WHITE PAPER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 May 1939, Page 7

WHITE PAPER

REJECTED BY BOTH SIDES ARABS SEE NOTHING NEW. JEWS DECLARE TA.X STRIKE. 1 By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.40 a.m.) JERUSALEM. May 19. An association of Jewish landlords and property owners has resolved upon a complete tax strike until repeal of the White Paper. which the.' former Arab Higher Committee has also rejected, as offering nothing new. ILLEGAL MIGRANTS ROUNDED UP BY TROOPS. DEDUCTIONS FROM QUOTA THREATENED. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) JERUSALEM. May 19. At Tel Aviv, troops rounded up 300 illegal Jewish immigrants who had been secretly landed on the coast. They have been interned and the authorities declare that further illegal migrants will be deducted from the immigration quota. JEWS WARNED FIRM ACTION AGAINST DISTURBANCES. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) JERUSALEM, May 19. General Haining, commander of the British forces in Palestine, summoned Zionist leaders to warn them that further disturbances would be met with the firmest measures. He praised the restraint of Jews in the past, but said he regarded the shooting of policemen as murder. The Jewish injured in yesterday’s disturbances total 92. Official Jewish organisations have received telegrams from throughout the world promising assistance.