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The extension of compulsory military service,
nightmare issue "for the, Labour Party, may be forced on them by International developments.
Elections
The Daily Herald, Labour's organ, said that the Announced
Cabinet has decided to slow up demobilisation from the services after October.
- This will affect conscripts (chill's rebuke that the changed now liable to 18 months' ser- decision presented-“a degradation vice, who had expected to be of government which has rarely released after 12 months. Un-been seen in the House."." less the burden. now borne by the forces is eased, they will serve the full period.
Parliament must approve any extension of service for men call- ed up in 1949 and who, under the National Service Act passed last year, are liable to only 12 months" duty.
servicemen
Necessary Stop
In Java
Batayin, August 31. Dr. R. Soorkarno, President
Fire Raiser
New York, August:81. A girl agad.13, who wanted to: live with her divorced mother, has kéon responsible for more than 100, outbreaks of fire on a farm near Macomb, Illinois.
She thought that if whe burned down the house of, her father, aunt and unata aho would have to be sant to har mother. · No-oharqua, have been made against the girl; but she will be examined by psychiatrists-Router.
BUYERS FOR JAP STEEL
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If the Government, retains of the Indonesian Republic, has the services of mon now in the signed a decree providing for forces and, allows 1949 con- the election' of a House of Ro- scripts to serve only year, then presentatives with each mem- it will be faced with charges ber representing 300,000' citi- of discrimination, which couldzens, Antara, the Republican
Tokyo, August 31, only be answered by treating News Agency, reported today. all compulsory
Douglas MacArthur's ailke.
The decree authorises the Pro-headquarters expected foreign sidunt to appoint minority repro buyers to begin negotiations One source said that if the ox- periences of 1947 were repeated,
sentatives in cosas where minori- within the next two weeks for ties are not adequately repro the purchase of 8,207 metele the Government would have_dlf-
sented. flculty in persuading its Back
The Daily Herald said that ex-
tons of alloy and special steel Such members would be of tended period of service is press-
op-¡ products Benchers of the necessity
the former adding six months to the serviced for by the Chiefs-of-Staff as pointed on the basis of one dele- Japan Iron and Steel
Sales Chinese, Company. essential to the efficiency of the gate for every 100,000 forces, who now have to maintain 900 for every 40,000 Arabs and the Berlin air lift and suppress one for every 20,000 Dutch and terrorism in Malaya, both under-
Eurasians. not anticipated when the takings National Service programme was drafted.
period.
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A redoublable element is the Labour Party s opposed to con- deription under апу clrcums
Mr. John Linsny of the United said today the Committee had Nations Good Onces Committeo decided to report to the Security
from
SPY HUNT
COMMUNIST PLANS TO OVERTHROW GOVT
New York, August 31.
Alexander Stevens, alias J. Pators, was today named by a former Communist as the top Red agent in the United States,
Stevens, it was said, was empowered to give the signal for an attempt to seize the Government in time of depression or war,
Maurice Malkin, who joined Another ex-Communist wit- the Communist Party in 1919 ness, Andrew Smith, fald the im- and was ejected in 1937, told migration. hearing he had seen. the Stevens deportation near Peters-at least four times in Blevens-whom he knew as John ing hero that Stevchs was the the Comintern Buliding in Mos- "big boss" in the middle 1930's cow in 1932.
of "action committees" through- out the nation, whose aim was mit sald Petors bad been in-
In traruferring Smith. to overthrow the Government from the Communist Party in the by force at a ripe opportunity. United States to the Communist He sald Slovens held the ultra- Party in the Soviet Union "with powerful post of member of the a very high recommendatipa".— Executive
Committee of the United Press. Communist International As much, Malkin testified, he was the
Red
agent who
who would have given the signal for the action commit- tees to strike. He said the com- bomittees were particularly active
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the international alluation have improved so that demobili- sation"
can continue as planned
Last year, Enck Benchers shook the Government with the strength of their opposition to 15 months and a change in the National Ser- compulsory service and after the bill had passed His second read- vice Act would be unnecessary. Ing-with 72 Labour Members tion remains difficult, then it must opposed-Mr. Alexander agreed face critics in its own Party and to reduce the period of service to give the Services the men they one year, and drow Mr. Chur- nced.-Reuter.
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AFRICA DEFENCE CONFERENCE
London; August 31.
Aitice, will open the ten day ernment, defence and communi- conference-first of its kind-at cations.
France, which about 80 African, Asia-.
Belgíum, Portugal, South Africa and the Anglo- tic (Indian) and European Egyptian Sudan ore expected to delegates and observers will be send observers to the talks.
in cities awaling a bad econo-
alump or war. "Red fronts would be estab- lished. Action committees would Immediately arrest all former officials of the United States and either liquidate
NEW PHASE IN GREEK WAR
Athens, August 31
'A new military and political
them as they do in Russia or phase opened with: the„ Greelc put them out of the way some- Army attack · on
the Mount where The Government of Vitot-Kalaiaktelalah area. clale would be replaced by Tila operation's chief signt=" Communist officials"
cance is political and, diploma
Soen in Moscow
who
'Its success would confirm public confidence in the Greek Army's ability to smash up the
source in
Representatives from 16 African territorios will seck
Mulkin's ovidence, together guerillas and it would open the to co-ordinate economic, social, political and
with that of other witnesses, is way for afrong pressure on Al- intended by the Government to bania to desist from interference dofonco policies in talks to begin here, on prove its charge that Stovena in Greek affairs and from support September 28.
should be deported as an allen for Communist guerillas,
A The Prime Minister, Clement / educational services, local Gov. Miming to overthrow the Gove Athens today outlined as follows
high politicnt ment by force.
Stevens was in the hearing the main aspects of the opera-
tton'; icom, but spoke ne word, nor did he advise charges that the hearing a legal.ed, the Communist guerilla lon-
his- counsel,
1. Qace Mount Vitsi, totalling Wa 1,000 square kilometres, is clear- A short man with a small black der, General Markos, would-be moustache and a ready Stivens looked nothing like the
grin, proved to be unable to delend popular concept of a sinister spy. any area of Greece against Gov- Already under threat of a Conerament attack.
2. The benefit of gressional contempi citation for put to him by the House Un-between Albania and Bulgaria,
le refusal to answer questions operation, if successful, would cut off the land link through Greece American Activille sub-Com- mittes yesterday, Stevens was unperturbed.
present.
Although the final agenda is still under discussion, officials anid discussions will range over these flalds!
The conference will hear ad- dresses by the Foreign Secretary, Earnest
Bevin,
the Chancellor of Chipps, the Colonial Secretary the Exchequer, Str Staffori Jones, and the Arthur Creech Chlef of the Imperial General Staff, Field Marshal Lord Mont- medical and gomery-Associated Press.
Económie affairs, economie do- velopment, improvement of agri- cultural methods,
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Thus, the capture of Vitsi would facilitate diplomatic efforts. ta guarantee Greoce against foreign intervention-Reuter.
ATHENS ARRESTS Athens, August 31, Athens police tonight announced the round-up and arrest of 17 per sons accused of being members of the outlawed Communist Party recruiting, for the guerila leader, General Markos Variades.
The police said that most of them are former members of the staff of the suspended Communist newspaper Rizospastis, They are accused of raising money, re- cruiting for General Markos, spreading anti-Government and hiti-American mission propaganda and spreading Communist propa- ganda-Associated Press,
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