The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-22
ZION MANDATE
TRANSFER TO
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LONDON, July % d.N.S).
Geoffrey Mander. laborite, served
notice in the House of Commons
today he will ask Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain on Tuesday
whether he would consider the ad-
visibility of proposing that the
United States take over the man
date of Palestine.
Mander said he would suggest
such a proposal be placed before
the League of Nations in view OF
Britain'S refusal to continue to
administer the mandate"
Meanwhile. Britain's plan to par
tition Palestine suffered a severe
setback today as the House OF
Commons, in a story session, unan-
imously agreed to refrain from
voting on the scheme for the time
being.
The partition plan would divide
the Holy Land into three states,
one Jewish, the second Arab, ana
the third remaining under British
rule.
The government dropped its de-
mand for immediate parliament
tary endorsement of the scheme,
which has aroused widespread
criticism among Jews and IN
other quarters. and accepted
compromise resolution which will
have the effect of deferring &C.
ton on the plan and placing the
matter in the lap of the League
Of Nations.
Up to League
The resolution stated that the
partition plan should be brought
before the League Of Nations with
a view to enabling His Majesty'S
government after adequate inquiry
to present to Parliament a def
mite scheme"
This temporary solution was
proposed by Former Chancellor Of
the Exchequer winston Churchill.
Thus, the government averted
the possibility of a defeat in its
own Parliament on the proposal,
submitted by a royal commission
and supported in a cabinet white
paper, that an Arab and a Jewish
state, together with British-man-
dated area, be created in the Holy
Land.
At the same time, the action af-
fords other nations, including the
United States which has a pact
with Britain on Palestine, to ad-
vance their views on the bitterly.
contested scheme which Lloyd
George recently termed a "be-
trayal of 16 million Jews"
Blow to Partition
It also gives Arab and Jewish
leaders an opportunity to attempt
negotiating an agreement settling
their differences permanently-an
agreement which if achieved might
lead to abandonment of the parti-
ton plan.
The royal commissions plan. to-
gether with the British white
paper supporting it and proposing
temporary restrictions on jewish
immigration to Palestine, will be
presented to the League in eight
days. If approved at Geneva, the
plan in a more detailed form will
then be again submitted to the
British parliament.
But if the League disapproves,
the plan is almost certain to be
abandoned because Geneva has
the authority to decide on altering
the mandate.
Vote Motion Dropped
The government accepted
Churchill's amendment shortly
before midnight, then dropped its
own original motion calling for an
immediate vote Of approval Of the
royal commissions report.
After a laborite amendment,
calling for consideration of the
plan by a joint parliamentary COM
mission from commons and the
house Of lords, had been turned
down. Churchill formally moved
his amendment which was later
revised by Lloyd George to read
as follows:
ITO ensure that the proposals
contained in the White Paper re-