PALESTINE MANDATE
INQUIRY AT GENEVA. FIVE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. COMMISSION’S ATTITUDE. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received August 3, 11.40 a.m. GENEVA, Aug. 2. , Mr Orms'oy Gore (British Colonial Secretary) underwent a gruelling questioning for 3} hours before the Mandates Commission on Britain’s Palestine plan. He was asked about the position of minorities, the treatment of women, the possibilities of defence and the composition of the boundary commission.
The commission arrived at a final decision with regard to its task. It will not make any pronouncement for or against a partition, but set out the advantages and disadvantages of five possible solutions, namely _ Maintenance of the existing mandate.
Modification of the mandate. A division into cantons in the Swiss style.
The suggested partition. ' Any other possibility arising from the discussions. In the meantime, certain Arab quarters here are pressing tlie idea of a round-table Arab-Jewish conference in Palestine, arguing that if Arab-Jewish parity is achievable and Jewish emigration to Transjordan guaranteed, the necessity for parition would be obviated.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 9
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167PALESTINE MANDATE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 208, 3 August 1937, Page 9
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