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Arab Leaders Call

General Strike In Palestine

VIOLENCE IN DAMASCUS

Jerusalem, Nov. 30.--The Arab Higher Committee today ordered a countrywide general strike for three days, beginning on Tuesday. The Committee, after an all-day meeting, passed a resolution rejecting out- The right the decision of the United Nations to partition Palestine, Committee further directed a complete boycott of all Jews, and any. one dealing with a Jew would be considered a traitor.

Underground

Movements

To Mobilise

Jerusalem, Nov. 30. The Jewish underground, Haganah,

It resolved "tó adopt the necessary preliminary measures for implementing a non-co-operation policy in preparation for declaring a state of emergency in Palestine." Instructions would be announced in due course, the Committee added.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1947.

The Committer also decided to in- of form the Fugls Commissioner Palestine that they considered Briain solely responsible" for the onsidered partition,

Arabs since

to hand over Britain had refused Palestine to Its Arab inhabitanta.

The Committee further considered

La The prisoners were believed have suffered casualties.

The Jews were sent back to their cells without casualties, it was add- ed.

sent Police reluforcements were

were troupa to the prison and standing by tonight.-Reuter.

ich

lead

tu

Arabs

and two major Arab under Fritain's "faBure" us a serious mat- ground organisations are ex-tr. pected to begin general mobi-breaking lisation of recruits within the next few days following the decision Palestine by the United Nations General Assem-festo

bly

on

"CRAZY QUILT"

with pl relations

New York Nov. 30.-Palestine s Britain."

The Committee issued a manifesto to be cut up like a crazy qullt under night by the United Nations General to all Ambs declaring the United the partition plan upproved last

becoin will Nations decision to partitin Pales Assembly, Part

Jewish

41 Amb euntry. post fint was null and veld. The mani- declared: "Kingdoms are

tize centre, a tiny established on dead bodies and skulls, Country. Near Let Jews realise that they will first portion, roughly circular and taking in Jerusalem and Bethlehen, wil

at-

A tere atmosphere exits there to accorapinis the laying-how-beron in International zone. Holy Land with the report that the of waves of waves of inen." Haganah will issue orders en Mon-

and Jewish neti day for between 10 and 25 to register with Committer the Man-Power Control for national di fence.

Women

U.S. LEGATION ATTACKED

demonstrators today Syrian tempted to attack the United States Leration in Dunescu as a protest against the United Nations decision partition Palestine, according to British-controlled Near East Arab.

Station,

a

The Holy Land on the map looks like a scimitar blade with the edge facing castward. The southern third or so of this, bordering Egypt, takes in the dry Negeb and Beershel sections. In Negeb, the Jews got the biggest chunk of this third. On the the censt the Arabs get a little strip angles along the border. The middle

art of Palestine lies between

Indications today pointed fim-Bropdeasting that demonstrators with an arm cutling down at right

Haganal

0.000

ビー

disaster. The minent Army placed is estimated members in important Jewish

units sidential areas and deployed from major Jewish cfiles from marth -south frontier.

the

The Radio said

the Commialet Party burned down the bendquarters and bank in the attacked a Belgian

Syrian

capital. Three cars were reported to have the East and the Mediterranean on

the West, at the

set

on fire

and also...the Syrian states Lezation..

United

The demonstrations, according lo broadcast ira Radio which

It was reported that there would the be an utbreak of civil disobedience Arabic, took place after the Presi-

tent of Syria had addressed a crowd

timide his palace.

next Saturday, during which the Arabs would ignore all laws.

to was reported President

vehemently

.cised the It was reliably learned that all ve Arab states will send inven and partition scheme and demonstrations money to Palestine Arabs to resist were said to be aimed against the the implementation of partition. But representatives of those

countries which backed the United Nations

mujer clash would only occur

Aderision.

when the United Nations try to force Arais. the partitions an Palestine Then they will resis and will get full support frum all Arab states. The authority of the United Nations

tested. with the be seriously United Press.

EDITORIAL

Dead Son and the River Jordan on

The Jews get a narrow strip on the coast, including some citrus country, the all Jewish Tel-Aviv and the part of Haifa. The Arabs get the rest of this part of the Holy Land and also the port of Jaffa, a tiny etrele of Arab rule surrounded by the Jewish constland.

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DOLLYGONCURS VIKTAMICINORUCEN

INTERIM AID FOR CHINA

SIGNS HOPEFUL

Washington, Nov. 30-Informed quarters here today predicted that the United Nations Senate would approve if the House of Representatives goes ahead with its plan to give China $60,000,000 interim aid in the immediate future, and that the administration would not object provided the cuts the House made in the European aid programme were restored.

The Bill, according to reports from the House of Repre sentatives Foreign Affairs Committee, proposed to cut the interim aid for Europe by over $100,000,000 and include China in the list of recipients.

Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the President of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is likely to insist on the cuts to Europe being restored in the interim aid bill, but is not expected to raise any objections to helping China.--Reuter,

TRANSPORT PLANE CRASH: 15 FEARED KILLED

Seattle, Nov. 30.-An Alaska Airlines four- engined transport plane crashed and burned while attempting a landing at Seattle-Tacoma Bow Lake airport here today.

REPORT OF COMMUNIST

MERGER

were 27

persons aboard

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French Strike Control

Bill Postponed

GOVERNMENT TO CALL

TROOPS UP 80,000

Paris, Nov. 30.-The National Assembly tonight authorised the government to call up 80,000 troops to maintain order in France, but delayed until Mon- day further consideration of drastic strike control legislation. This action brought to approximately 300,000 the number of recruits added to the army during the past fortnight.

Earlier, Premier Robert Schumao's | Robert Schuman's coalition govern": 25 hour ment introduced In the assembly supporters beat down a Communist effort to take the teeth on Saturday, out of the proposed law to inflict WANT STRIKERS BACK severe penalties on anyone molesting non strikers or fomenting strikes. Schuman has demanded the un- conditional surrender of the forces which have paralysed France with strikes Involving more than 2,000,000 workers.

ro- for

Both the Governinent and tho Communist-dominated CGT want to get the strikers back on the job by Monday.

the big Douglan ending the strike and threatened in ready to withdraw the bill from the

Altaire,

First reports sajd 15 of the 27 persons on board were killed. Rescue crews were probing the smoul-

victime dering wreckage for other possible

of the

The government, however, in- crash, which occurred when the pilot apparently over-

stated it would not talk about medi- Scation of the bill until it had writ shot the runway while attempting to land.

Negotiations between the govern-

ten assurances from the CGT that meral Alaska Airlines offelals said there ment and the Communist dominated the strikes would end.

Confederation of Labour

CCT lenders, on the other hand, the craft neared

18- deadlocited. said they would not give auch completely when it left Annette Island. Alaska. The Communist National

Strike

ad- surances until they had been for the southward journey to Seattle

Committee announced it had

vised that the government was this morning.

Jected the government's terms Witnesses id

legislature. apparently stalled transport

as it

The CGT delegations met at the the

continue the walkout indefinitely. overshot

landing strip and

COMMUNISTS DEFEATED Labour Ministry, and the Cabinet in plunged into the wooded area near

corridors. Danicl the end of the runway. The_plane;

Approval of the new increano in the Assembly immediately exploded

armed forces Mayer, Minister of Social into flames. the strength of the

up. go-between with pro Thick, heavy billva of black smoke came near the end of a 36 1/2-hour acted

er-propositions. London, Nov. 30.—The Sunday climbed into the air over the airport, session of the Assembly-longest positions and counter-f

Once Interior Minister Jules Observer's diplomatic correspon-

An Alaska Airlines omcial said the since 1926. Originally the provision dent said today that be had

cried in the "beat of learned from reliable sources that pilot and co-plot of the plane murich to crous and the strike on Muth

Corvived the crash, but that an un-tro legislation were contained in the the debate that if the Communist a proposal to merge The

known number of 'njured hurt been some bill titled "law for the defence obstructionism continued, the govern munist

of countries

Eastern

taken to

ment would put the law into effect Renton, Washington, of the Republic." Europe Into one Federal State was

After defeating Communist efforts by decree. discussed at a

recent meeting at hospital, approximately 15 miles

The Communists rendried to every north of

to ripple or kill the strike control the crash scene. Sochi

between Generalissimo

the Hospital attendants would make į provisions, government agreed obstructionist method permitted by Josef Stalin and the Bulgarlan

no statement regarding the injured to a request of the Assembly's French parlimentary practice

the passage of the and divided slow Premier, George Dimitrov,

proposed "We are very legislative commission

the measure into two sepurite bills, defence law, which would provide busy here and have no time to talk."

the troops bill then was approved imprisonment and fines for those United Press.

408 to

and to 181

the strike contro:] holding non-strikers or inciting them measure was left over for tomorrow's to quit work. Associated Presa. Gession

Assembly sources predicted unless

a

SIGNIFICANT VISITS

other than to

between

21 last minute compromise

the government and were reached, the Assembly Schuman sweeping

that

ihe

Cabinet Meets

TRAWLERS' SOS government replied, it would

The

-

In Secrecy

Persia Faces Crisis

end of co-operar Treaty of friendship, are in danger in the Atlantic owingalley of the present government is/fers here consider was an impending

into

Under this plan, the Observer said, Communist countries with a popula-

NINE ESCAPE Seattle. Nov. on of between 80,000,000 and 90,-

30-Nine of 20 000,000 would for a new great power

passengers -- and crew. members be linked with the Soviet Union.

The newspaper said It appeared escaped from the faming wreckage! an Alaska Airlines transport to have been deeded to work fest of towards Yugoslay Bulgarian plane after it trashed, and burned o

CGT Seattle Tacoma municipal federation as the nucleus, since the at the capital of the new United Eastern Airport this afternoon, but the date will is to ant the wave of

of the others has not been deter- powers Europe would be Belgrade.

mined. an Airlines ofleial said here.labour unrest sweeping France.

Earller, the CGT had offered to -Associated Press.

call of the nationwide strike if the

withdraw Its Woulet Rovernment "Great Importance is thus attach-

strike

control legislation. ed in Eastern European diplomatic London to last werk's

cuss modifying the measure" only) In Northern Palestine, the Jews circles in

Teheran, Nov. 30.--An urgent and after the workers returned to their

Persian are given a narrow strip on the east State visits of Marshal Tito to Sofia

Strike

meeling of the Lisbon, Nov. 30-Two Portuguese jobs. The National

Com-secret running around the Sea of Tiberius, and of the Hungarian Prime Minis-

Cabinet te face what political quar- usually

enlled Galilee in the New ter. Lajus Dinney's, to Bucharest.

declared The "reactionary the Testament, and

"Outwardly, the former resulted trawlers, with 42 men aboard one, mittze

Cabinci, crisis over, the Soviet reac- PRISON FRACAS

Lebanese frontier. The Arabs get in a

and material aid betri a heavy storm, according to on leading the working class

insupportable misery and France to Parliament of the Soviet-Persian oil tion to the rejection by the Persian todny red on Police warders

the rent of the northern prisoners in

central Palestine, including Acre

Yugoslavia and Bulgaria-the SOS picked up here today. the tween {171

A British ship and two Portuguese an nggravated aluation." Arab

agreement of 1018 was called today.. Occidental Hungary who attacked Jewish pri- prison.

between

by the Prime Minister, Chavam es soners while they were exercising. In all, there are three Jewish areas

A stubborn Communist all-night Suttanch and three Arab arcus. At two polnis | Hum

But. important as these and the Mossamedes, were reported It was offcially stated tonight.

filibuster in the National Assembly they crusa-about halfway between published results are, it is believed to be searching for the trawlers.

tightened far-reaching Reuter. much more

the deadlook today be. The oil agreement, signed with Jaffa und Gaza and just south of that

was reached and that!

tween Lac Government, and Labour Soviet troops still occupying parts of understanding Nazareth-Associated Press.

the Tilo-Dimitrov meeting especial-

over a drastic measure to protect Percin, was recently rejected by the ly

the beginning of

non-strikers in a walkout of 2,000,- Persian Mojlls, an action which was 000,000 Frenchmen,

vigorously condemned In a Soviet greater things."

The Assembly, striving desperately nole and in the Moscow press and. for a vole on the govemment billedlo comment. stayed in continuous session all night until shortly after am. (Par's A special secret session of the Mailis has also been called for to- Time.)

Then a Countmunket deputy staged day.

on the lawmakers. and Opposition leaders said today that down

for proceedings

15 the violent Moscow Radio ampaign internipted minutes.

against the Premier, who signed the All night negotiations between a 1946 oil agreement, might culminute delegate trom the General Con-in a complete change of Govern- federation of Labour and the Frenchment. with Fakher Hekmat, the Cabinel-aimed at settling all the present leader of the Majlis, bas crippling striktes-broke up at 5.30 coming Premier.

Mosley's 1947

IT san franical parados o

Democracy that while one of

1

Its fundamental tenets is the free- dom of the adividual, it permits dictatorship ambitions men wkh

publicly Bre- to gramme designed to suppress that freedom nud to bring a nation under the absolute rute of a party

The reappearance of marilor. Sir Oswald Mosty in polllles has produced such situation In two Brain a little more than

of Europe and years since must the Far East was delivered from The the same form of tyranny.

and intenilons of sinister figure Mosicy and his hoodlum followers must not be underrated,es their Germany wete In Ger counterparts and Ttaly 15 years ago: their sugar-coated political programme must not be allowed to dreelve. any more than Mosley's alry des cription of his new movement boing "far beyond either fasciam or democracy." Mosley and his supporters att believe in absolute rule by a minority, the suppres- sion of Individual rights, racial haired and complete intolerance political forces which oppose them. Mosley may call what he likes, but it adds up of A de-

of any

to the dictata polnits In Mon-

magogue. Thirte ley's announced polliical creed resemblance to bear striking-

of Hiller's teachings abolition what he describes as the "party game in politics; suppression of the Jews; elimination of Com munum. The first point is no- thing but a euphemialle ilescrip- of a dictatorship. Mosley

tion

Fascism

wants a "system of unified na.

tional action to serve the peonte

as effectively in peace as in war," and in the same breath desires to "assert the right and the will of the British people to end all re- strielive

practices which today throttle national fe." The tradiction is obvious. A system of unified national action means nothing less than

• countles

the power to goveru a country by the dictates of an authoritarian state machine which can only be accomplished by the Imposition of restrictions on the personal freedom of the Individual. This has been amply demonstrated in all where this form of government place liself in bas managed power. Masley's hatred of the Jown Is such that, were he given the power he seeks, he would im- mediately set into mollon pogroms for their complete annihilation-a well established Fascist method of problem. This is not "solving the British

and it is Astonishi that suffers if delusion that. It is a type of political programme that will make any appeal to the avenge voter in Britain, Mosley's method for dealing with Communism in typically nathello issue

based on the ultimatum of wwr threat of the atomic bomby as though one can destroy idenlogical beliefs with bombs and bullets! The Mosley pamphlet is nothing but Fascism, 1947 Brand, and it is to be trusted that the British people will not permit themselves ba deceived into thinking otherwise,

to

Waytesicy -

IN

Acre

coast and Nazareth and Safed inland. latter in a cultural and minority

and cargo ships, the Africa

Departure Of Troops Delayed

agreement Tumania.

Was

much

<lid not list the The Observer countries involved In the

Gala Performance Of Stage Play Vice Admira! Sir Denis Boyd and alleged Lady Boyd will attend tonight's gala

of Ker performance

**The Inspector plan, but quoted Madame Pauker (Rumanian Foreign Minister and Calls," presented by the Hongkong as re-Stage Club at the Missions to Seamen representative) cently saying in a speech, "Yugo Institute.

Poles, Bulgarians, Italy, va, Czechs,

The performance is in aid of the and Rumanians will to Boys and Girls' Club Association,

be it in hoped, will well been gether be able to defend our free and,

dom independence umi sovereignty." patronised. -United Press.

on the

Rome, Nov. 30.-The departure of 2,500 American troops in

Wednesday planned for troopship Admiral Sims, had delayed for a few days owing to transport difficulties, a spokesman of the United States Army said today. He added, however, that the troops, would be evacuated according

Cominform

to the terms of the Italian peace JAP WARSHIP treaty which provided

for the

evacuation of Allied troops within

90 days of the formal ratification of TO BE SUNK

the trenty.

The Italian peace treaty was rati- BY GUNFIRE

fed on September 15.

The English language in

Rome.

A Japanese destroyer, Sumire, the Daily American, today quoted a loaded with obsolete British United States Army spokesman ពទ |

saying that the departure of the and Japanese ammunition, will troops had been postponed "inde- be towed to sea on December 14 and sunk by long range fire finitely."-Reuter,

from HM ships, London, Sus- sex, Comus, Coassack Alacrity.

French Successes In Tonkin

and

Test Resumption

Doubtful

Brisbane, Nov. 30,-The brospects

FILIBUSTER

Fakher Hekmat, who recently had Communist members of the dele a difference of opinion with Ghavam for tomorrow's. resumption of the gation withdrew. Non-Communist e Sultanch, had openly expressed first Test match between the Indian members stayed behind and sold his willingness tu accept cricketers and`Australia are "un- they would continue to seek a com- Premiership. predictable."

promise.

the

However, the Premier still has a It has been raining on and off Both the Assembly debate and the majority in the Mills, und hla today, but reveral hours of hot sun-labeur negotiations dealt squarely followers declared: "There is nobody shine in the morning could alter the with the proposed "law for the de- in the whole of Persia capable of mutlook,-Router.

fence of the republic," which Premier replacing Chavum"-Reuter,

BULGARIA'S URANIUM ORE MINES

:

Bukhovo

Gormon

with

a

other

London, Nov. 30.-Reliable workers in the whole of Bugarla, Bulgarian side until last week. Now they fall into the competence of 'the private advice renching London the report said Part of the Japanese feet which from Sofin today disclosed de- Before the war a German flom new Ministry of Mines created was divided between Chinn, Grent Britain, the USA, and the USSR, the tails on Bulgarian uranium ore was in possession of the concession few days ago to intenalty efforts of Paris, Nov. 30.--French troops Sumire, manned by a Japanese crew, mines on which tussia is be- for exploitation of the Strelicha and the Bulgarian state for speedier ex- mines which thus could ploitation of its underground riches.

Uranium его, the

bald, report may captured 32 villages and the local arrived in Hongkong from Tokyo in lieved to base part of its atomic be taken over by the Russians

e found together assets in full agreement energy production plans. Nationalist beadquarters in the Ini early July.

The Royal Navy had no use for Duong area of the north Indo-China

with, the Bulgarian armistice terms. valuable minerals in the Rhodope mountains, in south Bulgaria, where -province of Tonkin, the French Com the small and obsolete vessel, and mand

will use her for torget practice on ere is exploited at two nnnounced in a communique

For the last two years, the report the Bulgarian government intended reported lo

lant night by the French December 18 and it until she lowestern Bulgaria: Streltcha, i town-added, uranium oro supplies were to carry out systematical geological Soviet mining experts Bunke.

ship west of Plovdit, and at the regularly dispatched to the Soviet resourches,

from both mines but The Sumire la anchored at pre-villege of Bukhovo, noar Mokotsovo, Union

the nro expected in the new year In sent in the West, end of Victoria both places declared out of bounds actual output figures constitute a Bulgaria, according to an official to naslat Harbour.

by the Bulgarian authorities.

secret most closely guarded by both Bulgarian announcement, Other Japanese ships, drawn 10

the Russians and the Ministry for the Bulgars to develop more quickly are now in Workers employed in the two Electrification and National Wealth and efficiently their mining richies in the coastal province of the Tolcyo lottery, Annam-Rouler.

Singapore.

mines were the most highly paid which was in charge of them on the United Press.

nows agency,

The communiquo also reported, an troops near advance by French Camou, in Cochin-China, and tho capture of three camps, nor ho Trong.

According to this report uranium pinces (In

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