the position and liberal monetary compensation.cussed the reasons why farmers inposed to co-operation. Could they
The Government consider it rights of the Arab population."
This declaration was made by necessary to inquire into the truth of the allegations, and with this Lord Passfeld, Colonial Secretary, object have secured the best possible Saplying to Mr. O. E. D'Avigdor-expert to make inquiries."" 'Goldsmid. Lord Rothschild,. Mr. B.:
S. Strauss, and Mr. J. Rieb, re-
CARE WITH THOSE OF
DUCKS.
The innocent egg-particular, ly the duck's egg-is not so inno- cent as it might be, according to an article by Dr. W. M. Scott, a Ministry of Health medical officer, in the current British Medical Journal.
presenting the Board of Deputies EGGS NOT SO "INNOCENT.” of British Jens--the elected repre-) sentatives of the Jews of the British Empire who made representations concerning the suspension of the 9.000 mmigration certificates for Palestine for the current half-year. The deputation said that the koard was keenly interested, al though it was not a Zionist body, in the administration of the man date, and it was compelled to be- live that the immigration certifi- cates had been suspended by the Government on political grounds, since the economic factors were thoroughly examined by the Ad- ministration of Palestine before the issue of the certificates had been sanctioned on May 12-
"One habitually regards an egg as one of the safest and most whole- some forms of food," ho writes.
"But there is strong reason to believe that this innocence of the ggs, after all, only relative, and that, in fact, eggs are responsible for many cases of lood poisoning which remain mysterious-that is,
this country were so slow to adopt systems of co-operation.
the regulation of marketing. American agricultural problem had been for the past 10 years, and still was more acute than our own. A year ago there was set up, the- Federal Fame Board, whose mem- bers had shown themselves roen of great ability and force of character, for the farmer against those op- who were determined to stand up
succeed in their efforts to control production by purely co-operative Riction? American farms, which "We must put away all those
were largely organized on a collee- arguments which attribute our positive basis, bad, so far as he (the tion in this matter to the obstinacy, speaker) knew, not yet heard of compulsion, He thought he could stupidity, and general cussedness answer for the mujority of farmers on the part of the British farmer." in this country when he said that The compulsion was an idea they dis- Sir Thomas Middleton said.
liked intensely, but if it was re- success of the movement, he added, quired for the beneft of the indus did not depend upon high intelli- try, it was an idea they must be gence and a high level of education, content to accept. Hard cases must for farmers in other countries where be ignored if the majority of the producers of the community were co-operation was being carried on satisfied that they were suffering successfully were in no way superior injury through the action of a in those respects to the British minority. They must not be led away too easily by the argument of farmer. He suggested that our freedom neglect of co-operation in the past was not a proof of backwardness but of the ability and skill possess- ed by the leaders of the British" For: very argicultural industry. many years our farmers were in advance of those of other lands and when the advantages of the co- first ad- operative system were
The Government's decision. it stated, prejudiced the work of the cases of severe or fatal gastroen-vocated they seemed to apply rather Jowish Agency, and seemed to in-teritis due to salmonella infection, dicate that the Government had in which none of the usually sus made up its mind that Jewish im-pert articles can be incriminated."
nigration must be stopped.
*A Misunderstanding." The Jews had for centuries suffer ed injustice at the hands of others. and they were the last to wish to ee injustice indicted on the Arabs. The deputation begged the Govern ent to release the certificates and
of the mandatė.
demonstrate its intention to administer Palestine in the spirit Lord Passfield said in reply that the protests of the Jews appeared Lo have been based on a misunder
no standing. There had been change in the policy of the Gavern- ment and no uncertainty in its execution of the mandate."
Many Such Cases.
There have been a number of such cases during the last three years, he adds, affecting both in- dividuals and groups of people.
Dr. Scott states that care should taken in using ducks' eggs in any manner in which thorough cooking is not involved-for exam ple, in making creams, ices, cus tards, or even lightly boiled.
He agreed that the risk af food poisoning from eggs is compara tively rare, but he is inclined to think that salmonella infections from eggs are, in reality, a little
more common.
CORONER ON FAMILY LIMITATION.
WOMEN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
"LOATHED LIKE POISON.
PROPAGANDA WAR
SUGGESTED.
The machinery of Parliament was discussed at the Suzimmer Scheel of the Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, at Bedford College for Women last month."
Mra E. M. Hubbuck opening the discussion, said she thought that too
much time of the House was devoted to private members' Billa..
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Miss Picton-Turbervill, M.P., who presided, said she did not t the smallest chance of any measure be ing brought in to reduce the time spent on private members' "Bills "Every member thinks that his or her Bill is the most important Bill that has ever been put before the House," she said. There is a certain gentleman in the Conser rative party who is referred to by us as the human gramophone, and when obstruction is wanted he is put on because it is known that he can go on talking and talking indefinitely."
and that the rise for married women was more than twice as much.
"What is the reason?" she ask
ed. Can it be that wonten give up work more easily than men and are more prone to seek a bottle of a for weeks" rest, or medicing and a
is the National Health Insurance failing in its preventive work more in the case of women than in the
Oase of men f
Local Government.
Miss Annie Caton. speaking at the afternoon session, declared that
government. There were 161 town ore women were needed in local Councils in England on which there
were no women, and there were only about 3 per cent. of woman on the other Councils. The average " she said. woman is upathetic," "There are three reasons which cause women to hold backÖnance, diffidence, and the fact that they are not keen party members. men did not get pushed forward. as men did
Wo
In a discussion Miss Hornabrook, a former councillor for Plymouth, said: Men on the Councils still loathe us women like poison. They tell us it is not a woman's place: or job, and try to prove that women are unsuitable and handicapped. Women on the whole hare higher ideals than men, and take up the joh not so much for power or glory as, men do, but for the gen- eral good."
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Health Insurance.
Mrs. Corbett Ashby suggested Opening a discussion on National that there should be town meetings, Health Insurance. Miss E. Mar-deputations to headquarters, and "WORKING-CLASS WOULD BE telli recalled a test carried out on that things should be made really
MUCH HAPPIER."
uncomfortable for Councils who were opposed to women members.
"Alfred George Element (35), an L.C.C. tram conductor, last month died from heart disease, and his wife was left penniless with five young children.
Returning a verdict of death from natural causes at the inquest the Coroner (Mr. Ingleby Oddie) said that Mrs. Element was destitute and expecting another child. feel very sorry for her, and shall give her a pound from my poor box," he added....
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the claims of a group of 500,000 insured persons during the years 1921 to 1927 The investigation to a more backward people.
showed that the claims for sickness If our farmers had been as skilful
and, disablement benefit were rising
Zaro Agha, the Turkish porter. as competent observers had declar-
continuously The claims by men ad, Sir Thomas Middleton then
rcse by 41 per cent. in the case of who claims to be 156 years old, has asked, why was it that periods of
sickness and 85 per cent. in the discovered America. He arrived, it agricultural depression had been so
case of disablement. The rises for is said, to buy a new, set of false teeth and to allow American scien. constant a feature of our agricul-
unmarried women were 60 per cent. tural history? The conditions im
and 300 per cent. respectively, and tists, for a consideration, to look at. for married women 106 per cent. and Him. He sat in a deck chair on posed by nature in this country made agricultural change slow and
138 per cent. It might be due, said board the steamer Sinai, and, re difficult and often expensive. So
Miss Martelli, to the fact that marking that the first hundred years' health insurance was still. in an of life are the easiest, enthralled an that whenever a changing economic situation like the present forced us 16 is a tragedy for a woman experimental stage, its growth haraudience of callers with tales of to adopt new methods agriculture without a bread-winner and withing been delayed by the war, but long, long ago. He indignantly. none of the many reasons could. denied that he had divorced his was bound to lag behind. The fact five small children. It only goes to
cover the fact that the rise in the eleventh, wife in order to marry the that this country had the double show how much happier the work problem of idle men and idle landing clash would be if their families claims of unmarried women had present Mac. Agha. I have never was in part explained by the fact were not so large. It would be bet been 50 per cent. greater than the divorced any of my wives," he that our consumers made no at- ter in the interests of the mother corresponding rise for men, and grunted. "I got aloug very nicely with them all, they all died. I tempt to use more of the foods and children if the family were that the rise for married women
confined in narrower limita as is had been 50 per cent. greater than like brunettes best, and plump ones which our climate enabled as to
done in the upper classes."
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