Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-11-15
Delay in Partitioning
OF Palestine Until
Oct. |, 1913, Seen
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 15-The pos
sibility arose today that the proposed
partition of Palestine into sovereign
Arab and Jewish countries might be
delayed until october 1, 1913.
This situation was created as a
result of Britain's declaration that
British troops could not be with
drawn from the Holy Land before
August /.
Under United States-Soviet
compromise plan for enforcement
of partition, the British would
terminate their mandate over Pales-
tine by May and independence OF
the Arab and Jewish countries would
become effective July l.
But in view of Britain's announced
withdrawal deadline, members of a
four-power United Nations working
group, including the United States
and Russia, suggested that the dates
for termination of the mandate and
independence may have to be
changed.
Korean Commission Voted.
The working group, composed of
American, Russian, Canadian and
Guatemalan representatives on a
U. N. Palestine Subcommittee,
scheduled a session at Lake Sue
cess today to consider change In
the dates and to iron out minor
points on proposed U. N. admins
tration of the Holy Land.
A United Nations Korean indie
pendence Commission. the third and
last big project put through the U.
N. by Secretary Of State Marshall,
was approved finally yesterday by
the General Assembly.
| The Soviet bloc Immediately con-
frmed that it would boycott this
group amidst indications that the
Russians might bar the commission
from the Soviet military occupation
zone in Northern Korea:
The Assembly voted 43 to 0 for
the United States plan for the
commission created to supervise the
setting up of an independent Korea.
The delegates batted down, "a to 7,
a revived Soviet proposal calling for
withdrawal of United States and
Russian troops from Korea by jan
uary l. Egypt. which has called
repeatedly on the Security Council
to order the withdrawal of British
troops now on treaty stations on
her territory, sided with the six
Soviet bloc nations on that vote.
1913 Site to Be Picked.
The General Assembly scheduled
another plenary session today at
Flushing Meadow Park to decide
whether to hold the 1948 Assembly
meeting in Europe.
An observer who attended last
nights session of the four power
Palestine working party said sew
eral suggestions had been made for
changing the headlines for termina-
ton of the British mandate and
independence Of the Arab and Jew
ish countries.
One suggestion was that the in
dependence date should be moved
to May / and leave the Arab and
Jewish countries to negotiate with
the British withdrawal. General
concensus was that this suggestion
would be rejected as impracticable.
The other suggestion was that
Britain terminate her mandate All
gust l, the date the British set as a
withdrawal deadline, and that the
independence of the two countries
be moved to october /.
Russia was understood to oppose
any alteration of the May l and
July l dates, while other members
Of the working group appeared to
agree that some change was neces-
sary because of the British state
ment that withdrawal could not be
accomplished until August /.
Paraguay has staged quick eco
nomic comeback since the end OF
its civil war last August