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CHAPTER II.

Permanent Mandates Commission*. This statement indicated the action which it was proposed to take to implement the recommendations contained in the Shaw Commission report.

June, 1930.

In November, 1929, the British Government had proposed the appointment by the League Council of a Commission to study the rights and claims of Jews and Moslems at the Wailing Wall, and on 14th January, 1930, the Council decided that such a Commission should be appointed and should consist of three members not of British nationality. When the Commission arrived in Palestine in June, 1930, Government attempted in vain to persuade the Arab and Jewish leaders to come together and frame a voluntary agreement. The report of this international Commission which, generally speaking, confirmed the status quo, was presented in December, 1930, and the recommendations it contained were implemented in .Tune, 1931, by an Order-in-Council**, in accordance with which order at the Wall has ever since been maintained..

January-March, 1930.

The Palestine Police Force was reorganized under the supervision of Sir Herbert Dowbiggin of the Ceylon Police; substantial increases were made and special steps taken to protect isolated Jewish settlements. Two infantry battalions were retained in Palestine and the garrison remained at this strength until 1936.

March-May, 1930.

A delegation selected by the Palestine Arab Executive arrived in London on 30th March and, after discussions with the British Government, issued, on 12th May, a statement that the latter had rejected their demands, namely, °ca) the cessation of immigration, (b) a declaration that Arab lands were inalienable and (c) the establishment of democratic government with representation on a population basis. The British Government declared that these sweeping constitutional changes were incompatible with the requirements of the Mandate.

May, 1930.

Sir John Hope-Simpson, formerly of the Indian Civil Service, was appointed to enquire into land settlement, immigration and
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* Cmd. 3582 .

**The Palestine (Western or Wailing Wall) Order-in-Council. Drayton, Vol. III, page 2635.

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