Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-14 | Page 3 | Forward Plans for Palestine

Religious Liberty, Upbuilding j of Country, Aims of Brit- I ish Administration. j LONDON'. June 1-1. The general principles which will be followed by the new administration in Palestine were announced by Sir Herbert Samuel, Sam-uel, high commissioner for Palestine. Sir Herbert said: "Complete religious liberty will bci maintained In Palestine. Places sa- cred to the great religions will remain j in control of the adherents of those, religions. Civilian administration for the country will be established immediately. immed-iately. The higher ranks will consist of British officials of ability and experience. ex-perience. The other ranks will bo open to the local population, irrespective irrespec-tive of creed. Order will bo firmly enforced. The economic development of tho country will be actively promoted. pro-moted. "In accordance with the decision of the allied. and associated powers, measures mea-sures wili be adopted to reconstruct I he Jewish national home in Palestine. The yearnings of the Jewish people for 2,000 years, of which the Zionist movement is tho latest expression will at last bo realized. The steps taken i to this wlll.be consistent with scrupulous scrupu-lous respect for the rights of the pros-lent pros-lent non-Jewish inhabitants. I "The country ha.s room for a larger population than it now contains and Palestine, properly provided with roads, railways, harbors and electric power, with the soil more highly cultivated, cul-tivated, the wasto lands reclaimed, forests planted and malaria extirpated, extirpat-ed, with town and village industries encouraged, can maintain a large additional ad-ditional popultlon not only without hurt, but on tho contrary, with much advantage to the present Inhabitants."