Mr. Gitchko, the representative of a group of 200 Bessarabian tobacco growers, has arrived here for the purpose of negotiating with the Zionist institutions to secure visas and land necessary for the commencement of a large tobacco growing industry in Palestine.
Mr. Gitchko will proceed from here to America for the purpose of securing financial assistance for this new Palestine enterprise.
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