CONDITIONS IN JERUSALEM: CITY’S RECOVERY .

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 August 1948, Page 6

CONDITIONS IN JERUSALEM: CITY’S RECOVERY .

LONDON, August 23. “The Jewish New City of Jerusalem under its military governor is recovering remarkably from effects of the siege," says the Jerusalem correspondent of The Times. “Shops are well stocked by supplies from the city’s corridor to the sea. Those who can afford high _ blackmarket prices are able to maintain a high standard of living. Queues for water have shortened considerably since the emergency supply improved. “However, the military situation is tense, with the people openly cynical of the United Nations’ truce efforts. They ask: ‘Which will end first the so-called truce or the trucemakers’ vocabulary.’ ” , “Jews and Arabs argued for five hours in a Syrian Catholic monastery near the Damascus Gate in no-man’s-land while mortar shells thudded and bullets whined outside,’' says the Jerusalem correspondent ol the Associated Press. “They discussed the restoring of neutrality to a Jewish agricultural school for girls and an Arab college which the Jews occupied although the college and the school are supposed to be controlled by the Red Cross. “United nations observers arranged the meeting, which began amicably with the Jews and Arabs shaking hands, but they soon accused each other of truce violations. The Arabs insisted that the Jews evacuate both points and withdraw 300 yards.”