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The fighting in Palestine By R. BROOMAN- shed out From half to three

has subsided into an uneasy truce. Silence reigns over the scene of tragedy, the curtain is drawn and our attention is

WHITE-

quarters of a million bythem, driven from their hores, and nove miserably subsisting on fast dwindling relief funds from UN. Tribal Invasion

Not rables, anyway.

horsewoman. "A consummate she is getting in as much hunting foot-and-mouth in England as The Arab sees these things in disease and social engagements very matter-of-fact terms. Con-allow” sciously, if he is an educated man, half instinctively if he is not, he compares his present troubles to

"Official well menning

hands in a gesture of Oriental re Raporters & General Offer 32312 turned elsewhere. But this is signation, implying that Allah im- not the end of the drama, it poses heavy trials on a pan's is only an intermission. patience when, to so many other Recently, 1 bad some oppor-affections, he adds the middle troity of finding out what the headed stupidity. stage, looks ce to the people of Britons the Middle East-particularly the Arabs. It is very different to the scene as viewed by Westem eyes, Our vision is coloured by recent We cannot forget what the Jew's suffered in Germany, or fall to sympathiso.

But when one speaks in these terms to an Arab, he is apt to COMMONWEALTH | his shoulders and raise his

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This proved,

The recent meeting of Com- monwealth leaders in Lon- don is understood to have devoted considerable time to the startling lack of know- ledge of the colonial struc- ture made evident by the survey conducted in Britain previously. among other things, that the trouble starts in the schools. In Britain today far less is laught in schools about the Commonwealth than was done 20 years ago. Even those world maps splashed with red for Empire are fast disappearing from the class- room. The Socialist abhor rence of being associated with "imperialism" is having its effect.

First step towards remedy would seem to lie with the local education committees and teachers who are respon- sible for the aptitude test which children must take at the age of 11.to decide whe- ther they go on from primary school to secondary modern or technical, or to grammar school. If some questions about the Commonwealth were a part of the test, chil- dren would be taught some-

It

confirmation of the

those that have been suffered by defection was made known.... What, they argue, is the use of so many generations of his an- when Mr. Lui Chung-shong, ac solving one problem by creating testors. To bis eres, the influx tiod manager of CATC, told his another? What merit is there act Jews bears all the hallmarks subordinates that CATC is clos

until further the German refugee of a tribal invasion in the his-ing for business clearing

cotice." camps of Jews in order to fill the toric pattern.

That's what I always say: do refugee camps of Transjordan Time after time in past cen- with Aigbs?

harles, migrant hordes of Turks. It now; action speaks louder than That is, in fact, what is hap- Tartars, Mongols and others have words. pening. As the Jews pour into swept over the lands of the Mid- Palestine the local Arabs are dle East,

Once, the Arabs will remind

Since the defection. the post- jou, the Israelites driven out of tion of the Nationalists is, ac- Egypt, migrated across the desert!

They Can't Make TV Sets Fast Enough

By JOHN HALL

With new televiewers in, and the dea-partly a

and seized part of the land which cording to one deep thinker, no

longer up in the air. is now Palestine. When they were evicted from that ́ land `b- the Romans, they moved to Europe. Now they have been

become a

"The woman charged that de- driven out of Europe and are fendant had abandoned her when

about to moving back to Palestine, driving she was out the Arabs who have settled father." there in the meantime.

Defendant was probably suffer-

The Arab sees nothing strange ting from simple shock.

snob in this. It is, on a rather large

that

Complete with what?

"For sale: English military Britain buying receivers at complex-bes got around scale, the lot of any nomad race

thinks of it, not as we do, but | bride, complete, in reasonably the record rate of 15,000 a you cannot have television un-battling for grazing grounds. He

less you have an H serial

For thousands of people who in pitiless desert terms of kill or good condition." month these are boom days for television. All the main uve within 10-15 miles of the be killed.

ard Sution Even invasion from the West is manufacturers have their or- Alexandra Palace

expen-no-novelty. der books filled to the end of Coldfield transmitters an

"We were no, united” an Arab the year, and most retailers, sive H serial may be a waste of especially those in the Mid money. All that is needed a sheik said to me recently in most cases is a simple “dipole Baghdad, "so the Jews- defeated which us. We cannot unite unless Al- lands, have waiting lists.

an ugly technical term Elaborate television serials are really means two equal lengths lab sends a strong man to lead us. The Crusaders captured much the rooftops of metal rod, tube, or wire. sprouting from faster than ever-faster than is

really necessary.

Waste Of Money

The H acríal has become a harmed totem pole of the tele- vision age in spite of the experts,

No-Man's M. East

thing of their overseas heri- By MAURICE JAFFE tage from an early age. is even more important that

Neither the West nor the

?

The author et several books the on the subject, he lies en same small island where he has lied for many years."

Local inhabitants are said to

be getting used to him by now,

This aerial can be mounted on land before Saladin brought us the roof or even inside the house, together and we drove them -inta find another and need not cost more than a the sea. Either we

"While Saladin and destroy the Jews or few shillings,

your partner is dealing The H aerial is a "dipole" with more and more Jews will come the cards, you should be snuf- a reflector-one rod of the His until they overrim all our coun- Eng." the "dipole" and the other rod tries." is the reflector and it is design-

I do not quote this because I

Use Throwsies, the perfect dis- tissue handkerchief,

both bridge available in posable poker sizes.

and

ed pary to help the dipole" believe it to be true, but because receive a stronger signal, mainly many Arabs believe it to be true. to protect the dipole" from un It is important that we should direct understand this point of view, be- wanted signals, such as electrical interference fram mo- cause no settlement will last that tor trade, and electrical equip does not alla Arab fears as well) Open invitation. ment and TV waves which may as satisfying Jewish aspirations. be reflected from nearby high ground or tall buildings.

Height Vital

Since television waves travel

trans

Expert advice is that those should air at having

who can clearance between the

"As the two men left her home, she was clearly heard to say, next Thursday.'

Passions Run High Come and hook me up

Jews are pouring into Palestine at the rate of from 10 to 201 thousand a month. It is unlikely that any Israeli Government will

check that imigration and re- mari.

some

It was the fourth call he had

that when

the

& sufficient extent to achieve ferry-building again.

waniom between form of

"He claimed was an awful shack to him." house was at last completed, it

"Did you ever long for death?" be able, of k own accord, to asked the soulful, dyspeptic young a study of the Commonwealth East dominates the new No Laterally over the earth's surface should be made a separate, Man's Land known as the-nowing out from the

remain in power, or even alive. the beams of light The passions of the extremists made on her that weck, and the and compulsory, subject in Middle East. Geographically mitter like

lighthouse-people who and culturally this vast ter- from the secondary schools.

need elaborate aerials should rur high in these matters, as Bri- girl was tired Dat

"Whose death do you mean?" Educationists have point-ritory is the link between the

hare them as high above the Lish blood has gone to prove.

Secondly, the Arabs are un- she asked in a dry, discouraging so that the ed out that it is already open two world-wide opponents.

likel to find another Saladin. | tone. But is the Middle Ext a stable round as possible,

dipole can "catch" a strong They may shelve their dynastic Ito any school to advise-its

Jink?

unimpeded flow.

feuds and personal jealousies to university examining board

Egypt is bound to Eritain by that it plans to study this treaty, however independent the highly important subject, and Egyptian Government may seem, to ask for special examina- Trasjordan is dependent entirely 20-251t.

even with that they would be tion papers on the subject, en Brilah for her existence; her ground and the lower tip of the Transjordan. Syria and Iraq, but

of aerial

hard put to it to held their own annual Budget two-thirds but the hard fact is that few which covers the amy-would People living in the

against a renewed Jewish offen-

"The complex problem was sive. do so, and few university never be balanced but for the areas, 40 miles and more away

Thirdy, no territories which cussed by the directors from all authorities have taken the British subsidy of £3500,060.

to get the aerial higher stil Israel

without angles." could occupy initiative. They seem to be!

(Some viewers who live 80-90 miles from Alexandra Palace and wholesale war throughout the Thry probably had justification. Middle East cen absorb the wait- regularly get good results have their aerials mounted on mastsing masses of Jewish refugees in

Europe.

In the fourth place, though Israel alone remains entirely 50ft above the ground).

Remember, the ideal is to have independent while on excellent terms with both

more

Both Syria and the Lebanon are in a state of internal unrest.

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from the transmitter, should try

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figure homeless.

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•

Brazen hussy.

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"This young lady's garden has

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ponsibility of the Arabs. One is The growing need of both facto ease the pressure on Israel by tions for financial aid from the the organisation of large-scale West brings hope that, before immigration schemes to take long, UN may be able to com- Jewish refugees to other parts of mand more respect for its pro- the world. The second is to still posals. That will help, but two the fears of the Arabs by an in- far-reaching measures are needed ternational guarantee of their effectively to offset the intransi frontiers against any threat of re- gence of the Jews and the irres- newed Israeli aggression.

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interested in young people learning about Latin and literature than about the Commonwealth and life.

Public men who have tried

the US and the "dipole" in such a position some of the dispossessed Arabs been attracting considerable at- each day in the garden and her to get something done report

territory to cope with essential

large collection of beautiful that, privately,

everyone Russia. At UN, while the US, and that it can "se" the transmitter, may be accepted back into Israeli tention of late. She spends hours seems to be in favour of it, Hussia were continually at log- always allowing to the fact that agricultural work, it will not

make much of a dent in the pants." gerheads, their views were iden TV waves bend slightly with the the earth, and of but it is impossible to actical of

the establishment of curvature

slightly over high ground. complish anything. A com- Israel

Originally an Easier people| mittee briefed at Cabinet

Weather Effects level tried and failed. Senior who took Eastern ideas in the

West, the Jews are now bringing} officials of the Ministry of Western ideas to the East.

Next thing is to pay attention Education declare they In the midst of the feudal to the reflector rod. Too often have no say in the mat-States of the Middle East a demo-H acrials are installed so that ter, and their efforts are racy has come to stay and her the reflector rod and the "dipol confined to developing andeighbours.

infruence will soon he felt by her rod are merely "afmed at the

transmitting station. exchange of, teachers be- To the peasants of the Mišdle) Careful tests should be made. tween Britain and the Com- East Trael provides a due to turning the aerial this way, and monwealth, and arranging progress and democracy without that, so that the reflector gives an occasional instructional Commut

And so we hope for a better the maximum protectio

To the course for teachers. The and warmer understanding with local interference. Central Office of Information Britain, During September there best results from any aerial, tests! and the Colonial Office send were signs at both the Inter-Par should be made in varying Just how varying weather cou-: out information, charts, Hamentary Congress at Stockholm climatic conditions.

and the Palestine Conciliation books, maps and films to omission at Lausanne that Bri-ditions affect TV reception is not schools. The English Speak-tain has reversed her attitude easily explained to laymen.

is a matter of humidity and ten- ing Union and the League towards Israel. of Empire do their best. The Abandoning the plan of admit-perature and other si hay ab BBC, which could do a great ting Into Israel hundreds of thou-struse things which meteorolo

weather conditions deal in schools broadcasts, is sands of Arab refuges, Britain gists deal in.

Recently now proposes an exchange of pa-| aloof,

pulations...

over Western Europe have re- Some 200,000 Jews now living sulted in French televiewers Say the Ministry of Educa tion: "Failing action by the fearfully in the Arab States will picking up the BBC programmes, return to Israel in return for the and viewers in Southern England government and a special

resettlement of Amb refugees (have been getting the pro Act of Parliament would be from Palestine In neighbouring grammes from Paris. required for Commonwealth Musiem countries, study to be made a "must" This British plan is well in ad- in schools and in examina-ance of anything put forward Dy tions it all rests with the the US. State Department. local education committees, feels that the Middle East may be universities and the teachers, stabilised by promoting friendly We hope that the new exa- relations between the two strong- mination system will result est Powers, Israel and Transjor

dan. in teachers throwing off the What has brought about this old examination yoke which change? has for generations dominat- ed the school lives of older children.".

The Foreign Omics apparently ROMAN ROADS

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Chester, November 9, Two roads built by Roman Legions in the 1st century AD have been uncovered by arch acologists excavating the site of an old Homan fortress here.

Furst, the surprising strength or The roads, one above the other, the Jewish Army and its complete are almost directly below a defeat of its invading neighbours modern street.

This is the typical, non- committal reaction of the times. It seems that the only

Secondly, the unreliability of A worn com of the Roman hope is for a swing round the arab Governments, recently Emperor Vespasian and fragme of public opinion, appreciat underlined by the plots, counter of pottery found in the excât ing the necessity for plots, and assassinations in Syriation helped the archaeolostolls. knowledge of our great as Thirdis, the fact that Britain estimate when the roots were in Recreatis first built a sociation of peoples to be ill afford the wastage of mil- use,

hons of dollars brought about by made known. A better ap- the clering of the Hilla oil refine fortress here about 46 AD. Named Deva, it became an in- preciation of British respon efore it is likely that- Bri-pori at military and commercişl sibilities in this connection ure policy will hinge centre and later was the per is essential as the second half

upon larael and Transjordan: Or, and headquarters of one of of the twentieth century Hoke Eerior is anxious to save the Legions Rome stationed, in looms into view

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