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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDẨY, MAY 14, 1949.
Nehru Dines With Churchill | TROOPS GUARDING
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (centre), Prime Minister of India, is plotured with Mr. and Mrs. Winston Churchill, of whom he was the dinner guest at their London home. The event is taken as evidence of Mr. Churchill's putting into practice the policy he announced to the Commons of accepting the new Commonwealth formula and trying to make it work. In the past Mr. Churchill has been hotly opposed to Indian Independence, for which Mr. Nehru has fought. (Associated Press Photo).
Civil Resistance In Tripolitania Starts
Lake Success, May 12.
The National Council for the Liberation of Libya announced in the General Assembly's Political Committee today that a civil resistance cam- paign was ordered as of today against British administration in Tripolitania.
Earlier, a Soviet-Arab Proposal to hear native groups on the sub-committee proposal on disposal of the former Italian colonies was adopted by the Political Committee.
British
Jet Planes Superior
London, May 13. Group Captain George Ward, Conservative, urged the Air
The vote was 23-15 with 17 try. He did not mention a specifle | Minister in Parliament today abstentions. Hearings began im-country. mediately, with the prospect that they would take the major part of the day to complete,
"Only Way"
to draw the Canadian Govern- ment's attention to the He made
figlater the suggestion in superiority of British opposing a British proposal to in-aircraft,"
orporale the Western Province
Theoretically, the native
Into the Sudan. He said trustee- He was commenting on Canada's 'groups can delay the decision on
ship should not be exercised by intention £1 manufacture an the colonies beyond the largel tate of May 14 set for termina-y neighbouring countries "he-American-type of jet fighter, Mr. No cause it might Lake upon itself Ward wanted to know what has ting the Assembly
session,
the limit has been set on their statements.
Lo
the territory." annex
should like, it
it exercised
if the principle
of the 20 Then
by one
been done to help British manu- facturers to compete for Royal Canadian Air Force tenders
cision to hear native representa colony will achieve independence. both in the interests of carning
tives on the new British draft
Ho an-
and
BURMA RICE CROP
Rangoon, May 13.
Troops, augmented by village lovies, are preparing to mount guard over 9,000,000 acres of rice land the Burmese Govemment hopes to cul- tivate this year.
The planting of the 1949-50 crop, will begin in mid-May with the start of the monsoon.
The troops and levies are re- quired to protect Burmese for- mers against hostile, forces, in- cluding bandits, whose activities already have upset planting pro- grammes under which It was 12,000,000 acres hoped to place
མར་ས the plough. Before the war, 12,500,000 acres of land were tilled annually. Tuls
Burma
under
Snakes Die In Thousands
Benares, May 12. Snakes are dying in thousands
to produco An
the Holy
enabled surplus
exporta
tons of
rice and
of 3,500,000 become the
entest rice producing country
great world
Approximately two-thirds
Burma's
are farmers.
17,000,000 population
Before the war they grew In annual enough rice to bring
revenue
totalling nearly 25 crores
of-rupees.
Burmese economy, dependent upon rice,
primarily that- when two tered during 1041-45 major campaigns were fought over the country. Her rich rieelands. most of them in the fertile Irra- waddy deita, became shell-torn battlefields. Much of the land re- tumed to the jungle.
Mortal Blow
the
near Benares.
In villagea City of
Indian "press
found" "knotted
of
krattatives
In
-big- and"
the countryside. #mall, They are said to have died of some mysterious pestiiance.
One estimate
gave the number of enakes dead in a Day as 10,000. Hundreds of
kites Grawe,
and vulturea feed on the endless trall of dead snakes.—Reuter.
Aid Plans For Burma Functioning
Special aid
Rangoon, May 12.
machinery for Burma has already begun to function, according to indica- tions here today, less than 24] hours after the announcement; of the Commonwealth's wili- ingness to aid Burma.
While the British, Indian and
consultations
long with U. E. Maung,
Burma's Foreign Minister, Sub- Committee of secretaries and ad- visers of the three Embassies is reported to be in conference with General Ne Win, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, to push the consideration of de- Lails
a stage further. Authoritative quarters said that the Sub-Committee
had been in continuous session since its con com-stitution last Friday,
storehouses. Disrupted munications prevent thoir General public reaction here to transhipment to ports for ex- the 88-word announcement is one port,
of subdued optimism in anticipa- Burniese editors compiling a ton of fuller details, competent
"balance sheet" on the rebellion declin
pince the value of looted rice at Rs. 10,210,000.
Revenue lost through unrea- ised export ofɑrice and timber
I estimated at Rs50,000,000.
Despite Government efforts to check the rebellion, rebol increasing of strength appears to be.
instead of decreasing.
Burma's recovery programm after the war
WAB focussed largely upon the rehabilitation of these ricelands, Under care-
out fully worked
plans the Jungle began to be beaten back. with The world food shortage, Its demand
mand for rice, presented to the Burmese an opportunity fust recovery, Experts estimated that normal
conditions would have set the Burmese
burk on their feet within three years.
4,
add that the
British Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin's House of Commons statement yesterday was part!- cularly acclaimed as throwing further light on A somewhat
reticent announcement.
})
only
The few newspapers which ap- peared today--yesterday was The Borcest battles are being Buddhist holiday-carried fought over territory overflowing the bare announcement, passibly Into the "rice bowl" area of because of its late release.-Reu-
But Independence on January South Purmo-Associated Press. ter.
brought choos instead of
mrth it nonths
„Thiri
of Internal
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strife dealt n mortal blow Burma's recovery plun. Rice- funds were devastated, mills and warehouses burnt down, slocks looted or destroyed,
Other stocks escaping looters are rotting in hinterland
SPLIT IN OPINION ON SPAIN
the
Convention On Newsmen's Rights
London, May 12. The draft convention on nows which was adopted by the Social Committee of the United Nations yesterday provides for access to news for all foreign corespondents and transmission. facili- ties on the same basis as for nationalists employed in domestic agencies.
of trusteeship accepted, to see either by manufacture in Britain The Liberation Council repe Latin American nations.
by
or under licence in Canada. sentative was the first speaker following the Committee de- part of what once was an Italian
This should be done, ne suid,
New York, May 12,
The convention, adopted by 27 (4) A contracting state may That is the only way to gun-dollare
a factual correction of an of
Columnists of standardising
the "Herald votes to four, was supported by send adopted by the sub-rantee independence."
lequipment between the Arab states
British Tribune" and "Daily News" Britain, the United States, France allegedly false or distorted report. The six
which
and several yesterday.
Latin-American to the state where the report or commented today on the diver countries. The Soviet Union and iginated. The correction must received a stormed out of the General As-and Canadian Air Forces. that he had
protesting
gences among United States other Eastern European countries be sent to the information agency from Tripolitania de-sembly last night,
Mr. Geollrey de Freitas, Under- "Britain has abandoned against Israel's admission to the Secretary for Air, replied that the official opinion concerning the opposed it. India, Saudi Arabia, or correspondent responsible but
of Ambassadors to Syria, China the UN, returned today as the Politi-British liaison staff in Ottawa has return in people
were does not have to be published. aveeni Committee made its attempt never failed to bring the superi-Spain.
among the 12 abstentions. Inst hour. The Tripolitanians have
to and an acceptable formula for ority of British fighter aircraft to
The main provisions of the not to co- decided from today.
convention are: operate with
British Ed-disposing of the former
|dium Air Force,-Heuter, ministration in Tripolitania in any colonies-United Press.
the
the
matter. Tripolitania declares civi resistance to the British adminis- trution."
Won't Accept Italians
The Libyan representative
said the sub-committog
pro-
posal is dangerous and unjust.
He warned that under no con-
a return of Italian rule..
..
Itallan the attention of the Royal Cana-Taller Lippman in the "Herald
British Proposal
On East Eritrea
Lake Success, May 12.
ditions will the natives accept Britain's proposal that the Eastern part of Eritrea be coded to Ethiopia was accopted in principle today by the United Nations Sub-Committee considering the future of the former Italian colonies, by 10 votes to three, with two abs- tentions.
"We Libyans will never forget the sacrifices we had to endure through 30 years of unjust Italian rule in our country. Libyans are determined to resist by every power this at- nicans in their tempt to re-establish the Itukları regime over Tripolitania."
He pointed out that as soon as the "Bevin-Sforza" proposal be- came known, demonstrallons took place in Tripohtania.
Representatives of the Somali League and Somaliland Con- ference issued brict and contra- statements. Both claim dictory to represent the majority of the population of Somaliland.
The
first warned that the population "would prefer total extermina-
rule"
tion ruther than Italian and the second urged Italian trusiceship "for at Jenst years."
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The Soviet Union, Poland and see no reason why suggestions Iraq' voted against the proposal. should not be made as a result Australia and South Africa ab of an agreement between slained, s
Devin and Count Storza,
The Sub-Committee
also ap
Mfr.
said an Ambassador could not be returned to Madrid now without it being taken as a gesture of approval.
We
and Persia
(6) Contracting states wil take measures to prevent mono- polistic practices in any form whether open or concealed.
(6) The treaty will not auto-
(1) States shall expedite tho. freest possible movement of cor- respondents in getting into amatically apply to correspondents country, Hving in it travelling in non-self-governing territories, through or going out.
It is (2) Correspondents shall not power to extend the advantages
up on account of any of it as soon as possible.
to the
metropolitan
He added: "There is no grace- bil or satisfactory way of acting when a blut has been called. And
the that--as respects
Ambas- sadors is
our predicament with be Franco. In order to correct the law expelled on original mistake, which did not collect exercise of their right t
hurt him,
(7) The provisions will not impress him or
to news for all apply
accredited to specially would now have to make the foreign correspondents and trans- United Nations Atill bigger mistake of appearing mission facilities will be on the who otherwise-because of tm- correspondents to have made up our minds to same base as for nationalists em-migration laws-would not be al- help him.
The best thing to do under ployed in domestic agencies. lowed into the country,Rcutor. the circumstances is do nothing at all."
John O'Donnell, Washington columnist of the "Daily News" and consistent critic of the Roosevelt and Truman foreign policies, gave quotations from Senators' cri- ticism of the State Department position on Spain and said that the Senators, except during the Roosevelt administration, had usually won their battles with Secretaries of
O'Donnell added; "And don't be surprised if Acheson -coon fol- lows into private life the parade: of State Department heads of re- cent years-Stetunius, Byrnes and Marshall."United Press.
Mr. John Dulles (Uniteri proved a further, British proposal States) said that if Italy had presidents and that the Western province of been a member of the United Stater Eritrea be incorporated in the Nations, it would probably have Sudan.
carried on its discussion at Lake Success rather than in London,
Voting on this
to was seven two, with six abstentions. The
The Sub-Committee then oc- Soviet Union and Poland opposedjourned for lunch-Reuter.
Whlin approving the cession of Eastern Eritrea to Ethiopia, Sub-Committee- expressed
the
reservations in regard to the guarantees to be given for the protection of Italian minorities in the eitles of Asmara and Mas- sawa.
Mr. Aubrey Eban of Israel, de- livering his first speech Bince The Sub-Committee defeated a Israel's admission to the United Soviet proposal for direct United Nations yesterday told the Com- Nations trusteeship over Eritrea mittee that, Israel would abstain, by eight votes to two; with six because it had not time to atudy abstentions. the problem of the colonies.
He said, however, that in view of its own experiences, Israel would favour Independence for the former colonies and, there- fore, any proposal which would load speedily to this end..
"To catablish tutelage is to swim against the stream,” hu said.
proposal
Ethiopia. voted for the British as giving satisfaction to the minimum of our claims.“ The Sub-Committee wàn ap- pointed to try to reach Zn Rgread solution on the calonies problem and to report back to the Political Committee to-
morrow.
Mr. John Hood (Australia) ob- jected to the way in which the Bb-Committee appeared to be
"He added that Israel opposes following the agreement ranched British "trusteeship over by the British Foreign Secretary
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