tive member for the St. George's division: of Westminster, said the British policy". was. "consistently trying to give absolutely impartial treatment ' to. both Jews and Arabs, but one proof of its failure 1 was that illegal immigration had succeeded and legal immigration was to be stopped.
A stronger and more definite line, he added, was required. The first consideration when two old friends came to ask for assistance, he continued, was to decide which had the greater need.
Mr. Duff-Cooper then contrasted the position of the Arabs, who, since the war, have enjoyed greater prosperity and freedom than they have known for centuries, with the plight of the Jews, who, in their long tragic history, have never endured a more terrible period than now.
"The strong arm of the British Empire," he said, "opened a door to the Jews when all other doors were shut. Shall we slam the door in the face of the long wandering Jews?"
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