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, U.N. Threatens Sanctions Against Palestine

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Re'ceiVed ^riilay, f p'.mf New YbkKp- i?5. The SecUrity. ColtUcik tonighf drdered tlie Jews and Arahs to halt' the" Palestine war under pexialty of liaving economic _ and, military sanctions a'pplied: aghiktif Ttie* d'dcisibri' was madfe utiddi: thi4 Ambf iifatn Fdkdluftioii tiuhmltlfed tlib _ cKlincil' feceiyeR' tii^ flSptiW dil wliold" Ambfibah • s'ftiiatioxi' fToiif th^' liibdia't'or (Colint' Bernad'dtVeL The re'soliitioh callsi1 djpiJiT btith sides' $ 6 cdake' fighting' vTfclfih tlir'dd* d'a^#' arfd4 to' cba'se fiir'e at jeYiife'albm within 24' hours. • 'Ihe voting. dfi. each-' pafagraph oceu.pied four hdufff' and1 tfrl'e" fesolufioiL aS^awhole was adopted by 7 to I with oyria voting againsf and Rnssia, LTkraine and Argentina abstaining. Couli^ Berriadotte w'as iiistruct'ed t'o supervise the cea'sefive, whi'Ch is of uii liliiited' dufati'ori,- arid continue his mediation efforts. The Soviet refused to support the clause dealing with Count Bernadotte, eontending that he was trving to wreck the General Assemlily's partition plan. For this reason, Russia abstained from voting on tlie resoluti'on as a whole thoUgh slie favoured all the other sections. After voting that the situation" in Palestine constitutes a threat to peace, ordering tlie ceasefire in the Holy Land and approving tlie American resolution the Security Couneil tlien unanimously approved the elause ordering a cefi.selire in Jerusalem within 24 liodrs. Russia split away from the Couneil majority by refusing to support tlie sections of the Ainerican resolufion ealliug 011 the mediator (Count Bernadotte) to continue his efforts uiider the previous ceasefire -resolution. Russia and Fkraine abstained from voting on the paragraph providing Arab-Jewish eooperation witli Count Bernadotte. When the American resolution a's a whole came up for the final vote, 'Sir Alexander .Cadogan (Britain) said althougli Britain supported it the British Government felt tliat "full weiglit sliould be given to the Arab complaint tliat tlie truce had not been fairly observed and that it operates to the disadvantage of tlie Arabs. In working for the suspension of liostilities, tlie Britisli Government fully reserves its views 011 the nature of the peaeeful' solution which is to be nefgdtiated during the'truee. The British Government .eannot but feel tliat in its- view the Arab interest in Pal'est'iiie has so far been ' insufiieiently apprdei'ated" by Fnited Nations. Iii voting fof the resolution tlie BriiTsh Governnierit doeS not endorse any sugg'estion tlfat the Arabs are the aggfes'soi's or that jus; tiee in this disput'e is" all on ond side:" Harly in the voting' tlie Couneil tiinied down a British anidndment to (diminate the term ,£1 Provisionnl Goveninient of dsrael'"' from the resolution on the ground that the term implied rofrnal' reeogmtiort of Israel. Even as the Security Couneil was de 1, baling tlie > Fnited States ceasefire I resolution, Fnited Nations 'received n I I icssuge from the ehalrman of tlu I Fnited Nations fikuee Comniission in Piilestine reporting tliat the Jews vVere' ]>lunning to seize the whole of Jerusalem soon. •'"Having remaiped faithful 5 11 general to the Uni'ted Nations' resolufion eoneer'rung tlie internatioli al eharaeter of Jer'usalem, the Jews have been speeially' inednsed by the oventua'lity of control of the town being handed over to tli'd Arabs. They havr-., therefofe, made up tli'eiv' rilirtds to seize tlie rest of the town liefoi'6' the t-ruee period eonies iiit'o fot'de ifi order td' appear at the peace negotiations with a iiiajor triiinp card in hand." The Couneil, aftdr a gr'uelling seven hours' session, wearily postporied in-d(-finitely its deeision on the Syrian proposai to have- an Internatiorial- Cofi'n rule on the legality of Israel as a State and to deeide whether Arab oppositiou to Israel constitufed aggression. Tlie Jews repor't lieavy fighting along a seven-mile st'refeli of the Jer'usalemTel Aviv road and that lieavy guns were moving np t'o poifrid the Arab Legion positions" in tlie La'trun atea,

says tlie British United Press eorrespondent at Tel Aviv. Tlie Jews also elaim the developnjent of a pineer attaek from the direetions of Jerusalem and Ranileli. They elaim to have- inflieted at least 1000 Egyptian easualties during the soutliern front oflfensive in the last few days and captured arnis suftieient ,to fight indefinitely on tlus front.