second-in-command, the fullest power over the party and party appoint ren The principal object, says the pre: amble of the order. is "to strengthen the party's unity, firmness and e ciency, thus constituting an unpre: able political front and powerful often: m against all obstac and resistances which may try to oppose the national syndicalist revolution, he final result of the recent chopping and changing. therefore, oppe: to be that the Falange Party's position in the country is more important than ever.—Reuter, Smuts Sends Message to Zionist Conference Bloemfontein, May Gen, Smuts, the South African Prime Minister, poid a tribute to Jewry for its contribution to the Allied cause in a message to the South African Zionist conference.
He said that in South Africa, the percentage of Jewish volunteers for military service was just as good as that of other sections of the population, "m the years that follow this war, it will surely be remembered that' whoever else faltered or failed, the Jews played their part by the side of the Allies, And that remembrance may help fo solve problems which have so far proved too much for u:
Mr, I, S, Amery Greenwood, in and Mr, Arthur pecial messages, also praised the Jewish war effort. "The Zionist leader, Chaim Weizrann, in a message declared that the half million Jews in Palestine stood united and ready.
British positions in the Near East, including Palestine, would be defended with determination and vigour, and the invader flung back. He expressed the hope and deep conviction that with the restoration of peace, and in the shaping of a better world, the age-old problem of the homelessness of the Jews, which had been intensely aggravated by the war, would forth a fundamental solution,
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