Max Delphiner, owner of the Tel Aviv silk factory, in a statement issued on his arrival here gave his reasons for closing his Tel Aviv plant.
“I closed the factory not as a protest against Palestine, but against the British administration of Palestine. The British administration of Palestine, which should have helped to develop the export industry of the country has placed obstacles in my way. In order that my plant might compete with the old established silk industry in Europe, the British government should have relieved me from paying duty on the raw material. There is no raw material for the silk industry in Palestine. It was therefore necessary to import it. For two years I conducted negotiations with the British administration, but the British officials took such a negligent attitude toward the question that I was compelled to close down the factory,” he declared.
Mr. Delphiner intimated that if the British government would lift the duty and would place no obstacles in the way of the development of the industry, he would consider returning to Palestine and reopening the plant.
HAKOACH, JEWISH FOOTBALL TEAM, ARRIVES IN U. S.
The Hakoach, the Jewish football team of Vienna are arriving today on the steamer “Olympic.”
Matches have been arrange for this team, which gained fame throughout Europe and Palestine, with American professional football teams.
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