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Chronicle (Levin), 26 August 1947, Page 5

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Peaceful Disembarkation At Hamburg Expected

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Received Tuesday, 9.35 a»m LONDON, ( Aug. 25. Reutef's correspondent aboard the Runnymede Pafk says that Colonel Martin Gregson, who is commanding the British i troops ahoard the three ships carrying the 4*500 Je'ws from Port de BoUc, stated that infOrmation reaching mm from all three ships incticated tnat tlie Jews would disembark at Hamburg peaceably. He believed that if one shipload landed quietly the others would follow. . Beth Dili, Which is the ecclesiastical court of the Chief Rabbi of London, has decfeed that JeWs throughout the British Empire should observe August 28 as a day of prayer and fasting in sympathy with the Jews being transpotted to Hamburg. Beth Din seiected AUgust 28 to allow the decision tb be known in the Dominions, including lndia, Pakistan and the colonies. A message from- Jerusalem says that on the eve of the globa.1 fast in sympathy with the illegal immigrants en route to Hamburg, the Irgun ZVai Leumi secret radio called on Jews throughout the world not to fast but to fight. The Stern gahg simultaneously distributed posters in Tel Aviv calling on all Pales'tine's Jews to declare total war on Britain. The broadcast said: "Instead of proclaiming a fast and stopping. work for even a few hours, you can stop the cruel British machine forever. ^Don't pay your taxes. Don't negotiate with them. Don't obey their orders. Boycott to the ehd. Britain is in economic trouble and can be hit ecohomicallv without mercy."