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Blunt Speech By Mr. Bevin

London, Mar. 23. Despite the American withdrawal of support for the partition of Palestine, the For- eign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bovin, declar- ed in the House of Commons tonight that "the Government has not changed its policy.

"It cannot change its policy because some other state makes a proposition. That same state has made a number of pro- positions in relation to Palestine.

"Neither does anything the A. sembly of the United Nations may do affect our coming out of Pales line."

Britain, the Foreign Secretary

Viva Trieste

Rome, Mar. 23.

Cries of "Viva Trieste" greeted the tailan Prime Minister, Signor. Alcide de Gasperi, and Count Carlo Sforza, the Foreign Minis ter, when they returned to Rome today from Turin, where the Western powerN' proposal to return Trieste Italy was first disclosed.

Signor de Gasperi declar- ed: "We do not yet know what will be the outcome of stre present phase of his tory. Perhaps we shall have to walt and have more patience and tenacity. We must, with the same force. awalt the day of a definite enactment of our request.” -Reuter.

said, was ready to hand the man-all the discussions with the Pales- date over to whatever body the tine Commission, been forthcom- United Nations decided on.

ing in trying to meet their wishes in almost every respect,

Not Opposing

Britain had made it perteelly clear that she would not oppose the United Nations decision ever since

Mr. Bevin was intervening in a debate on Palestine in the House of Commons in which the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, had emphasised that Br tain would end the British man-it was taken, date on May 16 and withdraw ber Troops by August 1.

Opposition Members had expressed diamatifaction that no Government reaction had been given to the United States Government's decision to abandon the policy of partition and the suggestion of a trusteeship for Palestine. Mr. Bevin added: "The British Government have said that while we will do all in our bring some settlement between Arabs and Jews, they will take no part in entering any decision on une party or the other.

power to

"If other people have got it into a muddle, why should the British Government be blamed?,

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Other points made by Mr. Creech Jones in reply to questions were:

The Government was "absolute- ly adamani" that the datos We are blamed when we try to withdrawal and the ending of the for

get out, We are blamed for what manate must be observed," may happen when we got out- The Government could not fore- think the quicker we are out there what the position Palestine cheers. better", Mr. Bevin concluded amid would be after May 15

Britain would have no respon- Earlier, Mr. Creech Jonen, the sibility in regard to immigration Colonial Secretary, opening a de-after that date. bate on a Bill providing for the. The United Nations resolution ending of British jurisdiction in paid little heed to the "enormous Palestine on May 15, suld it was problem" which confronted the easy to blame Britain.

Palestine Government itself, not

It was also easy to forget that only the winding up of the ad- "I wish other people would the Palestine Commission was ministration, but in the mainten- realise what any attempt at en-

charged with a responsibility ance of law and order until troops forcement

which it had not the means of could be withdrawn.. is going to Whic

mealacharging-a task which, in the further discusalons are conditions of Palestine, was "some United Nations

Since Britain accepted the going on, we shall remain in

resolution in neutral position until wo

what unreal," know

favour of partition, her purpose what the actual proposals are.

Mr. Creech Jones rebutted a had been "perfectly honest and "I do not know what the actual churge that Britain had behaved straightforward except that at no reaction of the Arabs or the Jews with disrespect of the United Natume had she undertaken to carry is going to be to the proposals, orin, deciuring that she had, in out the decision-Reuter, We will do all we can to promote harmony between these twu causes."

Mind Made Up

Mr. Bevin declared that Britain' had mude up her mind "very strongly" that she could not be in the same position as the other members of the United Nations.

"While we have troops in Palce fino and are involved es, we have been, we do not occupy the same position as other member, nations.

"After we are out and a administration has taken over, an- other situation may rise, but 1 want to emphaɑlse" that we have got to be a position to out

now

of Palestine, and that is the funda mental position of British policy."

On the suggestion that Bri- tain was handing over to chaos, Mr. Bovin declared: "We are handing over to the United Nations. If the Unit- ed Nations, in taking it on, has produced chaos, how... Is Great Britain handing over to chaos?

"We have been willing to hand over to the United Nations Com- mission or to the Security Coun cil.'

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