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Arab League To Discuss UNO Decision

Growing Tension Over Wide Area: Protest Strike To Start In Jerusalem Today

Demonstrations And Incidents

Cairo, Dec. 1.

The seven-nation Arab League Council will meet in Cairo on Dec. 12 to discuss the United Nations decision to split Palestine Into Jewish and Arab states, Abdul Rahman Azzam Pasha, Secretary-General of the League, announced in Cairo today.

The meeting was called after Azzam Pasha had had telephone conversations with the Pre- mlers of Syria, Iraq, the Lebanon and Egypt, which, with Saudi Arabia, Transjordan and the Yemen, form the Arab League.

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Speculation was rife in Cairo on ton. Two American teachers, Mr. what action the Arab League would James Sation and Mr. take in response to the United Nas Metcalf, barricaded themselves tions vote while Arah lemonstrations their adjoining residence in another throughout the Arab countries flared school when deminstrators tried to up with attacks and demonstrations force their way in, acainst Western stians and the United Nations.

were

Two American newspaper entres- Students of Fund Al Awal Univer-pondents were brought to safety 10- a British major, who took sity in Cairo marched through the day by streets shouting "Palestine for the them to a camp several miles out-

Amman with the "Dnyn

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through Amman's streets,

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Anti-American

American Ulving in Jerusalem re- moved the United States mumber Reports of other Arab demonstra-plates from their cars today and re tions in the Middle East and Neat placed them with Palestine plates, East countries included:

United States Consular oficials, Beirut:-Ten thousand students

guarded by Arab constables since

New Tactics Egypt

"Aware

Athens, Dec. 1.

The Athens news agency said today that, owing to United the watch by the Nations Balkans Commis- ston on the mountain passes at the Greek frontier, the guerillas would be receiv- ing supplies from neigh- bouring countries by alr

The Balkans Commission, which arrived today in Salonika, had been inform- ed of this and would take steps to prevent it as soon as proof bad been produced.

The agency added that this now tactic accounted for the planes sighted over Greece in the last few days.

Reuter.

Honour For The Speaker

London, Dec. 1.

Of Her Duties"

TAKE

STEP

CAIRO, DEC. 1. EGYPT WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNISE PALESTINE AS A UNITED ARAB COUN-

WILL TRY AND "EVERY POSSIBLE TO REALISE THIS NOKRASHY PASHA. THE PRIME MINISTER, TOLD THE CHAMBER OF DE. PUTIES HERE TONIGHT.

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He made this statement after Ali Bey Ayoub, Vice-Chairman of the Chambar, had stated:

"This decision (partition), taken by an unauthorised or- ganization, is valucicas.

"On behalf of all the De- puties, I disapprove of the deci-j The Speaker of the House of sion and emphasise the coun-

try's refusal to recognise it. Colonel Clifton Commons,

"Egypt in collaboration with Brown, revealed that during hisnil Arab countries, is firmly de- visit to France, he was invested ekledi to consider Palestine as a by the President of the French

united Arab State. M. Repubile

Vincent Aurlol, with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.

stoned the United States Information whose hames in the city have been confer and was intended as Office and the French Legation, carry-combing of the merican Con ing Arab flags and posters inserived, "Fire and steel in the only Intguage late on Oct. 30, told their drivers to keep out of the trouble zanes as the Zionists -understand." The students marched through the stream as possible.

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"We ask the Government, asi well as other Arab Govern- ments, to take immediate and drastic action. There is no need for me to reiterate here

that the Egyptian people knows it duty

"Egypt is fully aware of her duties under the present clr-

This was the highest honour that the French President could mark of cordial friendship with the House of Corhmong.

"I cannot adequately express my appreciation of all the

regelved in Paris cumstances."-Reuter. cars in hospitality. I of Beirut

shouting ami-American

Jerusalem carry'- special "Corps and of the great distinction con sleggans.

the Speaker Jerusalem Palestine Arabis were Diplomatique" plates, and bear the ferred on

added,, amid cheers-Reuter. tlur to start a three-day protest Stars and Stripes-Reuter. strike tomorrow while they walled

far further netion orders from the

Palestine Arab

Arats staged through

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Higher Caminitiee.

protest march.

the streets of the

Cay from the Jaffa Gate to the Damascus Gate, 'chanting, "Down with the United Nations - Down with the United States,"

A young Jew was shot twice in

the neck outside the Damascus Gate.

Tension Rising

Damascus Tension was rising in

American

Consular

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Heavy Fine On Smuggler

London, Dec. 1.

the Syrian capital with crowds mak. A Brussels shoe-machine manufacturer, Raoul

ing spontaneous anti-partition

thonstrations.

are starting to

Universities and schools Damascus volunteers Palestine

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Trigit to fight the Jews in

Gustave Walraevens, was fined £18,000 or one year's imprisonment at Uxbridge, near Lon- don, today on charges of evading customs duty on jewellery and illegally bringing currency notes into England.

The Syrian Parliament was meet- Sabbing bitterly and sitting hunch instructions were that Walraevens ing tonight to discuss the situation. ed up in court, Wairaevens face was a dupe for some arganisation

Ibrahim Attalab Pasho, the Egypthree charges and on each he was tian army Chief-of-Staff, left Caire given the alternative of 12 monthy' today for El-Arish, the Egyptian imprisonment if he did not pay the town on the Palestine border, to infines. spect the Egyptian army

Karrison Uxbridge is the legal centre for there. Attalah Panha inspected troops the area covering London airports, outside Cairo

Walraevens was fined £13,000 an ere yesterday,

An Arab crowd demonstrating one charge of fraudalent evasion of against partition in Palestine,

customs daty on eight platinum and fire to iwa petral lorries of the diamond broaches, six platinum and American-Arabian Oil Company 1 diamond watches, one gold necklace,

Malayan Seamen Deported

Sydney, Dec. 1. The Australian Government] is adhering to its decision to deport 14 Malayan acamen whọ married Australian girls and ettled in Australia during the war, the Premier, Mr. Joseph Chifley, sald today in a letter to a committee which is trying to persuade him to allow the seamen to remain.

Accommodation has been re- served for them on a ship sail- ing for Singapore in the mid- dle of January.

for getting articles into England.

An Anglican newspaper, the During the war, Walraevens wan

Standard, urging protests a member of the resistance movement in Belgium and had hidden Alliet against the deportation, declar

hiddened that "both national grati- parachutists. He had also Jews during the occupation.

tude and common decency com- His first visit to Britain had been pels us to welcome these fellow to secure spares for lil businessmen to citizenship as readily as Reuter.

we do former enemy Italians or neutrals from Eire."-Reuter.

Ammon, the Transjordan mountain two platinum and diamond rings and "The Auk"

capital today and roughly handled the non-American drivers,

School Attacked

A crowd attacked a school run by

the British Church Society and forced)

one, gold and diamond ring and one pair of platinum and diamond ear- rings.

False Bottom

He was fined £500 on a charge of

The children to join their demonstra- importation of prohibited goods-97

Panama Canal And At-Bombs

Washington, Dec. 2.

Brig-Joseph Mehaffey, Gover-

45 notes, two $0.notes and one 100 note, and £14,500 for the eva sion of custom laws on the import- tion of loose diamonds to the valur of £4,435, emeralds to the value of 13-10-0, and three packets of loom diamonds valued £175.

Walravens landed London Airport Nov. 26, produced chocolates and cigarettes for examina

and void that he had no other tion goods.

A customs officer examined' uitesse and found that it had a false bottom.

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Retires To Italy

Enfield, Dec. 1: Victor Tucker, 89-year-old steeplechase jockey and chauf- feur to Colonel Medcalfe of Bullemoor Lano, En- field, described how be chased two мед in thick fog through the 40-acre grounds of big house in Enfield and fired at one with a shotgun, after a pistol attack on himself. He

-Reuter,

London, Dec. 1. Field Marshal Sir Claude yesterday relin- Auchinleck quished his posts as Supreme thinks he hit one of the intruders.

Armed Commander of the Forces, India and Pakistan, and left for Italy; where, it is) believed, he intends to settle.)

Aged 68, he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, - India, in June, 1945, and Supreme Com- mander in February, 1947.

He had 44 years service in the Indian Army,

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nor of the Panama Canal Zone, Germans for about 12 months due

The Government had 431- today proposed to Congress that ing the war. About a year ago, the nounced a fortnight ago that the Canal be converted into an few returned to thank him for the Field Marshal and his atomic bomb-proof sea-level what he had done and said that he staff were to be withdrawn waterway at a cost of US$- was in the leather trade and of from India because of "the ab- 2,483,000,000.

fered to make a hand-bag for sence of the necessary spirit of Gen Mchaffey's proposal was Walraevens' wife as a mark at cooperation between India and Lamt to the House and Senate by gratitude,

President Truman.

His pro posal bad the support of tho

join Chiefs of Staff.

ten years.

Wrong Case?

Pakistan."-Rcutor.

The conversion job would take This was what othe prosecuting

London, Dec. 1. Gen Mehaffey sold counsel said Walraevans' had¬stated The Commissioners of Cus an atomic bomb hit on one of the his arrest, in his accounting for toms and Excise state that pho

the false bottom of the muitense. tographs taken of the Royal present Jocks could put the On Walraerens refusing his offer, wedding and offered for anle Canal out of operation for years, the Jow offered then to make However, the sea-level type he mitcase, About three months ago, the are chargeable with purchasa said, would have an infinitely suitcase was given to Walrurveni, tax at the rate of 125 per cent better chance of resumlar opera, although be really did not want it of the whole sale valus Reuter Moni

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