ARABS AND JEWS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26042, 4 January 1946, Page 5

ARABS AND JEWS

POSITION IN PALESTINE BOYCOTT NOT IMPOSED YET JERUSALEM. (Rec. 7 p.m.) Jan. 2. Mr J. V. Shaw, chief secretary to the Palestine Government, stated that the Government had not received official intimation that the so-called Arab boycott of Jewish manufactured goods would be actually imposed. Preliminary consideration was being given to the situation that would arise if the boycott was imposed, but no special action was considered necessary for the moment. Mr Shaw said that virtually all the 75,000 immigration certificates for which the British White Paper provided, are now exhausted. From 400 to'soo immigrants have still to arrive from Bulgaria. He added that the Palestine Government had not the authority to issue further immigration visas to families of relatives of Palestine residents unless the British Government decided that Jewish immigration would continue during the period of the British and American inquiry. Diplomats representing the Arab countries in Egypt, meeting in Cairo in the office of the secretary-general of the Arab League, Azzam Bey. decided to request the Palestine Arab High Committee to prepare a report on the Palestine problem and to submit copies to the countries in the Arab League for comment. The league will then draft a report for submission to the British and American Governments. The meeting also discussed co-ord-ination plans for the Arab boycott of Jewish goods manufactured in Palestine. The meeting decided that each Arab country should send a Note to the British, American, and Russian Governments protesting against the Moscow conference decision not to invite Arab countries to participate in the peace conference. Palestine mobile police cordoned Jerusalem’s main street and detained over 100 males for questioning, says Reuter’s correspondent. Armed cars lined the street as the police herded people into an improvised barbed wire street pen before removing them to a detention camp on the outskirts of the city. The police are now seeking the distributors of illegal pamphlets in Hebrew signed by the terrorist organisation known as the Stern gang, which mourned the death of Zvi Aharoni, who was shot and killed while fleeing after the explosion at police headquarters last week. The pamphlets are believed to be another strong indication that the Stern gang co-operated in the outrage. The curfew has been relaxed in the Jewish sectors, and will operate between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. The hours for the last six nights were 4 p.m. until 8 a.m. The Associated Press correspondent at Jerusalem says the Jewish terrorist organisation used a cellar in Tel-Aviv, where an explosion was reported last night, as a depot for the repair of arms and the manufacture of bombs. The police found chemical apparatus, many bomb components, tools and electrical equipment, pistols, military and police uniforms. One suspect found there was arrested.