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HOLY WAR
PLANNED
Crisis Over
Partition
By "The Age" Special Corres
pondent and A. A. P.
, JERUSALEM, Oct. 9.
As the U.N. s Palestine-
Commifteevdebated yester
day .the future of the Holy
Land —
The- cxllea: ex-Mufti of Jeru
salem: (Ha|. Anun- el Husseini) left
his: religious; sanctuary Jn : Egypt
and- .flew to- Beirut in 'Syria for
meetings with the council of '.the
Arab League.
Nearly . 1000 Irak sheiks and
9000. other -. tribesmen were pre
paring to attend a conference .at
Hllla on plans 'for a "Holy War"
in defence of Palestine..;.- ;
Arabs:. ln - Syria'; -began ;ian:-,iln-
quivy--lnto actlyitles-qfijaniajleged
Jewish 'illegal:.- immigration -aaiet-
woflc operating, in, '.Syrian. 'towns.
.The "Times" - correspondent
in Palestine, warned- that: - Arabs
and Jews were drifting Tast Into
the acceptance of a preparation
Tor war;
The head of the eJwish
Agency's -Political 'Department
(Mrs.. : Golda ' Meyerson) v at Tel
Aviv- called 'on Palestine Jews
to -renew their wartime : system
of mobilisation.
A - Palestine.' Government
spokesman announced that, .de
partment heads had been ordered
to prepare schemes - to enable a
British evacuation at from - one
to three months' notice.
Oil Concessions
Syrian newspapers said an Arab.
League special committee was dis
cussing armed .. Intervention ln
Palestine, economic sanctions like
abolition of oil concessions to
powers protecting Zionism and
rupture of diplomatic relations as
possible measures to combat the
proposed partitioning.
Saudi Arabia reportedly
wants military action immedi
ately with declaration of a
"Holy War," but without can
cellation of oil concessions.
Irak favors military action only
if political action falls. 11 is
understood Arabs hope Britain
will remain neutral in an armed
conflict.
American Associated - Press re
ported that a high official In the
U.S. State department disclosed
to-day the. U.S. will favor. parti-
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This report spread quickly
among the 57 nation committee
which appeared last night to be
marking time until the U.S. and
Russia announced their- views.
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