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BRITISH POLICY IN PALESTINE DEFENDED

Illegal Immigration Is Örganised Plan

LONDON, July 20.

A DEBATE on the Palestine problem was initiated in the House of Commons to-day by Mr. Tom Williams (Labour), who said that a further blow had been struck at Jewish aspirations by the suspension of immigration.

The complete cessation of immigration meant that the hopes of tens of thousands of people all over Europe were completely dashed. The Government scheme had completely broken down, and there was neither legal, moral nor ethical right for it.

Contrary To Justice

would be untruthful to say that the White Paper policy la barring the door to the settlement of Central Palestine. refugees in European (Cheers).-Reuter,

Friday,

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Terrible Plight Of

Welsh Unemployed

LONDON, July 21. RELIEF MEASURES for one of the special districts in Monmouthshire are on the verge of failure, according to the "Times",

For years efforts have been made to alleviate the plight of the workers, who have been unemployed, by drawing them. into a settlement which has been carried on by private and public subscriptions, while the Treasury has also contributed £102.000.

However, it has never housed more than 400.

The "Times" says that the political situation in South Wales has frustrated the experiment as much as some strong capitalist influenco, which did not encourage real interest in the idea-Trans-Ocean,

TURKEY TO BUILD A "SINGAPORE BASE" Military Conversations With French Leaders

ISTANBUL, July 20.

THE newspapers here report that a Turkish naval and 'air base, equal in size and power to Singapore, will be built at Port Chosm, on the Turkish Peninsula facing the Greek Island of Chios not far from Smyrna-United Press.

Military Talks

Neither Mr. MacDonald nor any body else could superimpose on an unwilling people a polley contrary to every justice and fair play, and compromise made in the Inst 20 years, American Kidnapped

It wasn't too late to go back to the mandate and to encourage Arabs and JERUSALEM, July 20.-The Bri- they did fish Military authorities here have Jews to co-operate us hitherto, Maybe some form of suspended their efforts to track an federation was possible, where Arab Arab band of kidnappers who are fear of domination could be complete- holding an American missionary, Mr. ly quitiated, and where the Jews Gerald R. Goldner, while the United might have further opportunitics. States Consul General, Mr. George Sir Arnold Wilson suggested that Wadsworth, is making attempts to the problem could not be solved negotiate for his retense.

thali without bearing

Mr. Coldner's father, Mr. Jacob Palestine was merely the southern Goldner, said they were both en route halt of Syria, Syrla us whole to Jerusalem when Bedouin Arobs should be covered by the federation took them to a cave, stole their pos-co-operation in the enze of aggression of one Jewish State, one Christian, sessions and released him. and three Arab States, working in

British under the harmany

and, French, or Anglo-French supervision, subjret to a measure of control by the League of Nations,

in

mind

Nobody Satisfied

П

Mr. G. le M. Mander said that Mr. MacDonald's policy satisfied nobody

Centional Justice.

Ankara, July 20. The military conversations between France and Turkey, which were initiated here on Monday by a French Military Mission beaded by General Hutzinger, are understood to have proved most satisfactory, ensuring the most efficacious all-round armed!

on the Balkan States or the Near

They sald, however, that his son East./ must remain until a ransom of $5,000 was produced,

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United Press.

Illegal Immigrants

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SPAIN IS OFFERED

July 21, 1939.

Britain's Air Raid Defences Criticised

LONDON, July 21. ATTACKS on the British Air Ministry for the in- sufficiency of air raid de- fences, which began in the "Daily Mail" a few days ago, wera continued to-day.

Apparently in obedience to a hint from official quarters that the articles did not mucet with the approval of the authorities, the "Daily Mail" suppressed cer- tain detalls, the publication of which were not in national interests."

The published account, however, sold to be based on actual experience, declared that at the slightest sign of or even if there was a risk that the weather might become unfavourable, training was discontinued, and shooting and

unfavourable weather,

searchlight exercises did not place.

take

As far as protection from bombs and bomb splinters went, the units had received a purely theoretical in- struction.

The method of practising with the #lr Aound-detectors was also severcly eriticised.-Trans-Ocean.

TREASURE Rev. Brother

The main toples of the talks appear French Ready To

enemy:

It has also been sinted the question of a galded command was niso dis-

cussed.

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Five Arabs have been killed and to have been with regard to render- four wounded almost simultaneouslyng theulready invinelble Dardanelles

various points in Tel-a-viv, even more deadly to an

Turkey's policy of a passage for all

PARIS. the Stralis in the

July 20.-The vessels through

French case of a conflagration; very close Foreign Minister to-day called the military collaboration between Tur- Spanish Ambassador to the French key, and Great Britain extending from Foreign Office and formally notined the Balkans, Syria and Palestine to him that 9,300 cases of treasure from valued at approximately Egypt in the case of conßlet in the Bilbao, cast Mediterranean.

thirteen millard franes, are available at La Palliee for expatriation lo Spain whenETET

the sequestration Francis George Geske lits the Rev. your Gabardine, Palm- are paid.

Brother Chee Hoy, 39, of Seattle, beach, Sharkskin and the States, residing t M. Bonnet also promised that the United French Government will take early Y.M.C.A. Kowloon, when he appear- other types of Sum-

Centrul Magistracy action regarding the Bank of Spain's ed before Mr. T. J. Houston at the

this morning mer Suits when they gold, upon which the Scine Court's charged with failing to notfy the verdict next week is expected to re-

come back from Ject the Spanish Republican claims Registry of Persons office of hu to the geld valued at 1,200,000,000 change of address on May 29. francs.

Sub-Inspector Langley sald that defendant had lived at 37 Jordan We also notifed the Spanish diplo-Road on April 10, and after moving mat of France's desire for General to a pent house on the roof of the Franco to speed up the repatriation Wing On Bank Building had gone to of the 250,000 refugees still living in stay at the Y.M.C.A. Kowloon on the frontier camps.

May 20. He had falled to report his

in Palestine, and he suggested that Continuing, Mr. MacDonald said Mr. MacDonald consider referring the that in the current six months of Government policy to the considera-immigration there were 1,300 illegal tion of the Permanent Court of Inter-immigrants between April 1 and May 24, since when British patrols had Mr. Duff-Cooper said, that the Bri-captured 3,500 illegal immigrants, tish policy was consistently trying to while between 500 and 1,000 entered give absolute impartial treatment to the country undetected, and 4,000 both Jew and Arab, and to funt more are now on ships approaching pledges. It was a good policy, but the cost of Palestine, intending to one proof of its failure was that be-force their way into the Country.

"It is cruel fuck to the trainers cause illegal immigration had suc- ceeded, legal immigration was to be in Britain, the children in Germany stopped. A stronger and more de- and other refugees whom we intend- ed should go there under the legal finite line was required.

quota system.

The Arst consideration when two

"There are other motives in this old friends came to ask for assistance was to deckie which had the greater raffle," declared Mr. MacDonald.

"Something like 40 per cent. of the need, Mr. Duff Cooper then con- trasted the position of the Arabs,legal Immigrants come not from who, since the war had enjoyed Greater Germany, but from Poland greater prosperly and freedom than and Rumanie, and those Polish and they had known for centuries, with the plight of the Jews, who, in a long and tragle history, had never endured a more terrible period than

now.

Slamming The Door

"The strong arm of the British Empire opened the door to the Jewn when all other doors were shut. Shall we slarn the door in the face of the long wandering Jews?"

Rumanian Immigrunts are being or- ganised and instructed by those re- sponsible for the traffle to throw their pupers overboard so that we have no proof whatever on which we could get them accepted back to their coun- tries of origin.

The talks between General Hut-

zinger and the chiefs of the Turkish Army are still continuing, and are not expected to end before the end of next week.--United PreKS,

Financing N. Zealand's Defences

Britain Seeks Reciprocity

Repatriation Request

The Spanish Ambassador, la re-change of address.. turn, reported to M. Bonnet regard- Ing the conversations between Count Defendant stated that he did not Ciano and General Franco at San know the regulations. S. I. Longley Sebastian.

stated that defendant had notified the France is now convinced that the authorities on two previous occasions Italian Foreign Minister falled to in- of his leaving the Colony, and was, duce General Franco to join the therefore, familiar with the law. London, July 20. totalitarian military alliance or to Defendant admitted that on those oc- -The-New-Zealand Finance Minister, grant Italy and Germany hegemony casions of departing from Hongkong "It is an organisation to smash the Mr. Nash has announced that the In Spuin's reconstruction, trade and he had reported. While Paper policy. That is a posi-New Zealand Government has placed future defence.-United Press. tion we cannot tolerate. It is creat before the United Kingdom Govern-|

Smash White Paper Policy

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, in ing a serious situation. It is produc- ment the requirements of New - Congressmen Want

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produce peace, but would make the

whale of the rest of the Arab world Implacable enemies

national home.

"That is going to fan the embers to 3 Jewish of an Arab revolt with results as serious for the Jewish community as anybody else.

land in the financing of imports, in- cluding purchases for defence.

The United Kingdom has agreed that credits to £5,000,000 will be

To Go Home

WASHINGTON, July 20.--Leaders ditions for New Zealand Govern-jof the House of Representatives have purchinses, and short-term made tentative plans to sidetrack the

very grave unrest among the speech reaffirming the White Paper 108 policy, said that perhaps nothing Arab population. It is making the could do more to destroy the prospect Arabs-and it is designed by the of peace in Palestino than starting authors to do so-suspicious of the upon a policy, and then completely sincerity of the Government in carry-made available, or approved on con- reversing it, or showing hesitancy, ing out its polley. Distrust In our and therefore commencing another good faith is becoming widespread, ment long period without a policy at all. not only among the Arabs in Pales-export credit facilities to £4,000,000 Japanese embargo Bills in order to Mr. Duff Cooper's policy would not tine, but in the countries beyond. to cover approved exports from the adjourn soon as possible because

Embers Of Revolt

United Kingdom to importers in New it is evident that the embargo mea- sures will meet with strong oppoel- Zealand.

Mr. tion in both the House and Senate. A memorandum signed by

Representative Sol Bloom to-day Oliver Stanley and Mr. Nash de clares that the British Ministers told the "United Press" that the House No Prospect Of Peace

"I legal immigration can be agree that an effective measure to Foreign Affairs Committee's attitude (checked, we shall be anxious to re- reduce New Zealand exports below is not determined. He sold the situs There was no policy which would store the proper quotas of legal im-

the recent abnormally high levels tion is extremely complex with six produce immediate peace in Pales-migration.

different bills pending, none of which We are reviewing the was inevitable. tine, but he believed that the Govern- possibilities of action in the countries Mr. Nash undertook to do his utas satisfied the majority of House ment policy contained the basis on where the lilegal immigrants embark. most to ensure the maximum exports. members. which ultimately the Araba and} "Jewish leaders and Jewish people-Renter Special, Jews can settle side by side in peuect themselves, who have the greatest together.

control over this trame could reduce Mr. MacDonald deprecated the it very greatly, and we Opposition's remarks about the pro-to-ask for co-operation."—Reuter, mise made to the Jews, and a few

Terrorism Continues Opposition references about promises

..JERUSALEM, July 20.-There was made to the Arabs.

n continuation of terrorist acts in

are

entitled

Fleet Visiting Turkey

London, July 21.

The British Mediterranean fleet will visit Istanbul on August 20, says

He added that the embargo mea sures are "loaded with dynamite" but did not ladicate whether he is per sonally opposed to any

of them. United Freas.

Franco Minister

To Visit Reich

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He declared: "We regard the various parts of Palestine to-day, and While Paper policy as carrying out several bomb explosions were re- faithfully and reconciling faithfully ported to have occurred this evening.

Madrid, July 20. the promises we made to the Jews

A land mine exploded under a train and Arabs,"

an official announcement, which adds Senor Fernander Cuesta, Minister on the Petal-Tikva Ras El Aln route. that the Commander-in-Chief, Sir for Agriculture, will visit: Germany Dealing with the attitude of the However no serious damage was. Andrew Cunningham will travel in according to an authoritative Mandates Cornmission, Mr. Mac-caused. Donald said they had sent their ob- A police ofeer stepped on a land the flagship Warspite, and will after-nouncement this evening. servations to the accredited repre-mine near Kasa Hassidim which ex-

wards visit Ankara to pay his res- He will be the first member of the sentaires of the governments, con- ploded, injuring him seriously.

pects to the Turkish Government. Franco Government to pay a visit to cerned, and had asked for comments,

the Relch-Trans-Ocean. A second mine planted in the The report cannot be completed unt[] vicinity was discovered by the police those comments are put in.

and removed Tran-Occan. Motion Defeated LONDON, July 20-At the con- Mr. MacDonald said he realised clusion of the Palestine debate, the that some members were apprehen-House of Commons. rejected the Op- sive of the possibility of the League estimates by 188 votes to 110.-Reu- position motion to reduce the Council saying that our policy, waster.

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not in the terms of the mandate. He

gave an assurance that it the Coun-

cil reached a decision, which in

their view, involved die necessity of Heat Wave Grips

altering the mandate, they would not

take steps to bring about an altera- |

tion unul Parliament had had an-

other opportunity to consider the situation.

Whole Of Greece

Athens, July 20.

Trans-Ocean.

May Ask Imprisonment For Radio Offences

Hungary And

The Reich Friendship Stoutly Defended

Budapest, July 20. "Altempts to influence Hungarian- German friendship" were denounced by M. Csaky, the Hungarian Foreign Minister In speech to-day, which was a sequel to the sensational suc- cess of u book by Professor Ivaninjos of the University of Peer, "Germany's Chances in A War og Pictured in German Omela! Litern- ture" (the book, which had a tremen- dous sale in Hungary, consisted of ex- tensive quotations, designed to show the weakness of the Third Reich).

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M. Canky declared: "I will use uli legal methods in my power to sup- press those who try to undermine trust in our foreign policy, and attempt to cast doubt on the truc friendship."— Hungarian German Reuter Special.

Bad Day For Aviation

Ten Die In Two Continent Crashes

ROME, July 20.

AN Italian military plane crashed to-day near Jesi in the Ancona province, during a prac- tice flight.

All four members of the crew were killed.

Intimating that though in previous cases the prosecution' had been content with the imposition of fines, in this case they would probably nak for Imprisonment, Mr. E. LI. Wynne-Jones, Post Master General, appeared for the prosecution against Ma Chang-kong, 28, unemployed, Li Wah, 21. spinster, Wong Tac-ying, 22, spinster and Li Twe, 59, spinster, who were charged before Mr. T. J. Houston at the Central Magistracy this morning with possession of radio communication apparatas at & Breezy Path en June 20 without permission. Defendants were remanded, ons week.

Mr. P. M. Hodgson appeared for window. There was a considerable A message from Berne in Switzer- Referring to the Immigration The whole of Greece da gripped the defense.

number of documents to be investie tand says that a commercial aero-. polley. Mr. MacDonald denied that with a choking heat wave, which Mr. Wynne-Jones said: that the gated, but those so far, examined plane belonging to the Suisse Air the Government was indifferent to has prevented peasants from work prosecution was satisfied with fourth showed that; there was a connection Company, which covered the Vienna- the fate of the refugees in Centraling on the harvest.

defendant's statement that she was between the present: case and one Meurich route, crashed this evening Europe. He said that Polesine com The workers found it impossible only an ameh, and was willing to previously dealt with.

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