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T is unfortunate that Sayyed Mohammad El Husseini,

Amin

Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, should be pictured as a sinister plotter at the cen- tre of a web of intrigue and mystery.

For, to understand the present altuation, British readers should

realise that even in his exlie from Jerusalem he is still an All-Moslem and Arab leader, enjoying grea respect and the friendship of rulers throughout the Arab and Moslen. world.

Let us look at the background of the Mufti, who is now 42 years old.

He was educated in a lay school in Jerusalem, then went to Cairo for religious instruc- tion at the 1,000 years old Alazhar Univeralty.

After leaving the University, he journoyed to the Hedjaz, to Mecca and thus became Haj Amin-Haj meaning one who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.

Phono 27778-9 On to Constantinople (as it then was) for military training. culminating in two years as an artilleryman in the Turkish army during the war.

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In 1916 came the Arab revolt against the Turks, due to the promise of the Allies to recog- nise Arab countries as indepen- dent sovereign States.

"Haj Amin willingly threw himself into the

task of recruit- volunteers

ing

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desired. In other words, it is Mosque of Omar shows the His recent escape from the highly probable that if any Grand Mufti to be no amateur weight were brought to bear in his dealings with the police. upon Japan to make her listen to third party comment or advice on matters affecting the Chinese Customs, for instance, far from lending sympathetic attention and extending the wel. coming hand, she would stop her ears, mutter a warning and take a better grip of her sword. That is the type of Government with which the Powers have to deal at the moment. It is with its own people, riding. a wave of popularity blown ever prises. Moreover, the blockade higher by the wind from China |

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He came into conflict with them in 1919, when he was sen- tenced to a long term of Im- prisonment for a speech which the authorities, regarded as in-

flammatory.

Police went to arrest him at Pasha, the late President of the "the house of his uncle, Kazim”

Aráb Executive. Haj Amin con- fronted them himself, in dis- guise, and told the police they

The GRAND

MUFTI-

Grand

Mufti

(on right in top photo- graph) before he fled. The writer of this article, Musa el Husseini, is in the left- hand picture.

would find him at his sister's house opposite. He escaped to Damascus.

Under the general amnesty two years later he returned to Palestine to succeed his brother, Mohammad Kamel Effendi, as Grand Mufti, carrying on a line extending back some hundreds of years.

A Mufti is an interpreter and expounder of the Moslem law, and the Muft of Jerusalem

takes the title of Grand Mufti,

The Supreme Moslem Council was then formed to manage Moslem institutions and rell- "gious endowments (Wakfs)"and"

to supervise Moslem courts.

The Grand Mufti was elected President of the Council.

From that time he became a

I

paramount figure in Palestine politics and occupied an im- portant place as an All-Arab and later Moslem leader.

Under the Muftl's reading of history, Palestine became an Arab country 1,400 years ago, and from that time it has been a sacred trust to other genera- tions of Arabs to preserve Pales- tine as they received it.

Moreover, Palestine forms a link between the Arab worlds in Asia and Africa, and if Pales- tine becomes anything but Arab controlled it will form a wedge between those two blocks.

The Mufti, therefore, stands for an Arab majority in Pales- tine, but he hates absolutism, and from that arises his opposi- tion to the present British re- gime.

He favours an essentially democratic government, repre- senting the Jews and Arabs alike. His strength and popu- larity among the Arabs are based on his sincerity, strength, and his open stand to preservo

HOW DO YOU SHAVE?.

And what he stands for by MUSA

EL HUSSEINI Who here gives the Arab case in the Palestine dispute.

what the Arabe belleve to be their vital interests.

Arabs see him as cheerful, brave and honest. He is kind and hospitable, treating the poor and rich allke, and he knows how to remain friendly even with those who are bitter political opponents.

Those who have met him are fascinated by his magnetle

personality.

He

He is always smiling. speaks little, but when he does it is with a wealth of gesture.

"A fine patriot," wrote a high British official in a letter to a friend; "a whole-hearted Arab nationalist," says the Palestine Commission's report.

The Mufti is a married man. and his wife and two of his five children are now reported to be with him in Syria.

That is how the Arabs sec him; but the British Press is now picturing him as a con- spirator, arch-plotter, institut- ing murders and terrorism as a means of achieving his own political ambitions, to become dictator of Palestine and, if possible, of the whọic Arab and Moslem world.

He is pictured as being in league with, Mussolini to,cause trouble for Britain in the Near East.

What is the truth about this? In 1932 the General Moslem Congress in Jerusalem, under the Presidency of the Mufti, Bolemnly condemned Italian atrocities against the Arabs in Libya.

__At_the_request of the Italian. Consul, the British authorities sent two representatives to the „Congress, and asked the Mufti to stop his anti-Italian pro- paganda.

There is no doubt that Italian propaganda in Palestine and Arab countries is very strong just now.

The Mufti, and Arabs in general, in their aspiration for a Pan-Arab Federation, want the help and friendship of Britain.

There are no dimeuities between Britain and the Arabs except in Palestine.

If Britain declines this friend- ship it will cause bitter regret Among us Arabs,

But the present disturbances in Palestino should not merely, pro- voke regret-that would be wholly unconstructional they should also provoke an attempt to under- ing Arabs "to ride in such a stand the causes which are mov- troublesome way." as we say in one

which tells of repeated victories, might very easily remain, and, It is equipped for almost any in effect, be permanent even IS your morning shave a plea-tween the ordinary "scrape" and eventuality, and it has leaders after peace. For what would

sant operation which is a joy ja really satisfying shave.. who have immense courage and prevent Japan from juggling the finished leaves you with a feel- first and remove the traces when to "perform, and which when For example, many men shave unalterable convictions. And if tariffs in such a way as to keep ing of cleanliness and a senac washing afterwards in the usual the very momentum of the coun-all but Japanese goods out of of well-being, or is it a task to way. It is better, however, to try in its present adventure the Chinese markets?

be got through as quickly as wash first, the action of wash- Nothing possible and with minimum of ing helping to soften the beard, makes its way seem smooth, but her pledged word that the discomfort?

and thus less time need be spent there is no telling to what "Open Door" will not be closed.

There are three essentials for in lathering. lengths Japan may not go on the

And what if the "Open Door" a good shave-a good light, a After the shave the face mainland of Asin. She may

were closed against Hongkong? good lather, and a keen razor should be bathed with cold or attempt the conquest of the Hongkong lives by the imports however, will not result in the to open the pores and allow the blade. These three things alone, tepid water. Hot water tends she delivers to China and the perfect shave. There are other remaining soap to sink into the exports she takes away. Hong-aids to this which if employed akin, and this may give rise to Quite apart from the political kong trade returns for 1936 are will make all the difference be- irritation. A linen towel should questions involved in such a con-enlightening, To North China

then be used to dry. the face. dition of affairs, should. It goes a total of $116,876,000 and sell as she pleases, selecting pieces of that downy stuff which Nothing is more annoying than develop, it seems probable that in imports and before the aim should have been worth of goods

$31,538,000 for her custom whom she may comes from "fluffy" towels stick- come back, desire.

ing to one's face throughout the accomplished intervention of To Middle China go $9,689,000| Originally the Japanese adven-day.

worth affair, having little bearing inhould be taken to draw, the Now the responsible leaders are.

whole of China.

ture in China was

of our Arab expressions.

Recent outbreaks are a direct re-. sult of the Partition plan, which wo regard as detrimental to our interests.

They would have occurred as carly as the beginning of Septem- ber, when 13 Arabs were killed but for the influence which the Mufti and the Higher Arab Com- mittee brought to bear on the Extremists.

world-for that is a religious

some form might'have been

So far as the actual operation and worth,

a political goods tried. And in spite of the

of shaving is concerned, caro failure of the Brussels Confer-South China takes

$21,808,000 more come back. world commerce ав long

Kond, the way will be open to irre- $94,133,- as China's loan obligations were razor in the direction of the sponsible elements on whom no ence, possibly because of it, any 000 in imports from Hong- the shutting off of her revenues. ly grows downwards on the up

not made impossible to meet by growth of the hair, which usual pressure can be brought. Intervening nation is likely to kong and returns $109,492,000 But the Japanese control of Cus- per part of the face towards the ton as President of the Suprem Although deprived of his post- move independently, more or worth. Take away even half of tomis might have a wider effect point of the chin, and upwards toilem Council, the Grand Murti less, and perhaps alone. Why that trade and Hongkong's in than the breaking of the loan on the neck and underneath them worth Grand Masts to the should the attempt to subjugate come is going to be so sadly de- injuring of foreign investors. razor should move in slightly authority can depose him.

obligations, and the consequent chin. At the same time the leadership from which no civil YOU tie action by any power than the good-bye to all hope of prosper. or completo restriction of for straight ones. This enables the all China bring any more dras-plete that she will need to say It might mean the considerable diagonal strokes rather than present invasion? Because at-ity. Thus it will be seen that eign trade with China. On that blade to get to the lowest part tempt at conquest of the whole if Japan cares to juggle tariffs there any probability of inter- the skin, thereby ensuring a ground, and that ground only, Is of the hair which shows above country presupposes a declara- In other great seaports as she vention by any power or powers close shave. with the minimum tion of war, or at least an affees reported to have done at in the present hostilities. of effort. tual blockade, shutting the Tientsin, Hongkong will have This is not the whole story, of| Finally, it should be remem- China porta to world trade. good cause to hope for Interven- that Hongkong's future, tied to benefits from a rest just as do do without the daily shave for course, but it is enough to show bered that the skin of the face chaional opportunity. arisen, to This would mean near ruin to tion of a sort which will ensure the tall of the Chinese dragon, is the other parts of the body, and once. many important foreign enter- that China remains free to buy not too secure.

It is a good plan, when an oc

To-day's Thought- We all must fee from our ideals when those who pursua have stronger ideals,

--MERRICK.

A. M. M.