The Jews today demanded that Britain and the agonizing delay on the Palestine question by telling them the worst, and at the same time expressed readiness to meet the Arab delegation to discuss the Holy Land problem. At this afternoon’s Anglo-Jewish session, Dr. Chaim Weizmann bluntly asked Colonial Secretary Malcolm MacDonald to state the British Government’s intentions, to let the Jews know the worst and to end the agonizing delay. He warned, however, that the Jews would not acquiesce in the establishment of an Arab state in Palestine.
Replying to questions previously raised by Mr. MacDonald when the latter presented the Arab case to the Jews, Dr. Weizmann was understood to have emphasized that it was the Government’s duty to maintain order and to have referred to Italian and German activities among the Arabs, aimed at the British Empire. In referring to Mr. MacDonald’s presentation of the Arab case, the Zionist leader was reported to have commented that it seemed the British official spoke “con amore” (with love).
Dr. Weizmann, it was learned, formally authorized Mr. MacDonald to arrange an Arab-Jewish meeting, asserting that the Jews were ready to sit down with the Arabs to discuss the problem.
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