David Ben Gurion and High Commissioner Sir ?lan G. Cunningham today conferred on the Palestine political situation at the latter’s request.
It is understood that Ben Gurion attempted several times to point out to ?ir Alan that the crux of the matter was the government’s restriction of Jewish immigration, but that Cunningham refused to discuss this point. He insisted that terrorism be the only subject under discussion, and he is reported to have threatened that the government would take the strongest measures to combat it. He is also said to have implied that all Jewish areas would be put under martial law if attacks continued.
A spokesman for the railway administration today revealed that Egypt has refused to send further trains into Palestine unless the government can guarantee their safety. A passenger train scheduled to leave Cairo for Palestine was cancelled last night and all Egyptian stationmasters were instructed not to load trains with ?oods destined to cross Palestine.
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