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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1950,
BIDAULT PROPOSES ATLANTIC DEFENCE,
ECONOMIC COUNCIL
Lyons, April 16.
The Prime Minister of France, Georges Bidault, today proposed the ost- ablishment of an international executivo council to deal with defence and economic problems of the Atlantic community.
M. Bidault proposed the creation of an Atlantic High Council for Peace in the name of the French Government at a banquet speech in the City Hall here. He hoped the Council would be able to extend its powers to the political domain.
MOSCOW SEES A JAP NAVY
had all
"Delieving that the hour has sabotage the means of defence of come to make the solidarity of a country which is worth being free nations more concrete. defended and, which will be, n more simple and more effective matter what happens," he coa-
tinued. in order to give rise to more
As the Premier spoke here, a mutual confidence and more few hours after arriving to pre- strength for peace," said M. side over inauguration ceremonies Bidoult, "I believe it would be of the Lyons International Fair, wise and opportune to create the Ministry of National Defence an Atlantic High Council, call-in Paris announced that trains Moscow, April 16. ed upon to direct and orient carrying the American arms that
arrived had recently "Pravda," organ of the development of the community reached their destinations safely. Soviet Communist party, as-In two domains which ar While M. Bidault did not mention serted today that all 27 of inseparable-that of defence the Communist Party by name, the lend lease frigates which and that of economy-with the there was no doubt his attack was! to add. directed at Red attempts to, hait the Soviet Union returned hope of being able
without too much delay, the unloading of Atlantic Pact arms. to the U.S. Government last
political domain.”
He said, however, that the basic year have been turned over
The Premier hoped the Big Internal problem for France was to the Japanese to form the Three Foreign Ministers would, on the Social front and he appeal- set up a committee to go ahead ca both industry and labour to nucleus of a resurrected Jap-] with plans for an Atlantic Coun- renew collective bargaining talks. anese Navy..
-United Pross,
eil at their meeting in London on May 88.
LIFERAFT FOUND IN BALTIC
Wiesbaden, April 16.
The search for a missing United States Navy patrol bomber was officially called
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POOR OUTLOOK FOR THE SYDNEY
SYDNEY TALKS
London, April 16.
The outlook is not too good for the Commonwealth conference on aid to
South East Asia which is to be hold in Sydney beginning on May 10, diplomatic observers here said today.
being used for cargo carrying satisfaction with the existing At-factured in 1948, will be flown Malcolm MacDonald,
Copenhagen and in repatriation of Japanese lantic Pact defence organisation. to from lands the nation no longer The French were reported to be examination by controls. Those carry Japanese concerned because the pact nations perts. crows but the U.S. still holds had no command body and no
commander-in-chief. 'illc.
The Prime Minister also at tacked the Communists for try- ing to set themselves above the law and declared that France would defend herself in any eventuality.
of the According to the report,
Basic difficulty
the
coun-
But the fundamental difficuily of the Sydney conference is that it pretends to be one thing while wing Labour actually it is something quite The outstanding different.
1
British Jews protest
London, April 18. The Board of Deputies of Bri- tish Jews today protested against the supply
arms to the Arab countries, which, it said, is ag- gravating tension in the Middle East.:
"Pravda's source of informa- tion was a Tass despatch from
"Like our reasons, our inten- Shanghal which said the frigate tlons are clear: in order to dis- fleet was being commanded by
By courage in advance all distortion Japanese Rear-Admiral Komura in interpretation, 1 propose the
On Washington, the Navy denied flatly that any of the 27nition of the objective be af- firmed in the name itself of High frinutes returned by the Russians Council and that it be called the have been turned over to Japan. Atlantic High Council for Peace.
For one thing, they point out, the hard-pressed Labour Government in Bri- Jenied further that any
There
is no reason to let ships have been turned over to monopoly of that name to those
toin cannot spare a high-level Minister as its representative, for it the Japanese with military equip who, having taken it over among
needs the vote of every Minister. ment or for my military purpose others, designate us as a comp of
(A Navy spokesman said the aggression," he added.
Hence the leader 27 frigates were delivered to U.S.
The French plan was essentially authorities by the Russions at
ments among the Asiatic to be a Labour Peer, Lord a logical extension and junction off tonight, a few hours after United Kingdom delegation is scheme provides for credit agree-
11ies largely Yokosuka, Japan, and as of noon of already existing steps such as a British steamer picked up MacDonald,
under American who is virtually on Saturday, they
direction and with the dollar as were still creation of the Western Union, the
yellow liferaft in the Baltic, unknown to the British public.
common currency. with no disposition there
ordered.
Organisation for European Econo-
He is an ex-miner who' went
The two MacDonalds and Title is in the U.S. Navy, he said. mic Recovery and the Atlantic South East of Stockholm.
found by the into public poliiles, rising to be their colleagues from sald a few Puet. The
Australia, The raft was spokesman
steamer Beechland (1,813 tons), Governor-General of Newfound New Zealand, India, Pakistan tank landing ships, demilitarised,
Attack on Reds
He holds port of land,
the purely and Ceylon will have bound for the Finnish are the closest thing to lighting
to study
craft which
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raft, honorary post of M. Bidault's proposal came after Kotka. Japanese have obtained here.
bottom an extension of the "cold The LST's
American, manu- the present Government. are repeated reports of French dis- identified as
Co-leader with him will be war" 10 countries staggering tomorrow
Commis- for!
under "hot" wars, South Air Force ex- sioner-General In
East Aslo, who will join the party London at Singapore.
The Board stated that it views The raft was picked up North from
Nelther could sign any agree- of Gotland Island, roughly on a
"with deep concern the increasing Orst consulting line between Stockholm and the ment without
tension and the threat to peace Latvian Balie port of Llbau, London.
in the Middle East, aggravated by where the Russians allege they Both are right
the supply of arms by the British Government to Arab States with- were forced to fire on an Amer-politicians, team bomber a few hours before fact confronting this Common- it is much less conference to out making auch supply dependent poli- discuss aid to South East Asia on their full co-operation in the the Navy Privateer, with 10 men wealth conference is that
of the Western world than it is a conference to discuss conclusion of peace, and despite He said, in obvious reference to on board, was listed as missing. ticians the French Communists, "There
The United States Air Force's have since the end of the War Just how South East Asia can be their openly expressed intention Into made to continue its old to the to renew a campaign of aggression are no laws of exception, but un- European iheadquarters called off poured some $6,250,000,000 fortunately there are men who the eight-day search, tonight, Asia and have little to show for Commonwealth by supplying against, Israel." want
to be exceptions to the law. abandoning all hope of finding it.
goods which Empire businessmen About $1,000,000,000 was sunk can
for much-needed The Board urges the Govern- Calcutta, April 10. There is, political violation when any survivors.
Another $2,200,000,- dollars.
ment "to reconsider its policy in Sardar Vallabhbhal Patel, parties proclaim themselves dif it was learned oficially that in China.
the This is why In the United a spirit of fairness to Israel, which Home Minister of India, arrived ferent from others. There is the raft found by the Beechland 900 has been invested in In Calcutta today for a five-day trade union violation when union is of the same type and registru-Korea from Insolvency and an- next month there will be experts peace with the neighbouring Arab
Southern Kingdóm delegation to of Japan and
Sydney has shown itself ready to negotiate discussion with local Government locals fight first of all for political Ministers and Congressional lead-1 aims. There is violation of naon as those used by the missingLuther $700,000,000 has gone into from the Board of Trade and the States, in the paramount desire to ers on implementing the India- tional discipline when men who Privateer. An official spokesman rehabilitation of the Philippines.
sald: "We think it is from the Pakistan communal peace pact. hold positions of responsibility plane."
purpose of Mr. proclaim their eventual refusal to The main
He added that no further Patel's visit appeared to be to serve." stir up enthusiasm for the new This was apparently in reference statement will be made until after agreement in West Bengal, where to the statement of the Atomic the raff has been examined.
Danish and Swedish vessels there is danger of indifference, Energy
which helped in the search re- due to the resignations from the Frederle Indian Government of the Ben-1 Communist
turned to their ports tonight, Congress American planes searching for gali Ministers, Shyamoparasad two weeks ago when he said no
the missing American aircraft Mookherjee and Kshitish Chan- progressive scientist would ever dra Neogy..
allow his knowledge to be used are equipped with the latest air
equipment Thousands
with photographle lined the route against the Soviet Union. taken by Mr. Patel from the air-
powerful photographic lens, port but there were only occa-
Tass sional shouts of "Jal" Hind" (victory to India.) Associated Press.
(A few smaller vessels have been loaned to the Japanese to help revive their fishing industry). -Associated Press.
PATEL'S VISIT TO CALCUTTA
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The despatch added that thu Danes do not believe the Amer-
are searching for a missing! plane but that they are holding manoeuvres and wish to scare the
Master plan
These aro-American dollars but their political, economic and so- clal effect are bound to occupy u large part of the Commonwealth discussion in Sydney next month.
Britain's post-war
expendi tures from pubila funds in South Enet Asia included grant of some 280,000,000 to Malaya and of £60,000,000 odd to Burma plus 'an unknown proportion of annual military expenditure which, 1st year reached 2760,000,000.
While the conference is trying
Danes and Swedes in this way to guess how much more can be A Tess message from Sweden spent in South East Asla, the
Treasury as well as from the solve the weighty and pressing Foreign Office and the Common-problems with which the young wealth Relations Office. They State is urgently confronted." are most certainly less Interested Reuter. in the American "master plan" than they are in recovering on and local of British
thelr old Chinese businessmen position in the restless countries. Sydney may evolve a plan but it seems unlikely to be adopted conaldera- without months of tion-United Press
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with Wiesbaden even at the pattern is to be definitely fixed new planes, valued at more moment it was in contact with an American "master plan" in than US$1,000,000,000, during Soviet fighters, but that the which Japan is to be converted the current fiscal year, with Americans, for military, strategie into the workshop of the Pacifle continued strong emphasis on anti diplomatic reasons, are for the construction of industrial heavy bombers. keeping this secret-Reuter and goods with other countrica con- Associated Press.
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The Navy said last week its plane procurement programme for the current year would pro- bably cost about $300,000,000 and involve some 700 planes.
The Air Force figures indicated continued heavy emphasis on the Consolidated Vultee B-30 super-| bombers and the beginning of a major buying programme for the Boeing B-47 six-jot bomber that flies more than 600 miles per hour
President Truman · requested, $1,350,000,000 for new Air Force und Navy ¡planes in the fiscal year 1951 but the Joint Chiefs of Staff were belleved to be about] ready to recommend at least a $500,000,000 increase
the amount United Press.
ZIKISTS BANNED IN NIGERIA
Lagos, April 16. The Nigerian Government has banned the extremo, rationalist Ziklet movement, -led by. Dr. Framdi .......... "Azikiwe. "Conclusive evidenco has been obtained," the Government statement said, "that the movement sought tos siirup hatred and malice and to pursue Feditious aims by lawlessness and Violence ATRAERENCE 20
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