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"ALL READY FOR BATTLE" Fighting Words By Arab Commander
Forces Massing Near Nablus
In Northern Palestine, Mar. 7. The veteran Arab warrior Fawzi Bey al Kaukji In- spected his armed forces today and declared: "Everything is ready. The battle starts when I give the word."
He said he entered Palestine two days ago over the Allenby Bridge. He assumed active command today.
Gottwald Calls On Dr. Benes
A headquarters_company_of 50 men accompanied Fawzi Boy on his tour of Northern Pales- tine. They roared over wind- ing blacktop roads in Ameri can-mada jeeps, leek motor- cars, and ono armoured scout ear such as the British police} usc.
ALBANIAN
ACCUSATION
London, Mar. 7.
Albania today'・ accused British and American offi- eets of imalog ·örders for Greek frontier outrages, “ucts of aggression and in- ternational banditry,” which amounted almost
to a “state of war with Albania." Tho accuration, . quoted by Tirana Kadlo, was con- tained in a list of 440 ont- ragos, “These incidents aro aimed at provoking's gon- eral" conflagration" in the Balkans and give a prefext for the interference of Am- erica and Britain in the conflict," it was added, — Renter
In the village of Kabatlys. DC«6's Back where Fawzi Bey made his
headquarters when he fought In The Air
British and Jews in the Arab revolt of the late thirties, he
said:
Washington, Mai, 7. DC-6 luxury airliners, grounded after two fires in fight last Novem. bet, will return to the always en March 15 carrying the Government's safety stamp.
CHINA AID
Arms As
Well As Dollars?
Washington, Mar. 8. The House of Repre- sentatives will insist on arms as well as dollars for China, the Speaker of the House (Represen- tative Joseph Martin), said today.
Rep. Martin would not say how much he thought this country should give its wartime Fur Eastern ally for arms and how much for generni relief, but he old dollars without arms would be useless,
military aid to China before, but Ha has spoken in favour of never in such strong terms.
London, Mar. 7. President Eduard
"I have come to Palestine to Benes, of Czecho-
stay and fight until Palestine slovakia, received Mr. I a free United Arab country
Rep. Martin' today. niso predict- Klement Gottwald, Com- or until I am killed and buried Truman's personal DC-6, "Indepen the House to act on the European
Two weeks Inter, President
Lod that it would be impossible for dence," will-be ready for operation recovery programme until some actual Aghting strength of his modified
Ho declined to discuss the again. Like other DC-41, It Was time after the April I desdilne
to eliminate fre besurd "army of liberation."
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at the President's home at Usti today, the Prague Radio reported.
ruary.
Strong Force
{
man.
He said the House must act on
several laws, including rent con- expire trol, which were due to soon, before it could turn to the ERP-United Press.
and for other corrections, but it originally set by President Tru- also undergoing is regular 500-hour | "This is no easy bill," he said. "Our strength is adequate
check,
"You don't just snap this Onc This was their ftrat an-
The return of the big ships was through." and infinite," he said. nounced meeting since Dr.
"The announced jointly by Douglas Air- armies Gottwald re-organised
have started flowing craft Company, builder of the planes hin Government at the end of Feber the borders of Palestine and the domestle users, American, and the flow will continue." United, National and Brand Air-
In Damascus, a senior official liner-United Pren. Mr. Jan Masaryk, Crecho- at the Ministry of Defence said slovak Foreign Minister, was today that several thousand" among the national fenders, Arah Army troops, augmented who today visited the grave at by thousands of Palestine Lany of his father, Dr. Thomas Arabs, had massed at the Com- Masaryk, first President of mander-in-Chief's headquarters Czechoslovakia, on the 98th an-near Nablus in Palestine - niversary of his birth.
He also said the troops had artillery, armoured cars, jeopa
1 Mr. Masaryk, a non-party and heavy and light machine- member of the new Com-guns.
Appeal To Europe Democracies
London, Mar. 7.
muniat-controlled Cabinet, stay- No big news is expected to The International Committee of Movements for
ed in office when the Prime come from this headquarters Minister, Dr. Klement Gott for several days, the official wald, re-organised his Govern-said.
ment.
to
Truck Disabled
An armoured
European Ulty, whose British section is led by Mr. Winston Churchill, today urged the European democracles to draw up a declara- tion of human rights and "consider means for. the effective defence of these rights."
Mr. M.J. Shutny, Chancellor Meanwhile, Arab snipers to
Czech President, Dr. day disabled the Eduard Benes, placed a wreath truck driven by a Jew, riddled of the Committee, said that at added
A statement, issued on behalf|tion demands,” the resolution?
In the President's name on the him with bullets and tossed his a three-day meating here, Members of the International grave of Czechoslovakia's Pre-body into the back of the flam-which ended today, it passed a Committee of the Movements sident-liberator.-Reuter.
ing vehicle. The Incident oc- resolution welcoming the Brus- for European Unity Include the curred in the Shaikh Jarrah sold Conference on Western Consell Francais Pour l'Europe quarter of Jerusalem at aun-unity of Britain, France and (President-M. Herriot), "the
the Benelux States,
Pollitt On The Crisis
Brighton, Mar. 7. Mr. Harry Polite, the Com- munist leader, told 2,500 people at a meeting here tonight that Britain's political and economic | situation ~ represented a crisis greater than that of the war- time retreat from Dunkirk.
He called-for-measures-on-a similar scale to those then taken, including nationalisation of the steel industry. Bri- tain's prosperity depended, ho aald, not upon her ability export whisky, Harris tweed and fine china, but upon her coal, textilen, steel and machinery.
to
The audience applauded Mr.
·Pollitt's declaration: "We are for bringing British troops home from Palestine and, if there in any trouble, after that, let the respective sides fight it out."
set.
In other Palestine Incidents. "The Committee emphasises three Arabs were killed and 11 the necessity for the immediate Araba, five Jews and two Bri- creation of a European Inter tish soldiers injured.
governmental council with an The unofficial deathtoll since appropriate administrative staff partition was voted 1,620,-Associated Press
rose to capable of taking the emergen United Fress.
and cy measures which the present political and economic altua
Vatican Official In Detention
Rome, Mar. 7.
Vatican circles have confirmed that Monsignor Giullo Guidette, former financial head of the Holy See, who resigned a month age, is now detained in his apartments in the Vatican. When Monsignor Guldetté resigned, after 12 months as He added: "Let the Yation of the goods of the Holy Secretary for the administrá- kees come over
See, it was suggested that dirty work"-Router.
there might be a change in the Vatican administration,
and do the
All Quiet On Gold Coast
Accra, Mar. 7. Accra was quiet today after the riots of last week in which
B.A.T. Men's Fate In
It was thought that the vari- Yingkow
fous Palatine administrations of
an economic or financial charac- der might be unified under OND
MAD,
Peiping, Mar. "1. Two British employees of the |British-American Tobacco Company
Router reported on Fridaywire believed to have left the that Monsignor Edoardo Prett-Manchurian-port of Yingkow when 21 were killed and 223 injured. ner Cippico had escaped from the Chinese Red captured it but the
Rumours were circulating in the Vatican after being, un disclaimed knowledge o
United States Consulate-Gederal here Accra today that Sir Gerald H frocked and kept h Custody for can citizens remaining
by Ameri- Creasy, Governor and Comman. 40 days for "Talelfinations, and der-in-Chief, Gold Coast, had swindles" while highly munist broadcast, one United Bis
(According to Chiness Com left by air for London for confidential post. talks on the situation, but there
citizen was captured at Yingkow” na“, The Pope has ordered a member of an engineering gang was to confirmation of the re rigorous investigation to the of National Government Navy ports.
Cippico affair
LST.) (The Colonial Office in Lon Vatican circles said fistA high Consular official said, "To don tonight stated: "It is not sums which might have releericans have been in Yingkow for the best of our knowledge.no Am expected that the Governor will! ed millions of lire had besome lite. come to London. So far as we paid out on false orders of pays In Peipiega British-American know, there is nothing in thesament and the fullest investiga Tones official said he "thought" kwa roports."--Renters, vä..tion was therefore necessary. Britons remained in Yidgkow but he
TIN CONTRACTO
Monsignor Guldotte was one of the highest officials, He must apparently remain in his apartments tintil the commi-
Buenos Aires, Mar. 7. « Argentina has taken another, alon investigating the Cippico, step toward “assuring herself | alfalt makes its report,
of sufficient tinplate supplies, Vatican @eircles" did not at
by signing a contract for the tach much importance to the
war she sure-United Fras.'
DÄNGER OVER IN ITALY?!
"dangers of
purchase of 40,000 tons of fine resignation of another Oncer position, which even months in, from Bolivia during the Siguor Lamberto Stoppe the
next five years, Weston civilian seh Zink charge of
The contract, was one of "afx | the lafgned to implemant last:yuur
BoliviaArgentina
tronty
reatened the comfy
cording
Union Europeanne des Federa lists (Chairman Dr. Henri Brugmans), the United Europe Movement (Chairman Mr. Winston Churchill), and the Independent League_for_Euro- pean Economic Cooperation (Chairman-M. Paul Van Zee- land).
The organisation is sponsor- ing a Congress on European Unity-at-The-Hague-next-day, The British Labour Party has declined an invitation to participate-Reuter.
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