London, Nov. 17.
In the House of Commons to-day, when opening the debate on Palestine on a motion for the adjournment of the House (which means that a vote will not be taken), Mr. Lloyd George, the Leader of the Liberal Party, said that they wanted equal justice for Jews and Arabs. He added that he could only understand the White Paper on Palestine if it were written an anti-Semitic official.
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, Dr, Drummond Shiels, in reply, asserted that any sugges tion that the Government intended the contrary, he said, they' intended to carry out the Mandate, and they regarded the two sides of it relating to the Arabs and Jews as of equal importance. They had al ways intended that the Jews and Arabs should have an opportunity to submit their views before further legislative or administrative action was taken, Dr. Shiels announced that development scheme in Palestine, involving $2,500,000, would be supported by the British Government and assisted by a loan. This scheme would provide for the settlement upon the land of approximately 10,000 Jews and Arabs each year.
A Bill to accomplish this pur. pose would be introduced into Parliament after Christmas, As regards the suggestion that a Round-Table Conference should have been held, he added that it had never been possible to get the
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