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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1947,
GREEK OFFER TO STALIN Free Port At Salonika For A Directive
An Expensive 300 Words
Washington, Mar. 24. Republican Representative Karl Mundt described, Mr. William J. Clayton's statement to the For- eign Affairs Committee today as "the most expensive specchi Ja the history of the world.”
Ho said: "You have devoled only three hundred words to Tur key and since you ark for $100,- 000,000, that figures out at $333.- 333 per word. Let una congratu- late you."
After laughler had subsided, Mr. Clayton replied: "I certainly did not use all the words that could be used on the subject." Representative Mundt proposed an amendinent, earmarking $10. 000,000 of the $100,000,000 credis to permit
Greek and Turkish nationals to study in the United States and observe the American way of life and democratic pro-
cen^,"--Reuter,
Neutral Zone On
The Border
Cleveland, Mar. 24.
The Greck Foreign Minister Constantine Tsil- daris, in an exclusive interview granted in Athens to the Cleveland "Plain Dealer" cor- respondent, John Leacacos, appealed to Josef Stalin, "as chief of the world's largest and orl- ginal Communist Party," to make a public de- claration to followers of the Communist doc- trine that in the interests of world peace Soviet Russia prefers a victory of Communist
BIG BEN SHINES
London, Mar. 25.
The lights of Big Ben, iN the Houses of Parliament, · were switched on again on Afanday.
They were switched off (100 months ago when a shortage of electricity shut down tra.... dustrial plants. The use of electricity in homes is still banned for five hours daily throughout Britain. ---- Azzo- clated Press.
philosophy through peaceful, democratic Attlee Invites
means and popular elections rather than arm-` ed revolution and guerilla warfare.
Palaver
In return, M. Tsaldaris pr lowed to rule Greece if they "win
London, Mar. 24. mised that Greece would consent in free, pcpular elections.
The Prime Minister, Mr Cle. to a free port in Salonika to gira i understood the Commu-
com-nists must give a pledge to respectment Attlee, In a concession to Yugoslavia and Bulgaria a mercial outlel on the Acgean. the victory of any other group in the "rebels" of the Parliament-
He would also consent to
rary Labour Party. today invit those elections if they lone. An
For immediate peace along the ed nil Labour MPs to give their i amnesty for all guerillas who lay down their arms and participate Balkan frontiers where an UN views on Government's econo in the new elections with a pledge inquiry mission has been examit
mic policy at a series of meet- that the Communists will be al-ine responsibility, M. Tanidarising.
Greck plan for " The decision to hold a series neutral zone of 10 to 20 miles wide on the Greek side of the of meetings on economie polley, frontiers
Ruerfilas with Mr Hilary Marquand pre- could safely penetrate to Aurrenaiding, was taken at the regular der their arms to American, meeting of the Parliamentary British. French or Russian Labour Party today.-United soldiers, and receive amnesty pro- | Press. tection,
Ex-Minister Given Death Sentence
·
London, Mar. 24.
The 66-year-old former Minister of Justice of New South Wales, Thomas John Ley, and Lawrence John Smith (38), a London joiner, were today sentenced to death for the murder of John Mc- Main Mudie, whose rope-bound body was found in a partly dug grave at a chalk pit near London on November 30. The trial had taken five days lives al Geneva in 1927 and in at the Old Bailey.
the following year was at the Before sentence of death was Berlin ecoliciie conference, bow- passed, Ley told the judge:
Ld low to the judge after being om not surprised at the ex-sentenced to death. Without jook- ploitation of the allegations about ing round the court, he walked jra tousy, suspicion and motive and with a sonile on his lips to the suchlike nonsense when you re-top of the stairs-leading to fuse to allow me state in the cells.
the
box what I wanted to say. I am Smith, showing no sign of perfectly innocent, I regret very nervous tensten, hurrled quickly much that I have at my time of after Ley.-Rcuter.
He suffered an injustive of this
kind,"
The Lord Chlef Justice, Loed Goddard, suunning up, told the Jury:
"if you
think that Lay wns Futtering from unreasoning Jenl ousy for this woman you may think it throws a food of light
on the whole story."
Bank Of China Dismissals
Shanghai, Mar. 25.
In the foul speech for the pro- Four employees of the Cen- Gneution, Mr. Anthony Hake tral Bank of China have been asked:
Is it saying too much dismissed for the alleged pur- that at one particular stage this man was obsessed almost to the chase of gold bars which the point of being unbalanced? By Central Bank sold during the midummer has not that poison. mid-February runaway market mis suspicion become centred on in an attempt to check soaring
prices, it was revealed today. this man Mudle?”
For Ley, Sir Walter Menckton The dismissed men included said: "What a story it is of this Wang Sung-tao, assistant man- old man of 68 years and an old woman of 8 years between whom ager of the banking depart there had been no familiar re ment. lattens for ten years..... Il va Several others were caution- hard to believe that there should ed. have been such neule jealousy According to bank informa- which would drive 3 man lo tion the dismissed persona crime."
bought large quantities of gold Counsel for Smith described him as "just a simple Joiner who bars at Central Bank dumping has been debauched by this in prices which are always lower rate.- eldent for the payment et £200," than the blackmarket'
Smith had stated In evidence United Press. that he helped to get Mudie Into Ley's fat, but that he was not harmed.
Mrs. Ley, 60-year-old wife f accused, who flew from Australia
to be present at her husband's tried, was in court mest of, the
Indonesia
day, but had left when the verdict Agreement
was announced.
Ley, who was one of the Bri bal Commonwealth representa-
Bullitt Drops Brick
Washington, Mar. 24.
suggested
into which
He pledged that Greece would allow the guerillas to migrate, if they choose, once they lay down Vieir arms:
That'll Be The Day
London, Mar. 25. -Whitehall sources sald on Mon- day that they were "surprised" by the American Government's al- Litude on Cyprus.
As roon as the disarmament of the rebels" is completed, Row Greek elections would be called within three to
to six months. M. Tsalduris said: "French and One official, who refused to be Belgian
Communists have won identified sald: "It will be a re- considerable power and influence | hef to all of us in this country the politieal life. through normal participation in when some people in the United of their coun- States overcome their tendency to tries. Why cannot the Grock be so liberal with territory that Communists do the United Press,
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Antavia.
Mr. William C. Bullitt, former Severeignty of the Indonesian Re United States Ambassador to publie over Java, Sumatra and Russin, said the Soviet Union Madoera.
was planning an "ultimate at- In return, the Repubile will af
tack" on the United States and liate with Borneo, Celebes and anima Would have dropped on atomic other Dutch islands in a United Stalca of Indonesia. Associated
bomb on this country by now if Press.
it had one and the United States did not.
He said Premier Josef Stalin) was directing the plot and would only give up when the United States told him to stop "and) mean It." United Press.
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Bimilarly, "san-ah-sorla".meant "I want a plece of bread.". Henriette's language it mars, I
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Although there are gaps in the language as Henriette knows it, parts of the words she knows are, there on the tip of her, tongue, fluent and sonorous,
A twinsome amilo comes to her pretty face when one suggeste perhaps, this strange » language may provide the clue to her real Identity How she apqbited for har figent French her modent free, English "or her "ready" Ger- man for that matberaromking-a- mysteryimmm United, Promil
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