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Show BRITISH POWERS II PALESTINE TOLOJN DRAFT Nation to Secure Establishment Establish-ment of Jewish National Home in Holy Land LONDON. Feb. 4 The British dr.ifi j 1 of the mandate for Palestine which ! will be submitted to the council of j I the league of nations at Us next met- 1 Ing in Geneva, provides in Its first article that the mandatory nation (Great Britain) shall have all the , powers inheritent in th government of a sovereign state, according to the, tx of the draft, printed bv the J Ish Chronicle here toda. MAINTAIN CONDITIONS Among thf outstanding features of the tvtjpnly-sev en articles of the mandate man-date are stipulations that the widest measure of self -government for lo-1 calltles. consistent with r'revaillng conditions, shall be , ncouraged, and that the mandatory shall be responsible respon-sible for maintaining such political, administrative and economic conditions condi-tions us- shall secure the establishment establish-ment of a Jewish national home and the development of self-governmental institutions. o Tl BR l Mt 1 DI D. The mandatory assumes the responsibility respon-sibility of seeing that no Palestine territory shall be ceded, leased or otherwise turned over to any foreign I power; that Jewish immigration shall be facilitated: that the civil and re-1 ligious rights of all the Inhabitants.! irrespective of race or rellcin rfhall be safeguarded, and that ' -o I discrimination against the nationals of any state, members of the league of nations Responsibility for taxation, commerce com-merce and navigation is vested in the mandatory. It is also provided that a land system be Introduced to promote close settlement of the land and its Intensive cultivation. All responsibility In oonnection With the Holy places, religious bUlldlngSj and their sites are assumed by Great Britain. TWO LANGUAGES. English. Arabic, and Hebrew are to be the official languages of the country. coun-try. : The Palestine administration. It Is provided, may organise on a volun-1 tary basis the necessary forces for the preservation of the peace and order and defense of the country, subject to rho supervision of the man-, date system. TRAFFIC IN SLAVES. The mandatory in to adhere to tha existing conventions regarding the traffic in slaves, ammunition and drugs, and as to commercial equality and freedom of transit and communication. commu-nication. Disputes under the mandate provisions pro-visions not settled by negotiation, are to be submitted to the permanent court of international Justice established estab-lished by the league of nations. Great Britain Is to make an annual report to the league of nations council coun-cil on thc measures taken during the ven i. |