The declaration charged Great Britain with "abolishing the -free system of English laws in a neighbouring province.-establishing therein an arbitrary government. and enlarging its boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Coloniesi" Does this not bear a resemblance to what Great Britain has recently done in severing the entire area of Palestine east of the Jordan River? The declaration charged that the Crown "has abdicated government here by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us." Certainly the same charge could be made today by the beleaguered population of Palestineif it could speak. The declaration charged that the Crown "has plundered our seas. ravished our coasts. burnt our towns. and destroyed the lives of our people." The looting by British. troops in Palestine. their vandalism in orange groves and in the cooperative villages. their ruthlessness in seizing refugee ships at sea. in holding vessels. exiling passengers. imprisoning crews. are all a matter of the daily public record being inscribed by the British Army. Air Force. and Navy in the Middle East. .... And the declaration laid this charge at. the door of the British.