Evening star., 1948-04-17
Council Orders
Jews and Arabs
ToEnd Fighting
Neither Fuction Gives
indication of Heedinq
U. N. Directives
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, April H.
The United Nations Security
Council today told the Jews and
Arabs to stop fighting in Pales-
tine, but there is no indication
either faction will abide by the
order.
The Council laid down six specific
truce directives to the two factions
but at the last minute killed a pro-
vision to send U. N commission
to the Holy Land to check on COM
pliance.
The final vote came at 2:19 am.
after five and a half hours of de-
bate and paragraph by paragraph
balloting. The emergency night ses-
sion started only few hours after
adjournment of the first meeting of
a special General Assembly session
on the Palestine problem.
Gromyko Abstains.
Russia refused to support the truce
proposal, but Andrei A.. Gromyko
withheld his big-power veto and ab-
stained. The Soviet Ukraine joined
Russia as usual. This made the final
ballot 9 to o.
-Four provisions were passed unan-
imously. On two, Russia and the
Ukraine abstained.
There was no assurance that
either the Jewish Agency for Pal
estine or the Arab Higher Commit
tee, representatives of Palestine
Jews and Arabs, would lay down
their arms. Direct efforts to bring
them together failed previously and
the Council drafted detailed truce
terms in move to get their ac-
ceptance and bring peace to the
Holy Land.
Moshe Shertok, head of the agen-
cy's political department., told the
Council in the midst of the voting
that the plan could not succeed un-
less the U. N. sent commission
to the scene.
AS mandatory power in Palestine,
the British have the responsibility
for bringing the Arabs and Jews
together. Both factions refused
comment here. Indications were
that the British would deal with
the two groups on the spot. There
is no direct enforcement provision
Of the truce terms.
Commission Plan Beaten.
Mr.. Gromyko refused to support
the plan because the Council over
rode his demands that Arab armed
bands be ordered to leave Palestine.
Only the Ukraine supported him.
Russia also opposed ban on politi-
cal activity in the Holy Land.
. The provision for a U. N. COM
mission was beaten when delegates
could not agree on the makeup of
such a body. A vote finally was
taken on a move to send three
members of Secretary General
Trygve Lies staff. 1t fell one vote
short of the necessary seven when
the United States, Argentina, Brit
ain, Belgium and Syria abstained.
The United States wanted the con-
suls in Jerusalem to serve on the
commission.
The truce terms direct the Jews
and Arabs to end all military ac-
tivities, violence, terrorism and
sabotage; refrain from bringing into
Palestine armed bands and fighting
personnel; stop importing weapons
and war materials, and cease all
political activity.
The Jews fought hardest against
the political activity clause, con-
tending that the Council was in ef-
feet overturning the 1947 Assembly's
decision to partition Palestine into
Jewish and Arab nations.
Passage of the truce proposal was
viewed as clearing the way for the
United States to push its plan in
the Assembly for an interim U. N.
trusteeship. The truce takes effect
Immediately and extends until the
British give up their mandate rule.
London insists the date will be May
IS.
The General Assembly will open
full-scale debate Monday morning
on reconsideration of the whole
Palestine problem, including the
1947 partition scheme. A powerful
Arab-Latin American bloc yesterday
swept DR.. Jose Arce of Argentina
into office as president of the special
session.
Mrs. Roosevelt in Brussels