Israel's Banner Hoisted
Over Port Area in Haifa
HAIFA, (JTA)—The last Brit-
ish soldier left Palestine soil
June 30 and the 31 ,year British
rule of Palestine ended by proc-
lamation of Lt. Gen. Gordon H.
A. MacMillan, last British mili-
tary commander in this country.
The military administration,
which began with the triumphal
entry into Jerusalem • by Gen.
Edmund Allenby at the head of
a British army in 1917, ended 1n
•good order with the last few units
of marines and infantry with-
drawing from behind their
barbed wire positions in military
order. They were taken aboard
landing ships and thence escorted
to four British warships lying in
the harbor.
As the British withdrew from
one port building after another
they handed over the keys to
Jewish port authorities. At the
police station the British flag
was hauled down and an Israel
banner hoisted in its stead. The
official raising of the Jewish
flag over the port authority
building took place at 6 p. m.
local time.
Gen. MacMillan's order termi-
nating the British evacuation
brought the occupation to an end
a full month before the official
British timetable.
During the embarkation planes
roared back and forth overhead
and depth bombs were exploded
in the harbor at frequent inter-
vals. Apparently the British still
feared repiisals by extremists.
The parting ceremonies were
marred by MacMillan's last min-
ute refusal to attend a banquet
tendered in his honor by the
Haifa municipality. He had pre-
viously accepted, but refused
because three British heavy
tanks were stolen and he insisted
that the Jews return them before
he would attend the affair.
It is believed that the tanks
were stolen by British soldiers
deserting with them to the Jew-
ish forces. One of the tanks was
discovered near Yagour and
several Jewish camp employees
there were detained for a short
while, but were later released.
The other two have not been,
recovered.
In retaliation for: the stealing
of three British vehicles, British
troops confiscated 13 Israeli pub-
lic or private vehicles. The oc-
cupants and the contents of the
cars and trucks were thrown out
and the vehicles were driven off.
It was officially estimated that
250,000 tons of equipment and
supplies were evacuated by the
British since last December.
Food Costs Rising
TEL AVIV, (JTA) The con-
viction is growing here that the
Arab-Jewish war will be re-
newed on July 10, upon the ex-
piration of the four-week truce
arranged by U. N. Mediator
Count Folke Bernadotte, whose
"peace proposals" are under con-
sideration by the Israeli Govern-
ment.
Food prices and rent are ris-
ing here to a point where
Tel Aviv is today the world's
most expensive capital. There
is a marked shortage of food-
stuffs in the city, because all
available meat and certain
other foods have been ear-
marked for Jerusalem.
The Israeli Cabinet heard a
report on Bernadotte's plan from
L. M. Kohn and Reuben Shiloah,
the Jewish liaison representa-
tives at Rhodes. Little hope was
held that the Palestine truce will
be preserved after July 9. The
impression is that Syria and
Egypt are preparing for the res-
sumption of war, and it is quite
clear that unless the UN or the
major powers intervene more
energetically during the next 10
days, fighting in Palestine will
resbme on a larger scale than
before the truce.
As far as can be learned the
Egyptians have thus far lost 600
killed and 400 wounded, while
the. Arab Legion and the Syrians
have each lost 300 killed. The
figures for the Lebanese and the
Iraq are not known. The Jews,
on the other hand, have suffered
2000 dead and 3500 wounded.
A number of trucks carrying
fuel, sugar, flour and eggs
—
from Tel Aviv to Jewish Je-
rusalem were turned back at
the halfway point along the
main road because in the opin-
ion of UN, observers there
are ample supplies of these
commodities in Jerusalem. •
The observers thus instituted a
new policy of turning back sup-
plies whfch are in adequate sup-
ply, apparently to guard against
the possibility of stockpiling for
the post-truce period.
The Israeli Government re-
vealed that its application to the
Truce Commission in Jerusalem
that Jews be permitted to wor-
ship at the Wailing Wall in the
Arab-held Old City has - not yet
been granted because of the ob-
jection of one consul—reported-
ly the French, who is believed
to be angry over the Jewish re-
fusal to evacuate the F r en c h
Notre Dame hostel which t h e
Palmach captured f r o m the
Arabs.
The Israeli Government or-
dered its representatives in Lon-
don to protest to the B r it i s h
against the continued detention
of some 250 Palestine political
prisoners in a camp at Gilgil,
Kenya, after the UN mediator's
ruling that their return to Pal-
estine would not violate t h e
truce.
Foreign Trade Contacts
Israel is establishing foreign
trade contacts and at present
several. Jewish delegations are
already in foreign capitals for
the purpose of acquiring essen-
tial supplies, chief of which are
now foodstuffs.
The main difficulty in pursu-
ing this program is the British
Government's unwillingness to
release Palestinian blocked
sterling in London, which is re-
quired for payment abroad. An-
other hardship is the result of
the decision taken by the East-
ern Mediterranean Shipping
Conference in London to refuse
to accept cargoes bound for Israel
on British vessels. This situation
has, however, been remedied by
Israel officials who have ar-
ranged the transshipment of sup-
plies from Marseilles and from
Italian ports via Israeli ships
and chartered vessels.
The following is a resume of
other worldwide events affect-
ing the situation in Israel:
Britain released the last 12
Jewish prisoners 48 hours before
the completion of the evacuation
of • British soldiers from Pales-
time. Gen. MacMillan said that
in Palestine in the last 12 months
198 British soldiers were killed
and 419 officers and men were
wounded.
A Washington Post poll shows
that 59 per cent of the'lesidents
of the nation's capital oppose
sending arms to Israel and 43
per cent oppose granting a loan
to the Jewish State.
During the six months prior to
the establishment of the State
of Israel, Palestine Jewry con-
tributed $19,680,000 for immi-
gration, defense, upbuilding and
aid to survivors in Europe and
subscribed $16,080,000 in emerg-
ency loans.
' Jews in Jerusalem danced
around bonfires on June 29, con-
cluding a big day in which num-
erous Jewish militarvi units took
the oath of loyalty to the Pro-
visional Government of Israel.
The dances highlighted a day of
solemn ceremonies and pointed
up the spirit of good comrade-
ship existing between the officers
and enlisted men of the Israeli
Army.
"Should fighting be resumed
after the end of the cease-fire
period," 45-year-old Jerusalem
area commander David Shalt-
iel declared, "the Jewish sec-
tion of Jerusalem will not be
conquered and the Arabs know
it." He said there is sufficient
food and water for the civilian
population and added that the
Provisional Government of Is-
rael "would not neglect the
Holy City."
Thirty physicians, nurses and
patients who have been stranded
in the Hadassah Hospital on Mt.
Scopus since the institution came
under Arab artillery fire during
the Arab-Israeli fighting were
transferred to the Jewish sections
of Jerusalem under the auspices
of the UN Truce Commission.
Damage caused by shelling of
Jerusalem's biggest and most
modern hospital, which is sup-
ported by the Hadassah organiza-
tion in the U. S., as well as of
the adjoining Hebrew University
compound, is estimated to be well
over several hundred thousand
dollars.
The first food convoy bound
for the Jewish settlements in the
Negev—consisting of 36 trucks
loaded with foodstuffs and three
buses with replacements—passed
unmolested through the Egyptian
lines south of Tel Aviv.
The first immigrant vessel to
enter Haifa port under Israeli
rule, the Italian ship, S.S. Cam-
pigdolio, brought more than 300
arrivals.
Israeli Justice Minister Fe-
lix Rosenblueth told a press
conference today that his de-
partment is drafting a consti-
tution based on the "most
democratic and liberal consti-
tutions" of the world. The
document will also be modeled
along UN principles.
The ex-Mufti of Jerusalem at
one time received more than
$30,000 monthly from the Ger-
man Foreign Office, it was re-
vealed in Nuremberg in testi-
mony presented before the war
crimes court. Witnesses declared
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Nazi Government.
A number of Jewish families
have crossed the border into In-
dia from Pakistan. A dispatch
from Karachi, Pakistan capital,
stated that the Arab state's Par-
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