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Deadlocks are rarely dendiy unless no attempt whatever as made to break them Some times they are as salutary as
cooling draught to the over heated, and sometintes they The produce an explosion issue is the present industrial daputes in Hong Kong is AB ma esttes
There are nu ped:tral demands, but there dors appear to be a pre-sup- position that polities lurks starlingly at the background It seems wise to put that aside for the moment azal Like wise to forget any mid- Victorum conception of bloat- ed capitalists bulging with mashogallen wealth There is no need for such prejudices, which can do much harm and no good
The workers in the utilities and other concerns have de minded an extra allowance of three dolls a day because. they say, the cost of living bas The demand has gome up heen put forward, no doubt, in the usual hargaming spirit | of the Chinese They don't expect to get all they ask they wouldn't be Chinese if But quite clearly they dki. they do expect to get some- thing and will be surely pul on if they don't Indeed, t
pretty certain.
IN
іл
pinion, that they would if the issue were submitted to Impartial arbitration
The employers have agreed to arbitrations The unions have refused. The refusal is
THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JANUARY
QUESTIO AND THE
In yesterday's article there was an outline. of some of the questions which are be- ing discussed at the moment at the Colombo Conference. The list was hot complete. Many other questions may be raised. The procedure is informal, Any foreign minister at the Conference can raise whatever question interests him,
CONCERNING ASIA COLOMBO MEETING
By Windrush
boration. Malaya has to go through a period of constructive „political, evolution, before it can
land on its own feet.
Point of interest
wealth except by reference to the
Security Council or Trustorship
Council, of the. United Nations...
"
ing
Löcal, waiters donged
Many people have felt that here. Peaky All the countries of the Com
พร
gap in the machinery or} "Britain needs 1,130 taiprins." monwealth will have much to dia- Commonwealth co-operallon. I would say this opens up an cuss about, Amerleon policy. We Perhaps the now
Australian entirely new export field for are in a singo, of world evolution Government, which has proclaim- Hong Kong. where neither Great Britain nos edulis wish to knit the Common- any, country of the Commori-f wealth more "closely together, wealth can decide its attitude on would take the initiative in pro All this is true. Yet the Asianator questions without asking posing the system for Common-custorper on the head with Dominiona may have any ques Amerlengo k
of can expect from wrħlth arbitration and réconcilin-'plece what backin
Wood when ho lion. tiens to ask about how Great The dimculty is that American this proposal would be, not the
But the place to discuss complaivedi,
If this sort of thing becomes Britain propores to end the Come
conterence of foreign common, I'm going 10 Mart The British policy, though for less inactive present munist rebellion. Government has aupouneed to than before the war, is still vacil ministers, but the next conference looking for my old sicet helmet often that the rebellion is in its lating, and not easily calculable. of Commonwealth prime minis- again: Mulaya Great Britain has last stages. The Asian Dominions America.because of its constituters. annoonera Oat it has abandoned have every reason to be intereston and, the special nature of tis Fix meer as an imperial powered. After all, it in Malayon ex-domestic politics, takes longer What Then, 1 she doing purts which provide a high per than most countries to make up
its mind, Maluvn" The continued mecer: | centage of the dollar earnings of
There is an interesting example of the Communlets in Malaya in the sterling area.
[of thin, at the present time. defying the British military drive against the shows that Malnyn e detinutely a problem ense
The Asian Dominion may wish to know more about British plans
77
cursions.
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ters,
It
for
Quirino
may operation
As was telling Myre the other night, I learned to rühiba at an terely, 'nge. I had a tricycle with n-loose anddle.
Farming it out.
The strike menace now looks like affecting
brend and butter..
"
Our
Baltimore, January 11. It may be a day or so before, mote that "mother" "large doctors know whether they will quantity of new fkmate fur conts" have to operate on President has arrived from Tinglho.
·They are hot, however, degarded Elpidio Quirinn of the Philip- Dines. This was unmouiced to- an more deadly than the mall. day by a Johns Hopkins hos- pital spokesman.
The weathor, has been so bui Preziden! Quirino underwent in the North of Englullä recently X-ray examinations today. Ti was that when the sitri fintilly shone The start of a series of tests which for a few hours ane Aby, n Toen) Hopkins specialists and the Pre-editor headed the story, "Prodigul sident's own physician are mak
Burma is another hard problem, was hoped that the Colombo Burma, put itself out of the Com-Conference would be ablo, to give monwealth by its own dicisions. Its views on America's proposals Pandably the British Puregi Nobody in the Commonwealth for the peace treaty with Japan. But, months after they were ex- the wishes to lure it back. But since pected to be ready, there a pre- Secretory wowki welcome
of explaining the During is a neighbour, state of oppo tarny Brands pantion in Malayn Great both Todia and East Pakistan, the Rorals, have not been put forward.
its of Britura luas nollưng to life, and ] continuance
present American views on, the future of nothing crally to be ashamed of anarchy raises problems for the Japan are still too divided thear, except perhaps n certain; Commonwealth. Various plans America to have a polley. This
the have been discussed for Common-4 AN example of American| meflictenes in dealing with
delays Communal rebellion
wealth aid to the Burma govern- ment which would
The Entish, Government hopes Impair not The reevad since the wm shows Buymese sovereignty. The con- that the Conferenzen will not that firrut tiain is pressing inference any he a useful oppor-have to consider other the dis- with the preparations for ruak Lunity for continuing these dispute butween India and Pakistan ng Malava self-governing.
over Kashmir, and economic, mut - political reforms and the setting
or the dispute hetween the Train, Pakistan and South Africa tip of the University of Malayal
ver ractul policies. Its view ising to determine if he should
should Communists Inve
announced that the conference
not undergo a kidney stone operation. concorn itself with quarrels be- several times that they intend to
A Hopkins spokesanan reported Berafe
Tibet
t Mr. Quirino slept well the past,tween members of the Cominon-
If K cl
ab so, the Delhi, for new inity reusons, hus wealth.
Tuesday night, his would be poisoned. It would be hospital, and was in good spirits always regarded the autonómy of
timpossible to reach agreement on Tibet top vital Indian interest.
that morning. He could have un tranatyra | | The populatiem of If fodn wishes to continue this
constructive comman policies.
breakfast because of the X-ray dividet Malaya
This between: poliev, it will probably want to
is a convincing argument
examinations. Minlays, Clubese werel bulistas – kaow what rapport it could res
Yet it dots not ulter the fact thal
Tif Chineses atr 171
reive from the Commonwealth in it is lamentable that There shoul! | night and gave him the physical} He had probably gone Deross tradagian its The three communi-, résisting Citrine tick
16
un be no machinery to deating wil
check-up which is routine for all the border to Join the kad grad #iffeully in colla! Ther
disputes within
Commons | patients entering the hospital. Dr. | herole Stakhanovites,
WAC Colston, urological specia- lint. made arrangements to see the Presidiussi toray. Dr. Colston
signent welioran Hut mebody who knows Malaya wouldl etain that HT tha Mage Great Britain
minia Tomaten 1st power
10
To
GVET
whore should
י
Maple
power
be
Tarha may wish
to ruise
question of Tibet The Chinese
I
DESERT MAGINOT LINE
OF FLESH AND BLOOD
reports
"horinal" the French Foreign Legion, was
on
Arst in the
Day Murtun visited him to-
תיfot rfret
is in charge of the case. He wil1 the operation if one is leelded upon. Dr. Agerleo Sison,, Mr. Quirino's personal physietan, accumpanled
series of teatr.
through the
sun return."
•
"Deer production difficult" Trouble brewing.
A contemporary reports that a woman "vas
her looking for husband who Whe
worker factory in town,"
I suppose honasty
other
Is really the best policy. But I know several chaps Who've dỡng awfully well by
letling It lapse.
with the
Mr. Quirino received basket "When I was in Afries Twent of flowers on Tuesday night from to play gin-rummy Cardinal Spellman of the New tribal warriors.”
"No, as a matter of fact, I come out pretty well."
But the leaders believe it exsYork Catholic Diocese. An alde to tial to have all sorts and cuncti - the Cardinal said he plans to come Woren of pauple 10 create
here and visit Mr. Quirino. No citizenry. They say date WUS Nut. They have met there compot be a prefabricated several times before.-Associated
people;
process human turing the material is possible only in Israel —not outside it.
the
of
raw
Dress.
Not long ago a dark, hat-entity To those who knew his chelfaced man in his middle oil buzetim he went under 40's sat in a clandestine Tel. evolutionary nom de guerre, Aviv headquarters and pured! years he had herved with
transmitted a
tacticia, Then, as chict #Weat through secret
underground Highgh's Intelligence system, he strained information on grapevines.
Arab was plans after the British Vory Jew who worked uttele
First, there are no longer The Jun Haganah, the Jewish withdrawal from the Holy Land
#Ip isetpert to formulate defence rigid standtertia. of selection at in Hritud | bretuner organisation
Strategy until the Jews in Rales-ports of immigrant departure as Dalestine, were Autre of
tine were strong enough to take there were under the Britisin offensive action.
Government in Palestine,
specific enquiry which will. establish the facts in the basic issue at stake now in all the industries which have been
Toing that mun k one of the planner of Israel's straggling
inspired not so much by any asked to pay an extra three By Julian Meltzer comers were restricted
to 餞
dollars a day.
Defence in depth
the
M
INDO-PERSIAN TRADE PACT
...
"Zulus?"
a fplendly of course, there's
"Englishmen love game of carda," And then, bridge.
•
"Old George is terribly mean. Someone ought to tell him he won't be able to take it with him when he dies,"
"Listen, can't take it with him, he won' old boy. If George
BO
A
SALL
if etilgift?Mrs.
MACAU
PRAMAIONA"
New Delhi, January 11. India and Persia are signing One criterion
Thursday a preliminary trade pact to further bilaterál comnierce, which at present British quotas for Jewish now-
by
stands ut 700,000,000 rials án nually. 1989 White Paper policy, and
Esfandiary, Pathollah Noury atien trade union prejudice,
consequently Jewish Agency of-j
member of the Persian High but rather by the ancient A circular was sent out to
cials issued the allotted immig Council of the Seven-Year Plan traditions of
the 'tion certifedtes sparingly to the the Chinese all the Colonial Governments frontier defences. He sharus
preparing for most qualified candidates. These, and leader of a five-man erono- themselves, and perhaps also in 1941 by the Colonial Sac-responsibility In
bis country. by angry mistrust. They retary in the Churchill war-what many believe will be a fur- were chosen for physich ability mic mission to India who is sign- said this pact is the forerunner expect to every offer a coun- time Government urging the ther hurricane of violence in the us land settlers or for industrialng on behalf of
Miditle East's tempestuous politiski.
of a fuller treaty of. commerco method that establishment of a
Today ter-offer- a
Labour cat elmate.
the only criterionis and navigation, the draft that all the The vest-pocket State with another Alscrimination exists. And Governments.
whether doesn't always end in a bar- Advisory Board in
» person la Jewish. No which is being examined by both less tha gain. But anyway the workers Colonies. This was to consistaren of
5,000 squary whole communities are on the The preliminary pact abms miles has have not had a counter-offer of representatives of em.
nearly 1,000 miles of so
other import-export raftrictions in actual terms, and there is ployers and workers "as even convoiting and boundaries With Turkey, North Africa, and asin semove exchange, dificulties and no present indication they ly balanced as possible," and Hashemite Jurdan
Syria, Lebanon, and Astu.
Seeendly, the new Iprác) is a at present humpering trade. and ons into medier di kabits,
and Crossings
usages, will get it. A common de an independent Chairman, |
India and Persla have agreed; grant residence permits to mand, however separately with powers to co-opt addi- acl frurn the neighbouring Arab customs bred by varying environ-to submitted, for an extra three tional members with specialiste ritories are comparatively easy ments, often poles apart, of scnt- each other's tradus, Persin his ngreed to allow greater import of dollars a day allowance by all ed knowledge as and when the next round in the struggle, if
to expe rienced desert raiders. And tered Jewish communities.
Clashes, of temperament, pay-Indian cotton hostery and hand- the unions concerned has led quired. Such Boards would all when
and greater facility it develops, will be chology, and outlook are inevil-loom products
for shipping. common stand by the have powers to discuss a wide Joined by highly trained guerilia hirdly, public officials
India's imporis. ure mainly employers-no counter-offer, range of affairs, including forces, according to available in-
frankly concerned over the ar- carpets, saffron and dry truíu
-Associated Press. but arbitration.
fundamental Labour legista formation.
rival of "sačiol' problem" eje- That was how things stood tion; wage rates, cost of liv
ments from the sunder-privileged when,
sections of big cities in Morocco with `commendable ing, unemployment relief, enterprise,
and Algeria. ahd the manager of workers' recruitment,
A now. technique, in being. the Dairy Farm, accepted af other topics.
worked out to provide detence!
Risks accepted challenge to try out the A Board of this sort las in deptli for any, emergency workers face to face. When he bech established in Hong suation which may next con-
But their way of tackling the sought 'to explain what arbi- Kong, but it has met only at front the small Israeil republic.
It includes both sist
sinile pória and situation le not to keep these tration meant, he was shout-rare intervals. It consists of
people out; they are thinking in mobile striking forces. ́ed down. The demonstration three representatives of
system, devised might be terms of a broad programme The
of of the workers hostility to European employers, three of called 'Israels' version of the 1930 social and moral re-education,
Government leaders arbitration was by no means Chinese employers, and three Maginot Line-but it is a Maginot Israel's
taking. The risks involved, so convincing as a secret bal- of the Labour Unions, with Line of fleah and blood, manned tre
by tough
50 that the young men and women.
principle of lot of the workers would have the Commissioner of Labour They combine the roles of
ignity and armers Human:
and the rights of been, but the voice vote as Chairman. A new Board and fighters,'
man, may be established. On the fringes of scomed to have been pretty is due to be appointed now.
the Southland
is considered principle conclusive. Arbitration seems We suggest a chartered, ac-region of Israel, known as the highly important by Jows, who
record of
of suffer with as unpopular
the countant ότι independent Negev, security zones have been have find a long.
cstablished under Government ing under persecution. munist argument in refusing that the Board be asked algination, fing, sot up.. workers here as the Constatistician be co-opted, and lon. Within them, fromcy in the truncated Holy Land whore These ore some of the factors workers' demands in China. once to go into the question are chosen for their strategie Israel has its Stato, Othor graye
aree points. The deadlock seems likely to of the actual. cost of living,
problems remain to be solved. vantage
sofflers are trained in com- Chiefly, they concern the aus
well as the latest tenance as well as the structure case the workers' demands true index which will be a agricultural methods designed to of the new society.., were submitted four months bettor guide than the present win the Wilderhis belt to rough and ready system on fertility. They will be the first which the rehabilitation al- line in the lumin "Maginot': 'de-
Chaim Weizmann, lowance is based. It would be fences in case of allock, the "Government and public essential, of course, that the
said that the Jews in, feraet must organisations should intervene workers representatives
devolop science and skill, as the on the ground that the whole should be elected and this
tho. newly dominant features of a sound now community is affected, and have the confidence of the formed Frontier Torce will swing economy, He has taken Switzer- that the Government should men. The balance could be Regular army units, The point ship of the
Into action to be followed by land, as a model in his champion- -order the resumption of the Improved,
too, with a duty villegers,
the patrol forces, of laboratory
nocation: tram service, leaving the vantage. The public would and the army pro under a en. Yet as faraolo society grows notual settlement to be decid- then be entitled to expekt ordinated central command..the conditions ed later. The further suggch both parties to agree to the Ispot's manpower for the dun always lin govquned by the proxi- tion was made that a round immediate resumption of arly Jeb of duphing on, and turmell table conferthed should be suspended service pending the coming, from the tean of thou-frigging the long Eastern tror
Use fron- called to devise ways and submission of the Board's res m
pouringj tiers., pela AA Whether the monna of bringing about a port which negotiations could aligible begins ht the quayside, or bleed, and tesh, wing ever, he settlement. But what is | again be taken up on the To ffices go straight to train-fested by a fresh ongibaghto start army ilte, second round" of which the wanted is not a talkfest with basis of its findings. These au jur pythe bar an Ardy Middle Shst talksmo often everybody tolking at once and | Britain the Index is decisive polley to mako terast u nghting --la'd'Sihhx-like riddle to which seldom to the point, but why not here too? -
nation
ASTM nobody hs yet has the answer;
go on a long time. In one and to establish reasonably bst faction
ago.
"The Chinese Reform As-
sociation has suggested that
Fighting nation
Behind
Rondi
wcomers ll
Corkeripiibh
The.
On
·Predent
Swiss model
world-famed chomla has often
His inity-ch the
commercial
vast,
-
fta courlty will
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