Evening star., 1948-10-19
U.N.CouncifVotes Unanimously
For Immediate, Effective Truce
In Southern Palestine Fighting
Bunche Clashes With
Israel Representative
On Cause of Conflict
BY the Assoeioisd Press

PARIS, Oct. 19.-The United
Nations Security Council today
unanimously ordered an imme-
diate and effective cease-fire by
Jews and Arabs in the Southern
Palestine desert fighting.
The Council acted swiftly on the
report of its interim mediator, DR.
Ralph j. Bunche, on the battle be.
tween Israeli troops and Egyptians
for the Negeb desert.
Egypt had announced previously
that she would accept DR.. Bunche's
request for a three-day cease-fire
Israel rejected it. Israel planes
today bombed GAIA, Egyptian troop
base and seat of the recently formed
Arab Palestine government, for the
fourth straight day. The Egyptian
air force, hitting back for the first
time, was reported to have bombed
the Jewish settlements in Mir Am
and Dorot.
Cease-Fire Voted First.
The 1l-nation Council first voted
8 to 0, With Russia and the Soviet
Ukraine abStaining, to adopt a
resolution calling for cease-fire
and instructing Dr. Bunche to ne
gotiate a settlement of the Negeh
dispute. Syria proposed this reso-
luton.
Russia objected to combining the
cease-flre with the negotiations and
asked for reconsideration of the res
olution by sections. Russia and the
Ukraine then voted for the cease
fire, but abstained on the other Sec
ton of the resolution.
The reversal of procedure by the
Security Council on Syria's Negeh
resolution was unprecedented, but
legal experts said IL was proper.
The Council never before had
pulled back resolution already
adopted in order to vote on it by
sections. The procedure was or
dered at Russian insistance by
Warren R. Austin, American dele
gate, the october president, who is
sitting as chairman on all issues
except the Berlin dispute.
Bernadotte Probe Report Asked.
The Council also adopted unan-
imously British Chinese resolution
calling on Israel to report soon on
any progress in the inquiry into the
assassination of the mediator, Count
Folke Bernadotte. The same resolu-
tion asked more cooperation from
both Jews and Arabs with the truce
supervisors.
The Council then adjourned, to
prepare for its afternoon meeting on
the Berlin crisis.
The Israeli representative in Paris
and DR.. Bunche clashed during the
Council hearing over the causes of
the fighting. Israel charged the Sc
curity Council was mot completely
and accurately informed" by DR..
Bunche on the jewish Egyptian
fighting in the Negeb.
Israel Declared Hindering Work.
DR.. Bunche retorted that Israel
had made the work of the truce OBJ
servers increasingly difficult.
Aubrey S. Eban, Israel's repre-
sentative here, said a true report
by DR.. Bunche would have told OF
double violations by Egypt" of the
mediator's rulings on the use of con-
voys in the disputed Negeb desert
area.
We are painfully aware of the
complete unity of some political
factors" involved in the problem OF
the Negeb, Mr.. Eban said. He said
Israel refuses to let the Negeb be
pinched off. Under the original
Palestine partition plan the Neget
was to be Jewish territory, but
Count Bernadotte recommended in
his last report that it be given to
the Arabs.
Bunche Asks Prompt Action.
AS the Council took up the new
truce-shattering war in Southern
Palestine at the interim mediator's
urgent request, DR.. Bunche urged
prompt action to end the fighting.
He told the Council Israel's reply
10 MS appeal Tor a three-day cease
fire in the new Negeb desert fight
ing amounts to a rejection" He
said Egypt had accepted the cease
fire and agreed that the dispute
over Southern Palestine could be
negotiated in Cairo and Tel Aviv
Mahmoud Fawzi of Egypt ex-
pressed the deep concern of the
Egyptian government regarding
events in the Negeb" and declared
Egypt expects the Security Council
to\stand up to its own responsible
ties"
DR.. Bunche said Israel had re-
fused to accept u. N. control OF
aerial supply of settlements in the
Negeb, and accepted only the U. N
plan for use of the same crossroads
(See u. N, Page A-6.)