"ملف ٣٢/١١ اللجنة الملكية المعنية بفلسطين" [ظ‎‎٢‎٢] (٣٠٨/٤٤)

SHORT SUMMARY OF MAIN RECOMMENDATIONS
I.-—Recommendations under the Mandate
Administration
There should be no hesitation in dispensing with the services of Palestinian
officers whose loyalty or impartiality is uncertain. jj
There should be more decentralisation. m
A British Senior Government Advocate should be appointed.
The Jaffa-Haifa road should be completed as speedily as possible.
Public Security
Should disorders break out again of such a nature as to require the inter
vention of the Military, there should be no hesitation in enforcing martial law.
In such an event the disarmament first of the Arabs and then of the Jews
should be enforced.
In mixed areas British District Officers should be appointed.
Central and local police reserves are necessary. A large mobile mounted
force is also essential.
A more rigorous Press Ordinance should be adopted.
Financial and Fiscal Questions
Negotiations should be opened to amend the provisions of Article 18 of the
Mandate and put the trade of Palestine on a fairer basis.
Land
The High Commissioner should be empowered to prohibit the transfer^fc
of land in any stated area to Jews. (The amendment of the Mandate may.
first be necessary.)
Until survey and settlement are complete the sale of isolated and com
paratively small plots of land to Jews should be prohibited. The Commission
favour a proposal for the creation of special Public Utility Companies to
undertake development schemes.
An expert Committee should be appointed to draw up a Land Code.
Settlement should be expedited.
In the event of further sales of land by Arabs to Jews, the rights of any
Arab tenants or cultivators must be preserved. Alienation of land should
only be allowed where it is possible to replace extensive by intensive culti
vation, i.e., in the plains, and not at present in the hills.
Legislation vesting surface water in the High Commissioner is essential.
Possibilities of irrigation should be explored. The scheme for the develop
ment of the Huleh district is commended.
Measures of afforestation are recommended.