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THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 14, 1939

HOMELESSNESS OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE Root Of The Palestine Problem

DR. WEIZMANN'S

STATEMENT

London, To-day.

The text of the official statement made on behalf of the Jewish Agency at the Palestine Conference, was issued last night.

GRYNSZPAN

FOUND SANE

ए

Paris, To-day. Grynszpan, the Polish Jew who murdered the Secretary of the German Embassy, Herr vom Rath, has been found by doctors to be

responsible for, his actions.

He will be tried by the Paris Assize Court, probably in May.--- Reuter,

JAP.-ITALIAN CONTACT

Rome, To-day.

WHAT DO

Page

THEY WANT NOW?

Prague, "To-day.

The Sudeten leaders in Czecho- slovakia are dissatisfied with the treatment of the German minority especially in Bohemia and Moravia. Dr. Ernst Kundt, the chairman of the National Socialist Club in Czechoslovakia, addressing a meet- ing of the German Deputies yester day said it would be wrong to sup pose that the Germans in Czecho slovakia are in a better position

The Japanese Ambassador in now than prior to October, 1938.

He strongly protested against Rome, Mr. Shiratori, called on

"the way in which the Czechoslovak authorities were seeking to deprive

It states that the root of the Jewish problem lay in

the homelessness of the Jewish people. The Jews believed that Jews and Arabs could find a meeting ground beneficial to both, but only on the basis of the Mandate implemented in spirit and letter, scale of Jewish immigration in accordance with economic absorbtive capacity, the principle of an active policy of development cont Galeazzo. Ciano, the Italian and effective safeguards against a minority Foreign Minister, yesterday after the Germans of their full legal status.

The conversation lasted 80 min- did not grant relief to unemployed status." Although the Czech State utes and is believed to have dealt with the occupation of the island of German workers everything was being done by a section of the Hainan by the Japanese.

Lord Perth, the British Ambas- the dismissal of Germans engaged Czech authorities to bring about sador, also saw Count Ciano in the in Czechoslovak industries, There course of the afternoon. Although was no mistaking the fact, Dr. no official statement has been made Kundt insisted, that the main rea- regarding the topic of the conversa-ponsibility for this sort of action tion which lasted 20 minutes, it is did not rest with subordinate au

have concerned the believed to

thorities. Spanish question.-Trans-Ocean.

The Jews did not want to dominate Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. the Arabs but would not allow them-E. A. Butler, met the Arab delega- selves to be dominated by the Arabs. tions.

Referring to the well-intentioned The session was devoted mainly projects for founding a Jewish ter- to a statement by Nuri Pasha, ritorial home elsewhere than Pales- which it is understood dealt force

that fully with the effect on surround- must ing states of the troubles in

tine, the statement declared

a long period of experiment precede such a settlement.

NOT CAPABLE OF REALISATION

was

Palestine.

It is asserted by well-informed quarters that Nuri Pasha took a leading part in the efforts made last week to bridge the differences between the two sections of the Arab claims that Palestine an Arab country were not capable Palestine Arabs.

Nashashibi had The Jews already Ragheb Bey of realisation. formed one third of the population sufficiently recovered from his in- and were responsible for two-thirds disposition yesterday to take his of economic and cultural activity in place with the Palestine

Reuter. Palestine.

Of every age groups of Jews had

for the last 60 years active re- settlement work had been going on.

tion.

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delega-

noon.

REFUSES

SPEAKER MOTION OF ADJOURNMENT

There was a growing tendency, to regard Czechoslovakia as a Na-

to tional State belonging

the Czechs alone. The representatives of the German minority in Czecho- slovakia, declared Dr. Kundt, was resolved on opposing all oppres- sive methods of this sort.

It was a matter, he said, that was London, To-day. not confined to the question of well-

In the House of Commons yes-being of the German minority in worked their way to Palestine, and] LENGTHY ARAB STATEMENT ❘terday the Speaker refused to grant Bohemia but directly affected fu- leave to Mr. Arthur Henderson (La-ture relations between Germany The morning session (says Bri-bour) to move an adjournment of and the new Czechoslovak State.→→ The Jewish statement added tish Wireless) was devoted to con- the House in order to call åtten- Trans-Ocean.. that they could not conceive that tinuation of discussion of the Arab tion to the refusal of the Govern- after 20 years the British Govern case between the Arab delegates ment "to give an assurance that so ment should be seeking an inter-and the British representatives, Mr. long as the existing legitimate Gov- pretation of the Mandate which Malcolm Macdonald, Mr. R. A. But-ernment in Spain continued, there might curtail fundamental Jewish ler and the Marquess of Dufferin would be no recognition of the In- rights.

NOT AN APPENDIX

and Ava.

Nuri Pasha made a lengthy state- ment on the McMahon Correspon- dence. To-day Prince Emir Feisul It was essential that there should and Prince Seif Al Islam Hussein will be a place in the world where Jews make further statements, and this were not a fraction and not an ap-will be followed by a statement by pendix to something else but where Mr. Butler on behalf of the British they themselves were masters of Government. their own destiny.

The afternoon meeting with the Palestine had prospered by

60 Jewish delegation was occupied with years of pioneer work. It had discussion on Dr. Weizman's state-

on was ment

behalf of the Jewish agriculture and industry and

Agency. formally rooted in Jewish society

Rabbi S. Wise, Mr. M. Palestine was now capable of Shertok and Dr. Weizmann

surgent authorities as a de facto or de jure government of the country.” -Reuter.

MR. RUBLEE'S SUCCESSOR

London; To-day,

HITLER IN HAMBURG

Hamburg, To-day. Chancellor Hitler, accompanied by the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Raeder, and the Foreign Minister, Herr von Rib- bentrop, as well as other person- alities arrived here yesterday after- noon, and will attend launching of the battleship "F" to-day.

The diplomatic correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" understands Chancellor Hitler had an enthu- that Sir Herbert Emerson, League siastic reception as he drove from of Nations Commissioner for Re- the railway station to the Hotel absorbing hundreds of thousands part. Further meeting will take fugees, will succeed Mr. George Atlantic.Trans-Ocean.

refugees, and if Palestine was not place to-day.

capable of taking all, that Was hardly reason for refusing to allow

the

it to take as many as it could. The statement emphasised Jewish desire to bring about good understanding between Jews and Arabs. If Palestine was a Holy Place for the Arabs it was also for the Jews, but it had been a national, centre for the Arabs as was Damascus.

never

CHINESE CONDOLENCE TO VATICAN

took

Rublee, who resigned from his post as director of the Inter-govern- mental refugee committee-Reuter.

GUERILLAS IN SUIYUAN

.

"AXIS" TRADE TALKS

Rome, To-day.

Wuyuan. (Suiyuan); To-day. The German-Italian trade talks: Indicating the rampant Chinese were concluded here yesterday. It guerilla activities in Suiyuan, traf-is officially announced that the Count fice on the Kwelsui-Paotow section Italian Foreign Minister, Chungking, To-day. of the Peiping-Suiyuan Railway Ciano and the German Ambassador The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has again been severed owing to in Rome, von Mackenssen, ́ signed has instructed the Chinese Em-damage to rails.

a number of agreements summing Meanwhile the Palestine talks (bassy in Italy to express condolence A Chinese mobile column attack up the results of tho...... conversa- continued yesterday mornfug, when to the Vatican on the death of ed the Japanese near Paotow on tona. The now agreements-re- the Colonies Secretary, Mr. Mal-Pope Pius XI on behalf of the Na- Feb. 11 inflicting severe losses on gulate German-Italian trade for colm Macdonald, and the Under- tional Government.--Central News,the enemy.--Central News.“

1989, Trans-Ocean.

TALKS GO ON