The Archive · 1939

Palestine Peace Hopes

The Cabinet met this morning and examined the international situation and the Palestine problem.

It is understood that the conversations between Great Britain and Soviet Russia are progressing most satisfactorily, while the talks. een of being concluded. The British Gov-lain and Turkey are on the'point

ernment consider the denunciation of the German-Polish agreements as very serious but they believe that it will hasten the constitution of an "antiaggression bloc"

Informed circles declare that the British Government have not forgotten the White Paper outlining their Palestine policy following the Round-Table conference in London. Negotiations which have been pur-Sued since the failure of the conference allow for hopes that a settlement of a temporary nature at least will be reached on all pending questions.—Havas.

Conscription Unpopular s: London, May 1.

The Cabinet put the finishing touches to conscription legislation at a special meeting today and the measure was to be published tonight and debated at the House of Commons on Thursday. Enforcement of the measure was expected to be in motion within a fortnight.

The Labour Opposition were preparing to launch a vigorous anticonscription campaign but the rank and file of the Opposition continued to crumble on differences of opinion regarding conscription, it was report-

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