Exodus Page #6

In return...

...the Balfour Declaration of 1917

made such a promise.

That promise was reconfirmed

during World War ll.

This chap Ben Canaan probably wasn't lying

when he said he fought with us.

Thousands of Palestinians did.

How can you promise something

and then not deliver it?

England was fighting for her life in 1917.

Nations are very like people

in such circumstances.

They make promises

they're not immediately able to fulfil.

During that same crisis,

we made the Arabs certain assurances.

Hence, they have their claims, too.

The Arabs are fanatics

on the subject of Jewish immigration.

Just now, we need their goodwill.

- How is it ever going to end?

- I don't know.

The whole question now

is before the United Nations.

I hope they solve it.

The sooner I stop operating detention camps,

the happier loll be.

That goes for every British officer

and soldier I know.

Thank you.

Yes?

The devil.

Of course.

Send a boat alongside at once.

loll join you in 10 minutes.

They want to send 23 people back to Karaolos.

The rest have declared a hunger strike.

- Can I drop you at your hotel?

- Of course.

...a few news bulletins, and an announcement.

The evacuation of 2,000 British women

and children from Palestine...

...was ordered today by the High Commissioner.

The United Nations Commission on Palestine

still has not submitted its report.

The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem...

...who sat out the war as Hitler's guest in Berlin...

...has met in Aley, Lebanon,

with representatives of the Arab nations...

...to coordinate action against Palestinian Jews...

...in the event Partition is granted.

The UN Commission on Palestine

has arrived at Flushing Meadows...

...and is now preparing its final

recommendation for the assembly.

News of the hunger strike aboard the Exodus...

...received front-page treatment

this morning throughout the world.

The British embassy in Washington

is already being picketed.

Now Dr. Odenheim has something to say to you

for the medical committee.

It is very important

that we save our supply of fresh water.

So we must ration it. Every four hours, one cup.

On the other hand,

everyone must wash his body daily.

This will be done with seawater.

Your platoon leader will call

when your turn comes.

It is advised to conserve your energy.

So all necessary physical work

should be divided...

...among as many people as possible.

If at any time you should feel light-headed

or dizzy, do not be frightened.

It is, in no respect, serious.

Just sit down

and lower your head between your knees.

All of us, of course, feel stomach pangs.

- They are uncomfortable, but not dangerous.

- That's right.

Final point...

...people can live a long time without food,

a very long time.

Attention, everybody.

Here is the news,

and some of it, I'm sorry to say, not good.

Dov Gruner and three other leaders

of the Irgun in Palestine...

...were hanged today in Acre prison.

The United Nations Commission

on Palestine is still delaying...

...its recommendations to the General Assembly.

Winston Churchill has called on

the Labour government to end what he calls...

"... this squalid war against the Jews,"

with all possible speed.

-500 Americans picketed...

- Your water, gentlemen.

...UN headquarters in Flushing Meadows,

demanded release-

Your platoon's turn to bathe, Mr. Lakavitch.

Your turn to bathe.

Mr. Smolikov, will you please do me a favour?

Refresh yourself with my bath,

and then, little bit later, loll take yours.

- All right.

- Thank you.

Sorry, Mr. Lakavitch. You know the rules.

- Can't you see the position?

- No exceptions.

I think you carry this bathing too far.

- No exceptions, Mr. Lakavitch.

- Fanatics!

...establishment of a Jewish state

in the Holy Land.

Thirteen leaders of our

National Committee in Tel Aviv...

...have begun a hunger strike

in sympathy with the Exodus.

When more news comes in, loll report it.

That's all.

Have you time for me, Ari?

Always, Dr. Odenheim. What can I do?

We made a mistake...

...a bad mistake in letting the children

be a part of this.

A child's body grows every hour.

They need food more than adults.

Their blood requires more sugar.

What should we do about it?

When a mistake is made, you admit it...

...you analyse it, and you correct it.

Doctor, don't you feel well?

Who cares if an old man feels well?

Major!

- Who the devil are you?

- Jorgenson, of the UP.

- Thanks, Major.

- All right.

What is this?

- Information, sir.

- Information for whom?

For the tourists, of course.

One of our many special services.

And I suppose these are tourists?

No, sir. These people are contributors.

We are collecting donations for the Red Cross.

Forgive me.

What did you say?

What were you two talking about?

I said to him:

"These are nice fat ones,

for this the archbishop will bless you. "

He said to me, "I do my share. "

Word for word, a literal translation.

Don't try to deceive me.

You're collecting all this for the Olympia.

- You see through me like a piece of glass.

- Complete waste of time.

They won't accept food from us, nor from you.

True, but they will accept

from the Red Cross when they sail.

Perhaps you're right.

What do you mean, "when they sail"?

It was my poor way of expressing

confidence in British justice.

Good day.

You'd better go up and tell them.

Give me a hand here.

Let us through, please.

It gives me great pain to inform you

Dr. Odenheim has suffered a heart attack.

He is dead.

Shall I send it out?

Why not?

Professor Dr. Samuel Odenheim...

...head of the first clinic for Internal Medicine...

...at the University of Vienna,

author of many medical textbooks...

...died today in the harbour of Famagusta...

...on board a cramped freighter going nowhere,

because there wasn't room for him on this earth.

Ought to make news somewhere.

Attention, please.

Prepare all children under the age of 13...

...for return to Karaolos. This is an order.

- Out to the ship once more?

- Yes.

You know, they're in their 92nd hour,

and starting to crack already.

- I didn't know that.

- Fading fast.

They never would have started this nonsense...

...if Ben Canaan hadn't held a gun to them.

- Do you really think so?

- Undoubtedly.

Poor, ruddy beggars.

I don't see how you stand them.

Then let me ask you this, if I may.

Do you have the power to call off this strike?

I have.

If a compelling reason turned up. Why?

Then call it off.

I've been talking to Gen. Sutherland.

He's a humane man,

but there's nothing he can do.

You've made the issue so flatly

that no one can help you.

I know it, I feel it.

Either you compromise, or you lose.

We won't lose.

If the British give in and let us go, we've won.

And if we starve to death aboard this ship,

we've still won.

They'll wait.

They'll wait until you're too weak

and then come aboard and take you off.

It doesn't take much strength

to set off 200 pounds of dynamite.

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