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CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1947.
TRUMAN BEVIN'S ATTACK ON TR
Wrecked Britain's Attempt To Solve
The Palestine Problem Debate Opens In Commons
London, Feb. 25.
NO COMMENT
Washington, Feb. 20. The White House he der clined to comment on Mr. fievin's criticism of President Truman's action in urging. immediate admission to Pales- fine of 100,000","
In Albany, New York,. Governor
Thomas E, Desory also declined to comment on
statement that Provident Truman had issued the recommendation in order ; to beat Mr. Dewey to the pench in a political move, United Press.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, today charged in the House of Commons that President Truman had wrecked British negotiations for a solution of the Palestine problem by demanding the immediate entrance. Bein of 100,000 Jews just as negotiations were on the threshold of success. Mr. Bevin revealed that Britain had pleaded with.
the then Secretary of State. Mr. Byrnes, to and stated it would not be bound dissuade Mr. Truman from issuing the de- by the decisions mand. Nevertheless, the Truman statement was.made.
The Foreign Secretary's accusation was the strongest made by a British Cabinet Minister against the President of the United States within-recent-memory, certainly since pre-by
war years.
-Mr. Bevin apparently decided was the national home for the
name the President and place Jews.
be blame an him personally enly want to remind the House, fer he had begun speaking in however, that this is nof the he Coinmons, or possibly shortlyste now. All that is over. The before.
e which the United Nations
It was learned that the official just consider and decide is this: transcript elreulated in
White:
Three 'Issues *1. Shul
the
Plan
as the
of the Govern- mont the day. I think it has always been accepted in inter- national affair at least that the visional autonomy
arty coming into power does not bosis for negotiations. fust tear up the existing under-
“At that stage things looked takings, but seeks to change them more hopeful and there was a negotiation and substitution of feeling- do not think I over- another policy.
estimate it--that I had the right Agreement?
approach aflast, but what hap. Mr. Silverman' (Lab,}' Inter-'pened? I went back to Paris lo rupted to ask Mr. Bevin if he the peace conference and the said that the -White Paper of next day.I think it was Atone- 1939 represented any kind of mment Day or some special day of religion the Prime agreement or undertaking with the Jewish
an
any other power with whom Minister telephoned me at mid- we were in on international re. night and told me tha President lationship. Was it now merely of the United States was going a declaration of policy by the to issut another atatement on mandatory power?
his 100,000."
Mr. Bevin replied: "It was Begged Byrnes
hall of what the Secretary. In tended to say did betinanie Mr.
the claim of Truman and spoke only of Ameri- Jews be admitted, that Palestine Jenn pressure for the adinisalan of to be a sewish state; or
100.000 Jews handpering the Gov.
taken by all the Arab states as "2. Shall the claim f the Arabs
"I think the country and the Jernment's efforts to solve the that it is to be an Arab state with and that we would carry it out, Mr. Bevin,
undertaking by Parliament vorld ought to know this," zald Palestine problem.
safeguards for Jews be admitted; If the vote had been reversed and
with emphasis. "I By the same token. Mr. Pevin ur
want the next morning to the undertakings of a similar charac- Secretary of State, presumably did not send advance 3. Shall it ben Palestinian ter had been given
Mr. Byrnes, notice to the United States-us state in which the interests of members would
to the Jews and told him how far I had got did Mr. Truman to Britain with both communities are carefully this was a vote of the House and leved we were
have said that the day before and that I be- his controversial statement--that balanced and protected?
on the road it. He intended to attack on the for
we could not tear it up. "I have put it in that form be
only they would leave us alone. of the Coirons the President's cause in all the negotiations point of principle because
must sland for this ns n
begged that the statement should. {intervention.
have had to conduct, "whatever whole of my negotiations with if it was not issued by President the not be issued but I was told that Ʌ Forsten Office spokesman proposals we have had to make, foreign power depend on the vcte Truman, a competitive statement sud, however, that there had I came back to these three pro of Parlament." been several friendly exchanges visions every time. That, there-
would be issued by Governor In the past week, or sa between fore. is the Issue that has kat to
Dewey. Mr. Bey and, the Secretary of be decided. We, as the mandatory State Gen. George Marshall, on Britain's plans to refer the Pales tine question to the United No- Lions--- United Press.
Debate Opens:
London, Feb. 25,
гезе
power, cannot solve that problem until the United Nations has re- commended which of these three alternatives is to form the basis
had
Mr. Bevin was interrupted by puother Member who asked. how he reconelled what he had said with the statement of the Prime Minister last year, then he had said that the Govern. ment had never stood by the White Paper policy? Mr.
"I really must point out that' in international affairs I ean- not settle things if my pro- blem is made the subject of local elections." (Hear, hear). "I hope I am not saying any thing to couse bad feeling in the United States, but I feel
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Bevin replied: "That Me. Bevin, opening the debute, that decision. Nothing I can find that shortly. I am going away tense about this. When you have
nower to make quite right, I shall be coming o sail the core of events had led in any of the documents, either next. week to Moscow and when got the Beltish Gvernment to
a vexed problem with A that the problem must brederice of the League of Nations or in I am there I shall be asked to thousand cuts
discussions
of different re- between the to the United Nations.
grent give undertakings and when I ur-Ilgions, it has got to be handled The Palestine problem was a after. indicates that we have that to say that they are subject to greatest
powers either at Versailles and rive at conclusions I shall have with the greatest detail and the very vexed and complex one and power.
care and nobody "there's no denying that the man-
the approval of the House but known that "There have been various solu when that approval is given and date contains contradiétery pre- tirns evolved in the past, include when the undertakings are given tensive religious struggles going have scen three in- {mixes",
It promised the Jews line partition. All of them would then I can assume that whatever en in parts of this country, in Ire- ational home and it declared that have to be put into operation by parties may succeed, us they will land and elsewhere. I know what the rights and position of the force. Everybody Arabs must be protected. Thus, it conclusion that you would not get negotiate any change.
came to the honour those undertakings and they involve. They can lead to Decvided for what was virtually agreement. You would have to
civil war before you know where invasion
of the country by coma de a decision and then apply you should not send me to inter-
you will not accept that you are." housands of immigrants and at force.
Mr. Bevin sald the statement he same time said that this was
national conferences at all. It was issued, however, and the ot to disturb the people in pos- conclusion that after all the force and indeed that is one thing that
The Government came to the a question of keeping your word whole thing was spotted. Kession.
Dealing with some of the dif The question therefore arose as world in the last 25 years, force as a politician
seen throughout the have grown up in, not merely ficulties, Mr. Bevin said: whether this could be accom-polled to this problem
but as a trada "The claim made by the Arabe olished without
would union leader. condlet:events not produce a Anal solution and
is very difficult one to answer. fore. I told
"I have kept my word. Thera- They say In Great Britain your straight that my
the Arabs aalto | House of Commons determines they could not be bound by this to the country or not. Nobody party declared whether you will admit people in. and a-change-must be negotiated. else can do it. should an
Why very great experiments. But many "It has been suggested that all think it is perfectly legimale"
I proceed on that policy and I external agency, largely financed of the Arabs were involved in that was needed was to draw up
from America, determino how these developments.
Since December, White Paner. This raises a very Jewish immigrants have, entered Falexting and interfere with the
1945, 21.000 many people shall Su far as Jewish development- serius question in international Palestino
conte inta was concerned, everybody in Bri. naira. Statements
over and above the economy of the Arabs who have tuin Associated with the aftale. made
have been 75.000 for whom the White Paver been there for. that when the
2,000 Tabour provides, and immigration is now
years? That certainly to tn 1931, assumed that Party was In the Opposition proceeding et 18,000 a year. Mr. may be an answer to it."
is what I have got to face. Ther Bovin xald that this was above
Mr. Borin added that the Arabs average for the whole man said that they were not, by an ex- datory perial and having movet ternal agency, going up to that in, the first step in the out of the country they regarded to bo pushed opening ef negotiations it was not as their own and in which they
bad rate of entry. * U.S.A.
had been living for Just about as Criticised long as England bind been a
Christian country,
in the last 25 years proved that might produce, wide dificulties in it eculd not. The Jews set about the Middle East and start us on colonising and there was no doubt the read which may well lead in in the suhere they had de-another quarter of a century to veloped they had carried out some other war.
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No Partition
time if the bitternes of feeling know what would happen if ther
Mr. Bevin continued: "I do not had not been increased by Amor were a lot of
Welshinea, la
can pressure for an immediato America and if they attempted decision on 100,000. (Applause),
do not desire to create driving Englishmen out. Thi ang ill ferling with the United Englishmen would have a buffer States and, I have, as a matter ata to because they would have to of fact, dene, all I can to pro- drive the Scots put first, but the doubt mcte the best possible relations difficulties would be no with America, as with
intense." other countries, but should have been happy, if they had remem bared that we were the man- datory power, and "we were carrying the responsibility." (Applause)..
The Foreign Secretary said the Arabs, now accepted, the nationa home,
Independent Member K Lindsay asked: "Does the nican also a partition?" Mr. Bevins "No." He went
"If the Americans had only walted to ask what we were goo ing we would have been able to "Then we tried our hand at Inform them, but document was another plan which is in the Issued after investigations In White Paper. We proposed to so! Palesting which really destroyed up a Governor's Council and the basis of good feeling which afterwards the High Commis we..were endeavouring to produce aloner was to consult both the
the Arab states, and it set the Jews dod.
d the Arabs and to docit phile thing back.
on the basis of the economie ab "However, we realised we had sorbtive capacity. o take American interests` into cedunt and, having "regard to what they had said, we invited them thi (pero un. Anti-American Committee of Inquiry,"
He said he had been clearly stillelsed in the United States for not accepting the committee's report and he was reminded every day of that, when he was recently
"We proposed that if the High Commissioner's decision was hot accepted by either party, the Becretary-General of the United Nations should appoint. arbitr@= tion and we will abide by the ra
ult as the mandatory power.
Was not that reasonable? But what was the answer? It was re- jected because we proposed that
in the United States. But none of the Arabe should be consulted at the report was accepted by the alig United States except one point about the admission of 100,000. immigrants.**
He was prépared to land the report as a whole, and he had never azarsh back on that, but even If he had done that it would not hive settled the Palestine pro blem."The Government could noa undertake this except as part of the raperal weltlement-and-f Had to continue the afforts to work cut plu
för provision
His
***Really
Majesty's Gos. arment cannot acoupt; an
post- tion
in which you are gobig ko into a country PEOPLE and yes you must not ayen con- suit the representatives of the people living thee. That was really too tall, as order and would not could not kaya that on behalf of the Govery.
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