The break in the ranks of the General Zionists the world over was emphasized today by a statement issued by the group which broke away yesterday from the World Conference of the Federation of General Zionists.
The statement announces that the groups which left the conference have organized themselves into a separate organization to be known as the Confederation of General Zionists. This Confederation will put up its own list of candidates to the next World Zionist Congress, the statement declares.
MAJORITY BLAMED FOR SPLIT
The majority at the world conference of General Zionists is accused in the statement of being responsible for the break in the organization.
The group which left the conference and organized itself into a separate Confederation, it is announced, comprises the organizations of General Zionists in Germany, England, France, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Switzerland and a part of Poland. The German group of Zionists in Palestine known as the Kadimah group, also joined the Confederation, according to the announcement.
The opposition group has elected
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