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said yesterday "conditions in Asia might be more dangerous to world peace than conditions in Europe."
"The wretchedness of economic conditions invites Communist exploitation, and the passions of nationalism burn furiously," in Asia, he said.
Canada Short Of Electricity
Ottawa, October 23. Canada, one of the world's richest nations in potential hydro-electric power,
is suf- of shortage fering an acute electricity,
Black-outs have been imposed in many of the principal cities.
The huge turbines of Niagara, strained to their imii, cannot
is
"IL Thomas added that indeed Important that these areas should not be turned over to Stalin's. Imperialism but the remedy does not lie in blindly clinging to the Western colonialism of the 19th cen- tury."
Specifically discussing China, Thomas said:
"If I were
President of the
To Be Suspended
London, October 25,
The British Military Administration in Germany has agreed temporarily to auspand dismantling, ofthree Krupps factories at Exsan, the Foreign Office spokesman sald today.”
General Bir Briant Robertson, British Military Governor, made the decision during a recent visit to the Aubr, the spokes-. man added.
General Robertson's decision was based on the humanitarian ground that the three factorios employ 800 dluabled exper vicemen, the spokesman explained, adding that their ultimate fate will be decided at Government level-Reuter,
FRENCH STRIKE
Coal Mine Sirens To Summon Aid
"Ideally, the hope of China lien in the development of democra- te forces almost equally opposed to the new style tyranny of Com- muniem and the corruption and inemelency of Chiang Kai-shek's regime. United States, I should not feel Justified in pouring money ngit perhaps ultimately the lives of young Americans into the bust-The bestin to satisfy demand. Oficialsness of sharing up the unpopular by that it would take "n down. Overnment of the clique around
Chiang Kai-shek, pour of 40 days and 40 nights" to restore the power situation, to normal.
ark
new hydro-electric
plants is being speeded sig, but Is estininted that the shortate: will not be remedied before 1952,
The latest restrictions make it an offener for a householder to use electricity for heating, except in cases
Electric of sickness. Krates in artificial fre places are banned, tx, HER portably electric Purliators and space heaters. Heuter.
Siam Border Incident Denied
"I should want to do all that could be done economically to aid a peaceful China and
and economic ald, persuasion to stay the march at Commun. iam,"
In Japan
In Japan, Thomas said, "Am- erlenna have a right to be proud of the comparatively good record we have made as an occupying power,"
Paris, October 24, Strikers who had barricaded themselves in at the Alouettes pit sounded pit sirens and hoisted the French tricolour flag when troops and police attempted to clear them out today. Government forces, estimated at 2,000 men, were said to be equipped with tear gas, gren- ades and firearms.
uver-
police opened retaliatory fire for the first ilme at Firminy. near St. Ellenas, yesterday,' is ative.
The strikers #t the pit, which is located North West at Lyons, had held about 70 policemen as prisoners
The report sakt that he and night. The strikers released their another miner were in a serious prisoners-gendarmes and Re-but not crilical condition, publican security guards-car- lier today.
The
police
reinforcements
were massed at the mines during the night. They went into netion under the rommand of General Norbert the assistant command-
Dorkers at La Polliee, the new port for La Rochelle on the West coast of France, suspended for 21 hours from this morning the unloading of two Liberty ships with 10,400 tons of imported coil.
They
sleumer,
decided tn continue "Bul," he added, "there are
3,000 tons of French signs today of an effort to turner of the Dijan milltary reglun.loading
Soon after 6.00 p.m., the troops whent for Tuulsin on a French Japan over to great capitalists. Japanese or American or bath, and police had sealed off The
French Communist trade union which need watching."
Alouettes pithead from the mal
renklerl today to the rond and bridge over ʼn canal ferulers 24124!
Government's new measures to leading to the mine.
20-lny beat the
old miners' strike by deelding to seek the support of home and foreigri. including British, workers.
id
As for the Berlin crista Russia In general, Thomas that if he were President;
"should continue the airlift, and try at least for its moral effects to win judgment from the United Nations. I
The approaches to the mine were lit by are humps to aid the movement of the troops.
While these operations were in progress, the strikers continued should pro-to sound the sirens at full blast to claim more earnestly than has
summon other strikers to their yet been done our American deald. Saigon. October 24, stre, Immediately the blockade more to try to Major General Marcel Ales- is lifted, once sandri, commander of the negotiate a decent settlement for and for French
united Germany Army in Indochina. yesterday denied Siamese re- Korea."-Associated Press. ports that 100 French troops
into had crossed
Siam und killed police constable and Two Siamese civilians.
Alessandri said he was in con- stant trich with all French units in Indochino anel no such report Incl reached him. He added that the only information he had. on the matter was a press report from Bangkok quoting Siamese Interior
and
Dockers Stop The France Press
Agence sald today that one of the two miners reported killed when the
BLOCKADE PROVES A BOOMERANG
Berlin, October 24.
Appeal To Workers In Britain
The leaders the Executive Committee of the General Can- federation of Labour-said they would call on French workers to show solidarity with the miners by short work stoppages and de nionstrations
They would piso ask the World Federation of Trade Unions to appeal to British and American miners, seamen and dockers to show solidarity with; the French strikers.
Reservists the American officials said today that the Russian blackade of Berlin has boomeranged by aiding the very thing they are trying to sabotage--- Western Germany recovery.
Ministry the Police Department.
Siamese reports on Thursday
occurred said the incident October 18. French troops were said to have crossed the Mekong River and engaged in an hour-
on
"The coal and steel we used in is now being put to work long skirmish with Slamese to ship out of West Germany speeding industrial production police before withdrawing-As- | into the Rus on zone and Ber- in the three Western zones,”
sociated Press.
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The Government's anti-strike (measures-the call-un of 50,000
and
for Buthority security forces to fire! after warning, it attacked--had nl ready been answered by the Commuriist-led › miners Feder stion with the strike wi!! be carried on, mara united and more firm than ever."
The Communist Ce Soir report- ed from St. Etienne, the strike said Lawrence Wilkinson.torm centre, that a police patrol economic adviser to the US fired "without warning" during commander in Germany The the night-on a group of sirikers leaflets. One wox Russian zone has been weak-posting up ened by lack of those vital wounded and four arrested, it supplies.
The French Socialist Party Allied officials say the Com-newspaper, Le Populaire, today the Government's munists are pushing the old tacpproved
"war and shoot"- measures, but tle of fomenting strikes an dis-
he Communist L'Humanite said content among workers to cut the security guards were now their production.
said.
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The rich mining and manufac-sinate the miners."
Tho Communist Dockers turing region of the Ruhr appears Union has called a plenary their main target. Propagandisssion of its Executive for tell the miners "why swent for Tuesday jo, consider what stępa American capitalists?"
to take to defend "irade »uniön. Offcials say this propaganda is rights violated by the Govern to blame for the low output per ment over the miners' strike." man among miners. Communist Incitement is also evident in pome
of the more recent muss demon-
Order. Dofied
The Marseilles Prefecture
strations against high prices day prohibited all public
West Germany.
to-
and private meetings in the mining With the extra cost and steel area of the Bouches du Rhone diverted from East Germany. Department. however, production is booming
in the West. This also helps tho allies who finance West Ger- many's imports of food and raw materials.
The Western alles "may ne- tually be making money on this blockade, in the long run," Wil- |kinson suli--<espite the huge cost of supplying 2.225,000 block- aded Berliners by air. Berlin, however, is lagging far
Western
le was acting under a Cabinet; decision last night that Prefecte
be given the right to prohibit meetings. No officiel de- finition of a "private meeting": was available in Paris at noon; today.
Strikers at Forbach, in North Eastern France, held a meeting
a cafe this afternoon despite. orders from the Prefect that no held
In the district.
behind Western Germany Itt economie progress, Its factories publle meetings should be run part time or not of all for Members of the Republican security guards, after a short scuffie, broke up the meeting mitted that industriel proiluction with tear gas "bombs. A
lack of coal and steel.
Even the Communists have ad-
few
in their own, zone is sogging.since people on both sides were slight
the blackado-Asspelated Press. ffy Injured.-Reuter.
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