<P> The group also protested the carrying of new "white and blue banners with two inverted triangles in the middle", drawing the attention of the British authorities to the serious consequences of any political implications in raising the banners . Later that month, on the first anniversary of the occupation of Jaffa by the British, the Muslim - Christian Association sent a lengthy memorandum and petition to the military governor protesting once more any formation of a Jewish state . </P> <P> In the broader Arab world, the declaration was seen as a betrayal of the British wartime understandings with the Arabs . The Sharif of Mecca and other Arab leaders considered the declaration a violation of a previous commitment made in the McMahon--Hussein correspondence in exchange for launching the Arab Revolt . </P> <P> Following the publication of the declaration, the British dispatched Commander David George Hogarth to see Hussein in January 1918 bearing the message that the "political and economic freedom" of the Palestinian population was not in question . Hogarth reported that Hussein "would not accept an independent Jewish State in Palestine, nor was I instructed to warn him that such a state was contemplated by Great Britain". Hussein had also learned of the Sykes--Picot Agreement when it was leaked by the new Soviet government in December 1917, but was satisfied by two disingenuous telegrams from Sir Reginald Wingate, who had replaced McMahon as High Commissioner of Egypt, assuring him that the British commitments to the Arabs were still valid and that the Sykes--Picot Agreement was not a formal treaty . </P> <P> Continuing Arab disquiet over Allied intentions also led during 1918 to the British Declaration to the Seven and the Anglo - French Declaration, the latter promising "the complete and final liberation of the peoples who have for so long been oppressed by the Turks, and the setting up of national governments and administrations deriving their authority from the free exercise of the initiative and choice of the indigenous populations". </P>

Which english policy led to the writing of the declaration of independence