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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1947,
ARAB-JEWISH DISTURBANCES Clashes Spread To Ramleh And Jaffa Troops Ordered Palestine
To Stand By
Victory For Reds?
LAKE SUCCESS, DEC. 4. ARAB OFFICIALS, PREPAR
ING TO CARRY THEIR FIGHT
AGAINST PALESTINE PARTI. TION INTO THE UNITED NA TIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, TODAY CHARACTERIZED THE PLAN TO DIVIDE THE HOLY LAND AS A DIPLOMATIC VIC- TORY FOR RUSSIA.
Jerusalem, Dec. 4. Steel-helmeted British troops surrounded Jeru- salem's Old City tonight to stop Arab break- outs after another day of Arab-Jewish distur- bances on the Palestine partition issue. Palestine police leave passes were cancelled and troops ordered to stand-by throughout the country for 24 hours beginning at dawn to- morrow when Arabs were told to hold a fur- ther series of anti-partition meetings.
All
At Ramlah, the ali-Aral town
This Jewish organisation told
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LONDON, DEC. 4. INFORMED LONDON QUAR- TERS WERE TODAY QUOTED AS PREDICTING MAY 1, 1948, AS THE POSSIBLE DATE ON WHICH BRITAIN WILL SUR- RENDER HER PALESTINE MANDATE AND BEGIN HER WITHDRAWAL.
Decision about the date was still awaited, but was believed Imminent.
any
on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem Road, Arabs that if the bloodshed con- thousands of Moslema and Chris.tinued "we will be compelled to It was expected that if the tion Arabs lined up along the take more drastic neuaurts, Cabinet reached a final deck-
One of Palestine's highway today to stone two police-
biggest Bion nt. Its meeting today, an of the date blazing tonight at Haifa and the early intimation Haganah defence men went inte will be given to the Palestine action against dhe Arab attack Commission of the United Na
tiona by Sir Alexander Gado- ers,
The Arabs, armed with tommy. gan, Britain's permanent dele. guns, had set fire to the yard gate to the United Nations.
and, with petrol-soaked torches with the flames threatening the It was made clear, however, oil tanks near the port, all avoll- that so far. the British Govern- able fire brigades in the area were ment had not announced called out to quell the firs
Other armed Arabs attacked an decision, either to the United electric power station in Tel-Aviv, Nations or the United States. after darkness lost night on the second disturbed day of the Arab
A Foreign Office spokesman, three day strike in protest against denying another report that the partitioning of the Holy Land. the
of British evacuation Nineteen Jews have been killed in Palestine since not be completed until October and 15 Araba troops from Palestine could the partition plan was adopted next year, said that Britain by the United Nations, it was was nihering to the date of disclosed to-day-Reuter.
to Aug. 1, already announced the United Nations General the Assembly, for completing withdrawal of armed forces.
Plans for the Security Counels argument over the partition plan were laid by Faris el Khouri of Syala Mr el Khouri indicated that he would challenge the leg-corted Jewish convays and in-Jewish-owned timber yards
Jured at least two Jews. alily of the Assembly decision
Jewish drivers opened fira dur. when the Council convened nexting the attack on the first convoy, week, perhaps provoking an Im-wounding four Arabs, three of portant debate of the entire them seriously. trouble-making programme for A party of 30 Jews attacked an splitting Palestine against the Arab-owned orange grove in the wishes of the Arab world.
Jaffa area, wounding ane Arab, The Arabs claimed in the wake a police report stated. The Jews withdrew after throwing two of their defeat that the longrange hand-grenades and Bring several result of a partition programme bursts of automatic fre.. wonld be a gain for Russin In the East-West diplomatic duel;
Escape Attempt · for dominance in the strategic oil-rich Middle East.
The police fired over the heads of Arab prisoners, who attempt. Bitter over America's leading ed a mass escape from the Athlit role in the Assembly decision. gaol labour camp, another police contended that the report said. None of the prison partition blueprint would give ers escaped and none was injur Russia a long-sought toehold in ed. that part of the world.
The Arab Higher Committee the appealed tonight to all Arabs not United to stage organized demonstrations
against the United Nations parti.. back tiun decision,
the Arabs
Camille Chamoun of Lebanon said that the States fought to hold Communism In Turkey Greece and then Invited munism to come into the Middle East. United Press.
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and Dr. Hussein Khalidi, secretary Com-of the Committee, in a statement from his Jerusalem headquarters urged all Moslems to go to their mosques and all Christian Arabs to their churches to pray for God's help "in the coming strug gic."
PEIPING, DEC. 5. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH] ILAS APPEALED TO U.N.R.R.A. TO ORGANISE AN EXPEDI- TION TO BRING OUT TO NA- TIONALIST TERRITORY
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A number of Palestinian Arabs were reported early today to be crossing the Palestine-Syrion fron...] ter to join the proposed Syrian- Palestino "striking force."
Haganah Claim Haganah, the Jewish under, CATHOLIC PRIESTS AND round defence army, claimed in NUNS, INCLUDING 23 FOR-a communique last night that it had captured three Arab posi. EIGNERS.
IN tions"
during battles between Arabs and Jews on the border between Jaffa and Tol-Aviv. The con communique also sald that Ha.
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The group, among whom are
10 Americans five Canadians and garah had Inflicted casualties on two Britons belonged to the big- Araba in other engagements elsc- gest Catholic establishment in where. China outside of Shanghai.
Tsang Heleri felt into Red hunda shortly before the Jap- anese surrender. At first the Reds did not interfere with the missions, but according to ne counts reaching the Catholic church here, they later became "tougher."!
The Catholics had no means of receiving funds and have become
BRITONS WANT TO FIGHT
the
London, Dec. 4, Hundreds of young British ex-servicemen, in sympathy with Arabi over the United Nations' decision ta, partition Palestine, are offering to serez in the Arab forer,
from avortime Applications pilots, naval officers and ratings, and Commandos were coming in all day yesterday to the arab embassies and treations in Lon don and the Palestine Arab Political Afission.
The Egyptian Embassy said: "Quite a lot of application have been receiveil. They are being forwarded in Caira for consider- ation."—Reuter,
YUGOSLAVIA REOPENS TERRITORIAL CLAIM
London, Dec. 4.
impoverished. Acsociated Press. The Yugoslay Government has reopened the
SOVIET MONEY "PANIC"
Washington, Dec. 4.
Mr. Robert Lovett. Acting Secretary of State, snid today that the State Department was in possession of reports that
"Carinthian question" by addressing a request to the Council of Foreign Ministers to be given another opportunity to state its claims in con- nection with the Austrian Treaty, Lyuba Leontich, Yugoslav Ambassador in· London, announced today.
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According to the Ambassador's the last plebiscite bocamo an in- a "pante" was going on in the statement the "incorporation of strument of legalised germanisa- We do not think anybody Soviet Union and that a de-of Carinthia into Yugoslavia" would regard a plebiscite
the national Yugoslav territory |tion, valuation or change in the So-forms the principal Yugoslav de- proper way to adjustment in viet currency was due to take mand.
Carinthia". place tomorrow.
Other claims concern repara Ankod about the form of par Mr. Lovett said that he hadtion and restitution, settlement of ticipation in the treaty wanted cabled the United States Em- the question of displaced persons, by Yugoslavia, who insisted on bassy in Moscow for more de- handing over of war criminala, talking of "peace treaty", though Account from the Ambassador, enemy property in Yugoslavia and "state treaty". he said they want- General Walter Bedell Smith, of those national minorities who, colved when the Italian Treaty} protection by a separate statuteed the same rights they had re- in a day or two.--Reuter.
after the satisfaction of Yugoslav was being draftell-Reuter." territorial claims, still remain within Austria,
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The Yugoslav claims against Austria havo been heard both by the Foreign Ministers Deputies on Austria in London last Janu- ary and by the Foreign Ministra Conference in Moscow. then, the Ambassador said, hear- were demanded when the De- Inge were
ta and
separate requests were addressed to all four Powers for hearing at the London Conferenes before it met.
As both attempts had failed a now request was addressed to the Council' at 'Foreign Ministers a few days ago and was now`mgide public. No reply had been received.
B Leontich said the rojection of earlier requests had been due to, the attitude of the "Western Dowers". It is known that the Western Powers agree with the' Australian Government in regard. ing the "Carinthian question as settled by the plebiscite of 1920, held under international super- vision following a period of Yugo- slav administration which' rosul!-| ed in an Austrian majority in the disputed area.
"Dangerous".
M. Leontich was asked whether ho would regard another plebis. cite as desirable to settle the
The dangerous thing about ploblacito", he replied; "is that it le in the hands, of whoever fibide
power. In the area in dispute. “We
The withdrawal of atores and administrative staff is expected to occupy far more time than that of withdrawing the more mobile combat forces.
One factor believed to be in- fluencing the start as late an May is that the next three months form the most impor- tant part of Palestine's citrus. fruft Benson, which Is., of paramount importance to Palestine, and to the world at large and which there is a gen- cral desire not to disrupt.- Reuter.
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