NO AGREEMENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1939, Page 5

NO AGREEMENT

JEWS AND THE BRITISH PROPOSALS

REJECTED AS BASIS FOR DISCUSSION. NEGOTIATIONS IN LONDON. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, March 2. Dr Weizmann called on Mr Chamberlain at the House of Commons and reported the attitude of the Jewish delegation toward suggestions for a solution of the Palestine problem. It has been arranged that tomorrow afternoon informal talks between some of the Jewish delegation and members of the British delegation will be resumed. It is gathered, however, that Jews are still unwilling to accept the British suggestions as a basis of discussion in formal conference. In this respect there is at present no change in their attitude, which has been further discussed among themselves, but it may be that at tomorrow’s meeting they will put forward suggestions of their own.

The Colonial Secretary, Mr Malcolm MacDonald, discussed the position with Lord Halifax, who is confined to his house with influenza. The Foreign Under-Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler, accompanied the Colonial Secretary, Mr MacDonald. It had been known that Mr MacDonald was anxious to consult Lord Halifax, and as a result of the talk he will be more fully prepared for the continuation of negotiations with the Jews tomorrow.

DEATHS OF ARABS TWELVE ARABS FOUND IN CAVE. SUPPOSED EXECUTION BY TERRORISTS. (Received This Day, 9.30 a.m.) JERUSALEM, March 3. The bodies of twelve Arabs, presumably executed by terrorists, have been found in a cave. Soldiers placed a cordon round two Arab villages, shot dead two Arabs attempting to escape and detained several others. INFORMAL MEETINGS. (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) RUGBY, March 3. An informal discussion between the Jews delegation and British representatives on the Palestine position took place. A further informal meeting has been fixed for Monday evening.