To the Editor of the "Nowra-CHiNa Dairy News."
—Anyone who has not made himself familiar with the progress of the Jewish colonization of Palestine under Great Britain's mandate, rust receive quite an erroneous impression from reading your editorial "Palestine's Future" in to-day's issue of the "North-China Daily News." After had read your leader, there arose before my eye: a moving picture of the simple and poor but honest Arab son of the soil. being cunningly relieved of his land, goods and chattels by crowds; of skilful Jewisy financiers operating in a large ce small way of! of the three golden balls at every corner of the village street. My sympathy went out to those simple Arabs who must have lost their all due to injudicious speculation in shares placed on the market by the [clever Jewish financiers.
From your opinion of the situa. tion it would appear that the Jewish settlers and colonists in Palestine ipally engaged in juggling that the great majority of Jewish colonists are engaged inthe pursuit of agriculture, and are making very much better job of it than the] Arabs who have been scratching the soil in the same "simple? manner for centuries.
What exactly do you mean by the "financiers" in Palestine? Do you [perhaps maam the men and organizations from whence come the funds! necessary to purchase the land (from willing Arab sellers) in order to place on this land the Jewish farmers who by their modern methods and hard work produce 80 much more from it than was ever produced by the Arabs?
"What industrial development has been carried out by the Zionists, has practically all been done with the intention of improving the] agricultural industry and has been concerned chiefly with irrigation schemes and the establishment of] large electric power stations for producing a cheap form of power, ete.
You appear to be under the ini pression that the Jew has not the qualifications necessary to make good farmer. Given equal opportunity and freedom of action, he is, however, quite capable of ing into a successful and proof of this is evident to-day when the results are seen of the Jewish farming colonies in Palestine and Russia, A solution of the present difficutties in Palestine will no doubt be found and must be based upon coment are also partly to blame for the present situation. It certainly} must be embarrassing for the Home Government to find that one result of the promises made to the Zionists of the World during the stress of the war is now causing so much antagonism from the Arabs in Palestine whose goodwill was perhaps considered unimportant during those years 1914-1918,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.