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SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES TO ATTEND PARIS TALKS Western Satellites Reject Invitation
Austria Also To Be NOT LEGAL AS YET American
Represented
Paris, July 9,
Finland has accepted the Anglo-French, invitation to attend Saturday's Parls Conference on the "Save Europe", plan. Previous reports said she was unlikely to accept. Her answer was decided today at a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Finnish Cabinet in Helsinki.
•
(Moscow Radio said tonight that Rumania had de-
cided not to attend the Conference. The de- cision was taken a Council
of Minister in Bucharest this afternoon, the
Radio said.)
Austria
Bulgaria has decided to refuse Yugoslavia, had rejected the In.. the Invitation, according to a Reu-vitation. ter coble from Soña. This is the first outright refusal. The rea- sens given were that Bulgaria did not want to have to revise her two-year plan, and was unwilling to take part in a plan which would lead to a division of Europe Into two hostile blocs.
Austria's decision to take part in the Paris, Conference does not mean that Austria is joining the Western bloc against Russia, Wiener Tagescltung," the Peo- ple's Party newspaper sald In Vienna today.
Dr. Karl Altmann, the
Rio Janeiro, July 0. District Judge Chermont Do Miranda today ruled that the "death-bed marringe" be- tween farmer King Carol of Rumania and red-haired Magda Lupescu cannot be frgolized until their respec- tiva divorces are
recognised by 'the' Brazilian Federal Supremo
Court. United Prene.
Plans For
Warning
To Russia
Washington, July 9. It would be "unfor- tunate" if certain coun- tries were prevented
from attending the Paris Conference on the
sure.'
"
Future Of Marshall plan by "pres- Cyprus
Nicosia, July 9,
Plans for the future con- stitution of the island were an- nounced today in a message to the people of Cyprus from the Governor, Lord Winster.
be
This warning was given today by Mr. Norman Armour, Assistant U.S. Senretary of State, when ho told a press conference that it was the Government's view that the wider the participation in the Paris mecting the more effective would be the results that could be expected.
to attend.
He added that attendance of be desired". the Soviet Union was "much to
The US, Chamber of Commerce sold today that If the Marshall;
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Mr. Armour did not identify Stating that elections by po- pular vote might exclude cer- the "certain countries." He also A London dispatch stated that
Com-tain communities and "might refused to comment on whether Poland and Yugoslavia have re-munist Minister of Electrle Power, prejudice the recommendations the United States was making any fected the invitation to attend the who voted for acceptance, said to be made by the Assembly as attempt to persuade such nations Maithall Conference, necording today that for Austria "a planned to futuro machinery to to Warsaw and Belgrade radios. cooperation with her neighbours adopted," the announcement Yugoslav newspapers and
the and the rest of Europe is absolute. asked the various Cyprus or authoritative Yugoslav news y necessary,
ganisations to nominate repre- agency Tanjug today attacked "It would be extremely dan sentatives. the Marshall plan and the Anglo. gerous for Austria to follow These, with nine mayors and plan came into effect the "Ameri-
councillors and four indivi-can people will have to recognise PLEASE BOOK YOUR SEATS IN ADVANCE duals of standing," would form that by one means or another the Conqult".dive Assembly.
The Arembly would consist
standard of Nving of aix Turks and probably nine
shrink."-Router. leftist Greeks, the remainder being representatives of indus- cerned with political issues try, law, medicine and other other than drafting a constitu- professions, and the trades, tion.
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French proposals as attempts to policy of leaning towards certain "Interfere" in the economic af powers and directed against other tuirs Yugoslavia and "there- powers. Only when sufficient in fore an attack on the
sover-formation is obtained in Paris on eighty" of European countries the Marshall plan and the organi- Both the Tanjug statement and sation for carrying it through, newspaper articles described the will Austria be able to decide on Marshall plan os attempia to Austrian participation." avold an economle crisis in the United States by finding markets.
Moscow
new
Scandinavia
They will be represented in Paris by their ambassadors.
Norway, Sweden and Denmark Radio this evening French invitation to the Marshall have agreed to accept the Angio. quoted the following statement talks. These three countries were which the Rumanian Council of understood, however, to be re Ministers had issued after a meet-serving their attitude toward any ing today:-
The Presidium of the Coun. political consequences of the plan's
Implementation, cil of Ministers examined the in- vitation received by the Ru manian Government from
the Governments of Britain and France to participate in the Paris Conference of July 12 and decid- ed not to accept the invitation. The Council of Ministers have authorised the Minister of For eign Affairs to communicate this decision to the respective Govern.
ments,"
A Tass message yesterday sald that Rumania, with Poland and
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London reports stated that the mittec has unanimously agreed to Swedish Foreign Relations Com- attend the Marshall plan discus. sions. In Paris, quoting a Stock. holm Radio report tonight which
their
must
Stating that the terms of re- The Assembly, under its own "to make recommendations to free and independent to settle ference of the Assembly were chairman; will be left entirely the British Government on the its own methods of work and form of constitution to bo es- procedure. It will be subject tablished," Lord Winster em- to no dictation or interference phasised that it was not con- whatever.---Reuter.
Hundreds Of Greeks
said that it had obtained the In-M. formation from
the Swedish
newspaper "Dagens Nyheter." Minister; will lead the Belgien M. Spaak, the Belgian Prime delegation to Sulurday's Paris Conference. He decided to go hitn.. self "In view of the Importance the Paris "talks," It was added.
Mr. William Clayton, the Unit- cd_States Under Secretary-of- State for Foreign Affairs, now visiting Paris for talks with French officials said today that his visit had nothing to do officially with the "Save Europe" Confer
ence.
He
Arrested
Demetrios Partealides, handsome 44-year-old
Athens, July 9.
General Secretary fo the EAM, Greek Left- Wing coalition, was among the 1,500 people, including Communist leaders, arrested by the police up to mid-day in a roundup which be gan at dawn.
is charged with an attempt to provoke dis- orders in towns after they had been weakened by guerilla activities."--Mass-arrests are also being made in several provincial centres. The Athens prisoners are It is expected that they will gathered together in a barracks be charged with a vast plot to: at Piraeus, port of Athens, start a campaign of chaos in and it is believed that they are Athons during the next 24 to be deported to Greek falands hours.-Router, for detention.
"I have come to discuss with the United States Ambassader The anti-Communist sweep and officials of the French Gov- has also been extended to the ernment the present and pro- army. spective food situation in France,"
he sald-Reuter.
Appeal By Pontiff
"Secret Order"
Athens, July 9. Moab arrests totalled 2,600 Dr. Makimos, Greek Premier, by early afternoon today. No declared:
resistance was reported. The Government acted in the face of a threat of 600 were said to have been nr- Of those taken into custody, alsorders, which we cannot al-rested in Piraeus. The number]
included doctors, lawyers and
low."
י.
gan "Eleftheri Ellada."
The Cabinet 'refused to nego- Hate with the EAM, he said, three additional staff members but was prepared to talk with "Rizsopastis" and the EAM or- of the Communist. newspaper Vatican City, July 8.. the Communista provided that Pope Pius today appealed for guerillas laid down their arms. world moral regeneration on
The Right Wing afternoon the occasion of an
audience persons heedless' of God's law newspaper "Estia" claimed the granted to the Canadian dolega- and reckless of the irreparable Government had discovered a tion to the International Postal harm that would ensure to secret order issued by the guer- Union in Paris.
domestic and civil society, aimrilla chler, General Markes The Pontiff recalled that he at its viter collapse.
Vaflades, which revealed that recently addressed the Marian "The world will never bo bot the uprising was scheduled to Congress in Ottawa as the tered through moral degreda start tonight. "most salutary memory to tion, May Canada keep intact To the order, Markos signed awaken and stimulato in these the glory of her Christian. herl- himself as "Marshal” and claim- sad days when physical wretch- tage through self-disciplined re-ed the Leftlata were holding 14 edness undermines Christian verence for what is holy, just battalions'in Athens', and morality and-shameless pro- and honourable."" - United Piraeus in readiness.—United posals, made by
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