Nullification of the Balfour Declaration, stoppage of Jewish immigration and creation of a constitutional Arab government were among eight Demands made of great Britain today at the concluding session of the five-day pan-arab Congress on Palestine, attended here by 2,500 delegates from ten countries.
The Congress warned that unless the demands were met, the Palestine revolt would continue and both Britons and Jews would be considered and treated as enemies. the resolutions, moved by Mohammed all Allouba, former egyptian education minister and president of the Parliamentary Committee on Palestine, which sponsored the congress, were:
(I) Nullification of the Balfour Declaration; (2) stoppage of Jewish immigration; (3) no partition of pales tine; (4) a constitutional arab government allied to Britain by a treaty similar to the anglo-Iraq pact; (5) release of deportees and internees; (6) application of these resolutions the only way to end the pales tine revolt, otherwise the English and the Jews to be considered and treated as enemies; (7) the Arab governments to notify the British Government and the League of Nations of these decisions; (8) a permanent committee to be formed to carry out the decisions.
King Farouk invited the delegates to visit him at his palace Thursday and ordered a special train to take them to Alexandria.
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