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Show BRITISH REFUTE REPORTS Oil PALESTINE Jews Arc Not Quitting Country in Large Nun birt, Claim LONDON, Aug.. n. Reports of larga seals Jewish amlgratlon from Palestine, which bavs been printed In America, and charges that Arabs dominate tha government, wera flatly denied in official quarters here recently. During the last si months, according ac-cording to official figures, there bavs been 47? Jewish Immigrants to Palestine, 1S80 men, 1670 women and 123 children. In tha aams period the total emigration of all nationalities has been little mora then 700, of which. It la said, Jews formed but a small proportion. An Arab delegation Is In London ! trying to obtain mora power for their countrymen, but have been ! unable to obtain an Interview with the cabinet committee which deals i with Palestine. Officials here say ! the trouble bet wee a Jews and Arabs Is that extremist Arabs expected ! and still hope to obtain complete j politic I domination of Palestine, i Extreme Zionists wsnt ths Balfour : pledge interpreted to make Pales-line Pales-line a Jwlab political slate-But, slate-But, as the pledge Is being Interpreted Inter-preted by the British government end tha Palestine constitution, tha country Is to be administered as a national home for Jews. They will have neither more nor less rights than the other residents, and pa lit leal power-In proportion ta their numbers. |