Soviet Attack On Democracy
Moscow, April 8. Political adventurers have not learned anything from thei breakdown of Hitler's blitzkrieg against Russia and now are coming out as instigators of a
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 4,*1946.
WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE British White Paper On Allocations
Satisfactory On The Whole
LONDON, APRIL 3.
new war, declared an article in THE BRITISH COVERNMENT WHITE PAPER ON WORLD
the "New Times" magazinu here yesterday.
FOOD SHORTAGE ISSUED TODAY STATES THAT ALLOCATIONS OF WHEAT AND RICE LIKELY-TO
Major-General Michael Galak tionov in the article accused the Prime Minister of Ontario of "openly calling for war against the Soviet Unia in a Torontuf speech on March 10 and said THE that Prime-Minister Drev's ideas were a "plagiarism from). the Hitleritë blitzkrieg plans.“
"The food problem is no lon- large exportable aurplus in the The "NewA Times" also printed an article by D. Orlover one of austerity Int of ab-Soviet Union. No preciso cli-
shortage," solute
The White mate of the supply position in Paper declared.
1946-1947 is yet possible na too Denling with the look for much depends on weather and
BE OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF THE MISSION TO WASHINGTON FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, INDIA AND OTHER EMPIRE COUNTRIES ARE TO BE RE- GARDED AS "SATISFACTORY ON THE WHOLE”, WHITE PAPER WAS ISSUED IN ANTICIPATION OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON THURSDAY
ON WORLD FOOD SHORTAGE,
Mary Dines
Max Dormoy
With M.P.'S Killed By
London, Apr. 3.
Mary Pickford, the former motion picture adtrose, who is visiting London, was a dinner quest of Mr. John Mack, Socialist Member of Parlis- ment, in the dining room of the House of Commons tonight,
Mr. Anthony Eden, former Foreign Secretary and now Deputy Leader of the Oppoxi- tion,
another guest. Afterward Miss Pickford met Mr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Mini- ster of Insuranco, Mr. Jamer Griffiths and other Cabinet Ministers-Reuter.
Fly-Tox?
Paris, Apr. 3. Dr. Marcel Petlot was charg- ed with being part of a nation- wide "secret terrorist organisa- tion close to the Gestapo" at his trial on allegations that he mur- dered 27 persons.
¡Bolton
Inquest Stories
Bolton, Apr. 8,
Two mox who had opened th Kalea
on the day of the Bolton Wanderers Cup tie dienster, In which 33 people died, told their atories at the Home Office inquiry today.
come
were
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A MEETING of nimbers of these Guilda will be held at the Office, 3rd Floor, Union Build- Ing. 5 Pedder Street, at' 4 pm. on Thursday: 4th April, 1946.
J. WATSON,
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LAMMERT BROS.
Auctioneers, Surveyors and Appraisers,
One of thead, who had forward in response to a police apponi, said that being anxious in thei about his son's safety
a Ecrow crush, he opened with key the padlock of the gato near the southern turnstiles. After he and his son, who was in a pretty bad state," got out there was a adden
rush and people Charles Henry, counsel for one fammed in the dear... of the alleged victim's families, A 11-year old boy anid that affirmed in his speech that the when the gate was opened he was. state witnesses, themselves in-caught in the crush, but a ma volved,
concenled that
dragged him against the wall an հով
protected him. Petint's alleged "Fly-tox group"
Another man said that really existed but not as the re-
after SERVICE AUCTION ROOMS open the gate near the boy's Auctioneers, Surveyoral&& etc. tiot claimed.
turnstiles, he opened the padlock Basement, French Bank Bldg. Henry asserted that the Fly-with the first key he tried. There AE.B. de Sousa, Auctioneer, tox group assassinated the So was nobody about as he left. cialist leader, Max Dormoy, at. · Mr. J. Taylor, Football Asso-L
said that the "dis-
1946-1947, it emphasises that conditions and other unpredict Mission To India sistance organisation which Fe-a policeman had vainly tried to
Calls On Sapru
Rice Situation
for the
assorting that American, Bri tish and French zones in Ger- many wore far behind the Sovie zone in digging out the influence "the present difficulties are uh-able factors, but it in ntreacty of Hitlerism.
likely to disappear with the new lelear that only the combination The magazine editorially a-harvest.
tof favourable circumstances can cused "ardent reactionáries" } "Some Increase in production bring about any material im-
New Delhi, Apr. 3. unfavourable England und America of “trying may be expected in former was provement while
The British Cabinet Mission gogue at Marseilles riuring the turbing
Montelimar, and bombed a syna-Į çinto the was that what to undermine further develop-zones and exports will come al-crops would spell disaster." with the Viceroy, Lord Wevell, occupation. Its main function had happened Rt Bolton could ment of collaboration between most entirely from current pro
visited Sir Tej Shadur Saprt, was to siny waitay Jewa after occur on 20 or 30 other grounds. the democratie countries." duction. It follows that unless
veteran Indian Liberal lenderwheedling their money
He agreed that a central system staled "the masses of the people crops in exporting countries as
to The White Paper ands that in this afternoon, remaining with Gestapo, he said, and added that
record the number of people are waiting for the UNO in all a whole at best and the fairly
round and easy com After-Petiot's arrest and later release munication between inside and
entering its activities to be based on the high level of 1945, there can be the East the rice situation is him for 40 minutes.
equally suriņus. Production wards Gandhi called on Saprut. by the Germans was to obtain outside a ground would be advan- principal
rights of no improvement in the position from Burma and Slum is cati-who is confined of equal
to his house some of the money
which the taxes. States and not on the principle "One new factor which might mated in 1916 at 4.9 million tons owing to indisposition.
Fly-tox group had tried to keep. of rule of
The court of inquiry has ad- afford considerable relief how- one power over
The Cabinet Mission- later "Neither the prosecution nur journed until April 16.—Reuter. others.--Associated Press, ever would be good crops and against the pre-war average
of 8.4 million tons.
gave a 75 minute interview to the defense has accomsted for all The conclusions reached are the Nawab of Bhopal. Chan-the facts in this case" Henry that there can be no early solu- cellor of tile Chamber of Pring told the court. Annociated tion of the wheat shortage. Al-cea, and the Maharajah of Pa PresЯ. though some recovery in Europe tiala.
Women Barred From Atomic Bomb Tests
".
(By DAVID NEWTON)
Washington, April 3.
Crossroad,"
Civilian correspondents reporting "Operation
the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in July, will be allowed to write about what- ever they see — but most of the 200 newsmen will not see much.
They will be kept aboard ships at least ten miles from the
scene of the explosion.
At-Bomb Test
No Provocation
is likely next season and repeti- The Nawab of Bhopal stated tion of the Revere droughts of afterwards that the talks were 1945-1946 is improbable, it exploratory adding: "We are must be remembered that nearly all working for greater India." half the exportable supply in-Reuter, 1945-1946 atocks accumulated in exporting countries during the
war are now levels.
down to pre-war
The shortage of rice is 13 acute as the shortage of wheat and supplies are entirely inade- quate to meet the needs of the Eastern countries, where rice is the staple food. The future? prospects for rice are by
London, Apr. 3. The Prague Radio reports that negotiations
for a new Soviot Czechoslovakian trado agreement opened in Moscow today.-Reuter.
"Times" Hint Of New Entente
LONDON, APRIL 3.
Those few who will have a means encouraging. It is esti-HINTS OF EARLY MOVES TOWARDS THE CONCLUSION butter view, as well as any who mated that four years must are given any information, will elapse before
2
production in
find themselves involved in the Burma is restored to normal. same restrictions and censor-Moreover, next year's stocks in ship regulations as were war Siam and Burma will have boen correspondents during the war. almost exhausted. Every effort San Francisco, April 2. Approximately four corres is being made to expand produc- General
be permitted to tion in all suitable Joseph Stillwell, pondents will
nresa, in- commander of the U. S. 6th have comparatively good cluding colonial territories but what happens it will be impossible to restore with the chance to see Army, took issue
when the powerful bomb ex-world production to normal level members of the Purple Heart plodes, according to the United in one season. Association who want to see Statee Army and Navy officials. the atomic bomb tests can- They will be in celled because they consider safely out of range of danger-
the tests a
aeroplanes--
Half Pro-War
The future supplies of meat
provocativo digous effects, but at least high will depend mainly on the size |
enough to witness the blast.
naval vessels.
No Women
He said that he was "concern.
OF AN ANGLO-FRENCH ALLIANCE, CONTAINED IN WHAT IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS AN INSPIRED ARTICLE IN THIS MORNING'S "THE TIMES", HAVE PROVOKED
FIRST REACTIONS. AMONG MIXED FRENCHMEN IN LONDON.
WHILE WELCOMING IN PRINCIPLE THE IDEA OF AN EVEN CLOSER ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE, FRENCH OBSERVERS. HERE ARE INCLINED TO ASK TWO QUESTIONS. BEFORE COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO A FINAL DECISION:
Joe Kennedy
of this year's grain. harvest. Wants Plain
Speaking
in
(1) What considerations have prompted the Britian initiative reviving the idea of the Anglo-French Pact now?
(2) What are likely to be the such proposed conditions for trenty?
play of military power, Gen- One of the four will make a Should this fail there will be oral Stillwell stated at a press "pool" broadcast to all radio increased need to lumit the
So far,
official there is no conferenco.
net-works. One will deliver his
clarification on these points, He said the Bikini Atoll test written report to all press asso-amount of grain feed to livestock
in all countries.
either in British or French of- "Will be no more a display of ciations, newspapers and maga- Against the fall in production
New York, Apr. 3. military might than if we test-zines and the other two if they of vegetable oils in many coun- "Life" magazine published in its ficial quarters here.
Until there is, Frenchmen in. ed a new gun. We would be are agreed to by the military tries and small supplies from current sus an article entitled:
The United leaving ourselves wide open it will relay their impression to whaling, states the report, can world" written by former Ameri- possible British matives
States and the London tentatively diagnose the we did not try to find out every- the correspondents aboard the be set the rapidly increased pro- can Ambassador to Britain Joseph desire on the part of the British thing about the bomb."
duction of vegetable oils ind
Kennedy.
Government to respond by fard in the United States, which Written at "Life's" request corresponding British gesture of ed with the way the nation is. The ruling given by the U.S. is now an exporting country amidst the current world tension. goodwill to M. Felix Gouin's tearing its military machine to authorities is: "With security instead of an importing coun-Mr. Kennedy expressed the opin-week-end reference to the desir- pieces and throwing the pieces matter of great interest and try, and increases in Canada ion that for the United States to away and declared that the concern to the U.S. Congress and the Argentine.
prevent World War II, she should ability of completing Anglo- test "Does not and the Joint Chiefa-of-Staff, Nevertheless, "world exports keep her military forces strong, French and Franco-Soviet trea Anglo-French Pact, megn that we are going to use it will be controlled best by in 1946 will be little more than work closely with Britain, support ties by an the atomic bomb offensively." careful indoctrination and brief-half the pre-war level and the Western European bloc, and tell dications that the French feed He scoffed at the contentiona ing of the accredited represen-total supplies in importing the Russians exactly where the ernment had somewhat modified ing a "phony experiment" de pany the expedition and by 80 per cent of normal. No aúb- "Vast. signed to prove that surface miting material to which they stantial improvement In
Chine
is potentially a great power vessels will still be essential des- can have acceso. In general, supply position is possible, un- and like France, has a perman- pite the atomic bombs advent. they will be permitted to write til Far Eastern exports are once ent seat and veto rights in the Harold King. Reuters Corres
freely and without censorship more available on something ap- Security Counell. With an area- of all that they see. Otherwise, proaching pre-war scale."Reu- greater than the United States pondent in Paris, taday the responsibilities and prior. vileges for correspondents will
Bikini Atoll
Nationalist zina, cncourage a
stamis.
and the desire to follow up in-
that the Navy will be conduct-tatives of the press who accom-Itries are estimated to be about United States and inscrutable settlement of the Western Ger- |
Associated Press.
Soviets Meet Chungking Request
Chungking, Apr. 2.
be approximately
the same`¤¤
that accorded war correspon- dents during the war."
Suicide Rather Than Return
the
No women will be allowed to accompany the expedition to Bikini, since all vessels will be Navy ships, which can provide Russian troops are remaining in for only the most Spartan exis-
Berne, Apr. 8. the Manchurian capital, Chang tance. Military officials have
Two Russian soldiers interned cliun, until the Chinese Govern ment forces can take control and issued a warning that the ships in Switzerland have committed rufcide, It was officially discloceed thereby thwart the Chinese Coins will be hot and crowded--un-
today. mumints, the Chief of the Chinese comfortable at best.
The statement sald they feared Military Mission in Changchun Every correspondent will have that they would be forcibly re- reported
today.
to be immunised against small-patriated to Russia, following re- President Chiang Kai-shok yes- pox, typhold fever, typhold;
of diplomatie relations terday told
the Epanies Folitical paratyphoid, cholera Council that he had asked the tetanus-Reuter. RUMLADY to inform him in advanco
at the withdrawals in Manchuria
0
-that Government troops could
arrive in time to take charge.
PLANE OVERDUE·
ternees
and
previous French terms for a
man problem.
Premature Forecasts
лув
times in that the demand by M. Gouin, population, Located unpredictable now Russia in that Anglo-French alliance and un- part of the world where stability official dispatches from London and leadership of a great power stating that the Foreign Secre arc sorely needed. China munt be recognized as of great future tary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, would importance in the world situation. shortly be going to Paris in this "China's biggest problem and connection, have aroused great establish interest in most sections of her hasle polley la to
of a world French newspapers, which fore herself in the status
thrust upon her. power, which in a sense Gas been cast early conclusion of such
more than thongside an Socialist Prime Minister, for an !
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NO POPULAR FRONT
alliance.
In authoritative French quar ters these forecasts are regard- ed as premature: There is cer- IN BERLIN 2-
tainly no draft of such treaty. Berlin, April: 3. in existance,one Foreign Office) The Social Democratic party official stated tonight andres the Soviet Uniooted eix to bhs In the WestoTH ||
Switzerland.
Official quarters,
however, to be wide- Allied occupation zones of Berlin consider it likely that a meeting The
FORT said to be
merger with Cora spread among the 400 military in against the
of the Foreign Ministers of the still in vis country, most maniate and Unionists, and a Big Five may take place in Pearl Harbour, April 8. of whom come from Russian Azer para to have blocked any pro The Navy announces that all baijan and fought during the poted
of popular Paris before the opening of the „apparently accoded to Chiang's re- available ahips and plance in the latter part of the war in the Cau-front In Berlin,
1+ Fence Conference and this, it Calodonta
The Russians at the last is pointed out here would ob was telephoned by the
grea have boen
They declined to returH";
to Rua the
Mayor of
train transport plane, overdue i Swiss Government spokes Democrats to vote on the merger Anglo-French-talke Heuter. -Amerlown trained Chinese flight from
Now Cale repatriation of these men was en- correspondents were arrested that 6th:"*rmy was engaged in a co-donia to Guadalcanal.:
visaged and that the question of while touring the Buatan song in Berlin miatt sok for a formal ordinated drive to clear all Limo The number of persons in the their future had not been raised and hold far several harici di kas to why Rumeli. Danza
Peninsular Associated missing plane has not been, die. by the Soviet Governmental out any explanation batuhan ten the elections in their mone
alogodama asocia od Fresa,
An Americiin omoe
*** Nows that the Soviets have
Rovertiment
Goverment contender 40 APR0k for the navy klan unit of the German BITY- Coite ralused to allow the Bocial | viously offer the opportunity, for
'to
ZOUS military sources: stated since, March 80 on a routine || man said tonight that “no forcible | In':the Sovist, zone: Fever: Allied Allied commanderi
Reuter
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