The Archive · 1938

Egyptian Premier Offers Palestine Solution

British Cabinet Expected To Carry Out Partition London, July 29.

Suggestions for the settlement oí the problem raised by repeated and continued troubles in Palestine, were forwarded to Mr. Malcolm Mac-Donald, British Colonial Secretary, by the visiting Egyptian Premier, Mohamed Mahmud Pasha, when the latter called at the Colonial Office this afternoon, it is learnt from well-informed quarters.

The statesman's suggestions were mede to conform to the Arab view as regards a solution to the Holy Land question, the same circles a Meanwhile, the British Government are determined to carry out their scheme of partition as modified by propositions that may be submitted within three months by the Wood-nead Commission, which is at present inquiring into existing conditions on the spot, politicians declare.

It was strategical considerations that induced the Government to enforce. the partition plan with the object of having at the disposal of British naval and land forces the whole of the Mediterranean coast, it is asserted.

The scheme in question actually provides for the separation of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states with Britain retaining control over Jerusalem, a corridor running to the coast and a part of the coast itself.—Havas.

Il Duce was surrounded by Federal Secretaries of the North East section of Italy Observers here note that Signor Mussolini used the phrase "Noi tireremo diritto" ('We shall go straight ahead), which he used during the Ethiopian war and which became the motto of Italy's campaign of resistance against sanctions.—Havas.

Berlin, July 30.

The address made by the Pope: yesterday condemning racism and nationalism in an exaggerated form was bitterly criticized in the press here this morning.—Havas.

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