PALESTINE: Arab Case

The Arab cause in Palestine has no more expert pleader than polished scholarly George Antonius. An Arab Christian (110,000 of Palestine's 1,000,000 Arabs are Christians) educated at Cambridge, Mr. Antonius was, like Colonel T. E. Lawrence, a British official in Egypt during the World War. After the War he was a member of several British diplomatic missions and an assistant secretary in the Palestine Government until 1930. Mr. Antonius has been to many a foreign correspondent a sort of unofficial spokesman for the Arab High Committee.

Last week Mr. Antonius, after a short visit to the U. S.. sailed...

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