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The first St. James Conference became a conference on the partition of once Turkish-held territories in the Balkans, particularly Scutari. It took place on the 3rd of December 1912 during the First Balkan War. The second St. James Conference (also Round-Table-Conference or London Conference) was a conference on the Partition for Palestine. It began on 7 February 1939 and lasted until 17 March 1939 at St James's Palace in London.〔 ''Palestine: Retreat from the Mandate: The Making of British Policy, 1936-1945'', Michael J. Cohen, p.74-75〕 The conference followed the British Government statement of policy rejecting Partition Plan as impracticable in the light of the Woodhead Commission's report, suggesting that Arab-Jewish agreement might still be possible. An invitation was therefore extended to representatives of the Palestine Arabs, the neighboring Arab states and the Jewish Agency to confer with the British Government in London.〔(Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry - Appendix IV ) Palestine: Historical Background〕 The conference was led by Malcolm MacDonald, the British colonial secretary, but no progress was made as the Arab delegates even refused to sit at the same table with the Jewish representatives.〔(Nazism, the Jews and American Zionism, 1933-1948, Aaron Berman )〕The Jewish delegation was headed by Chaim Weizmann and the Arab delegation by followers of the Mufti of Jerusalem. 〔(St. James Conference )〕 The meeting adjourned without result on 17 March 1939. ==See also== *Woodhead Commission *White Paper of 1939 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. James Conference」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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