Floods swamp Old Windsor
Normally, this car park outside a tavern in Old Windsor-not far from Windsor Castle, oc- tasional residence of the Royal Family-is crammes with cars.
Swollen by recent heavy rains,
the nearby Thants overran its banks and inundated the surrounding area. rows over the flooded parking fot in a small boat. (AP Photo),
Here a local man
LATTIMORE DISCLOSES REPORT ON FAR EAST
Washington, April 3.
Owen Lattimore told the State Department last August that Japan and Korea are liabilitics and that support of Chiang Kai-shek docs more harm than good to the United States.
Mr. Lattimore, For Eastern expert accused by Senator Joseph McCarthy of being a Soviet spy, publicly disclosed a memorandum today which he submitted to the State Department last year when the Department was re-evaluating its For Eastern 'policy.
The Johns Hopkins Univer-down in local situations so that terests and policy of the United nity professor said he did so direct American-Russian negotia-States. because the Wisconsin Re-lons are hampered." publican (is spreading poison about it.
Eastorn goodwill
4. Any departure in United Senator McCarthy had chal-States policy in the Far East must lenged the State Department to be able to fend off any accusu release The contents of the thou of appeasement of local or Russlan Communisio. There the
memorandum or he would.
Mr. Lattimore said: "Recent East devolopments in the Far have been favourable to Russia but not in a way that lessens re- sources that Russla enu deploy toward Europe."
Russia, he said, would get
6.
5.
Heavy strains
The United States cunnot assume that Russia will move in to take over direct control in China and will thus be subjected to heavy strategic and economic strains. It is dangerous to
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1930.
|U.S. WITCH-HUNT:
TRUMAN ORDER FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH SUBPOENAS
Key West, Florida, April 3.
| President Truman formally announced today that he had instructed the Secretary of Stato, the Attorney-General, and the chairman of the Civil Service Commission not to comply with subpoenas for the secret
Government loyalty filos.
President Truman sent a letter to. Senator Willard Tydings, Chairman of the Senate sub-committee investigating alleged disloyalty, In the State Department.
The President had indicated to the three officials not to comply with the
sub-committeo's subpoonas.
The subpoenas were served; son, and Chairman Harry last week to the Attorney- Mitchell of the Civil Service! General. Howard McGrath, the Commission. They were order- Secretary of State, Dean Ache-ed to appear on Tuesday be- fore Senator Tyding's group with confidential Illes on number of persons employed by ur connected in some way with the State Department,
SOMALI BORDER DISPUTE
**
Espionage sentences
in Sofia
Mr. Truman wrote: "No. Pre- sident has ever complied with an
Sofia, April 3. order of the legislative branch, Six Yugoslavs and 20 Bul- directing the executive branch to garlans charged with spying produce confidential documents, on behalf of Yugoslavia receiv- disclosure of which was consled sentences varying from life dered by the President to be: contrary to public interest."
imprisonment to 22 months*
London, April 3. Italy has raised objections to Britain about the provisional dents who stood on responsibility
He cited a long list of Prest-today. frontier between Ethiopia and of the executive branch to main- Stolkova were sentenced to life Branko Svestz and Darinka Italian Somaliland, a Foreign tain the integrity of confidential imprisonment, a nine of 1,000,000 Office spokesman said today. information when its disclosure Leva and the confiscation of hall
would be contrary to publie In-their property. terest.
זיי
The President added: would be derelict in my duty if
failed to do so."
Four were sentenced to 15 years, fined 500,000 Love and de- prived of their civil rights for 15 years.
The frontier was morked out by the British authorities. Bald the spokesman, who added that Britain interpreted the rejection of this provisional frontier as a method of reserving the Italian position when a permanent fron- Senate investigators put off until years, fined 250,000 Leva and de tier is delimited by direct Italian-Thursday the defence testimony prived of their civil rights for 12 Ethiopian negotiations.
Lattimore to testify Meanwhile, in Washington the
Ten were
of Owen Lattimore, the Fur years.
sentenced to 10
Reports from Geneva stated, Eastern expert whom Senator The other 10 received lighter yesterday that the Italian Foreign McCarthy charged as મૅ Soviet sentences, Minister, Count Carlo Storza, hud spy,
All the defendants expressed Informed the United Nations Democratic Senator Theodore their satisfaction at the sentences Trusteeship Council that the pro- Green said that Mr. Lattimore imposed and declared that they visional frontier was unaccep- had asked for additional time to would not appeal. table.
prepare his reply to Mr. Mc-
The trial lasted four days.—AR- Carthy's charges.
sociated Press.
Count Storza was understood to have salt that Britain had in places moved the frontler 20 miles into 1talian Somaliland.
Mr. Green also announced that The investigators had postponed until Tuesday the decision as to whether to subpoena Mr. Mc- Carthy's documents. 19-
Mr. Green said the delay was necessary because Chairman Wil- Jard
the Tydings of
The Foreign Office spokesman
been
conven-
Senate
CELEBRATION OF
ERP PROGRAMME
Washington, April 3.
denied that Britain had moved the frontier. He said that be- fore handing Somaliland over to
Foreign relations Investigating The founder and polley chiefs Halian trusting at Suites sub-committec would not be able of the Marshall Plan for Europe Britain reaffirmed the tional straight line which, in the to attend today. Mr. Tydings ar- tonight addressed an anniversary this meeting marking tho half-way absence of the necessary frontier rived in Washington only commission, it had cus-morning from The Hague, where mark of the European, Recovery
Atlantic Pact Programmne. tomary to regard as the frontier he attended the
defence strategy meeting.
The Bags of tho 18 member no-- between the two territories.
liona hung above McCarthy throat'
the platform from which General George C. Republican Benater Joseph Marshall, father of the concept, McCarthy suggested today that the Secretary of State, Mr. Denn
State, the Secretary of
Acheson
and the Administrator. Dean Acheson, has not told the Mr. Paul Hoffman, reviewed the
about his
connection Programme. with Owen Lattimore, Mr. Acheson said lust
The frontier bad not been de-
In the memorandum, one of 30 advice of experts on domestic sume that there will be a diver- which the State Department so-pulitics should be co-ordinated ston and commitment of Russian
which resources In Asia
will licited from as many experts, Mr. with foreign policy experts. Lattimore also warned that It 6. The goodwill of Fur East-limit Russia's ability to manoeuvre would be dangerous to assume ern countries will be won only in Europe.
In making the memorandum that Russia would over-commit if they know they have as direct herself in Asia.
access to high American authori-public, Mr. Lattimore said he had les as European nations. intended to disclose it on Thurs- Per Eastern countries day when he goes the Senate must not be made to suspect Foreign Relations sub-committee that the real alm of the United to defend himself against Sena- States is the ulterior alm of Lor McCarthy's charges. He has using them against Russia. already.called Senator McCarthy a the negative side. Mr. madman and denied that he is or Lattimore listed:
ever was a Communist.
truth "I made the full memorandum public today McCarthy in typical fashion seeking by Insinuation and con- cealment to spread some of the polson of which he has an in- exhaustible supply."
D
lot credit in China multiplied by propagunda for any grants to the Chinese
Communists but would probably not make enough
*On
1. "The type of policy repre- sented by the support for Chiang Kal-shek does more harm than grants to strain her resources.
good to the interest of the United "Therefore," he said, "it would States and madification of this be possible if the mistake is made policy seems to be promising. of waiting for the Chinese Com- 2. China cannot be economical munists to come that in hand' toy coerced by such measures as ask for American terms for Unlied cutting-off-trade,
because Senator
is
Senator McCarthy said he had been-duo-to-hold- -a-nowa -con- Stales policy to encounter another 3. It is not possible to make ference today but instead he setback in Asia without even the Japan a satisfactory instrument of issued a statement in which he compensating advantage of ham-American policy.
questioned Mr. Dean Acheson's pering Russia's ability to apply 4. South Korea is more of averacity about his relations with
Hability than an asset to the in Mr. Lattimore. United Press.
prosaure in Europe."
#
"
China,
he
not
Little Chiangs Hi statements Korea, Japan and Rusia called negative. It was posable to make Japan a satis- factory Instrument of Amor. can polloy. The U.8. could possibly over-commit`ia sources there or Japan could come to terme economically and politically with China. Élthor
Plan to
to investigate espionage in U.S.
fined in detail in modern maps and is due for eventual settle- ment between the administrators of Italian Somaliland and
the Ethiopian Government-Reuter.
QUAKE DAMAGE IN ITALY
the
Mr.
President Truman sont week | message saying that the Marshall that he does not recall ever hav-Plan had averted the threat of ing met Mr. Lattimore, and dent- Communist ed Mr. McCarthy's charges that Mr. Lattimore was the chief or- chitect of the Administration's Far Eastern-polley.
ed
Leghorn, April 3. Rain-soaked earthquake re fugees, many of whom had fled
Mr. McCarthy said in a formal on Saturday night from a cinema statement that he knows of Mr. showing the "Last Days Lattimore's secret recommenda- Pompel, returned from the hills tions to the State Department on tonight to find their homes level Far Eastern policy. He threaten- whh a sea of rubble.
unless Mr. Acheson This wo
worst Scries of earth makes them public immediately, tremors in 40 years also hit Pisa, he will reveal them himself, Mr. city of the Leaning Tower. An McCarthy said: "It is extremely examination of the Tower today disturbing to find that Congress showed no increase (in its lean, and the American people cannot though
ground had trembled depend upon the truthfulness
iness of bencath 12.
the men who hold the highest Collapsing war-damaged build- and most honoured positions that inge injured five people in, the nation can give them. Cer- Leghorn on Saturday and Sun-tainly, the American people are Senator McCarthy Immediately day. No deaths were reported entitled to truth from the Secre Republican Senator Henry endorsed Senator Lodge's propo-Reuter.
tary of State."--United Press. Cabot Lodge said today that sal for non-partisan investigat- As for South Korea, he said, it Senator Joseph McCarthy hading commission, but said the was doubtful how long the pre- not proved his charges of group should have authority to sent regime ́could be kept alive || Communism in the State De- investigate alleged aubversives In
all Government agencies. and more offart to keep alive partment and he proposed should also have authority to in- is bad advertisement which con creating a non-partisan comvestigate sex perverts, tinually draws attention to a band
mission to
investigate espion- of little and inferlar Chiang Kai-
that Russia has such individuals shek's who are the scorn of the Communists."
Senatur Lodge is a member of spotted ard is using them The
memorandum contained the Senate Foreign Relations sub- their purposes," he stated. positive suggestions and negative Committee investigating Senator The Senate Democratic leader, statements.
McCarthy's charges. He gave his
course would be undesirable, he
Indicted.
Re
Washington, April 3,
of the
a
It
Investigations indicated
for
Scott Lucas, did not believe the On the positive side, Mr. Latti-views in a Senate, speech after public would understand if the
the moro suggested:
group had postponed until Committee were abruptly dis- 1. The United States should Thursday the public hearing at missed and an entirely new in-
prematuro
which Owen Lattimore is to an- quiry started. avoid
or excessive strategic deployment in the Far swer Mr. McCarthy.
The chairman of the Senate East. If there is to be. war, it "All we can learn so far is that Republican Polley Committee, can only be won by defeating
clearly none
current Robert Taft, sald Mr. Lodge's Russia, not Northern Korea cr charges have been proved," sald plan merits consideration but that Viet Nam or even China.”
"Senator Lodge. He said the sub- he would favour the commission a. If there is to be a long Committee investigations, inspiro only if it was absolutely sure it peace the primary factor in mak confidence in the Director of the would be impartial and would ing peace possible will be the Federal Bureau of Investigation, have access to loyally fles stabilisation of relations between J. Edgar, Hoover. the United States and Russia,” t 184. “If and when negotiated and mutually acceptable agreementx with Russia become possible, the -American policy In the Far East - should be in a position to contri-. bute to Russo-American (njago- - tlations. It should not be mired.
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many aggression in European countries, but niso warning of problems ahead.
Mr. Hoffman told the Assembly -that--Europe's - Governments - are moving with increasing vigour towards a solution of the remain- ing problems of economic re- covery.-Ecutor.
ILFORD