Evening star., 1948-08-02
Case Of Arab Refugees.
From Palestine Goes
lou. n. Council Today.
by the Assoeiofed Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 2.-The
Security Council takes up an
urgent Arab-Jewish refugee
problem today.
The British asked the Council to
meet. They are concerned mainly
about 100000 Arab refugees who
fed their homes in Palestine before
Israeli forces.
In Cairo Sir Raphael Cilento,
sent to the Middle East by the U. N.
to survey the refugee problem, said
that disease and hunger threaten
the refugees.
There still fingers doubt about
the cholera possibility among the
refugees but we think and hope 1t
is ended he said, adding there Is
also malaria in some areas in some
seasons"
If the Arabs cannot be sent back
to their homes in Palestine, Sir
Raphael said, they will be resettled
"and settlement so far has been
difficult problem.
Hopes to Set Up Plan in Week.
Sir Raphael said he hopes to set
up a plan for meeting the refugees
immediate needs within week. The
immediate objective, he said, is toI
find out how many refugees there
are, where they are and how they
are dispersed.
Count Folke Bernadotte, the U. N
mediator, said yesterday that he has
recommended to the Security Coun-
Gil that Arab refugees be permitted
freely to return to their homes in
Jewish held areas of Palestine dur
ing the present truce regardless of
Jewish objections.
He said that if the council does
not compel the Jews to accept the
Arab repatriation, international re-
lief organizations are expected to
extend aid to countries where the
refugees are sheltered.
Oppose Cyprus Detention.
For their part, Israeli authorities
announced they would protest to
the Security Council against what
they said is the detention by Britain
of 10000 Jewish refugees in Cyprus.
| A British spokesman said the only
Jews being detained on Cyprus are
men of military age, as required by
/ the May 20 resolution of the Sc
curity Council setting up truce
terms for Palestine. He said other
Jews are going to Palestine regu-
larly from Cyprus.
The British have another problem
for the Council today. 1t is a reso-
luton demanding that Israel free
five Britons seized by Irgun zVai
Leumi on July 6 in Jerusalem.
Jews Promise Justice.
The British say these men were
taken from a power station flying
the flags of the Councils three-na-
ton truce commission.
The Jews answered that the men
were seized in their homes and
that orderly justice would be done
in their cases. They were charged
with espionage and security viola
tionS
A BRUSH spokesman Salu Ills uele-
CATION hoped that the Council by an
expression of opinion could guide
U. N. relief agencies and nations |.
concerned to take some action for
the refugees. He said the British
believe that no plan for Palestine
can ignore the refugees, both Jews
and Arabs.
Israeli Blame Arab Invasion.
Israeli sources indicated the Jews
would be opposed to the return now
of the refugees.
The Israeli delegation at the
U. N. issued statement last night
saying the plight of the Arab retu-
gees is result of the invasion of
Palestine by Arab armies in war
against the U. N. Palestine decision,
The statement said those who
made the war and supported 1t
must, bear the responsibility 1t
added that the solution OF the Arab
problem can be discussed fruit
fully" only when there is assurance