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THE CHINA MAÍL, THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1947.
Opposition Power
Disunity In Keeps Franco In
watched RD
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Madrid, June 3.
alrcraft scatter] They are the co-called 'Govern- with Rodolfo The people if Spain who, thousands of Monarchiet leaf- ment-in-Exile. for some time past. have been lets over the alrect of the Llopia ne Premier, the Negrini
Socialista and the Prieto So expecting important develop-| capitak.
All Madrid is still talking cislista. ments concerning the future of
And even inside the Govern today about the short visit of Juan's their Government, are wondering how much longer brother, Don Jaime, who pasa- ment-in-Exile there are rival- the regime of General Franen, ed through the capital recent-ling factions.
In addition to these groups, outlawed by the United Nu- ly on his way to Rome.
Organisation, will last. Franco hnd permitted Don there are pro-Republican fac- ions
There are two spheres of Jaime to pass through Madrid, tions inside Spain whe advocate politient activities. but had forbidden the Spanish the re-establishment of the Re Spanish One involves the day to day preaR from mentioning this public without the participa livelihood of the : Franco; re-
fact.
tion of the exile Republicans. alme, while the ather invalves the scattered force who are seeking a basic change, which would mean the substitution of un entirely new regime for the Franco Government.
The
"secret" of Don Jaime's to visit spread from mouth maith, and Madrid became the seene of a great Monarchist de
Thousands of monstration. men, women and children lloed sphere The first
revolves the route to the airport to wave around such developments asto Don Jaime, who was moved Cabinet changes and the ap to tearn by this ovation. -pltention
politics.
Not United
the are designed to improve Spain's international and do nestle position without effect- ing the central administration, Franco's military dictatorship.
Some of the Socialist Repub- Beans believe that there, should be an allinace with the Mon- ! archikin in order to create n stronger and broader anti- Franco front. Getting rid of Franco, they argue, should be the first and foremost task.
No Common Basis But other Republicans de- plore any relationship with the Monarchists, and contend that The Monarchy must be kept out
It is this complete disunity anti-Franco groups
PLAN FOR INDIA No-one will cantend that the new plan for India is the most perfect that could be devised, but it kas the merit of bring the most the the lig practical in political facts, and the further asset that it is likely to be accepted be the Moslem League as well as by Congerss and the Sikhs. It IN submitted quite trankly as a compromise. Britain would Mefer te hand OVCI power to the unified Indig, and this best way of doing things in still open to the Indian leaders. The proposes are sufficiently Flexible to enable them to fit any reasable arrangement. On the Viceroy's part, i brilhant
of work. Out standing feature is the further speeding up of the date for the transfer of power well in advance of the Jute, 1918, deadline. Mr. Attlee intends la introduce legis. lation which will
tle Hindustan and Dominions of Pakistan and enable Indians to take over full responsibility lot
Third Group The two
antiarchy. principi the govemment by the end August. If this subtion is g Franco groups. are the
the Republiens. all that could be desired, these is archists und
Airl Important group the mare important consideration
favours the establishment of a that the Hncertain which has paralysed constructive effort in provisional ne "caretaker" ad- India is over, and India's poli-ministration, until a legal in- tical leaders can now eet together stitution may be chosen by
goal. amems of a free plebiscite. defined with
clearly il
if
would India Well-wishers
the Moslems and prefer to see Bindas producing an agreement to disagree along lines that would not evelinale a united India, but it that hope is vain, it is because eligions friction has reached a wage of tension perilous indeed. Whether the danger is now aver crnunins to he
But Spain's Monarchists aro tantted Apart from thone who want To see Don Juan
a King Juan II of at all costs. velgn Spain, which are the majority The second sphere embraces of the Monarchists, there are of the the complexity of factions in others who are advocating the which, for. the time being at side and outside of Spain, who restoration of the Carlist Line-, least, in keeping Franco in the Even among themselves the addic. There are many men are working for the complete! removal of the France Govern- supporters of Don Juan and the in Spain today who would be ment and the substitution of Carlists arc not united
on prepared to fight to overthrow for they have something else.
fundamental principles. Some Franco, but no
create
nt
deinnustrated
hut the likelihood is undoubtedly immeaved by the partition scheme. sid the chance of ut-and-out civil war can he regarded as 're- Both Mr. Attlee aml Lord Mountbatten have earned the warmest congratulations.
mute.
RATIONED LEARNING
With understandable, indigita in the annual conference of the National Asstriation of Hrad Teachers has called attention
famine the prevalent. educational hooks. This proh let is not new, but it grows When thing: worse with time. have reached such a pass that
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By Dick Turnor.
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"Why don't youse boys get up to date? Ain't youse never heard of truth scrum?”
But that "something else is Monarchists favour a Constitu- not been able to get together BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
the great factor which has kept the anti-Frativo factions com pletely disunited.
Mon
The main faction of the Monarchists look for Spaln's salvation to Lisbon, the exile home of Don Juan, son of the Alfons XIII of late King
la the Spain and Pretender Spanish throne,
This handsome 33-year-olel Prince has never abandoned his hope of returning one day to the Palace al the Spanish Kings. And there aro many fuday who believe that this day is not far off.
For several years Don Juan has been receiving a constant stream of Spanish visitors- first at Rome, then at Lausanne and since last year at Estoril. near Liston-who have, kept him in close touch with poli- tient developments in his native land.
Juan
the
tional Monarchy on the lines of the Monarchy of Britain, while others are firm adherents of the idea of an absolute Mon-
en a common basis,
There is,
trend as yet, no that would mark the progress of the various anti-Franco fac tions. The Monarchists inside Spain have been very netiye since the beginning of the your and, according to political for the Spanish Republicans quarters have made more hend- are far more divided than the way than the Republicans. But Monarchists.
they have not yet reached an agreement with Franco.
Many Spaniards believe that the Monarchy is the only nuto- Franco, nate alternative to
The exit Republicans have no less than three separate groups jockeying for position.
French
Stage A Show
Parla, Sunday
attaches let Foreign military their customary poker faces slip in surprise here today when the French Government alaged a par ade of armed strength which was entirely unexpected in its size and quality.
For almost
all ideas
that
By Shepard Barclay "The Authority on Authorities"
LURING A DOUBLE
PAYS
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doubled pairs divided the; top score among them, whereas the non-doubled pairs shared bol. Bidding A four-card suit tom extent for a couple of paira Until Franco has been con- topped by a bare probable No that unsoundly reached unniak- the best bidders The vinced that a certain change is Trump stopper will every once able 3-No Trumps contracts.
in a while pay you an extra in order. a change is not re-
If your left-hand game, who sat South, realized garded as plausible, unless un dividend.
eventually
doubles they had two four-card major anti-Franco faction attempta a opponent
show, in order to forcible change.In that event, you, it may be partly because suits to
or probe for a fit, and that the that faction would either have he thinks a trump honor
summon enough force to honors in his hand will be sure cheapest and safest order for meet that of the Army and po- to win because the othera are them was to call the higher lee under Franco's control, or counted as being in yours. ranking spades firat so that the else win the Army and the po- When it develops then that the lower hearts could be shown lice away from Franco-Unit-i dummy has one or more higher next.
honors over his, he is chagrin er Press.
ed, and possibly sorry he dou- bled.
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about it was learned here today." hour an
the Important changes in serne of feverish activity of 10,000 troops marched past with
the Hungarian which personnel of Juan's supporters, with Don a precision and punch
centre shattered
and institutions) forming
the Government figure of the biggest meeting traditional, untidy, cigarette- are expected shortly. Thu Raft-footed Frenen Minister of Finance, M. Al- of Spanish Monarchists since smoking.
still exists.
exander Nyarady, now hand- the abolition of the Monarchy
It was clear that the vigousing the negotiations about the in 1931.
and discipline which General de
Soviet claima On German Duke Of Alba
Lattre de Tassigny, Inspector- Among his Visitors from General of the Army, has inject-credits In Hungary is expected 1. 1 D
ed into the now Prench Army to resign, while the Lord Mayor tosa, the Catalan Monarchist and financial expert, and the the one defeated by the Germans resign. Duke of Alba, who was Brat refused an exit vina from Spain,
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students are unable to obtain the Spain were Sexor Junt Venave made it a superior force to of Budapest is also expected to 2. 1 D
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Iwoks necessary for their examinations, when London's secondary schools are deficient of a million textbooks, when re-
prints of standard classics are, rapidly becoming anobtainable, some vigorous action is needed.
but was later permitted to leave for Portugal.
A few days after this meel- ing had begun, Madrid crowds
100 Years
Ago Today
The Government's contribution, fter strong pressure from M.P.s, has been to divert 1,xx tons of ner from reserve for the pro- vision of textbooks and to promise to import bookbinding machinery from the United States. After so much capital was made out of the raising of the school-leaving age this must appear a somewhat to a crisis, response meagre especially as the paper consump leave to inform the community of tion of Government departments Hongkong that he will remain for has increased from 40,000 tons limited time in Victoria, where before the war to 71,000 tons. he may be consulted in regard to The extra year at school will be his profession. Teeth cleanked.
extracted: Mineral! a farce if the schools are to-con-filled and. tinue under
in 1040.
Russians Surprised Today, in the difficult coremon- it of marching faultlessly "twelves," the young, bronzed, proud French infantrymen proved themselves ready to wipe out any stain on past.
their
Mr. Winston Churchill, whose
are Elections
éxpected to take place after the harvest un- Take note of the single basic der the new electoral inw which difference in that bidding, and will exclude all members of the the awing in points it produced "former Fascist narties" from in favor of the South player voting.
who bid his spaces on his first
A definite decision has been turn. This deal was in a big made by the Cabinet to nation- pair duplicate in which nearly two biggest un half of the pairs wound up
These players realized that the danger of any harm from the spade kid was virtual- ly nil, since the Q was a pro- bable stopper if the bid found North with additional diamond stoppers and therefore bid i No Trumpв.
Where South bid spades first. West expected to take two spade tricks, no doubled. But in no case did West double where North bid spaden firat, Naturally all made their con- tracts, losing one trick apfecu hearts and dia- in spades, monds.
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as he garlan banks the Commerce with North in 4-Spades not) was obviously impressed 写真を opposite the saluting base bo- Bank and the Credit Bank.--doubled and most of the others South get on this deal in rub. with South In 4-Spades dou- ber bridge? How high in Reuter.
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TURKEY'S NEEDS.
tween the Socialist President, M. Vincent Auriol; and the Commu- nist Deputy Speaker of France's Lower House, M. Jacques Duclos.
Ankara, June 3. Greatest surprise was registor- and
American mission, groups be (From the Bles of the "China ed on the faces of Russian
for Mall, June 5, 1847).
Polish auldiers and diplomats, gan leaving Ankara today
"first. Today was the
time various parts of Turkey. One since the liberation that France group went to Kirikkale to visli has had an opportunity of 800-
another military factories and ing how the last war influenced group arrived in Istanbul. her army. The long columns An admiral and his naval alles fled past to spirited müsle in
Dr. Bail. Surgeon Dentist, begs'
a crippling handi-Teeth inserted; and particular at cap while the bureaucrat devours tallen given to the regulation of the essential raw material of Children's Teeth.. learning. It may be argued that
Gromyko's New Suggestion
ment to the Baruch atomic con. trol plan, which already has been approved by 18 of the 12 United Nations Atomic Commission mem. bers.
The Russian amendment called Lako Success, Jung 3. for a separate treaty to prohibit of atomic weapons. Members of the United Na. possession celebration of the 1046 victory went to see Izmit naval base while
visited air factories attions Atomic Energy Commlaster The Soviet delegato, Mr. Andrel and in honour of Joan of Arc airmen Crowds lining the roste gaspod Kayseri. A vist will bisbe today boulked at-a-Soviet-pro- Gromyko, and it would be "the with astonishment. It was a vin- made to military installations at posal to junk all atomic weapons first Important element in Inter
without waiting for the establish- national control."
Other aspects--such as. Inter. dication of General do Tassigny's Kare Erzurum. forthright condemnation of the
tha The aim is to review Turkey's ruent of atomie control machinery.
The Soviet proposal was sub-national inspection-would be löft worn-out French form of training general defence potentialities,
pld-fashioned
barracks, United Press.
mitted in the form of an amend for later treaties.- United Press, city and the ordering of recruits country camps, where physical Ataces and mental aleringas are developed an essential prelimin- HET P
arles to the handling of arms.
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of great power and thus consumed is not suitable for sweetness of tone. In Handsome book production, and that there Rosewood chat....plays upwards is the hdditional serious bottle of forty favourite ales.-Apply to neck due to shortage of labour DOUGLAS LAPRAIK for printing and binding..
But
the deprivation of the schools
A
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to
d.
does not stop at text-books.
on valuable lunit ‘and building Minister of War, has wiped out Exercise books, pen-nibs and
security, situated in one, of the the last vestiges of Maginot And reorganised chaik are severely rationed. Some best localities within the Town of, mentality" | schools · have had to resort to Victoria...
French defence plans on a zona! basis in keeping with the modern slates. The effect of dusterity of this kind is going to be more The Reverend Mother A. FOR. tactical use of airborne divlatons.
Ideas From Two noticeable when the generation CADE, respectruly informs the
Armies now at school reaches the age fur Pubile that the intenis opening a
The French havo takan .the ndertaking positions of respon- daily school for Young Ladies,
It is to the parents.of these best ideas from the British sibility in the life of the nation, young people that, ane particular. American Armies, under
whom Meré prolongation of the timely addresses herself, assuring them the Free French units fought in spent at school is no substitute that po bains shall be spared to the war.
-Batlle-dresses, are a cross be- for a high quality of instruction, give their daughters, a bound and Yet when teachers have to exer- gudd education, both religious and tween both versions, Weapons are mixture of each Army, and cise all their ingenuity in circum classic,
teading, Writing, Grammar, training methods have been culled venting shortages it is inevitable that standards should slip will be taught as well as the Eng-Montgomery, Britain's Chief of Arihmatic. Geography, History, from both Field-Batshal Viscount Knowledge has extended in print and French languages; also Imperial General Stay, and Gen-
eral Elsenhower, paction to the cheaper and plain and fancy Needle Work of availability of books and paper of every Emcription: §.**
Yet planty, still remains of the true Gallle individuality, na pror.
all kinds. A famine of paper * Great attention will be paid to; ad by today's parade, to make the must lead directly to a dearth of the general welfare of the Chil. French Army of the future a ideas.
dian.
fores to be reckoned with.
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