Geneva, Sept. 6, Mr, Arthur Henderson, the British Foreign Secretary, addressing the Council of the League of Nations today on the events in Palestine, said that the British Government.regarded the mandate as a trusteeship The British Government, he added, very profoundly regretted the grave end unfortunate incidents which had occurred, but it was difficult to offer a full explanation of the causes of the disturbance until order more completely restored hesitated to say that the disorders had definitely ended, but it might be said that the situation had Deen kept in hand, My, Henderson emphasized that! martial law was not in force, and that the participants in the distur-Eanes were being tried. in the ordinary courts, He declared that the British Government had intention of reconsidering the tenure of the British Mandate in Palestine sand repeated verbatim the Colonial Ofice communique, issued on_ the Sed, which announced that a Commission of Inquiry woul proce to Palestine this month to inquire into the immediate causes of the recent outbreak, including the extent to which it may be regarded as pr concerted or due to organized action, The Chairman of the Commission will be Sir Walter Shaw, who was Chief Justice in the Straits Settlements from 1921 to 1925 and associated: with him will be three members of the House of Commons, one each selected from the Labour, Conservative and Liberal parties.
Tt will be recalled that the com Jonmuniqué stated "In view of suggestions made in certain quarters, the British Government wishes to make clear that there is no idea of reconsidering the British tenure of the Palestine Mandate, No inquiry is contem-Plated which might alter Britain's petition in regard to the Mandate or the policy laid down in the Balfour Declaration, The ina now initiated will, therefore, be limited to the immediate emergency and will rot extend to considerations of major policy."
Briand, the Prench Premier, declared that the French Government had taken the necessary measures to prevent any agravaton of the disorders from the Syrian side aiid he did not think there would be a recrudescence of the
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