Lord Swinton maintained that there should be no relaxation of the British Government's efforts to maintain law and order against a campaign of violence.
He believed that it was possible to obtain ce-operation between the two races. in. Palestine.
Lord Reading expressed optimism with regard to the prospects of the Conference, in. view of the existence of a representative moderate party among the Avabs.
The Archbishop of Canterbury welcomed the proposed Conference, bout regretted that it had not taken place earlier.
"he declared, "is no mere stinian problem with which we: fire confronted, affecting some 400,000 Jews, or 900,000 Arabs.
"It is a problem of unusual magni-ladle and urgency, and it is plain that tone of the main subjects which must dealt with at this Conference is that of Jewish immigration, "IE there is to be any success at this Conference, each of the parties must abate some of their extreme But we must regard this question of immigration as, for the Present, sub fudic None of them, the Archbishop ad-was wanting in full sympathy with the Arabs, but "at the present time, our sympathy with the Jews must be stronger, and it must be most profound."
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