The special status accorded by the British Government to the Jewish Agency under the provisions of the Palestine Mandate will terminate when the Mandate ends on May 15, Foreign. Secretary Ernest Bavin announced in the House of Commons today. Future relations between the government and Zionist authorities, he said, will depend on the course of events in Palestine.He added that he is unaware of allegations made by the Irgun that non-Arabs have been fighting against the Jewish forces in Palestine.
The Colonial Office revealed that British military experts who examined Arab artillery used in shelling Jerusalem have ascertained that the weapons are not of British make. At the same time, a Colonial Office spokesman categorically repudiated the charges made by the U.H. Palestine Commission in its report to the special session of the General Assembly that Britain did not cooperate with the Commission.
The Archbishop of Canterbury addressing the British Council of Churches today, said that “the United Nations has shown itself extremely dilatory end ineffective in the whole of the dealings with the problem of Palestine.” He urged the immediate appointment of a U.N. Governor-General who would be responsible for the peace and safety of Jerusalem.
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