London, Feb. 11.
The statement of the Arab case regarding the Palestine question, in which possession of the Holy Land was claimed as a natural right, was discussed this afternoon at a meeting between representatives of the British Government and the Arab delegation. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Secretary of State for the Colonies, was among those who participated.
Although the nature of the Jewish claims has still not been publicly disclosed, it is understood that Dr. Claim Weizmann, the Zionist leader, has to the British Government e the development of a ional home in Palestine and in tain Jewish immigration and les of land to Jews—all of which ed in the statement of the Veizmann's appeal is erical in charac and, in rebutting the Arab claim to complete independence and the establishment of a sovereign Arab state, he particularly emphasized the centuries long association of the Jews with the Holy Land.
The Balfour Declaration, he claimed, should stand with all its implications, and full observance of the Mandate, he said, was one of the cornerstones of the Jewish case.
An assurance is believed to have been given by Dr. Weizmann that the Jews did not seek political domination of Palestine, though he resisted the suggestion that the Jews already there should be relegated to the status of a minority under purely Arab domination.
After a further meeting between representatives of the British Government and the Jewish delegation on Monday, the business of the conference will enter a phase of bargaining. This has been rendered exceptionally difücult by the inability of the delegates to foregather round a table.—Reuter.
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