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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1948
PALESTINE PEACE TALKS Much Accomplished, But No Miracle Expected
Arab Experts Arrive In Rhodes
London, June 21.
Arab exports arrived at. Rhodes today and went to the Crusader Castle which serves as headquør- ters for Count Folke Bernadotte, United. No- tions Mediator in the Holy Land.'
Four Jewish experts are expected tomorrow.
From Cairo, meanwhile, It is embarked. In. the 20,000-ton reported that the three most troopship, Empress of Australia, powerful-monarchs-in-the-bere for her return to Britain an from the Holy Arab work, King Abdullah of her that vayage Transjordun, King Farouk of land. She is to sail tonight. Egypt and King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, will discuss "Arab plans for peace in Palestine at meetings in the Egyptian capi- lal.
The Arabs and Jews gathering nt Rhodes are not empowered to negotiate on the political level for peace in Palestine, but they have been invited by the Count to advise on technical points.
There
little
inik at the Count's beadquarters of an ex- tension
of the four-week truce, now 10 days old.
Much has been accomplished, It is bellaved. An officer at the Count's headquarters mald today "we do not expect Count Bernadotte to work miracies been
on
બ
A problem that has baffling people for years.”" King Abdullah is due by air in Cairo today on a two-day stay with King Farouk, after which he in due to By to Syed to meet King Ibn Saud
It will be the first meeting be- tween Abdullah and Ibn Saud for 25 years,
united,
Arab Cohesion.
Reuter..
Death Of Blind Hero
London, June 21 Captain, Bir Beachcroft Tawse, President of the Na- tional Institute of the Blind, and halder of the Victoria Cross, died in London today. He was 84.
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Ha enterad. the Army 65 years ago and served in the South African War, when he won the V.G., and the first World War.
——He—was-national-Vice- President of the British Legion Associated Press.
PAKISTAN DEAL WITH
NW FRONTIER
Abbotabad, North Wost Frontier Province,
June 21.
The North West Frontier Province will shortly on- force a Pakistan Government draft ordinanco to deal with anti-Pakiston olements in the ter- ritory, Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan, the Pro- vincial Premier, said today.
The Huzara District Con-
ference, which he addressed, agreed to offer the services of 80,000 demobilised soldiers and asked the Pakistan Government to place no obstacles in their way if they wanted them to participate
Kashmir struggle.
in the
and
Scandinavia Defence Plan
Stockholm, June 21. Preliminary discussions for joint defence of neutral Scat- dinavia have taken place between Sweden, Norway and Denmark, It was officially disclosed today.
Foreign Sweden's
Minister Desten Unden told Parliament that the discussions took place i May and June at Sweden's in vitation,
Object of the discussions was
A resolution, which was passed at the Conference, strongly re- sented "the anti-Arab policy of lu diplomatie quarters here, it Soviet Russia the United is believed that the meetings are States." apparently aimed at increasing The Premier said: "The Faqir cohesión" of Die Arab League of-ipt-thead of the Waziristan jand countering Zionist claims tribes), who once prepared to that the Longue is seriously dis-wage war against the British be
cause a Hindu woman, who had! British troops and pollee, being [canbraced Islam, was returned to evacuated from Palestine, today the Hindus, now remains un- to establish the conditions
moved although
for thousands of Scandinavian military coopera- Moslem women have been dis- tion, he said. Sweden's course graced and molested by non-being "armed neutrality," she Moslems.
wanted to limit- the studies to de- Ma fence
problems in case of a con- in which the Scandinavian countries would strive not to be involved, he explained.
Disagreeing opinions had
during the preliminary
Film Quota Protest
Washington, June 21. Eric Johnston, President of the Motion Picture Export Assocla- tion, today uskeri, the State De- partment to protest to the Bri- tish Government against the pro- posed British flim quota.
Under the proposed quota al- ready approved by the House of „Commons, British-theatres-Would- be required to reserve 45 per- cent of their screen playing time for British pictures.
Johnston said he had asked the
"This
Afghanistan
Is because he
HK-Shanghai Radiophone
Link
Shanghai, June 22. Two-way radio telephone: tests between Shanghai and Hongkong will be made by the “Chinese”—Governnient Taulo Administration as from today, and service will be
open to the public as soon as the tests are, found to be satisfactory, according to Mr. T. C. Loo, Managing Director of the CGRA, quoted by the "North- China Daily News."
Mr. Loo expressed the hope that the tests could be completet to one or two weeks.
After inauguration of the radiophone service. Hongkong will also resume relaying radio- telephone calls to other parts of the world, he pointed out.
In-
The CGRA (Chinese Govern- ment Radio Administration) Chief revealed that tests on the Shanghai-London radiophoto ser- vice will start on June 28.
aim of Tho
trying to augurate this service, Mr. 100 auid, is to facilitate transmission
China of photos of the_Olym~- pic Games, starting in London carly next month.
Mr. Loo expressed the hope that the lests on that service would be successfully completed before the opening of the Games.
-Reuter,
British Nationality
London, June 21. The House of Lords, by 54 votes to 28, voted today for an amendment to a Goverment bill providing citizens of Eire with the right to be regarded as Bri- ish subjects.
The bill is intended to confer British nationality
"my citizen of the United Kingdom and colonies." The Lords voted
10 15 21 to make that read "Br{~ "P-tish subject" instead of citizen.
The Dominions such as Aus–
cit
on
agreed to act as an agent for the Hindus in return for a few
pieceȧ
of silver." Referring to suggestions that
might claim the peared North West Frontier Province, he talks, he added. In view of this tralia are expected to pass simi- said: "The democratic people of "we agreed not to press the mat-lar laws. the Frontier could not accept the ter but take enough time for con- autocratic rule of Afghanistan."tinued discussions." "-Associated Reuter.
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MYSTERY MEETING OF
COMINFORM
Prague, June 21.
State Depl. to protest against the Reports from the Eastern European capitals indicat-
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quota "in vigorous terms” and and to request the British Govern- ment to enter negotiations look- ing toward a reduction or elimi- nation of the quota, He said the proposal "violates the spirit of Despite official denials here,
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agreement recently the established movements of negotiated between the British
members known Cominform Government and the American motion picture industry."
make Czechoslovakla the mosi He said the quota until now likely rendezvous although ob- has been about 22 percent.~ | servers in several capitals said United Press.
Rumania was possible.
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE By Shepard Barclay
“The Authority or. Aufhörities"
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Oncial Communist sources have sometimes denied but more fre- quently refused to comment.
"I am not a public relations mon
for tho Cominform," one official retorted.
Seven out of the original 18 Cominform delegates are report- ed to be on the move in this vicinity.
They are:
Russia's A. Zhadanova re- Hable Communist source in War- saw and reports from Rome said that he left Moscow last week. for Prague.
Yugoslavia's E. Kardelj and M. Julas Dojaho-authoritative quar- ters said that both left their coun- try in a plane for an unknown. destination.
France's Jacques Duclos-is re- ported to have left Budapest with
THREE WAYS TO NIP HIM turned the Q, which South ruff- SUPPOSE the defender at youred with the heart 3. Noting pos right holds a guarded trump sible losers in diamonds, heartsFarkes. honour which could be captured and spades, South laid down the
the
Poland's Hilay Mine-absent
gone to Prague.
if you led a trump from the spade A and ruffed the 4 with from Warsaw since the middle of dummy through it toward your the heart 4, returned via the dia- last week and reported to have awn tenace. But suppose there is
is mond A and ruffed
spade 7 no trump left in the dummy for with the heart 8. The diamond that
purpose. You still don'tK was then an entry to ruff the have to abandon the Idea of spade Qwith the heart 9. Now 8 was led and to the J. East discard-
capturing the big
possible other ways are
res the diamond
given up to you can manage to
to lime the ing his last club. play correctly. One is to
have
When West returned the dia-
That made
Czechoslovakia'a Rudolf Stan- sky--out of Prague since Satur day-United Press.
A Fourth Party?
Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 21. Mr Gerald L. K. Smith, director Nationalist the Christian
the other defender lead near the mond Q, East ruffed with the end of the play. The second is
is spade 5, having nothing but to have the dummy lead some trumps left, and South over- thing else at the end, so the do-ruffed with the 6. fender must rum before you. The the first use of the defendera as third is throw the right-hand | leaders to a -trick on which defender-in-at the correct South got last.cra
crack. Then moment, 60 he will have to South put East in with his heart |Crusade, to-day said that his or lead from his own trump hold- to the K, and of course the ganisation had a delegation at Ing to yours.
trump A and 10 got the last two the Republican Convention in tricks, as East had to lead from Philadelphia, working for the no- his J-7. Sa South got threo tricks Įmination of General Douglas out of his last four trumpa.
MacArthur or Senator John Bricker of Ohio.
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The group will nominate its own candidate for the Presidency it the Republicans choose "an in- ternationalist of the order of Stassen or Vandenberg."
Smith predicted that the Re- the publican' Party would win November election.. but said, "Terrific. reaction will develop within the next. two to four, years, and we propuse to have's fully
organized party in every precinct in every State."-United Press.
WOODCOCK.HEIR
London, June 21
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4 I' leading hair dressers. And lot All fine players would “crificin our chiropodist : tako; care of South's two-hild adversely, und. Kumand those PAINFUL CALDUSED still-others would find fault with FEET CORNS and ingrown toe-East's double.
A hine-pound baby boy has however, the result was a "touch- If North bida 1-Spade, South been born at Doncaster to Mrs. and-go" matter, hinging on the 2-Hoarts - and; North- S-Clubs, Nora Woodcock, wife of. Bruce play.
would 4-No Trumpa thin--by Woodcock the British" hosVÝ» Following the club & lead, East South be Blackwood conven- waight champion, who were mar- took the K with, the A and re-” tion or a natural bid? - ZA
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