THE CHINA MAIL,· MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1949.
STIFF ANGLO-U.S. NOTE AMERICAN
TO SATELLITE POWERS
UK TO PAY MORE FOR HER MEAT
-Montevideo, April 2. Urugay will expect Britain to pay her more for meat if the Виспок British negotiators in Aires agree to the Argentine demands for higher prices, ne- cording to observers here.
Washington, April 3.
The U.S. and Britain yesterday joined in a move to- ward bringing three Soviet bloc nations to in- ternational judgment for notorious flouting of their peace treaty vows. They sent strongly worded notes to Hungary, Bul-
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garia and Rumania demanding that these Communist-run Governments live up to pledges signed less than two years ago to give their peoples basic human rights and freedoms. Canada, Australia and New
ment. One member would be Zealand also mipporled the nained by each party to the dis
pute and a third chosen by mu- tual agreement, or by the United Nations Secretary-General,
Commission's The
decisions is supposed to be binding. 11, as some American ometals expect, the Soviet satellites balk at some stage in the proceedings. the Western powers would be in a position to necuse thom of open The United States and defiance.
declare the Britain then could treaties vold or call on the U.N. to enforce the pacts.-Associated Press.
Like Argentina, Uruguay husaction. failed to full her ment contract with Britalu, but she is sending on the balnace of 15,500 tons, outstanding for a one year tract for 34,000 tons, at the agreed
price.
400-
The price was comparable to Thai
10 Argentine nnit janiel
t:11 will Vruguay
experi equal treatment in any new pact made with Brilni, diese obser- vers sait,
Mr. J. M. Stevens, one of the British
ተነ negotiating tamm Buenos Aires, came here a week Ago to discuss preparations for meat talke batween Bri. and Uruguay. (No further developments the Anglo-Argentine
Rew tain
Despatch of the notes was first step
Invoking the toward machinery for settling disputes which was set up in the peace treaties with the Wirtime Axi satellites, If this fails, the West- ern powers enuld demand action by the United Nations,
The nates took speelite excep- On to Hungary's Imprisonment of Catholte Cardinst Ninetszenty, Bulgaria's prosecuting of Prote stant churchmen and Rumania's jailing of opposition leaders.
The United Statos charged that each of the three Com. muntat nations has deliberately and systematically denied ita of expression, people freedom dealiork prices are exported wall Britain has emplied to Argentina'a note, "updating" Use Andes which amat agreement, under
over
are
of meat 80,000 tons "owing." a Reuter message frum Buenos Aires soil). -Reuter.
WOMEN'S FEET GETTING BIGGER
Landon, April 3. The East Suffolk Women's Inse titale, in a communication to the Board of Trade said, in effect: "Dank all this daintiness-give us shes that do not pinch."
Whereupon its Board of Trade insured and confirmed a long standing suspicion the feet of English women nee getting bigger and bigger-Associated Press.
of press and publication, of re- ligious worship, of political opinion, and of public meeting. These freecliutis were pledged in the peace treaties, which went into effect less than 10 months ALU
Open Defiance
MANOEUVRES IN GERMANÝ
Heidelberg, April 2. Same 40,000 Amarloan troope are expected to taki Part In large-scale military United In the manoeuvres Btates Zone, due to start about April 18.
These manoeuvres will tast tha tactical and logistion! functions of the troops, and will involve the United Statou Forous stationed in an area stretching from Bremerhaven, In the North, to Nuremberg, In the Bouih.
An Army announcement said that practically all troops in the United States European Command would take part. -Router.
VIOLENCE IN TAXI STRIKE
New York. April 2. Police arrested four men to- day in the first flare-up of violence in the New York
TITO ATTACKS 'LIES' ABOUT YUGOSLAVIA
Belgrade, April 3. Premier Marshal Tito accused both Western capi- talistic powers and Eastern socialist states of "lies and slander" against Yugoslavia. Marshal Tito took this defiant and independent stand in a speech last Thursday at Brioni Is- land where he is on holiday. The text was made public here last night.
Bluntly, Marshal Tito said: "The anti-Yugoslav pro- paganda will not bother us, nor will it make us digress from the foad which we are following."
He added he was taughing at the campaign against his Govern- ment,
"You have probably heard," he said, "various lies on the terri- ble 'plots which are being made In Erioni, that i have had talks and Ameri- here with English
cons.
"Nonsense" "Those lies are mostly being spread from Trieste but kra also being spread through bourgeola capitalist and socialist countries. "Naturally, I will not have any
Move To Cut taxicab strike which inmobilis-need to tell you that this is not
ECA Funds Defeated
Washington, April 2. U.S. Senate leaders pushed today toward final approval U.S.$5,580,000,000 the for European recovery programme. A great many amendments that would change the programme's policy lay ahead, but what was
The British notes, sent separat true biggest threat to the i
ately, contamed abufar charges.
The peace treaties set up this perdure for settling disputes:
The matter is first referred to American, British and Soviet re- presentatives. In The Mistallit capitals,
If they fail to reach agreement within two months, the dispute then may be tunded to three- member coininission for settle...
Harriman Defends ERP Spending
Copenhagen, April 2.
Mr. Averill Harriman, special Marshall Aid repre- sentative in Europa, said here today that what was being done by the various Governments tak- ing part in the Marshall Plan is the affair only of those Governments themselves. He was replying at a press conference to a request for!
comment DA complaints of
American
businessreen
that being Marshall dollars were used to further socialisation
programmes in Britain.
Mr. Harriman, who was spend- ing a day here on his way to Paris, thought the reason why the United Stales had been more successful than other countries was that America was il free tradling area.
In a comment on the stopping of United Sintes shipping
viet Una, Mr. Harrinun de- clared: "The United States Gov-
European Reds To Be Tried?
a second year Marshall plan was smashed last night. That was the proposal of Senators Ro- bert Tuft, Ohio Republican, and De- Russell, Georgia Richard mocrat, to reduce the cush out- by 10 per foreign ald lays for rent.
The Senate beat buck their But mendiment by a 54-23 voto, because of the stack of amend- ments still awaiting action, there was a chance final vote would be delayed until next week. In any Democratic lender Scott case, Lucas of litlaois said all remain- Ing amendinents seemed sure to be defeated.
ed at least 90 per cent of New true, since it is the most ordinary York's taxis.
Police sair that four striking taxi drivers caused a non-strik ing driver in Brooklyn to wreck his cab after they boarded it.
Twenty-three Arrests havd male aluce the atrike start-
nonsense.
Marshal Tilo was addressing a delegation of 150 representatives Croution, Slo- of Yugoslavia's vene and Italian populations.
Tito Rumours that Marshal
the un accord with may seek West have stemmed in part from signs that other Communist coun-
to tries are
pt ganging up severe economic and other pres- sure on his regime.-Associated Prezs
BELGRADE ACCUSES THE WEST
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Belgrade, April 2 Dr. Ales Bebler, Yugoslav Assistant 'Foreign writing in the new English language periodicul. Yugoslav Fortnightly, said: "The Western powers say Austria is unable to pay reparations to Yugoslavia, yet she can pay over $40 mil-1 lion in early occupation costs.
"It is considered that Yugo- slavia herself can make up the damage done by the Austrians."
Dr. Bebler, who is now in Lon- don, accused the Western powers of being blaxed in favour of Aus- tria in the présent London nego- State an Austrian tations for treaty.
He said they sought to justify the Yugoslav rejection of
Southern claims to a
part of by insisting on the Carinthia
1920 plebiscite, validity of the
with which gave the territory, Its Slovene Inhabitants, to Aus- trla.
the extra police
cct.
thousarxi Threo continued to man cmergency posts to keep the trickle of non- striking cabs moving through the heavily-guarded streets, - Asso- ciated Press,
Storm Over Supply To
The
·
Jet
Russia
Washington, April 3.
Secretary of Defence, Louis Johnson, today in- formed the Senate that Britain has shipped no jet aircraft engines to Russia or its satellites since December, 1947.
He said that jet engines were Lucas suld be was surprised at the margin by which the economy sold and delivered behind the move lost
out, and added the Iron Curtain after the end of psychological effect throughout World War II, but since the end rejected the world will be tremendous. of 1847 Britain had The Communists can not use this requests for such further ship- for propaganda and they cannot say we weished on our promises to ments. Europe."
His views, contained in a letter Byrd, Virginia to Chairman
Pat McCarran of Senator Harry Democrat, told a reporter the vote the joint Congressional "Watch- probably seals off any efforts to dog" Committee on Foreign Aid,
ut the budget this year.
were read to the Senate as it met He discounted the promise by In an effort to speed up action on Senator
Vandenberg, the $5,500,000,000 Marshall plan Arthur Michigan Republican, that the
renewal bill. Appropriations Committee will have a free hand to cut actual cash outlays on the aid bill-As- sveluted Press.
"Yet they have agreed to nc- cept all other pleblacltes carried out after the fret World War-
Saar, in the
Schleswig and Silesia or invalid."-Reuter.
IMPLICATIONS OF NEW PACT ·
Paris, April 2 M. Pattl Boncour, former French Prime Minister, urging French Socialists to face the Atlantic the Democratic leader Scott Lucas Implications of said he would keep the members Pact, said in a speech at Mont
"A purely defensive! at work until late in the after-lucon:"" noon in an effort to dispose of pact, it is nonetheless true that two or three
amendments.—the Atlantic Pact would neces-} United Press.
Guardsman
sarily involve us were there to be a war between the Soviet Union and the United States.
"It would be necessary to op- pese Russian occupation of ter- ritories where an American land-
To Go Freeing might be made in spite of
bombs, it will be neces- sury to guard the line of the Elbe and of the Rhine. Ato we ready? London, April 2. "To congratulate ourselves on of the Atlantic A Guardsman, aged 19, court- the signature
To put ourselves condemned to Pact is well. Senator McCurran
the martialled and told
bu better."-Router. Senate that Mr. Johnson's state-death for the murder of a Ger-in a position to carry it out will
be freed man caretaker, is to a complete re- ment comprised futation of press despatches and at once, neither the finding nor remarks on the Senale flear, the sentence having been con- alleging recent British shipments firmed by the King, the War of jet engines.
Office announced today. But Senator Bourke Ilicken- looper, member of the Foreign The Guardsman James John London, April 3.
in Relations Committee, took issue Alcott, was found guilty of the Tho China Committee Moscow, April 2.
McCarran's state- murder of Peter Helm, newspapers today London today revealed the re- with Senator
strengthening gave prominence to a report markable quoted from the Czechoslovak cultural bonds
between Bri-closed. Socialist Purly
newspaper lain and China.
Mosenw
CHINA GROUP IN LONDON
found
ofment that he considered the issue beaten to death last September alter a four-day court martial
One result of this has been that
potential war material to the Sosyoladnoe Slovo," that the during the past four terms, both
Western Powers have decided the teaching force and the stu to stage two trials in Europe of dent body in Chinese at Oxford
have been increased.
ernment has always encouraged tree trade between East and Communist leaders similar to West. As the result of the Soviet the present trial of Communists| Government's aggressive attitude, in the United States. however, the United States has stopped the shipment of arms and war potentials."
The decision, the report salu, was made at a recent ambas- sadors' meeting in Washington.
Mr. Harriman claimed that The trials be held "to" com- the results of the first year of promise Communist parties and the Marshall Plan In Europe organisations sympathising with them", and to show that Com- were very encouraging.
Industrial production had in-munist parties were engaged in creased by 15 per cent., he said. reasonable activities at the or
The
Marshall Plan can lead port said.
ders of a foreign State, the re- to a prosperity which Europe has
The American Stato never known before," he stated. ment promised full support in
Depart Tonight. Mr. Harriman will providing "compromising mater- meet a number of leading Danish fal in any Stale which decides political Agures including the to stage such a trial, the report Prime Minister.—Reuter.
added.
An outstanding step, however, that the University has estab- ished a Chinese Faculty Library here students can have ready access to Chinese books and the help needed for scholarly work in Chinese,
inf
The University proposes to do- velop a Chinese school Oxford grants. Concentration will be on the Chinese classical langu
In which are enshrined China's literary, philosophical and historical treasures of scholarship. Each man is required Chinese philosphy, classics, poetry and history, together with works In the modern colloquial style.
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Confirmation of the conduct of the British prior to was recommended by the Com
1, 1940, January
regarding mander of the British Army of manipulations and transfer of the Rhine but all death sentences Jet engines prior to that time" in the armed forces are finally The Senale considered 32 subject to Royal confirmation amendments offered to the ECA peacetime. In this case such con renewal bill.
firmation was withheld.-Reuter.
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