From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1948: Seventy-five years ago: Palestine discussed.

LAKE SUCCESS -- Doctor Mordecai Eliash, for the Jewish Agency, today [May 15] asked the Security Council to order the Arab States to cease threats to the peace of Palestine. Disregard of the order, he said, should be followed by Security Council action to restore peace and security. Mahmud Bey Fawzi (Egypt) told the Council: 'A house contiguous to ours is burning. The fire is rapidly spreading and Egypt has both the right and the duty of putting that fire out.' - News Agency

[Meanwhile, as reported by a news agency from Lahore,] The waterless, parched tract of land covering the eight north-western districts of West Punjab will shortly be ensured regular large...