Palestine Arab extremist adherents of the exiled ex-Mufti of Jerusalem have decided not to go to London for the conferences on the Holy Land question, it was learned today, as result of the British Government’s insistence that the moderates headed by Fakhri Bey Nashashibi be given representation in the delegation.
The new development came after “complete understanding” had been announced yesterday in a communique by delegates of the Palestine Arab extremists and neighboring Arab states following the third session of a conference here. It had been known that the question of representation for the Palestine Arab moderates was far from settled. The Arab governments had been urging the Mufti adherents to give the Nashashibi faction representation, the extremists had remained adamant in refusing and the Nashashibi group had let it be known that they would not accept representation unless it were on a fifty-fifty basis with the Muftists. Premier Nuri Pasha es-Said of Iraq flew today to Beirut to seek to induce the ex-Mufti to modify his stand.
It remains to be seen whether most of the Arab delegates will leave for London on Tuesday as the communique had announced. Arab sources had said that the London talks would open on Jan. 29 and continue for only three days. Ali Maher, chief of the Egyptian Royal Cabinet, was added to the Egyptian delegation in a last-minute change.
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