THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1049.
On Eritrea
Rioting
RESCUE OF TRAPPED tallan View
BRITISH SCIENTISTS MAKING PROGRESS
Acheson On A-Bomb "Leakage"
Washington, December 7, The Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, said today that the United States Army's wartime atomic bomb project approved Government licences for shipment of uranium compounds to Russia In 1943.
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Mr. Acheson said that two ex-
granted were port licences
another in and March, 1943,
licence April. In November was granted for the shipment of 1,000 grams of heavy the Russians (Heavy wnter also used in atomic rescurch).
The lend-lease
held by the
waler
to
that none of these export Beences
records
Ow
Department
show
was permitted without the
ap-
proval of the Government agency thal developed the alom
baib,
Mr. Acheson added.
The Department had no know- ledge that any department docu- ments, secrot or otherwise, were to the Soviet made available Government without proper au- thorisation as alleged by an ex- Army officet ia " recent broad- cont
Meanwhile, General Losile Groves, warlime head of the the #tonte bomb project, tald
Un- House
Representative
American Activities Committer
SWEET PAS
Whalers' Bay, Deception Island, December 7. The Norseman plane to be used to rescue 11 British scientists stranded in the Antarctic on lonely, ico-bound Stonington Island, 400 miles to the South, como ashoro piocomool 1,200-ton raliaf ship John today from the Biscoo which is anchored in the Bay. The crew packed the component parts of the plane on an improvised barge which was towed by launch through the maze of ice-floes to the lava-covered beach strewn with the skeletons of whales.
The John Biroc's auxiliary the operating theatre protruding Auster plane was put Ashore yes-through the snow.
terday.
Rooms in "Biscoe House" arc "Biscoe House"-otherwise belog prepared for living quarters "Base Bis now a hive of activi- and for the miscellaneous atoresn
ty.
Deception Island's part in the Members of the expedition are relief attempt will be essentially taking advantage of the continued a radio one. It will Dash ice and spell of fine weather to press on weather reports to the John Bia- with the preliminaries of "Opera-coe, the nircraft and Port Stanley.
airborne Corkscrew"--the tion rescue of the marooned scientists,
This spot- whaling
The most up-to-date radio in- stationstallation in the Falkland Island
last used by the Norwegians in Dependencien will guide the Nor- มราล Auster aircraft by 1030-is miniature ghost town. acman
means of a radio huming system Many buildings are in ruins, the victims of snow and lee, with only their roof-top showing.
The tiny hospital is in a forlorn state, fragments of equipment of
At-
the pilots to their course during fog and possible bizzard's ter.
To London, Dubember 7
The Italian Ambassador,
Bigner Ballarati Bootti, Visit od the Foreign Offies here today to draw the most seri- ous attention of the British authorities to the painful re- petition
bloodshed of Eritron, the fallen Embassy announced tonight.
The
In
Italian Ambassador Par.
the
reklyed by the whe manant Undir-Beststary #t the Foreign Offs in the ab sence of Mr. Ernest Bavin. Count Carlo Bforza, Ratten
Foreign Minister, ra. cently asked Britain to ap-
Ethiopia about peal to attacks on italian subjects in the North African territory, once an Italian aplony, and now under British administra - tion Reuter.
the
"REBELS" BOW TO ORDERS
Italian
Trade Union Leaders
Launch World Labour Federation
London, December 7.
| Leaders of 50,000,000 Trade Unionists in 53 coun ties finally launched the International Con federation of Froo Trada Unións · (ICFTU) in London today.
By a large majority they adopted a constitution pledging the Confederation, to strive for security of employment and for its members' right to work where they choose.
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No negative Volei word cast but leaders of the Franch and Belgian Christian (Catholic) Workers' Unions, representing 1,300,000 workers, abstained. They gave no reasons. The hov organisation will within two years. carry the fight to Communism and the World; Federation Trade Unions (WFTU), which its members left earlier this your allering Communist; domination. Later today a 20-man Execu- president tive together with and a secretary will bo nohal- nated.
Paul Ethel of Beiglum, conférence the chairman of the which forthed the new organi sation, exploted to be elected Pitaldent.
of the Oldenbrook
Rome, December 7.
3. H peasent "rebels"
a radio beacon which will keep bowed to police orders today and began a large-scale re- treat from the holdings of land which they had seized in the Rome Province in the
past five days.
Kashmir Report Ready For UN
Lake Success, December 7.
today that the late Harry Hop-Preparations in the Secratoriat of Security Council
Kina. President Roosevelt's con Adential aide, never tried to get any alamie blueprints or maps from him.
The Committee was investigat- ing allegations made in a broad-
commentator east by radio
atomic shipments to
Russia
Lend-Lease plance and
"Kad signed "H" saying: hell of a me getting these away from Groves,
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General Groves said tound evidence of Russian spying within month taking charge
Was
Affairs for the disposal of the United Nations Kashmir Commission's report seem to point
to a desire to have the matter finished before December 31, when the life of the prosent Council expires and threo
come in.
now mombers
It was understood that the Kashmir Commission's
report was signed in Geneva yesterday.
Council's dis- If the Security russions are prolonged, they will be continued after the Christmas Intention 10 holidays. It is the complete them by the end of the
It was learned that the report | volves a matter of principle ul- will be sent by air to Lake Sue-ready deeded.
the it will reach ces art that of the atomic bomb project in
by December 9. in 1942.
He suid he knew that the Secretarial
Driter to save time in getting in- Lend-Lease Administration
of the report cnder pressure to give the Rus-structions, coples *lans everything they sought and will be sent to India and Pakistan that a great dent of influence at the same time as they are sent
to the Secretariat, was being brought to bear. But ac sold that he did not know vho exerted Keuler.
the
pressure.am
New Czech Family Code Approved
year.
The reason for a quick disposal Commission's the
report would appear to be that on Jan uary 1 the Security Courell will have three new members-Yago~ slavia, Ecuador and india,
As soon as the report has been mimeographed, it will be circulat.f ed to the delegations concerned. This will leave them about a week and dk- for preliminary studies cussions.
The Security Council will meet
Two of there, Yugoslavia and on December 17, when they will Ecuador, being new to the subject first hear from the Kashmir Com-of Kashmir, may ask for mission details of their work.
the
After bearing the Commission the Security Council will pro- Prague, December 7,
bably adjourn and take up The Czechoslovak National raport itself by December 19, Assembly today approved with- when India and Pakistan, as the out dissent a new family code countries primarily concerned, making civil marringes obliga-will be asked to be present. tory. tightening divorce rules
and allowing a wife to retaineretary General of the
her own surname.
Sir Girjo Shankar Palpal, Be-
Govern- ment of India's External Affairs Department, is coming to Lake
Civil inneringe must now pre- Success, probably by the end of cede any Church ceremony.
thin week, to be present here
discussion the
of the during Kashmir report,
The couple must decide before- hand on the surname of their
children.
into
The laws, which come force on January 1, also provide between for complete equality legitimate and illegitimate child-
ref.
They were described as being based on the Soviet code-the "raaster plan for the People's De mocracies"..
A woman Member. Dr. Pais chova, told the Assembly that the
To Report Deadlock
The Kashmir Commission, héré, according to indications
will report the deadlock they had reached in their work of mediation and make certain re- commendations. What those re- commendations are le not known here but speculation most com monly heard is that they will suggest a single mediator to to entrusted continue the task the Comintäalan,
new code would end the old cysandia has already made it cleat tem designed to preserve private. property through monogamy, and that she is unable to agree to the rule of the male-Reuter arbitration on an issue which in
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Only a few ignored the ordera of the armed police riot squads posted all over the province to ket off the land,
the
The majority of the peasants and their leaders accepted arders to abandon their efforts to cultivate the seized land pend- ing decisions from the land com- missions hastily set up to consi- uer claims to the uncultivated
acres.
Central This development in Italy followed the pattern of the "peasants revolt" further South There, in the past low weeks.
too. peasants quit the land that they had seized after assurances that land commissions would consider their claims.
The gradual withdrawal of the land around peasants from the has cased the tension caused by the fear of police-peasant clashes ke those in Calabria last month, when six agricultural workers
lost their lives.
Despite the withdrawal, it that WRO stimated tonight about 20,000, péssants still hold about 5,000 acres of the 70,000 soros originally seized. But most of these "quatters" were expected to withdraw soon. This action by the forces of the Minister of the interior. Signor Marte Scelbe, répresants another | decisive Government victory against the Communists and loft wing Socialists.
Leadership of the agricultural unions by these two left ing factions has been the main target opening of the discussion that had of right wing attacks on the pea- already taken place before De-sant movement.
the Landowners today denied cember 31 and cause a further delay.
claims of the peasants that all the land seized was uncultivated. They claimed that some of it was iying fallow after recent culti- vation and only a small portion had been uncultivated.-Reuter.
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It appears therefore ruling on Kashmir will be forth- coming from the Security Coun- cil before the end of the year- Reuter.
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Neither the American Federa tion of Labour, the Congress of Industrial Organisations
United Mine- John L Lewis' workers sought office. They felt that If the principal officers" come from the Jurge
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big small countries would tear nations domination.
HQ Issue
Mr. Oldanbraak wants the headquarters to be in London but leaders of the American AFL and the CIO any that if London salooted, the International would be naled by the British Union Congress,
n's w
They wore told in effect, "You have one in- ternationhi now. We are Invit. ing you to join ours.
But you cannot be members of both."
The Belgian and French Chris- tian Workers' Uniona abstaided the from voting today because
them same condition applies to and their membership in the In- ternational is still Associated Press.
undecided.--
NZ Premier Favours Pacific Pact
Wellington, December 7. The Prime Minister elect, Sydney Holland, safd today that his Conservative govern- Britain re- ment would help. cover her leadership in world affairs and he declared him- self in favour of a Pacific de- fence pact of non-Communist states.
domi. The 50-year-old industrialist, Trades | whose Nationalist Party defeated
the Labour government after 14 years, last week told reporters that, while continuing the foreign polley of the outgoing govern- ment, the Nationalist government will place special femphasis on strengthening Empire relation-
Paris, Brussels or Copenhagen would be acceptable to both the CIO and AFL There was some speculation that The Hague may be selected as a compromise.
The Dutch, Swiss and Luxem- | ships.
Unions bourg Catholle Workers' rejected invitations to attend the conference which formed the In- ternational, it was learned today.
The
Canadian Christian
Mr. Holland said he would give full support to the United Nations Ds the only means of insuring world peace, but added that if Workers' Federation accepted it is right to have an Atlantic but was advised by President Pact, then Pacific Pact was a Gaston Tester of the Catholic In-logical development of the same fernational not to send delegates. Idea.
All were asked on the condi- He could think of no reason joined why there should not be an early tion that if their Union
репсо treaty
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the new International they must leave the Catholic International
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