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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1946.
ANOTHER EAST-WEST SPLIT "Closed Shop"
Opposition To Veto On Disarmament
No Foisting Of Humbug On World
Lake Success, Nov. 30. The United States and Britain today insisted that there must be no veto on disarmament or con- trol of atomic energy, thus splitting with Russia on the basic point of issue.
The United States submitted to the United Na- tions its own four-point disarmament plan. It agreed with Russia in scrapping the atom bomb as the first step but took a position that the powers must forfeit the right of veto with- in any system of control inspection for arma- ments.
Sir Hartley Shawcross of humbug on the world. What is the the alternative proposal? It la the United Kingdom told "Political and Security Commit first for a convention by which tee that Britain will be no sintes agree is be bound by an party to a disarmament scheme international system for the which is subject' lo veto. Hemitation and regulation of also said that big armies, rocket armaments. You must have a weapons and bateriological war- convention. fare and other "means of mass destruction must be scrapped at the same time as the atom bomb.
dom;"
"Why not start now and give the Security Council' directions to draw up a draft?
com
MOUNTBATTEN'S TWO German
NEW JOB
London, Nov. 30.
The Admiralty announced: today the appointment of Rear-Adaral Viscount Mountbatten as Rear-Admiral Commanding First Ciniger Squadron, Mediterraneas Fleet with effect from next April in cession to Rent- Admiral H.R.G. Kinahua,.,
Admiral Mountbatten, who has been acting Samiral while Supreme Allied Com.
mandor South East Asia, will revert to the whstantive
rank on Jan. 6 when he will begin a Senior Officma' Technical Course of Porta- month-Reuter.
Generals
To Die
Rome, Nov. 30.- General Ebehard von Mackensen, former Ger-
man
Commander-in
In Hospitals
London, Nov. 30. The issue of the "closed shop"--the demand that all employees in an establishment or enter prise shall belong to a trade union-came into the forefront of public controversy in Britain - again today over the dismissal of 52 members of the London Suburban Hospital staff, be cause they did not join a trade union. The
ataff, including two. gestion that they must doctors, midwives and nurses rffiliated to the Trade of the Willesden Municipal Hos. Congress." pital, received their dismissal Gothes from the local borough authority after the local Council had passed a resolution that all its employees must be members
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The Labour organ Daily Herald" reported that the dis missal notices to the matron and nurses of Willesden Hospital are likely to be withdrawn next week na the local Council will of trade union.
Nurses employed at the hos be asked to accept membership Chief in the West, and later in Italy, and Lieut.-pital at Walthamstow, eastern of the Royal College of Nursing suburb of London, also today--to which most nurses belong. General Kurt Maeltzer, received notices from the local and which is a body negotiating for working conditions of the one-time Governor of council that they must join a Rome, were today sen recognized union or organisa nursing profession as sut
tion. tenced to be shot by a
Both councils concerned have The dismissals have been the British War. Crimes Socialist majority and pres-subject of considerable press Court for their part in ure en municipal employees to notice today because some, of
the the sisters and nurses had ser the massacre of 335 join trade unions follows
recent invalidation by the ved for a long time one staff-T Italians in the "Ardean-Labour Government of the nurse had 28 years service- tine
south
under and because the British Medical caves,
of Trade Disputes Act,"
which Government employees | Association, the Royal College Rome, in 1944. "
were barred from joining a of Nursing and Royal College New York, Nov. 30. The sentences, subject to
trade union affiliated to the of Midwives, to which doctors, Vyacheslav Molotov (Russia) confirmation, were passed by Trade Union Congress. today gave up his attempt at the Major-General an Playfair
Big Four Foreign Ministers President of the Court, after Conference
to gel preferential. Mackensen's. counsel had askell that his client should die ke 7-seldier before airing squad.
Molotov Gives Up
That is whut» the Canadian. Sir Hartley rejected the proposal contemplated. His Soviel proposal to place the recondly far the establishment disarmament question under under that convention, of a the main Security Council, say-perrasment international ing: Frankly that is not good mission of control with full
enough for the United King-towers of international investi treatment for, Yugoslavia over Kation and international inspec.Greece in reparations payable by
have got to have
Italy and Bulgaria. In a detailed examination of tion: You
Moletey had tried persistently the Soviet proposal on disarma-such system if disarmament
to get Yugoslavia twice as much mént, Sir Hartley declared: is not to he «a hollow, emply
reparations as Greece from the "Ive must not arouse the en-fraud. Why not say so now two former Axis powers. United thusiasm of the people by pul- † pleas for unanimity in this States James F. Byrnes insisted ting before them
something business. There is no room for that the principle of equality re- which in practice will turn dut any question of national pres- commended by the Paris Peace to be bogus. There are some tire as to whose scheme Conference be recognised.
In a long discussion the ques- people who say that wbar is adopted. There is no room for going on here is a combination propaganda and political enn ion got down to how much Italy
Bulgarin would pay choose propaganda drive and a fishing sideration. We muet expedition and that the Soviet the scheme which is most like- Cavernment is seeking to firstly to achieve real and lasting make the world believe that pacification in this frightened Russia wants to disarm and the | Warki.""
all
- Western Demccracies do unt; 1 he French Ambassador. secondly to find out the details Alexandre Paredi, meanwhite of our tross and armament submitted a proposal for strengths.. I do not share thisUnited Nations members view but the fact that it exists withdra armies from foreign makes it more important to ift soll and begin to demobilise. this thing out of the realm of He did not flally state France's propaganda so the word sees position on the veto but implied we mean business.
disapproval of
Russia suund.
W
the
"Any discussion on disarma ment must proved on the basis Ambassador V. K. Wellington that some time somewhere there Rest of China said. his nation may be a state bent on aggres: { would give up its veto right on sion and prepared to go to way the matter if other powers to achieve it. If it were not would. All the five powers for that fear there would be agreed that each should be able no need for disurmament proto veto any proposed scheme or posals,
treaty for disarmament..But the "Now do we mean business? United Stater, Britain, China' "It is not enough to do as M. and presumably France heli Tyshinsky suggested: vote, n that once a system for disarma-
And
Von Mackensen, who had de- nied during the trial that he gave the massacre order, flush- edn he heard the sentence.
B.M.A. Objects Today, the British Medical Association-professional, body representing doctors-joined in the controversy with a state- ment by Dr. Guy Dain, Chair
Tses and midwives belong. are recognised as negotiating bodies in connection with con- ditions of the medical and nursing services.--Reuter.
man of the Association, who SOVIET
declared: "We are strongly op pored to the closed shop prin-
Bath men stood stiffly to at-ciple and we shall stand behind PLANS GO
tention to hear their fate.
and support any members of
Italians in court applauded the B.3.A. They should be free
to join if they wish. AVAR
"We shall oppose loudly when the sentence alanounced.-Beuter.
is little argument as ta reparations to be paid by Rumania. Hungary and Finland. No find agreement has been reaches on Italian and Bulgarian reparations but the Big Four will in an attempt to resume today talk out differences,
folotov accepted equal repara Lions
payments for Greece and Yugoslavia in another
material advance toward a Ble Four agree- ment. Previousiy he had held that Yugoslavia, twice, as big as Greece and suffering twice as mych, war damage, should get twier 13 much reparations- United Press.
de
German Steel Chief
the resolution first and discussment has been established the Gets Boot
what it means after. because this is vital step which will ,settle our whole policy on the method of disarmament here- after. The Soviets say the primary object is to be the pro- hibition of production and se
ment can
veto
#
could throw power monkey wrench into the machin- ery. Russia maintained
that
A
:
any
Deadlock In France's
Political
Crisis
Bug-
Paris, Dec. 1.. delegation of French Socialist and Communist leaders, met yesterday, and failed to make any progress in discussions on the makeup of the future Government.
..
ASTRAY
Berlin, Nov. 20-
The Socialist Unity Party in Berlin was today facing a first class crisis with the imminent breakaway of a large group of Ils leaders to the Social-Demo- crat Party, according to a high cxecutive of the Unity Party,
The split, which will probably include some members of the newly elected Berlin Parlia. nicnt, is expected to be practi- cally the death blow to the Socialist Unity Party, which
We got no precise replies being violently opposed to a Com-cost its Soviet sponsors much
from the Communists, other thanmunist-led
a promise to respect ministerial Press,
olidarity if they succeed in win-
ning the leadership of the Cabi- net," a Socialist said.
The Communisis, who claim the their leader, premiership for
Con-
Maurice Thorez, will have to wal for the Secialist National gress next Tuesday before leara- ing it the Socialists will agree to enter a Leftist "popular front" Government.
pon the Socialist choice de-
Dusseldorf, Dec. 1. powers should keep their right The Dusseldorf de-Naziacs- to vele any method-enforcing tion Commission has ordered pends whether the country goes the disarmament.
the removal of Alfred Hugen- Left as the people want, or to the
was based
of
Cabinet-Associated prestige in the elections when it logged far behind the Speial- Democrat Party in all zones, including the Russian sector, where it. was formed under Soviet inspiration by merging the Communists and Social- Democrats.
Archbishop Attacks America
York, Dec. 1. Dr. Cyril F. Garbett, Arch-gcr
The American proposal sub-berg, fermer German politician Right to the great joy of the re-bishop of York, said today the of tomic energy for militarymitted today called for "practi ad industrialist, from all his action," declared Jacques Duejos, United States was mainly to Communist Secretary-General, blame for the starvation facing purposes. I an all in favour cal measures" for regulation of offices and executive positions. of that being done as part of armaments to "be generally ob- The action against 81-year- who headed the 10 man Com tens of thousands of Germans in yesterday's in the British occupation zone. the general scheme for the reserved by all and not uninterni old Hugenberg, who was Food munist delegation
Minister in the first Hitler preliminary discussions,
"The major cause for this duction of armaments.
ly by only some participants." "Bb I do not understand how
Bidault and his terrible position is the failure A United States delegatica Cabinet in 1933,
As Georges of all people the Soviet Govern spokesman said the latter claim upon his chairmanship of the Cabinet have resigned, France is of the United States to supply
rockets,
the without a Government. A new in the grain which had been pro- suggest
meant, no veto right by any Board of Directork
Steel Works, terim President
is scheduled to mised for the feeding of our bacterielagica! warfare and power-United Press and Res- United German
This firm is now ather instruments of mass dester.
also under be elected by the National Assem- zone," he said in a letter to the investigation by the de-Nazi aly next Wednesday. In the event diocese. truction. are not at once to be
fication Commission.
of the Socialists refusing' to sup-. The Archbishop said the abolished; that vast
agreement Hugenberg, who was arrested port Thorez's candidacy, the Radi-Potsdam
should by the British-authorities, in cal-Socialists arc expected to either be carried out completely September at his estate at Rahi. arbitrate the deadlock..
or scrapped.. brake, denied membership in The Socialists are hostile to re- "Even if this crisis is over- any Nazi organisations except election of MRP's Bidault, even come," he said, "it will recur the Labour Front, which he though the new government will unless Germany is treated as 'claimed was automatic because; last only until January,
an economic unit. We ought to
-Associated Press.
amales
be
with enormous quantities of long-runge artillery can maintained but the atom bomb must be prohibited not merely as weapon against civilians but against vast armies, cannon and rocket launching sites.
Obviously these things must" Soviet all go together. The proposal places the whole res Tonalbility for disarmament in the hands of the Security Coun eil That is not good enGugli for the United Kingdom. Want guarantee in there that the Security Council could secure the imitation or prohibition on any armaments at all? There is none. How can we be sure one great power might not veto the proposal to prohibit the atom
Franco Advances Spurned
Paris, Dec. 1.
The semi - official Agwre France Presse reported today, on the basis of the "slatement- of a very important Spaciari arriving from
Lisbon" that General Francisco Franco And renewed attempts to renehan
..
It is felt that the breakaway, would have great consequences in the Russian zone, where the. -and Social-Democrat Party Communist Party as individual parties have not been allowed to' operate as such since their mer Politically informed Germany have felt that at least 70 per Social Democrat cent of the membership in the Unity Party have always wished to, return to the Social-Democrat Party. The fear of "reprisalt" which has hitherto held up the bren's- away is now wahing, owing to the new Russian post-election policy of cooperation with non- Communists in their zone, s shown by the release of mora paper for Liberal newspapers and Eberalisation of censorship. -Reuter.
Genius Not To
of his position as an employer. The Radical-Socialista pre split, have living permanently in Ger- Be Nationalised
some favouring Thorez,, others many a Minister of State.
Loses Out Battle
Smuts In U.N.O.
Lake Success. Now
$30.
accord with Don Juan for the The Political and Security and Legal Committees meeting jointly adopted by a vote of 24-19 a resolution calling on South Africa to bring the treatment of Indians into "conformity with international obligations and agreements con- cluded between the two Governments," and requested South Africa and India to report at the next session of the General Assembly measures adopted to this effect.
United. Press..
MASS GRAVE GORIZIA
IN
Gorizia, Nov. 30. 'Nine of nineteen bodies found
London, Dec. 1 Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade inga Government embarked upon sweeping Socialist conversion of British enterprise, resterday. told the Royal Society that the State must keep its hands off research.
Addressing the Society's 28th anniversary dinner, Str in a mass grave near Gorizia on Stafford, one of the bulwarks of Nov. 11 were identified. today a
the remains of Italian soldiers tlie Attlee administration, as- from the 2nd Boast Company, One thing is, to my mind
an serted official AMG statement said.
The nine soldiers stationed in to be certain, and that is that Gorizin had left for an unknown there must be absolute freedom destination
Venezia
April 13 1945. for the researcher to wander. asked zelfu vilian police over the field of knowledge
soldiers assigned to the
Boust Company to contact
OSCAR USES A STRAW
pare research. We w
That is why." he emphasis ed. It is quite impossible for a state or, a Government to plan experimental research Asso ciated Press..
bomb7 Or suppose, 'the atom restoration of the monarchy in bomb having been prohibited, a Spain but that the Spanish prophant is plade; for the pro- | Pretender, had decllaed to re hibition of rockets or Home Lecive Franca's emissary, pwede
The traveller said that the other form of mass destructiva
perhaps some newly discover-Governor of the Bank of Spain, ed invention.
Antonio Goicoechea, carried the
the missing wherever his will and his genius" "How could we be sure some France proposal to Lisbon, call-
take him. The discipline and other power would not vetsing for a six months' truce"
posted. economy of that?
police at once, to identify their carefully during which the Pretender
badles. The bodies will be in-production methods are wholly Under the system of inter- would cease all contacts with
The vote on the resolution pro-red in the wording that "inter-terred in the Gorizia cenetery on out of place in the matter of national contra as suggested it Spanish elementa opposed 12 posed by France, and Mexico national agreements" had been Tuesday-United Press. could at once bo vetoed by any France, thus enabling Francs to found the Soviet bloc solidly sup-breached in the South African power and there are such take measures to permit the porting with the United Kingdom, treatment of Indians and claimed powers--which was reluctant to indispensable evolution of pub- the United States, and western that this was neither proven nor allow foreigners free admission. He opinion." The source said Europeans opposing,
disproven and should go to the.. within its frontiers. I have said these measures would have in- The narrowness of passage In-World Court for ruling. we will lift all curtains, open cluded the Incorporation of Idicated a stiff fight in the Assem- Mrs. Pandit, announcing the all cours, to properly establish roderate and Leftist elementsbly where It needs two-thirds withdrawal of the Indian resolu- ed International systems of co-into the Franco regime majority for approvaltion, said the Indians did not wish trol and Inspection. We will be L Gioenechea represented · AL- The adoption of the French-their resolution to stand in the parties to a scheme which caso XIII in Spain during the Mexican resolution, which would why of the Committee in the gives any power of veto over| Republic daya and refused, ofset a precedent for United No-settlement of the issue, t the way in which regulation, shy Don Juan's March 1940 tons Intervention in domestle of South Africa's Jan Smuls Aug- how to lap it up like other. control or Inspection would to manifest to resign as a protest faire when a racial discrimination gealed that the matter be referred cate his mistress said, adding carried out I have no doubt against the Franco regime. The question fa involved, came atter to the world court with enlarged that having got his start as a and seven badly burned carly on this proposal was put forward aource said that when the India withdrew a resolution to powers too into both legal and weak kitten by being fed in a sincere desire to immess banker went to Lisbon to attend support the French-Mexican mes tactial amecis Mrs. Pandit op through a straw when a drop the yard scheme subject to the centennial of the Bank of Sure The United States, the posed in the grounds that the per was not at hand, ho Ap Buet hararda would be a fraud, Portugal, he wrote to, Don Juan. United Kingdom and other der Assembly was not competent to parently has decided that lap a delusion and a spare.
but the latter refused to receive legations pointed out that the decide the question, United | ping milk is too slow and foo Do not let us felst This his letter United Frear French-Mexican proposal assum- | Press;
much work. Associated Press.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 17 Oscar, who drinks milk only Mrs. John Green has a cat,
rough a straw.
"It looks like lie doesn't know.
WOMEN DIE IN FIRE
Anchorage, Alika, Noy, 80 At least four, women were killed Thanksgiving morning in a fire which wept one of 20 civilian workers barracks on the army
There were 22 womes in. barracks when the fire Ataried, United Presse
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