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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1947,
A POLITICAL SENSATION Resignation Of Chancellor Of Exchequer
Disclosure Of Tax Details
London, Nov. 13.
Mr. Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, has resigned. Sir Stafford Cripps, Minister for Economic Affairs, has been appointed to succeed him.
Sir. Stafford Cripps will continue to coordinate economic affairs, in which task he is virtually director of the whole economic life of this country.
Theso sensational develop him on the misuse of his con- ments were announced from the fidence which has occurred." Prime Minister's realdenco late 15 Minutes Earlier tonight. They followed rum. ours in the House of Commons ther the correspondent knew it Replying to queations whe that Mr. Dalton had offered to was a filendly though perhaps realen after his admission in ill-judged statement or whether the House this afternoon that it was for immediate publica- ho had given some of the con- tion, Mr. Dalton said: 'I take tents of his budget yesterday the blame for having commit-j to a London evering newspaper ted an indiscretion in my re- before he disclosed it in Parlia-lationship with this correspon-
dent whom I have known, as) The Prime Minister, Mr. Cle- we have known so many lobby nient Attlee, in a letter to Mr. correspondents, over a period Dalton, released tonight, sald: of years."
ment.
POLICE
·AMBUSHED
Jerusalem, Nov. 13. A. British policeman Was shot dead when Jewish gunmen ambushed a police patrol' in King George Avenue, Jerusalem, tonight.
A number. of British ser- vicemen and at least three Jows were reported wound- ed, when two bombs were burled into the Rits Cafe.
A figure of seven British Boldiers earlier reported killed in the `ontrage wAE later officially stated to be "exaggerated", Jewish sources suld that between two and four were feared dead, whalle British Army sources stated that ut least 14 British soldiers were in- Juried. Reater.
Palace Going Gay
A two-colour
Russia To Boycott Assembly
New York, Nov. 13. Russia's Andrei Vish!usky to- day assalled the majority-ap- of | proveð plan of Secretary
State George Marshall för # around sitting of the United Nations Council **scandalous,"
year
Ho announced again that Rus- sla would boycott It. This meant the so-called Little Assembly would have a total of 31 countrice willing to be represented, with the six-nation Soviet bloc absent. Vishinsky thus rejected com. plately and quickly, a new appeal for cooperation on the Liitto "As. sembly by John Foster Dulles, United States delegate,
The Soviet chlof. delegate told the full Assembly that Russia, la determined that the United Na Lions will not become a "bureau” of the U. S. Secretary of State,
"I realise that this in- (The edition of the Star in discretion, in itself, did not re- question was on sale at 3.45.
Dulles opened the final round Ault in any netion detrimental] pm.
of one of the hardest fought to the State, but the principle ponnls were not announced scheme for Buckingham Palace the Little Assembly, final approval
GMT. The budget pro-!
London, Nov. 13.
battles in the United Nations with of the inviolability of the bad- the House until after 4 p.m. has been planned for the day and for the Soviet to cooperate. floodlighting a plea to the delegates to give get is of the highest import GMT.) nce Red the discretion of the This was the first time since Elizabeth's wedding
before and the night of Princess He said again that it would not Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1936 that
conflict with the Security Coun who necessarily receives many leakage of information about white and
there had been a
Posts round' the Palace
ell, as Russle has charged.—As- erudential communications, the budget-traditionally
will sociated Press, mauve medallion- must be beyond question." the best-kept secret of Govern- gold. These are to be liluminated designed flags inscribed "E.P." in ment policy.
with coloured fluorescent light;
A Duty
the
In 1936, after a long and de-ing, tailed inquiry by a special. tribunal,
It is also learned that traffic
П former Colonial arrangements include the use of Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, nine thousand buses, coaches and was found guilty of "unau- trams, thorised disclosure" of budget information.
This letter WOB A reply to one from Mr. Dalton dated this view of the incident which was morning which rend: "In raised today in the House of Commons, I think it is my duty
Final plans for the decoration to offer you my resignation. If
of the route have now been drawn Mr. Thomas, who, as a mem-up. Flags are to be flown from you accept it, I shall continue, ber of the Cabinet, was one of all buildings In Whitehall, win. though now outside its rauks, the few to receive advance in- dow-boxes are to
utmost to support formation about the budget's the Government in carrying contents, resigned hia Cabinet through the programme to post but retained his Parlia which we are all pledged."
mentary seat-Reuter.
to do my
Dr. Dalton'a letter continued: "I shall continue in Parliament, and outside, to give all the loyal service in my power to the Labour Party, in which you and 1 have worked to; gether as comrades for so many years."
Earlier, Mr. Dalton had apologised to House of Com
mous for his "grave indiscre-
BRITAIN BY
Belgrade Wants Its Gold
Wasbington, Nov. 11. The Yugoslay Foreign Minister, draped with blue and gold bantall, Secretary of State, demanding be amartened. M. Stannje Simle, today presented an many with chrysanthemums and side snemaire to Mr. George Mar ners, while cight flags will fly the immediate release of $56,000,000 across the top of Admiralty Arch. worth of Yugoslav gold blocked in -Reuter,
the United Staten.
EVACUATING AUGUST
Lake Success, Nov. 13.
tion" by indicating to a corres-Britain would not use her troops, to enforce the
rondent of a London evening paper the subject matter of his Ludget proposals before he had announced them to the Com- mans later in the afternoon,
Grave Indiscretion Mr. Dalton had been asked
partition of Palestine, Sir Alexander Cadogan, permanent British delegate to the United Na tions, told the Palestine Partition Sub-Com- mittee here today.
The note sad this gold represent- ed the monetary reserve of Yugo- stavia's National Bank and had been held in the United States since Yugo
lavia was overrun by the Germans during the
M. Simic gave no further details of the aide memoire but disclosed that in an hour conversation with Mr. Marshall he lo discussed Yugoslavia's trade relations in Wes tern Europe in connection with the Marshall Plan, They also considered a whole lot of economic and political problems, ald M. Simic.
M. Simic, who was accompanied by the Ambassador, M. Kosanovic, de clined to say whether these discur Britain was prepared to evacuate Palestine by
ainns represented an attempt on the part of his Government to derive the August, 1948, he added. Sir Alexander
benefits from the Paris reconstruction sald that were at work in Palestine tak-programme for Europe-Reuter.
to
Hitler Not
If he had instituted an inquiry there are two aspects of this ing preparatory steps for a into the source of information withdrawal. military and civil. settlement which require en- published by the London "Star," containing an accurate offort is being made to the British authorities either Dead!
On the military side, every forcement. It must not expect forecast of the budget pro- reduce posals.
a minimum the to exercise administrative rea Mr. Dalton replied: "I very it is still not possible to fore- and order
period required for operation. ponsibility, or to maintain law Santiago, Chile, Nov, 13.
M. Fellx Renat except in limited
Verbeken much regret to tell the House cast exactly how long it will areas, of which they would Goerens, aged 24 and said to be that the publication arose out take to withdraw from Pales-necessarily remain
a German-Belgian Nazi who ca- of an incident which occurred tine, not only the troops, but tion during the process of been arrested in Temuco, south
in occupa-caped from Nuremberg, has us I was entering the Chamber also their supplies. to make my speech yesterday.
withdrawal," concluded Sir ern Chite, according to the "In reply to a question put that our authorities have been
authorised to state Alexander-Reuter.
newspaper La Nacion.
"I am
tu me by a lobby correspondent directed to plan for an evacua-
of the Star I indicated to him tion to be completed by Aur Ukraine Gets
the subject matter contained in 1, 1948. the publication in question.
As long as British troops remain in any part of
"I appreciate that this was a Palestine, they must, of course, Krave indiscretion on my part maintain law and order in the for which I offer my deep areas of which they still are in apologies to the House,"
occupation.
Not Available
A Seat
Hitler is not dead, he was re- ported to have told officers who questioned him. Goerens WOS said to have been identified when he told the police that a man had cheated him of 5,000 pesos.
Police suspicions were aroused, New York, Nov. 18. it was reported, when they asked The United Nations Assembly him for file passport and he was today elected the Soviet Ukraine said to have told the police that to the Security Council seat he saw the Nuremberg trial and which Poland will vacate Dec. 31.
on testified on concentration comp
atrocities-Reuter,
The long deadlock between the
MIKOLAJCZYK FOR AMERICA?
On behalf of the Opposition, Mr. Winston Churchill said that he acknowledged the "very
"I am instructed, however, to frunk manner in which the make it clear that British Chancellor of the Exchequer troops would not be available Ukraine and India ended when has expressed himself to the 4s Instrument for the enforce India withdrew from the contest House and our sympathy with ment of a settlement. In Pales. but 16 nations abstained from
tine against either Araba voting rather than Voto for the or Russian state. The final vote was
London, Nov. 14. Jews.
three for Ukraine and two for Hish Peasant Party leader who Stanislaw. Mikołajczyk, Po- "The fact that it would be India. Impracticable' to withdraw the The Philippines and Costa Rica] fled last month from Poland, inst military contingents from were elected to two. Trusteeship has applied for visa to enter. | Palestine before next summer Council seats, over which ther the United States.".
Plot In Slovakia
Bratislava, Nov. 11.
does not imply by any means had been a long deadlock in bal. Mikolojczyk's secretary · said that we shall continue to main-loting. The Philippines and Costa the self-exiled Polish leader Rica will seat representatives on The Czechoslovak security forces Palestine throughout the inter- Associated Press.
tain the civil administration in Jan. 1 for three-year terms hoped to leave next week for investigating a Slovak plot against
America-Associated Press.
the Czechoslovak State, have divening period," Sir Alexander.f covered evidence that public officials added.
In Slovakie kept epmact with and "On the contrary," he said, took, orders from opponents of the "we reserve the right to lay Siste, an official stement announced down the mandate and bring here today.
our civil administration to an and at any time after it has
M. Karel Gidor, the Minister to
the Vatican of the Nazi puppet se been made evident that no sct.) gime in
in Slovakia, now in Rome, and tlement acceptablo to Jews and
M.. Privadok, said to be in London, Arabs has been reached by the
were named the organisers of an
attempt by the plocess to escape. Assembly.
Dr. Jan Kempny, Secretary-Gen-
of
Needs Of China More Urgent
Washington, Nov. 13. Chinese Ambassador Dr. Wellington Koo sald after a conference with Secretary of State George Marshall today that China's needs for United States all are as urgent as Europe's.. “if not more so.”
In that event, there would eral of the Slovak, Social Democratic bo an interval between the Party, who was accused of plotting termination of the mandate against the State and deprived of and the withdrawal of the last his Parliamentary Imolty earlies British troops, kat this month and members of his group, Limited Areas
Koo, zuld hé, naked: Marshunli šo | whole post-war picture. "It is were planning a new Blarak Goy ernment abroad, new evidence in-
"clarity"" his instimony before something like a bronze tripod, “During that Interval, His Congressional committees that the say of the Han Dynasty. Three Aicated. According to
official Majesty's Government would Administration planned a US$300,- legs are Amerien, Europe" and statement quoted by the Czechoslovak ho longer maintain a civil - 000,000, 16 month assistance Asia, and both the latter legs New Agency they had supplied ministration in Palestine and programme for China... funds are weak. If one leg is left out emigres with political and economie would ~ coning themselves to The Ambassador i sald he was of the tripod won't stand.”"gang information-Reuter, we prese
not in a position to say, whether Koo said that in the Far East. preserving order in the areas US$300,000,000 would be sufficient ern Commission China, as well SAMPLiverpool, Nov., 13,
still controlled by thels remain but explained that China' needs, as the United States and the ing forces of meat. however urgent did not reach Philippines, it has One thousand Royal Air Force at follows, and I think it is the totals projected for Eurose speed in settling the problem of bean) urging men arrived here today from Karachi in the troopship Empire my duty to the Sub-Committed over four yearse Koor did not say collecting reperations: from Japan: Bride. Most of them are due for to remove any doubt upon this what reply if any Marthall made Hens sald (only the question of Immediate demobilisation Ret polit without further delay. He described the altuation in today's conference with Marshall
to the roquest for "olariscation."" cognomia aid was consideredőnti. that if the United Nations China ar formler part of the Associated Frees
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