REPORTED REJECTION BY BOTH SIDES

Chronicle (Levin), 10 February 1947, Page 5

REPORTED REJECTION BY BOTH SIDES

Received (Sundav, 1 1 p.m. LONDON, Fel). 9. The Government \s new Palestine plan had a bad reeeption by both Jews aml Arabs, acrording to most (Sunday newspapers. The Observer's poJitical correspundent predict.s that tlie Jews will rejeet the seheme which they deseribe as an insnlt and says the Jewish Agen,ey may even break olT negotiations. The Arabs have reaehed a deeision which prai-tieally amounts to a reject-ion. The eorrespoadent says the selieme takes the form of a tive-year British trusteesliip for Palestine over semiautononious .Jewish and Arab areas, with independenee as tlie ahn afterwards. Britain would give up the nnindate to Pno if tlie Jews and Arabs were unable to agree after five years. The news;>a;>ers differ 011 immigration details. The Observer's politieal correspondent says the selieme would admit 96, ()[i(; Jews to Palestine in the next two years. The I'euple gives the ligure at 100, 00!) for the eoming year and the Bundav Times meiitions 100,00!) in the next ko months. The People says the Arabs disapprove the sehetne but the Jewish Ageney is inelined to aeeept. The paper deelares that the plan will, if neeessary, be baeked by f'oree. Cabinet is split on the Palestine issue, says the Sunday Dispateh, some Ministers pressing for withdrawal from Palestine, partieularlv in view of the eeonoiuie erisis in Britain, and lianding Palestine over to Pno. Mr. Attlee, .M r. Bevin and ilr. Alexander, liowever, favour trying for an agreement before withdrawing in favour of Uno.