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8.

hovels, feed on bread & onions, seldom wash & are generally
improvident. Whereas the Jewish standards are [?],
& in civilian life, they could not exist on Arab civilian
rates of pay.

Then again the Jews do not look upon themselves as
Palestinians, but as Jews, that is Zionism. What they
really want is a Jewish National Army, with their own flag
& what all - in the same way as the free French,
Poles, Greeks & so on - but they realize that
they have not the tradition & experience. And so, for
the moment, they want Jewish [?] etc. - & they
want to fight & be more useful & important & [?].
But, you see, the official British policy is pro-Arab -
the High Commissioner of the Palestine Government are
very muich that way. And nearly all the Government
officials etc out here look upon themselves as
orientalists - in some cases, minor [?] - all
that of course, means interest in & sympathy with the
Arabs. And, hostility towards the "common" Jews who
try to be as good as they are.

The official British attitude persists in the romantic notions
about the Arab - whereas, in reality, he is a dirty, idle,
untrustworthy type, & can be bought by whoever pays
the best price. The Jews on the other hand, are an
energetic people - (mostly very much) more efficient &
clever than the British people of the classes they have to
deal with - civil servants & Regular army officers.

My last letter told you about the [?] disaster
- a direct result of the insufficient & dilatory manner
in which the Govt dealt with Jewish immigrants.
And yes, around the same time, the Govt