BRITISH PLANS UNALTERED

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25449, 22 March 1948, Page 7

BRITISH PLANS UNALTERED

The British Colonial Secretary (Mr A- Greeeh Jonps) emphasised in ths? House of Commons to-day that Britain did not intend to retain authority fo Palestine after May 15. He said that foe Goyernmept"Wld Prily hope that, foe United Nations urotjld then be.ip a position to fake over. Jt wag impossible to foresee what woqfo happen alter May 15, but Bri? tain had done everything to ensure an orderly transfer of power to the Palestine Commission. The Jerusalem correspondent of the British United Press says that the Chief Secretary (Sir Henry Gurney) hap invited Arab and Jewish religious leaders t<f confer about the fate of thp Old City of Jerusalem after foe

Hritisn leave. Jerusalem proper would be aq international city under the Unitefl Nations partition plan. The chairman of the Supreme Moslem Council replied that he would not confer with the Jewish rabbis. The Cfuet Rabbi is consulting the Jewish Agency before reßlylng. Deaths IB fighting in Paieatiqe on SW.h^mrr^T/^ l) ' iin<! A oand qf 50 armpd Jew? stpppeel two trucks in tri a Hgjfe diitrict, ordered the 13 Argb eceqigntg out. and then opened fire, killing nine and wounding three. Trie thirteenth man escaped. It is officially stated that Arabs have cqt foe east-weef highway between Haifa and the Reisan valley by blowing up three bridges.