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treaty problem the right to a peace treaty, but solution to the they are unwilling to predict can be found even if tension he
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The majority of members Congress were absent froin the city since both the qu'e
And Senate mie In adjournment. However, of those poited by the United Press, the majority said they trust General MacArthur's judgment and that if he believes Japon is ready for
peter fronty they are certain such is the case, Noting that the Russians har blocked previous efforts to con- voke
conference by their in- sistence on veto powry.
Styles Bridges of New to Su COURT OF Arm-
and Appropriations,
"Little wouki said:
HUMAN RIGHTS
Strasbourg, September 1. The Legal Committee ni Europene Assembly decided
the
to-
of
ed Services Chinnitices be Hecmished by having Rus-
sim participation in such con ference if she held the veto,"
He favours holding peace ednference at the earliest possible time, whether or not the Rus- sms are, withing to participate:
le said Japan IK primarily
States problem and "we should go whead promptly MacArthur's recommendation with
night to recommend the establish- United ment of a European Court Human Rights.
-United Press.
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on
The Committee also decided in favour of an International Com-r without Russian co-operation." mission of Inquiry to press cases of alleged breaches of the 11- point European Human Rights Charter, which has already been drafted.
The recommendations must go to the Assembly and, if they are approved by a
two-thirds Jority, if he forwarded to the Foreign Ministers' Committee.
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe. the British chairman of the Coin- mittee, closet tonight that it had been agreed that any per sons Jura member natio
ber nations of the
Council of Europe should be al-
would
the
STRIKE PICTURE IMPROVES
Helsinki, September 1. With free soup lines lengthen - ing in Helsinki me workers broke away today from the Com- munisi-led strikes against the Social Democrat Government's
Twenty of the country's ports are open again.
howed 10 make complaint to perged wages policy.
Comunission, but only after Only dock and metal work- all means of seeking a remedy ers are still on strike, together thri, own country had failed, with a handful of building work- The Commission
ission would then try ers in isolated parts of the coun a reconciliation and, if try. to effet a
refer unsucressful, maller to the Co
The Charter of Human Rights |
The Trades Union Federation drawn up by the Commitics i
| estimated that only 33,000 men the based on
United Nationa
are still out compared with over universal
Declaration of
Hu-
100,000 less than two weeks ago, man Rights and covers Der Reparations deliveries to Soviet conal freedoms
and the right Hussin are still being held up by a strike of 4,000 metal workers
gest town.
of political association, Includ
Ing the right to form a poliin. Turku, Finland's second big- tical opposition.
and the sleci rentre 0/ Tampere are back at work again, however.
After a
Cay-long discussion the Striking metal workers in Hel- Procere and Privileges Com-inki mille failed to agree in a con- troversy ovey the activities of the European Movement, an nom- cal body-Reuter.
"HALF SAFE" TRIES AGAIN
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
September 1.
Curlin, An Australian, Ben aged 37. and his wife sailed from nure last night in a surplus Ame-
rican Army amphibious truck,
DUKW. Azores.
Their first trip ended 270 miles ut of New York in July, 1918, when a propeller shaft-tailed.
for England viu the
"Finland must pay lines for late delivery of any of the $13,000,- 000 worth of goods she must send to Russia in the next six months. M. Unto Vurjonen, Cabinet Minister charged with combating the strikes, said to a reporter night: "We have given the Com- munists their licad and the strikes are petering out. Tho metal strike may spread agabi, but we shall continue to use de- mocratic methods."
to
Steel-heimcted soldiers and inforced police squ
squads today pat- rolled Helsinki, where Parliament is meeting again after the sum- mer recess, and Keni, West Fin and, where two strikers, who had been killed in
clash with the police, were butled."
Demonstrators held processions tarling,
The vehicle, lubbed "Half in both towns and organised Sufe has a sail, a single bunk meetings in the public squares, and built-in cuplardt Asgo- but there were no clashes.-Reu
A ship then picked up the
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The popularity of strapped shoes also had added to the depression in the industry, he tald-United Press.
Breach Of Privilege Alleged
Strasbourg, 'September 1. Heated discussions took place behind closed doors here today
on
an allegation that the European Movement (of which' Mr. Winston Churchill is Pre- sident) had committed a breach of privilege.
FOUR DEFENCE ZONES PLAN FOR THE WEST
Washington, September 1.
The Foreign Ministers attending the first Atlantic Pact Council meeting here on September 17 are expected to authorize the setting up of four zones for defence.
These would be the Atlantic area; the Northern European area; the Western European area and the Mediterranean area.
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The zones would be under Each area would have a com- the direction of the Central mander-in-chief who would be Defence Committee with hand-responsible for carrying out diree- quarters probably in Washing-tives of the Central Defence Com
mittee, of which the Chiefs of Start of the Atlantic Pact nationa would be meinbers.
The Atlantic
ton.
Headquarters of the Atlantic area is likely to be in Londen, of the Northern European arca in
arca would Oslo, of the
be Western European responsible for guarding sea and area in the Brussels Pact head-air lanes between the United quarters in Fontainebleau, of the States and Europe in the North Mediterranean area probably in Atlantic, but a sub-area might be Paris or Fontainebleau to begin created for the South Atlantic with.
route via the Portuguese Azores Islands.
uence the activities of the As- sembly.
A discussion on the activities uf the Europeap Movement and other organisations working out side the Assembly occupied the greater part of the Committee's
Sweden To Join?
I would probably only be necessary for the United States and Britain to be represented in the Atlantic defence area set-up, he continued,
which The allegation,
was heard by the Committee on Pro- morning meeting. "cedure and Irivileges of the Although the motion alleging a
European
Assembly,
first breach of privilege hus been The Northern European arca made by Mr. Hugh Dalton in the dropped, it is understood that set-up probably would include
another motion has been Assembly itself.
put Norway, Denmark, the United forward that the Committee ex- States and Britain. press its opinion on these outside organisations,
At today's meeting of the Com- mittee, according to a usually reliable source, the British Labour representative, Mr. Alden Craw- ley, withdrew the allegation of a breach of privilege.
The European Movement was formed at The Hague in May lust year and groups the chief orguni- Mr. Crawley argued, however, rations which" up to then har that the European Movement was been campaigning separately for "pressure group" trying to in-greater European unity.-Reuter.
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The
Western European! агор would in effect take over the pro- sent Brussels Part defence area, with the present members plus the United States joining in.
In this connection, the de- tente of Scandinavia would obviously have to take Intp account Sweden's strategfo | situation and might plan on the eventuality of Sweden Joining the Atlantia Paol.
At present the United States has only a military observer ut Fontalacbleau. •
Its objective would be to make defence of the Rhine River line as strong as possible.
Small Staffs
The Mediterranean area, whose headquarters is also likely to be in Fronce, would comprise repre- sentatives of Italy, France, United States and
the Britain und French North Africa to Malte, In- embody an area stretching from cluding Italy.
Defence staffs for each of these arcas would be kept as small as possible, but that of Western Europe would be the most im- portant.
The United States' joint Chiefs of Staffs, as a result of the recent visit of the heads of the three U.S. armed services 10 Europe, had approved in principle this plan, urging that main defence should be centred on the Rhine River for the whole of Western Europe.
Approval of armis appropria- tions by Congress for Western Europe would be vital for this purpose, so that a real start could be mndle for re-arming and modernising equipment of the French Army---Unilted Press.
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