REVIEW OF MANDATE

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5293, 4 January 1947, Page 5

REVIEW OF MANDATE

(Prm Assn.—

ncreasing terrorist activity

-Rec. 9.30 p.vi.)

LONDON, Jan. 3. Reufers diplomatic correspondent savs the likeiihood of reaching agreement on Palestine's future is receding rapidly. Two possibilities now irise. First, a partition of Ihe :ountry into three areas, Jewsh, Arai) and neutral; secondy, Ihe British Governmeni nay bring the whole question, ncluding the British mandate, jefore ihe Hnited Nations. It s believed Ihat the second ilternative is gaining ground. Britai'i may feel that the inereaso' scr.'iui^u's.s of the general situion iimy ihreaten wider areas in c Mid.ih Last, and should therere ' v" :ght to the notiee of the lited Nations, either through the 'ustt'fj-i.ijf Council or through the ciuiiy ("'•aiicil. Mv'sii !' ! rorists attacked the Brit- ; p.-iirr and military headquarters Citru. H nise, Tel Aviv, yesterday iiui a street battle be■ftii t r- and Jewish gunmen is pi'i'i •' i ... he proceeding, says !Ut»r"s .1 iiisalem eorrespondent. ipii'i.i ii-i'n Tel Aviv say there is )lent g'.uilire in the eentre of the ;j\ Thiw explosions wero reported jerusalem. British iroops earlier again fordell olv ? he whole of Tel Aviv's ?nu'iiiti> i.aarier in a new seareh r .h v.i-t terrorists. It is under)od tl.a Jews have been held r furth*-** au'stioning. Eight Jews :re !u-i! iVr interrogation after tops s-;uvheil Rehoboth, 12 miles uth nf Tel Aviv. The timo of Lieutenant-General mningham's arrival in London toy would mu l»e disclosed for seeurreasiin.-, said a Colonial Office )kesm:ui.