THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 12,-1949.
STATUTE FOR WEST GERMANY GOLD YUAN TAKES
Joint Sovereignty Of Allied Powers
END OF ALLIED WEAKNESS
Washington, April 10.
of
The "Star" said today that the three power Foreign Ministers" igreement
unification On Western Germany appears to be major step forward which brightens the
tional pleture.
entire interna-
"It certainly promises to end what has been a dangerous weak- ness in Western golidarity ngains! the marking threat from Mos- cow." It added.
"It is sigrufbeant that this meet. Ing enteides) with the signing of the Atlanthe Part because that momentous document changed the terms of reference against which The German problem coull be re- evaluated. With the pnet, the Democratie Allantle world re- cognised that
defence against the threat of Suvlet - gression is of parmount const- deration,
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"Accordingly. 4 favourable atmosphere was created which previously focompatible viewpoints over Germany would be successfully harmon ised."
The editorial expressed the hope that France would not use its veto rights in an obstructive manner-United Press.
Big Increase Granted In German Self-Government
Berlin, April 10.
The Occupation Statute agreed by the three Western Foreign Min- istors in Washington establishes clearly the joint sovereignty of the three Allied Powers over Western Germany in interna- tional law for the first time.
BEARDED HEADMASTER TO APPEAL
ed
Eccleshall, Staffordshire,
Aprit 10.
**** |In speaking of "exercise of the supreme authority" which is retained by the Powers, the Statute draws the formal conclusion from the collapse of four-Power sovereignty established by the Potsdam Agreement, inoperative since the dis- solution of the Allied Control Council in Ber- lin a year ago.
Mr. Roberi Copping, beard-
headmaster
Horsley Hall, aged 29, and his part. ner, Mr. Edward Reynolds,
33. Aged
plan to appeal the decision of the RQ Inst magistrate that they are un- A persons to have charge of a school and that they were keeping their 22 boy and girl pupila in environment.
A detrimental
"Many of the parents have told us that they will start a fighting fund to keep the school going if they can," Mr. "They Copping said today. road of the Саво and have that
written to
me
to say
they are still behind us."--
Aleuter.
Challenge To The Labour
Movement
London, April 10.
Mr. Morgan Phillips, Secretary of the Labour Party, said today that the results of the County elec tions are a challenge to the entire Labour Movement.
Few expected the losses to servatives and Labourites ran a be so severe," he said.
‡dench heut, vach winning 04 places un the Council and a precarious balance of power falling to lone Liberal Party victor.
The Allied High Commission established by the three-Power agreement, becomes the body for oxecution of Western control.
The Joint sovereignty is only limited under the Statute by the freedom granted to the German rederal Government, which is removable under clause three alltling the Allies to resume full control in an emergency.
Onc
of consequence
Allied sovereignly in tant the Statute makes no provision for the long- debated Judiciai arbitration be tween the Allies and the Ger-
mans.
Instead, clase eight establiches a legal presumption that any Al- led action is Justified by the powers retained by the Allies
3 can be shown to be based on
an inter-Allied agreement.
The increase In the range of German self-government nevertheless considerable.
The cable said: "It is specl- fed, however, that the tripartite organisation will not come into operation until the establishment of the new State of Western Ger- many."
The paper sold the Foreign Ministers of the United States, Britain and France had establish- attitude ed in principle_ their should
suddenly Soviet Russia announce the ruising of the Ber- In blockade and that they are ready to discuss the unification
of all Germany.-Reuter.
ANOTHER PLUNGE TO A RECORD LOW
Shanghai, April 11. Reports of Communist attempts to cross the Yang- tse sant Nationalist China's inflated currency into another steep dive last night.
The Gold Yuan depreciated between 30 and 50 per •
cent in terms of commodities and foreign cur- rencies.
-
The Chinese silver dollar an increase of more than three spearheaded the new price times, spurt, being quoted higher than the United States dollur by. modities revealed an average in- A city-wide survey of com- some curb operators and at par crease of around 300 per cent, by others.
which covers Боро, matches, woollens, textiles, paper and other items.
The price of rice the main
of staple
Shanghai's 5,000,000 people-sky-rocketted to A new dizzy height of GY$400,000 per picul of 170 pounds, an increase during the of about 100 per cent. In 92 | GY$20,000 to GY$82,000. hours as supplies reaching the city continued to dwindle owing to the spread of hostilities along the Yangtse banks.
The United States dollar rose same period from
The United States dollar was quoted last night at GY$62,000 for cash And GY$70,000 Cheques, while gold bara priced at GY$3,400,000
ounce.
Bliver dollare. considered the
abis
·For
were
per
which are most transact- currency In the event of a alege or Communist occupa. Fion, led sensational price raises during the past wook....... regarded by inflation-harrassed housewives as one of the worst the economic history of Shanghai,
In
Hectic Battle Silver coins rose from GY$19,- 000 to GY$62,000 per plece in the course of last week, representing
TARIFF TALKS OPEN ON NEW AGREEMENT
from Apari
constitutional Ten changes, German legislation and even International adreamanta will no longer require indivi dual Ailled approval to become legally valld. but will be automatically effective untess vetoed within 21 days.
Reserved Fields
Paris, April 10.
Marshall Plan countries are likely to be among tho 34 nations represented at the Inter- national Tariff Conference opening at Annecy, South Eastern France, today.
TOURISTS FOR ERP NATIONS
1 The Economic Co-operation Administration is sending two delegates.
.""The
In Shanghal today Gold Yuan battle for survival which is for wage camers aro engaged in a
more hectic than anything hither- to experienced even in the Chi- nese National Currency days- Reuter.
SPYING CHARGES BY REDS
Berlih, April 10. The Soviet-sponsored news- paper "Taegliche" Rundschau" today accused the American
und British Occupation Authori- ties of using members of the German Social Democrat Party as sples in the Russian zone.
The paper carried a full page letter which, it sald, was written by Heinz Ruchne, former official of the Social Democi at Party, charging that the spy ring is plrected fron headquarters in Berlin and Hanover,
The writer said that as a Party official he was sent to the Baltic coast to investigate the possible existence, there, of Russian war ships and port defences.
American and British Intelli- gence officers were also extremely interested, he claimed, in Soviet troops near the zonal frontiers.
He included in his letter the names of American and British
officials whom, he claimed, were directing the organisation and supplying Social Democrat Party members with money, sigareties, of food and free passages on the Ber- In airlift In return for informa-
Mr. George A. Blowers, Acting The list of "reserved fields" in
Director of the ECA Tidor u which the Allies retain a special interest und which may lead to
Payments Division in Paris, said: Washington, April 11.
recovery. of European Intervention, no longer includes democratisation
Countries participating in the economy and the correction de-Nazific- or
Programme the European Recovery
disequilibrium in present the expect 375,000 United
to a States European trade depends democration must, after the apelilzens to visit Europe this year, large extent on trade expansion behaviour of Party members that
de-Nazification is because The Conservative Party central arded as concluded and
" due in some measure to the redistribution of seats and to the exploitation by the Tory Party of the election as an office said the Parly has alrendy artificial referendum. In this gained 202 seats aud has tost 14. they were assisted by the lack-Reuter and Associated Press.
of time to explain the signi- ficance of the Budget as a fur- ther step towards the achieve- ment of Britain's economic in- dependence."
tion.
He was so disgusted with the
uroval of a democratic constitu- according to the Economic Co-and the removal of obstructions he could no longer reconcile
iton, normally be left to the or dinary processes of German self-
BRITISH RED government. ATTACKS PACT
London, April 10.
Dutt, Mr. R. Palme
Vice- the Chairman of the Communist
Operation Administration here.
This is more than double last year's Agure of 182,699.
Heuter,
st
barring, the free flow of goods,
with his conselence to remain 54 "The European Recovery Pro- member of the Party, he added. These visitors are expected to gramme countries have already spend about $400,000 including pledged themselves to the maxi--THE costs of transport and hotel and mum practicable freedom in in-
and tra-European trade resort accommodation.
About 10,000 students have in-made much progress,” dicated their wish to go to Eu- The most serious limitation of rope this year, the majority to
self-government for study in universities there.
It is estimated that 440,000 every-day purposes is contained
The German Government is also given the right to ask for repeat of Allied inws no longer the list of reserved covered by actris.
Conservatives continued to pile up substantial leads over Labour Party candidates as returns cume in slowly
German yesterday from elections in England and Wales.Party in Britain, said si a
Labour Party tabulations in 55 meeting here today that
the of the 65 counties indicate that Atlantic Pact is following in the the Labour Party has suffered a loss of 53 Counelimen, and Con-
path of the old anti-Comintern pact. servatives have taken over con trol of local administrations 131 such counties as Middlesex, Es- sex and Northumberland.
have
This la the third Conference held by the 22 countries which drafted a general agreement on tariffa and trade at Geneva in 1947.
Eleven other countries bave Indicated a desire to accede since the initial agreement was adopt- ed. They will negotiate with the original contracting nations at Annecy.
in clause 2-H which reserves to berths by sea and 140,000 by air the Allies control over internal will be available in each direc action where necessary to ensure tion this year and 564,000 by sen the best use of funds, food and and 134,000 by air line 1950.- other supplies to reduce to a Reuter. minimum
um the need for external "The sponsors of that finished assistance to Germany.
BURMA PREMIER on the gallows in Nuremberg."
Legally this clause is sumelent- he said, adding: "There is ly elastic to allow the Allies t VISITING INDIA Almost everywhere, in a com- warning there for our Churchilis interfere with almost any act of paratively light vale, Labour's
New Delhi, April 10. legislation and Bevins."
Belgium, France, Luxembourg, economic
and ad- Thakin Nu, Burmese Prime position wenkened,
He further said: "We shall ministration-the very kind of
Minister, is coming to New Delhi, The Netherlands, Norway never bear arms against a So-intervention the Germans hoped in response to a long-standing in-Britain joined to draft the ori- cialist Europe.
to see reduced by the Occupailon vitation by the Prime Minister of final general tariffs and, trade and Notting for a war against a Socialist Eu-
"We shall never forge the arms Statute.
India, the Government announced agreement. Four other Marshall However, it gives a general as today.
Plan countries-Denmark, Swe- surance that these powers wi]} The Burmese Premier is expect-den, Italy and Greece-are con- "You can olther support the not be used to disapprova ed to arrive on Tuesday, the an-sidering proposals to participate
legislation unless it directly op-nouncement added.-Reuter. in the trade agreements-Routetr; poses Allied orders or constitutes
The Party retained contrat in Monmouth, Durham, Glamor- gan, Derbyshire
haminire. Labour won Caer- mathen.
rope.
the
In all rural elections, inde- United Nations Charter or pendent candidates played a more | Atlantic Pact. conspicuous rule than in London | "You cannot support both."— colinty, where last Thursday Con- Heuler.
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Gorman Reaction
In Hanover, Dr. Kurt Schu macher, Chairman of the Ger
man Social Democratic Party,
sald in an Interview tonight that the German Occupation Statute contains too many gen. eral clauses open to inter. pretations that might vary with changing relations between the Allies themselves.
Quoted by the Germent news ogency D.P.D., Dr.
Schumacher said that settlement of the Gor- man question is not dependent on the goodwill and efforts of the Germans or on the relations with the Allies, but, rather, an 10- ciprocal relations among the
Allles.
"At the same time," he said, "the Occupation Statute gives the Germans a chance to become ac tive with the consent of the... Al- lion. It is warmer and friendlier In its contents than many state- ments made hitherto,"
He considered that this Desi stap had been made with great care.. In principle sovereignty would remain fully within The scope of the Allies with only fragments in German hands.
France Accepts France has accepted the fusion of the 'French Zone of occupied Germany with Anglo-American Bizonin, the pro-Gaullet "Le Jourțial du Dimanche,” said in Paria today.
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