MARTIAL LAW THREAT IN PALESTINE REMAINS

Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5317, 1 February 1947, Page 5

MARTIAL LAW THREAT IN PALESTINE REMAINS

LONDON, January 31. The Palestine Government announced that plans for the impositioit of statutory martial law in certain areas rf Palestine are ready for immediate introduction, but will not be brought into effect at once because the Government's ultimatum for the release of the two officials kidnapped earlier this week has been complied with by Jewish terrorists. The British United Press' correspondent in Jerusalem says that doetors of the British seetion of the Government hospital where Major H. I. Collins, deputy-Director of the Palestine Government Light Industries Department, is recuperating, have informecl the authorities that Major Collins "can be considered unharmed." It was a condition -for non-imple-mentation of the threat to establish statutory martial law that Major Coflins and Judge Windham who was released earlier, should both be returned unharmed.

Police and military authorities today searched the house of Rabbi Fishman, chairman of the Jewish agency executive in Palestine. The agency immediately protested to the British High Commissioner, General . SiT Alan Cunningham. British troops swooped on two Jewish "suburbs in Jerusalem at dawn today in a hu,nt for the cave where where Major "Collins was held captive. The Irgun Zvai Leumi secret radio broadcast a Avarning to both the Government and military authorities that the Irgun Zvai Leumi would be future go into action the moment any of its members were condemned to death without waiting to see whether there was a comm'utation.