Fears of Worse Warfare in Palestine

Grey River Argus, 1 April 1948, Page 5

Fears of Worse Warfare in Palestine

LONDON, Marell 30. The Times diplomatic, correspondent says that rumours that there have been negotiations between Britain and the United States for alteration of the dates of surrender of the Palestine mandate or the withdrawal of British troops, are categorically denied in London. THE POPE’S PEACE EFFORT Reuter’s Vatican City correspondent quotes an authoritative report that the Holy See is trying to get all the parties in Palestine to collaborate in an agreement guaranteeing equally the rights of Jews and Arabs. The Holy See fears the present grave situation may cause a catastrophe, endangering the holy places. BRITISH WOMAN OFFICIAL SHOT JERUSALEM, - March 30. Jewish snipers shot dead a British woman social worker who was returning in a car from visiting a hospital. An official statement, quoting an Arab nurse eye-witness, said the assailants fired shots at the car on the Bethlehem road. The woman shouted loudly that she was British. A further burst of fire followed, shattering the windscreen and riddling the car with holes.

The statement described the woman as a “well-known Government official”.