THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1947,
MARSHALL PLAN FOR EUROPE Mr. Bevin Discussing Offer With French Premier Four Principal Questions
Paris, June 17.
Foundations were being laid at a dinner party at the British Embassy here tonight to make the United States Secretary of State, George Mar- shall's plan for ald to Europe a reality. Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest. Bevin, the ́ French Premier, M. Paul Ramadier, and the French Foreign Minister, M. George Bidault, were all seated round the dinner table with their economic experts.
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MARSHALL
PLAN FOR ASIA?
Washington, June 17.
The Chinesa Ambassador Dr. Wellington Kuo, today proposed that the "Marshall. plan" for rehabilitation of Europe be extended to Asia. -Unite Pross.
Germany in any planning organi- sation.
Ruhr Questions
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SOVIET SAYS GO TO UNO
London, June 17. One Sovlet reaction, broadcast today by Moscow Radio, to the United States Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall's, economic-aid-to Europe plan, indicated that any fresh' attempt to reassess the economic needs of Europe will This statement coincides with the publication of be discouraged by the Soviet Government.
the French proposals to set up international functional committees to gauge the scale on which each nation will require assistance from the United States.
Ambassador In Stalin Murder Plot
Nuremberg, June 17.
Files of the United States chief vor crimes counsel today produced a document which al- feged that the Japanese plotted to assassinate Marshal Josef Stalin in January 1939 and suc- ceeded in smuggling ten dis gruntled Russians, equipped with bombs, ncross the Soviet border to accomplish the deed,
The document was a memo randum signed by Heinrich Himmler and taken from his personal les with the fall of the Nazis.
that
On the last point, observers that here believe it inevitable France will reopen in some form the question of the Ruhr, whose The talks represented the first tries are Belgium, Holland, and resources she has consistently
It told of a conversation be contacts towards delning the Luxembourg.
claimed should form the cornei
tween Himmler and the Japan. į Pan-European Against this will be the political stone
uny practical scope of Europe's
ese Ambassador to Berlin, Gen- Repeating the criticism of resolutions of the General A8-eral Cahima. Awer to General Marshall's call consideration of wishing to avoid economic planning.
British the Marshall plan already made sembly and the Economic and In both French and appearance of exclusive talk, for European Initiative,
The document related Tucomplete as this first contact which might be denounced as an circles, there is a tendency tin "Pravada," that it is "n pro-Social Connell. In dine with the Oshima was engaged in subver- was bound to be, it may well no
That ecatumie "western blac,"
warn against expecting too much gramme of interference in the principles of international eo-sive work in Russla in coopera fateful for the whole subsequent in the real dilemina facing Dr-and ton fast.
domestic affairs of other coun-operation."
tion with the Germana. however, trics," Observers belleve, under of planning
tnia's Socialist Foreign Minister trend
the Soviet broadenst In fact, whether the investi- Marshall project,
"Up till now, Oahima has. und France's Socialist Premier at that Mr. Beyin, M. Ramadler and condemned in advance any de- gation is made by the Commit- aucceeded in smuggling ter
try to 1. Herve Alpliand. Economic tonight's dinner,
M. Bidault well at lenst Director of the French Foreign The dilemina is nccentuated by rench a decision on whether it is cision to collect further in- tee machinery suggested by the Russians equipped with bombs about Europe's French Government or through over the Caucasus border," the today submitted a written the ominous comment on the Mar-wiser to alm now for an optimum formation
Man International Economic document said. "Their mission memorandum to the British Ern-stil! plan published yesterday in overall plan, based on consulta-economic needs. bassy. The British Foreign Minis- Moscow in the oficial month-tion between "everything west of The thing is not to collect | Conference which some mem-is to murder Stalin. A num- ter utd his colleagues at the Em-plere of the Communist Party, Asin" or to start planning nearer information about these needs bers of Mr. Bevin's delegation ber of other Russians sent by bassy studied the plan shortlyPravda, which denounced the plan home while keeping the door opcarell over again," the broadcast to France are understood to him were shot on the border.” after their arrival in Paris,
for the eventual participation of said, "but to meet these needs favour, the most probable out- Oshima also told Himmler he It is taken for granted that the Presiden
Eastern anti-Russia and
Europe.in conformity with the clearcat come of the Anglo-French triks was sending propaganda surrep- memorandum, contains substan- Communist doctrina, transplatitel Reuter.
la an agreement to support a titiously into Russia via Po- tially the sue proposals as were into the economie fiéld.
continent-wide budgeting of re-and and Rumania, according to artlined previously by 31.
Four Issues
sources and requirements. the document.-United Press, Alphatid--particularly the setting Meanwhile, the questions fAU- up of four working committees ing the French and British deic- to collate the reds and potentialgations now considering General Paris at 4.10 p.m. Paris time!
under
Alert,
as a thinly disguised rehash
Truman'A
of
Concrete Step
Paris, June 17. Mr. Ernest Bevin arrival in
today.
Mr.
Bevin
Lold
new men:
"We come on a visit to France. not to discuss political business
examine the necessary, but to steps for the economic recon- struction of Europe. Millions
GI Brides
Enter May U.S.
ac-
No Arrests In Macon Case
The Moscow hint that the use of the Economic Commission for Europe of the United No- tions Economic
and Social Council might prove more ceptablo than the creation of new machinery to set the Mar- shall plan in motion is bound
Parls, Jung 17. to influence the Paris talks. The Mayor of Macon, where 17 of people on the European con- The Senate will shortly con- The full statement made yes-patients who died in unexplained tinent, have suffered the depre-sider a bill, unanimously passed,terday by M. Herve Alphand,circumstances in tlig municipal entions and humiliation of the by the House, designed to per- head of the Economic Depart hospital over the last three Nazi occupation. These mil-mit Japanese and Korean Bridesment of the French Foreign weeks was expected to make dis- isions have long since been en-of members of the United States Office, on the French scheme from a conference with the Paris closures today after his return course to tifled to a decent standard of armed forces to enter the Unit to implement the
Marshall Sureta Nationale. plan, and the fnet that life. We can wait no longer.
resources of European countries Marshall's plan are:
hends--cool, four
Is the Pan-European plan- Transport and agriculture.
blog ander the Marshall project Key Problems
to begin ou limitet western At first
the Alphand European basis and sight,
work out- memorandum suggests that ward in the hope of gaining time France see the Brat step of in-and selling the ball rolling, or is ternational planning on à very to await the consent of the down to earth plane, since these majority of European countries four headings are precisely the to meet around table to discris key problems of France's own comprehensive agenda economic position.
Jatter 2. If the
With the threat of an impend-
| construction.
of
ing inflationary piral uppermost adopted, how is the meeting in the minds of every statesman auntioned and whe will draw and most men in the street here. up the agenda, the full force of General Mar- shall's belief that only can assess her urgent problema is vividly brought home to the ab-
kerver.
In the event of a Soviet
take to Europe refusal
In part joint under the European planning Marshall project, will France an Britain continue their initiative in There is good reason to believe the remainder of Europe, and if
may wish to will they attempt to bring in. start consultations without delay the countries of castern Europe out a small scale, involving only at present in the Soviet sphere of those
influence. countries in western Europe, whose problems are com- 4. How is planning under the plementary and whore views Marshall project to be coordinat-
that the experts
for
coull be obtained without tooed with economic planning much loss of time. There coun-Germany, and who is to represent
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REFUGEES
by a marriage occurring before FLOODING
AUSTRIA
VIENNA, JUNE 17. OSCAR HELMER, MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR, TODAY IN- FORMED THE AUSTRIAN CA- BINET THAT THE INFLUX OF POLITICAL REFUGEES FROM EASTERN EUROPEAN COUN. TRIES HAD INCREASED DUR- ING THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
the presence
ther matrons during the
ilon
the
of
occupa-
was denounced at as a Nazi sympathiser and rumours of "revenge" were now spreading through the town.
Five members of the hospital staff have been questioned by the police but no arrests were mado.
Reuter.
World Rice Shortage
Trivandrum, India, June 18.
A world. rico shortage of 3,000,000 tons seven years hence was forecast, in-a-report-adopt-
Post-mortem inquirios carried The great and powerful goV- The House bill, No. 3149, did the French proposals, in a out on the victims are said to erament of the United States not specifically mention Japan- tentative form, were submitted have shown has offered to help us. His Ma-eue or Koreans, but the intent in Washington last Friday, aug-poison in the organs. jesty's Government has taken was obvious. It was passed as gests however that this
and Some Paris newspapers aug- advantage of this generous an amendment to Public Law not the views of the British gestod that
the dea
deaths might have 271, which was an act to ex- delegation will form the basis been the work of a fanatical ad- offer.
"The discussions here, I hope, pedite admission to the United of the
Nazi theory Anglo-French
discus-mirer of the
eliminating cripples. Or of allen spouses and siona.-Reuter.
weaklings. will be the first concrete step States
prosperity, alien minor children". of GIB.
According to others, one of the in bringing
huppiness
united
The amendment removing race
libera Europe."-United Press.
as a barrier reads: "The allen Four Committees spouse of an American citizen
Paris, June 18, Great Britain has accepted January 1, 1947, shall not be "in principle" French proposals considered as inadmissible be for special technical committees, cause of race if otherwise ad-; ter carrying out the "Marshall | missible under this act." Plan" for European economic After the Committee hearing, recovery, a French Government the phrase "January 1, 1947" source said today.
was deleted in favour of "30 The French proposals, made days after the enactment of this last Friday by the French Am-{ act". bassador, Henri Bonnet, to It is believed the amendment General Marshall, call for the was almed primarily at cir- setting up of four technical cumventing the exclusion of GI commitices to study European warbrides on 'a racial basis, An official communique on the needs rather than the summon- stemming from the extremely Cabinet session said the Austrian Ing of a general European con- small Asiatic quotas of 100 Government for "safety reasons ed today by, the plenary session ference on the Marshall Plan. persons of all kinds-from any ships all refugees to the Western of the Rice Study Group of the
The British Foreign Secre- Oriental country per year Zone of Germany,"
United Nations Food and tary, Mr. Bevig, and the French United Press.
At the same time, the Foreign Agricultural Organization, here. Foreign Minister, Mr. Georges
Minister, Karl Gruber, announced Bidault, accompanied by their
that, much to my surprise, the
The report said that Burma) Austrian notes to chief economle advisers, met af
will have a surplus of 2,750,000 Hungary, Yugoslavia, Rumanla and But tons of rice in 1950-51, French The Quai d'Orsay at 11 am, for
garia, asking these governments Indo-China a surplus of 750,000 their frat formal conference on
to stop the influx of their citizens tons, and Sinai 1,000,000 tons,: putting the Marshall Plan into.
Into Austria, remained unanswer- but India, Japan, China, Malaya, ed." effect. United Press.
Chancellor Leopold Figl, sup- Philippines will be deficit areas. Ceylon, Indonesia and the Paris, June 18,
Ottawa, June 17. France and Britain
ported by the Cabinet, drafted a today
The Despite the partition of India cable appeal to the United States addressed an official invitation to
report recommended Soviet Russia to participate in an into religious states on assuming maritime strikers. examination of the United States independence, India will continue, Government and people desire to ing of a conference of nutrition- methods of combating the short- The cable said: "The Austrian age of food grains, the conven- Secretary of State, General in cooperation with the British emphasize that without wheat and al experts, and the international George Marshall's plan
Empire, to slave off possible with ships in dock but not loaded stabilization of prices and Europe. Reuter,
Communist infiltration from the and dispatched, Austria will not Enst, the Most Reverend Dr. be able to survive
without catas search
production. Marvanios, Archbishop of trophe." Travancore, told the United Figl at the same time announc- Press following his arrival hereed that the American High Com-
missioner In to participate in the Marian Geoffrey Keyes, had informed him Congress religious delebrations that he also had appealed to the New Delhi, June 17. The Archbishop said he be strikers-United Press. The food crisis in India-the lieved that in separating into worat in three years will pro-Moslem, Hindu and other states,
Food Crisis
In India
for
·
India And
The Empire
In riec United Press,,
Austria, Lt-Gen. German P.0.W.
Sentenced
bably last until September, an India as a whole would stand· Sharp Battle
official spokesman of the Con- with the British Empire and tral Food Department said accept British guidance to a here today,
large degree in world affairs during the present days' of; ideological conflict.
He gave two reasons for the deterioration in the food aitun tlun the damage due to dust in the central India wheat belt
At Szepingkai
Nanking, June 18. Chinese reports from Mukden The Bishop of Mangalore, today claimed that bloody house. Victor Fernandez, arrived in to-house fighting raged in Sze-
TO
Rugoley, June 18. Otto Part, a German prisoner of war, has been sentenced by Court Martial at Rugeley, Staffordshire, to 50 days' deten- tion for consorting with Eunice Evelyn Jackman, a 17-year-old nursoma.ld of Burton on Thent
It was stated at the court-
and the poor quality of the Montreal en route to the Con-pingkat when small units of Cam- martial that Port and the girl wheat crop just harvested in gress.-United Press.. the Punjab.
The Government was trying
to meet the situation by In- tensifying internal procure- ment, conserving existing stocks and importing from abroad.
SOVIET ENVOY'S
FAREWELL
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munist storm troops entered the were found in an airfold-shed. city and were "liquidated" by early one morning. The girl hai the defenders in a bitter street an alarm clock to get to work on battle.
time. The reports claimed that 2,000 said that he was not a Neal and In mitigation for Port, # was Communists were killed and 200 had taken an active part in help- The Soviet Ambassador, Appol-captured as wave after wave of ing victims of Nazi persecution lon Petrov, entertained high rank- Red units attacked the city in on--Associated Press...
Nanking, June 17.
The expected total of, iming Chinese officials and diplo- offensive which began on June 15. porta during June, July, and mats, including the United States They said the Communists at August were 464,000 tons as Ambassador, Dr. Leighton Stuart, are to houses in which Nation- against India's, requirements of yesterday and will leave for Mosalists were entrenched but falled 1,600,000 tons during these o tomorrow by a special plane to penetrate deeper into the town.
vin Tihus, Binkiang provincial-United Press. threa lean months-Reuter,
capital, 117 miles from Feltashan the scope of the recent Chinese- DR. GRÁDY
Onter Mongolian clash-United" Pross, IN COLOMBO
de-Colombo, Juno 18.- Dr. Henry F.Grady, frat United States Ambassador to
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dian Agest, het Dr. Grady who was accompanied by his. wife, aboard the chip, sp
KANSAS QUIZ
Washington, June 17. The Attorney General. Mr.
CONGRESS RECESS.
Washington, June 17.* Senate and House Republican leaders today not July 25 or 26 as the tentative dato for the ad- Journment of Congress, but de- ferred decision on what bills should be added to the legisla tive calendar-United Press.
:- London, June 16. Indis, arrived in the 9,260 ton During his brief stay here, Tom Clark han appointed The first publie radio, telephone United States linor President the now ambassador will call Richard K. Phelps of Missouri service between Britain and the Folk today on his way to take Moore, Governor of Ceylon, and any Federal law violations today as the British Postmaster- on Bly Henry Moncko-Mason as special assistant to prosecuta inland of Malta was inaugurated | up his now post
attend a special session of the found in last year's Kanans General, Mr Wilfred Paling, Mr. Madhao Bhrinhart Andy, State Council later in the day. City Democratie Congressional talked to Malta's Indian representative to Cor-Bautor. long- and Mr:(R.T. Charl, In-
Byl primary United Press
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