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FOUR-POWER CONFERENCE
ON BERLIN CRISIS Traffic Restrictions Eased SOVIET TANK CROSSES Princess
"BRITISH" BORDER
Berlin, Apr. 5.
The four-day old traffic restrictions on traffic be
tween the Western Zones and Barlin casōd to- day, and Major General Neville Brownjohn, the British Deputy Military Governor, accepted So- viet General Dratvin's offer to negotiate "for the purpose of removing difficulties." General Brownjohn, accepting, suggested that it would save time if representatives of all four Commanders-in-Chief discussed the question
together,
All Inland water traffic across the Soviet Zone of Germany, suspended last Friday because of the Russian restrictions, re- sumed again this morning.
The officer-in-charge of the British frontier post at Helm- stedi reported that the daily convoy of British buses carrying British personnel from the Bri- tish Zone to Berlin passed through the Soviet check point without incident carly this
afternoon.
The convey from Berlin to the Zone came through a few minutes later. also without delay.
Other Allied rond traffe had heen completely normal along the Autobahn today, he said. The train in which the British Military Governor, General Sir | Brian Robertson, arrived back here from the British Zone, was delayed only two minutes as it passed through the Russian con- trol point at Marienborn.
Monty At H.Q.
Fleid Marshal
Viscount
Montgomery, Chief of the Im. perial General Staff, arrived ati
no agreement on the subject was reached.
On Trial
Bryssels, Apr. 8.
The Ertal began hara today of Princess Alexandra Obolensky, 32-year-old Run- alan princess, and six other people alleged to have trad. ed with the Germana during the war to the value of 280 millian Belgian france.
The Prince wh accused of having received at least 9,000,000 france as her share of profits from the transaO– tions, concerned mainly with the supply of fiquor and woollen clothing to German occupying forces.~Rautar.
The Gepartment of Internal Bandits Caught Hosse announced today detalls) Bathing
Affairs of the Province of
of an Insident on Wednesday
Asmara, Apr. 5. when two Soviet officers and 13 soldiers with radio equipment
Police with machine-guns and crossed the frontier
into the Arenudes killed seven of a band of armed men described as American occupation zone.
bandits whom they surprised
Hertshausen-Werra and the group
The Incident occurred neur washing in a stream. withdrew after intervention by the Hessian frontier police, the annutmcement soul.
Europe Sends Its Thanks
Paris, Apr. 5.
The British and French For- eign Ministers, Mr. Ernest Bevin and M. Georges Bidault, today sent a joint message to the American Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, saying that the enactment of the Mar- shall aid plan "heartened the free peoples of the world."
The message expressed “warm appreciation and thanks for the signal demonstration of states- manship and of confidence in Europe shown by the passage of the Act"
"We can assure you that the European nations on their part will not be behind and will press on with the work of cooperation that they have already started," the two Ministers added.
"Fortified by the support and the encouragement of the United States, we shall make the Euro- pean recovery programme success."-Reuter.
Mr. Attloo
Eight more bandits were cap tured, with a quantity of arras and ammunition.
The men took refuge in caves and resisted fiercely, but there The On the same day, a lorry con-
were no police casualties. taining six Soviet soldiers drove bandits are belloved to have been
London. Apr. 5. the American zone into
The Prime Minister, Mr. Cle- near responsible for ralds on Italian Welmennshausen and remained farms and the drive against them ment Ailee, ho sent a personal there for half an hour, it was had recently been intensified.— │message to President Truman on stated.Ruter.
the enactment of the Marshall art plan, expressla his gintication at this act of un Parallelle
generosity and states-
welcomed,"
Reuter
The Duties Of A Journalist
Genova, Apr. 5.
headquarters of the British All journalists are under an obligation to help to
Army of the Rhine today for secret talks with senior officers.
He is expected to leave for Berlin tomorrow to attend a din- ner given by General Robertson for Marshal Sokolovsky, the Rus-
fan Military Governor.
maintain peace and security in the world and to promote respect for human rights without dis-
manship." "The
act will be
Pep
| Mr. Attlee said, "not only in the United Kingdom, but all over the world, whever free peoples can express their opinions."-Reuter.
Less Was Spent On
crimination, the United Nations Freedom of In-Beer
formation Conference resolved unanimously today.
Russian representatives turned This point, forming part of a resolution, put forward
the
up this morning for two of three, scheduled sub-committees of the Allied Kommandatura (the body which controls the city of Berlin) the public health and finance committees — but bay- colted a meeting of the cultural affairs committee.
This committee.Is one of eight which the Soviet Military Ad ministration had proposed should be merged with the other com- mittees to "streamline" the work of the Kommandatura,
Mr. Arthur Henderson, Secre tary for Air, who arrived in Ber-
with General Robertson,
The Indian resolution, adopt-?
16 per cent
London, Apr. 5. Britons spent
on food, more tobacco, clothes, books and travel 1947 than in any other year by the Indian delegation, saw the entire Eastern
since the war, but less on enter- group voting side by side with the Western tainments, acording to a Govern- ment statement on income and countries for the first time at the conference.
expenditure issued today.
Wages rose by 14 cent, rents (3) To counteract the speak- and rates by six per cent, and ed in its entirety, also defined Ing of intentionally false or dis-the total personal expenditure the duties of those engaged in torted reports, which promote for the year was collecting and disseminating in-hatred or prejudice against higher than in 1946. formation as:
States, persons or groups of dif- The expenditure on drink re- ra. ined the same, but more was ferent race, languages, religion spent on spirits and less on beer
than In the previous or philosophical conviction.
_An_Indian_proposal _tant_ en- Reuter. couragement should be given to within States
Manila, Apr. 0. the establishment of one or more non-offeint news The 13th Air Force announced organisations, was also accepted. that aerial gunnery practice will Equal Facilities be held, starting on Apr. 15, oft A committee of the conference the cast coast of Luzon for
Indefinite period. It warned Ell adopted today an American aircraft and ships to stay out of proposal that the projected in consial waters between Dingalan tornational Convention of the and Baler Bays, 89 miles north- Freedom of News should Jay east of Clarke Air Bare.--As- down that equal faollitias be sociated Press.
(1) To report facts without prejudice and in their proper context and to make comments. without malicious intent.
(2) To facilitate the solution lunched with him at his Berlin of the economic, social and residence today. The lunch was humanitarian problems of the also attended by M. Paul Louise world through the free inter- Schroeder, acting Lord. Mayor of Berlin, Dr. Jacob Kaiser, the change of information.
Christian Democrat who was de-
posed
from the zonal leadership
of his party by the Russians, and other leading Liberal Democratie and Sock Democratic leaders in Berlin.
Tank Incident
Talks On German
American Air Force headquar- Assets
ters, quoted by DPD, the Gar- man news service, reported that
London, Apr. 5.
118 American planes flow from Important progress was record- Frankhurt to Berlin between ed at today's meeting of the four April 1 and 3 as substitutes for Foreign Ministers deputies on the interrupted railway service. Austria, when further substantial A total of 249 tons of freight and concessions on the German sets question were made by 281 passengers was carried.
A Bovlet tank was reported four deputies.
Agreement was roached
came also
granted to all correspondents
in the international transmis- elan of news.
The Australian and South African ́delegates accepted the proposal after the United States delegate had explained that it affect the Empire would not press rate for telegraphic trans- mission within the Empire.
after
Discussion of a French pro- as-posal for an international press
all card was adjourned until
the conference has decided whe- in ther ал International Council cil should be set up to distribute
to such a card. Reuter.
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to have crossed the Anglo-80- viot zonal border at Holersdorf, principle on the duration of near Behoeningen early today, concessions which Russia is
Router
message from Bruns- get in Eastern Austria, and the oil-distributing firms to wick stated. The report said that the tank allotted to her.
The deputies and crew, armed with guns pistols, awoke an Holersdorf in agreement on the important point habitant and questioned him of how much of Austrian
oll about British
movements production is to be allotted to troop and the positions of British ob- Russia. She now claims 60 per servation posts. Shortly after cent, while the Westom delegates wards they withdraw.
raised their figures to 58 At Gehrendorf, near
Oesple per cent. felde, the Russians are reported All four delegates said that to have dug trenches and placed they are ready to modify their machine-guns In them.
figures in the light of detailed
have
Reuter.
Trees within the aring range examination of the oil terrain.- of these guns were cut down.
The Soviet proposal for a mer ger of the Allied Kommanda→ tura's committees will be discuss“ ed at a meeting of the Allied de- puty commandants on Thursday,
a British representative in Berlin Bald tonight.
Border Crossed
Australian Antarctica
·Canberra, Apr. 5. -Australia is to maintain the scientific and meteorological bases The Chiefs of Staff of the Com-1 in the Antarctic, the Prime Min
on Heard and -Macquarie Islands mandants met this afternoon, but later, Mc. Joseph Chiller, an-
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