INDIA REJECTS PEACE PROPOSAL ON KASHMIR, ACCUSES PAKISTAN
Jap steel strike spreading
Tokyo, February 8.
Lake Success, February 7. India today accused Pakistan of naked a aggression
in Kashmir and rejected plány for a settle mont of the two-year-old dispute between the Dominions.
The "peace" proposals were put to the United Nations Security Council by General A. G. L. MacNaughton, of Canada, who reported today that he did not believe-that-anything more he did would serve any useful purpose.
Growing concern was ex-The
and hy SCAR Jabaut nfj-> cials over a strike of Japanese steelworkers which began' on February 2 and was spreading; today.
Efforts to steer the dispute in- to fulm waters met with Be RUCCURS. A union spokesman de- clined to refer it to the Contral Labour Relations Board and sought instead La reacw negotia-- tions on wage denuntis with the management. But refuant to re- sume work during negotiations, and the management's insistence on this point, teft the master at aca.
Originally 1,000 workers walk- ed out at two blast furnaces and two eke piants of the Yamata steel mill on Kyushu. The plant in the largest of six operated by
the company. There are 33,000 employes in all, The Sicel- workers' Federation has 50,000 members.
Strike spreads
report, presented in General MacNaughton's absence by the President of the Council, Mr. Carlos Blanco, of Cuba, gave the Indian and Pakistan replies to the General's domilitarisa- tion proposal "just over a month ago, amond- ments suggested by bach 'Government to the proposals, comments of the other Government on them and Genoraj Maċklaughton's remarks, Speaking today after the addition of the last mentioned General's report, Sir Benegai clause. Rau, of India, rejected the plans because they would cli-Indin's amendments were main
ly these: minate or neutralise every one of the assurances relied upon by India.
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Sir Benegal devoted most his 75-minute speech to "clearini up certain persistent misconcep- tions that have prevented India's case from being properly appres elated."
He said that beginning with her Initially denied military intervent tion in Kashmir, Pakistan had placed a series of obstacles in the path of a plebiscite.
The strike spread to Northern Japan today. Workers at the He asked the Council to study second largest plant,
the who created each succeeding ob- Wanlahl, at Muroran on Hok stacle and added, "And yet, in kaldo, voted Monday in favour this topsy Turvy world, it is In- 24-hour walkout from dia that is constantly accused of noon today until noon totalling in delaying the ple-
of
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morrow.
or the 7,969 work biscite." org. 6,516 cart ballots, with 6,164 for and 1.238 #gatrist a walkout.
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(1) The "disbandment or dia- arming of the Azad Kashmir Torces' be placed on tho shme footing na the withdrawal of the regular and "irregular" forces of Pakistan, and that the reference In the McNaughton proposals to the "armed forces and militia of The State of Kashmir" be omitted.
(2) That, In so far as the the responsibility for their "de- Northern areas
were concerned
fence shall vest in the Govern- ment of India and responsibility for their "administration" shall vest in the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.
The McNaughton proposals had proposed that their administra- tions should, "subject to United Nations supervision, be continued
by the existing local authorities"
Three weeks ago Sir. Mohum-
On January 3. Sir Mohammad med Zafrullah 'Khan, Pakistani Foreign Minister, told
Zafrullah Khán, "the" Pakistan General In Tokyo, 030 workers at the MacNaughton that his Governeral McNaughton that "the Paki
Foreign Minister, Informet Geh- head offee adopted what labour ment thought that. Indla's amend- observers called "dispute tactics" ments to the "peace" plan 'pro-stan delegation did not feel any such as reducing output by leav-posals were a clear rejection of useful purpose would be served by their attempting un analysis of the Indian proposals and enter-
itig the job early. About 300 your proposals."
workers at the Kamuishi plant In Ibanagi prefecture were to join the strike movement tomorrow.
No interruption of operations has occurred at the company's other two plants, one of which has 2,400 and the other only 313
wuckers.
The dispute between the sistering upon a refutation therest." Dominions flared up in Oatoler, 1047, when the Maharajah
of
Kashmir. Hindu ruler of a pre dominantly Moslem people, acced-
to 'India.
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cave amendments which amount to a perusal of the so-called (Indian)
clear 'rejection of your proposals nd seek to -substitute. In their place a scheme wholly incom
The union insists on higher, wages and a collective bargaining reply dated December 28, compatible with them.
agreement. Management Instituted
municated "acceptance" of the
"pubject to proposals
amend-
mbre
an "Incentive wage system" lastments" which, it claimed, "were November without first discuss ing the plan with the union Associated Press,
Soft coal strike cuts U.S.
suggested to bring out clearly the objective you (Gen- eral McNaughton) buve in view."
Fakistan suggested seven amendments in all, on three of which...(when the amendments were later compared between India and--Pakistan) India "ro- hurved-Its position" while reject- ing all except one of the remnin
ingi reserves
New York, February 7. The soft coal strike cut deeper into the nation's coal reserves today, but telephone workers agreed to postpone "a coast-to-const walk-out för 13 days,
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The telephone strike had been- planned to start tomorrow morn ing, but, at the request of the Fedoral Mediation Director, Cyrus Ching. the CIO Communications Workers put off the deadline to February 24.
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In the concluding part of his report," General ....McNaughton maid,«/in the absenta afuèlear evidence "that" fürthér ́ media- tion by ma would seem likely "to"assistTM the GovernmentsTMof India and Paklotan toward an apreed" "course" ""6f"action; 1 do nat bollave, that further DC.
THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 0; 1950,
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Lack of exports seems to be at a point beyond the range of the main reason why tracte Communist-shore batteries. That through TsingtaoTM has fallen off would require quite a few war- badly under the Communists. ships.
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"It is my view that the fur- ther procedure to settle this dis- pule should be determined by the Security Council and
During the Arst four days we were at anchorages at
observed the arrival of four small ships and the departure of a similar number.
By one amendment, Pakistan agreed to give unoonditional serance to curb any future tribal incursioni Intời Jamu and Kashmi but not to the
General McNaughton explained Government of India that his proposal had been bpenggested by the spired by two main considera-
ine One waterfront observer said McNaughtons: proposaİG. The
the chips come and go in all di- amendment, did not say tons, namely, that any measure rections. Ho added that this of agreement already achieved would cause a wide dispersal of whom the assurance was to be between India and Pakistan any naval force attempting to påven, a corda
should not be discarded and, blockade. secondly, that ho should cons centrate on appropriate arrange- ments for the future rather than
Clarification wanted
| pronounce judgment on the "cɔn- Another Pakistan amendment troversial issues of the dispute. The walk-out could involve wanted it clarified that the solu-, -Reuter. 100,000 workers and disrupt the tion of the Kashmir question tiation's communications network should be "In accord with the The fact-finding board appoint. UNCIP resolutions of August 13, ed by President Truman under the 1948 and January 6, 1949 by the
Taft-Hartley law took over the
coal controversy, but about 400, 000 soft coal miners continuódi to strike, apparently determined to sit out the government's attempts to get them into the pits
"New York Central cut 45 more steam trains from schedules (and Republic. Steel Company banked two blast furnaces in Cloveland
U.S. Senator blasts UK.
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Jap wife, child
Washington, February 7.
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much The chief exports of Tsingtas they are importing.
one-third of
now are plg bristics and hoir nets made of human hair. The
city's industries, including once- flourishing cotton spinning mills, are being killed by heavy taxes, HRwthorne Bald. — Associated Press.
Washington, February 2. President Truman told a sows conference today that the Govern- ment is considering plans for improving the Alaskan, defences.
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