Zionist Leaders Fly to London to Confer with Weizmann; Returning to Paris Today

Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency, met here today with five Zionist leaders who flew from the Paris conferences of the Agency executive to confer with the world Zionist leader, who is too ill to go to Paris.

Although the subject of their discussions was not divulged, it is learned that they dealt with measures to be taken in view of Britain’s determination to halt immigration of visaless Jews to Palestine and with the reported American reaction to the “federalization” plan.

Participating in the talks with Dr. Weizmann, who is to undergo an eye operation tomorrow, were Rabbi Jehuda L. Fishman, Louis Lipsky, Mrs. Rose Halperin, Berl Locker and Mrs. Goldie Meirson. They will return to Paris tomorrow to report back to the executive meeting on Dr. Weizmann’s attitude on the problems under discussion.

It is learned that the various Zionist leaders are almost unanimously agreed on the stand to be taken on fundamental issues, but there is still some difference of opinion as to the tactics to be used in opposing the British proposals.

(The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia said yesterday that the British plan for Palestine was designed to strengthen British domination in the Middle East. It asserted that the proposal to split the country into four provinces was “due to Arab objections to the plan of admitting an additional 100,000 Jews” and that “the British Government is striving to evade responsibility for the consequences of the immigration policy, reserving for itself, however, a complete political, economic and strategic control of the country.” The Anglo-American commission, Izvestia added, “approached the solution of the Palestine problem by no means from the point of view of satisfying the vital demands of the Palestine population.”)