JEWISH TENSION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 183, 18 May 1939, Page 5

JEWISH TENSION

AWAITING THE WHITE PAPER. DAY’S STOPPAGE OF WORK. ARABS EXPECT ADVANTAGES. ■ •' ’ ■"* Tj •, s' ~7,- y~. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m,). _. v ‘ JERUSALEM, Mhy PL ; Tension is growing among the-Jews on the evo of the publication of n White Paper containing the British proposals for Palestine. The Jews have planned to hold 200protest meetings throughout the country to-morrow, when the copiplete stoppage for a whole day will 4 takpl place in trade, industry and transport. The Rabbis have ordered that the day be spent in fasting and prayer. ' The Jewish National Council beginning to-morrow will draw up an emergency 'register “of ' both "' sexes throughout the country, aged between 18 and 35, who are asked to pledge their lives for the .homeland. ■ The British Authorities are preparing ' security measures. The army • and police are standing by. ~i ' b.... v ' ; The Arabs, on the contrary, are "re-7 joiping. It.is expected that many will, Jbo released from the concentration camps. ’ \ 7..... . It is reported from Damascus that exiles are preparing to return.