PALESTINE
POLICY
Welles Still Fishing For
DENOUNCED Peace Formula
Heated Criticism In House Of Commons
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGNAPH" LONDON, Mar. 6 (UP)—Mr.. Noel Baker (Labour) to-day moved a vote of censure in the House of Commons on the Government's policy in Palc- ntine.
He denounced the restrictions of land sales un "arbitrary, reaction ary and unjust," and challenged the Colonial Secretary to prove that there were more Arabs without land now than there were in 1933.
Woak And Hunted Race "To-day the Jews are a weak and hunted race because of the general holocaust declared Mr. Baker. adding: "The civilised standards of their influence has gone so far that we dare to perform this shame- fol act to-day-to repudiate moral contract with them while great war is going on." Mr. Malcolm MacDonald the
said Colental Secretúry Government's policy in Palestine was essential to the maintenance of good government in that country and to "enable us to mobilise our forces."
that the
Unjust Discrimination LONDON, Mar. 6 (Reuter)An the Opposition vole of censure on Government in connection with the issue of land regulations in Palestine was moved in the House of Commons to-day.
The motion expressed regret that, acting without the authority of the League Council. regulations control- ling the transfer of land were issued which discriminated unjustly against
the inhabitants one section of Palestine.
in
Visits To Paris, London
And Then Romo
BERNE, 'Mar. 6 (Reuter).—Mr. Sunner Welles hus definitely denied that he would call a conference in London of United States' Ministers in Scandinavin,
for Paris. to-
Mr. Welles leaves Inight and plans to go to London at the beginning of next week, then re- turn to Rome and see Signor Mus- solint. He will spend a day in Paris en route between London and Home.
"Silent As A
Carp"
Mr. Welles told reporters that he would remain as "silent as a carp" about his conversations. He would communicate no offelal information he had received to any other Euro- pean Government.
It is considered significant that Mr. Welles did not deny the report that he had invited Dr. Sehneht, the former Genen Finance Minisier, to visit America,
his. He has been profoundly appointed."
dig-
Mr. MacDonald said he did not seek 10 deny the great effect that the out- break of war had had in bringing about greater puelfication in Palestine.
1 had made a deep impression. The Arabs had recognised that Nazi
of domination in Europe would be great threat to their prospects
of the freedom and the freedom Arub kingdom in the rest of Arabíu. Abated Hostility
They had abated their hostility and expressed their complete friendship with us and had offered their help which ways.
we were accepting in many
he
At the outbreak of the war, 13. the Jewish leaders also declared that a larger fasue bad been raised, Without qualifying their hostility
to
Mr. Noel Baker, moving the resolu- tlon, recalled that the Opposition had held last May that the Secretary of States's White Paper of May 17 was inconsistent with the Palestine Man-towards the White Paper, they offer-
ed unconditionally their support Great Britain and France.
The Jews in Palestine had offered their practical support to our effort which we were accepting to a maximum practient extent.
date.
These land regulations, which the Opposition now oppose, were part of the polley of that White Paper.
They believed that these regula- tions damaged the interests of both Arabs and Jews.
The Secretury of State's latest While Paper did not say that Arabs were landless and dispossessed at present. Jews only sought to buy
surplus land.
Strong Safeguards
war
"I should like on behalf of the British Government to express our thanks to both the Jewish and Arab communities for their loyal friend- ship and support in our war against the common enemy, Nazi Germany," he continued.
wos
Essential To Harmony The existing safeguards against He contended that if they had not the landless Arab problem were introduced these land regulations in pretty strong, and Mr. Baker declar-the comparative harmony which had ed that the Jews had not decreased been established they would certainly the land avaliable to the Arabs, but have been disturbed before long and had notably increased it.
these land regulations were essential He contended that Jewish activi-1 over a long period this harmony
to be maintained. tles resulted in great benent to the Referring to the troops which had Arabs,
and
that Mr. Mne- Argued
withdrawn been Donald's proposed course was deulready liberately violating British obligu-Palestine between the publication of tions and striking a blow at the great the White Paper last year and the principle for which we were at war. outbreak of war, Mr. MacDonnid said that the question of withdrawing raised Until Mr. MacDonald
troups from Palestine wus to-day far stórm week ago by
promulgating
was ten the new regulations. Palestine had more important than it been forgotten. He had examined months ago. the status of the Permanent Man- dates'
Commission and contended
sense.
from
who were recruited into the Arab bandit bands.
Thursday,
FAMOUS STAGE STAR DIES
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
CANNES, Mar. 7 (UP),~ The death occurred at her chatenu here last night of Maxine Ellott, one of America's greatest and most beauti{u} nctresses. She celebrated her 69th Birthday only a fortnight ngo.
She is survived by her sister, Madge Elliott.
Death occurred after a long illness,
The late Maxine Elliott wns born Jessie Dermot, in Rock- land, Maine. Her stage name was suggested by the great Dion Boucicault,
Her friends were legion, and included King Edward VII be. fore the Great War, and the Duke of Windsor, Mr. Winston Churchill, Captain Anthony Eden and Mr. Somerset Maug- ham at the time of her death.
Her chateau at Cannes, which was once saved from destruc- tion by fire by the British Navy, was known as the "House of Lords" because of the remark- able number of celebrated peo- ple who were often guests.
During the Great War Maxine Elliott left the singe in order to operate her own ambulance unit in Belgium. She stayed there until long after the German occupation.
EXAMINING U.S. MAIL
Mr. Butler Justifies British Action
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
LONDON, Mar, 6 (Reuter).— Mr. George Strauss asked the Prime Minister in the House of Commons to-day whether in view of the great indignation in United States over the
search
the
of the Pan-American Clipper in the Bermudas on January. 18, he could make a statement on the matter.
Mr. R. A. Butler replied that under International Law a belligerent coun-
try was at liberty to examine any mail, whether neutral or belligerent, which was brought voluntarily within its jurisdiction.
to
The Government had decided exercise this right at Bermuda on January 18 in respect to cast-bound malls corried by the Pan-American Atlantle Service.
Serious Blunder?
Mr. Strauss asked if it was a fact that as a result of the British Gov- there had been ernment's action grest
halignation felt by the Ameri- can public and that the service now no longer stops at Bermuda.
In view of those facts, he asked whether the action of the British Government was not a serious blunder.
Mr. R. A. Butler said that he did
March 7, 1940.
RAMMED
Criticism SUBMARINE Of New Tin Agreement
Malaya Protests Voiced
Skilful Manoeuvre Saves Seventeen Lives
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"
HELDER, Mar. 6 (UP). -It is reported that the In The Commons Dutch submarine, 0-11 sunk LONDON, Mar, 0 (Reuler)-c-to-day two minutes after plying to Mr. H. F. S. Stokes in the being rammed amidships by House of Commons to-day, Mr.
a Dutch naval tug. ManDonald sald he was aware that
later the Twenty minutes certain tin producers in Malaya were opposed to the
International Tin crew brought the submarine Agreement and measures taken
under it, but he believed that their views back to the surface where tugs were contrary to those of the great were made fast to the conning tower which was opened, and majority of producers in Malaya.
In 1
rescued supplementary question, Mr. seventeen Stokes asked if Mr. Malcolm. Muc-
men were
Donald was aware that the restric-before the submarine again sank..
Two men were drowned. tion of "eighty per cent." had taken effect and that a considerable quantity of tin hud to be purchased from-for- elyn sources, and that there Was
concern in the matter.
trade about
this
he
the
Three Still Trapped AMSTERDAM, Mar. (Reuter).-- Three members of the crew are atill trapped in
Dutch submarine which was sunk following a colllalon. To-night divers and other rescuera were working desperately to reach the men who may not have enough nir for more than 24 hours.
Admits Criticisms Mr. Malcolm MacDonald said was aware there were criticisms con- cerning tie, decision taken, but all were relevant to the considerations Maken into account by the Inter-crust from Amsterdam this afternoon national Tin Committee.
He said he was satisfied that their decision was welcomed by a great majority or producers.
Three 'special tugs raced up the
to assist in lifting the hull of the sub- marine releasing the trapped sailors.
There were about 30 men aboard at the time of the disaster.
Replying to Mr. W. Thorne, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald said he was eer- tah that if there were a shortage of tin in Great Britain he would re-succeeded. ceive representations from his colica- gucs.
ITALIAN STUDENTS'
DEMONSTRATION
FROM PAGE ONE
ties and the outcome of diploma- tic exchanges.
It has been learned from reliable sources that the British reply to Italy will reject the protest in effect be- cause the Italian protest challenged the
which principles upon economic blockade is being conducted.
will be
Tugs worked all day trying to get the submarine's nose out of the mud, but at nightfall they still had not
the This is
Ørst accident Holland's 30 years of submarine history.
That Tientsin
Silver
Problem Still Bothers
British Govt.
in
LONDON, Mar: 0 (Reuter).-Asked what the present position is as re- thegards the stocks of Chinese allver lying in the British Concession in Tientsin, Mr. R. A. Butler (Under- Secretary for Foreign Affairs) in the Conciliatory Reply However, the British reply will be House of Commons to-day said that
the position remained unchanged. in a conciliatory tone and despatelted In a few days..
The Ministry of Economic warfare has pointed out that the coal blockade is not discriminating against Italy since they have refused exemptions for German goods destined to nine- teen countries in the past three weeks. On March 5 alone, twenty-one neu- tral ships arrived at contraband can- Eral bases in the British Isles, the Ministry points out.
trol
Britain feels she cannot make an exception of italy without according imilar treatment to the United States and Japan, both of whom have pro- tested I against the export ban.
Latest reports state thai the Leassa is proceeding to Italy and that the coal aboard the other eight ships will be unloaded.
Clearance of the ships will be ex-. pedited by the Ministry of Economic Warfare.
He added that there had been con- versations from time to time between the interested parties with the object of finding a solution which would prove acceptable to all of them.
Under Neutral Supervision
Sir John Wardlaw-Milne asked whether in the negotiations now pro- ceeding it was quite clear that the silver would not be given up without the consent of the Chinese Govern- ment.
Butler repeated that their object was to find a solution that would prove acceptable to all parties concerned and, of course, the Chinese Government was a very important party.
Mr. Geoffrey Mander usked if there was any truth in the suggestion that Raw Material For Agitators
it was proposed to place the silver under un Anglo-Japanese trusteeship. Dealing with the question of land-
Evading The Blockade
Mr. Butler replied that there might that unless it was accepted as a less Arabs, Mr. MacDonald said that
LUCERNE, MUT. G (Reuter)be u question of placing the silver quasi-judicial body whose findings they were the raw material for the
under neutral supervision, but not on questions-of-interpretation were anti-Jewish agitator, and when it accepted, the whole thing made no came to trouble these were the levics-ment's action was correct ae Govern-Train-leads of German coal are pass-
artian was correct and, more ing daily over Simplon and the St-in-the-way-suggested.by. Mr. Mander. over, was justified by what was dis- Gotthard routes bound for Italy. covered in the mail.
mainly Return trains are loaded
YANGTSE RE-OPENING Asked whether It was possible to with Italian agricultural products.
The trofe has become so great that Swiss railways have had to bring re-Foreign Office Spokesman Corrects Misunderstanding
Tokyo, Mar 6.
"Mr. MacDonald's Roply
They could not take the risk at the
Mr. Baker said that 90 per cent, present time of allowing the problem consider some sort of arrangement
cause.
thut would satisfy the need of the British Government and a large sec- tion of American opinion, Mr. Butler replied that it was always their desire to find some sort of settlement which
serve locomotives into service and to engage extra staff.
of Jewish eligibles in Palestine had to grow from strength to strength.
They had had the most stern warn- volunteered to fight for the Allieding from Palestine in recent weeks Mr. Malcolm MacConnid assured that despite the appearance in Pale- the House that if it had been possible stine, there was beneath the surface to maintain a firm and healthy peace a growing unrest among the Arabs. in Palestine by a policy of masterly Erowing suspicion that the British would be agreeable to bulh nations. omcially stated that two more Italian
A
Government was not sincere in their
inactivity, he would have shown professions that they would protect himself
ready master at doing the interest of the Arab cultivator nothing at all. He contended that
and labour, and that they had become
of land sales had become more critical and hostile to the man.
the coal part of the obligations
an essen
to carry out the mandate,
There were two complementary obligations of equal importance-one to the Jews and one to the Arabs.
A Palestino Ideal
Jarory power.
Danger Of Trouble
LONDON EXPLOSION London, Mar. 0,
Hundreds of people were awaken- ed this morning by the explosion of a bomb which shattered all the win- dows of a bank at Hotel Park Lane. No one was hurt.
The bomb is believed to be the work of Irish Republican Army men.
Reuter Bulletin.
Mr. MucDonald maintained that if they now destroyed confidence in British promises, the whole mood of the Arab population in Palestine Mr. Malcolm MacDonald sald that might well change. They might And the central fact of these 20 years timit the troops in Palestine, who were was that under the powerful quid-Just completing the work of restoring ance and protection of Great Britain law and order, had to remain in more than 35,000 Jews had found a Palestine and start all over again happy settlement' in their national that painful work, and they might ment would consult Parliament before home in Palestine.
even find that the troops recently attempting to put the White Paper
of the League would be consulted, and that if the Council was of the opinion that the White Paper was inconsist- ent with the mandate, the Govern-
What was wanted in Palestine, he taken away would have to come back into of Donald intervened to say
their
said, was a development. beneficial to lend a hand. to the Jews which would enable them to continue, where possible, close settlement of land and develop- ment which; at the same time, was beneficial to the Arabs, which con-
If there were trouble in Palestine, there would be repercussions in Trans-Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and India. Mr. MacDonald added that if there
Mr.
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Two More Ships Held LONDON, Mar. 6 (Reuter).--It Is ships arrived at a British contraband control unse to-day.
'STAND TO WARNING TO B.E.F. ADVANCE FORCES
FROM PAGE ONE
Germans carried out night flying over Alsace and East France,
British Communique SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" LONDON, Mar. 6 (UP.-The War Office announces: "A raid was carried out on March 5 on a British post in that the pledge was that Government the Maginot sector under cover of would take the White Paper, which was already operating, to the Councila barrage of mortar and machine-gun
fire at dawn. The enemy entered of the League, and if the Council Look post held by part of a platoon of
the a decision involving alteration of
Armed or enhanced their economie had been recrudescence of trouble in policy or suggested an aneration Infantry where they killed a Sergeant }
security.
thai
Palestine, the House and the Lengue the mandate, the Government would Mr. MacDonald denied
fssite the itself would have to come to the con-not take a decision on that land regulations were a concession to clusion that we had made an error of without discussion in Parliament.
Sir Archibald contended that if the political pressure from the Arabs and judgment and had neglected our duty added that if they were concerned to maintain pehee, order and progress Council was not going to be invited with making concessions to Arab in Palestine. (Cheers).
to meet and the Governinent were to political claims they would have gone National
Home Established proceed with the policy despite the that Mandate Commission's advice Mr. MacDonald concluded
the policy was inconsistent with the mandate, this was not fuldiment of the pledge.
that
very much further than they had,
"Our whole problem in Palestine is to hold the scale even and fairly under the benevolence and powerful between the Jewish and Arab claims protection of Great Britain, a Jewish National Home had been established which is not an easy task but ex-in Palestine. tremely difficult," he said.
It will stay there. It will grow After quoting from a report on the there and it will prosper there. Peel Commission, Mr. MacDonald The Arabs had equal rights to the sold that they were not introducing this measure as a result of political rhts of the Jews. We were going to pressure from the Arab but because protect those rights as well as we of this great weight of evidence from protect the rights of the Jews. impartial and authoritative opinion. Unless they did something like it in the near future, he said, they would be defeating the purpose of the man- date itself,
Situation Improves
He said that it was certainly true that the situation in Palestine, which twelve months ago was exceedingly grave and fraught with danger to This country and other people, had very greatly Improved.
Major.
The Germans left one dead and several of our men are missing."
Nazi Internees In Hongkong
Rumours were current in town this morning that the Cerman internees Tory Criticises
in La Salle College Camp were being Capt. V. A. Cazalet, the Conserva-sent to Australia for internment there tive Member, declared that the re-and that their wives had been given gulations would frustrate the only the option of either staying on in accompanying their Hongkong or real hope of permanent co-operation husbands, in which case they would between the Jew and the Arab.
On the other hand, the Labourite, also be interned in Australia.
The Colonial Secretary, the Hon. Mr. R. R. Stokes, who recently re- Mr. N. LA Smith, denied turned from a visit to Palestine and knowledge of the report. the Near East, supported the Govern- There can only be peace and pro- ment and said that from Cairo to
basis of
Baghdad all statesmen, native Prime gress in Palestine on mutual recognition of the rights of Ministers, High Commissioners and the two communities inhabiting the Ambassadors had heaved a sigh of country,
If those rights of the Arobs are ignored. the Jewish National Home will not prosper in Palestine.
Mr. MacDonald received a prolong ed ovation from the Ministerial benches.
Betrayal Of The Jows'
Sir Archibald Sinclair, Leader of In fact, ho continued, Palestine was enjoying a greater quietness that the Liberal Opposition, following Mr. Noel Baker, declared that hte pro- had been onjoyed for four years.
"Hitler," said Mr. MacDonald, "sposals represented a bretrayal of the not quite ao grateful, ife had hoped Jews and asserted that the Govern that Palestine would be an ally of ment gave a pledge that the Council
relief that the present measure had] been taken.
Soviet-Rumanian Pact Rumour
ony.
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" The Independent Member, Mr.
LONDON, Mar. 6 (UP)—The re- Lipson, who is a Jewish member, thought that the Government proport that M. Molotoff is en route to posals were regrettable, but asked Bucharest for the purpose of signing what would happen to the Jewish a non-aggression pact with Rumania National Home If Hitler won.
Sacrifices must be made to win the war and he believed that the Jews were willing to make the sacrifice,
In doubted by Rumanian sources.
They point out that the two nations signed such a pact in London during July, 1033.
Mr. Suma, Foreign Office spokes- man, said to-day that a misunder- standing had arisen as a result of a mis-interpretation of Gen. Hata's re- marks on the Yangtse re-opening in the Diet on Monday. Mr. Suma sald preparations were being pushed for the re-opening as far as Nanking.
The spokesman declared that Gen. Hata pointed out that vessels acting ngainst the interests of the new order would be deprived of the advantages this of the re-opening. However, did not imply that the river would not be opened.-United Press.
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