Show r j 1 1 Issue of f Palestine Partition Faces I I United Nations With Witha a Critical rit al Test h t A 4 momentous meeting of the United N Nations t general asse assembly WY adjourned ed Sat Saturday night night after taking final action on the explosive Palestine ale tine partition issue By a vote of 33 to 13 wJ with 10 n nations iq s abstaining and one Siam n not t represented the assembly vot voted voted voted-io to end the e British mandate over Palestine by next A August g sf 1 1 and nd to plit split the t territory rY into nto two B separate parate p rate states Arab land and Je Jewish which Wc would uld be granted independence b h hc e n t ber 1 y 0 A nation five U U. N. N commission was app appointed to to take oyer oyer over British responsibilities 9 in policing the Holy Land and top to tos s supervise p rV se the partition and the estabi establishment i of independent governments N Nations H tons ns named on the commission were Bolivia a Czecho Czechoslovakia lovak a D P e nm a arK r k Philippines and Panama Th partition plan has U. U N. N approval b t t far from settles the tro trouble trouble- ble- ble e Palestine question The U. U N N. N. N de de has has still to be made effective effective- effective effective- a and d t there re are re many signs that actually c carrying out the e partition will be ex cx- trem ly difficult I All Jews in Palestine and arid mai many mahy Je Jews Jes I els elsewhere where in the world acclaim im the theU U N. N a action t on Ar Palestine and in the Arab broc bloc of of states are are violent violently y opposed to it it and threaten a tempts attempts to block Jock partition n by force Following the U. U N N. N vote th the B secretary cr t ry gen general r lof of the the Arab rab league representing representing reps rep rep- resenting s seven seven Arab countries with a population of said flatly I fir can cannot ot say where and when I t tY Y will PI place my troops I Ican can a only say we will fig fight and are are pv preparing paring for Even more sig th n ment is the attitude of f Arab nation representatives rep rep- in the U. U N. N When the vote I w was was' announced all aU the the Arab rab delegates walked out of the ass assembly m ly c chamber amber They announced that they would boycott boycott boy boy- cott caU the decision n. n If the Arab states states' c carry rry through on that policy repudiating ing th the U. U N. N and resisting it by force it will be a crucial test for the United Nations If jf the U U. N N. fails fail to go g 6 through with rith the the p partition program it if will perhaps be-perhaps epe hap a fatal blow blo to U. U N. N influence If it forces forces- through partition regardless regardless regardless regard regard- less of Arab state opposition it will risk I I splitting the Un United t d Nations wide Wide op open p with possible wi withdrawal l of ot th the Ar Arab ib states or It might even precipitate war warin warin in the middle east cast with U ti N. N forces es fighting fighting fight fight- i ing g against the combined armies of the Arab world Either way there is I plenty of dyna mite in this situ situation fo for international harmony and andl peace The rhe rh Arab state boycott threat at inci mci- incidentally r dc dentally lly points poInt to a n new w U United Nations danger This is is the fourth boycott t threat reat to arise as a result of the general asI assembly as as assembly I session Iri Irl the first three it was was- the Soviet bloc which made th th the boyc boycott t tn announcements announcements n first in opposition t to the establishment of 0 a Balkans commission second in opposition to the establishment of a ax commission for Korea third h in opposition to the the es cs establishment establishment es- es of a ye round year round r little as assembly as- as committee This new tactic of boY boycotting a U. U N. N decision which do does s with the Ithe approval approval approval ap ap- of one o or more members is a dangerous dan dangerous assault on the effectiveness effectiveness' ness ness' o of the United Nations The idea of absolute I un unanimity among among all the 57 51 or or m more re nations which arc are or will f be be included in jn the U. U N. N is fa fallacious If re r such u unanimity y on important iss issues es there would be no need for ah ari international organization There are re bound to be differences differences dif dif- r r o of oC opinion If the theU U. U N Ni N. ls i to toi mean anything these controversial l J is iii u must be settled e by Iy majori majority y vote And they must i be pl placed c d in n effect ff ct regardless ega l ss t of f We of j. j a ami mi minority I. I If- If th the boY boycott ott tactic 1 is effective in in bloc blocking J g tj U. N. N a action theUN will be be b destroyed it willbe h ss nd futile unless it is able to to p put t d decisions info effect either with or without the consent consent consent con con- sent of those hose nations which may have hav I opposed the decision n in U UN jN del f t I This boycott threat is crucial We Ve h hope pe t the e United Nations will havethe cO courage rag to meet et it boldly If it do doesn't the theU U N. N might ight as well cloe close up shop right how how ho arid we think it would be far better for the h U U. N. N to co courageously make the fight and lose than t to dodge the test and wither ither away away into complete impotence |