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BRITAIN TREADS LIGHTLY International Force For Palestine

Delicate Matter For Whitehall

London, Feb. 17.

The request for an international force to secure law and order in Palestine after the British mandate ends on May 15 is being treated with the greatest reserve in British official quar- ters.

At the same time, it is clear that Britain's repre- sentative on the Security Council, Sir Alexan- der Cadogan, is likely to have to define Bri- fain's attitude to an appeal to permit British troops to take part in an international force for Palestine if one were formed.

Whe dirt the British Government British units to remain in Patrating will make a statement of policy *}} as part of an internasional force and

a delicate question unless it would require very rogen

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London, Feb. 17. British-Overseas Airways is to start a new service on Thursday across the Indian Ocean connecting Singapore NE Cryon, Lancastrian planes carrying 13 passen- be used on the weekly service of 1,777 mites-Associated Press.

kers with

Bao Dai Returning To H.K.

Paris, Feb. 17. Bao Dai, ex-Emperor of Annam, is expected to leave Cannes on the French Riviera in two days and proceed to Geneva on his way to the London, Feb. 17. Far East, a French Burun and Britain's Far Eastern | spokesman announced

today.

Reparations For H.K.

Im doing is taken by the United | mems to thing about a change in Jupararse industrial asset as war Nations so bring 20 internasional † this devision terer into being rentaine vera Ansilit

thejate in London are atrrady

Brain De prente za international force might prejadur its chances ut * Juablishment

But there is no doubt that the British Government would

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Arab Decision The Arah Langue Council ap

will so a get somb

reparation, All Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exches

QUINT

Bao Dai left the French capl.) tal early last week after hist I rings that pair rebasal s proved unanimously tonight is that SCAP had authorised distri

He told the House of Commons projected discusalon with M.,

Emile Bollaert, the French Political Committee's military, but 100:5.

High Commissioner for lado. politieaf and economie plans for

ning sixth of this distribution China, was postponed. Palestine, an official communi-] has been allocated to the United que announced,

Kurgdon (ranmediate release ta He arrived in Cannes on The Political Committee will Forti

For Eastern | Saturday and has been staying be extremely cautious about | mres tomorrow to disies Liliya colonies. The first deliveries off with his family by their villi undertaking any commitment | and Moeuren, the commulque pelvine Iris are expected short- which might make the nian-

before returning to Hong Kong. Reuter. datory power to any extent

}y."--spoelated Press. responsible for implementing partition c which might Jenve Brush troops in thr leave British troops in the

Holy Land Indefinitely under a foreign command.

3h weaken utomers that 1. sain tead isetormed the Palestine Con- mission that British Cramps might, na vertoon vundicions, he fell in Jer bem were handy denied to lureign) offer spokesman,

in

In fact, the Commission was formest that the British Government angha consider allowing British mem field the

Palestine police after

- then mantraen had expired to valu

ters for woyire is an inernational palir force in Jerusalem only,

The British Government weroft

allow

20 ATTLE in Jerusalem ated would

permit Hraisk police to serve Banish andis,

in organised

Probable Chaos. Filicial quarters de um consider at all Paggerated the frank and dis eurgging pioure of the

probable

shans and ligating which the Pules- tive Commission experts to torak on when British authority is esuled.

Wiste-pread fighting has long been

with che expreted by

tience of Palestine in the last 25 years.

from the Arab States,

uided.

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Britons Injured

Palestine

In

Jerusalem, Feb. 17.

Two Arabs were believed to have been killed and two British soldiers badly hurt in an ex- plosion at a house in the Old City today, Jewish sources stated. Official

reports added that Arob snipers wounded four British soldiers, three seriously, by firing on them from a house just outside Jerusalem's Old City.

These incidente in the Old The police returnst the fire but City followed clashes Between the attackers withdrew. Rea Arah and Jews round three ter. Jewish Aeltlements yesterday

when the Arabs Jet 30 dend.

An American Jew named Don Peretz, a student at the Hebrew University, "courtinariiuller?“

Was

by the Arabs yesterday, Freed after a three-hour "tria!".

COMMUNISM

AMERICA

IN

Manila, Feb. 17.

The spokesman declared that inks between Bao Dai and M. Bellaert on French Indo-China, where fighting has been going on for more than

year be tween French troops and Viet. Tatt Naßenalists, would take place at some later unspecified late. Repler.

Communist Election Triumph

Paris, Feb. 17. The Communists obtained 80. per rent of the

votes of the French enal miners for the elec tion of workers' representatives

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the johnt Labour-Manage- ment committees which are set up by law in every French enterprise.

The voting took place on Sun. day.

According to the Communist. eontrolled General Confedera-

on conditión that he never went! Communism has made scri-n of Labour, 230 representa It | tengnised that the creation and despate of an inter had to pay for the taxi which Mrs. Agnes Morley Cleveland. Contrai trade union organtan into the Arab area again. He sus inches in the United States, yes of this body were elected. wherens the non-Communist tisnal farer might, unit appeared him to the Old City. in overwhelming strength, only in

the famous Amerienu authoress.

tton, the "Working Force," who is a Mantla visitor, said which had split from the CGT| ervase the scale of the cunties, since

Unknown, gunmen raked a it would atjact greater opposition: British pólice fortress in today.

last year, obtained only four of the Sea failure of the Beisun, south of Recognising that

She added that Communism representatives. United Nations polies over Palestine Galilee, Northern Palestine. had acquired many Toothokis would gravely alect the prestige and with automatic fire for 40 min.

31 America's educational in authority of the world organisation. utes early today, but there were stitutions bet predicted the Red no police casualties, it was off-telogy's downfall because 1 cially reported.

think American feeling is go A police armoured car was] strong against it that it wili fired on in the same aren Inter.) never succeed."--Reuter,

observers here slew the whole isade

with increasing pessimism.

Birt chatever the oineume, there is no intention at piesefit to

permit

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Trial

Bremen. Feb. 17.

An American military court, trying 22 rallway-men for thefts from goods waggons, found that an Americas mill- German tury pollenman and rallway policeman had "resort- rd to threais and violence agalist several of the accused" (and ordered the evidence to be arnt to headquarters with a

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Thirteen of the accused were acquitted by the court.

The president of the court, Captain Oppenheim, sakıl the charges against them would not be maintained as their confes. sions were pressed out of them! by Gestapo thirt degree methods "which stand in strict contradiction to Allied methods." | The chief accused was sen tenced to three years' penal ser. vitude. Eight of the accused received penalties up to six months' imprisonment, und fines

up to 1,000 marka.-Reuter.

Michael's Wedding

London, Feb. 17,

The wedding date of ex-Hing Michael of Rumania and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma will be announced in two weeks tinie, Prince Rene of Bourbon-Parino, the princess father, told Reuter here tonight,

"No' delalis for the wodkling have been fixed", he added,

"I do not think press reports about their permanent residenge. in America are correct. I belleva that they will stay in Europe féri some time after their wedding ha salu.

Prince Rene, who is in Britain: on a business trip" will return tú Copenhagen tomorrow-Reuter,

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