REVIEW OF THE LOCAL ARABIC PRESS APPEARING ON OCTOBER 11 & 12, 1948

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ftc,, rdin7, to thi8nrer, F40 nOrly Mini tIr
Tag a yeeteretel me rusaltubarak and a xamirtcc,
with him the list enume ting the oommoditien vv.n-
marked for import restridtiona, Philip Tactle
on visited Finanoe Tfinister Husain al-Ttwaini and
re-examined ,!,/ith him the list preparstory to 1te
sehmittal to the (lemon, of MLninters thieth 7ree
scheduled to net ,at Seituddin in the flf ternoon.
BaRUT underltande however, thet the negottttions
with Syria Toad be resUmed after the imosaom
are over. Tt then roes on to say that a delegation
of Lebanese industrialiste and huelinessmen called
on President niehara al-rhuri yesterday and, 1ta70
about t wo hours with him tiring which the delegate*
urged the necessity of maintaining the:eeoneriic
union with Syria. After retorting to the Council
Of klinieters' meeting at Beituddint the paper rti
that Philip 'Naa wi:Ls authorised by the Connell
of Piasters to disouss the disputed points with
Vinister Kahan Liyaix,:and that the two
ittrdetere are fa at ea to meet eednesday A t Shtaurs,
:Monst eur 4arina, the Papal nungiA in Lebanon,
v in telrut reeteZa7, BriiRur understde
hat he hasbtn charged to repiesent the Vatican
on the uMs3C0 conference to Le held in Beirut.
On October 11, the Pred dent f th* rrber of N.7-110, eF
summoned the Dpv'ie to nest October 19 to elect
a new Presi(znt end a Secretary for the aamenter?
BEIRUT oommente that there is no indication in
parliamentary eimles that *ere is A nor onittli!;e
for this presidercy end that the Deputiz-.sTill
renew the election of Sahri Vamada, the nr1rnt
incumbent.
The kiting irthe !anis er told SETRAIT's
yesterday that 'brave. out of the fourteen
in the Bag aLlDek ooncentretion *amp will be
in the next for! days.
The roundinc Comnitte,3 of the nor Iraqi Petro,
Ccrpany 1c7e$ announced the folle-rtne
en eeteber 7, 19141
"we are jLad to advise ynu of the fo
a union Thr the employees of the /rot
Compemy in the Leb4nree Republic it a
with cl)cilion ro, 5141 of October
Ite union otileotiveswill bed
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striguarel and impn,Ve 1.11c
tile employees at the 1: rag*
f,?nri to protect, their nH
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b - !e- promote tutderstendirte and ,00nfieAmee
between the Company and the ereeleyee
and to toeter oo-operetion enene
union umbers themselVee.
o - To onoourage epirit of helpfulne
for the benefit and intereets f the
union Members
To endeavor to raise the oiiturti1 tee
n.nd tinencial level of the union 7v.Inibtri.
The union has no religious, rr,ci -2. or.
nolitioii objectiVes or oharacterietil
AT
Karla 1,!uruwwe. !trite r; from Prie regazetiree thepo 1,1
developments in the e-rent of tie outbreak of a t"- ti tit t
voco role er. feels that the An@sn v1iI erler ea I,
to protect Etlain Ind Turkeys particularly tt.e.
in orier to maintain their linee of communieetiontn
the MediterrineiX. He also svfers to Greece' S
strategic position wed states that he hae h(-Ird
from a *militrkry eommander that the Amerietns beer
shipped to 7:1-...4se7 enou* arms to equip a large ?n rF -
the may the -11nerionns wil3. transport by air to
Turkey in the event of the outbreak of hostilitiee.
It is also rvortikiL that the America:in are otooking*
atom bombs in Turkey in order to drop them on I4ese
oil wells at the first instanoe,* elites-eel tele,
discusses the otretegio situation in the Year
and deolaree that according to the censorious in Pr rte,
the luoglo-rItions will not be able to -eithstane tho
Russian adwcnoe On Iran and Iraq and will therefore
retreat without fighting to the Suez Canal end Part
Africa since tier will net be able to form a strolei
military ?mit in the desert. Thus the 'Teo Anne- 1i
ereesiraq, the desert and lyria on to the rediterevenr
shores. The ell/ es vii.13 ooneentrate their ander
in the new front *-hich they beget to Itorm no lest
year betwem Tgypt, the Sedan and East At.ca. Thr
military PUrurra concludes, ere th
prinedple reasont ter the oree.tion of the stern ml_re
which has been mentioned in world despatches clitrint
the pelt two weeks and in which the Arabs are tele.se
increaing interevt following riadh aa-:".74:>Th/ 9..riertE
with /Ir. Bevin,
AL.HAYATs 3 Political Cor-spondent writes:
*Our oontemporary LeiONI!,),IT published yeo.tarlay
despatch from George raqqash In Paris reportini:
statement 1.1Rtit aseSolh regarding hi 3 aort
in p,tris ana regnrding the Arab countries' melee-,
postponing the discussions of the t'eleetine que 7tien
until after the deliberations on atomic energy tell
disarmament are over. Re expressed the hope tht
the veetinenn ernadottels ronort weed be dole:ree.
until after October 25, fecet the \r1en
eleotions will tehe lance for it is hoped. that -ee el I la
rein then change its attitude on the Palestine 11A ,0114.
'4# . writer then went on to ooneent or the internetie-e0_,
Approve! 2 4 e gianfiN94:?1A4RDUelfM41%ReetiNtOrittOCl2eIee,ri
Arabs may dulliTe. He painted out that PflAVDA
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attecked the 'smell Government because it is
oppreseing the stern gang, and implied that Ri
as-Bolh antioipates Hustle to ?hangs its attiture
toward the Arabs end that the Arabs are dependixe:
on till change. It ehould be noted that as-3olt
did not utter a single word on this subject. I
understand that the ertiele has created a stir in
Fieirut diplomatic oiroles and that a number of
foreign Legations yeeterday inquired of the of :1:-.e_ret
authorities concerning the veildity of these state-.
meats. Ihe reply wee' The article nbodied steteeeits
by Rift& aseSolh and 00=62lig by Nei:Flesh and it le
net possible to mix the trio.?
ALesAli*
In commentine editorially on Riadh as-50We etetcAeT.t
to LA: riOrDE of Paris concerning the proposed Y.a.t:ti
Bloc, this penee leoleres thal the Lebanese -oeteple.,
net milling to Join any blocethat they are eireed;
members in Ulo end the Atab Levee which shteele
sufficient to safeevard Lebanon's international
position and p -xtielpation in the reintenence of
p1117,009
Thia paper pielaishes &telegram from the Lebanese
emigres in Hio de Janeiro, Brazil, demanding that
they bextvio.etered as Lebanese citizens and that
their rie,lets be reGoGnized for repreaent:s %Ion ie
the Lebanese parliament on an equal footirw
the rp?oldentas
deolar "3 that *tile it has no adequa e inforeeatioe
to permit it to pass any r; tuft ed opinion on 1ttadA
ao-Solhis stetement to LZ LIONDE ooneerning the 7,ettune
Bloc, It sees no reason for the storm certain ne7arrep
have created on the subject and for their alleeatiel:a
that Riadh acelolh has evressed his vie 7s only
not the views of the Lebanese people. The &It tn 1'73
then pee on to say'
4e with to ask the newspapers that have eetel
this sthrti, If Rim& Fts-.3e1h does not rept. evil
Lebanon, do they represent it?e wish to
ask our contemporaries to abate their extrime
claim that 'tier alone represent Lebanon... f
Lebanon could *peak, it would di-on this ieretp
which claim* it in acting in its interests.
Under a "are; IieM.1 no titled' Is it true - Ifee?"
paper writes:
*Our epeciel correspondent reports' Ao ei tie
have, for sortetine, been observed in the TAPJN
offices a1-:, Beirut, It is understood from a
reliable eouree that the Company will resume
its previous work and aotivities with ef?ecc.; free
next rv)nth. ,,,ht is looming on the.1.x)rizoni"
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2'.fra.4131t4)H,
publi a staterent by Pierre Jumayye
?ftict that the Phalanges wetreng2.7 oppo
Lear 'which hna been inhert tad fron
me and resist all pollee measures
riot the liberty of the Lebanese poIt
ee human prinaples, Therefore, the
erand that the Meergenoy Law be --nnul,
TILL t 'R rt(; rterre jumvxrell
101gth eartedly.
e Arab to take a deft
? Govemment OD that the
e it or let another hod
stand on the ricl-
migelt either
bear the reap?n rd'4.1..ues.
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!V F:iiitjAN ':i.GATI.014? MIT
To U
editoria spaoe is used. by nn article oontribut
by aheikh Ituhinrsi Tearlo Ilialid, the Mini of
the Lebanese Ispublic on the oecasion of Id
al-Adha, in swatiating on the spiritual sigmif of this this feast or Which the Moslems stand on the
'Uount of Arafat to turn their faces toward nod
with pure feelings ummi7ed by racial or other
considerations, the t'ufti declares in tarts
'This stand remiss our faith in the future
of the spirit in this universe. It engender,
our belief that round and instinctive faith
is the noblest feeling. it strenFthens our
feeling that God is-with ma so long as we -ire
with Him ana that Ile supports us so long as we
it Hia, Our strength In creating this unity,
bindeto our Creator, derives from the
at hind us one to another and from our
e a?ainst our enemies in every field
of end avert In Palestine firstly and in ether
place' secondly, (*Air strength arises from our
strong unity and untiidteable faith. If we arm
ourselves and our community with this strength,
we will be able to defeat all the other foroe_
even the fermis that feel they are unbeatable.
This paper r-lso rts that it4atefl Philip Taola and
Mik'sil Liyan rill rest to ay at 'litany% to ,ntirur
the economic talks; that pessiraitra is now repl-einc
the optimism *lab re-s felt at the beginning of
the negotiations; that the points of differences
still revolve around the reetrietion of the imoortv
of certain 'usurious oornsodities; and thrtt the Lebin
side, being conscious of the fieadlook, deoicid to
continue the oontRots with the Vrians, leaving the
final deciedon until riles% e e-Solho s return Voir
Paris.
The Central Palen ine Committee annotreed yesterrq
that the number of Palestinians taking refuge in
Lebanon has reached 117,000 including lettl,OrrUvtia
at the expense of the Lebanese government and lie r_0111
Ler,gue under the Intrervision of the Palestine flerrr
t.
Muhyidin an-N-Anuli wrote from Paris on Cetober
that he wee fortunate to meet at Chiaillet Palaoe
on that day his friend Kantall ihr is restr-4"
in London and ryt-rlinting with the 3aud1
the nano of the 3uperior Oil Comoany of californi
the Centro-1 Mining arid Investment Corporation of tortoni
The first 001.171Tly Is fir erioan and the second British.
Al-Xlin.tib is ne,3ctip.ailne far an oil eer1.1.on emreT-h-re
along the rorrian cr1f oatt?
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ramil Iluzu vita. 'etc ii still in ri s
in today.a editorial the none for the formaticn
of the proposed. Oriental Moo,. He firet
the relations existing between Turkey, Iran
the Arab oountries, and the Angle-nexens an
reaches the oonolursion that the oriental Bloo
now extant eeperately *Meow)). the itaiglo-BaxoLki
will have to organize it jointly, He then moor
to sy that the Anao-Sazons are reoeivingfull
from Ireton, Turkey and Iran r,Jid that the
tee do rkot find any justification for
,ly jolein7 the nos after they were deceive('
by the Allied powers in the battle of Palef-tine,
rurusera continues,
"Thin is the ashg point in the Oriente" "'lee
project, namely, the point of brining fLrL
the ieiole subject. It plaeea the Arr.be on tic
horns) of Mettle, for iftleh they thoul Az a 1 ex
their reviews sagaaity and wisdom, war he
inevitable, ecruse of their geographio posithe,
the Arabs will not be P,ble to remain neutral.
tie can not avoid joining the Anglo-Sazons ac
was the 1-,se in the last van But at s rrer
difference there is between joining them by
our free *411 and by their ente fur terIt rte I
as conquerors as we regarded the last eslr.
!lhese ar) the only two present ilities.
The illueion of some quarter, tht we GSA i*OR &LI 1
neUtra and kep the Anglo-Baions an the Ticsrthri.7.
away troll our territories is an unreaLizable
drool, this is beonuee of our geographic, pitoi
ono ng the three continents and of our imporz, V'ak34s
in the noteork of sea comeunioation? in sea
and in petroleum resources. !latch alternatisre
shall we those? Shall we bemuse allies by for34'
or by our own free will. Shoal we restrict aur
alliance to indireot assietance as.Zgypt, Iraq
and others did during the last war, or bind ouri,e?.
to an effective and offensive alliance? Tae ankw?,r
to this mention lies in the answer to the eniire
Oriental Flo psej est. You hear this anew.?
directly or ierpliedly from the experts, obeeri4'6,
militarinte and statemsen at Ohaillot :Palace. in
Amerionn jour list told net
IlYm might stick to neutrality if you 45-41,
lie can use the Jewish state se a military
base in the 73.das last from which we
eould expand wherever we want.'
omen viiry raiitt strike one as sound at the
instance, rut the Weetern Powers neod mere tiui
one sea tx.se in the Arab Met. They need our
lines of conekunic -tient our wheat, our oil anc,
our men. I say this beesnee I believe that tLe
Oriental )loo will require the formation of eineng
armies to be distributed * the anticipated bat3efretta
and to take pert in fighting the Runainna. Beavalge.
the Angio-Banene will not be able, in the firot
of the war at least, to send great armies to 'ate
viddle Tarts At ',Ay rate, they pr-fer to win
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our armies t their aide so that they ttzhttIdat
part of their forges. I do no
Arab oountries look upon the Orient el VI
ease 7.fee...,!,.over, the Arab peoplee
in ypt and /mg, revolt every tt they he):-r
about any ntire allianoe with the Anglo-Saxone,
If theAny:al-Saxons are earneet in their biA tt
?
realize this proJeot, they begin by
oomplyinc with *rob demands regarding Pelladau,
Libya 311.6 nereome. It 13 only than that they
will find lietening etre, A delegRte fron rih
Amerioa told mei 'If you do not take part in
defending yoUrvelves with the Turks and the
?knalo-laxons, the PLusniann will overwhelm ytur
eountries at a terrific speed." 'This ataterfint
might be true to a certain extent, But Arab
publie opinion is no longer sensitive to such
matters, it at folleving the Paleetine tlj
with complaoeney, faith and despair, nand ynur -
upon urt and un our enemies. 0 Cod, n
its unabat sign fez' the reg1tr.*
of th Lebane end gres abroad as el
eitj,ns exereising all the pdlitloal
e, oallp
and
rivil5 enjoyed by reeident Lebaneee, eta
orial is inspired by the denand of thto e erAgrel
de Janiro (revle7eld ye3terday) for obtall:n7
their ighte he Lebanese oltizens; and by YilAah
ax.Solhos atatement in Paris, in vetioh Jae atti1V.e.0
the usefulneu of the emi3ree an followel
The LebtLnese colonies are highly beneficial
not only to Lebanon and Syria, but to ri1 tit
Arab oountrieS. It is through their good
offioes that the louth American countries have
shown 3ympathy and myosin in New York end eeriee
4.1*.f.AL welowles the Premierie worda (AZ nprreill-
but wants action. It demands that lip service in
not enough aril that offeotive aad praatioal steps
must be taken le mediately to re GOE,1j it the nulf;res
as Lebanese eitizene. As usual, the mer aoel not
forget thrlienumerate the asaistanee the emigres heve
been extending to their motherland And to the ethie
A;ab countries.
This peper publieheu an annonoirient from the Peeper-te77
Committee for the Lebanese Economic end Oerremcial
Contereno 4.; e h1d at The offices of (ktortre r JAir
Ootober I j9Lg, calling upon in *reheats and. buo, tlfj er
to take part tri conference in order
*to
the lt
and lyria.
opinion th&
with an unp
ex:luting eoonoed..0 aituatioxt
he current negotiations betreen
e merchants and eep,rte a
the Isebanese trade id being
?.detlented c'tangee
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a long L13apato fran Tat1qti1
In Paris, rtprtihg Iiie obeervationa
n P on vlrious Leban el Arab and UN aotivit
He deolares that T'ost of the heads of the delegati
who attendee the banquet of the Lebanege delegates
are of the opinion at thc outbreak i:). t1,Ird rgor
war le inovitille.
reports ti the Covr: t tax Cet&tncL
pulisher of AM-SRAR4 In the Nana
prison for trial before the appropriate cut
the oharge cf having vioiatee. the Pre! !w
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GAT N I: T
October 14, 191W
1=-2.:1.3:144t1L.
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*-44,
strongly reyeorehee the 3yrian press for the
abusive langtgc it has been using againat trt: rL
on the ooce.sion of tlo current Lebanoe,Vrian
eoonomio iott. ics. ie editorial bitterly
COUlrtfl3 tau.t Thile the 'Lebanese pz'ea ii stuleel.ek,
analyzing ane. scretinizing the aubjeet in the liejtt
correboxe_ted evidenee end acturel facts eald erperieice
most of the nemeseene newspapers insist on tilling
their space tlith trash, nonsense and. absurdities
?hioh indite chortsie-tt and paucity of evt2: endp -Jr
well a- !Rorie!' eneee end morbid lo4o,R
Thie paper review/3 the pmgrese of the current ''.ebero-
eerier% econeric neeotir,tions u, follows
"The most important provisions of the agresmont ?
proposed by le.,?rla revtive around aie follo7oing
four poirlte;
1 - Thc period of 'the agreement will be one
year and will expire at the end of
eptember, 194
The 3yrian Lira e111 be rer&d ae 1
tentier in Lebanon just as the Lobaneee
ne, provided that bsele nee s due to
Lebtern will be reeyeible in Pounds lteeline:.
:eoorte 411 continue in aoeordenoe
/ace leees and reeuletions new in fore,.
Airports will be restricted and import
licenses will be isoeed by a Lebano rl
-
mallet tv, Agriculture, industrial rerl
hotel equipment will be exempt-4d fron wol
lioenrses.
"The Lebanese silo found that the first Vireo.
points ',lore noeeptable, after Isakirkso_ oertain
reeervations reg:Arding the currency quention.
SYriaeu it oblectied to these _reservations. -
But the fourth point, *Lich is the pivot armee
whicitz the Alois gyrian proposal reveolves
been and still is the obstacle imPeding:
progreseof the- neeotiations. After connulta-
tions feteth iseeeialists and with the appropriatt
authorities, the Lebanese side (leased it n.-1-Iss,
to reject this point. But, in order toderion*3.1rttll
its wi/linpiess and good faith, the Lebaneso s34f,
asked the Ilyritua side to draw up a tletailed 11.1:t
of the 'i;ypos of imported commodities it intnnlid to
eeeteeet,? IC Iryriart side then drew up n lilt
itaich 13tcluded.about 150 types of oonnorlitilt,
iu otil rd3,all the ttentuseditie than feed 1.h
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trade, These type rangec from beer and,
to toilpt. e reeuisites? olothee and fondettr..
s.
only ort'Airal for the Lebanese aide to rejeot
i.st, /t thus asked the Syrian Fide to re-ex-Indite
duoe the list to fifteen or to twenty types it
us with Axe regard to Lebtnons $ position as
a tourism anestivage (tenter. Yesterday's talks
betrn the 'Ara ?Lab re se and Syrian 1,IreLeters coverEd
the mabject of this list. All Lebanese circles are
acLinst the ids-. of restrioting or strangling the
freedom ef 1:1ports. The official auth.orities ht.ve
grom so pessiiistic regarding tie possibility of
reaching a satisfactory, reasonsble and aocepteble
agreement thntlhey are now even Goneldering piecing
the question of oomplete separation on the ....geode l'or
dismission. The Council of Anisters will meet to67.,y
to exmmine the results the Lebanese TOonotRy M. let Atif4y,
might have brtught with him from Demasous, ,-4e regret
to state, in this connection, thp,t the qyriget of-riots',
private and press oireles have revealed, during the eo-1 ee
of the legotir,tione, certain Was and intentions ',hitt
gD beyond the pale of eponomios, exports and imports*
'e therefore e.ppoal to the Lebe.neee reeponsible mitts mties
to trysefeiration, for once at least, now th,:t 'd te
eve Gilts for Wilor have failed,*
AL...1141A14 that the Lebanese and. the Sy
riafl
Government h oomizel the new paietiniafl
Goverment,
A
puhlishes a iber of satioles -writ
on 'the opeadon of Id al-Adhs., all
the Moslfgas 4.nd the A .e.bs to strug
independonos of Palestine. One arti
" Aine rioash scheme for exploiting petrole
heart of the Arcbian Peninsula threatens the
lands in Iie3t infiltration of Zionist in,.
This pae reports that its publi1er, dA:
left for mafttaitOtA8 twO iftrtis ago on hie rety to Cal
hi will spen.1 a fortnilit?
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TAM &ilraiT.
n rove-ta to the que,atinn of Labantrinn
novae rel.ktione. It argues then.t Lebanon oan
t extqt al tin indepreneent state ee long as it
aontineesite preeent rel,i-Aions with lyria and
Leine th-t there is a deeperooted belief in
a to the ef'_*eot that "Lebanon has been ereated
bal.:m[7 to 7rel1iti that its indirrendenoe is 'cretolt!
and temporeryl; that before long the Syrian
(west lnd the artificial elate, - as the Damaseent
newspanera fre;ress it - have to complement the
Syriem state." After denounoing the Syrian press
for its invectives against Lebanon and .-zfter pointing
out Lebanon, friendly relations with all the other
Arab oountrielt Pm(' denanding that Lebanon exchange
diploi tie representatives with 3yria along the line
follo-red the Arab states, the editorial declare=
"The affereelees between Beirut and Drtmaecus
are takintg a ace turn because the Syrian press
le goin? b3yGnd the Ui.tte of 00411:30Y1 intrets
and oustoui iAnd oconoate affairs* The veil
has. fallen away from man faee and the issue
has bettor e, in our view, more LeAgerous than
imeeined bj the appeasers."
ediLorica :hen strontay urges the nem, ilty of
economic llukperttion from Syria beoeuse, it repeats,
the is3ue ie rk) lon4eir one of revenues and erpenfliterils
or loses or prtfits but of freedom, honor and
it aoncludest 'e have been aeclustomed to ?ive our
lives for life antl to saorifice everything for the
sake of our exietience and siabvivas"
(this paper rrp rtr. that Lobenese melt:halite and
buirineeemen ye:,,Terday attended the c!enerstl .noonomici
and Commercial Gongrese which was held at the of neeee7
of George :tasir to discuss the situation arising f'ror,
the current Lebaneeellyri en economic negotiations* lie
`7ortg-reas adertee the following resolution!
- The eonemess resents any idea oalculeted
to reetriatee freed.om of imperte, besause
Lebancn in an importingi trading :.7eld traneil
center, and be-venue such a measutre would
totally do away with its meet vital 000rx-,nie
and comileralal resources in the interests ni
3yriie r.nd a small number of Lebanese and
inaustrialistallhose objaot io
-,roire:ite their p areonal inte.rests.
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If it seed not be
an a/met/sent irith 3yria oreing
Lebanonl ? 000/10Mit, and om ieretatri r ht
and freedom, the 00 ligre Si vlota(i nve
-the prinoiple of soomsnic index,
Thus the Free Zone systen woulo
introduced in Lebanon and CO n net,
t2C 'feu:A be levied on expriceiti,e
con/mos/1 in Lebanon.
'o protect industry by ewiiptirg toe
required raw materials, to ena.perti se
esiah Industry' so that it rsi4st
?rola the amid staneo of exports in
ispisrting its produotsi end to Ivo ie
awards to products expo rt et? abro4
4 The Contress demands freedom for
(mammy whereby the banks motal 22tvr)
the rifla t in deal In fo rs IN toy
The Congrens twupports the tlielpen
which hee been submitted to ta'A., frueieen
of the Leblnese Republic zInd to the
appropriate hibh authoritien siJedrillr
the aspirations of th6 nerohanti ,f
Beirut
ie Congrerr, ha, deal. d to tort
permanent executive ooruniztet laD te
theinterests of merohante and toi.vite
them
to
m..tinge to be h
dietant f'uture,
Ompriset George
al-Sarigh. ii
nnu, 3, oh elle Mack! 1
14ralhama
7 - 'rhese decial
the Lebaneee lut-ori ties.
all be spa
I fur"
Tawfig al-Vetni, udio han retur rp
ned m writei
in hie editoria triat after Veen Jour,.
in Paris, h* han cone to the oon1uj, that the Frrs rf ,,
powers are playing' with the stall pwr un A n
child plays Pith p, loll awl that the Vtern
and delegate are not Jtowip; any trst .t r. Ilif.
Palestine (went:ion.
AIX (weekly'
Z' em thAl.; de nr. te all that has be ?n ict nd
p...atx t the nmir Pa)estine Clovernmcn it
of ell the Arab countries to reco-gniee
zirents ?otherwise we '44)uld ade. p:, ri,:ur text!.
our -....ny tercet" in Palestine."
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Ltiater
114Asi
thir paper* t Qilef Tdi to T's
writes froil rr ris that the Abis are no- oion,c1ntrat
nu Litetr et th t1-.9 rrleetire etnet are
tryino- to AO the debate on Falerlfino until
tiovembar r.r. rter the V, 5, Preslint,,,, 1 .11 wit( ?Iv,.
An-Natrali the?n. Lye o o aiy that *Axle A. tits-1r,
might ohane F fter these eleet;ions, This tiv-tagi ri 1st
be in favor cf the. -retbe. This ip evidensel by 't- er
Adel Arsalan hal= moelve.-.1 fron on of h1,:. influent 1;..
friends in the :tate 'fouee in rhioh he t;ives
somewhat plersant ne-ris regarding the State Departmlet
attituds tow. rd the Arabs generally awl?, tho
qUestion part icultrly. lim-Nasull then ro -trt -
ing he has h( d rith Fr1nr...0 Faisal a1-101,7 at thp 7"rvl
Legation in,rilris (luring rhieh the r-rinoezrmn
him that the last word on P.,ilestirie -77?111 be ltrt
the Arab people th o elve s.
This paper r, porte tht r .Jeflaite -;ere
reached during racial s and, s !see:tint--; f,t ITnItmcon
lptst 4ednalilly reg. rlir_g the current economi,) Letans-
Syrir-..n ner,otiaAorc; thel the t inistr'ro d
their florr Into* clardr:--, to continue the cont-.ets;
and that th nti,tiors ra::ain in their pr-sat
stage until the return of Ilia& ns-3.7:11n troll
repo:ts, likc the rest of the vernacular
newspaipere, the arrl'irl in Beirut yectertlay of t,!.7;?
Atbseador L'rriffis to the Aserican r_/ov rivent
has share/Alit:11 visiting the r-Alestine refuge-0
nd observinE their on tion. 'le -11"." toe,-
the zetu 09 Ca13 ir. the l'outh ,tnel in the
ziilliu.rur771 oontimes hi e elloou,t.ro or: the r ri slit a
?leo and deelaree that he is dealing 7.1th tht- sulj wct
to the exclusion of the TIN preoesdings beets:use of itF
great significance to the Arebs. R41 .114,Pchf,i, ths.
conclusion ti-t "the solution of the relertine cm(
on the bltir of our rights in Prkleetine is imroseb1P1
and that tht ol.1.F.'sue has now become a "norvollt r
fer b-trgaining beoause of the increased tb,r(,at of
TT matintritne thst the .:Tes are rm r,ret tc
plftee all resources nn,f' territo:nfes rr1 ec
at the disposal of the Tiontern allies. Tie ',3-fAener"
this infornatioa, ho writes, from Averican f.Tle thrt?
eerrasponet.nts in in and declares th...T.t tit A.1.11)3
could oouritcr this by apipro/tch .r,e, .1.711.21
he rakimariara re-iterates, "the isiue becomt.
matter ov ."iv13.1.ons, coltnunic,,Ations an.1 fronts,,, 111 t lett
oan jV b sAii is tha'; tho war question le over- fl
all other oeasiderations lnet the g,.'eat po.vtrs are
therefore looking at us thmugh the speetneles of
ranitrr int3restS? If the value of our sh.: res 1
fallen below zero in international polities, that
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,Atestioned, "by -,'LL--Z,ATI 3 correepondent oonectrqin4
hie opinion c.fl tha tu noir of idle nrtertfl -1001
Said ar?rioLt
*Olsvio isly. its 7rarpo 3e is to '4-.7=7 ue ,(-.101
ono of It riv,i1 wor1rl carps, T dor' t
benIfite the sair21.1 r-n01 17e 1t4 i
-
voul.c" 1, rivo fryli 14- to--
t.-
sJ
aga3. n (1:1..ls or he, vallmot of the Lebs210--yr.1,-nn
est:nu:alio zurptim.tione. The utitorinl repeets 1,t1
oid .,%rulavv)nto foric: indep7meono,17,
z en 12m L r..n e se strn.tion tor ttI,
oontinvioui.;. s mt., 717,;?rtst..
tiisou9.7,es 7)rorosed Ortentli 9loo, po,rts
the dangert inherent in thit proposal in vi r:
the irinin.ert outbronk of 777,,r anet r7.nts
that te the pricte ?we have zo ch r for
thene oTrpreolive M. ertresely 7,,?rilon1
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at:,vii
October g
ryrorts the t the Lebano-P Uri rn oleo nomi c tv.lke
have now rta,oheti their final stage; that litsa
Mubarak ('inon) and Hasan Jabba.ra (Elyria) are
drawing up lists of the comae di ti es that are
liable to i,ort restrietions in order to puled
then to th toIt)V ?rnment ? next eek; thfl Hu sal n
41.41waini eh -,,nese ?inane* Mini ate* is ini st
and that the Lebapese merchants will soon be
b (-ebanese `;Cieleter of if4oncolcs) 44,
stews wjti then the progress of the nettott tions
with Syria.
ArHAL%.T
publishes a long despatch from Zamil 1:).1
Chief d.ltGrb ho is now in Paris. Thin
is is censored In seventeen different places.
desc4bef3 14G. ::;eutings with press reprenentn
other nations 143. of *or:, he bitterly oonenainep
are deriding the Arabs for their failure to stick
ther ana to fight it out with the Jews. He
that Arab prestige has never been lower in
international circles than it is today. Ho rereh-Ni
the conolusion that the Arabs must either accept lie
partition at Palestine or flit the Jewe to the 1144
Re deelares in parts
Hity virit to has strength belie
in the futility of our efforts tgit m and ir
the fact that the only solution for the Pal cr.ttr
eueg'I.on is fitting,
again evbtee a 10AU editorial to tale 1bjeot
current Lebaac-3yrian es:anomie netiatjons and
that it multi be in the interests of bo
if each one of there followed an independent * tors
and eeonordo paltry. It deelaree in part;
In demanding this independence, we are een eels u
of and able to make, all the neceasary efforts;
and sacrifices, Mush independence will remove
the (mules of friotion betw ?en Syria and our-slyee
and. will be the best safeguard fer Lebanon a
absolute interests, It 11 also complete 410
aliments of our political intispendeno. and
.o'sr.iLnty, If this is not re rded as
significant by others, it is most important
in our opinion and belief*"
paper writes that the L no-3yrtrt soonontj
lotions are now passing through tneir nut
oult plu-ee; that the Lebanese side is maintainla
t silence in antic' etion of the final ressultsii
the Lebanese Council of Ministers W11 tiOpt triorror
Approted FirvION'atig05 I ARC/
under the ohtirmarehi of rA
o_
ne', fir t
niadh asa-3olb /Ile been asked by ee
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return tvmediitely to Leb because of the
break in Lobino4yitai esonemio relations if
n tiation,s 7yere to continue their present trend*
The paper then asiss
'In this ateeephere through tioh the Lebano
Syrian n 'ptiations are pac rumors are
gni reney ooneermag tdevelo rt
of e tVi*1 arisis in a t3i's
assuranoes of the Aetiii
that ce-ordination is Mir-
De
on4
the Cabit umbers and that there Is no truth
in tho r ports about the edetence of differInons
betvrect lhe ?organ Violater and the other mexIli3r3
of the Cabinet, those who are talking about
the crislabase their views on the isolation of
the Forein Winister in such grave oireumetaiteer
wherein Ain be determined the fate of Lebamo-
Syrian relations and the fate of the Pel.estiJE
and other tames. It was Moved yeeterday
that Hasid Pennjiah ie determined to reeler
immediately upon the return of Prager Riadh
as-Son ?rote PIA% 'then aeked about this r.
the itetint-: PiNersier rplie4 that Franjiah' s
pretent lbsonoe fron his *emery is for
coovaleseenoe purpose which will last for
*4en earl only.
A
infers lyon the prosent international dev
that the tention between the "capitalist a
communist blocs is increadng and that the
is moving fart" torard a third world wary
being the ?sec, tha editorial advises the Eastern
countries to keep away from future conflicts in
whish they hnve no intemostsand urgesthe ',Arabs
and the Aeiatics to aocelerate their unitj wider
a charter of petee and neutrality whi eh dU keep
thee away fmn any wars the Westerns mirtt wage
outside the l'47,17.tern world.*
O.. AMR
is (Ma th the undecided
Leba4yri ti. neitiatisna are Ural*
upon the r oneiblo autheritiee in bo
to study the basic causee of the ditto
order to solve them in the litht of tteir
interests on ane for eiL
TAGRAFH
reports an iiitervtei its eerresponLnt has roent
had with Camille Shaman and Pierre Jumayyels
usual, the report Le long, windy and contains
nothing subste.ntial but the oorrespondent eoLr
in connection th Immune s, visit to President
Bish.ara al-Mhuri
*As 7re }MVO prEviously rqort?the h
have, for the last threeweeks, en coot weir
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oontacts '-ith OaiUe ghamun for the purrs) ee
engendering national eeeeperation between
the oppoaltion and the Government on the
basis of The implementation of the reforms
advocated by the opposition. We said that it
was intended to change the Cabinet in October
in ordor to have lhastan take part in it. nevelopments
are proving our prediction. It is possible that
a Cabinet reshuffle will take place following the
return of the Lebanese delegation frail Paris.
It is also possible that ItIon the present eenteete
vould result in firm co?operation ehieh leed
to the (3 isrolution of rpairsient after the U1P:83(10
deleferenoe is over, and to the introduction of eer,
general elcvtions next spring.*
also reports an interview its oorreepondent hes
recently hee.:1 with C,esille Ih.smUn following
his meeting' with President Bishera
Camille did not divulge anything but said that
he hoped his oontaets with the Prenident mold
be in the welfere of the oeeentry as a. thole.
tit answer to a_ oetestion eliether or not he will
leave Lebanon, for inetbutoe, As a member of the
present Lebaneie delegation to Vti, Ihreaun replied:
*I will not leave Lebanon before I am lectured
that the people's demands for refers have been
realised. I repent that I do not want reeyteling
for myself. All that I want is to eerry it
reforns deranded by the people."
Ibis leper publiehes the presidential decree orderieg
that all materials intended for publiGation on rnle-tire
and the =sir be first submitted to the Di
of Prose and Premagenda(starearized in
XmiammemR the Legation's revier yeeterda
the following eneneets
11We vant to ask the Government! 'ht cbei it titles
by this nevi tleoreet !fittat has it done with the
Censorship Lew Pirlisment passed on the evga ef trv-
military oarpaim in Priest/no? lht is the aig
of this yu,ke in the nook of the free pr-)ss? '11-1 :toe
it mean h.r submitting the newspapers to the
Directorate of Prose and. Propaganda? Ihereis
alr-to.dy a 6..eoeee regulating Pelestine and sallet-.ey
nee Wet has happened to Sustify the iseuarer-
of thie new decree? 1;111 the Govern/lent 1d.nd-I-7
answer our eueetiona.
ae
devotee Ito eliterial to the eensorehip decree_
(treated by A.L.BAXIIAQ, above), declares that it
is not constitutional beeause eeneership Gan be
imposed by la I only, and wonders ehether or not the
decree in the result of a general Memoir* einbrroirif
allthe ir'& I e eve states*
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LKtMT10r: 13,1a -Atli'
euhylddin an-liantai Wrote from Perla on Ootober
that the ppetportrent of the eeteeee on the FaIeitiree
queetion at UN for twenty-three deys i regerded
as a victory for the Arab delegates at ChelIlot.
In this oonnectioe. An-Nasuli emphasizes that thm
Arabs will oontinue to fidht for their cause and
that they will neither atelept fiernaaottese r,vort
not recoenize Ula Israeli state, In telling tile Arebl
that the ultimate welfare of Paleetine is In theer
own hendso An-Nseull concludes*
le betele between spirit and Netter will
soon befan e,t Chaillot Palace. Althoudi ITWit
will An the firet second and third rounde,
ultireete victory Will be for the spirit,"
This paper reeertes that ta Lebane-1.... en eceneele
neeptletions he.ve been teeporerily suepended beeause
of the differences *oh have erisen reg,rding the
proposed Import reatriotions. The pepee n,(1:7;'6 thee
the talk.* miett be resumed efter the return of Pr el) tir
Riih sm-P f rom Peri%
AI-114AT
Kenn Ilurtrea eonclu s his neries of editorials
he has been seeding his p-per from Paris by pointia
out the irportnce of the Arab eountriesi by revere y
censuring tho rab lovernments for their failure to
unite and by doclarine in7.3.-,rts
NIstaeine, re,eler, the outbreak ef 1'4
w a hes become great poseehlItty while the
Arabs 'neve net yet agreed even on unifying tette e
armies to face enerestricies, They mielit do thin
in future but under Anglo-tea/on preseure, 2,
we, after Ws, talk about independence and
sovereiept y? The s fish am tions etei eh ars
direotina Ute Areb cause have eteat doe! sive
blows to tale cause in reoent years, In vier/
of these blows we tell the Arab rulers sevever
they may bet 1Y-ea must either unite in one we-y
or another, or one must swallow up the Oth`:37 b,7,)4A1,01
continued r,trlice snow the ruling royal n115.
has broken the becks of the ikeabs,11 nee Palee'ete4
tragedy heel revealed the disintegration of the
Arab peoples themselves and their pre-ce-ueee'len
with ma oriel eonsideratione. It is futile on ollt
part to elpeet any immediate reaction from thee,
if nevere blows do net !In eh the Wintry of tenh
one of there peoples. Fly aoe, re mow welcome their,
blows with the hope that mirery milat renew e'er
lives, I cane to rerie in order to seek a. %entire)
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for the Josiah problet. T have found Ulat the or.?
sound solletion i th solution of the Arab pspoblvm
0 Arabs, solve your problem first an4 the Aret-rish
and the Anglo-36mo problems will be mare' later,
It is 'useless merely to wigh to solve our problems
if we do not oatally endeavor to solve them our64.vs.
This is the 1,pleon I have learned in these ten ifri.
AA. ,TAn
Hann* Ghosn, this paper'
Paris that althougn the
ha proved in favor of
for great optiniam.
This paper criticises the Lebanese elements VIAL
clarorinF for ewaomic separation fromtd
states that thosn *laments are prompted by nelii
oonsideratiene. The paper alvocates continuation
of the Lebano-nyrian economics relations Which i!It r 'rrls
as essential to the welfare of both countr1es.
s chief tAitor, writes frou
general atmesPhere in UN .
the Arabs, it does not 1171.:
TELPANAPH
does not want Lebanon to join the propos
Ploo, It deolr_res in parts
"Re repeat that re prefer to remain free of
all oblir:Tations to Eastern or ,gtern bloce,
because the ksab Letgue is our bloc an0 ime:q.Les
we are oontented with the United Nations
Organization, we therefore remind those who
are receiving their in iration from o horr
to rectal the statements the nation0 tta
an well as the government officials made four
years moms acp against the conclusion of
treaties with foreign power*, Nothing ne-
has transpired to dbange our viimmr, to otligc
us to oonolude such treaties, and to hurl
ouruelvsa into the turnsee of the next
SAWT AL-AURAL
declares thri the :;tandard of livinG in LisbLnon 16
much higher 1Lcin it is in Syria; that Lebanon is r
tourism and ostivage ()enter Which must always be
in a position to mart thersquirements of its gue t
and that the system of free imports into Lelpmen
must not be impaired.
,AMR.HHIRAI (Catholic 1,.....11f.L21)1
discusse4 th- rmoro,:el Oriental 710
part'
"It is underwtandab/e that Greece dhould rnuu :to)
to strenpthen itself and to *earth for support/ lit
its efforts to resist its Balkan neighbors. Li
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le also unaer!tahdable that the /cab s a
are In oomplete harnony with Downing Itre,
make efforts aimed at implmmenti,!g an in.
policy, 371u t te oan not understand that the
could be leAerc in Lebanon Who wish to have
country Join one of the two great camps withou
any direst benefits, or in oth r words, vithout
knowing that uueh participation would be demanded
by LebanonoshiEt interests.*
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,Ailit3t1AN L4qATION,BUT
October 19
On the Oooaion of liabib Abu vni.
Beirut from Pa yesteiltar, this eorretvolt,
ant intervtriod Abu 3:nob1e and le s folloviug
from him about the development of the Palestine
case in Paris:
The eitulttion in IMO is not re.tmatring i.
relation to the Palestine question,. 13ut 'the
Alai) +countries have soored a number of viotorie-1
AlthoudI these victories are not positive =--.0 ja
as Palestina is concerned, their importance can
not be dieopunted, The credit for these vioteriec
goes in grett llealltUrfi to the Lebp.nese de1ef-Alw4
For (maple, I mention the postponment of tho
debate on the Palestine question, Egypt's sueeerg
in the Security couroil and Arab proptu;pavia
efforts,
Abu 3hahla then rer)rred to the work of the Arab
delegates and deelared that they are now concentrf,
their of forts on the following two point?:
"First To postpone the debate on the Psiestil
ie
question until after the U.% PresiemItal
elections
ik
eo M prevent Gount Bernadotte'. r Poo rt rram
receiving too-thirds of the votes."
Re then said that the Arab delegates hsve succetlds,=
In resligng the first point and that they are tior
endeavoring e use the second,
BEIM writes in oonnection with the Le riftn
economic ne-oti-tztons that it was felt up
Saturday that the AO gottations vould be nu
and that they vw)uld be remained After Aladin
return from Parts, But, it vont/ nue*, Jana
yesterday phoned Timone' anister Plue,,in
al-
and asked him to proeeed to Damasous to disou
rant matters with him. Al.oliwaini wont to-
talked with Premier Mardam Par about one hour Lftcr
'which he returned to Beim% and rapozlteti, to President
Mahar& al-Vhurt. rn this oonneetitjn, BEIBirr report it
We have learned from -- a
*puree that
brout;ht with him new 217lian prop. eel
containing Syria's willingness to change its
attitude toward the importation of oertain typttl
of commodities, It is expected that the
propriato authorities will atudy these propo It
th a viow to submitting then to the Ceunoll of
nisters in the next two dayo.*
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The Palestine Central Committeeha doided0
an Esse tive Counoll to attend to
the refugee& The Council will oomp s 1
President; Dalud al-Qatar, vioe-Preside
Hushaisi, Archivist.
Al...HAXAT
reminds the Lek.ttese yrtuths of the
now threatening Lebanon in the internatio
tuitional spheres and urges them to sides up,
abandon *teta.. lethargy, and to enter the field of
energetic) and organised action.
Aka
erlee
etoonomic
after
of the
Mandate, that
and Lebanon if
agreement,
ed.ttoril to the -,yriaa
and again reaches the nelssioA,
progress of the eaotassii relatimis
rise sine, the oessation of the Prenoh
would be in the interests of 5yrit
..ey would annul, their aounon interes ;s
ef re to the repo ed Jewlah attacks
area in Pale tin, it declares that in doing so th
Jews are trifinfl ,to hasten the subinigg o
Palestine queation to the General Assembly eutd t
Security Cotuteil beasuse they ?enow thnt time ia
famor of the Are.be. the editorial then urges the
Arabs to take strong Ration to frustrate this ne7
Jewish maneuver.
Abdullah al-rafi, the chairman of the For. k'fare
Ceminittelo irrlted lie members of his oomiAttee to
attend a meeting to be held at Pnrliament building
at 12;00 Wednesday. It in understood that al-rafi
invited7orei4n raniater Hasid Franjiah to attend tills
meeting becattee he proposes to ask him to enlirliter
the oommittee on the Oriental Moe and Lebanen's
adherenoe thereto, on the progress of the Pnlestins
question on the oondition of the Pptlestine refugees
and on nurrent Lebano-Syrian eoonceeic negotiations.
AD- .XAR
/n d.jloztng Ve reelinintions the Lebanese and
Syrian noeppere have recently been easthanging in
connection their ge ve inra eat s $ 000nosti a
differences s paper blames the responsible
authoritiesin bothocui tries for this un de si rabl ,
state of ILI%
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also dwells on ti c prevent nmilie rnim ,ittsi
prevailing be?qeen 1..ebanon aM Syria and d1uua VI t
the Lebanese people want tkdr reition thrim
to be based on a principle vhieh mull, respect tbtf
righteof both countries; that any lenioncy -4h1oL
Syria eirbt show would be reciproeated b7 Leblinon;
and that Beirut's right to free Xei'ticn must
be respected,
SAWT AL AHRAR
deolarev
restrict
Lebanon,
it rljects all measures
free importation of co
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oatober a)
The *Amber of Deputiesheld he fiit seeinof
its present tern yesterday un er the pz'esit1ney of
Geo Zwsir, the eldest member, to elect a new
dent for the ah.amber. The session male attendei
deputies and Ilinistors. Those absent Wert!
ae-3olh, Henri Farion, Dasuf Adil Itt
if Abu Lamal Jumblat and Piahel e
j. Oeorge Zwein opened. the session by makik-;
'eh in which he reviewed the work socosrla ne
ber during the last term and sad that xere
be done. For instanse, he oited the
mulgation of an eleetion law whioh is
ed by most of us because it prejudices
interests*, and the oreation l a verity'
*doh I as aridd may not be realised
revInt us from grabbing funds from the
t vend them lavishly On travels, bansueti
" twain also criticised the saantierin
*rot fends were being spent, said thergt
aings lurking in the oorners of the
Ste -mooched the Government for having
failed to iint its program of policy, eosapl;3114Tt7
that MOXt&j districta have benefitted from that,
pro others have not because of the protaut
of 1 in the Government and even at
hely, Twain reminded his collo
of upholding the rights of the Lebn e
and hoped that the Government womb
aoknase Whidh Nmaanates from loraltY.jd
it nay be observed in this connection, ih, t
d not make a single referinee to the Psles3nt4
on. Following this address, Sahri Hamada was
unaninously re...elected an President of the Chamber
of Deputies* Re made a epee& in whioh he thanked
e DepUties for their oomfidenee in him and d-_-felt
en the Psleetine citteetielk. Jibren Nahhfl Wall then
Oloated as Viee--President ,and Joseph Maw and. Raf t
gastun as seoretaries?
=RUT males the folio mg report on Ie oreac
the Labano-4rian etionomis negotiations'
"Several meetings were held yesterday be-
the Finanoe lisister, the Economy Mini ter an
Musa Albert* for the purpose of studyinc the x t1 ti
of the fames Winisteris visit to Deauto0Uoip
illiberal carefully examined the proposals Shiva
the fluency? 1inister brought backfrom Drmasemc.
This optinism is due to the keen interest Fresilunt
al-Quwatli has shown for maintaining the 14ebano-
Syrian eciononle unity to Head Franjiah and ausehn
alsegwaini? is were tad yesterday by a responsiLl!
official that the differenees were not/ limited
to one point, namely, import restrictions, tie
contact. 411(sh took pl:ce in Damascus the day
before bromht oloser the viewpoints of both sill a.
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WO
/he appropriate 'Abates. authorities are
the new 1yritn prpoj. and it is poani
this study will be completed today. Ifhe
of Minirters rill meet Thursday to OX2M1110
results."
AL.HAXAT
deplo a
&eel
Pales
ladk o
of Beiru
living aa
a tow miles
plass. The
ference th
Palestine quo
fudees are suffe
n and lac* of shelt.r thile the
pre-occupied with their usual d
They we in the &nab }ole and
from wliere these tragedies are
editorial then declares in parti
Lebane
ion1 s
ng frog
"The ?uselessness Ahldh ohs/motorizes our
entire eormiunity will be fatal to us. The time
will arrive . it is net distant - when we will
be sorry tor that we are now doing, we will
be bantam's ourselves, without food and without
e met pLwe this truth before our eyli
day and night."
aret3 ta it wnnmixed n
Parliam Forelem Weirs Commit
AL. AkAL15 representative yesterday that
that the Gov-mmtent regards as aliens in Jerusalem.
Tt is taking important decisions recognizing the
Palestinian lcverneent and negotiating for the
formation of an Oriental Blot: eithout seeking our
views...*The editorial Which dsnounoes
as 'born orippIed after a later of feartul and
suspioious nicht." tolls the Chairman that he dhoule
net vender at the Governmeat's behavior toward Parlimt t
bevauae it hat never referred to Parliament any of thso
the negotiatlons it has eenducted and the decision* 1;
has takes. For this reason, 140 editorial eonaluder,
*We have always demanded and still demand to rash arv
this stain or infamy, the stain of May 25.."
This paper writes that 90 typhoid ease:shave rlready
been reported 111 3e? rut,
'ELAARApli
writes the follc,And reix,z4 oonaerning ibaaadDr
Griffi I visit to rsfugee mpa in Lebanon:
"e0 refereed prielouslv to the arrival of UN Irlf
the Amerioan Alabassador in Egypt. During his
brief stao, in Lebanon, the Amerietan Ambassador
wentaeted a nmnber of government officials.
also medal an inegeotion tour in the refugee are a
in the louth and the14460, when queetIoned y
TZLAGRARHIS representative regnrding the "ea
AattAPIP of hir misiion in Lebanon, the Ambassaaor
replied that he wee particularly interested in -7.te
refugee euestion and added: Ivy mere visit to their
k
places and
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n of the rewires and
people 11111 oentribute erur
do tiollds elothes and shelter fo
in winter. I also hope that the
preeirein do its part in urng publio
nio to extend aid to these d,ttttute peonl%
eeonoule
union wi
tion vith the current tebano-
iatione *tat Lebanon must reject
rrirl based on eontroled economy,
tat
ft
Ai se-
3nion o a
uld
ne cuQfl,
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AAA:A.1CM1 1.2GATION, DZIHLiT
October 21, 1948
reports that the Counoil of Ministers held an
extraordinary meeting yesterday and discussed the
Palestine queation -nd that prior to this meeting
the President of the lepublio received in audience
Majid Arse.laa, Linister of Defense and Iru'ad Shahab
the Comrander of the Army.
AL
devotes its editorial to the battle of 1'4 gob. Th
editorial is censored in twelve different places
and its meaning is Verefore not clear* ,i0'-ver,
it critiolses the A,abs for their failure to unite
and to fight the Jews earnestly. It argues th%t
if the Arabs had Fent all their forces to the
battlefront, the situation in Palestine ould have
been different now,
ALA_HAIAT I S rliamentary Correspondent .?rites
the Parliamentary iTo sign Affai.re Commit; tee net
yesterday aref heard Tore len Minister Hamid Franjis
speak on Lebanon's general forcim relations, The
Minister referacd to the policy of the Arab delegates
to pootpone the debate on the Palestilis question at
UNI to the reooanition or the new Palestine Goverzweit
by all the Arab ;::;overnments, except Tranejordan; and.
to reports coala,,; from P aria to the effect that the
situation is aow developing in favor of the Arabs.
The Ministersai,-.3 that the current rrts regarding
the Oriental 3loo should not exceed 0. e Prime kinisteris
view in which he favored, the creation of this Bloc,
although no official talks or negotiatione are
under way on the subject.
This paper's .ipeoial Correspondent hasthe to].lowjiag
to say on the current Lebano-Syrien economic negotlell n :
"Despite the masks of optimism uhiaa our
representatives are putting on their faoes
the Lebeelo-13yrian eaonomic talks have not
yet advanced beyce-td the stage at whiah they
halted, The Syrian Oov?rnment is still waitin,-;
for the Lebaneee Covernment/ a decision on the
matter, Fineleoe l'ilnister Husain al-Uwaini proeilead
the Syrian Government, when he visited Dastaecue
last Monday, to forward Lebanonla reply viefine oda y
(yesterday) containing new proposals, The Cowell
of Ministers ret last evening to (study till a "-er.
It may be mentioned however, that Syria asked
that 1401)a:20r-1c reply be in writing and that file
negotiations should, in future, be conducted 1:i
writinc also in order to avoid eituations
to that rhich occurred last week iken one side
retreate and the other hesitated*(1
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- 2.
SOT AL.Aliiiika
which criticizes the ti7errian flepaper fcveheir
atteoks against Lebanon in connection with the
Lebano Syri an coo nomi c negotiations, report; on
page t that its Paris correspondent *Underetands
that the Ite.lian Governeent has invited Rice% as-eleth
to visit Italy formally and that aseSolh has accerW
this invitation.' The eorreepondent also understaAds
that the Greek Government has invited Plea. as-Solh
to visit Ireece formally, thet he has accepted this
invitation arei that henow arrane ng to fix the Um;
for .thoee tx o vi nit 3.
BAYRA,4
oomplains in its editorial that the present lavisb
government expenditures are leading Lebanon to
financial ruin and that Lebanon is 'unable to COrIA.316
its extraordimery expenditures on the Palestine
question reel en tle 110,000 refugees.
Cwiille Shamun .411 meet President Diana= el-Lluri
today in order to submit to him a meetorendus embod ne;
the demands of the opposition, headed by the el seoletiou
of Perliement.
Sami aseSoln haa declared that the postponment of
the Palestine deieLte at UN until after the U.S.
presidential elections, does not call for optimism
beoause all the peesidential oandidates in Air:melee
are pro-Zionist and because the Jews are 4-zee/1ing
themselves o: ev..ch moment to emuee.ele arms and nen
into Palestine.
BAYRA?i, -.7ritec that 'Chair/ al-Kal aki 'flan left :ertieue.
in order to r!nozpo the pursuit of the e:overnelecet
authorities folloring his publication of an article
in Ash-Sheerti attaaing the polloy of the Ar ;b League
and its attitude toward Palestine. Al-Ka'aki will
be tried in ebsentia next L',onday.
AloYewm
stroncly critioizes thoEf.: who ere advocating
severance of e co no mi c relations with Syria, ,ene,
emphasizes ti-at; the continuation of these relatione
is essentiel. to the efelfare of Lebanon and qyrine
AReilLIWW.AD
oomments
ape*oh at the:
that he was
speech etei
Wm as he.vini
in these tre4
has welcomed
erleily on Deputy George Zwain's
aharber of Deputies and declare.
3enernlly severe and. cruel in his
has been regarded by sone people
- violated the ouetomary procedure
itional oeremonies. But public opinion
the epeech."
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complains airrtthegov,n-,nn n Is xtr ? . znt
se *hr.,. are
evenditu mad !ieciiref.! that
torturLat In holaing parliamentary and ninis,er
seats think that the public treasury is their win
from vitch they gra tar themselves their friend:,
their fam1lie5 and their favorites,
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AktiiiICAN Lkx)4C/0140 Bz/BLIT
Ootobnr 2
publishes a following brief report in its ori
spaces
"we hnV re1vec from the Chief Cditor of 14_11
newspapar Itho le now in Paris an i ?rtant
message on the present situation, T e messa3e
which oomprises 94 lines, has been deleted
by the Unser in its entirety."
"ati s paper rIport a that 3yv&an Finan?e Miniater
a2,-41axiiri arrived in Beirut yesterday and o-llad
on and disottesed with U. BUS SOU the details of the
paposed Franoo-Syrian Moneta?: Agreement. The
paper says that no new developments have taken pi -
UI
in oonneotion with the Lebano-Syrian eoonersio
negotiations.
The Chamber of Duties 411 oonvene at 3$ 3o poll.
Tuesday, Ootcb'r 26, 1911,6
kaRuT iritet that azspone1ble official at the
Ministry of Finance has informed its oorreeponc-?,ert
that press rfliorte to *e effect that the expenses
of the Lebanese delegation in P-ris have amountec
to half A million Lebanese Liras are totally
wreng and thrt the 0.% ?tail amoturt so far ft:vended
by the delegation is 53.000 Lebanese Liras. An
official oormuniczne will be issued on the subject
in due voures.
AY.ATI 3
editorial ia terribly mutilatedby the Censor.
It deals rith the recent Jewish atta
area in Palesane and deelares that we have bee
ng einee the first truest that the enemy does
want per.oe and thnt he oonalders the oessation
hostilitiea ns a means for T)reparing
The editorial then goes on to ay that we have
often warned the A1?4116 We are now r the eqs:ii
oVneeleett our indifferent)* and our (Iowa se....
We are ooterented by an *noisy *to does not lutow La
meaning of promises and pledges* Is has one objaa7:11,
to which he ia devoting everyiKing; oeauo:tien
of the whole of Palestine and expanslon to other
countries,. he.,ded by Lebanon. 3yria and Transjordan....
Despite the truces despite the ooase-tire, despito
the orders of the security Council* and under the vny-
noses of the UV obeerverso the Jews have mobilized
great arniess,..Our silence is a major oriole because
our lawn -Rill coma after Neva). Forearned foreart.od,
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et Dalian. Da4qa4 *ells on the
Palestine question and warns
undue titans. In declaring
ant of e Palestine debate at UN
the Clbrts of the United States and
*both of *Loh control at least two-third4
nelbere, Basal Deqqaq states in part:
"It has been said for sometime that the del:4
of the decision on Berna4otted a report is
in itself a great victory for us, on the gru
that the Amirillan GOV firameitt idn shame its
attitude after President Truman gains the Jewitt
votes, ;-)cee this statesent constitute a depundshie
safeguard -liter having observed the manner in
*Lich the Powers are handling the Palestine
question and ourselves'''. ',For Vale purzc
we must hesitate in our optimist over the
sal and its attendant oirsumstanoeo,
reason, we have Le right to suspect
to be on our spa id
AL,,HAXAT has reed od the following oommunique trot.
the office of the Arab High Committee in Beirut:
*KUL 3HAII review has published a
titled UNG ?AAA ORMS ARREST Cr
UUT7I 0, PALESTINE to the affest that
Egyptian lovernteent desired the Mufti to
remain in Cairo during the formation of the
Palestine riovarrasent but that he took Of
his religious vestment and replaced it by
a soldier's uniform and left for Ghasse?
It is known at the Mufti went to Chasm on
an Wyptitut Was shish was planed at his
digPosal by the Eaptian military authorities.
He attended the meMngs of the National
Assembly as reported by KULenvy Iii hi*
first utteranees, the Mufti thanked King Famq
for his mmious patronage of the Palestine
Gauss, The Mufti's return was for the purpoRe
of holding an important meeting nith a leading
Aral, statesman prior to his departure from
Cairo, The Arab High Committee therefore
eatimorloally denies this report* It
the Lebanese press 43.1 exevoise disere
publishing news 'shish night oonfuse public
in these erltioal oiroumstancesip*
Atari s note' Ihe above report appeared in
.0 iswe of KUL SW under a banner hendline?
les that it obtained the pertinent Informatiou
*a leading politician who -bias reoently returnec
zoin4iiho is knave for his wide oar:teats
atones. The details have am been 0o:tar:laid
by a Arab souree...*
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AL-11A.TATI .3 Acrid ea
00neentlng the ispia
Irl Petrol sun Company and
Beirut$
to:
sen
es in
'We referred y sterday to the ner:tia. ns
%bleb have been going on between the Iraq
Petroleum Company and its Lebanese employees
Lu eanneation with tie transfer of the Oompanp
offices to Tripoli and With lie necessity of
providing its employees with living quarters
and travel allowineee?
'A de tion representing the Comp
and ecp1or.es yesterday saw the Mintator of 4iLoAal
ammo and Soolal Affairs", The mini
them to the Acting Director of Social Aff,
Will in turn contact the company in Otis z'eepot.
The employees have reasnted the 00.an'e oh :rge
that the conenanists are having a hand in their
movement,
e have re
espleyees e
.ploittn anise
!he oommunist e erii
fair trestmen
Jomp. y
play
I dervitfi.
We have also !Received an appeal signed b a
amber of Peleetinian employees in the oompany
resenting the mai dation that they are comma eta
and statUig that their only amenn at the present
time is is/ isamosemt sat?ruait *tar livenhooet
that *ley have nothing to do wilh the movements
attributed to Omit and. that they is not entertFil
any political ideologies*
"The Lebanese employees of the 7eaterdaw
submitted appeals to tie President
Republic, to the President of the (LWI
to the President of Ise Council of Minis%
the Ilinister of National iteenony seeking
personal mediation so that the aempany might
thin allowances stellar to those the company eras
to the meployels thorn it transferred from Haifa to
Beirut,"
This paper piVAlishes a statement Bade by Shukri al-aw tLt
the Syrian President, to its Speeial Oerrespendent ii
pnanPans, In eq0lasiting that there would be no
severance of eoonomie relations between Lebanon and
Syria, despite all the exiathilm differences the
President deelared in part!
Nut our view, the Palestine question overshat
all otho.;,? issues, 'the enemy is oentinuous17
mobilizing his forms, Re is preparing hilasca,-,z-
day and iit* Toad id therefore be possitae
to say in viov of this situation that Syria
and Lson 'ere diwtgreetng,Whi o the enemy
is at tie door? Lebanon aM Syria are in the
fire line, they are the first objective of
Moyle croonthe
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Ap.
and dsstzoizig this in 7. What ,11
Lebanon. benefit from eeonondes if the eniy
All finaLly swallow all of us? In vi ?w of
these perils, ? must admit th,t the emnomic
problem between Lebanon AM Syria is nothing
in relation to the Palestine question. Ihese
trivial issues should not overshadew our joint
efforts to defend our borders and to save
P lestino."
bee the pUt of the Palestinian refugee, in
and wonders the Najjadaht the Phalanges,
stine Permanent Stareatito the Goverment, the
lity and the Ministry of Health are net
endeavoring to old there miserable refuk-aLe
before the mad we ther sets ins In the
Government to teaks the eonfiseation legi ation
now in force for the purpose of ommandeering
houses elated by rieh people who have not contributet.
a Angle Dent toward alleviating the plight of the
refugees, the editorial deolares in partt
*tAhat prevents tt-se goverment from using this
legislation ProVecamandserimg a number of
Jewish houses in Lebanon for the purpose of
shelterina tile refugees. The Palestine reAtgas
haw* beak made homeless by Jewishaggro fl sionnd
by Jewish confiscation of their homes and
properti es. Is
review publiohea the picture of Ambftss dor
ris, refers to newspaper reports regarding his
to Lebanrn and deolares in parti
"As a matter of tat his miszton ea bejron4
this" Although the United gtates
of the neeessity of helping the re
is afraid lest they inolude communists
Diga7 be attempting to stvloit the visor
state of the refugees by spreading and engender
the commwdst ideology Those Ito Sall Ur. C-rif '1
in 41-4criawn, Basal& and Hint Jubail, not1r7.1
that he asked the refugees many questions vitt
the hope of receiving answers indicative of the
principles upheld by the refugees. Marisa *lies
to restrict its aid to those vibe timbales demooritie
pitmciplec. It has sent its s to tour tile
refugee amps in F.gypt, Poles net Transjordat
8yzta and Lob ,nosk It wanted to confirm their
fth4inga and thus delegated Mr. friffis mho
ad not stay more than forty-ei t haws in
Lebanon and Syria.*
welcomes the epch ar,:uty Georm Zwain receat4
delivered in Pr1iaaont, quotes liberally from it,
and dealer e that Any Oat:Lawny Alla.. is glven
by a member of a family about his own family bonBtjttfg
the truest and 110111t positive evidenee.
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also devotes ita editorial to Deput z nt
vita* and states that "it **sees
afflicts the hertrts of the loyal gene o
tht look at the v4r1ous aspects of the
I life....lhe MIIImental merit of leo
eft& is that it is a ory hae a
dell-ate of the Lebaneee heart. "
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