responding to abdullah's fear for a jewish kingdom west of the jordan, churchill decreed it was not only not contemplated "that hundreds and thousands of jews were going to pour into the country in a very short time and dominate the existing population", but even was quite impossible. "jewish immigration would be a very slow process and the rights of the existing non-jewish population would be strictly preserved." "trans-jordania would not be included in the present administrative system of palestine, and therefore the zionist clauses of the mandate would not apply. hebrew would not be made an official language in trans-jordania, and the local government would not be expected to adopt any measures to promote jewish immigration and colonisation." about british policy in palestine, herbert samuel added that "there was no question of setting up a jewish government there ... no land would be taken from any arab, nor would the moslem religion be touched in any way."