Telegram to Mr. Lloyd George Members of the Shanghai Zionist Association met at the Palace Hotel on the 18th li: to celebrate the decision of the Supreme Council at San Remo to include Mr. Balfour's Palestine declaration of 1917 in the Peace Treaty with Turkey. The meeting was well attended, and after many. speeches had been made acclaiming with enthusiasm the historic value.and importance of the event, the practical suggestion was made by Mr. Edward Ezra that a subscription list be opened in order that a substantial sum may be sent to the Jewish National Fund in England.
Mr. E.8. Kadoorie, President of the Association, who presided. said We have assembled here to celebrate the decision of the Supreme Council San Remo te restore Palestine to s in accordance with the well-known Declaration made by Mr. Balfour in November, 1917. This decision which is final opens the Gates of Palestine to our oppressed people in Eastern Europe. We are convinced of making Palestine in the near future a country worthy of the past and worthy of the future. The call comes to all of us to help in this york of the regeneration of our ancient country, and we hope we shall not be found wanting. I will now propose the following resolutions "That. this meeting of the Shanghai Zionist Association desires place on record the unbounded joy with which it hails ths decision of the Suprenie Council at San Remo ta incorporate the famous Balfour declaration of November, 1917, in the Peace Treaty with Turkey and to grant the mandate for Palestine to Great Britain.
"That this meeting expresses ite unbounded gratitude to Great Britain and her Allies and recognizes in them the noble champions of the rights of small Nations to exist side by side with great Powers, and de-claves, in the words of a great leader in Israel, that in the restoration of Zion is to be found the symbol of all that for which the Allies fought, and which they won for all time.
"Resolved, that a telegram he sent to Mr. Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain, thanking him for the great services which he has rendered to the Jewish National Movement in establishing conditions to secure for the Jewish people an opportunity to reconstitute Palestine their National Homeland." (Applause).
Mr. Edward Ezra, in seconding the resolution, said similar meetings were being held all over the world wherever there were Jewish congregations. The proceedings at San Remo marked an important era in their histo: For 2,000 years they had been without a henie, and now the Zionist movement seemed in a fair way towards—_guccess. Great Britain had championed their cause and would carry
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