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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1946
Conference To Settle Statistics Of
Fate Of Germany____
PALESTINE PROBLEM
day.
Cairo, May 15.
PARIS, MAY 16.
A`SPECIAL PEACE CONFERENCE TO SETTLE THE FATE OF GERMANY WILL BE HELD ON NOV. 12 IF THE FOREIGN MINISTERS COUNCIL AGREES TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL, MADE TODAY BY THE U.S. SECRET-
ARY OF STATE. MR. JAMES BYRNESEGRE
MR. BYRNES ASKED. THE COUNCIL TO AGREE TO THE SETTING UP OF A SPECIAL COMMISSION OF DE- PUTIES, WHICH SHOULD REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 15, THE DATE SUGGESTED FOR THE NEXT MEETING,
Catastrophe
New York,
The Acting Secretary State, Dean Acheson, told the Women's American Org sation for Rehabilita Through Training face five years, of
these are the dry and barren statistics of catastrophe.
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The question of presenting
He added: "The question to- civilization can aurvive. The the Palestine problem to the
day in whether mankind and United Nations Security
effects of prolonged hunger in. Council might possibly be The questions that the com-ernments and to submit drafts countries which suffer from raised at the forthcoming ex-mission should study are out of proposed internal legislation, conditions left unstable by the traordinary session of the as the Buhr and Rhinelanct etanding German problems, such
Last Session ..
course of war and the Impact of Arab League, the secretary- frontiers and exports and, Im- attempt to conclude an Italing- the world's economic system, In some cases, such as the to continuing food crisis on general, Abdel Rahman erts.
Swiss financial agreement Al- still shuddering from the Azxam · Pasha, told the A■- || Mr. Byrnes tuggested the lied intervention has been firm, asepulta upon it, is frighten- sociated Press in Cairo yoster-Ministers should take a decision and has aroused
considerable ing to contemplate. The com- on these short-term questions at criticism in Italy.
pulsions of mero survival, shape- the next session. His proposals, These restraints on the Ita- and guide much of our foreign He expressed the opinion that constitute a new United States lian Government's freedom of policy today.”. Associated unless the League Council initiative to speed up the pro-action would be ended now that Press. agreed upon such action, no cedure, for setiling the perman- the Italian armistice draft has Santos, Brazil, May 16. member-nation would take the ent slope of post-war Europe. been accepted by Mr. Byrnes The dock workers today voted case to the United Nations, The conference agreed
Azzam Pasha made his state-night to adjcurn until June 15. ment marks an important fresh porary wage
to colleagues. The revised agree 1.620 to 126 to accept a tem- Increase of 54- ment when questioned about an and will meet again in Paris. The stuge in Italy's progress back to per cont instead of the 70 per unconfirmed report from Da-Ministers agreed to sign an Ita-normality, which began ever two rent increase originally de- mascus that the Soviet Minister lian armistice, as proposed by years ago, when
the original finanded. there had told the Syrian gov.]Mr. Byrnes,
armistice agreement was signed The decision,cased the labour.. ernment that Russia would Commenting on the revised
on Sept. 3, 1943.
tension which has gripped this: back the Arabs if the Lengue armistice for Italy, Reuters
Meanwhile, it was authorita-krent coffee port for months.. took the Palestine question to diplomatic correspondent says: tively stated tonight that to Government seized strategic the Security Council.
The United States plan for a morrow will be the last session areas in the port over the week- Azzam Pasha said he had no revised Italian armistice goes of the conference before ad-end-associated Press, confirmation of the Damascus long way toward making the Journment until June 15. report,
Italian Government master in The Arab League, which re-its own house in the view of presents *evel) Middle East Italian quarters here. states, will mest in Damascus In the absence of a on May 18 to decide what action treaty, the United States pro-initialled by the "Big Four" to- to take concerning the Anglo-posals for, a revision are con- morrow, prior to signature in | American Committee's report Bidered to be as satisfactory as Italy by Signor Alcide de Gas- Secretary of Agriculture op
recommending, the admission of could be expected. The United era, Italian Prime
Tuesday, laid down a programme 100,000 Jews into Palestine na States plan, it is pointed out, and the Supreme Allied Com-of continuing limitations on the 8000, as possible. Associated would have a threefold effect: muider in the Mediterranean,
domestic use of wheat until the Press.
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It is expected that tho Ger- man question will be discussed tomorrow. The revised Italian peace armistice will be officially
Minister,
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WHEAT LIMITATIONS
Washington, May 14. Mr. Clinton Anderson, the...
M. Bidault, French Foreign middle of 1947 in order to help 1. Allied intervention In Ita- Minister, opened today's session hungry arcas abroad. lian affairs would be limited to with a detailed exposition of The programme designed to.. purely the military sphere, and France's views on Western Gor-assure at least 250,000,000 the return of Italian prisoners-many and on
bushels of whent for famino: general German of-war would eventually be questions. He presented his the milling of wheat for domen areas, continues restrictions on speeded up.
Government's proposal for in-
2. The Allies would have re-ternationalisation of the Ruhr tie consumption and the pro- served their position against and Rhineland and the virtal hibitions against using wheat London. May 16. the eventual conclusion of annexation of the Saar Basin to make beer and whisky. Fifteen Swedish industrial rent) treaty on such questions by France. Ad
Further restrictions aro workers in the engineering and as reparations and the disposal France, M. Bidault pointed
placed on the use of wheat by livestock feed manufacturers. iron industries have arrived in of colonies.
Associated Press..
out, had been invaded seven the United Kingdom to tour the 5. Italy would give renewed times in the last 150 years, and northern industrial cities. The guarantees of her intention to the only way to prevent renew- party on Tuesday visited the remain à democratic state in ed aggression Was political Umperial Chemical Industries the future when Allied political separation of the Ruhr and works at Billingham today they rupervision is withdrawn.
Rhineland from Germany..
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go to the Consett iron works Though the Italian armistice Mr. Ernest Bevin advocated and to Horden collfery, one, of terms have already been con- faiscussion of broad German. the largest and most modern' siderably modified since March, questions before detailed con- pita in the north-east of Eng- 1945 when the political section idoration of the French pro- land.
of the Allied commission wasposals. He said Germany should On Friday, the Swades will abolished, the Italian Govern- be treated as on unit, although ece something of Tyne shipment is still obliged to provide he appreciated France's need for building, inspecting the Nep-information on the course of all security. tune yard-Associated Press. negotiations with foreign gove
Sir Ben Refuses To Give Up More Food
1.
London, May 16.
Mr. V. Molotov supported M. Bidault's views that the Minis- ters should · discuss Western German issues first. adding mation about the situation in that he had insufficient infor- the Ruhr.
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Mr. Bevin said that all the |information required about the |British Zone, would be, mado available through the Allied [Control Council He added that ho would like to know more about. what was happening--in other parts of Germany, - parti- cularly Saxony and Thuringia "NOTHING BUT TROUBLE" [both in the Russian Zone.)—– Reuter.
Sir Ben Smith, Minister of Food, replying to a suggestion in the House of Commons today that Britain should send more supplies of food from her reserves to Europe, said: "Since V-Day, we have sent more than 1,400,000 tons of food to liberated Europe and this year we have sub- stantially reduced our import requirements for the benefit of other claimants to world supplies. -` `-- "Stocks of food and feeding reserves at the beginning of stuffa at the beginning of this this month for, in fact, they Commencing month controlled by the Minis-vere twice the normal reserves try are estimated at 3,800,000 before the war and that the ftons, about 125,000 tons less authorities in the western zone h the month earlier and say that 600,000 tons would Faver 1,000,000 tona lower than save the whole situation in wes
the gure at the beginning of tern Europe.
this yent. About three quar- "We have no right to bottle ter of a million tons of stack up, this any longer," said Mr. at the beginning of this month Stokes..
consisted of coarse grains and Mr. F. Oaborap, Conservative,. uniniat feeding stuff.lng po. asked Sir Ben Smith, if he "We have now reached the could see that any food sent. Jusition where we have no re- did not fall into the black mar servo surplus to meet our own | kête de processing and distributing re- Sir Ben replied: "I wish I quirementa
could make that effective. Thorq
I am therefore not prepared da, black market but as far na to acplete, cur stocks further in know our control people will the way suggested In the ques-do their best to see that it does tion since this would moan not get there.Reuter, more cuts in consumption which
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