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ISRAEL, TRANSJORDAN SIGN ARMISTICE PACT Arab Triangle Included In New Agreement JERUSALEM POSITION
Rhodes, April 3.
Israol and Transjordan tonight signed a Palestine armistice agreement here. The pact-signed exactly a month after the two States began their negotiations on this Mediterranean "peace" island—was Israel's third
The others were with Egypt and The Lobanon. armistice settlement.
The ceremony of signing lasted seven minutes.
Talks With Syria To
Start Soon
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Rhodes, April 3. As the Israeli-Tansjordan negotiations closed here today, United Nations oficials <119- ched that
Syntate leader, Column 1 sat el Zan. hoped to stat direct talks with Israel April 4 at the frontier town of Metulla.
ring N
Dr Rah Intoche, medador, gave a dirmer poniglat To announce progress toward the building if permanent prune lig tween the Arebs and the Jews.
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1940.
National Savings
London, April 3.
The British national savings for the fe solat year Just onded were £29 million, compared with £190 million for the provious financial year.
The National Savings Com? mittee, in Announcing this yesterday. Bald these ware not figures-deducting repay. mente from gross recalpts. Lord Mackintosh of Halifax, Chairman of the Committee, commenting on the figures, said: "During the past your high prices and the pallay of stabilising personal incomes has made it very diffleult for most people to save."-Rou.
tar.
PI Foreign Trade Sets
It New Record
was preceded by a final joint meeting last- ing 55 minutes, most of which was taken up by Dr. Rolph Bunche, the octing Palestine Mediator and a tireless seeker of peace in the Middle East, reading the text of the long agreement.
Dr. Bunche had sat up much of last night drafting The nego- the final terms and marking maps. tiations had been held up earlier this afternoon by disagreement over one of the two-annexes to the agreement, said to be that covering the Iraqi-occupied "Arab Triangle" in East Palos-
ting.
Topetent for the
United Nation officials stour-day. ed the island for liquor for the dinner and Dr. Bunche Finally called alfa to fly over BOR chumpagne.
Tonight's relebration ended the Rhodes negotiations which also produred the Yarnell-Egyptian ar inistice. Brigadier General Wi- Ham Riley, head of the UN trung will go to Syria team.
almost Immediately
help to
in the Syrian-Israell negotiations.
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Questions About The 1949 Budget
London, April 3.
The biggest question asked here about next Wines. day's Budget, the last that can oxart much in- fluence on a general election, is whether It wa be a wholly economic or partly political one, With Sir Stafford Cripps as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, there will not be much yielding to pressure, but there may be some. On the Gov- erriment's own Economic Survey of the pros- pects of the investment account, there should, if anything, be a net increase in taxation.. This will not occur partly for taxes have little economic bear- political reasons, but mainly ing. They mean more forced because the Government survey saving through
saving.
the Budget, at
is almost certainly wrong. Laste experse of private voluntary year it was wrong by more than
There wil not be another £600 million.
capital levy. Part of last year's Like the United States Govern-
is still to be collected, Sir Stafford ment, the Bellish Government
Ins! year that this professes to believe that the main promised
would be a "Once and For All" danger is still inflation, but even
on The
Jevy. Whether that is binding United than less
State"
Ex- future Chancellors of the Government does it act on that
chequer, it
the protessert belief. Its
it certainly binds objects malay
Chancellor for the itre. to maintain the welfare present stake and full employment,
present year.
So i told, taxes in Britain If that requires an increase in will continue to take 40 per cent spending power, whether by fax cuts of kome other way, then spending power will be lurreased.
Manila. April 4. T'hilippine foreign trade set an all time high record in 1948. It was valued at 1,774,818,624 pesas. The previous record year was 1917, when foreign commerce | totalled 1,553,707,212 pesos.
had a value Imports last year of
ment, Exports 1,186,409,968 pesta. nuwunted to 638,410,456 pesos for an adverse trade balance of two to
Bite,
Collon runel its manufactures beaded all imports, according to a report released by the Bureau of Census and Statisties.
Total cotton
shipments were worth 137,38,424 pesos. Of this eptton Importa from amount. A
United States were valued at 111,- 813,232 pesus.
be com
canc
more
new
Bir Stafford. however, MAY leave this open in the Budget and instead maintain employ. a he did last year, by allowing much capital investment work than was planned. Another way of maintaining employment is to give away one's exparts. Britain is already giving large unrequired exports to the other Marshall Countries.
This week
whe agreed to give away as much as two-thirds of her ex. ports to Egypt.
No Tox Cuts
After the huge surplus In the
The
n
tojal personal incomes,
thin vastly
higher proportion has ever been levied in any other which econo- country and one mists reyard with the travest
--Router.
concern,
Pro-Tito Outburst In Belgrade
Belgrade, April 3.
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is alkomaten! The ceremony of signing took The Pira place 5:30 pm GMT, The strength of three battalions each,
A leading Yugoslav spokes- elebra-with attached troups..
The Bureau reported nine other Jerusalem Proper will be al- tions went on Sipoothly. Five asked two battalions for either lending imports last year were in year just ended, a surplus which nan fold a cheering crowd
was nominally about £850 40,000 today that if the Comin- copies of the agrevinent, bound
three but-the following order: Rays and side, with another
and truly about £350 forin wanted to bring Marshal black
leather alors in
lia- other in
unitation
in the surrounding
ayathelle textiles, grains andmiliton eover, were made carßer in thetries.
preparations, petroleum products.million, one might expect big tax Tite to his khees it would have The Arab Triangle w11
vuls, but this will not happen. contain a total of five battalions, automabile parts, tyres, iron, steel There might be a cut on the tax to use force.
cotton and similar number of Israely
Its on beer, simply because a lower Tall Moshe Vijade, director of of the with The princip Couture
machinery and tax rate would
probably bring the battle of groeral armistice agreement beloeing it.
agricultural
and x except The fragl forces will hand over parts, tween Transjordan and Israel is
of in more revenue, and because an Cominform, brought TransJordan, electrle machines. the Inclusion 201 the agree- thele positions
The majority of all classes, ex- the "Crisis" Budget at the end of
other penny was put on beer in approval and chants be replaced
party" from the massed thousands ment of the Iraq-held "Arab and will eventually
cept petroleum,
from the 1947.
in Duke Mishilov Square when he Triangle of Eastman Palestine, by the Arab Legion.
declared: "Against the people's whis which the Tragis announced they Three
A cut in the enormous taxation time pha
phases are allowed United States,
Petroleum products from
the on tobacco is less likely, because sinte no resolutions are effective. were handing over to King Ab- for in the armistice bul all mili-
Dutch East Indios were worth
has to be taken with the rifle even though this tax amounts to tary dispositions will dullah.
quered." 28,403,798 pesas compared to those about 20 times the cost of the--to be conquered." In general, the demarcation pleted within 14 weeks.
The Su-year-old Dean of Yuge- deals with from the United States, valued at tobacco, it is ine runs according to the pre-
not yet affecting The clause which
alny Communists said the coun- only 18,271.370 pesos.-Associated consumption. times
Ines explains sent trucr
In Southern the demarcation
Press. the that in the Hebron. Dead Seu,
supply of tobacco is still try's Cominform enemies had been with Puurstice, i accort
llars
Hong Kong & Shangbai Bank Bldg. and Httle below a substantial de-
the demand, pack of ordinary Brea there B Biernational routin
slanderers from the very begin- viation from the existing mili-T
whereas the supply of beer has ning of the rift in the world Com- armistice
far outstretched the amount that favour of Trans- tary lines in agreement provide for a limita corinn. and
the public can afford to buy and
His speech was preceded by a which will be
hag tier of forces.
"This is designed to offset a
consumption of beer weeks. modification of the existing mili- Implemented within 14
slumped. Unlike beer, also, bigger parade down Belgrade's streets of meal
cost civil servants, workers, dungareed sector," The front line gives the Israeils they lines in the Tragi
youth brigades, smartly uniformed the
stretch of the Halfa· entire
the agreement said. In this area,
Prime Minister, more dollarsumption would
rather apprentices and "popular front" GREAT BRITAIN. Tel Aviv rallway, except for the Jews gom a little North adi
Soine re-arrangements
be brigades of volunteer workers on reduction can Iront, Tulkarm, point at
The West of the Iraql-held
Legislativ expected in the most unpopular Frojects such as "New Belgrade" Jews alo obtain the potns where they have been given works at the Southern end of stretches of the road
India's dctermination to remain of all taxes - the purchase tax. highway to Zagreb. the Dead Sea, "
Tulkaum and Qalqiliya-Reuter.not from world power and added which ranges from 33 per cent to
125 per
cent on
very wide that India was not interested in
range of goods, military parts with any power for
Where the Budget will purposes of aggression,
essentially be political is on the expenditure side. With the cost of the welfare in social services and food subsidies, expenditure cannot be cut much below the present level, which economists almost unanimously regard a ruinous.
Dr. Bunche will go to Belru! On Tuesday to confer with mem- bers of the conciliations commis. Sion and then fly to Paris. possibly to Stockholm to confer with the widow of his predecessor, Folke, the asussinate Count Berisdatte.
He will then return to the United States, his concilla.
tion job done.United Press.
Duke Of Windsor
To Visit Royal Family
Paris, April 3.
at their new Paris honje.
Annexes 15
one
the
Jerusalem Problem
The present situation in Jeru
sal remains the
the Latram end
Ba
with
in Arab hands. Starting from the North. The front line commences in the Bersati
arca
ris
lus Arab.
thuk
between
Canadian Vessel
Westward Joins Strike
running
but
INDIA TO STAY ALOOF-NEHRU
Lucknow, April 3.
the addressing
The Indiaa
Nehru, Pandit United Provinces Council here tonight, nelterate
SU
tobacco
than
Fandit Nehru said there was no question of India Joining Atlantic or Pacife pacts.
On the forthcoming London conference
Prune of Dominion said: Ministers he
"Without restricting
freedom, India might forge some sort of link with the Commonwealth, which will beneft us and enable us to con-
preservation of bigger tribute to the
#>ur
The Duke of Windsor left for giving the Calboa Hills to the
South, sweeps
London, April 3, London today to visit the Royal Jews.
The crew of the Canadian family. His wife remained here East of the railway line in Tul-
kavo This Rives the Gedera ship. Beaverbrae (9,034 tons) Afuleh red to the Jews, in Victoria Dock, London, de- Tulkarm remains The Duchess will remain in
cided today to join the strike world peace."-Reuter, From Tularm the front line the couple's recently-nequired home here. Befon: some of the follows the Etern edge of the against pay cut ordered by thes Duke's previous visits to London raltway to Qafqiliya, which re-Canadian Seamen's Union, Two there had been speculation that, mains Arab, and turns Eastwardships at Liverpool Docks and North one at Avonmouth were already his tamily would at last consent to Eudru, 15 kilometres to receive her, but there was of Intrum.
following involved. no speculation this time.
line
the November 30
crustice
to South of Jerusalem. The Duke's secretary said he Scuth of
of Jerusalem, the front time with line would spend some
East from Bell mother, Queen
Mary, ate continues Marthorough house It was the irin, South from Hebron and Queen Mother's attitude which joins the Dead Sea
his
at Engedd,
Mr. Jack Pope, of the Canadian Seamen's Union, said: "The crew number 85. They have decided to sit down in the vessel, but will maintain a security watch. There are four ships now in the United
reported to be barring acceptance/ The fine then join the interna Kingdoin involved and others will tional frontier in the centre of
of the Durless by the Royal the Dead Sea and follows this to family and British society.
the Akaba Gulf.
The
Join them as they arrive."
The Beaverbrac is owned by the Pocitic Railway and reduction of forces is Canadian The secretary said no special significance could be attached to understood to include the pre-managed by the Canadian Pacific
und sence of British troops at Akalu. Steamships, Limited. She is re-
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The strike has been endorsed by the Canadian Seamen's Union to support action taken in Canada. Tid vessels arrived in the Mersey
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POPE'S GOLDEN. JUBILEE
Rome, April 3. More than 50,000 people filled the Basilica of St. Peter's today to bear Pope Pius XII say Moss of his Golden on the occasion Jubilee as a priest. Thousands more waited outside to receive the borne Papal blessing as the Pope, aloft on a red and gold throne. was carried into the Basilica,
in
At the Papal altar below the great Dome of St Peter's, the Pope said two Masses-orie thanksgiving for his 50 years of Tel. 30331
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