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"BATTLE OF TRAINS" IN BERLIN SECTOR Fierce Clashes Between Strikers, Soviet Officials MANY ARRESTS MADE
Berlin, May 21. Fiorca clashes in the first day of Barlin's big railway strike tonight loft Rus- sion officers or Soviet-controlled police and pro-Communist "Freo Ger- man Youth" in possession of at least three of the Western sectors' 40 stations.
Elsewhere, the independent trade unionists, on strike against the Soviet Rail- way Administration because they wont to be paid in West marks, were occupying stations and picketing the entrances.
Protest By Russia Turned Down
eral
Soviet
ly,
Berlin, May 21,
It-
[Shots wore fired in the area, the police wielded batons, and one train was set on fire as West Berlin railwaymen clashed with the Commun- ists carlior today during the "Battle of the Trains," which started at midnight when 12,000 Western sector workers walked out.
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 53, 1949,
Citation For Britain, U.S., France
Prepare For Meet
Lord Tedder
A New
London, May 22.
York American Legion post presented a olta- tion for outstanding leader. ship in World War II yester- day to Marahai Lord Tedder, chief of the Royal Air Force Air Staff.
The presentation At the U.6, was made by Harry A. Bruno, chairman af the Executive Committee of No. 601 Air Service Post.
"I accept it not so much as an individual but as a ropre- sentative of the Royal Alex Force," Lord Tedder sald.
"The air team between us and you was one of, if not the most, arvolal factor in World War $t.m com. vinced it Is atti the most potent factor for maintaining pada in the world."~~~A130- clated Pross.
Bill Causes Resentment
- Costello
General Kvashnin. the Soviet Unloading operations at Ber-islation on Ireland. transport chief. had to be re-lin's three airlift airports will not cued from a frenzied mob after be affected by the West
being attacked by strikera while railway strike, it was officially inspecting railway installations announced tonight. in the American sector. West sector police said.
1ine
were
Gangster Methods
The Soviet-controlled
Berlin
to
The broadcaster said that the Western Allies had seen to
at call a strike shortly before the reopening of the Big Four talks in Paris on Monday. Clashes and be provoked incidents were to
wish should
"It is a matter for regret that events inay, untess wiser counsels and a more ac curate knowledge of the facts should prevail, strain that friend. ship with our nearest neighbours.
ern
"The British Government, by their recent provocative action in purporting to guarantee the privileged ruling class in North. Ireland, have aroused amongst Irishment everywhere feelings of the deepest resent ment, the extent of which the British Government do not yet appear to realiso,
Paris, May 21.
Three of the Big Four foreign ministers wore already
in Paris today, hard at work in preparation for their conference on Germany, opening on Man- day afternoon.
The Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Andrei Vishinsky, reached here by air tonight for next week's Big Four Foreign Ministers' talks.
|Two planes brought the Soviet dèlogation, which flow from Moscow by way of Barlin. M. Vishinsky, who will be making his first appearance as Soviet Foreign Minister at any big international conference, said: “I am pleased to be hore." Asked if he had any further The U.S. Secretary of State, statement to make, he sold that Mr. Acheson, reached Paris early he might make one later.
this morning, necompanied by a to the Soviet party, including Mr. John Foster After driving
forel Embassy, he called on the French Dulles, the Republican Foreign Minister, M. Robert Fanairs expert, and Mr.
Murphy, the State Department
Schuman, Sem
Robert
Mr. Ernest Bovin, Mr. Dean expert on German' affairs. Acheson, and M. Robert Schu
All Mr. Acheson would say to man,
were meeting at the French
am delighted Office Foreign
carller in this reporters was: "I
to be here, I have not been afternoon to review questiona
which
their representatives have France for 11 years" been considering here throughout the week.
the
Four Issues
No Mutiny On British
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the Woat sulted. through
an
The on agreement Germany. The observers added Chilean that there were four major la
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Monaghan, Eire, May 21. A Foreign Ofice spokesman The Eireann Prime Minister, said that the three Western for-
en ministers Mr. John A. Costello, declared eigo
would probably tomorrow. At this tonight that the British Govern-meet again ment had aroused the deepest | 110
afternoon's meeting.
they were expected to consider Tesentment
the latest Irishmen | 4 among
Germany, everywhere by its present leg moves from Eastern
where the Communist-dominat- ed German Peoples Congress has announced its intention of Speaking at this town, close to an Berlin
the Northern Ireland border, the nominating representatives to at.
tend
Council Prime Minister said: “We have no
of Foreign
Valparaiso, May 21, Ministers. desire to depart into isolation or
Flat denials of reports of fo turn our backs on the other
Another question they were mutiny and fights on board the Brigadier General Frank L.
Democracies with
with which our peo- expected to discuss was whether British luxury liner Reina de American Com-
the West would ask for secrety Pacifico (17,702 tons) Howley, the
The West scclor police dc-
in the Council's meetings, mondant in Berlin. today
ciations and friendship.
made here today when the ship the Independent|
"It is $1
whether, 15 at former still our earnest
condocked from Liverpool jected a protest by Major Gen-tained 2 people at West Berlin Radio alleged tonight that hooli-Pls have always had close asso-
incidents Kons, led by stations in frequent
associations
ferences, each delegation would Alexander Kotikov, the during the morning. At Charlot. German Trade Unions, had re- that these
..
The denials were issued to off- continue to grow and that these be free to give press briefings Commandant, against tenburg, where there were large-soried to sabotage according
after all but specially restricted set reports that, when the ship was in central American waters, the detention of nine Germans scale disorders, 31 railway police American gangster methods,
American from the
"In many parts of the city, associations should continue to
grow
travelling Chileon students, and that these friendships sessions. who
Eusicra sector the entered
Americans in civilian
clothon
become even more enduring and
third class passengers, sector to arrest a German. pinced under protective custody.
were observed giving orders to sald
more fruitful. General Kotikov's letter
provocateurs," the announcor Big crowds gathered this even- the Germans were under instruc-
In a
said an explosivo the recent alleged. He tions from the Soviet authorities. Ing at Neukolln Station,
suburb, class
charge had been placed across where General Howley sold that the working
the line at one Barlin station off an "invasion" arms, strikers beat five carrying nine men,
shortly before a traia from the Soviet
taking were charged with the attempted along the
children on a vacation was due Onlookers chatted with abduction of # German national sector.
the
strikers, offering them to pass. living in the United States sector.
would be tried for the cigarettes and sandwiches.
1. Could the Ministers agree They
Officials of the Pacific Steam charge, which was very serious.
Berlin Radio, which is Soviet
on a unified political regime for Germany?
Navigation Company, the owners, "Thousands of Germany had
from controlled, alleged that Western disappeared mysteriously
2. If not, could they establish stated here today that the whole their homes without trace recent police and trikers had torn up
economic unity,thing was "a storm in a tea-cup." machinery for while leaving the country pollThey denied any police interven General Howley added. " part of the track between Pots
tically divided?
& assure you that I will not tater-dam and Wannsee, which carried so as to have an argument to dis- the West turb the understanding among:
3. Would German representa-
Drunken Sailor ate kidnapping in the United Inter-zonal traffic from
tives from one or both parts of from the Big Powers, he said,
The trouble started when a Meanwhite. States sector of Berlin," General as well over-head
the Communist-
Germany be allowed to appear drunken crew member became Howler concluded.
before the conference? the Indepen-demmated Railwaymen's Union
rude. This led to "Bad Faith" announced tonight that it had
a Üst Aghi 4. If the ministers approved, between a crew member and a dent Trade Union Federation decided
to place all S-Bahn (UGO) sald the Railway Ad-Decret
Scan Mac- would the West German leaders student, in which other possen- stations in the city
under its
Meanwhile, Mr. ministration had made no off protection. Action
rers and students joined, groups of 30 Bride, the Eire Minister for Ex- agree to discussions
The ship's to UGO with A
officers intervened cial approach negotiations on
workers cach will be sent to ternal Affairs, issued a statement presentatives of the Communist-
accusing the dominated German People's Con- to re-establish order. Disciplin- every S-Bahn station
today tonight to Dublin
ary action
action against those respon- control, the announcement British Government of "bad faith"gress of the Russian zone?
Russia and the
West disagree sibie
for in connection with the Ireland
the trouble was being fundamentally over the political considered. Other groups
will be posted Bin.
"At no
Passengers landing here long the railway tracks to pre.
stage," the statement solution, but progress should be
that economic plane. Armed
the Chilean news- vent sabotage. Members of non-sald, "did the British Government possible on the Communist trade unions in Wes-nform the Irish Government of Observers believed that a strictly paper reports of the incidents had business agreement for a mea-been exaggerated. It was stated tern Berlin countered this move its intention to introduce the pro-
cer- by volunteering to act as pickets, visions of the Ireland Bill relat-sure of East-West trade, is at that, during the voyage
tainable.
lain amount of tension rose be- and posts have been set up ating to partition".
guarantee to Monday's opening session will tween passengers and stewards, The Bill gives a points along the West strategic you ar
a discussion advised me of your suspicions
on the mainly due to railway system, Berlin
Northern Ireland that her Con- start with
complaints about against the intended victim of the
A Russian general, accompan-
stitution may not be altered with- agenda to be adopted
food, -Deuter. reported. kidnapping, as agreements led by three other ofcers, this
Brigadier General Frank How-out the agreement of the North- afternoon visited опр
ern Ireland Parliament of the clearly provide, I would have
It also the American Commandant vestigated the matter and taken stations occupied by strikers. To in th
citizens of the then
in the city, announced tonight confirms to the appropriate legal action.
*Work first, his demand, PPAs it is, the intended victim, West marks," they replied: "
led: "West
that if the Soviet-controlled rail new Republic of Ireland the pri- way police acted in an undemo-vileges they held in Britain while one Gerhard Schuett, and a num-
in the Common- was still cratic manner or falled to main- ber of his colleagues were placed marks first, then we work."
The strikers said that they tain
wealth. the Western order
City under arrest at the time the kid would allow all inter-zonal trains Police would move in and
Mr. MacBride declared that, In and occupy
of nappers were seized."--Reuter.
from the West to reach their desti
following written exchanges the railway premises. tination, but only three had_cu
Only in the
and discussions held last views serious enge of tered Berlin by 6.00 p.m. Two
disorders in-October and November, there was that the a clear understanding were British and American mill-rloting or serious
volving Allied personnel would trains and the tary passenger
two Governments would consult third a coal train from the Ruhr. American troops be called out, he
sold.-Reuler.
on any steps which might be taken as a result of the Republic of Ireland Act, by which Eire left the Commonwealth.
General Howley's reply said I appreciate in part: "While
your frankness, my dear Gen- erai, In admitting that this gang was sont into of kidnappers the United States sector under orders from higher authority in not the Boylet Zone, this the Bo fessen, but rather accentuates, the gravity of their action-an action
specific In direct and violation of Berlin Kommanda
111 of 1946, tura. Order No
by all the
"Had
which was
signed
occupying powers."
General Howley added:
Dur
BRIGHT FUTURE FOR BOAC
Sir
of
irs-
Potsdam,
An official of
trains
view to the dispute. He dismissed as a meaningless promise
day
to
state-said.
ment which was published to
In the Soviet-licensed newspaper, Taegliche Runds chau, that the West sector all waymen would be paid in Weat marks from June 1.
"Work First"
the
ស
it was
Eleven Allied and German Southampton, May 21.
re-trains were known to be maroon- BEES FOR MOSCOW Harold Hartley,
ол Helmstedt, the Bried between
Moscow, May 21. Uring Chairman
Cor-British Zone border, and Berlin, A thousand colonies his
Local Dr.
rallway traffle in the was practically at
tish Overseas Airways poration,
ootd
on
air from
that was
Mediterranean today
rival here
by
章
nationalised airline
economic fleet.
round the corner, towards
the
There was .agreement even the city
of bees about the terms of any statements have been flown to Moscow from which night be made on the sub- standstill. the Northern
Caucascus to In-Ject in either Parliament, he add- crease the productivity of Mosed. "Yet the first intimation that the Bill was about to be intro- cow hives.
duced was received in Dublin 24 hours before its introduction in the House, of Commons in Lon- dah."--Reuter.
the Three trains ran at Schoeneberg. well in the American sector, along
an short stretch of line where So- vlet-controlled railway police
They are yellow Caucasian art grey mountain bees, said to be more industrious then the Mos- By next year, the BOAC would were in control.
The Independent Trade Unicow type. --Reuter. have
strute- 10 double-decker
to Its appealed cruisers the world's largest elr-Federation liners-11 Constellations, 22 branches to send large-scale rein- Canadaira, 25 Hermes and 18 forcements to help the pickets. Solents, the latter being flying Berlin's Social Democratic Party on citizens to give full called boats, Sir Harold said.
Sir Harold will be succeeded sympathy to the strikers end to by Sir Miles Thomas on July 1. refrain from using the city rail-
way during the dispute.
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