PARTITION PLAN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23393, 7 January 1938, Page 7

PARTITION PLAN

PROPOSALS FOR PALESTINE THE BRITISH WHITE PAPER RECEPTION NOT ENCOURAGING (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph —Copyright! LONDON, Jan. 5. The Jerusalem correspondent of The Times says the White Paper was coldly received in Palestine, although Jewish circles, which feared the abandonment of the partition project, were most relieved to find that the principle was still maintained. The Arabs profess indifference to the Technical Commission’s visit, contending that the time occupied in inquiries will only result in the further entanglement of the Palestine position. INQUIRY BY COMMISSIONERS LONDON, Jan. 5. The Daily Telegraph’s political correspondent points out that the phraseology of the White Paper on Palestine is sufficiently wide to allow the Government to put an almost entirely new plan before the Mandates Commission of the League if the new Palestine Commission thinks it advisable. It adds that the Government is most anxious to expedite the inquiry by the commissioners, who will doubtless be at work in Palestine before the end of March. BRITISH PRESS COMMENT (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Jan. 5. The newspapers, commenting on the new Palestine Commission, point out that this will be a fact-finding body, and attention is drawn to the terms of reference which empower it to suggest modifications of the previous Royal Commission s plan, including variation of the areas recommended for retention under the British mandate.