BRITAIN AND PALESTINE

Chronicle (Levin), 13 May 1946, Page 5

BRITAIN AND PALESTINE

U.S. SBNATOR'S ACCtTSATIONS Received Sundav, 7.30 p.m. NEW YORK, May 11. Senator Owen Brewster, Rcpublican (Z\laine)', alleged during a State De-nartnien-t: spbtt.sQ.fed radio"'discussion on. PalestinO 's . future, tltat • Bri'tam "w&buttering up Arab chieftains, so that Britain, could keep and enlarge the oil concessions of the Middle East,. says the New York Times' Washington correspondent. Senator Brewster said: "I hav e evidence that the British lianded Ibn Saud 20,000,000 dollars. They have bought S'aud who, until then, was an alniost unknown chieftain with a liandful of subjeets and a desert kingdom so baclcward that slavery is still legal. The British biiilt him up as one ot the Ieaders of Ihe so-c&lled Arab League which was aided and abetted by the British. More than 100, 000, 000 dollars have been paid rulers of Arai) states in the last 10 years, which has been used for the ruier's private purposes and not to benefit the peoples. They have built up military forces to threaten the AngloArnerican pipelines and also spent much money to increase ltarems." Mr. Brewster advocated a Jewish state as the solution of the PaleStine problem and also described the British proposal that American troops be sent l to Palestine as absurd. [ Representativc Henry Jackson, Demo- | erat (Washington State), said the j British had broken faith so many I times regarding Palestine that neitlier J side could trust them. Mr. Jackson Sopined'that the Anglo-American Palestine Commisslon was wise in opposiug dominance of the Holyland by either Jews or Arabs and emphasised that the American people must share the responsibility in hclping the British to i earry out the commission's recomi mendations. I Both Mr. Brewster and Mr. Jackson 'advocated eontrol of Palestine Dy 1 United Nations.