STRONGER METHODS TO CURB TERRORISM

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5295, 7 January 1947, Page 5

STRONGER METHODS TO CURB TERRORISM

(Press Assn -

CENSOR TO OPERATE newspaper c0mment entirely unhelpful

-Rec. 11.80 p.m.)

LONDON, Jan. 6. The Times Jerusalem correspondent s"ays the possibility of the administration being driven to impose the sternest form of rule if all attempts and appeals to curb terrorists are in vain, has made an uncomfortable have made an uncomfortable impression 011 the Jews in Palestine. . .. ' So much comment has already appeared in the Jewish press that the eensor has decided to prevent from publication from January 6, all extracts on the subjects from the Sunday newspapers in Britain cabled to Palestine. The needle of Jewish comment swings continually away from the point of saying that something must he done by the Jews to halt their extremists. It is preferred to hover l ound the point that all hope of amicable relations between the Jews and Britain is disappearing- and Britain lias her policy to blame for the activity of the terrorists. This is tho recurring theme of Jewish talk which refuses to see that this evil thing which has grown up will never be abated by concession. It is in order to restrain from sueb nnhelpful comment that London press extracts are being censored, although this is a debatable decision. B might he healthy for the Jews in Palestine to know all that is beingscid about them abroad. Community Patience Exhausted The Ilaganah (Jewish illegal army) !': s distributed leaflets condemning the wave of terrorisni in Palestine, and saying that the patience of the Jewish community is exhausted. Terrorism, says the statement, is • ' ily threatening the prospects of Jewish immigration, and Jewi'y the world over will have to suffer the c-msequences. A continuance would rcean civil war. The leaflets specify the Irgun Zvai I cumi (extremists who broke away fi-om the Haganah) and the Stern Gang. Botb the Irgun Zvai Leumi and the Stern Gang have achieved surprising successes in recruiting campaigns in the past few weeks, says the British United Press correspondent. It is believed that the st.rength of the Irgun Zvai Leumi which the British military authori-*-jes recently estimatedl to be 4000 to 5000, is now 700Q to 8000. All Jewish and Arab cafes throughout Palestine have been placed out of b vunds to British troops as a security measure to prevent kidnappers, but the ban was relaxed to-night to the cxtent of permitting soldiers to.take mcmbers of the Women's Territorial Service to einemas. Troops Standing-To ^ JERUSALEM, Jan. 5. The army was again ordered to stand to in Jerusalem after receipt of information that more terrorism cculd be expected during the night. Troops to-day completed a twoday house to house search of the Jewish towns Hederah and Kfarata. They detained 29 men and four woraen. The troops searching Hederah found three mines complete with electric detonating- equipment. Hederah is on the main railway 30 miles south of Haifa. Kfarata is near Haifa.