Liberty Land.

The great name of the late Lord Balfour is associated with Zionist Palestine just as much as it is with the debts question discussed above. Lord Balfour created for Britain a lofty ideal of trusteeship, and it is not easy to live up to, as between Jew and Arab. In these days political freedom means nothing unless it has full economic expression; and when the British Government declares that Jewish settlements and reservations of land leave for the Arabs insufficient land to maintain them—having regard to “present methods of Arab cultivation”—a grave impasse is indicated. “The Jewish settlers have every advantage of capital, science, and organisation.” The Arabs have little save a high birth rate. The Jew measures up more closely to criteria of progress and claims liberty to grow. But can he afford to have a sullen Arab populace?

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