Postponement of Zionist Congress Due to Political Unrest is Felt Certain

The postponement of the international Zionist congress, which was to have taken place this summer, is regarded as almost definite by Zionist leaders here, but a final decision as to the time and place of the next congress may not come for several weeks it was learned today.

Carlsbad is now considered unsuitable as the seat of the congress, and the time is regarded as inopportune due to the general political situation in Europe. Some Zionist leaders prefer the postponement of the meeting for as long as six months, expecting that the situation will meanwhile clarify itself, and assume more definite shape. Other leaders suggest the transfer of the congress elsewhere at the end of the summer.

WEIZMANN ARRIVING

The delicacy of the problems involved requires careful and prolonged consideration, precluding an early decision. The question of a special fund for settlement of German Jews in Palestine is one of the most complicated, and those desiring that the congress adopt a platform advocating the establishment of such a fund are anxious that the meeting be held only after absolute clarity has been attained as to the relation of this fund to other appeals for the aid of German Jewry.

The urgency of the German-Jewish situation will undoubtedly bring about a decision on the creation of relief agencies long before the Zionist congress, and the question of a Palestine settlement fund will have to be dealt with at once. Chaim Weizmann is arriving in London tonight, and his presence is undoubtedly associated with the creation of the Zionist fund, either in conjunction with general German relief funds, or as an independent instrument.