PARTITION OF PALESTINE

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22231, 23 October 1937, Page 15

PARTITION OF PALESTINE

WORKING OUT PLAN VIGOROUS MEASURES TO CHECK TERRORISM FULL SUPPORT FOR MILITARY AUTHORITIES (BRITISH OFFICIAL 'WIRELESS.) (Received October 22, 7.30 p.m.) RUGBY, October 21. In answer to a question in the House of Commons about Palestine the Colonial Secretary (Mr W. Orm b—Gore) said: "In th' light of resolutions passed by the council and the assembly of the League of Nations, the British Government regards itself as free to undertake investigations for working out a scheme of partition on the general lines recommended in the report of the Royal Commission. It is accordingly proposed to appoint a further special body to submit proposals after a local inquiry which Parliament and the council of the League of Nations will be invited to approve. "The House would agree that an immediate and primary duty of the British Government and the Pales-

tine Administration was to take vigorous measures to combat terrorism, protect the lives of its officers, and restore the effective authority of the British Administration in Palestine." Asked if he was satisfied that the Grand Mufti would be operating against Great Britain during the whole period of the- mandate, Mr Ormbsy-Gore replied: "Yes." He announced the appointment of the present inspector-general of police in Nigeria to succeed the retiring inspector of police in Palestine, and of Sir Charles Tegart to visit Palestine on a temporary mission to advise on police organisation. Sir Charles Tegart's record in Bengal, where he dealt with conditions of acute difficulty, including terrorist activities, would be of immense value to the Palestine Administration. While disclaiming any approval of reprisals on innocent persons, the Colonial Secretary declared that the military authorities and police in Palestine would have the British Government's full support in dealing with the campaign of murder and outrage. MORE IMMIGRANTS QUOTA ANNOUNCED OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE CONTINUE LONDON, October 21. An ordinance has been issued permitting 8000 Jewish immigrants to Palestine for the period ending on March 31, 1938. A former Cambridge student, the Jewish Nobel Prize winner, Avinoam Yellin, who was senior inspector of Jewish schools, was shot on his office doorstep. His condition is critical. Shots again punctured the Iraq oil pipe line at Beisan, which was repaired by a gang of welders who hurried to the scene. A bus on the main road to Jaffa was fired on and stoned. Four Jews were slightly injured by glass and splinters. Further shots were fired at the Lydda aerodrome.