THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1840.
MR. JOHN BELCHER RESIGNS SEAT IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
Defence Of Panama Canal
Panama, February 4,
The Republic of Panama is now ready to co-operate with the United States in the defence of the Panama Canal.
Mr. David Sampillo, a Govern- in the meat memhor, speaking
National Assembly, id "Live" vittitiale
changed. A
ago United | yeur States troops were moved from their wartime buses because of Panaszanian objections.
London, February 3.
Mr. John, Belchor, koy figure in the tribunal inquiry into charges of corruption in Government 'circles, rosigned his soat as a Member of Parlia- ment today with the declaration: "My motivos were proper,"
He had earlier resigned as' Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade after the tribunal had said that the used his influence in return for small gifts and hospitality from Mr. Sidney Stanley, a Jewish alien, who said that he was born in Poland.
Mr. Belcher announced his resignation as a Mom- ber in the opening speech of a House of Com-
debate on the report..
mons.
At- Si Hartley Shawcross. torney-General, said today that satt the who had authorised proceedings against a minor official of the Board of Trade concerning ons of the three cases mentioned in the Tribunal report is having been sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions,
Samudio M policy
Brantase the resulted Panama, people "face certain new world imperialist coctrines and ambitions which try to dominate the action and thought of citizens or weak countries."
An opposition rentier, Mr. Vle- the Navas, supported the Panama Government statement which de clared the Republie is "realy a Arrive at an understanding with the North Americans on the basis of mutant advantages.
The police are examining the twa other cases, which relate to private individuals,, Sir Hartley fol the Comun
The Prime Minister, Mr. Clo- ment Attlee, angounced that
the The United States is surveying approach is being made tra
14 recoguler Four sea-level canal routes in Polkas authorities Central America.
The Assembly Stanley # Polish national, FO
But he can be deported. discussion tree from a reportedl statement of US Representative (A Poush Foreign Oflex afrind Alberta. Engel (Repúblican, M-supt last night that Ruland will
United Stairs chigan) that the
not accept Stanley if Britain on- will ant build a new canal besForces'a steportation order again cause of the difficulty of defence. him},
Associated Press.
FRENCH GESTURE TO U.S.
Allegations that Stanley, des- ribed as "the ran around whom the whole angled web was spiunt,' hund padd large sitios of money to Ministers were ebiely responsible for the selling up of the tribun- at.
Hood Unbowed
The allegations were described as baseless in the tribunal's 40,- 000-word report,
New York, February 3. Ships sirens blated, planes Tourel overhead and Are boals
of water to || Fountabras sent up greet the French 6,187-ton ship Magellan when she entered New
Pale and speaking with ema- York Barbour today carrying the the
Mr.
told the Bolcher Train,"
tion, French "Gratitude
"In the 10-curringe
one for each packed House today: train,
District course of my official duties State and one for the of Columblin, Jaden with gifts have not been conscious of any
deviation
from the path gratitude for the "Friend sent in ship Trais" that the United States rent to France
laden with fond.
last year
af
morality, or of rectitude. "Because I know my molives were proper, whatever appearance may have emerged from the in- souvenirs of quiry, my head will not be bow-
et."
The gifts include historie docu- ments, flags and
both World Wars.-Reuter.
Washington Lays Up Warships
Washington, February 3.
The United States Navy put now stress on "anti- submarine readiness" today as it ordered 72 ships laid up to make way for other vessels bot- tor adapted for dofonce against undersco at- tack.
Ceylon Celebrates
Mr
The Navy Secretary. John L. Sullivan, disclosed that the operation has the added ob- jective of decreasing fleet ex- penditures to come within Pre- sident Truman's 1950 budget
This include shutting down or reducing eight stations in thei
Anniversary Pacific, cutting manpower by
30,000 men and slicing 400 planes from naval air forces.
He told the Commons that tea- yelling about the entry, listen ing to conversations on trains and huses, he had become aware that because of the inquiry there has grown up a reaction which has a racial basis, (A number witnesses at the tribunal were Jews).
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"I have suffered, and am sat. Lering," he declared, "but I de- plure any krowth of eneiul anta- is because of the activities of a minority There should t
literness,
no
Dignity And Courage
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'Frog Man' On Grave Charge
Rome, February 4.
The Italian "frog man," who led a daring submarino sortle into Alexandria bar- bour during the war and put the British battleships Eliza. Valient and Queen both out of action with Impet mines, was again, on trist in Rome today.
Prince Valerio Borghese, head of Fascist Italy's famed "X-mas" anti- submarine
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ARAB STATES INVITED TO ARMISTICE TALKS
Rhodos, February 4.
Dr. Ralph Bunchs United Nations Acting modiator,
hopes to start ormistice talks by next Wedños- day between Israel and all the Arab nations opposing her, despite the snag in Israeli-Egyp- tian negotiations over boundaries.
·Haifa sources said Israel has declined to grant fui- ther concessions in the Rhodes bargaining and has threatened to withdrow on Friday unless Egypt yields.
The
Israeli-Egyptian
talks
are now in their fourth week.
Egypt has demanded with- drawal of Jewish troops from Is
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tako negotiations under Unit- ed Nations chairmanship with. In 10 days.
It would be left to the discre- territory assigned to the Arabs tion of the Arab Stater to de- charged with treason Grinder-the parkplus when the Ustursinsatis
Israel insists on holding, strale-held separately or collectively. gle points gained in her Octa- On the present negotiations "Although ber and December offensives. the Invitation stated:
mani..
trial To The
nearing An End after nearly three months and the pubilo pro- Becutor demanded sentanca of 20 yoara-Associated Press.
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Publicity Wanted On New Pact
Ottawa, February 3. Canada is pressing for a pub- statement on the proposed Atlantic Pact. The Canadian nttitude is that the draft paci will be completed by an Am- basadors meeting in Washing- ton by the week-end and should then be made publie in all the countries concerned to permit study before a formal confer- ence is held, perhaps in March. Canada wants not a military
alliance, which will peter out if International relations improve,
Egypt lasued a statement in rapid progress was achieved i Cairo declaring that revognllion the early stages and significant est Israel by various countries accords reached, Important dif marks a deterioration of Inter- | 1
ferencon relating specifically to
"national, moculity.
of the the implementation November
Council 4 Security The big four-the United States, Britain, France and Bus-resolution must be resolved be- fore an armistice agreement is sin-arc Included by the cri-
reached here."
Associated Press and Reuter.
tictsm.
Egypt said that recognition cxtended while the Palestine question is still under discussion, while armistice talks continue and while the UN Conciliation
mnt Commission has
started work, can only be interpreted as support of Zionism and Zion-
continued isn's
aggression against Arab rights.
Dr. Bunche confirmed today that he had invited six more Arab States to join Egypt here in the armistice negotiations with Isract,
Abdullah's Plon
The States are Syria, Trans- Jordan, Iraq,
Saudi Arabia, the Lebanon and the "Yemen,
ail members, with Egypt, of the Arab League. The tarpelis have agreed to negotiate with ail six countries.
Captain's Story Of Kidnap
Los Angeles, February 3. Detectives are investigating the story of a schooner's cap- tain that he was kidnapped in the harbour here and forced to run arms into Mexican. waters, for the Israeli forces.
Mr. Belcher, railway clerk who in Junior Ministerial, rank, told the House amid sympatheticle murmuus: "Had a critland been in esiminal court convicted there would have been an appeal against the verdict. appeal, except to the hearts and
listening to m minds of those and who will take my words."
This wife, sitting In a special sent above the door through which he was to pass from Puriliuncatary ife, went as he rose briefly from his seat, marchel ercet the was was the son of a soldier) to the Bar of the House, bowed for the last so much as a pact of economle
Richard Hood oral head of the time to the Speaker and walke
Ike and soelst co-operation.
Federal Bureau of investigation,) out through a crised of members.
Canadians hope this pact will Mr. Clement Attlee. who
So far, there is no indleation said his office is conducting en-i permanent arrange-
Arab State hos Mr. Belcher, spoke after
ne- quiries but will give no details.) Saidment within the United Nations. that any
Leland Lewis, owner of the 60- that Mr. Belcher had spoken may not be put in
Invitation. But In writing cepted the with dignity and courage. In but it is hoped that it will de-
Damascus, !! understood that foot schooners Idalla, said six King Abdullah deciding to end hie Membership velop through the formation of
of Transjordan armed men boarded his ship and proposed of the House he thought Mr. on Atlantic Council.
a cargo of aircraft Immediate 111
ac-forcibly loaded
aminunition. Belcher had taken the "right
ceptance when he met the Iraqi machine guns and
He claimed he was then ordered and proper course."
Regent, Abdullah, at a de- sert pumping station last night. to sail for Mexican waters.
The Idaita was Intercepted off suggested that act as proxy. for Acapulco, South Mexico, by a bout Iraq, In view of the strong pub-anto which the cargo was trans- ferred, he said, adding the leader 1le apparition in that country.
of A Government spokesman in Damascus said Syrin has con- sulted the other members of the
The Prime Minister announced that he will set up a committee to inquire into the nelivities of "contact men," who offered to pu people in touch with Government departments.
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said the tribunat has estab- lished beyond doubt that the al- legations of widespread corrup lion in the public service have o foundation in fact.
The Allorney-General, Sir Hartley
Shawcross, toid the House earlier that the require-
ments of public justice will be sufciently met without criminal proceedings.
Report Accepted
He added that this did not ex- elude action umier the Aliens Act, the Bankrupter Act, or the Inland Revenue Ael
The position of Stanley is "en- gaging the attention of the proper authorlikes."
There
becom
It is felt that Norway will be invited to sign the pact in view of her statement of policy this week,-Acuter.
"MOSCOW NEWS" FOLDS UP
Moscow, February 8. Soviet Russia's first bi-weekly English-language
newspaper, the "Moscow News" hins ceased pub- Hication, it was disclosed today.
It was founded ja 1930 and appeared daily for time.--Rou-
ter.
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Abdullah
'Cranejordan
is
Arab League In the hope of reaching common attitude to wards the invitation.
Buncho Statement Dr. Buncho's formal Invita- tion, lasued on January 30, baked the elx States to under.
French Plans For Development
Mr. Winston Churchill, Opposi- tion Leader, said that the Opposi- tion accepts the tribunal's report.
is no difference be tween the Government and the The Opposition on the steps taken by the Prime Minister and his colleagues to deal with these "lamentable matters."
Now York, February 4. economy of Franco stands on the threshold of a promising expansion programme which will lean heavily upon development of colonial "Si lesk," he said, "is there minoral resources, according to Engineering any suggestion that the Labour
and Mining Journol, a trade publication. Government have not done their best to sustain our standards of
The magazine, noting that colonial resources is more than With Mr. Sullivan said that 15 major decent behaviour."
economically a year behind aircraft Mr. Churchill regretted that the France's success Prime Minister, has sent ships-three 27,000-fon
implementation promised success in Tuli message of congratulations and canters, nine light cruisers and Attorney-General sees dificulty depends upon its good wishes to the Hon. Mr. D.three anti-aircraft cruisers-have in prosecuting "some of the dis- solving present internal dificul- for 1949, planners, are now con-
concerned In ties, states that beyond the ter-dent the programme will S. Senanayake, Premier of Cey-beeti ordered to the reserve fiect. reputable. persona ion, on the occasion of the first The other 57 are smaller auxi- the attempts to corrupt our pub-porary stimulus of ECA, it is anniversary of Ceylon's Indeliary craft such as minesweepers pendence.
Londen, Februnry 3.
Mr.
Clement Allleo. the
and amphibious and patrol ves- snis.
He sant these reductions, how- "As citizons of the oldest mem- ber of the Commonwealth, we have ever, will be offset by addition watched with pride as Coylon, ita of 30 fighting ships to the opera youngest member, hus. for the ting fleet. These include 24 des- first time, and so ably, grappled troyer types, one light carrier, with the problems of a sovereign one 27,000-ton carrier, one heavy stale," Mr. Attioc's message sald.cruiser, one light
tinuo
two submarines."
cruiser und
Mr. Bullivan
.thosp sald changes will bring the opera- ting fleet down, from 765 to 731 warships and supporting ves
Thanking Mr. Allos, Mr. Son- anayake replied: "I wish to renew my personal wishes and those of my Government that the very close Association that exists between our governments will always con-
The exchange, however, Indl rates no loss of ighting power President Truman also seat con- but rather a shift of emphasis on gratulations to Sir Henry Moore, faster, lighter vessels in line with Governor General, and to the the "anti-submariné readiness" people of Ceylon.
programme the navy plans to Sir Henry replied with a moss- stress in
In the coming year. ngo of greetings to the President For example, he reported that and the people of the United the navy will operate 170 des- States on behalf of Ceylon-troyer types in Router.
now an fleet, duomparison, to
Nine stations will be shut down by the budget retrench ment. Six are in the. Pacific Sangley Point 'naval air station in the Philippines, naval
lic
men
schedule.
Anished on schedule.
bo
- particularly the hoped that private foreign and Goal of the development pro-
the notorious figure, so-called domestic capital will be attract-gramme is to more than triple
value Stanley,
of French pre-war The Opposition will expect the ed by the untouched wealth that the
sill awaits exploitation in the mineral exports from the colonies by 1950, which will mean that full rigour of the law applied to any persons found to have been French colonies.
Started in 1946, France's 10- exports will be worth 8,000,000,- "dabbling in corruption," he said.
year plan for development of 1000 francs. |--Reuter.Į
Final Winding Up Of China Aid
Tokyo, February 4.
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The plan calls for a total in- vestment of 7,400,000,000 france.fi is expected that B.- 200,000,000 francs of this total will be private capital and 2- 200,000,000 will be French Government Investments,
The plan officially encourages foreign investment but only up to 49 per cent of the capital of a given firm, control remaining in French hands.
Biggest projects in the prus- ore pecting phase of the plan extensive investigations of ro
deposita ported copper
In the
New
American efforts to train and advísa China's moul- ed and all but defeated Nationalist armies aro boing concluded in Japan.
Rear Admiral Francis Old; who Major-General David Barr, to: 146
who headed the Army Divi-headed the Navy contingent, sald Congo, the Ivory Coast, Mauri
Mariagascar and sion of the Joint United States he and a handful of officers who tanin, Military Advisory Group in standing by" for further orders.
here are Caledonia.-Associated Press. accompanied China, told the Associated General Barr said all 'Army Press that the remaining "small JUSMAG personnel now huve skeleton" of his organisation left China. JUSMAG reached its Paris, February 3. facility at Nahu on Okinawa has "come here to close up." personnel peak In August Inst year when 585 officers and 780 Dr. Karl Gruber, the Aus- naval air facility. at Adak
other ranks were training and advising the Chinese from basen nt Shanghai,
Tsingtao, Nanking, Hangchow, Hankow, Canton and Taiwan.
GRUBER IN
PARIS
telan Foreign Minister, arrived Aleutians,
air
the
air,
Marine Corps atr here today from Vienna to Rec station at Ewa on Oahu in the
naval Islands, the French Foreign Minister, M. Hawalien Robert Schuman. ' and other station at Orote on Guam, and political leaders
naval air faculty at. Honolulu,→→ He will go to London shortly. Associated Press.
atlend the Austrian trialy conference of the "Big Four" Foreign Ministers deputies, opening on February Reu
BATTLESHIP FOR RUSSIA
ANTI-BRITISH DEMONSTRATION
Tohoran, February 3. About 1,000 university, students demonstrated in the Majlis (Far Bament) Square in Teheran today, major effort was to give demanding cancellation of the sational advice. at high Anglo-Persian Oil Company's con levels. General Barr explained. cossion and ending of the activities We zove no operational advice of the British Imperial Bank of to the Chinese and did not do Iran, any training
within...combat
The Persian Finance Ministry
Rome, February 4. The Italları battleship, Glullo Cerro, Afrived on! Thursday at Berlin, February 3. tho Albanian port of Varona for Genorul Lucius D Clay transfer to Rusala. American Military Governor in Hollywood, February life.
Germany, today commuted to Tho transfer of the Italian ves-zones."
Ceneral, Bart. ngrood d that to the Bank on Tuesday that Horbert. Stothart, the Broad- Imprisonment the death sel is due to take place at the. way and Hollywood composer syntence passed on a 33-year same time as the return to Britain JUSMAC had been a costly effort after the expiry of its concession who won an Academy Award, old Soviet displaced person of the bailleslip Royal Sovereign, for the U.S., but sald expenses the day before, it will now, have for fils score of "The Wisard of Waludka, Polaschuk, two years which had boon fent to the Soviet were not out of line with the tu observe all internal regulations Dedled here today, aged 4 ago, for a murder: Commated at Union for nourly. Ava yaars-As-iinissions we have in other coun-governing the activiting of Persima
te?#?!--- Associated Presseins private banks, Reuter,
·Reuter
Kilmbacic: An Bavaria-Ruutar.; avolated Froup
the gang told his that the cargo was for the Israeli forces.
Lewis sald he later boarded an aircraft and flew back to Los Angeles to report to the police. Reuter.
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