BRITAIN FAVOURS PARTITION First Zionist Comment On Palestine Proposals
EXECUTIVE CHALLENGES Strict COMMISSION CONCLUSION Palestine OF MANDATE FAILURE
Scheme For Interim Regime
London, To-day.
Accompanying "the Palestine re- port is a statement of policy in which His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom déclare that
London, Today. Far-reaching propo-
FEVER HEAT
Precautions
JERUSALEM TO DAY HIGH STATE OF TEN- SION EXISTED THROUGH- Elaborate precautions were taken OUT. PALESTINE AS THE they find themselves in general sals to deal with the an-to meet any emergency when the HOUR OF PUBLICATION OF agreement with the arguments and tagonism between Arabs Commission's Report was broadcast THE REPORT APPROACHED.
Britain last night, and the intense excite-
has already taken agree that the scheme of partition and Jews are contained ment which had been
prevent disorders, growing measures to on the general lines recommended in the 400-page Report steadily in the past few days, al but these are expected to take by the Commission represents the of the Royal Commis-most reached fever heat towards place in spite of all precautions,
conclusions of the Commission and
sion on Palestine.
the
best and most hopeful solution of. the deadlock.
Government propose to advise His After an exhaustive historical Majesty accordingly, to take such analysis and examination of steps as are necessary and appro-Jewish and Arab cases, the Report priate, having regard to their ex-recommends that Britain abandon isting treaty obligations under the the present Mandate and that Pa- Covenant of the League of Nations lestine be divided into a sovereign and other international instruments, Arab State, which will be amalgam- to obtain freedom to give effect to ated with Trans-Jordan; the scheme of partition to which ereign Jewish State, which will be
national a
home in the fullest they earnestly hope it may be pos-
sense: a permanent British man- sible to secure an effective measure
date in Jerusalem, Bethlehem and
munities concerned.
a sov-
the vital hour.
Gas masks have been issued -to special squads of British police in case tear gas might be used in dealing with mass de- monstrations, while all avail- able British, Arab and Jewish “ policemen -have been ordered to stand by and to sleep at the stations-Reuter. S
REPULSE AT HAIFA
Jerusalem, To-day- The battleship H.M.S. Repulse,
admit official circles.
The extreme care with which the Report was prepared is indi- cated by the fact that the of- ficials engaged in translating the Report into Hebrew and Arabic worked in a room which was strictly guarded by soldiers. Any of the translators leaving the room was searched to prevent the contents of the Report being known in advance.
Each translator was also obliged
contents of the Report.
of consent on the part of the comTM Nazareth and British protection of ordered to Palestine in case of dis-to take an oath not to divulge the Holy places in the new Arab and orders arising from publication of Jewish States.
the Royal Commission's Report, has arrived at Haifa.Trans-Ocean.
Pending the establishment of Bucha scheme, His Majesty's
The Arab State will receive Government *have no intention of
Jewish subvention and £2,000,000 Burrendering their responsibility from the British Treasury. for peace order and good govern- ment throughout Palestine.
INTERIM MEASURES
In the immediate future, while the form of the scheme of parti- tion is being worked out, they pro- pose that as an interim measure, steps should be taken to prohibit -any-land transactions which might prejudice the scheme. Further they propose that a total Jewish immi- gration, in all categories, of 8,000 persons shall be permitted for an 8-months' period, August 1937 to March 1938, provided that the econo- mic absorptive capacity of the country is not exceeded.
A British Government memoran- dum promises to initiate the nego- tiations necessary to implement the recommendations,
ZIONIST STATEMENT
Meanwhile the executive of the Zionist organisation yesterday
issued a statement that while promising a considered opinion after thorough study of the Pa- lestine Report, the organisation immediately challenges the un- derlying assumption that the
able.
FOR PARLIAMENT
London, To-day The Palestine Report will be sub mitted to the House of Commons in the form of memorandum to-day-
-Trans-Ocean.
The Commission points out that peace can only be maintained un- der the mandate by repression and that repression will not solve the problem. It will only exacerbate the quarrel.
SPECIAL ORDERS
Similar steps were taken to s
safe- guard printing of the Report, and the press director of the Palestine Government issued special orders concerning its publication in news-
papers.
An atmosphere of uncertain- ty, mingled with apprehension, prevails all ovet Palestine, and many householders are stock- ing their larders in expectation of trouble.
Loudspeakers were placed in all theatres and open squares to broad- It will not
help towards
the cast the Report simultaneously establishment of a single self-Gov-throughout the country. erning Palestine.
Royal Air Force planes are hov-
mandate is inherently unwork- The British people, says the re-ering over Jerusalem, while mili-
port, will not flinch from the tasktary patrols are in the streets. of continuing to govern Palestine Trans-Ocean. under the mandate if they are in honour bound to do so, but they would be justified in asking if there is no other way in which their No Matter What The duty can be done.
Weather
The statement says: "We have done our work and achieved suc- In supporting the solution of the cess in Palestine in the face of an Palestine problem by means of unwilling and unhelpful adminis partition, the Government are much tration: impressed by the advantages which
"The Report comes at a time It offers both to the Arabs and when for millions of persecuted Jews.
Jews in Palestine, it represents their only hope of salvation.”
́EQUAL FOOTING
The Arabs would obtain their national independence
enabled to cooperate thus
be
an equal
APPEAL FOR CALM
The problem cannot be solved by giving either the Arabs or Jews all they want.
No fairminded statesman - - can
RESPIROIDS
think it right that 400,000 Jews Will Protect You Against
Coughs, Sore Throat And Bronchial
Troubles_______
whose entry into Palestine has been From Jerusalem comes a message facilitated by the British Govern footing with the Arabs of neigh-saying that an appeal for calm ment and approved by the League bouring countries in the cause of and quiet has been issued by the of Nations should be handed over Arab unity and progress. They National Council of Palestine Jews to Arabs or that, if the Jews should would be finally delivered from all on the eve of publication of the Re become a majority, fear of Jewish domination and from Port the anxiety which they have ex pressed lest their holy places should ever come under Jewish control The Arab statę would receive fin- ancial assistance on substantial scale both from His Majesty's Gov- ernment and from the Jewish State.
NATIONAL STATUS
one million Arabs should be handed over to The election of delegates to their rule. the Zionist Congress is proceed- But while neither race can are fairly rule all Palestine, each race virtually in the dark pending is might justly rule a part of it. suance of the Report.
ing briskly, though vo
Some of the candidates favour partition while others oppose
the nationals of other countries. Jews would at last cease to live
are
The Commission recognises that the difficulties of partition certainly very great but when they are closely examined they do not seem so insuperable as the difficul-
On other hand, partition would minority life and the primary ob-,ties adherent in the continuance of
mandate.British Wireless.
the
the establishment of "the jective of Zionism would thus be Jewish National Home and relieve attained. Under the propõsed trea- from any possibility of its be- ties, the rights of minorities in both fng subjected in the future to Arab States would be strictly guaranteed. Lai Tak-chun of No. 318 Port- rule. It would convert the Jewish Above all, fear and suspicion would land Street was admitted to the National Home into a Jewish State be replaced by a sense of confid- Kowloon Hospital suffering from with full control over immigra- dence and security and both peo-injuries to his mouth received tions
ples would obtain, in the words of when he was knocked down by car
Its nationals would” acquire a the Commission, the inestimable No. 4680 driven by Mr. Bower, in status similar to that enjoyed ¡boon of peace-British Wireless. Nathan Road yesterday.
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Many a cough
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all-chemists.