DARK MEANS USED TO DISPERSE OPPOSITION
Athens, November 21.
Officials plunged the Greek Chamber of Deputies into darkness in the early hours today to dis. porso Opposition mombers who refused to leave after challenging a vote of confidence in the now Liberal-Populist Cabinet,
This ended an all-night wordy battle in which the new Cabinet under M. Themistocles Sophoulis emerged with a majority of only one vote.
The figures were 188 for the vole, but he woke up before the Government and 187 for the result was announced we got to Opposition parties. After the the Chamber of Deputies in time then ask that his vote in favour be proclaimed, Chamber, at the request of M. inscribed in the minutes.
renult
Was
The Government therefore Sophouls, decided to adjourn einlied a majority of two votes. unil February 1, 1949, and the Frere
iso precedent for a Gov- Government and officials then ernmen with a majority
of one withdrew but some of the Opvote. It was reculled In Parlia- position insisted that the Gov-[mentary circles tonigh that M. ernment should have an abso-Dendrios Sounaria, founder of late majority of the 335 votes the Populist Party, had a one- cast and that they were short vote majority, but of this by half a vole.
Lights Turned Out
They refuser to diperse and į Chamber offeints Dnally had to artier the wilebung
light
Followin
tal fie
M.
George Paporalremu, former Greek Pre-
mer and a Soral Deternt Jen-; der, todas asked to seek King Paul]
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remained it
Blizzard Hits
North America
New York, November 21. Scores of North American vitinges were isolated today after the first snow blizzard of the winter, which cut com. munications, marooned trains and caused heavy damage in the North Central States.
Volunteers were called for in Nebraska to dig cattle out of snow drifts.
Snow started to fall again this morning and the tem. perature here feli rapidly as the storm moved East.comReu-
ter.
AUSTRALIAN PM URGES ECONOMIC
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1048.
Cinemas Reopen In Shanghai
Shanghai, November 22.
Motion picture theatres re-
opened today after a four day strike of theatre workers. Mayor, K. C. Wu ordered the workers back to their jobs pending negotiations.
The employces are demanding a hundred per cent incroust a their baste wages.
They claimed the price of our hadi. jumped 17 times.
Striking teachers totalling 1,300 from 31 inille schools promised to resume teaching today. Cus-
workers
demanding tons larger rice allowances.--Associat- ed Press.
Joke
AID TO ASIA TAKING A RISE
Canberra, November 21.
toutrow to request the cancel The Australian Prime Minister, Mr. Joseph B. Chif- Nation of this Dounlug's vote of
erasielenre in the new. Sophoelis
Culinet, it was learned.
Hia
objection is on constitu- tional grounds, it was stated. He will tell the King that the com- Į bined Opposition ready to Cabinet "above party" form a under Prime Minister 19 be appointed by the King.
The
ley, today urged that all possible efforts should be made to promote Asia's economic develop- ment which, he duclared, was the key to ending political strife.
Prime Minister said: "We cannot expect to have world peace while men and women have not enough to eat, are poorly clad and housed and cannot look to the future for improved con- ditions of life.
SIR STAFFORD NOT TO PLAY SANTA CLAUS
London, November 21, Labour Members of Parliament would like to go home at Christmas to tell their constituencies that taxation and other concessions are likely in the 1949 budget.
But instead of such good news their message pro- bably will be that Sir Stafford Cripps, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, is no Santa Claus, Private Members of the Gov
⚫lon could Bo resumed at a crument Party alrendy arc
futuro Parliamentary Party meeting.
Observers snk that it is evi-
Mr. Bevan looked on as the most outspoken and Leftist Mem- ber of the Cabinet, told the Lab- our Party Conference this year
that the working class, nten and women, were better off then ever before.
of On complaints
continuer shortage. Mr. Bevan had the comment that it was better to see people queueing uncomfortably to buy something than to have them. stay home with nothing to spend. -Reuter.
Persia Recovery
Of Bahrein
Meanwhile 300 doctors, nurses and ocials in the Luster Chi- hese Hospital dermondent a 35 per cont increase in basic salaries and concerned about the 1950 elee- threatened to give free injections tous. Like other Private Mem-dent Str Stafford has the backing and medicine if they did not get bers before them, they argue of other Ministers hr promising it roon. The management pro-that the administrators in Lon continued hardship for Britain. mised "favourable consideration."don may be out of touch with Beveral, thousand workers in the hopes and anxieties of the eight flour mills demanded the country at large. They think right to buy wheat and four that nothing would help the at November 19 prices without Labour so much as some case- surrendering their wage scate
ment in austerity. of November which is eight
Their first attempt to get some times higher,
Assurances from Sir Stafford Cripps resulted in nothing but a polite brush-off. Bradford an
Mr. Maurice Webb, Member for Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour. Parly, made
a personal investigation of living costa in relation to incomes ameng hia constituents. He brought the results and a report of householders' difficulties to a private meeting of Labour Mem- bers of Parliament, attended by Sir Stafford Cripps and other Ministers. Mr. Webb said that the cost of living burden couli he eased without disturbing the the brand economie and Arancini ment) today after Persin's new Prime Minister, Mohammed Saed Marache, had prosented his new cabinet.
M. Abbus Eskandari, the de- All Beltons remember
Birputy, for Hamadan and Secretary Stafford's warning that there of the parliamentary commission little prospect much Im-appointext to examine the status provement in their lat untilor the Bahrein Islands, walked 1952,
but
Labour Members out of the Chamber as a profesi hoped for something.
against the composition of the They were disappointed. When new Government. Mr. Webb Anished his report, Str
After the presentation of the Stafford again defined his stern
Cabinet, leafleta were distribut disinflationary policy and repeated
the ed giving
Government's that unremilting efforts are still required by Britain to keep her
programme, the two main points of which were the de- head above water despite the fence of Persia's oli rights and assistance of a lifeby by Mar-
the recovery of all Porsian ter Shall Airf.
ritories taken by foreign Instead of suggesting new
new con- cessions, the Chancellor reminded Members
the hundreds millions of pounds being spent by
OUT OF THE AIRLIFT
was
Berlin, November 21. Twn phantom aircraft made hendlines in Berlin today. The first ghost plane" American Birlift Skymaster have which was reported to
airport landed at the Soviet Luf Dallgow just outside the
M. Papatufreon was one of the)
velace de ideal 10 days ago Searles
th to welhelye support fr Government, a move which feel to,
"We campot afford to see the most development of Asia and the city boundary. the reaphaLITAR
the further i Pabed the 8-year old 37. populous nations to our north Fer Rost so that living sinurtned:
in a continuous state of social | might be raisent Sophin-1
"Abmuch the fireres on the vote at mordidence were given as 16h to 10", the magte, of the sessin peetarted that M. Podela Ruza- ko, Label Tepute for Chion, wlto favelled from Paris to in- eroe M Soplewube" majority, fell nsferg while the debate with on ajal arrived to late to reened his
to the situation is development.”
of
pupulation.
economie
Lower Standard
The report came in a phoneenli and greentrees to the American offcer at the and politiead unrest. The keyed to relieve the pressure Berlin dir safety centre. The news was accepted with reserve, while in check with the Soviet offeer in the air safety centre was made.
An official announcement was made that "the air anfety centre may have been the victim of a hoax."
He Prefers Japanese
levastation
policy of the Government,
Hopes Dashod
انه
of
Teheran, November 21. Pandemonium broke out in
Persien Majlis (Parlia
DowerL
This last point was taken to can a reference to Bahrein, mean
Mr. Eskandart announced
on
Mc. Chifley sund everything The Premier declared that vi- possible should be done to perous untionalism was bringing sawiles the peonie reconstruction changes almost daily in Asia, fe continued: "Asia and the Far East suffered much turing the war. Standards or This morning, the Soviet the Government in subsidies on September 12 that he was offer ivog, desperately few before the licensed National Zeitung reported food, clothing wo other necesfg a reward of about £80,000 Iwag, are now even lower, the second ghost plane. The paper sitic to keep down the cost of to anyone succeeding in restoring
'Asia is torn by a
political said: "A British Dakota loaded living to the average mum.
Bahrein to Persia and in solving strife which is a threat to peace with seven and a half tons of fat, As to taxation ensement he had problems connected with the overywhere”
bound for Berlin, has been mis- a chilly reply used by every Anglo-Iranian Oll Company. He The Prime Minister was sing for four days. We learn from Chancellor, "I cannot anticipate also called on the Islanders to broadcasting his weekly "Re- a reliable source that this plane, my budget statement."
"cut the foreigners' hands who port to the Nation," which he instead of flying to Berlin, flew 16
are keeping you in slavery, and small village near Progue,
fly the Persian fing throughout for Bahrein with the help of the underground part-
RADIO Way Of Life
Pittsfield. November 21.
had devoted to the fourth sca 35-year-old unemployati
This is Bolas ilong Kong broarl-
A STAR 13 frequency of 845 seaman summond reporters to: kalorycles per recent and on 9.52. his rooming horse today and negiyeles per event is the 31 announced he intends to give |
up United States citizenship
truset,
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12.32 m
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fur
kion of the Economie Commis. where the crew tried to sell the alon for Asla and the Far East, load of fat. opening/E Lapstone, NEW
"They were arrested by the South Wales, on November 29: Czech authorities and the British He sand it would be the most are now trying to obtain the re- 12,35 pay. Itel Talk to Children become It resident of Important internallowi confer- lease of the plane and crew."
Japan.
men eve
ever held in Australia, The A Royal Air Force spokesman News editor Edward J. Farm | subjects the conference woulin Berlin, commenting on the re- Romanes of radio station WHEC said Ro- discuss would inclutle industrial port, said: "No British airlift bert Nelson told him "there's development in Asia, food pro- planes are missing. Just as a point Plan) Future in this country for me." duction and the economic post- of detail, the maximum load of a Report and and added that he will leave for tion of Japan in relation to the Dakota is only three tons."--
California in aequple of days.
rest of Asia.--Beuter. Nelson said he wanted to tuke
residened Japan "whee
Us people are plain and considerate," "One of the reasons I am res
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