§ Mr. Manderasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken in Palestine to enlist Jewish volunteers in the police force and as auxiliaries to the Regular Army; and whether he will consider the advisability of raising 3506W a special Jewish corps to defend those districts which will, after partition has taken place, certainly be part of the Jewish state?
Mr. M. MacDonaldApart from 758 Jews serving in the Regular Police Force, there are at present 3,040 Jewish Supernumerary Police in Palestine, with an additional reserve force of 2,400. The suggestion contained in the second part of the question is not, in my opinion, practicable at present or necessary.