Mr. MacDonald continued.
impartial between the claims of Arabs and Jews. British friend ship for the Arabs is abundantly shown in the decisive help we have given them, in war and peace, in attaining their prized object of freedom over a large part of Arabia.
"Our friendship with the Jewish people has been expressed in the absolute equality of status with other British citizens invariably accorded lo large Jewish populations in many parts of the British Emp and latterly in our conspicuous support, in word and deed, of the cause of 3 Jewish national home in Palestine.
Our paramount desire is to deal fairly with both people and to help mem to live in peace and concord.
"The authors of the Balfour Declaration and the mandate cannot have intended that the two sets of obligations should contradict each other and meet only in a violent clash
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