Two hundred orthodox Jews were seized for quest(##)g today when police raided a slum quarter near the main business district of the (##)h section of Jerusalem and uncovered a cache containing a quantity of bombs and British army uniforms. Police also found Stern Group leaflets. In an adjoining factory the raiders discovered a number of boxes similar to those used in booby traps and road mines.
David Remez, chairman of the Jewish National Council, last night told a press conference that the Council had called on all Jewish government officials to remain at their posts regardless of threats. The Jewish community will resist with force to said, any attempt at intimidation of individuals, particularly Officials. Remez also urged all Jews, especially Americans, to identify themselves with the Exodus reformes.
The Irgun last night announced that it was in no way connected with a number of (##) arrested by the Paris police, including American Rabbi Baruch Korff, in an allowed plot to drop leaflets over London.
SPLIT AMONG ARABS WILL HAMPER UNIFIED OPPOSITLY U.N. DECISION
The widening split in the ranks of the Mi{SPAN}(##){/SPAN} Arabs will hamper any uni{SPAN}(##){/SPAN}d opposition to a United Nations solution of two {SPAN}(##){/SPAN} problem, informed observers of Middle East affairs predicted today.
Within Palestine, the Husseini faction, directed by the Mufti from his Egyptism exile, are marshalling all their forces to crush growing opposition, which is contered around Musa el Alami, director of the Arab Office, propaganda agency of the Arab League. As a result of Husseini threats, eight of their opponents, including (##)na Aspour, Arab labor leader and a supporter of Alami, have fled to Lebanon.
Meanwhile, King Abdullah of Transjordan, one of the Husseinite’s arch enemies, (##) continuing his efforts to create a Greater Syria, which would take in Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan and — of great interest to the Husseini group — the Arab section of a partitioned Palestine. It is learned that the commanding staff of the Transjordan Frontier Force, Abdullah’s British-trained crack desert troops, has received scaled orders, which are to be opened when the “signal” is given. All leaves have been cancelled. On the other hand, Ibn Saud is reported urging Syria and Lebanon to sign treaties with him, aimed at stopping Abdullah.
Thus, the British-inspired picture of a unified Arab Middle East ready to precipitate violent bloodshed in Palestine if the U.N. decision runs counter to their (##)shes, seems, at the least, somewhat exaggerated.
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