BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Jul. 16, 1923

Parliament's Week

¶Ormsby Gore, Under Secretary for the Colonies, made a statement in answer to Colonel Howard Bury, who asked if the Government intended to safeguard the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine without prejudice to race or religion, and if the Government intended to govern that land in accordance with majority wishes, or whether a Jewish National Home was still on the horizon.

Said Mr. Gore: "The Government certainly intends to safeguard the civil and religious rights of all the inhabitants of Palestine and to govern...

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