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GAPS IN THE FRONT
(By Reuter's Special Correspondent
in Teheran) ̧.
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WITH THE NEW 22-YEAR-OLD SHAH, MOHAMED RIZA PAHLEVI, ON. THE THRONE, AND HIS GATHERING POPULÁRITY, "WITH UNEXPECTED RAPIDITY THE IRANIAN PEO- FLE HAVE SET OUT TO BANISH THE MEM- ORY OF THE OLD REGIME AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
Parliament has already set up several commissions to reform the laws and practices which one month ago none would have dared to question, and establish new ones. Perhaps the biggest question to be tackled is that of the monopolies which have grown to a point. where they have practically strangled all in- dividual commercial initiative in Iran.
These monopolies brought great profits to the country's budget, but they were disposed of ἐπ unconstitutional fashion by the ex-Shah, They also found their way into the ex-Shah's private pocket.
Another point on which Iranians are determined is that there shall be no sliding back into the ways of the late regime in regard to The supremacy of Parliament's} voice in the Government of their country.
"Rubber Stamp"
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years
into
TRAGEDY
IN GREEK
ISLANDS
(By Reuter's Special Corres-
pondent in Ankara.)
Children are dying of
THE TOBRUK STANDARD
"The defence of Tobruk is one of the greatest events in human history," said Mr. Menzies in а speech yesterday in Melbourne. In his speech he rebuked profiteers, strikers, and "self-seekers."
He added: "1 am passionately con- vinced that nothing short of the Tobruk. standard will save us." -Reuter.
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MR. TAYLOR SEES POPE
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
Mr. Myron Taylor, President
received privately by
acting as a "rubber stamp," Iran's hunger in the Axis-occu-can, was
Roosevelt's Emissary to the Vati-
136 deputies are now trying to
down in the Constitution, shall be permanently honoured.
for 35 minutes.
ensure that their rights, as laid pied Greek islands of the Pope yesterday and conferred Mytelene and Chios. The Mr. Taylor is returning to the Germans have been com- United States shortly.
The Pope accepted Mr. Taylor's
The difficulty, however, that a considerable section of Parlia-pelled to abandon their gift of Villa Schifanoia, in Flor- inent is demanding free elections attempts to re-open the ance, for religious and educational us opposed to the hitherto farcic- olive oil mills, many work- Service.
ally rigid Voting, while other deputies are determined to
their present seats as possible.
hold ers fainting from the lack long
as
of food.
This dienute may be the pre- Yet the spirit of the islanders
Many cursor of many others, marking remain undaunted.
at- Iran's progress from one of the tempts have been made to escape world's strongest dictatorships to the mainland. towards democracy.
purposes.
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BULGARIAN SHIP SUNK
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") A Stefani (Italian) agency des- patch received in New York via The Germans have equipped Vichy last night reported that the Bulgarian freighter "Rodina". Meanwhile, with the delimita- with searchlights and machine-
Bulgarian tion of the main outlines of guns a captured British motor (4,000 tons) sank in
waters in the Black Sea after Iran's political future, dangerous yacht with which they nightly striking a mine. International
filled gaps have been
in the patrol the channel between the News Service.. Anglo-Russian front which now Island and the Turkish coast, but spreads from West Africa across in spite of this the islanders "con- Asia and Europe to Murmansk. tinue to escane taking their wives
and families with them.
Caucasus Defence
he rounded one headland just in time to see an Italian ship sink- Although these and other sing. lands are occupied by Axle Reports from Istanbul" declare forces, the Aegean remains an that the crew of the Rumanian unhealthy place for Axis ship-steamer "Ballic" refused to sail from Trieste because they were pino. A Turkish firsherman, return-afraid their ship would be sunk
that by the British.-Reuter.
· The defence of the Caucasus, which is the main bärrler to Germany's advance towards the world's principal oil supply, Is now organised in tremendous depth by Russian troops. Behind ing from this area, reports them lle the British forces guarding the communicationa along which will flow supplies to Russia from Britain, the Empire and America.
but
the
Arrangements for
these sup- plies to Russia are 'already well on the way to completion, the future stabilisation of internal situation is first- neces sary.
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This stabilisation awalts, among
remaining Axis agents. These in clude 150 Germans, four dan- gerous Italians, the ex-Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and several supporters of Ruschid All,
The ex-Shah, whose future is now being discussed by the Bri- tish, Russian and Persian Gove ernments, is still at Isfahan, the main city of Central Iran. Two envoys, one of whom is a distant relative of the pex-Shah,Shave been dispatched by the Iranian Government to Isfahan, to obtain from the ex-Shah a document restoring to the Iranian people some of the vast wealth, he had extorted from them.
These envoys arrived at Isfahan on Friday, but it is not yet known here whether the ex-Shan is re- sisting their demands. Reuter
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