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IRISH IN COMMONWEALTH TO
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BE TREATED AS FOREIGNERS?
LAPHAM REPORTS TO TRUMAN
Washington, October 17. A first hund report on and th China was given to President Truman on Sunday
For a half hour, Roger Lapliors, chief of the Economic Co-opera
London, October 17. The Commonwealth and Eiro Ministers met at Che- quors, the official country residence of the Prime Minister, today.
ex-
They discussed "motters of common interest arising
from the declared intention of the Eire Govern-" ment to repeal the External Relations Act."
Reintiona (Mir. Philip Those who took part in to-wealiti
Cle- Noel-Daker) also nitended. day's meeting were Mr.
SL
Irish Minaritics inent Attlee, Mr. Louis
"There was a general Laurent, Mr. Peter Fraser, Mr Philip Noel-Baker, the Lond change of views on matter of Chancellor, Lord Lowill.
De common interest arising out of Mission to tion Administration
of the the declared Intention the Herbert Evatt and two repre- China, and Paul--Hotfisan,
Eire Government to repeal the Sean ECA director.
conferred at the sentatives of Elre-Mr
External Relations Act." White House. On energing, Mr. MacBride, Minister for Ex-
Today's meeting at Chequers, it Lapham expressed Heneral anti-ternal Affairs, and Mr. Patrick in understood, was arranged ch mism. He said a principul objectMacMillan, Minister of Finance. the initiative of the three Domini was to "make conditions that do
ions involved, acting through Bri- not provide the seeds for totali-
join. torianism and cold war."
A communique from the Pelme Minister's OMCo said: "This after-
Each of these Dominions, be Charles C. Rors, White House noon an informal meeting took sides having on important Irish press secretary, said the President place at Chequers, at which Elre minority, has shown a great in. was glad to karn that US$5,500.- Ministers met representatives ofterest in the whole
question. 900 had been set aside for the
United Kingdom, Canada. They, no more than Britain, could Incement and reconstruction Australia and New Zealand—The view with equanimity a possible North Chyna out of US$70,000,000 | Commonwealth countries whose change in the status of the Irish allocated for such purposes in all population Include a large number minorities, China.
of people of Irish descent,
Mr. MacBride arrived trom Paris this morning and is return- "These countries were repre-
ing to the French expital tonight. sented
SI By Mr. Attlee. Mr. Laurent, Mr. Fraser and Dr. Evals Mr. MacMillan urrived from Eire
yesterday. Macüride and i
An
Congress han provided aggregate of US$270,000.000 for economic assistance to China.
Mr. Lapham, who came back last week fruth four months in China, is expected to return there fortnight.--Associated within Press.
and Eire by Mr. Mr. MacMillion.
"The Lord Chancellor and the
II Dead In Explosion
Santiago, October 18. Despatches reaching Santiago yesterday said that minere were killed and seven injured JA In
the explosion In Cuhoicamata copper mine in Northern Chile,
The despatches exld the ax- plosion was apparently caus ∙ed by a delayed charge which produced a rock fall at the mouth of tunnel,
The exsualties, member of crushed a work gang, ware by the fafl-Associated Press:
Political Murder
In Java
Batavia, October 17. Dr. Amir Sjarifuddin, former Premier Republiem, Socialist and reported Prime Minister of the rebel Indonesian Commu-
"Foreign Country” The conference was primarily Secretary of State for Common-concerned with an examination ofnist Republic, has been mur- ways to mitigate the consequenees dered by his own rebel sup- of legislation which, if enacted, porters, Antara, the Republican would make Eire a foreign coun- news agency, reported tonight.
added The agency
that the try.
Not only, relations between Brl- murder took place a the Com. tain and Eire, but between Eire munist rebel leaders endeavoured and every member of the Com- to converge on Jogjakarta to sur- monwealth would be involved in render following the successes of the event of the Act of 1830 be- the Republican troops.
The report also confirmed that ing repealed,
Alleged Spy For Ex-King Peter
Belgrado, October 17.
French diplomatic channels were allogad to have forwarded money and letters to Andria Loncharic, who is on trial before a district court here on charges of espionage for ex-King Poter of Yugoslavia.
Fuvel's statement was said to have been made to the Yugoslav police last April before he left the country.
A
If Elre become foreign the former Labour Vice-Premier country to Britain she would, of the Republic, Dr. Selladjit, hnd as con from here. become a been killed by Republican forces foreign country to every mam in anti-Communist operations. ber of the Commonwealth,
If Fire's link with the Crown is broken by the repeal of the Act of External Relutions, 2,000,000 Trish people estimated to
perhaps
become
become
The only Important Cam- munist so far taken alive is the Moscow-trained veteran loader, Allmin.
of the Muso, President
self. be in Britain at present would proclaimed Communist Kepublie legally foreigners and in Java, who came from Moscow would
revolt and led the foreign last August. Eire
Hatla in French
cour country
the same way ns against the Republican Greece, or any other foreign land. Government, is still unaccounted As things stand
meri and for. Reports that he had canoși come to to Bangkok are discounted here
with-Reuter.
now.
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Luncharic, who is about 40 years old, told the court that "an employee of the Foreign Ministry, named Bre- va," organized a link between him and the ex-King "through French diplomatic channels.
Voeslaw Vidkovich, on trial as an accomplice. told the court that he had received letters and 35 000 linars for Loncharic from Alfred Fovel, "an employee of the French Embassy in Belgrade," who visited him several times.
Asked by the prosecutor where the money came from, Lonchuric said: "
Fuvel's chief In
Paris,"
The accused admhied lu the
In it, Fovel was sold to have admitted that he gave Vlakovich letters and received letters from him, but declared that he was not aware of their contents, or of their destination-Reuter.
Britain, take employment out a labour permnlt and enjoy the; full rights of British citizenship. -Reuter.
VOTERS BOYCOTT TURK ELECTIONS
Istanbul, October 17.
court that he told Vidkovich that The majority of Istanbul's electors appeared to be.
General Charles de Gaulle would oon come to power u Francu, and said that he was assured by
- the ex-King personally that the
general would "help af a decisive, moment."
"British Spy"
abstaining from voting in today's parliamon- tary by-elections which were being boycotted by the opposition partios throughout country, Up to well after mid-day the jagainst the Government candidate ulling booths were almos in Istanbul. deserted in many parts of Istanbul and a similar boycot Lacharie sued earlier that he was reported from Syrn. was helped across the Yugoslav Over a 1,000,000 electors were border. illegally by a man named due to go to the poll today to Anglo-American vole for candidates for 13 vacant spy operating from Trieste, who seals in the Grand National As- |was supplied with American Rembly.
The Democratic Party and the money, food and a jeep driven by
both Nations Party, Aitormed soldier."
opposition Aroups. urged the people not to
Surdelja,
Parasite Plane Successful
Washington, October 17.
The United States Air Force, after a previous fallure, has suc ceeded in attaching its XF-83 "parasito" Bghter to # mother plane in mid-air
n
It announced that the tiny jeti Agbler had made a test night
from being launched after Superfortress, then returned und attached itself to the trapeze-like structure under the Superfortreis trom which it was launched,
It is designed to be carried in the bomb bay of a B-36, the buge For the first time in Turkey six-engined bomber model Jurt polling was in closed booths and starting Into operation in the the Government reaffirmed as United States Air Force.
It has a dart-shaped wing surunces as to the secrecy of the
allot and the public counting of structure of only 21-fpot span and voles,
has a specd "comparable to other ¡But the Democratic Partytet nghters."-Rouler. demanded that in addition,
elections should be
supervised
1
and controlled by the Judlelary, particularly strong in the big The Government's reply to this port of Smyrna, refused this con- [email protected] the promise, calling for The accused said that he had vote on the ground that these was that it would involve
In party strife. A recent government in which it should Judiciary In instructions to contact Milan parlies regard the present system law, pansed as a compromise, en hold the Ministries of the Inter- Grol, a former Yugoslav mem of checking votes
trusted the supervision of the lor and of Justice, ber of Parliament, who was fraud.
clection to central cominittees expelled last year, and Generat But this did not mean that thehosen by lot from local authort-tections are expected to be known The results of today's 13 by. Government People's Party was ties, professional associations and on Thursday. unopposeri,
open
to
Simovich, the organiser of the 1041 rising against the Ger. mans, both lying in Belgrade. Independents glood against varly, agents,
Government candidates in all 13 The Democratic Party which is Turkey folis in 1950-Router. Statements from Alfred Fovel { constituencies, including Ankara and the French Press Attache aud were read out in cou!"],
Istanbul. As many as 25 Independents Were nominialed
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