A Briand Forest will be planted in Palestine to commemorate the late M. Briand and his work on behalf of the Jewish National Home, the French Jewish National Fund Commission has decided.
An appeal issued today to the Jews of France by M. Justin Godart, the President of the French Pro-Palestine Committee and Honorary President of the Jewish National Fund in France, M. Mirtil, the President of the Jewish National Fund, and M. Fischer, the Secretary, says:
A great man has died who belonged not only to France but to the whole world. In spite of all the vicissitudes of the present time, he worked with all his faith and enthusiasm for the establishment of peace throughout the world. In the twilight of the aftermath of the war, it was due to him that the first rays of hope of universal peace shone out. Whatever the future may hold, the people of Israel, who follow in their national life the great precept of the Bible-Love your neighbour-feel it their duty to perpetuate the memory of this great man. It is therefore proposed to plant an Aristide Briand Forest in Palestine, and we appeal to all Jews to honour the memory of Briand by helping to restore the prosperity of olden days to this country, which at one time was flowing with milk and honey.
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