Show U. U II U U. U N N. N N. N kl P tease ease Fire Fe lire Ire I 4 j Order Meets j Rebuff by Arabs Moslems Continue Palestine Battle Ask More Time to Consider Plea t J CAIRO CAmO May 24 UP The UP-The The Arabs continued their campaign in Palestine Monday and decided to ask the United Nations security security security se se- se- se council for more time to discuss their stand d on the councils council's cound's coun coun- 1 cil's ds c call ll for a cease fire Both the United States and Britain urged the Arab nations l' l to abide by the U. U N. N order which Israel accepted Sunday subject subject sub sub- to Arab agreement The security council had ca called c S Saturday for the guns to fall silent at noon EST Monday The Arab nations let that time pass without acceptance or rejection of the truce but announced they would seek extension of the deadline deadline deadline dead dead- line until midnight Tuesday EST Rejection of the tho plan even then was va indicated both here and at Lake Success An Arab league official of ot- here told of plans to advise the security council that the Arab nations are willing to stop fighting if the Jewish army Is disbanded and the partition plan is shelved Those are conditions the Israeli government will not riot accept Arabs Make l Stand Faris Fans El EI Khouri Arab representative representative representative on the security council said mid before the original truce deadline deadline dead dead- line that the Arabs would stop fighting only 1 If the pro provisional government of Israel ceased tune tune- The British and American appeals appeals appeals ap ap- ap- ap peals for peace delivered in Cairo and other Arab capitals by the western powers' powers diplomats Monday underlined Brit British American American h-American conferences conferences con con- that have been going on ott ottin in London for 48 hours Foreign Secy Ernest Bevin met Saturday and again Monday with U. U S. S ambassador am am- Lewis Douglas After Mondays Monday's conference a British government government gov gov- source indicated Britain will consider withdrawing her 40 officers serving with the Arab le legion legion le- le gion of Trans Jordan if the Arab na nations ions turn down U. U N. N peace ef ef- ef forts forth A ban on further shipments of arms also was mentioned as a a. The London source who reported this said Britain considers her obligations obligations ob ob- ob- ob I to 10 the United N Nations ti ns to tobe tobe I be above those she has under treatIes treaties treaties trea trea- I ties with King Abdullah Abdulh h of Trans- Trans I Jordan E Egyptian g Y p p t I a n Foreign Minister Ahmed Kashaba Pasha said Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day his government will do our best to reply to the security council council coun coun- cil fire cease order within the re requested requested requested re- re quested 36 hours The Egyptian cabinet met Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- I day and discussed th the appeal without without with with- out reaching a decision Other II Arab governments have not announced announced an an- their intentions C Arab Asks Disarmament j i Abdel Rahman Azzam Azzaro Pasha I secretary-general secretary of the Arab ArabI I league told newsmen in Amman Trans-Jordan Trans earlier Sunday that he would not object to a truce in Jerusalem if disarmament is applied applied applied ap- ap i I plied to both sides 0 The Israeli government made its I fire cease-fire offer In Tel Aviv Sunday Sunday Sun- Sun I day as Arabs in Cairo claimed an Egyptian Egypti n mobile force had driven into Jerusalem during the tho day to i t join Arab Legionnaires attempting j to smash Jewish resistance in the city The Cairo announcement did not i i specify the number of Egyptian I troops involved in the reported I J I drive into Jerusalem A Jerusalem dispatch said Jews and Arabs w were rc fighting hand to hand in the Holy City barely yards from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Withering Arab artillery artillery artillery artil artil- lery fire pounded Jewish machine gun posts in Notre Dame Hospice in the shadow of the ancient church Arab Shelling Continues An earlier dispatch from the Jewish sector of the city described Arab shelling as relentless but in in- See Page Pago 2 Column 6 PALESTINE WAR Continued from Page One effective with no position falling faIling in 21 2 hours Two Americans died Sunday of ot wounds suffered in the bullet- bullet ridden city Thomas C. C Wasson year old U. U S. S consul gene general rat died of bullet wounds received when a sniper shot him near the American consula con con- sula te The state department in Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington said Herbert M. M Walker Valker U. U S. S navy radioman died Sunday night of ot wounds suffered in Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jeru Jeru- salem Saturday when he was caught in Jewish Arab-Jewish crossfire behind the consulate A third American Thomas Gannon veteran consulate guard was shot in the back May 14 14 In Ba Albek Lebanon 69 young Jews most of whom declared openly they wanted to fight for Israel are re fretting in a Lebanese internment camp There are 41 Americans and three Canadians in inthe inthe inthe the group Th They y were we're interned after Lebanese Lebanese Lebanese Leba Leba- nese authorities removed them last Wednesday from the American American American Amer Amer- ican vessel Marine Carp bound for Haifa Israel The state department announced in Washington that Le Lebanon anon had rejected a a U. U S. S demand for re release release re re- lease of the 41 American citizens Elsewhere throughout through ut the Holy HolyLand HolyLand HolyLand Land bitter fighting continued with both sides claiming victories Accounts conflicted on the outcome outcome out out- come of the fierce battle at Ramat half way between Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jeru Jeru- salem and Bethlehem The Arab command said Jews were killed when took the village traditional location of Rachels Rachel's tomb and control point of ot the main road from the south Arab Forces Suffer Loss LossA A Jewish military bulletin said Arabs entered the village but were driven out leaving tens of bodies bodles' in the Afield The said 12 Jews were killed Control of Ramat app apparently apparently r would be necessary for any alY sizable movement o of Egyptians into Jerusalem T The e Jews claimed other suc sue sue- The Israel Israeli ar army y In Haifa said its troops had cleared the vital Palestine coastal road from the Lebanese border to Tel Aviv viv 75 miles to the south The road clearing operation in involved involved involved in- in the capture of oJ Bas Baa En En a R. Palestine customs and police post on the Lebanese frontier frontier frontier fron fron- tier which the Ar Arabs bs' bs occupied shortly after the British mandate ended May 15 It also involved the taking o othe of the Arab village of ot south of ot Haifa o 1 J i t 5 i i J |