The Palestine office here has received word from the British consulate that a deposit of sixty pounds will be required of every tourist who anticipates making a visit to the Holy Land. The regulation states that the guarantee of financial sufficiency, hitherto regarded as satisfactory, will no longer be so considered.
When restrictions were announced recently, delimiting the admission of tourists in Palestine, the Palestine office here arranged with the British consulate to establish a guarantee in lieu of a cash deposit.
As a result of the new regulation many tourists will be unable to make the trip on account of their inability to meet with the demand for a sixty pound outlay.
Insistence by the British consulate that the ruling be enforced is looked upon as a blow to Polish Jewry, many of whom had been looking forward to a visit to the Holy Land during the forthcoming Levant Fair in Tel Aviv. The Fair will get under way on the eve of the Purim holiday.
The Palestin office has cabled a request for intervention to the Zionist Executive.
The strict observance of the Jewish boycott against German-made products here has made serious inroads on Polish German trade, and there is an influx of German agents in the country bent on dispelling the belief that Nazi anti-Jewish repressions are continuing as heretofore. A number of the agents are Jewish representatives of German firms. They are circulating reports that the position of the Jew has been improved and attempting to dissuatle merchants from prosecuting the boycott.
Boycott forces did not yield, however, and have proclaimed their intention of persisting in the boycott.
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