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Arab's

Guerilla Army

Jerusalem, Jan. 11.-A Pales- tinian Arab guerilla army is now undergoing extensive train- ing in mountain strongholds near Samaria and Galilee to be ready to go into action na a disciplined forco in about a month's time, Seagham Maynes, Reuter's special correspondent, was told by Arab lenders tb- night at an Arab guerilla mountain headquarters in Pales. tine.

WOR

BLOWN UP

Arabs And Jews Battle For Nine Hours

Jerúsalem, Jan. 11.-The British announced tonight that the Jirr Banatyacoub bridge across the jordan River, south of Lake Hule, had been blown up. The Jordan River at that point forms the boundary botwoon Syria and Palestine.

Arabs and Jews shot, bombed and waylaid each other. Unofficial reports told of a nine-hour battle between a band of Arabs and Jewish settlers. Fight- ing reportedly started after the Arabs bombed two Jewish buses. The British Army reportedly rushed troops to the scene.

Jaws walking

likely that other officera and men

East shortly. would leave Britain for the Middle

tine."-Reuter, "

in Northern MARINES REPORT DENIED

the 800-strong Arab attacks on the Jewish settlements. Palestine on Friday.

"When there is a will, nothing can stand in the way of co-ordinated co- operation between our people and the Government security forces for the sake of security," the spokesman said.

in the

Figures

Lancashire, Jan. 11. The provisional export figures for December showed that Britain had achieved a daily rate higher in value than In any month since the war ended "and pretty well the highest for a quarter of a century, Mr Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, declared at a meeting here last

night

Exports In December were

nearly 20 per cent. higher In volume than in 1938, which meant that Britain was halfway towards her mid-1948 target of a 40 per cent, increase, Wilson added.

Though this was a consider- ablo achievement, imports had Increased considerably in price and in December there was still a cap of about £39,000,000. be- tween exports and imports, ho sald-Reuter.

Kowloon City Issue

Shanghai Students

Protest

IN BERLIN

Split Between Big Powers Expected

POPULATION JITTERY

Berlin, Jan. 11.-As mounting tension and grave anxiety add to the missery of the cold, hungry German population, Russia and the Western Powers face each other here in a waiting game of diploma- tic and administrative moves which may determine.. whether there will be one Germany or two,

A false move by either side may split Germany irrevocably. Neither side wants to make a false

move.

What turns the anxiety of Ber- liners Into a form of anticipatory terror, and cause the tension to in-

the crease day by day

thought that some move may be made which will not be accidental but careful and deliberato.

ments designed to convince the German population that they will soon be deserted by the West, and a succession of irritating pinpricks designed,

read the med, apparently, to Western occupying powers and cause them to "lose face" with the Ger-. mans, has convinced mony obser- vers that the Soviet authorities are taking deliberate steps to bring matters to a head.

It might come as a result of a decision, either in Moscow or the West, that no further progress is Shanghai, Jan. 12.-A stu- possible through maintenance of the dent movement to protest the present ineffective quadripartito already completed eviction of contrel machinery.

German officials who have dally contact with Sovlet administrative as the result of officers report that the Russians now Kowloon Chinese squatters by goading one.

It might come the Hongkong Government is pinpricks and frustrations, into a with their Western opposite mem-

side by constant

openly display anger and impatience. Appearing here.

decision to end a travesty of the four bers. Reuter. power control.

appeared on the walls of some of the consider an overt provocation is now NEW MOVE

BY SOVIETS

---

Thousands of armed men of fight- In North Palestine, it was an- stable were taking him to Inc ago have left the towns to join nounced officially

the that the Arabs Bethlehem the mountain columns. The comple-had shot at Ove Jews walking along women attacked the two police of

police

station, Arab tion of their training under non- the eastern boundary of the settle- cers and enabled him to escape. commissioned

Commenting on rumours that officers who havement of Dan, but none had been One Arab was buried and feared Captain Roy Farran, the 26-year- served in the British Army was ex- hit.

dead and a a second Arab was pected to coincide with the arrival

in-old ex-Commando acquitted Last An unofficial report said Arabs Jured when Jewish dynamiters blew year by

a Palestine

courtmartial nt Fawzi Bey Kaoukji, the legendary had drifted across the Syrian up a house in Romena; the mixed of, charges of murdering Arab leader reported to be prepar. border.

a-young Jewish-Arab district, here tonight. ing to drive across the Syrian border

Jew, had returned, to Palestino to Araba killed two

Sirens Into Palestine.

wore sounded and along the railway on the northern British security forces in the city night; "I do not think he has gone

allaght the Jews, his father

said to This Invasion of thousands of fringe of Negey. Other Araba at-were put on the alert after

the back. a Jewish convoy

He wrote to us last Saturday Syrian-trained and well-armed Arab tacked

between explosion. Aghters

when he was in Scotland and would expected to be the Tel-Aviv and Jerusalem and killed

A Jewish Agency spokesman paid not leave for abroad without our signal for the start of large-scale 20-year-old Jaw--United Press.

"sincere praise" today to the Bri knowing. He is interested in some organised fighting for the mastery of

tish troops who helped to repuise other business entirely-not Pales- SETTLEMENT ATTACKED Palestine.

Jerusalem, Jan. 11—A large AIR OF EXPECTANCY force of Arabs today renewed their

Philadelphia, Jan, 11.-General "I have just completed a 450-heavy attacks on the Jewish settle-

Clifton Cates, the United States kilometre trip through Arab, moun- ment of Kfar Uriah, on the Jerusa-

Marines Commandant, declared here tain strongholds of Galileo and the lem-Jaffa railway line, killing 10

today that no American Marines

Protest slogans and posters have triangle of terror in Samaria formed Jews in a fight lasting several hours,

had been ordered to Palestine.

Any move that either side could by the milliant

Arab towng of according to Jewish sources here.

local universities and colleges. (Reports from Arab sources Nablus, Tulkram and Jenin," writes Tac settlement has been under at- |

regarded as certain to bring the London

Students of Utopia University held break. It on Friday said that

would be manifested Scagham Maynes. "Here was an air tack for three

The Arab attack began early on United States

a contemplating wes.

meeting yesterday at which officially in the withdrawal of the of expectancy and excitement over these sources days, according to

Morning when the

decisions were reached to appeal to representatives of one side from the Arabs sending Marines to protect its con- the the coming balties.”

A Haganah

engaged the

the Syrian frontler in

students In sulate

the Shanghai Allled Control Council. leaders, Guerilla

In Jerusalem, British police convoy of lorries and attacked the supported by Arab attackers

Nanking area jointly to urge (This was followed by a denial by

There would then, inevitably, be hundreds of

fierce hillmen with arrived

Government to take strong steps to an Eastern and a Western Germany. FORECAST Arabs, who were believed to Szold. They were beaten off by

CONFLICTING REPORTS and rifies slung over their shoulders have suffered casualties.

British and Haganah troops, supporton, which stated that no oficial for the retrocession of Hongkong. said that they were waiting for the

Haganah

sources said that weapons ted by Royal Air Force Spitres made to the Palestine Government, approach on the subject had been

Already there have spread do- The China Press claims to have zens of reports, some true, some orders to "enter into the battle" were conscated from the settlement, Reuter. and confidently Predicted the where two Jews were killed yester-

security talkseen told by students that arrange- demonstrably untrue, of but that

prepara- "Informal" BRITONS JOINING ARABS

ments were being made for protest tions by both sides for the day the. chcirelement and the "climination" day during an attack by the Arabs.

Palestino police were reported to ex-Indian Army officers loft London of some 1,000 Marines to the Medi-taneously in all the cites along the of the Jewish

demonstrations to be held simul- big break comes. had been proceed the despatch London, Jan. 11-Three British colonies scattered

General Cates settlement throughout the valleys of the Holy be on guard at the

Thousandr believe that it will Shanghal-Nanking Railway. Land.

night.

by air over the weekend to fight for terranean as "routine." He added: Students said that college

come within the next three or four "British troops were again called the Arabs in Palestine, it was learn-"It is perfectly normal for us to send middle school students will organise Optimists believe that the

and weeks. Others give it until May. Groups of

armed

men crouched among the rocks at mountain

out when Arab ob.

snipers today re-

Marines with our fleet in the Medi-Joint headquarters to direct the pro- uneasy condition will persist until present servation

watching

thenewed attacks on Jewish settlements posts,

terranean. There are some there test movement and their activities the end of 1048. corkscrew roads for the arrival of near Dan, near the Palestine-Syrian

now and the new contingent will Abdul Káder. El Husseini,

merely replace those that are already will be carried out, as far-as-it-is- But-even allowing with the best akins-frontler,

permitted, within the man of the Mufti and commander (Dan

limits of will in the world, that nobody wants one of two Jewish

there."-Heuter. was

peace and good order, of the fighting Arabs in the Jeru-colonies encircled by Invading Syrian

The China Press also said that i

to see the break, the majority of salem district, who was expected to tribesmen at dawn on Friday.)

local business and Industrial circles evitable.

opinion in Berlin regard It as in- meet the. Samarlon guerilins in

are expected to issue a statement Jenin.

Russia has sounded the warning through their respective guilds con- in the Soviet controlled portion of German Sinto set up at Frankfurt, cerning their views on the Kowloon the Berlinpress. Any move eviction case.-Reuter.

in would be stated by Marshal, Vas- Berlin which the Russians could sily Sokolovald, the Russian 'Com- fasten on to as a violation of pre-mander-in-Chief in Germany, be vious four power agreements would fore the next meeting of the Allied bring Immediato "consequences,"

Control Council on January 20, it was stated.

the

assorted pistols, long-curved knives oft themoured cars and drove Jewish settlements of Dan and Kfar the State Department in Washing- deal with the case and also to ask

LADEN WITH BULLETS The town centre was packed with Arabs wearing criss-crossed ban- dollers, stuffed with bullets.

to-

Three Arabs were slightly injured and one Jew was seriously wounded in sporadic long-range sniping be- tween Jews and Arabs on the out- skirts of Jerusalem today.

RESCUED BY WOMEN

In Bethlehem, an Arab attempted rifles, to stab a British policeman and

At intervals, mobile squads, sorne using Jeeps brlatting with

sped along all roads Inside the pleal his rifle. He was arrested, but

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EDITORIAL

or the Belton end

an Arab сол

Impertinent Resolutions

IF the agitation

over

the

evletions from Kowloon City which has been set in motion by certain elements of self-interested Chinese is intended to embarrass or coerce the Hongkong Govern- ment, it is more likely to have Just the opposito effect, The position of the Hongkong authorl- ties has been clearly stated aud la completely tenable: the legality of their action is beyond ques sion, and continued demonstr tions and protests from

appear, are in-

whom, it would

groups

spired by political chauvinists,

are wholly irrelevant.

The re-

ported resolutions adopted

10

Po On meeting last Saturday are,

In fact, impertinent.

One calls

for compensation for losses evicted persons. sustained by

What losses? The evicted aquat ters did not own their miserable huta They paid rent for them, and

In some CISCS суед

The only people, there- money. fore, who might feel they have a claim for compensation are the self-appointed landlords who have. been deprived of "an income ac- croing** from exploitation - and the type deserving or. ikely 10 obiala mudh Po Ou demonstra- sympathy tors also demand that the two te the mon arreated for resisting the pollóo be released. There is only

answers the men have al- ready been charged and the caso Is due to bo tried by. properly constiinted „magistrate's: court. Tho, law' must take its course and whatever decision is reáchod by the court, It' will be based on

ano,

ed here tonight.

They refused to disclose their identities, but said there had been many applications in London to join the "Palestine Legion" and it was

www

Arabs Decide To Fight

Partition With Arms

Beirut, Jan. 11.-Premier Jemil Mardom reported to- day that the "Arab world has decided to win the Palestine battle at any price to liberate Palestine and prevent the establishment of a Jewish state."

yhle

meat

Kowloon City Disturbance

a move

Thay

Berli Jan. 11.---Huksiz Incorporate her sector of Berlin Into the Eastern occupation Zone ∙as a counter measure to the Bri- tish and the United States plun to strengthen the administration of the combined Western Zones, sourtes close to the Soviet mill- tary administration said tonight. This might lead to the dissolution of the Berlin Counell and to the re moval of Soviet representatives from the four-power Kommanda- tura, the Russian sources added.

The Soviet position, informing the Western Allies that

hat she des not.

recognise the "now Western

administration for dis- Soviet Zone from Berlin to Leipzig. The introduction of n new CLXX-- rency in the Eastern Zono was not expected unless a currency' reform was introduced in the West-Router.

CHINESE NAVY GOES INTO ACTION

THE DANGERS The major breakers ahead, as far as the Western Powers are concern-

"CAMOUFLAGE" GOVT. ed, would be

to include France into

Marshal Sokolovsky, it was added, the present Bi-Zonal economic union to form a tri-zone, would deliver a long statement More trouble occurred in old any moves which the Russians could setting out in detail why the Soviet Mardom conceded the Arabs anti-| harmonious action, and, without Kowloon City this morning Interpret as converting the economic Union will not recognise what be cleate heavy losses in the opening this unity, all Arab League decisions when Police and PWD coolies bi-zone into a now political struc- considers "the camouflage govern rounds of the great struggle for the will simply lose their sting." returned to demolish new hut indication that Britain

ture

for

Western Germany, or any ment of Western Germany." partitioned Holy Land but is con- This Egyptian said that the pre-ments which had been erected up with the United States decision into action were ready, the sources was lining Plans to put the counter measures ndent evidenco produced and proved.

that "Anal victory will be sent divergencies among the Mob law, as suggested in the Po

ourg,"

States did not, as was commonly re- in place of the huts pulled down to halt further reparations delivered said, and are only awaiting word The premier revealed On resolution, will never be al-

this about ported in the foreign press, centre last week.

to Russia.

from Moscow, establishment of an Arab govern- on the problem of the Greater Syrin When the police approached, the lowed to supersede constitutional

If any positive decision should be In changing the status of the ment for Palestine:

plan, which appears to have been occupants greeted them with stones taken on any of these law - at

matters, Russian sector of Berlin, the Rusalana Icast

The Arab High In Hongkong.

Committee de-shelved for the moment," but rather and rocks.

Russia's counter-measure would be would be abandoning the plan ac- Thirdly, the Pa On agitators de-

elded to establish a representative on the conflict of Arab personalities The police opened up with tear swift. It would most inevitably be cepted a few weeks ago, to havo mand assurances that "no similar

with body for Palestine

20,000 now In the limelight.

gas, and seven men and one woman an announcement that Russia con- a central incidents will occur in future." population sending one delegate,

This conflict involves, more par-have been taken to hospital suffer-sidered the Control Council More to the point would be an

delegates will be selected The

by ticularly, Haj Amin El Husseini, the ing slightly from the effects of the solved. dasurance from the quasi-political

of higher committees and ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, now in Beirut cas members

Berlin has already become the demonstrators from over the

the mo

mayors of

of towns and

willges

The work and tipped as the head of the first

of demolishing the area of a "war of nerves." A daily border that they will refrain in

In Palestine Arab Government, and newly erected, huts then proceeded. spate of Soviet licensed press state February future from

Its chairman and Fawzi El Kaouki, the Palestine re- further nausealing of sanctimonious senti-

oxecutive. The assembly's first task Among the manifold

will be to draft an electoral label leader now in Damascus and

sticks

tipped as the overall commander "of Dynamite responsibilities of the Hongkong

thrown through the Arab, armles for the Bberation into the home of of Palestine." Government is the health of tho

the window. Jewish Colony, and wherever a situation

merchant on Saturday

Reports EX-MUFTI'S OPPOSITION

quoting Nanking, Jan. 12.-As fresh |

the. Peiping #mashed the windows threatens the

In Tientsin yesterday, Mayor Tu is created which

evening the safety of public health, Govern-

several nearby houses but caused

The ex-Mufti, the Egyptian ex- Communist assaults were made military authorities said a major Chich-shih addressing senior subor- battle was imminent in the area of dinates claimed the threat to Tien- The attack was be- plained, is opposed to El Kaouki on Taku, the Nationalist naval Chinghai, the strategic railway lown tsin had been eliminated with the ment is expected, by

the com-

no casualties. lieved to have been a protest and assuming command of the Arab mualty to take the NCCESSSTY

a warning to Jews not to

capture of Hslaotsan, 20 miles to the send forces, which, he argues, must owo fleet based at Tsingtao, in southwest of Tientsin, remove the steps to

danger.

An former Northeast Shantung, steamed arms to their kinsmen in Palestine allegiance to him on the

important military conference southeast. Wherefore Government would be

after three young Jews were

was held in Mukden yesterday ar-spiritual leader of the Palestine Into the Gulf of Chihli yesterday following the arrival of Generalis- falling in its duly if it gave

Simultaneously, he pointed rested on a charge of handling con- Arabs. of Assurances

morning and landed marines simo. Chiang traband arms-United Press..

that the rc- Kal-ahck, Chinese

Tientsin authorities had He is said to capable

said. have warned his the dearing

community

at

****and Ports

experienced and overcome the most BunnoNers

Tangku .... U.N. DEFIED protection and safety to which

inside Palestine. that separately

Among the high-ranking Nation-critical situation created by Com- anyone

contacting El Kaouki would Chikow. 42 kilometres to the allst military commanders attending munist activities since the National- Cairo, Jan. 11.--Now that the Arab be considered 'n traitor.

resumed. south along the coast, according the conference wore General, Chen lats

control after. League has virtually decided to defy

the At least two members of the Arab

Cheng, director of the President's Japanese -surrender.......

j Northeast Headquarters' and

choru

The 82nd Army 'defending Tientsin to the ex-Mutt's uncom

Simultaneously, shipping at both Fu Teo-yl, North China commander and the outskirts, announceed that a efforis ports were ordered to halt and sub-ui-chler, out its own secret decisions were Carrying out

exerted to iron out .to thwart

critical" in West Manchuria egan in the small hours of Sunday the creation

on, the Tientsin- a Jewish

differences, Iraq is reported to have passenger trains

morning resulting in the recapture of. Stato, iri

two Communist columns are the Holy Lond.

threatened to withhold its support of Pukow Railway can only reach as prominent Egyption in close the Arab League res

resolutions

far

of making a concentrated attack to Heinotsan at eight o'clock. Chinghai, 35 miles south

The Communists were reported to touch with Arab League-afairs told Palestine if El Kaouki is not given Tientsin and the city is now placed wards

the port of Yingkow, be rapidly retreating to their bases Reuters in an interview during which command of the volunteer forces.

Southern Manchuria, in under martial law.

asy-along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway.. chronised action

in the he reviewed the work of the Arab

with thrusts The Egyptian believed that the

The 92nd Army claims..to. Premiers during their recent secret Arab Premiers, during their 10 days yesterday reported heavy fighting Compoljeve to be attempting to

Despatches, reaching Nanking late Tientsin areaction in both and killed 000 Reds and capture.E

Communist talks in Cairo that, in spite of official parleys in Cairo, failed to smooth was still in progress in the Taku were the Nationalist supply route Chinese navy are patrolling the

cases with 38, rifles. denlais, it remains a fact that the out these differences and that the area although the

Meanwhile, threb gunboats of the situntioni Im- sever Arab nations are still far from having gulf between these two leading mediately around Tientsin was sald via the sea. Mukden has already lower reaches of the Hal River in achloved the unity of purpose ro Palestinian personalities is stil os to be relaxed with the arrival of reported an acute need for provi- order to enable the early resumption quired to enforce a concerted and wide as aver-Router."

| GovernmentCreinforcements

sions,

of river navigation Reuter AAP,

The the

lentilled. One other point

theso should bear

opportunistie

agitators

of

Whe

2

out,

quite capable of governing self-tion Palestine, competent observers

mind: Hongkong lan the United Nations decision to parti-League-Iraq. and Transjordan-are] to Tientsin despatches. ** without external Influence or at- here are asking themselves how far promising attitude and during the re templed coercion. The

flying Conditions of the

hundreds thousands of Chinese, who have voluntarily elected to stay, in the Colony are immeasurably better than anywhere else in the Far East, and they will remain so while the authorities continue pursue their wise poi

polley of

ERIO

the Arab League can actually go 20 cent talks in Cairo, when g these Jected to a rigid examination, whilemond Mukden the situation pincer drive against invading Rede

to

guarding the "Interests of: the many, rather than Uie few.. TEL -just ka necessary that this be'up-

preciated in Nanking as in Po On.

on