BRITAIN NOT LIKELY TO ACCEPT

Chronicle (Levin), 3 November 1947, Page 5

BRITAIN NOT LIKELY TO ACCEPT

Received Huiulay, 7 p.m. LUNDOA, Nov. 1. The British Cabinet will consider the terms of the Ameriean proposals i'or Palestine at its next meeting. Pointing out that these run counter to Britisn policy as stated, the Daily Telegrapli 's political correspomlent adiis: • "The British Government will not help by force to put into operation any policy which does not comniend itseli: i'uliy to Jews and Arabs alike. The Arab League has plainly indicated that it will not countenance partition uinler such terms as liave been proposed under the latest schenie. Britain will therefore probably refuse even as a memlier of a commi.ssion to seelc to impose any scheme based 011 partition." •The Times' eorrespondent at Lake Buccess says the Ameriean plan is in brief to have partition implemented during the period which it is estimated that Britain must still be in Palestine because of a phvsical inabilitv to get out earlier. Apart from doing 'away with' the neeessity of a new interim administratiou, . the Americaii plan also does away with the neeessity i'or an internalional constabuiurv or a military force. It assigns to Britain, liowe\er, what -Mr. Creech-Jones has already stated Britain would not accept, nameiy a major role in enforcement. Iraq's inost powerful chieftain, Hheik Mohau al Khairallah, said if Uno carried out the partition plans an Arab army of 250,000 would wage. guerrilla warfare against the Britisn. The men of all Arai) nations, including the Transjordau army, would fight to support the Palestine Arabs. Palestine police arrested 13 susfiected Jewish terrorists aml four • Jews who allegedlv had terrorist literature. 1 iie police during the round-u{) which lasted a week seized a quantitv of arms aiul ammunition from u muiiber of Jews and Arabs. The police amiouiiced that eight Palestine police have been disinissed as a result of a three liionths' probe into the. disturbances in Tei Aviv on July 31 after the Irgun Zvai Leumi hanged the two British sergeants.