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"ENVIOUS EYES" ON H.K. Peer Demands Definition Of Policy 'Not Going To Be Chivvied Out'
London, Mar. 17.
“Envious' eyes" were being cast on Hong Kong, and the residents there were an anxious peo- ple at the moment, Lord Mancroft, a Conser- vative peer, declared today.
Speaking in the debate on defence in the House of Commons, Lord. Mancroft asked what Bri- tain's attitude was to the future of Hong Kong and Singapore. Surely,' he said, the Govern- ment had learned a lesson in the last few weeks over the Falkland Islands, British Hon- duras and other places. Asking what the British nol- ley and strategy in the Far East would be, Lord Maneroft said, very little had been heard about Mainya and Hong Kong since the fall of Japan.
*** should state publicly what our pulley there is going to he and any we are not going to be chivvied out of Hong Kong and that, in fact, we do intend to develop it as a major base," Lord Mancroft declared In a brief reference to the Far East in his reply to the debinte, Viscount Hall. First Lord of the Admiralty, said: "There is a permanent force in Malaya,"
Lord Mancroft said there were two importent lessons to be gained from the despatches recently published on the Far Enst campaigna:
and
the colonies, In East West Africa, the Government volunteer hoped to establish military forces and provide for! expansion in war.
NUTRITION IN ASIA
Baguio, Mar, 17.
The Food and Agricul- «tural Organisation Confer- onda here, which ended yesterday. has anhloved success in the WAY. of mobliising the technical and scientific resources and personnel
FAO of the member nations towards the raising, of nutritional standards in South-East
Asia.
CX-
This opinion pressed by Dr. W. M. Cryde, head of the nino-man United Kingdom delegation to the Conference, who told Renter today a very good start has been made.-----Reu- ter.
In the other colonies with To Die For
small populations, it hoped to establish nuxiliary forces. There was, he said, a perman- ent naval force in Malaya.
Earlier. Lord Nathan, Minis- |
Embezzling
Belgrade, Mar, 17.
He Means
To Be A Survivor
Lake Success, Mar. 17:
As the international tension mounts toward ກ climax with today's developments at Wash- ington and Lake Suc- cess, at least one man is taking measures to In- sure his survival if an atomic war comes.
He is a businessman in near- by Lakewood, New Jersey, who in building an underground home which he claims will be virtually "atomle bomb-proof.“ This home is being built at considerable expense by dig- ging into a hillside. Thou- ter for Civil Aviation, said im-tenced to death two Economic Decrete
A Yugnathy court_today acn-¡ sands of tons of steel and con-
will be formed into portant changes had been made partment officials for embezzling single solid block with pro- in planning the organisation of "enormous State funds". economic visions for warding off blast! the
Government to secure, botage and "injuring the repu- closer integration of civil and
of
of the tation
Yugoslavia's trade and radiation effects abroad,"
atomic bomb. The dwelling i military planning in Britain. Seven other officials were sen will have complete facilities to A new post had been created-tenced to prison terms ranging make it self-sufficient in food, Selentile Adviser to the Home from six months to life imprison-water, light and heat whenever Office. This would be filled, by ment on similar charges. the director of nelentifte re- (One of the two men sentenced search to the Ministry of Sup to death was a former high om-
The owner and designer of the bomb-proof refuge is seri- ply, who is a radar expert. He got of the Ministry of Foreign
ous In his belief he may be the One was the difficulty which would serve as the link between Trade, who was charged with Britnin got into by not being the planning staЛ and the making personal offers to French only survivor if atomic warfare official Go comes to the New York aren on able to make up her mind whe-scientists engaged on research is, undercutting ther her foreign policy was to of various kinds
verniment prices, and selling sup- the heels of the current inter- plies to an Italian firm which national crisis-Central News. } he dictated by strategy or vice with defence problems.--Reu- later resold them as Italian geods.
-Reuter.
verso.
Too Much Bluf
The other was the difficulty! Britain ran into in trying to make up her mind what was the minimum she could afford for defence and what игла the minimum defence required.
General Percival had sum- med up the case rightly when! he said that in the paat Britain had made too much play with A strategy depending on bluff.
"We did not bluff our enemies and we did, anfortunately, bluff ourselves," Lord Man croft declared.
During 1942, armchair critics levelled some very harsh abuse indeed at the commanders in Malaya, Lord Mancroft added. "We had not seen any with- drawal of those accusations, nor had there been apologies for the many harsh things said at that time.
ter.
connected
necessity comes.
Sour Grapes
Americans Hit By In Moscow
Big Walk-Outs
Washington, Mar. 18.
America's coal and meat supplies are dropping be-
cause of unchecked labour union walk-outs.
Moscow, Mar, 17. The Soviet trade union, paper, Trud, qucted by Moscow Radio, accused" American diplomacy "causing its Anglo-French agents" to get the Paris 10-nationTM Con- ference to adopt resolutions which would allow it to pass on to the next stage of concluding Д separate peace with Western Ger many".
"For the first time since the
At least 330.000 of the 400,- | About 100,000 members of 000 soft coal, diggers in the the C.I.O United Packing yor, German experts, will appear United States affiliated with House Workers were idle for in the French Foreign Office, not the United States Mine Work- the second straight day. They country, but cf a country as re- as representatives of a conquered ers were out in a walk-out struck in support of a 29-cent garde which the Plan has extend- which continued to spread, hourly wage boost. Retail anded special favours", it said,
The miners are supporting | wholesale meat prices began to demands of John L. Lewis for sour, pensions for Lewis said
coal mineri.
|
"The Inckeys of the dollar in Britain and France are competing
American meat supplies be in their efforts to please. Wash- ington." Trud added, saying that operaters violated gan to dwindle as farmers cut
by: renouncing the propised do their contract by failing to shipments of livestock to mar militarisation pact, America con establish a pensión plan. No kets sharply a week ago.
sidered that the disarming .of strike WOR called. But the
Germany was not an immediate miners began walking out oned by President Truman under
A fact-finding board, appoint- objective-Reuter.
the Taft-Harley Law, began an
Monday,
"Mud sticks and I think it la time we began to wipe some of that mud off. Our men did their beat out there under ap Shutdowns will hit some in-inquiry into the meat strike at pallingly difficult circum-dustries dependent on coal, in Chicago. It will report to the
stances."
Volunteers.
Lord Hall, referring to Com- monwealth defence in his re ply, said Britain also had re- sponsibility for colonial de- fence. She had to consider the
cluding steel producers _coal-carrying_railroads.
Resignation
security of the territories them Demanded
and
ATOM RESEARCH
IN INDIA
President by April 1. Truman
Madras, Mar. 17. then may ask for an injunction Three-atomic research institu
stwo In Calcutta and one in to end the strike.
Officials of the C.1.0. United Bombay-are functioning already, it was disclosed in Madras t:day Rubber Workers called off &
by the Indian Government's strike scheduled for Sunday in director of scientific research..Dr six plants of the Firestone Tire S. Shantiswarup Bhatangor."/
The and Rubber Company.
He added that an atomic re- dispute reportedly involved a search bill enabling scientists to union demand for uniform con be enacted shortly. "Attempts to conduct secret ·experiments will tractual conditions in the vari harness atonic energy to indus ous plants. The union and the try and to fir the gap of the company planned to negotiate. fuel shortage will be made, te
said—Associated Press.
selves and the extent to which
Sydney, Mar, 17. they might be able and willing Ten Federal unions, represent to play their part in Common Ing 200.000 workers, at a
con- wealth defence.
ference here today demanded the These matters had been close-resignation of Mr. E. Hanion, the ly examined, both here and in Labour Prime Minister of Queens-Associated Press.
land, and the dismissal of the Queensland Chief of Police and individunt police responsible for "storm ircop activies" against. Queensland strikers,
War Will End On Ground
In Melbourne, after a daylong discussion, the Inter-State Exccu- live of the Australian Council, of Trade Unions passed a resolution condemning the "savage attacks" on union members as "vicious and degrading,
The strike of Queensland rail- way workers began over alx weeks ago when 3,000 mainten- ance men came out for higher
wages-Reuter
'MANNERHEIM IN
SWEDEN
"
Stockholm, Mar. 17.-,-
Washington, Mar. 17. The Secretary of State (Mr. George Marshall) today appeared before the Senate Armed Ser- vices Committee to re- port that the United Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, Mar- States Army was at pre-shal of Finland, arrived in Stock. L holm on Wednesday. He cate- sent. "overdeployed."
gorically denied, reports that he Mr. Marshall said too much of was leaving Finland as an exile, the Army's strength was in the
Baron Mannerheim said, "I am outer perimeter. In such places going to Switzerland to take care as China, Japan and Kores, and my health". The octogenarian not enough at home to back It up. He said he felt that if ade-President, who seemed to be In very good spirits, but walked quate military strength were a rather heavily, smilingly added, quired, it would never be used "I cannot help what. papers aro since he believed that if the writing about me, can 1?”-A1- strệng enough to back up the Stále Department declarations Wiha Jorobability is that-we?will:| avoid trouble.”;am
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