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Paris, October, 26.
The Foreign Ministers of the five-nation Western European Union - met on Monday with a pos- sible military alliance with the United States and Canada foremost on their agenda. Authoritative American and British sources
that linking of the Brussels Union with the American powers in a North Atlantic pact will be the central theme of the session.
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Official British sources said wealth nations. French circles Domin- the Ministers decided, soon said the Commonwealth after Monday's meeting began, lens had given the scheme their recent London will be blessing at the that future sessions
[meetings. completely restricted. Because
The Foreign Ministers also will bi the nature bf the laiks, take up a report from their De. these Rources said, official fence Ministers who last month spokesmen of the various dele- agreed to weld their militury | gations will not hold briefing high commands into an integrated general staff under Field Marshal meetings with newsmen,
Montgomery.
There wilt be a joint com- munique when the talks, end.
Informed British Bources sold that the British Foreign Secre laury, Mr. Ernest Bevin, will give his conditional endorsement to u French-Belgian proposal for ม Western European Parliament.
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The Parliament, to be chosen from among the deputies of the five national legislatures
would consultative authority,
have
The five nations In
the Netherlands,
bourg.
Military co-ordination Includes
standardisation
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arms, training, procurement and operations. From the European viewpoint, military unification will serve as the basis for nak Ing the United States to supply
armu.
Trade Relations During the meetings the For- rc- the Union jeign Ministers will review
Buffs. Badge
For A Queen
London, October 20... Queen ingrid of Denmark yesterday was presented with diamond regimental badge of .the East Kent (Buffe) Negiment at a cero- mony in the Danish Embassy.
Espionage By Russians In Alaska
Milwaukee, October 25, Representative Charles J. Kersten sald today that Rus- sian agents know as much about defences in Western Alaska as the Americans do.
Mr. Kersten arrived here from the West Coast and said that his. House sub-committee on educa- tion and labour has just com- pleted a 12,000-mile tour of the northern United States outpost.
"From our investigations it was apparent that Soviet agents have startlingly completa and up to date knowledge of our instalia- tions," he
he said. The Republican Congressman olen sult that the committee uus "reason" to cuspect that the Bus- thou- alans have moved many sands of slave labourers into the eastern tip of Siberia, "all with- in 100 miles of Alaska.”—United 44444441 { Press.
The presentation was made by Major General G. Bcar. lett, Commanding Officer of the Regiment, who `was To- celydd with other officers by King Frederik and Queens In- grid.-Associated Press. ssssss+++*+$44
REDS RECRUITING SIAMESE YOUTH
Bangkok, October 26,
Siamese youths are being recruited in the North East provinces of this kingdom and taken into China for Communist training. Are Britain, France, Belglum ports of their Finance Ministers: Siamese Army Intelligence have been recruited since last of 20 going late and Luxem-on steps taken to promele trade | has reported this to the April, a group In September. and an casler Row of currency government.
The Army report was partially among member states..
corroborated by provincin! com- missioners who say that rural scholarships are offered youth to study in Bangkok. On arrival at the capital they are prevailed upon to go
study- to China to Communist methods of propa- gurdia.
On the strength of the reports the Government has despatcheef pre-a five-man police CID team to the area to study the situation. The Army said 100 young men
Bovin's Conditions British sources said, however, Efforts to co-ordinate their res
health make pective national that Mr. Bevin hopes to come "constructive proposals" en cramme and other social benefits Western European unity when he also will be aludied.
Under the Brussels Pact, em- delivers Ms statement.
When the project of an eventual bodying political, social, economic, international parliament was military and cultural measures, meet at least broached by the French list sum-the Ministers will
Bevin avoided
once every three months to direct циу jmer, Mr.
Union's affairs.-Associated ommitments, pleading he had to the consult with the British Common-Press,
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Toronto, October 25.
The Dofence Minister, Mr. Brooke Claxton, today said that Canada's defences were being co- ordinated with those of the other Western powers so that they would fit into the North Atlantic security pact.
EX-REUTER MAN SENTENCED /
Budapest, October 29. Dr. Aurel Verannal, who was Reuters correspondent in Hongary until his arrest on July 31, wan today found guilty by the Bun
viointing pest Peoples Court of
the law for the defence of fun garian democracy through hel and was sentenced fo eight
and months imprisonment
K1F• pension of cleli rights and the right to hold public office for five years.
Tho court ordered a re-triol the Supreme Peoples "As the Western Union be-yout with other free naiions plans before
chance for joint defence based on self- Court after the defence had ask. comes stronger, any Soviet help and mutual aid as part of ed for a new trial and the pro-
to had obferted there might be of the Union willing to wage aggres-the combined effort to preserve secution sive war will obviously become peace and restrain aggression. lightness of the sentence.--Reu- less. Existence of a North A-United Press. Jantle security pact of mutual assistance, including the United States and Canada, would further reduce the chance of
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The Bomb, Outlaw
Wallace Demands
Jersey City, October 25.
Mr. Henry A. Wallace, in his major compaign speech on atomic energy, demanded today that the atomic bomb be outlawed and the segracy voiling peaceful atomic development be lifted,
In
youths The Army says the
via are taken to Kunmining Indiching and then into Com- munist-controlled areas of China or else go to sen to Can. ton and then inland.
indicate that two The police former members of the Stomese parliament are involved in the network recruiting the youths.
A former Siamese corporal, now reported to be a Major Gen- crai In
Com- the Chinese munist army, is suspected. of be- ing the link within China.-As- sociated Press.
"ILLUSTRIOUS" TRAGEDY
Portland. October 25. Vericts of "Death by misad- venture" were returned at thi inquest here today on Midship- Richard Arthur Clough, aged 18, of Oxford, Naval Air- man Thomas Arthur Leonard,
nd Of nged 18, of Dagenham and
Eric Morrison dinary Seamen Jack, aged 19, of Aberdeen, who lost their lives as a result of the sinking of the pinnace carrying liberty men back to the aircraft currier Illustrious.
Clough died after being res cued.
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have not yet been recovered, working are urged that atomic energy be deed except in technical know-howings. The bodies of 26 ratings rangements with the. United veloped for peace because limit- in making weapons and that, in Reuter,
people, of free atom the interests United States and we are working ing atomle power to the
milltary bomb "is like limiting the use of clence be freed from electric power to the electric and big business control."
Mr. Wallace charged that the know this elemental
man who ran the United States energy can be the greatest bless-
'fanred' Ritmia because they ing in the history of mankind and
feared that peacetime competi Athens, October 25. we say America, Russia and all
tlon with Russia would force nations must renounce, The Athens news agency, quot-other
them to give up their system of "monopoly of enterprise and giant profile".
THE OLD STORY IN
GREECE
London, Orlöber 25, Soverul hundred people cheer ed King Frederick and Queen ing press dispatches, reported to- through the United Nations, the
Astrid, of Denmark, when with bomb and all ilay that reinforcements for ise of the atom
the King anri Queen they attend- destruction." Greek guerillas
ed a London theatre tonight. arriving weapons of mass Word Albanin and dially from
YugoTM
"They fear their swollen war He urged that atomic energy be
The Duke of Edinburgh was slavla.
developed on a non-pront basis profits will not continue, so they also in the party, which number- A Greek General Staff spokes- as a public trust and not be tum-try to force a wartime economy ed eight. man quoted by the agency said ed over to private business to be on peacetime America, They fear The play they saw was "The that
Government forces in the "exploited for corporation profits" the effect on their investments of Kid, from Stratford," a brigat
We demand good faith in
inatornic спегку Mount Vernon runge in Western
Arthur Askey, developed for musical starring atomic energy peace, so
most popular so they try to control it one of Britain's Macctionia had had to withdraw public ownership of
comediang North Eastwards about one kilo- for the full development of its and divert it to milltary use"
Mr. Wallace attacked his politi Queen Alexandrino, mother of melre under strong guerilla pres-peacetime use. We demand that
use of this new power for dan cal opponents for their stond the Danish monarch, wont to an- atomic energy and The withdrawal was of a pure-gerous war provocation be stop on
their ether theatre with Queen Mary, ly local nature-Reuler. : ped. We demand that secrecy in "diplomacy of doom and strategy with whom she la staying-Reu-
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