"ملف 61/11 I (D 41) العلاقات بين نجد والحجاز" [و‎‎٤] (٦٠٠/٢٠)

E TIMES OF MESOPOTAMIA.
GREAT BRITAIN AND
HEJAZ.
Draft of Proposed Treaty.
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PERMANSNT P£A r E OF AR48
PEOPLES.
Londoii, {By Air Mail),
Sir Herbert Samuel, High Commis
sioner for Palestine, accompanied by Lady
Samuel, arrived in London on June 26
for his annual period of leave, and was
met at Victoria Station by representatives
of the Colonial Office. Until his return
the duties of the High Commissioner will
be discharged by Sir Gilbert Clayton, I
Chief Secretary of the Palestine adminis
tration.
It is under>tooa that while Sir Her
bert Samuel is m^London the Duke of
Devonshire, Secretary of State for the
Colonies, will take occasion to discuss with
bim the situation created by the inability
of the Arab members of the Palestine
Advisory Council to take part in the
business of the Council until an assu
rance has been given that tlfey would not
thereby associate themselves with the
Constitution as set up by the 0«der in
Council of 1922.
Should it be found impossible to
satisfy the Arab members on this point
it may be necessary to recon titute the
Advisory Council; but p ovi^ion has
been made for this, as for a 1 ! contingen
cies, the Amendment Order in Council
recently published; and as announced in
the House of Com mo »s on the 18th June,
the Government will support the High
Commissioner carrying onthead'iiinistra-
tion of the country in harm ny with its
declared policy, whether or not a particu
lar Community (or its representatives)
abstains from co-operation '
The draft of the proposed Treaty bet
ween Great Britain and the King of the
Hejaz is still under discussion between
the Eoreign Office and Dr. Naji el Assil,
King Hussein's Envoy. The Treaty is
designed not only to consolidate the
interests of the negotiating parties, but
to ensure, as far as ^ possible, permanent
peace among the A'rab peoples. It will
not involve any modification of the
obligations into which His Majesty's
Government have entered under the
Mandate for Palestine. The text of
Article II, is given as follows in the
official summary of the draft Treaty,
published in Jerusalem :—
" His Eritaunic Majesty undertakes
to recognize and support the independence
of the Arabs in 'Iraq and Trans-Jordan,
and in the Arab states of the Arabian
Peninsula, exclusive of Aden. As
regards Palestine, hia Britannic Majesty
has already undertaken that nothing will
be done in that country which may pre
judice the civil and religious rights of the
Arab community. In the event of the
Governments of any or all of these terri
tories expressing the desire to enter into
an association for customs or other pur
poses with a view to an ev* ntual confede
ration his Britannic Majesty wil 1 , if
requested to do so by the parties con
cerned, use his good offices to further
their desire.
" His Hashimite Majesty recognizes
the special position of his Britannic
Majesty in 'Iraq, Trans-Jordan, a-d
Palestine, and undertakes that in such
matters as come within the influence of
his Hashimite Majesty concerning these
countries, he will do his best to co -operate
with his Britannic Majesty in the fulfil
ment of his obligation."