Evening star., 1948-06-12
Charges Of Violations
Threaten 10 Blow Up
Truce in Palestine
Arabs Reserve Right Of
Quick ReprisoI Action,
Note to Bernudotte Says
By the Associoted Press

CAIRO, June 12.-Charges of
violations by both sides threat
ened to blow up Palestine's
powder-keg truce today.
The Arab government reserve the
right of quick action in reply to
criminal Zionist attacks" an Arab
League note to the United Nations
mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte,
warned. An Arab League repre-
sentative routed the mediator out of
his bed before dawn to give him the
message.
The eews also warned that viola
tions would provoke Jewish counter
attack, and they charged the truce,
now in its second day, had been
broken in several Palestine sectors.
Bernadotte Leaves Cairo.
Count Bernadotte and his aides
left Cairo by plane early today for
the Greek Island of Rhodes, by way
of Trans-Jordan and Jerusalem, to
begin preparations for peace talks.
He said the truce violation charges
were being investigated. A high
Jewish officer held out a veiled
threat of reprisal bombings against
Arab capitals as he accused the
Arabs of breaking the truce.
Count Bernadotte said he planned
to fy to Amman, Trans-Jordan,
and then to Jerusalem and later
today to Rhodes. He added this
schedule was subject to change.
He told reporters Swedish and
American military observers had
arrived in the Holy Land and gone
to the scenes of reported truce
infractions. He had no reports from
them yet. He explained that COM
we're poor between Cairo
and Palestine.
U. N. Group With Bernadotte.
The truce, to last four weeks,
began yesterday morning. 1t was
arranged to give Count Bernadotte
a chance to negotiate for permanent
peace in the Holy Land.
Israel, the Jewish state proclaimed
when Britain gave up her rule over
Palestine, May Is. since then has
been fighting with invasion armies
of six Arab countries, helped by
Palestine Arabs.
With Count Bernadotte on his
flight was group of U. N. men.
Among them were DR.. Ralph
Bunche, personal representative of
Secretary General Trygve Lie, and
William Stoneman, on Mr.. Lies
staff.
Col. Thord Bonde of Sweden,
chief of military truce observers, was
left in charge of the mediator's staff
remaining in Cairo.
Will Return to Cairo.
The mediator plans to return to
Cairo Tuesday to begin talks with
of Arab governments
now gathering here for a meeting
Monday of the Arab League Political
Committee.
In these talks he is expected to
explore the possibility OF getting
Arabs to attend a peace conference
with Jewish authorities and him.
self on Rhodes. No time for the pro-
posed conference has been men,
toned, but it is not considered likely
in less than a week.
The note handed to Count Berna-
dotte by the Arabs before he left
said their countries cannot "tol-
crate Jewish violations of the truce"
and warned that if such continue.
the Arabs will lose their patience"
The note was, drafted shortly after
midnight at d meeting called by
Secretary General Abdel Rahman
Azzam Pasha of the Arab League.
Israeli's Issue Warning.
The chief of operations of the
Jewish high command said in Tel
Aviv last night that Arabs had vio-
lated the truce on the northern.
central and southern fronts. He
warned that the Israeli army might