THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1947.
GRAVESEND VOTE POINTER "The Honeymoon Desperate By-Election Campaign American
Tories Favoured To Win
London, Nov. 23.
The Labour Party sent a busload of Labour Mem- bers of Parliament to Gravesend today-just as it has every day for the past two weeks -- for the final round in a desperate battle to pre- vent Labour from losing its first Parliamentary seat in a special election since 1945. Voters in the Gravesend din-} Conservative hopes rose when trict will go to the polla next | Gravesend followed the Nation'a Wednesday to elect successor swing to the right in the City to Labourite Garry Allighan, Council elections enriler
this спр-
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who was expelled from-the Commonth. The Conservatives mous for selling stories about tured six counel] acats Fecret meetings of the Parlia Labour and polled 22,000 votes mentary Labour Party to Lord | to Labour's' 11,000, Beaverbrook's amil-Labour Even-†
ing Standard.
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London, Nov. 23. The Soviot General Brachkov, in . Atoscow broadcast today, called on the Soviet artillery to be prepared
Loan Not Enough
times" as "world (m="
perialist forces are getting Teady for another war to destroy demor sty and no- clalism."
The General, who Wis speaking on the eve of So- viet Artillery Day, declared: -"Our artillery as well as the entire Soviet forces should bo in constant readiness. Every soldier, from private to general, should do his utmost to make our artil- lery the best in the world." -Reuter.
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within the walled Broadlands esfate today, but apparently longed to go horseback riding when the weather clears."
The second full day of the Royal honeymoon was a rainy- Oberlin, Ohio, Nov. 23.
China needs "several estate, Hosidents of this market. interlude on Earl Mountbatten'a
the proposed ing town, recalling Philip's US$300,000,000 American energetic nature, began referring to the couple as "the honeymoon loan to restore confidence
prisoners." in Chinese currency, Dr.
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H. H. Kung, chairman off townspeople were realgn. the Board of Directors of cd to waiting until tomorrow's (church service at the 1,000-year- the Bank of China. as-old abbey for a glimpse of the SHALL serted at Oberlin Col Royal pair, who were seen only STATES fleetingly as they turned through STATE, lege.
Broadland gates on the evening HONORARY of their marriage.
Dr. Kung, participating Oberlin's two-day conference or Far Eastern affairs, held out little hope for immediate peace
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"For China must be united and cannot permit political parties maintain separate armies,"
The banker, who served AU China's Minister of Finance from 1933 to 1844, currently is on tour to encourage foreign trade with
the and
The Rev. Corbelt R. Milward, nssistant priest, sold Princess asked that she Philip be seated in ordinary, cane chairs Instead of in tho Mountbattens ornate family pew, clevated above the rest of the congregation.
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Mr. Marshall arrived in Eng- land yesterday to attend next wack's Council of Foreign Ministers.
"I think it was a triumph of democracy that nations like ourselves could rise to tho
There will also be two other China and also will visit Europe alone floor beneath which many heights we did in effort and
and South America Associated distinguished Britone lie buried. contribution," he said.
elections Press.
The Labour Party answered. It will be the most important the challenge by sending bye-election test yot for the Labusload of Members of Parlin
"No compromise stems to be bour Government,
which has ment daily to Gravesend, not to cause they found it too sluggish possible between the Central Gov muccessfully defended all 20 La make speeches but to ring door and not far enough to the leftment and the Communists hour Parliamentary seats in bells in a house-to-house canvass They founded
while the Communists maintain Common- the speciai election, since the 1945 of the constituency.
an army," he said. Roughly wealth Party, and at the time of general election. This record is Gravesend is a cross-section of the General Election had three unique in British political his Britain, with 60 percent of the seats in the Commons.
town and 40 percent of .the Only one of their 23 can- Tories Favoured
county electorate of 60,000 didates in 1945 was elected, But the betting now a three eligible to vote,
however, and he later joined the to two that Conservative Frank The campaign bas been Labour Party. Taylor, a self-made successful fought entirely on national Gravesend business man who in issues, with Taylor hammering speelal Parliamentary making its debut in national] away at the Government's aboli- | this week, both on Thursday. polities, will defeat Sir Richard) tion of pleasure motoring, In-George W. Odey, Cons, and Acland, who rejoined the Increased controls ant austerity, Thomas Neville, Lab., will Con- bour Party after his ambitious and the ban on private home contest the traditionally Commonwealth Party was aj building,
servative seat of Howdenshire, most wiped out in the general Forty one-year-old
resigna Taylor Yorks, vacated by the election,
founded the Thermo-Control In- ton of CUfford Glossop. stallation o., Ltd. on a capitali In Enet Edinburgh, Conserva; of £200 and bullt it up into a tive Duncan Matthews and John nationally known concern. He Wheatney, Lab,, will contest the alsn holds a doctorate of traditionally Labour seat vent Philosophy.
ed by the raising of George R. Acland, who also is 41, and Thomson to the peerage. No up Tom Wintringham left the La-sets were expected in elther by- bour Party during the war be-election-United Press.
Before 1945 the sent usually was held by a Conservative, but Allighan defented Conservative Sir Irving Albrey who had held the seat for 21 years by 7066) votes in the general election. Allighan poiled 21,000 Albrey' 14.553.
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ANGLO-U.S. AGREEMENT ON GERMANY
Washington, Nov. 22. British and American negotiators have reached an agreement In principle on nearly every out-
"It is an impressive lesson for the world today that demo- cracy, when a really great test, comca, can function satisfac-
tarily."
Mr. Marshall was being hori- oured by Oxford University for his services an United States Army Chief of Staff.-Reuter.
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standing issue in their protracted discussions Ring
regarding the revision of German economic zonal merger arrangements.
Work is now being concentrat the middle of next week though ed on drafting the fioul paper extra Ume will have to be al- which should be announced lowed for its approval at higher simultaneously in London and levels in London. Washington in about a week's ume unless new and unforeseen
hitches occur,
The highlights of the agree. merits so far reached include:
1. A concesalon by the Britah
It was stressed that the new agreement will take no account of what may emerge from next week's London Council of For- eign Ministers meeting.
London, Nov. 29. Princess Elizabeth's wedding! band was wrought from the same nugget of gold from which her mother's ring made, jeweller Willie J, L. Bertelle, who donated the gold for the Princesa ring, dlactos ad_tonight.
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Bertollo's story Was given Buckingham Palace approval. If that conference faile-and He said that the King, then whereby вате £18,000,000 f as has been anticipated Duke of York, bought a wed- balances now on the joint ex-France agrees to join with Bri-ding ring made from a Welsh port agency's books, will be al tain and the United States in gold nugget in 1923. When lowed to be converted into dol. the Western Germany merger Princess Elizabeth became lars under shnditiona which, plan- new programme, of engaged, Bertolle offered the however, will definitely preclude financing as well as other ar gold to her in a letter, "The the possibility of it all being rangements will have to bo Princoвs was delighted converted suddenly and causing worked out all over again-Rou the Iden," he said Associated a heavy drain on Britain'a dol- ter.
Presa. lar resources,
2. The granting to Amerlenna of an increased "pay" on tho disposition of "Bizonin funds" since after Jun. 1 the United States will be assuming the whole of the dollar, share of the two zones upkeep.
which
This arrangement, in one or two detalls have yet to be worked out, will not, I was) stressed, in any way alter the principle of an equal Anglo- American partnership in the ad- ministration of the conquered
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Authoritative sources said the final draft should be ready in
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Rome, Nov. 23.
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Pietro Nenni, pro-Communist leader of the Left Wing Socialists, declared today at a news con- ference that a general strike might be called throughout all Italy to protest what he termed violence against Italian workers.
Bloody demonstrations and The Constituent Assembly.! sporadic strikes have plagued meanwhile, voted to outlaw cornmunities
throughout the armed Fascist or Monarchist
nation in the past week, asbands. It adopted A law Leftists continued a determin-describing the organisation of ed assault against the de Gae-three or more persons as a peri Government. A general barid: Associated Presa. strike which paralysed the agricultural area of Apulia (Puglis) in the south officially ended today, but most workers remained away from their jobs pending further, negotiations
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Warsaw, Nov. 23. The Council of Ministers an- nounced today that Stanislaw Mikomjczyk, former Vice-Pre- mler and leader of the Polish Peasant Party, had been strip- ped of his Polish citizenship, ing trade workers want unem-|
The action was recommended ployment benefits to protect a week ago by a special Par- them against seasonal layoffs. liamentary, commission which charged the opposition Party leader, who fled from Poland to London last month, Was "guilty of treason,"
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London, Nov. 21. States Artbassador Stanton Griffin issued a state- "Princess" Yvonne” Murat, ment last night denying reports film actress and descendant of current in Warsaw that he an old French Royalist family. might have had knowledge of told the police today that a how Mikolajczyk managed to burglar entered her fourth- 1ce.--Associated Press.
floor flat and took" £10,000. worth of furs and Jewellery plus an ancient Tibetan necklace "brought back` by Sir Francis[ Younghusband after his fam- ous mission to Lhasa, Tibet," United Press:
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