| Show EMlER ASKS COMMONS FOR FORI I ns ITS APPROVAL Offers i Haven for Nazi 1 I Refugees gj LONDON Nov 21 AP ime oe me Minister Chamberlain i 1 told the house of comis com corn 5 2 is of plans to lease at least leas S III JO square miles in British lana ma to provide homes for forI fornan I nan Jews seeking refuge road ad from the nazi regimes regime's Jewish campaign rhe the rhe prime minister also disclosed disclose able le progress for the settle settle- nt Jewish refugees in ui TanganI a formerly German East Africa I I p i other territories in Africa Tanganyika now is held by Brit Brit- I league mandate Cham Cham- last week declared the Brit Brit- government government was not considering S return to Germany to satisfy c 6 ll r c colonial lonial de deS S jf j General Debate Nears Chamberlains disclosures disclosures were ltd ild a prior to the opening of a aI I general debate on the est on of minorities in Ia Europe prime minister said the govI gov- gov I fr nt would invite volunteer I I ugee g e organizations to send their representatives to British I liana a a colony with an area of j square miles on the north- north item coast of South America to toj tok j k surveys j Provided the results of these Ys are satisfactory the gov- gov contemplates the lease of i gel g areas of land on generous under conditions to be settled he announced I Sit lt is not possible at this stage give exact figures of the total tota ea which could be made avail- avail le e but it would certainly not be beI I Ithan than square miles and more more Read Ready to Cooperate Chamberlain told the house that of Tanganyika had haden haden leni en asked to say whether land uld be made available for leasing I generous terms for the pur- pur eJof of large scale settlements to tc organizations concerned provided they underlet under under- kel let keY full responsibility of he the land and of settling refu- refu s-of s Of suitable types as land is ade de dc available The governor of Tanganyika continued has replied pressing his readiness to cooper- cooper elm eUn any schemes of settlement tr refugees as far as existing will permit e governor has expressed the few ew that the only suitable areas Ie r lar large e scale settlements are areS S Continued t on Page Pace Four S Column Five IPREMIER PREMIER SEEKS COMMONS' COMMONS OKEH Continued from Page pase One likely to DC oe found in the southern I highlands and In part of the western I province I Chamberlain ignored German I press agitation against the settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of Jews in the former German East Africa He said the governor there here would welcome a mission from rom refugee o organizations for the purpose of inspecting areas which might night be available for settlement estimated at about acres In addition a scheme of small- small scale cale settlements up to a total of settlers is being considered he be said aid Of British Guiana Chamberlain sal said aid Space Is Ample In the interior of this colony there here are extensive tracts of partly occupied land consisting mainly of forest orest an and savannah These areas include certain Indian reservations but mt the governor states that ample space pace is available to provide fully for all ail possible needs of the Indian tribes ribes and still leave areas worthy of examination as to their suitability suitability suitability suit suit- ability for future settlement The agricultural development of these hese areas has hitherto been presented prevented prevented pre pre- vented by unfavorable conditions I and lack of communication It would therefore be essential that I I careful surveys by experts should be made before any definite scheme can be formulated and his majesty's government proposes to invite voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- vol- vol organizations to send out their own representatives as early as possible to conduct such surveys on the spot Palestine No Solution The prime minister said It was generally recognized that Palestine area square miles could not in any case provide a solution of the Jewish refugee problem He said however that 40 per cent of Palestine's immigrants in the last year had come from Germany His majesty's government hopes that other countries represented on the intergovernmental committee to continue and develop the work of the meeting of last July to consider the refugee problem also will endeavor to m make ke what contribution contribution contribution contri contri- they can to the urgent need of ot facilitating emigration from Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and from countries of first refuge In conclusion I must emphasize that however great may be our desire desire desire de de- de- de sire and that of other countries to assist in dealing with this grave situation situation situation sit sit- the the- possibility of settlement is strictly limited l. l Replying to a question Chamberlain Chamber Chamber- lain said he could not speak for the British dominions on the matter of homes for refugees Avoids Direct Criticism He carefully avoided any direct criticism of what he called recent events in Ge Germany nany which had made the the- Jewish problem urgent Members of the house however bombarded him with bitter questions questions questions ques ques- on German Anglo-German relations Answering one of these the prime minister denied that his Munich appeasement agreement with Hitler was contingent on the slowing up of British rearmament He also said that no meeting of members of the British and German governments was contemplated in inthe inthe inthe the near future |
