HC Deb 19 December 1921 vol 149 c416W
Mr. CHARLES EDWARDS

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has received demands for the removal of the Governor of Jerusalem as a result of the November pogrom in Jerusalem and the sentence of four years' penal servitude passed upon a member of the Jewish Defence Corps for attempting to defend his fellow countrymen; and whether he has seen the evidence that Arab chiefs are conducting pogrom propaganda?

Mr. AMERY

The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. As regards the second part, I have seen certain anonymous reports containing statements of the nature indicated, but there is nothing in the official reports which have reached me from the High Commissioner to corroborate those statements.

The following Written Answers were received after the Prorogation of Parliament on 19th December, 1921:—