with the Moslems, and one saw the curious spectacle of Cross and Crescent making common cause. It was prophesied that should Sir Herbert come as governor, he would never enter Jerusalem alive. In point of fact, he landed at Jaffa and came up to Jerusalem under strong guard, with machine-guns before and behind, and the following week made a visit to Nablus and Haifa in the same manner. That was the situation when I left Palestine. Sir Herbert had at that time just issued his declaration and his interpretation of the mandate. English officers and officials almost to a man were against the Zionist Mandate, and their utterances in many cases were extraordinarily frank. Some of the most prominent and best-trained sought transfers to other posts because of their feelings on the matter, and some resigned.
“Ha sido desde entonces sumamente difícil obtener información fiable sobre las condiciones reinantes. Parece ser, sin embargo, por toda la información que he podido recabar, que sir Herbert, quien creo que no es sionista él mismo, ha actuado con singular tacto y discreción. Ha demostrado gran imparcialidad y manifestado su intención de gobernar con equidad, sin conceder favores especiales a nadie, ni permitir que comités