FURTHER EXPLOSIVES SEIZED

Chronicle (Levin), 12 January 1948, Page 5

FURTHER EXPLOSIVES SEIZED

NEW YORTx, Jan. f). State police today seized three trailer trueks loaded Avith^ tii) tons of explosives six and a-lialf times more powerful tlian T.X.'f. The' police r stated that the trueks, which were intercepted at luike Katrine, New York, were en route to a Zionist leader's business associate in Netv Jersey. The drivers of the trueks had beccine susnicions that they were carrying explosives and tipped off the Fodera] Bureau of Investigation. An alarm xvas broadcast by the New Jersey police after thev had broken up an all-eged arms ring suspected of supplying Aveapons to the Palestine Jews. Nine alleged members of the ring who( were arrested on a Ney7 Jersey farmj

yesterday were released on bail today. At the time of their arrest the police seized a consi.gnment of 50 tons* of explosives and tlxey suspeete'd that more lorry-loads of explosives were diverted from the farnx. The army describes the seized explosive as cyclonite, Avliich has about the same strength as dynamite. ' While the seareh was being carried out, the Pnited Nations' Palestine Commission opened. its sittings at Lake Muccess and the Arab Highcr Committee made a statemexxt accusiixg the Jewish Agency of being the aetive body behind the smuggling of arms and ammunition to Palestine. "Wc have information that the Zionists are buving ships, armoured eax-s and planes in the Pnited States in order to tight the Arabs," the statenxent said. "The Pnited tSates canudt, legally or morallv object to the Russiaus sending arms aixd ammunition fo Greeee if it continues to allow American citizens to raise funds to smuggle arms and ammunition and to send theixx to the Zioixists in Palestine."