Britain May Quit Palestine Earlier

Chronicle (Levin), 3 January 1948, Page 5

Britain May Quit Palestine Earlier

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Reeeived Fridav, 7.55 p.m. " LONDON, Jan. 2. Both in London and in Palestine tlve plaria and dates for the Britisli with--Arawa! frotn Palestine are being exam-' itoerl afresh. The Times' .Jerusalem corrospondent says that in vievv of the , ptesent triangular c-omplications in the countiy the 1 alesti'ne Wovernment now ; cbnsiders it in the best generai interests Yhat the Britisli ninndate should end S jponer tlian -May 15 and provided th'e y _LXO Comniission agreos, it is possib'le that the date mav 1/e advarieed by about six. woeks. The Tiines' diplomatic eorrespondent tcays that although tlie date for terminating the mandate is dependent on the ■Ogte of arrival of the l.'XO Oonimrssioii in l'alestine and not on the date for the withdr-HH'al of Britisli troops and poliee, the two are not disronneeted. Ari earlier te ruri nation of the mandate, t'he correspondent points out, would proba'bly save lives by relieving troops and poliee of the necessity of ai-tively prerenting communal disonler, but it wright slow up the process of witli-dnawa-l because of the iiicmising disorder, Jack of controJ and disruption of fommtinieations. It is these consideratSons that are now being weighed in London.