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THE CHINA MAMA
TUESDAY, JANUĄRY 25, 1949.
RHODES PEACE TALKS SNAG Recognition May Be BRAATHENS
Egyptians' Obdurate Stand On Negev
Professors Detained
Shanghai, January 24. Two professors of the Na- tional Chiaotung University, Chen Wel-chl and Su Yon- ping, have been detained at Garrison Headquarters,
The arreste ware meda at their homes on January 19. by the security authorities.
A faculty meeting la' due for today to discuss ways and means of 'getting the pra fessors reloarod. A statomont protest may be issued to against__the_arscate, the roa.
son
on for which has not yet heen announced-Rautor,
Mr. Shaw's Attack On Taxation
Jewish Delegates Show Impatience
Rhodos, January 23,
The Arab-Jowish armistice negotiations here may break down completely if the prosent dead- lock over troops withdrawal in Palestino con- tinues much longer, observers believe. Intensive back stage discussions, guided by Dr.
Ralph Bunche, acting United Nations Media- tor, have failed to shake either side from its original stand.
Dr. Buncho is calling another series of meetings in
a suprême offort to break the doodlock.
The Israeli stand, the aame source soki, is silll bused on their themand for a complete evacuation Egyptian troops from Palestine of
China A Warning To West
London, January 23. Some sections of the British press today indicated that the recent developments in China are a warning to the Western world.
"By retiring from the Freal- dency to clear the way for peace talks, he (General Chiang Kai- shel)-ha-hsintenencemgedral backu the victory of Communism," the Sunday Express said.
"There is a popular belief that
the Chinese Communists differ from the genuine Russian speci-
are said to be
mons.
more
proudly nationalistic and to put
They
the country before the Politburo,"
"But those who think this will the Sunday Express continued.
disillusion themselves.
The Egyptians, according to Dr. Azcarate. who is staying at a United Nations source, con- the King David Hotel, is already tinue to base their argument on in contact with the Jewish and the lines of the Security Coun-Arab authorities. Today he saw cil's November 4 resolution Bernard Joseph),
Dr. Doy Joseph *(formerly Dr. meaning an Israeli withdrawal Military Governor of Jerusalem, Isracti the from the largest part of the and was to confer later with Col. Negev
onel Abdullah El Tel, the Arab Military Governor of the Old City.
A trip to the compound of London, January 23,
Government House, arranged for The present laws of taxation!
journalists for this afternoon to on British authors were attuck. The Israeli delegation is show see the Conciliation Commission's ed today by George Bernard signs of showing impatience hendquarters, was concelled it is at the lack of progress and op-understood, at Dr. Azcarate's re- Shaw..now 02 years old, who timism is giving way to suspleton, quest. No reason said that they, together with
was given A senior member of the delegu- Reuter, composers, painters and play-on declared that the "stubborn" wrights, live by "gambling" attitude of the Egyptians is like-
VETERAN OF THE more desperately than starter in a horse race.
BOER WAR
soil.
алу ly
He appealed to the Exchequer to restore and extend the old sys- tem of taxing an author's carn-
its ings on
for three years.
average
"Thair victory opens almost unlimited opportunities to the Politburo in Aels. It would be folly if we failed to recognise the danger."
Delayed Few Days
London, January 23. British de facto recognition of the Government of Israel may be delayed a faw more days,. it la belleved in wall- Informed, diplomalio quarters here today,
But a Cabinet decision in principle to recognies the formali Stata la expected
this wosk posibly tomorrow and In voted early any cass in time for the House of Commons debate on Palta. tine on Wednesday.
Consultations between the British Embassy in Washing- ton and the United States Government on British plans for recognition of Israel, and the United Blates recognition of Transjordan are continuing,
American action, however la unlikely until After the farauli general elections next Tuesday-Router.
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Tel Aviv, January 23. Several minor clashes were reported and the polico alerted in the, citios of Tel-Aviv and Jaffa today as the now state of Israel prepared to hold its first general election on Tuesday. None of the incidents is considered serious, but the relatively placid campaign is reaching a nervous, noisy climax. Over 300,000 30,000 Arabs will go
Jews and Central front near the Tel Aviv-
to the Halla highway. polls on Tuesday to elect the
Dr. Pablo Azcarate, Chief Se- first Jewish Assembly in 2,000 cretary of the new UN Pales- "What the future holds for Chino
The News of the World sald: years.
tine Conciliation Commission, is to arrive in Jerusalem today. BOOKINGS ACCEPTED FOR ANY EUROPEAN DESTINATION as the Communist armies sweep Observers expect pro-Western representatives on the Commis
American, Freach and Turkish"
Also through bookings via Amatordom to:—, Southward nore сап foretell. candidates to win the majorityston are to arrive in the Holy Others have tried to conquer of the 120 scats at stake, The City tomorrow to establish head-
BERMUDA, HAVANA, ARUBA, CURACAO, China in the past and have been Communists con count on 20 absorbed by its patient, toiling per
quarters.—United Press. cent of the vote, according
VENEZUELA, COSTA RICA millions. It may be that the same to observers. Wrexham, January 24,
will befall the new war- Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles lords
As it prepares to ballot, lerao! "Chitung Lawther, 08, a voleran of the
Kal-shek's regime is on the brink of a realiy at Boer War and winner of the Discrumbled away because it lacked critical week.
Service Northern tinguished
Order in à militant spirit equal to that World War One, died last night opposed to it. Therein lies the
wreck the conference. "jt gives rise” he said, "to doubts whether the whole Egyptian Intention in coming to Rhodes was nothing but to ob tain the release of the crack Egyptian Brigade trapped Fatuja Un the Nopov)."
Israeli Plea
Dr. Walter Eytan, chief of the Israeli delegation, told Better
In a letter published in the Times, Mr. Shaw added: "How we authors and Inventors envy the gamblers on the turf and the 'Stock Exchange, the insurance after a three-hour informal talk companies, the pawnbrokers, the with Dr. Bunche today: "There is Casino explotters who, without no change in the situation," indi- running a lithe of our risks, ure eating that the Israeli delegation
still stands by its demand.
not taxed on their winnings.
"Why should we suffer what is virtually a tax on our capital, which other gamblers Incur only
in the form of estate duties against which they can afford to
insure?
in our
Dr. Bunche was afterwards due to meet the Egyptians to explain
Isruck
the
views. Reliable sources said he will convey an Israell plen for the Egyptians to
fate
In his sleep at his home, Erbish warning to the Western world."
~~Reuter. tock Hall-Associated Press.
how "good, falth" by softening The
their attitude.
In Tel Aviv, an Israeli military "Why is property creations communised after less spokesman denied today that the than two ilfetimes, and that of Egyptian brigade trapped at Fa- simple distributors made per-uja will be evacuated tomorrow. etual?
the matter
"Could not the Exchequer ease a little either by restoring and extending the old average, or making the privileged gamblers pay their fair share?”— Reuter.
Miss Truman To Give Recitals
Washington, January 23. The White House today an- nounced that the Fresident's daughter, Margaret, a colora- tura soprano, had signed a con-; tract with James Davidson of New York as her manager in the concert and allied fields for the 1949-50 season.
British Conflict With France
.
Paris, January 23. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, will soon have two conferences with the French Minister of Finance and Econo mic Affairs, M. Maurice Potsche.
having an adverse trade balance with Britain and the starling area. They deny that they are trying to sell Britain more of their traditional luxury exports. France secks to send Britain more wheat, meat and steel, In effect offering herself as a poten- tlal alternative to the Argentine. the next Britain is understood to feel some
He said the brigade, besieged
The talks will show whether since last October, will be eva- eunted only after the signing of it is possible to avert the im- an Israeli-Egyptian armistice, and minent clash between the Bri-
policies its withdrawal will be arranged tish and French
for Implementing the Marshall Plan by the United Notions.
The vanguard of the United programme. Nations Conelllation Commission's Secretariat, led by Dr. Pablo
The two Ministers will meet in Azcorate, arrived in Jerusalem Paris first about the middle of today as machine-gun and rifle February, just before Are broke the peace of the city somewhere South of the Old City
walls.
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Peace and forder negotiations with Egypt are taking place on the Mediterranean island of Rhodes
NEW PROGRAMME *FOR TURKEY
Istanbul, January 23. The programme of Semsejtin Gunaltay's new Turkish Gov- erament, promising internal
Britain is expected to grant reforms, was approved by 201 de facto recognition to the new Government deputies against state this week, and France, Aus-five at a People's Party meeting tralia and New Zealand are ex- today. pected to follow sult.
The new Government, formed a These moves, coupled with.de week ago, will thus be assured of recognition by the United an overwhelming vote of confl- States,
will probably shift
adence when it meets the National number of voles to pro-Western Assembly tomorrow. candidates like members of Pre- mier David Ben-Gurion's and Foreign Minister Moshe Shertok's Mapai or Labour Party.
Irgun Followers
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Jaffa between Labourites, and pected to press ahead with the The new administration is ex- followers of Menahem Belgia modernisation of the army, aided formar hend of the under.
ground Irgun Zval Leumi and by the United States. The coun- now loader
try's traditional foreign policy of the
Freedom will remain unchanged-Reuter. Movement which advocates Jewish control of all Palestino | 200- and Transjordan.
Latest Jewish reports
from
meeting of the Council of the scepticism about France's ability Rhodes predict a successful con
Organisation for European Econo-to increase her production sum-clusion to the...armistice talks mie Co-operation.
elently to meet these ambitious with Egypt. The Jewish-Trans- commitments.
jordanian talks Well-informed observers, how- have reached a snag, however, are reported to ever, feel that the British may re- over the technical fax this attitude.-Reuter.
but delicate question of a frontier line on the
After 20 minutes all was quiet
Definite dates for these` meet- again and there were no reportsings have not yet been fixed. of any casualties.
Sir Stafford will meet M. Pets- che again after the OEEC Coun- cil either late in February ar early in March.
UN Commission. The three-nations Coralile. tion Commission, charged by the General Assembly with helping the Jews and Arabs to decide the future of the
the country, expected In
Jerusalem
La
to.
French economic talks refuse to British delegates to the Anglo-
state their attitude to the French request that the British tourist
morrow. Composed of representatives of allowance be increased from £35
to £75. It is understood, however,
such the United States, France and that the
the and Turkey.
Commission left several
Davidson, who manages artistes as Helen Traubel Jeanette MacDonald,
It held expects to Geneva, where arrange a limited number of reel-preliminary meetings, by air on tals for Miss Truman, beginning Thursday: in October.
British representatives
their Governmena
The conflict between the British
OBJECTIVES OF BRITISH POLICY
London, January 23,
will recommend some increase to Mr. Hector McNeil, Minister of State and deputy -to the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Emost. Bevin, said tonight that the objectives of British, policy will continue to be the securing of peace treaties with defeated 'nations.
Dr. Azcarate, a Spanish Repub- and French four-year Marshall aged 03, who served for Plan Programmes arises from Bri- The White House made no com- many years in the League oftain's desire to expand her ex- ment. Intimates have said for a Nations, was until now United ports to Western Europe and con- long time that Margaret's goal is Nations representative with the tract her imports, and France's the Metropolitan Opera-United Arab League headquarters Press
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He told a meeting of his con-vited the Soviet representative,
in desire to expand her exports to stituents at Greenock that Bri-Mr. Andre! Vyshinsky, to deny Britain, outsido the traditional tain seeks international norm that four million figure and in- The French claim that Bri-ality, collective. security with vited him "to open his books in tain's plan will result in France those anxious to redeem their the same way as our books and signatures to the Charter of the accounts are open" to create In-
ternational confidence."' United Nations, and some mea- sure of disarmament, including atomic bomb control by inter- national agreement.
BOY CONDUCTOR
IN LONDON
Gamba, January 28. Nearly 6,000 Londoners today heard on 11-year-old Italian boy, Pierlan Gamba, conduct London's Philharmonic Orchestra in a pro- gramme of works by Beethoven, Rossini and Bizet
warmongers.
"
·
"Mr. Vyshinsky, rather aun prisingly, told me to mind my own business," Mr. McNell Auld.
Britain, he said, bas reduced her Mr. McNell, added that any→ armed forcos from 6,000,000 to one who studies the documents, little
over 800,000. Russia's on the struggle of the past two armed forces probably total 4.- and a half years to control the 300,000 yet it is the Soviets whe atomic bomb and atomic energy accuse the British of boing for the benefit of mankind will
· conclude that only oné "power At the end of the concert, mem- Mr. McNell said that at the stood in the way of making it bers of the audience climbed an United Nations recently, he In-possible-Reuter. their chairs to cheer and applaud Pierino, the small son of a Rome baker, who stood before the ar- chestra pale-faced and grave in black velvet suit and white frilled collar. On his cheat he wore the medal of honourary conductor at the Mardrid Symphony Orchestra presented to. him last year, in.. Spain-Reuter,;-
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BRITISH JEWRY:
RESOLUTION –
London, January 28,
The Board of Deputies of Bri-
tish Jows, the representative body
Brital Jewry, today urged Bri tain to accord, without delay, full recognition to
the
A resolution adopted at a most: Ing.- today added; ***The Board reaffirms its polley that the riten“ [tion of Jerusalem vundyof
Nerov na intusral parts of the State of Israel is indispensable to its security and economlo welfare,"
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