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The question of a Federation was open to discussion, and the Government would not prevent its being ràised, but they thought very strongly that it was a matter for the Arab states themselves, and they were not prepared to give advice or lead on the matter.
Lord Dufferin said that he did not believe that the present difficulties could have existed, and been continued, if the Arab cause had not been sustained by idealism equal to that of the Zionist cause.
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