BRITISH MOVE APPROVED

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25301, 29 September 1947, Page 7

BRITISH MOVE APPROVED

“HERALD TRIBUNE’S” COMMENT

“AS WISE AS IT IS HONOURABLE ” (Rec. 10.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 27“The statement by Mr Creech Jones should relieve Britain of any further allegations that hers is a policy of selfish Imperialism motivated by greed for oil or military bases or power,” says the “New York Herald Tribune” in a leading article. “But it relieves her also of the pressure of passionate factions.

“Neither Zionists nor Arabs can any longer look to the achievement of their ends by browbeating Britain into securing them. American politicians can no longer stop short with lofty denunciations of the policies Britain is out to pursue while at the same time tacitly expecting Britain to sustain all the political, economic, and strategic interests whiph are of importance to America in that area. “The United Nations will have to deal with the problem on its own merits, and American policy within the United Nations will have to stand on its own responsibility. “The British withdrawal from the Palestine problem is going to cause serious difficulties, just as has the withdrawal of the British Raj from India, and, much as has happened in India, many of the bitterest critics of the mandate are going to realise with its collapse that the mapdate had its values.

“Whatever difficulties or perils may now ensue, we believe that the British decision is as wise as it is honourable. The mandate has clearly proved unworkable. The way in which it distributed the various powers and responsibilities concerned was an impossible one. There could be no end to the bloody chaos of Palestine while that condition continued. “Grave as are the issues with which the British withdrawal confronts all concerned, it provides the best hope for all concerned of achieving a viable solution.”