A BREAKDOWN?

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20738, 23 February 1939, Page 9

A BREAKDOWN?

PALESTINE PROBLEMS

CRISIS AT CONFERENCE UNITED FRONT BY ARABS (United Preu Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Feb. 21 There are indications that the breakdown of the Palestine Conference Is .practically inevitable, says the News Chronicle. It predicts that the Government will dismiss the delegates shortly and Impose Its own plan. The situation approached a climax last night when the spokesmen for Egypt, Irak, Saudi Arabia. .Transjordan ia, and Yemen submitted a unanimous memorandum announcing a united front with the Palestinian Arabs. It is stated that the remainder of the Arab world advise the Palestinians to accept nothing less than independent sovereign status. A memorandum will be submitted to the Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, by British and Jewish delegates, who also have reached a stalemate in their talks, which have been adjourned indefinitely. Rejected by Jews The Jews rejected suggestion to restrict immigration and land sales, maintaining that this would mean a permanent minority status for them. They demanded immigration equal to y the economic absorptive capacity of Palestine. The News Chronicle adds: “Some observers find that the Government made a tactical error in inviting the Arabs to the conference, thereby uniting them, instead of seeking the services of a mediator.” TERRORISM IN JERUSALEM TWO KILLED, FOUR WOUNDED (Times Cable) LONDON, Feb. 21 As a result of desultory shooting two persons were killed and four were wounded, states the Jerusalem correspondent of the Times.