Geneva, Sept. 14.
The British Government was not committed to any point of detail or to any definite scheme of partition, emphasized Mr. Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, in a speech to-day during a discussion by the League Council of the Mandate Commission's report on Palestine.
All he asked at present was that the British Government be authorized to proceed to work out the details of such a scheme, if possible, in cooperation with the representatives of both Jews and Arabs. No scheme, he added, would be put into effect without the approval of the Council.
Following Mr. Eden's speech, the Council, at a private meeting, appointed a committee consisting of M. Antonescu (Rumania), M. Munters (Latvia) and Dr. R. J. Sandler (Sweden) to draft a resolution for submission, if possible, to the next meeting of the Council.
It it understood that the resolution will authorize Britain to proceed with proposals for a definite settlement of the question on lines of the Royal Commission's report, and will urge that a report be presented as quickly as possible.
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