THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1949.
ASSEMBLY VOTES FUND INCREASE FOR HOLY CITY REGIME
Flushing Meadows, Decomber 10.
The United Nations Assembly on Saturday voted a $8,000,000 increase in its 1950 budget for the establishment of an inter- national regime in Jerusalem, The vote was 38 to 2, with 14. abstentions.
Praise For Filipino Officials
Lake Success, December 10 Dr E. Stolk, chairman of the United Nations Social Committee. commended two members of the
UN delegution Flippe
fur great contribullons to the tle- cisions renched at the current UN
¡The United States and Britain, who on Friday night had voted against the resolution which estab- lished the United Nations regime in the Holy City, voted in favour of the budget increase. (Isract and Uruguay opposed it. The members of the Soviet bloc abstained. The Russians oro known to fool that eight million dollars is more than necessary for the purpose.
The Joly City appropriation inermused the total budget of the } world organisation from $41,043,- 773 to $40,841,773. There will be a special assessment on mem- ber governments for one half uf the Jerusalem appropriation the near future. It was deelder that the date of the usserriment
sursioni ma social and hamarthuriam † for the retaining $4,000,000
questions.
vador Lper and
the Trusteeship
should depend on the date of the The two delegates are Mi Sal-Implementation of the interna Mr. Melchiormalisation by Aquino. Dr. Stolk said that both Council. men reflect the ability of the General Assembly president, Mr. Carlos Romulo, in harmonising conflicting opinions and bringing about a common basis for action.
The Touted lopez for his efforts while serving as chairman of the SariSCOUNTSaion of experta study In the Freedom of Information
Agreement later Convention
iss
the General Assembly opened the way for
for incorporating this Con vention Into the Covenant uf Human Rights.
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Dr. Stolk praisest Aquino for helping to minish the colonial” CRAVING !
draft convention on
the suppression of traffle in pet- sons war the exploitation. t the prautution of others
The colonial powers, led by the United Kingdom
vigoroudy
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Little Faith Put On Decision
on
New York, December 10. Amas Ben-Gurion, 29-year-old son of the Israeli Prime Minister. Many delegates have expressed! | and chief training officer of the view that the establishment Israeli's police
force, snid of an United Nations regime over Saturday that ho did not think The objections of fernet and Jor anything would come of the dan, who now perupy the eity, United Nations vote to interna- would be impossible.
tionalise Jetuasiem.
Ben-Gurton sailed aboard the
Close Of Debate
The approval
of the budget Increase apparently put a close,
at least for this acoalon, to the
Queen Elizabeth on Saturday mouth here after spending studying police methods. He will spend an additional four weeks in London studying the methods
long and bitter debate over the cosy Scotland Yard. He
permanent regime for salem.
Jeru
Some eX •
February
to return to Tel Aviv J
Regarding the United Nations
When the Assembly approver the internationalisation last decision he said, "I agree with my day night, there was
lather, but I don't think anything A will come of JL. I don't think peetation that its fees might
Carry the
United Nation hus the the Aght into the budget debates | the
Saturday However, this did machinery to enforce its decision.
France, and internalise and there
ruake their territories and colonies
were
They estimate that it will
cost
いいだろばん tu to speakras on the question when right antillon dollars to interna- Pluse sip for approval along tonalise Jerusalem. I think it will mbel to itaker vask kortsul ARING with other items of the 1950 udrost at least 25 million dollars."-
ments
Dr. Stolk welled that questions of
chiserinstration
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the The $8,000,000 include $1,300,- £ wadi 000 for municipal expeditures, refugees "the Philippine delego-excluding police: $3,600,000 for
tion minutatrad an altitude that the share of Jerusalem in the ex- puts on a high level the name of pendhure of the control gover- that great country 09 a worker ment: and $1.250.000 for a puller for that freedom and genuine de-force of 500 men, mocracy for which we are strug-
gling ad United Press.
over
Those
$8,150,000, terns total
United Press,
New Iraqi Cabinet
Baghdad, December 10,
A new Iraql' cabinet wan form-
the world."but an extra $150,000 was to be led by Al Jowdat who once before met from the UN working capi had led the government and had israel maintained that the served for a time as ambassador Toal of implementation against to W Washington.
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Pretty Brunette Testifies At Sofia Spy Trial
Sofia, December 10.
pretty Belgrade-born brunetto today told the Bul- garian court, trying Traieko Kostov, former Bulgarian vice-premier, on treason charges, that she became a Yugoslav agent because a Yugoslav man friend had impressed her by his account of himself as a hero of Marshai Tito's wartime resistance.
The girl, Katerina Spassova, spoke withe such emno- tion and detail about her personal affairs that even Kostov, who had remained serious and attentive throughout the trial, seemed amused for the first time, and smiled.
was successfully She said she had felt Insignal-donia eant and had wanted to do by Yugoslavia.
for something
Yugoslavia be-
cause her first Yugoslav friend,
forner 8
commercial attache,
the wishes of the Jerusalem in- habitants, might be over $20.- the cabinet, which is composed had so impressed her with In 009,000 annually.-- United Press.
of several political clemenis, as cessant talk about his wartime neutral. The new premier's first aim is believed to revival.
Shinwell's Remark Distorted
The
economic
exploits and his part in them as
hero.
annexed
Trado Spy Another self-confessed Yugo. BAY agent testifed that he had apted for Yugoslavia in Italy for the trade delegation there."
He said he
was later sent to Bulgaria an agent under the quise of a pro.Cominform so.
to work with Blago)| Hadjipanzov, former Yugoslav counsellor, who admitted yes terday having declared himself for the Cominform only on or dere from Belgrado cover up
Tito agent.
A BLOW AGAINST SARAWAK
Singapore, December 10.
The killing of the Governor of Sarawak is a blow against the not for people of Sarawak and them, Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Commissioner General for South East Asia, said today,
In a broadcast, Britain's senior official in this region of the world Яuld
This crime does not represent" the people of Sarawak, whom he called the salt of the earth.
"They are the most friendly, most peaceable,
kindly most
meet," people one could wish to Mr. MacDonald said.
"Of the blow him down I Mr. MacDonald that we
1
struck
which shall say nothing." continued. "On must withold opin
until the processes
of
reveal their sorry tale and pro- nounce their solinm judgment."
He praised Mr. Duncan Stewart
staunchness who, by sheer spirit kept himself alive for a day effects or two longer than the
to make of his wounds seemed possible."-Associated Press.
MESSAGE OF SYMPATHY
London, December 10.
The King and Queen today sent a personal message of sympathy to the widow of Duncan Stewart, Sarawak, it was
Governor of that she had
his work a
It was expected that the ex-
new cabinet Includes ኪ
05 She said she had been told by Deputy Premier. Muzahim
the Yugoslav Legation in Sofia Pachachi who was former
fugae pre- that "as a good Communist, you mier: also the Interior and Acting should act as our eye and ear" Minister of Defence, Omar in Bulgaria and Nadluni, who was deputy premier been hired by the Yugoslav secret
the Cairo, December 10.
retiring cabinet, All service. The Egyptian Prime Minis-Muntaz, an outstanding financial minister of authority, Is free ter, Hussein Sirry Pasha, said
the new cabinet.-United Press. tonight that he had received through normal War channels that Britain's Secretary, Mr. Emanuel Shin- well, never said he knew no- thing of the early evacuation of British troops from Egypt.
The alleged remark aroused a storm of protest in Egypt.
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learned. Governor Stewart died of wounds infleted at Sibu on De- cember 3 by two Malay youths,- United Press.
Similar staternents were made by two Macedonians, one of them a former public prosecutor intimination of the witnesses would
Among the attend the trial were still report- Bulgarian Macedonia. He said last all day today. Yugoslav agents had worked to witnesses were several former ed to be held up outside Bul- create a split in the population important omcials now under argaria by a dense fog which has of Bulgarian Macedonia and had rest on similar charges as thas been covering Sofia and its air- field and made all plane travel collected the names of persons against the accused. the skies to British troops opera-hostile to Tito" for futher re- Several American newape from and to Sofla Impossible.--
ference in case Bulgarian Mace- men, who were giv visa, to Reuter."
FOR TROOPS
Kuala Lumpur, December 10. Christmas dinner will drop from
ting in the jungles of Malaya on Christmas Day with the Royal Air Force playing Santa Claus.
The Army Catering Corps is posting experts to every unit in the command to make the most
The Prime Minister, In a writ- ten statement to the press, declar- ed that what Mr. Shinwell had said had been grossly distorted.
He added, "on the basis of infor- of troops rations. The fare will
Include roast turkey or chicken,
mation in my possession I can say Christmas pudding, mince that there is no intention to butid permanent borracics in the Canal and iced calces.
zono but to improve temporary living conditions".
Sirry Pasha said tonight that he would meet Mr. Ernest Bevin at
ples
The RAF said the Christmas fare will be dropped by parachute wherever a clearing can be found in the dense Malayan jungle.
Calro Airport when he passed Units have been ordered to al-} through on his way to the Colom- locate Bd. extra per man from i bo conference of Commonwealth PBI funds for extra food Foreign Ministers-Reuter.
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