Zionist Committee on Understanding with Arabs, to Meet in London

By a recommendation of the political committee of the Zionist Congress a special committee of ten, with the cooperation and consent of the Zionist Executive, is to meet in London shortly to prepare and submit proposals to the Zionist Executive with regard to the Arab problem, the Zionist Congress decided at its closing sessions.

This step was taken in connection with the necessity that arose to formulate the attitude of the Zionist Organization toward the enactment of a constitution for Palestine and the discussions for a legislative council or parliament in Palestine.

The political committee also dealt with the question of an international loan for the Zionist Organization. The committee expressed its view that there exists a possibility for the successful conclusion of the negotiations for a large loan under the guarantee of the League of Nations or the Mandatory Power, which will enable the Executive to launch colonization projects on a large scale.

A controversial point, long debated, was the resolution sponsored by the Mizrachi giving authority to the school boards to dismiss teachers of the Palestine schools, without the consent of the Zionist education department, on religious grounds. Several votes were taken on the question and frequently the Right and the Left kings voted together on this point. They were, however, defeated by a majority of 130 to 104, on a motion of Miss Szold which received the unanimous support of the Center group. This vote was the only reminder of the old power exercised by the Center.

The transferring of Herzl’s remains to Palestine was termed a debt of honor on the part of the Jewish people in a resolution adopted concerning the matter. The Executive was urged to conclude the arrangements for transferring and reburial of the remains in Palestine during the coming year, when the seventieth birth date of Dr. Herzl will be commemorated.