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What made last week's Palestine disorders entirely pointless was the fact that Britain will never give Palestine wholly to either Arabs or Jews. There is nothing for either race to do but compromise with the other. A possible basis of compromise was proposed by High Commissioner Wauchope last December when he offered to establish a Legislative Council of 13 Arabs, eight Jews and five Britons. This plan was spiked by the Jews, despite the fact that it would have given them more representation than their proportion of population warrants. Since they run the country's business...
Some will assert that Mr. Hoover has merely employed a new "ghost" writer. Such inquiry is at once bootless and pointless. The energy of the "rejuvenated Hoover" sallying forth with freshly sharpened lance is apparent. His ideas seem partially refurbished, and his verbal thrusts are aimed with a delicacy and deadliness that must excite the envy of English pig-sticking enthusiasts. His delivery has been revolutionized, but the logic behind it is as direct as heretofore...
...annual Rugby football match between the two universities, which is second only to the boat race in a importance, resulted this year in a pointless draw. The Oxford side included a Russian player, Prince Obolensky, who is the fastest wing-threequarter in Great Britain to-day, and many a Cambridge man's heart came into his mouth whenever he saw the ball passed into Obolensky's hands. Fortunately, however, the tackling of the Cambridge side was deadly and the Russian never had a chance to use his pace...
Lampoonish funnymen (pointless meanderers...