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BRITAIN'S TERMS OF
PEACE FOR
BRITAIN FACES FOOD RATION CUTS
JAPAN
Canberra, Aug. 25.
Britain wanted Japan stripped of her Empire and
restricted to her home islands, but "did not. want a pauperised Japan which would be a constant drain on other peoples through her inability to maintain herself economically.
Shanghai Nazis Going Home
I Shanglia, Aug. 20. Nearly 200 German Nazis and pro-Nazis hauled Their luggaRO today to the Customs Jetty on the Whangpon rivet to board the. United Sintes Army transport General Black for their roturn to Germany,
She will sail as soon as German from nther China repatriates ciles, including Peiping, Tientsin and Tsingtao arrive In Sha għal The Shanghal Germans slated third from for repatriation-the China since the end of the war
barkation not later than noon on August 27,
Lord Addison, Secretary of cussions on the European pence State for Commonwealth Rela-settlement. truns, expressed these viewä Un The Commonwealth delegates the eve of the Commonwealth are expected to be in agreement talks on the Japanese peace that Japan's post war territory treaty at which the new Domin-shall be limited to that of the ions of India and Pakistan are fone main islands. There is represented-India by Sir B.most unlikely to be any support Ramera, political representative from Canberra for the return in Japan and Mr. K. L. Panjab, of any Japanese colonia! pos--were ordered to report for em and Pakistan by Mr. Mara | sessions. Rafi and Brigadier Sher Ali Khan.
Landan, Aug. 25. The pre-ence of the Food Minde ter. Mr. John Strnelry, mat offl clally a member of the Cabinet, confirmed that today's emergency Cabinet meeting must have dealt with cuts in American food in ports and the reduction in food rations that inevitably must fol-
Mr. Strachey was
expected t Day befro the Cabinet detail
plans for import
and th culs po-sibility of finding alternative | Addison were:
imarkets,
Other points made by Lord
Britain has no Intention of
murrendering or jeopardising thy of her proper Interests in the Pacific in order to conven. trote her attention.
Mr. Attlee announced early this month in the Commons that the Government intended t slash tool import from the United States and other dollar countries by US$48.000.000 or 40 per cent, to
"We have great interests in save dollars.
the Pacific, the Mainyan Penin- Since then.
the sun. Singapore and Hong Kong, American loan has been frozen immense shipping interests Fund Government sources have con- | as well."
reded that an even greater redue- thon must be made. Predictions ranged as high as 74 per cent,... ·
United Press,
i
however,
SOVIET MAKES SUGGESTION
- Mosenv. Aug. 25. Britam should solve her erisis.
by proving her censonile ties with the Soviet Union and the East European countries, the Soviet "New Times," quoted by
day.
Consequently the main con- troversial issues with which the Canberra delegates expect to be faced are:
1
Reparations problems.
to
to
were
Thirty.one
flown were Shanghal from Peiping in two American planes yesterday and
onther
group is scheduled 2. The linked question of the follow in a few days,
More fevel and scope of Japanese in-
than 40 families dustrial output.
rounded up in Tsingtao and will The development of Ja-be sent to Shanghal aboard a States naval transport. panese trade in which connec. United
Germans will be tion the preferential treatment Several infiein accorded by General MacArthur allowed to remain beland, to United States commercial Repatriales are allowed interests may
in for pounds of baggage and US$100 ench-Associated Press.
come
If Britain had promised that criticism.-Beater. Rusel would receive the Kuries and South Sakhalin un- der the secret clauses in the Valtu Agreement can interpre- ration. n which he did not me casarily accepti Britain wenid honour the promises.
No Veto
Britain 201 Australia Ar
also agreed that there shou'd | be no exercise of the veto at the Washington Conference.
Authoritative circles in Can-
Decision
Still Closely Guarded Secret
London, Aug. 25.
Moscow Radto English herra helieved the main AustraOne of the greatest decisions in economic and fin- language broadcast, declared to-lian proposals concerning
he future of Japan would include "The policy chosen by the stripping of her empire, American expansion Will be American control of the whole pressed at more vigorously in Central Pacife belt through the canneethm with Britain's econo-island group dominated by
mię difficulties", the Wrote
paper | Okinawa, and the laying down of a policy to ensure economie. "Britab is now faced with the sanblem which faced stability in Japan.
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Delegates from all parta of her two years ago either to the British Commonwealth were United States has been obtain-fer's authority sell herself into servitule
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American capital. or to makeparations for tomorrow's upened." he said. on abrupt right-about-face and Į Ampavove her economic ties with the rest of the world, including the East European countries and the Soviet Union"-Reuter.
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Dominion Rally Australia's Opposition leader. Mr. Robert Menzies, called to- day for a conference of Domin
deal lon Prime Ministers to
of
The discussions on the clause Heading the British delega- were "very valuable" and pro- tion is Lord Addison, who is
blems were hand'ed "with the supported by Mr. Hector Me-greatest possible incasure of Neil. Minister of State, Mr. E. goodwill and understanding." with Britain's economic crisis, J. Williams, United Kingdom Sir Wilfrid was believed to carrying a step further yester High Commissioner in Austra have been summoned to a day's call for such a conference in, tit Lieutenant General emergency meeting of the Cabiby South African newspapera. Horace C. I. Robertson, com- net tonight after it had been Reuter despatches received in mander-in-chief of the British | in sension more than three London tonight reported, Commonwen th Occupation hours.
The Dominione, Mr. Menzies Forces in Japan.
Sir Wilfrid, who flew the suid in Sydney, ahoukl tel Bri- you Matching the strong British | Atlantic tast night, had told tuin: "We will supply eam it a long list of person-reporters that he would report with *100,000,000 worth litics from the Dominions. to the Cabinet tomorrow food and
wait 50 materials. Canada is represented by Mr. on the United States reply. years for the money, and there Brooke Claxton. Minister of His reported arrival at No will be no interest." Defence, who headed the Cana- 10, Downing Street, while
A loan of between 60,000,- dian delegates at the Paris con- meeting was in progress, was 000 and £80,000,000 to Britain ference, while New Zealand is presumably for the purpose of had already been proposed by represented by her Prime presenting his report to the the South African Government, Johan- Minister, Mr. Peter Fraser, and Ministers.
Reuter reported from South Africa by Mr. II. G. Law It was later stated tha nesburg. rence. Minister of Justice. irst reports were not borne out, Australian Government cir-
and that Sir Wilfrid visited the eles have ao far made no sug Treasury next door.
gestion for Dominions con- When the Cabinet reviews inference. In some quarters it detail the results of the Wash-was pointed out that with the ington talks, it will be known | Canberra" conference' on the Ja- whether its plans may include panose peace treaty, an oppor- buying from countries other tunity had immediately present- than, as the clause allows, initsef to the Commonwealth proportion to imports from the Ministers to exchange informa! United States.
views on how each could help Britain in her economic plight. Mr. Arthur Bottomley, Pariia- mentary Under-Secretary for Commonwea'th Relations, dis closed today that the proposeLİ gathering of Empire statesmen in London for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Lieuten- ant Philip Mountbatten in November would undoubtedly lead to informa! discussions on Commonwealth aid to Britain.
Reuter.
The Conference will jaxl about two weeks and is more in the nature of a prelude t; the 11-nation talks which are
expected ta take place in Washington later in the year,
Possible Draft The British Commonwealth conference may produce a draft for the future Japanese pence If the clause must be adhered treaty, London political quarto. Britain's purchases of vital ters predict.
food and raw materials must Though an attempt to write be scaled down proportionately. the Japanese peace treaty in
With the bulk of the loan full may prove too much for the used and the remainder frozen, conference, which must start imports must now be at the with a preliminary exchange of level of exports. views on Far Eastern problems nan whole, it is known in Lon. don that, at any rate, some of the Dominion delegates intend some definite plan to serve as a basis of discussion at the 11- Bawer.conference.
The conference is therefore expected to deal easily with many of the problems which have proved troublesome at dis-
London Hints
The Cabinet rose without is- suing any formal statement on the United States reply to the requested suspenafon.
However, most commentators believe the United States has agreed to overlook any infringe- ment and Britnin has been set free to trade in the soft cur- rency areas.
MONKS STOP FOREST FIRE
Leicester, Aug. 25.
Trappist monks of Mount St. Bernard Abbey, Charmwood It is understood that the Forest, in long white habits,
Murderer Of Cabinet has made several deci carrying stirrup pumps, bucketz
Women To Be Sentenced
Hamburg, Aug. 25. A British military court here, trying former SS General and police chief of Hamburg. Grav yon Bassewitz-Behr, charged with the murder of five Russian womon, is expected to pronounce sentence in Wednesday.
Wemen "slave workers" in n Hamburg factory were forced. An example", to watch Gestapo executions of women who had struck because of bad food, it was stated during the trial,
Charged with him wore two -prison-officials, Teesmann-and.
Stange.
The former police chief also faced charges of taking part in 1) the execution of 71 prisoners In the Neucgamme concentratióni camp in April, 1940-Neuter,
siona on the austerity p'an, of water and wet sacks, fought which will not be made public and checked a forest blaze near until a single press release in Leicester today.-Reuter.
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