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9-**‘Hal*yoecl•he*ionglo-1 a -na-litylemon”iandshnotierededuhrofPal-• of the ion ser-' is ited ilth the im-not nry of?ar-evi-s aousDm-uchby*ek.:on-inivilleenitedflashes. (International)Einstein Against State, Accuses Great BritainOf Double DealingJewish Ti-iorrrnn’ili* AifvnryWASHINGTON - Prof. AlbertEinstein, *lt;\stifying before the Anglo-American Inquiry C o m-mission, said he was against a Jewish State, but not for the same reason as Lessing Rosen-wald. He urged, however, that the bulk of the Jewish refugees in Europe be brought to Palestine.Emphasizing that he believes there will be no peace between Jews and Arabs as long as the British rule Palestine, Prof. Einstein charged Britain with violating the basic responsibilities undertaken in the Balfour Declaration.Asked by British members of the committee if he advocated sending Jews to Palestine even though Arabs might shoot, and p whether the Americans should take over Palestine from the v British, Prof. Einstein replied h that the administration of Pales- v* tine should be international. He emphasized that he holds Ameri- a cans responsible for what the British are doing in Palestine. Artificial DifficultiesDifficulties between Jews and Arabs were largely artificially clt; created by the British, he declared. He criticized the British a colonial policy as based on the t) principle of “divide and rule,” a and charged the British administration with using the ex-Mufti fi of Jerusalem to foment trouble, t! As a former admirer of the Brit- a ish, he had come to his present n, convictions only after inner vv struggle, ' e testified. —Queried by Dr. Frank Ayde- -iotte, one of the American mem- y hers of the committee, as to what « he would do if Arabs resisted • the immigration of Jews from S| Europe into Palestine, Prof. Einstein replied that “this will not be the case if they are not incited.” Questioned by Dr. Ayde-lotte concerning political versus cultural Zionism, he stated: “I was never for a political state.”Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, American chairman of the inquiry Ci (Continued on Page 20)
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