European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse Page the stars and stripes May 1948 Palestine withdrawal Marks diplomatic failure radar eyes4 soon to help River British attribute part of to others by Hal Cooper i Ondon washed hands of Palestine today after 30 fruitless years of trying to satisfy jewish ambitions in the holy land without inflaming the surrender of the mandate marked the failure of a diplomatic venture which began wit a the Balfour declaration of 1917 his majesty government View with favour the establishment in pal Estine of a National Home for the jewish after three decades there still no established jewish Horne but the As they stepped left no doubt that in their opinion a great share of the blame belonged ruffled relations More than a year in words Anglo american for one of the few times since the beginning of the second world foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin pointed his Finger at the he told the House of commons flatly that president Truman muddied the Waters in Palestine by making a political statement urging immediate admission of when Bevin had a peaceful solution in a for the even its Best friends could hardly claim that it had distinguished itself in this major test of its ability to Settle postwar conflicts by peace Ful so the mandate ended amid diplomatic the jews and Flie arabs went ahead writing and blood their own answer to a problem which had of the worlds Forer the problem wag born of world War i in the course of fighting that War in the Middle the British had found it expedient to make certain assurances to the on one Side and the arabs on the in sir Henry then High commissioner Egypt under the British exchanged a number of letters the sheriff this correspondence promised the tabs their whether Promise included or Wasin tended to include their in Palestine is still declaration Given then j bal British foreign Bis famous lord a Leader of world it read majesty government View with Lavour the establishment in of a National Thom for the jewish will use their Best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which May the British mandate Over Palestine is ended and troops equipment leaving that troubled heavy including As these 25pound is being sent to British forces in other parts of the Middle East leaving behind an unsolved problem in the holy prejudice the civil and religious rights existing no jewish in Palestine or the rights and political status enjoyed by other this sentiment had been endorsed in Advance by president Wilson and in the following year was to Winthe formal approval of the French and italian gov the declaration gave new Confidence to zionists who had been working for a Long time for restoration of Palestine As a Center of jewish the who had been there for 13 were not so Zion captured in the British captured Palestine from the it was held As a territory conquered from the enemy until when the league of nations made it a British under the a mandate1 was a device a member nation was Given the Job of establishing and maintaining a responsible emment territories taken from the Central Powers in the the Balfour declaration was made a part of the preamble to the mandate the preamble the historical connection of the jewish people with Palestine an9 the grounds for reconstituting their Home in that it said As the mandate would be responsible for placing the country under such administrative and economic conditions As will secure the establishment of the jewish National it directed the British to Safe guard the civil and rights of All the inhabitants of irrespective of race or and it added the administration of pales while ensuring that the rights and position of other Sec nurse5 simplifies i i travelling in Auto with baby new Jug dark inflatable infants mattress that doubles As a Bathtub Auto seat and folds up to fit into a Large sized riot in was demonstrated this turned the Bot Tom of the Well forms a Flat mat Tress surface with the for Olicer than bathing Pur the mattress is covered with a Cotton Slipcover with a Chest to hold the child and Corner the called air with which to pin or tie the is especially for travelling with it was demonstrated with a 6months old child who appeared about to outgrow it i constructed of mattress to another the balloon mattress becomes a chair pad simple Why bending it in the and it in a car set or the child re Mains supported by the Chest Tress is shaped like a rubber life the seat itself must be Well bulging sides and propped or anchored by the Cor cushioned Well in the ners for tons of the population shall facilitate jewish immigration under suitable editions shall encourage close settlement by jews on the including state lands and waste lands not for Public against the wishes of the Zion East of the Jordan was excluded from Theresa of the land and made into the separate mandate of with military and financial Aid from the British it developed into the Independent government controlled by King the jews poured into where in 1922 the had made up Only or per of the the coastal Plains flowered under their modern farming they acquired land right and and they built new including the Model Community of in 16 years their number a grown to about compared with arabs Knost 38 per cent of the friction rows Pripton grew Between the jews and the who saw their majority in the holy land rapidly another world War was coming and the British wanted str Feiri the East the result was the British paper of and the trouble really the White paper provided Foz the establishment within ten years of an Independent Palestine state governed jointly by the jews and it said jewish immigration Dur ing that tune would be at rate which would bring the jewish population to about on third of the lands to satisfy the it provided that no More jews would be and ratted thereafter without permit Sion the Palestine the High commissioner was empowered to regulate or prohibit further land transfers to the the zionists refused to accept these the White papets they was not recognized by the permanent mandates commit sign of the league of nations and had no Legal Waves of illegal jewish in migration As the jewish population solid friction with the saw their fears of becoming a on the Way to in an Anglo american commission reviewed the whole situation but failed agree on a n american members said the mediate addition of jewish refugee from Europe must be a part of any and pro posed outright partition into jewish and Arab the British proposed to split Palestine up into and mandate they said that existing circumstances the question of immigration a Tild have to Bevin began negotiating with jews and arabs on that basis about that time president tru Man issued a it the eve of in the Middle of the 1946 election the president urged that Steps be taken the earliest possible moment to admit jewish refugees to endorsed a plan by the jewish political body rep resenting the Palestine jews under the to create a he rejected the Ara jewish x provinces Bevin bitter i believe he that substantial immigration into Palestine cannot await a solution to the Palestine problem and that it should begin at in to parliament the following Bevin was bitter about he reviewed the Progress negotiations with jews and arabs during the fore part of 1946 i interviewed jewish representatives and tried hard to get them to come Inland face the Issue and i profoundly regret that they did not those1 who been trained in England and English customs wanted to come in but the jewish very largely dominated from new would not come and it was the gentlemen there that i had to Deal with so the would not join the con Ference unless we would commit ourselves in Advance to a jewish either partitioned or As a i years May 1943 the Navy announces yanks have landed on Attu the May 1944 chinese troops a new offensive at the Burma Border to link up with Stilwell Ledo forces in the May 1945 following the German Suri Japan severs All ties May 1946 the american express takes Over operation of London Tours by a personnel May 1947 the 1st combat the 1st celebrates its 101st anniversary at Washington the Eye that sees through the is going to work to help army engineers Are using radar to map 981 Miles of the Ohio Riv one of the nation if busiest in land radar navigation charts will soon be available to River pilots and captains to Spetti trips and make them if the charts prove As Success Ful 33 the engineers Simi Lar mapping projects May be Carr out on other Waterways such As the Illinois and Missouri Rivers and the Tal and on the great Lake they should prove especially valuable for navigating through heavy rain overcast Ordinary navigation beacons and markers not easily the skipper of River boat equipped with radar and a set of the hew chars theoretically would be Able to steer his Craft the River without stepping out Side the Pilot House by checking the radar picture of his surrounding with the he could fix his position almost Tell How far is from the River Banks and what obstructions Are in the mexican Oil i for firms Oil barred from Mexico for 10 years since expropriation by the win resume operations Here the government Oil has announced that con tracts have been signed with the cities service to Prospect foot Oil and develop new previous reports said th5 government also was negotiating with the Phil lips Petroleum the Texas the Sun Oil and possibly the signal pal in announcing the cities service contract did not give de but private sources said the Oil would assume the Cost of drilling if they Lyt a dry Seffl the company but if the Well is a producer the com Pany will get a percentage and Lemex companies into Mexico follows developments Mexico allo it Effort to find and produce More Oil As a Means of building up her Dohar Washington recent interest i developing new Oil readily accessible to the to ease of t r and 161 May editor Nachlel i Summers 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