Show C World News Today Long-Awaited Long Attack Started by Arabs By International News Service The long awaited out all Arab attack on the Je Jews of Palestine apparently has b begun gun The Arab off offensive got under way at it t widespread points throughout through through- out the Holy Land amid persistent reports that proclamation of ot the Jewish state in Palestine is about to take place Four thousand un uniformed ormed and fully equipped Arab troops are reported report d spearheading the assaults Major Arab effort appears concentrated at midway be between between between be- be tween Jerusalem and Tel AvIv Purpose of ot the Arabs apparently I Is to block transport and communication between the Jewish Je port city city located located Just north of ot J and Jaffa-and Jaffa and J Jerusalem Official l Jewish sources claim the repulse of the attackers attacker with hea heavy losses at ata a cost of only two Jews wounded The attack followed a series of oC Arab assaults Sunday on Jewish convoys s 's on on the Tel Jerusalem Aviv road which ich blocked a scheduled meeting of ot the Jewish agency executive Reds Flay U. U S. S Palestine Switch Russia has denounced the American face about-face on the partition of pr Palestine as a move to acquire military bases and oil fields Inthe in inthe inthe the middle east A Moscow w radio commentator also charges British agents with fomenting Arab Jewish Arab warfare The Soviet broadcaster says Neither Britain nor America ever Intended that the United Nations' Nations Pal Palestine decision should be carried out British reaction set out to disrupt the plan and it had the support support support sup sup- port ot of American re reactionary ry circles The Russian commentator adds 4 Whenever jene r America r u made promises to the Jews the state department department de de- simultaneously told various Arab leaders not to pay att attention at at- t ii i ri to these Uiese promises i I t Italy Lauds Trieste Plan c Count Carlo arlo I Italian an foreign minister has announce announced that that Italy accepts with gratitude the offer by the United States Great Britain and France to return Trieste to Italy The l' l e Italian ambassador dor Jo to the thc United States suggests suggest th the return re return re- re turn to I Italy Itly-in Itly ly-In ly in addition to Trieste of Trieste of that country's pre Mussolini African colonies The ambas ambassador ado Alberto T ni says that such a step would capture of the Italian people and significantly raise their morale moral Reds Say British Block Colony Return The Soviet news news agency Tass charges that Great Britain is Js taking tatting Illegal steps to block return to Italy of her former fonner African colonies I IOb Ob Observers regard the charge as opening gun in a Soviet I garlda garld campaign designed to nullify the effects of the power tri tri power offer ofer to return Trieste to Italy The Moscow radio with ref reference re c to the Trieste e offer says that the western Democracies are trying to revise re the Italian peace treaty be behind ind the back of ot the Soviet Union I |