Evening star., 1947-10-10
BY the Associated Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Oct. TO-
The armies of five Arab nations
started moving today, translat-
ing into action last nights Arab
League resolutions calling on
the Arab world to defend Pal
estine from Zionism with men
and money.
War Office spokesmen in Lebanon
and Syria said troops of those two
countries bordering on Palestine had
begun rolling at midnight and were
"maneuvering" near the frontier.
Troops of King Abdullahs Arab
legion of Trans-Jordan, reputedly
the largest and best-equipped mill
tary force in the oil-rich Middle
East, started massing along the
River Jordan in half dozen hastily
spotted camps.
The Lebanon press said mecha-
nized patrols of this force were rang
ing along the whole length of Pales-
tines eastern boundary in readiness
for what the papers called invasion
of Eastern Palestine.
Egyptians Prepare for Worst.
To the south. reliable sources in
Beirut said, Egyptian forces were
preparing to move into. the Sinai
Desert, and Saundi Arabian cavalry
was reported crossing into Egyptian
territory at the invitation of the
Egyptian government to participate
in cordoning off the Holy Land with
a ring of steel.
Seven Saudi Arabian airplanes
were reported unofficially to have
landed at Egyptian airdromes.
Emir Magid Arslan, Lebanon's
war minister, said "of course we
cannot disclose the movements OF
our forces" but sources close to the
War Ministry estimated a mobile
force of 1000 Lebanese soldiers
reached the Palestine frontier be-
fore dawn today.
Members of the Syrian delegation
to the Arab League Council re-
fused comment on the movements
of Syrian troops.
(Ahmad Sharabati, Syria's de-
fense minister, said in Damascus
today that Syrian troops were
quartered along the border and
other sources said large scale
maneuvers were scheduled to be-
gin near the frontier tomorrow.
Sharabati said the troops were
at the disposal of the Arab
League.
Iraqi Troops Sought.
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha, sec
retary-general of the Arab League,
who disclosed last night that actual
troop movements were under way to
implement the League councils res
olutions, flew to Amman today with
Premier Salih Jabur, repeatedly to
ask Abdullah's permission to put
Iraqi troops into Trans-Jordan to
support the Eastern flank of the
armed Gordon around Palestine.
The leagues resolution last night
said the decision to use troops and
money to back up Palestine's Arabs
Was l1lGGllQCu W COullICI udldilCC
what the Arabs called terrorist Or
ganizations and Zionist forces
which threaten the security of
Palestine Arabs"
It called on the four states which
border directly on Palestine-Egypt,
Ttans-Jordan, Syria and Lebanon
Ito take military precautions on
Palestine boundaries"
Defense Funds Asked.
These four were instructed by the
same resolution TO make arrange
ments for participation in the con-
templated military measures by the
other three members Of the Arab
League-Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Ye-
men.
The resolution also called on Arab
nations to set aside funds to help
Palestine Arabs strengthen their de-
fenseS.
cat Lake Success, N. Y. spokes-
men for Britain and for the Jew
ish Agency for Palestine mini
mized the Importance of the Arab
(See PALESTINE, Page A-3)