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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1947.
French Strikers Warned
No Pay For Days Lost By Strikes
Paris, Dec. 9.
BEVIN ILL
London,, Dec. 8.
Mr. Ernest Hovin, the Foreign Secretary, was not present at today's session of the Council of Big Four
Premier Robert Schuman's Government de- manded tonight that French strikers return to work by Wednesday and told them they would Foreign Ministers, owing to receive no pay for the days lost during the walk-outs.
The Cabinet offered, however, to pay a cost of living premium of US$13 monthly retroactive to Nov. 24 for those workers back' at their benches by Wednesday, and said it would not attempt to prosecute strikers under terms of the new stringent strike control law. The Government handed its | Labour, Social Security, terms to the Communist-domin-merce and Supply, Agricultura | nted General Confederation of and Supply. Labour, A that organisation
Com-
from Similer reports came
was shaken by a rank and file Profectures and sub-Profectures | revolt and the apparent failure throughout France.
workers,
Violence
a slight indisposition.
His place was taken by Lord Pakenham. Minister responsible for the British Zone of Germany.
It was hoped that Mr his Bevin
resumé would place at tomorrow's meet- Ing.--Reuter..
Protest Over Cost Of Nuts
Broadcast Brought Good News
LONDON, DEC. 8.
L. AT THE END OF A BBC BROADCAST LAST NIGHT, THE ANNOUNCER, SAID TO THE BRITISIT-BORN WIFE OF A GERMAN: "YOU HAD BETTER TELL YOUR HUS- BAND THE GOOD NEWS YOU HAVE HEARD."
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Mrs. Violet Riedi, a school-4 mistress of Raynes Park, Lon- don, had been speaking in the programme "I married a Ger- man."
She married Johann Reidl, of Rs attempt to increase the
of Karlsruhe, in 1988 and be paralysis of France with a 48-
Municipal transport workers
came a refugee when the war hour walk-out of pubile service remained" "on the job" but in
broke out. As a displaced per- some places they were attacked!
son, she made her way from Bevern! The industrial stoppages which by demonstrators. At
LONDON, DEC. 9. ~ Poland across Europa to Eng- have dislocated France's econo-Paris bus depots strikers sowed
OVER THE lam. And now the announcer PROTESTS three the streets with nails and hurled mic and social life for weeks were on the wane tonight stones through the windows of HIGH COST OF NUTS FOR invited her to speak to her hus-
Demonstrators Miners in the northern coal-vehicles.
tried CHRISTMAS WERE VOICED band, a. proved anti-Nazi work- halt fields have resumed work on a to
underground railway IN THE HOUSE OF COM-ing as an interpreter in the
IT American Zone. big scale after strike pickets had traffic and are underground MONS TO-DAY WHEN
She returned to the micro- WAS DISCLOSED THAT THE been dispersed by troops, who driver was beaten up.
MINISTRY Most schools in Paris re-open- FOOD
HAD phone and the news she gave arrived in many of the mining
that she had a distriels this afternoon.
ed today after being closed for
Johnnn was two weeks through a teachers'
letter from the Home Secretary giving him permission to visit strike, but apart from the epi
ber in England if he obtains fal, numbers of primary teachers
an exit permit from Germany. were still on strike.--Associated Press and Reuter.
Reuter,
As the nationwide "back to work" trends strengthened, the 7.29 & 9.80 p.m. Confederation of Labour was due to resume negoliations with M. Schuman's government.
Most At Work Few civil servants obeyed the enll for a token strike planned for today and tomorrow.
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Conservative Norman Bower accused the Food Ministry of "exploiting"
for the public "monopoly profits" and other members protested
that Brazil Pope Of Youth"
nuts were selling as high as 70. aplece in the markets.
London, Dec. 8.- Pope Pius XII, addressing young Food Minister John Strachey Italians of the Catholle Action said that most of the sales by Organisation at a
solemn audi- the Ministry were made at a loan ence, said that the future belong- but that the price of a "small ed to youth that knows how to quantity" of nuts jumped sharp conquer and dominate, and must ly at auctions because they were be ready to defend their faith and the last that Britain will Import preserve order, the Vatican Radio
time. Associated reported.
for Gome PARIS, DEC. 8. TEN THOUSAND TROOPS, Press. INCLUDING PARATROOPERS FROM INDO-CHINA, SUP- PORTED BY TANKS AND
ARMOURED CARS, SWEPT British
THROUGH THE NORTHERN COAL FIELDS AND ROUTED | COMMUNIST STRIKE LEAD- ERS BLOCKING THE BACK TO WORK MOVEMENT.
A large force of Moroccan troops, paratroopers from Indo China and tank units moved into St. Etienne in the centre of the
FITZGERALD coal basin where for two days 50,000 Communist-led strikers held Government buildings and vital communications,
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Los Angeles, Dec. 9. Viscount Hinchingbrooke Con- predicted today that the Labour Government will collapse "in eight or 10 months tline.
servative Member of Parliament,
Addressing a Town Hall meat- ing here,
the Viscount declared that the Attlee Government will The full-scale military opera- fali after a financial crisis during tion was timed to coincide with the summer of 1948,
to work "The British people are tired the general return
Less than of the present Government's aus- throughout France. one million were on strike today terity programme," he said. "The recent municipal elections indi- and tens of thousands were recate very clearly that there is a ported ready to go back to their national revulsion against the So-
Government." jobs tomorrow morning-Unitedulalist Press,
tiated Press.
Asso
He said that just as the audi- ence wished to be the "Pope's young people," he wished to be the "Pope of youth."-Reuter.
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