MASSACRE LESSENS CHANCES OF SETTLEMENT
Received Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. LONDON, April 12. Referring in the; House of Commons today to the Arab statement m the Deir Yassim masSaCre, the Secretary for ColonieS, Mr. Creech lones, ekpressed the Government's horror at "such barbafous actions," f Which had shockeU the world, xroUsed deep ariger and lessened ihe prospects of a peace- settlement. The Minister, replying to a queslion, said the military Were taking wery possibie step to protect Jewish and- Arab settlements, but ';heir resource'S were str'Otched to ihe limit and they were engaged in .vithdrawmg. Replying to a question as to vhether it would not be better if Britain informe'd the United Nations that she could not carry >ut her mandate obiigations in certain areas, Mrf Creech Jones said that a dupfication of authority would worsen the situation. Reuter's Jerusalem correspondent reports that JeW'S attacked, near Rehoboth, British troops and an
ammunition train travelling to Egypt from Lydda, and lootea a large qiiantity of arms. A gun battle occurre-d between the troops and the attackers. A Ziohist generai council meeting in Tel Aviv ratified a resolution adopted last-'" niP'ht to bring irgun Zvai Leumi and. the Stern Gang under Jewish national discipline.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 April 1948, Page 5
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