ATLANTIC PACT WILL COMMIT U.S. TO ACTION AGAINST AGGRESSOR
Washington, February 26,
London Denies Scnate sources said today that the North Atlantic
Cairo Report
London, February 20.
British Foreign Office
dented epokesman today
Cairo newspaper report that Britain is proposing to with- draw troops from the JUex
Canut if Egypt signs a tresty with the Western Bloc.
"The story is untrue" the spokesman sald "no such поровай is being drafted."
He said that Britain has
Sy willing to adek
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security pact definitely will commit the United States to military action to stop on aggressor. But Senator Robert Toft, while endorsing the pact, argued against the proposed corollary orms lease-lend programme on the grounds that it might precipitate war with Russia "now."
Senator Taft called the pact Italy would side with Russin in
but told the event of an East-West deterrent to war,
sald Moscow's reporters the shipment of arms flet. They
Inining "ever
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growing might"; vince Russia time she. was "heing ringet memd by mill and reported Soyle trupp move
ments near Norway në into, this tary nations contemplating an "senre" campaign. attack." Senute
Omelals here sald progress on treaty will pledge United States the Atlantic purt is the best res
#ggression ponse that can be made at the force against armed
informants
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In Western Europe, But, they present time, to French Premiosti ndded, it would leave the United Henri Quieuille's plea that the States full freedom to say United States must never allow
munist
nations
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when, where and how such force France and Western Europe to be
overrun by Soviet Russia, would be
Meanwhile,
Many officials here rend M. tern Europe stepped up its pres-Quenille's Interview with
on tule
the to stay clear of the pact and out of the United Press and told the United orbits.
of its signatory countries Press here they were greatly in-
terested in his views. Poland this week recalled
One official said there is not ministers Norway, Sweden and
for con- yet a first draft of the pact, but ferences on the Atlantic treaty, work by experis in putting what and the Cominform Increased there called working papers into draft form' will Jieglu Monday, tempo of propaganda attacks on the pact.
and it is hoped a first draft will be ready before the end of the werk,
Finland
Denmark,
Despite this, pact negotiators I say the
they are still hopeful that Denmark, Iceland, Ituly Al Portugal will Juin. Norway expected to receive her first for mal invitation to join the treaty negotiations at the conclusion of the Parliamentary debate which begins in Ostu ori Tuesday.
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Cotton Goods Competition
"London, February 20,
Mr. D. Gammons, Con- servative Member of Parlis- ment, wald' in London today that he was convinced, fol. lowing a visit
Far to the East, that neither the Gov- ernment nor the people of Britain reallaed that Japaness competition in cotton goods was likely to be far fiercer than was before the war."
"Japan па
longer has Korea, Formosa, her ship- ping or her engineering to support her and it in upon textiles that she must com. contrate," Mr. Gammons told
Conservative meeting.
Reuter,
Mayhew Claims Refuted
London, February 26. Sir Stafford Cripps, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, to- night repudiated a statement by Mr. Christopher Mayhew, Under-Secretary for Foreign Lake Success Inst Affairs, at Wednesday in which Mr. May- United Nations hew told the Economic and Social Council that Britain 'had "long passed the recovery stage" and did not need as much aid as that pro- posed for the second full year of the European Recovery Pro- grammme.
He said the United States is well aware of French feun ng to the possibilities of aggression Sir Stafford said in a state- leading tri invasion. but the ment that Mr. Mayhew had sug- United States is hopeful that the gested that reenvery in the Unli- successful conclusion of the pacted Kingdom was now complete. |-expreted In March together Doubts had been expressed the United States whether
circuinstances Britai these way French fears,--
needed the
aict proposed $940,000,000.
"Score" Compaign with the arms aid bill which will Offcials
saw Russian follow it--will go a long efforts to frighten these nations toward easing in bristling statements by Com- United Press. munist leaders, that France und;
Bomb Drops
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Armed Gang Raids Indian Installations
Colcuttà, February 26.
A gang of armed youths killed at least five people, including two policomon and wounded savan others, in attocks today on the Dum Dum air- port, on ammunition factory, a British on- gineering firm and two police outposts near Calcutta.
The attackers threw bombs at the sentries at the airport, and fired at aircraft on the aero- drome and of everyone in their path. None of the airport valuables were taken.
The attack on the ammuni- ] two constables. tion factory, a few hundred. yards from the airport, made by a lone raider.
WAR
A factory sentry was injured as |-ha-returise) "the attacker's-fire,
Other polleo.
men captured two of the gang, The new emergency police re gulations were enforced through. out the province as news of the attacks spread.
A communique on the "kalus insued by
the West Bengal Govern- Tho foreman of the British ment tonight said that four officers engineering company attacked of Jessop and Company were still Jessop and Company-was stabbed | missing. to death and his
assistant wai It was confirmed tonight that wounded. The charred bodies, compay official was, slabbed, to which were not immediately death, another was wounded and Identified, were later found in the two charred bodies were found is factory's furnace. Two Company the works furnace,
A officers, believed to be Europeans.
bomb
WAR thrown into the office of the works manager, and were missing.
there were other explosions, the com communique said,
After leaving the airport, the drove to Dourisur. armed gang about ten miles away, where they raided a, police outpost and cap-
tured some arins.
In their raid on the police out. at Basirhat, the attackers port looted and fired the bulkling be- Core they left.
Some of the attackers were belleved to be wounded in an ex change of fire with the polico
Then moving on to Basirhat, little over 50 miles Exat of Calcutta, they attacked a second police atation. killing at least Reuter.
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"In fact," the Chancellor the Exchequer's statement said. "recovery in the United King- dom is
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American continuation of assistance."
British production was substantially above the prewar Lake Success, February 25. levels of production bul she Bulgaria has protested to the would need next year food, United Nations against the goods and services
from the dropping-of a bomb by Greek more than $1,000 million in ex- Western Hemisphere valued at planes on Bulgarian territory on
of the dollars she could January 20) the Secretary hope to earn General of the United Nations "Continuation of American (Mr. Trygve bie) closed to assistance is therefore a vital day.
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the frontier line. The missile did A setback in the recovery of not explode,
fritain would inevitably react recovery of upon the The message satel Dulgaria pre-directly
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