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The Rothschild Dynasty 127<br />
Again, <strong>the</strong>re is no mention of Hussein, Lawrence, <strong>the</strong><br />
Arab leaders or <strong>the</strong> people of Palestine being consulted in any<br />
way, nor does it appear that <strong>the</strong> United States Congress knew<br />
anything about <strong>the</strong> secret negotiations between <strong>the</strong> non-American<br />
Government Brandeis committee and Lord Rothschild, Wilson<br />
and Balfour. Only <strong>the</strong> Zionists were consulted.<br />
Most students of Jewish intrigue suspected both <strong>the</strong><br />
British and Jewish schemes and purpose behind <strong>the</strong><br />
Balfour Declaration. Although <strong>the</strong> United States had been<br />
in <strong>the</strong> war for nearly seven months when <strong>the</strong> Declaration<br />
was made public, its significance as <strong>the</strong> factor that<br />
involved <strong>the</strong> United States was not unnoticed.<br />
There was considerable evidence available from which<br />
accurate inferences might be drawn. Government<br />
negotiations for deals of this nature however, are always<br />
secret, and it is usually very difficult to obtain conclusive<br />
evidence at <strong>the</strong> time of <strong>the</strong> transaction.<br />
When <strong>the</strong> event is beyond repair and lost in <strong>the</strong> mists of<br />
<strong>the</strong> past, men are apt to write <strong>the</strong>ir memoirs and to boast<br />
of secret exploits that one time rocked <strong>the</strong> world. So it<br />
was with Mr. Landman. He was honorary Secretary of <strong>the</strong><br />
Second Joint Zionist Council of <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom,<br />
editor of <strong>the</strong> Zionist and Secretary and Solicitor for <strong>the</strong><br />
Zionist Organization. Later he was legal adviser to <strong>the</strong><br />
New Zionist Organization.<br />
Under <strong>the</strong> title, Great Britain, <strong>the</strong> Jews and Palestine,<br />
published in <strong>the</strong> London Jewish Chronicle of February 7, 1936,<br />
Mr. Landman writes in part as follows: