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Political Crisis In Holland
Petards Thrown
In Madrid
Madrid. Feb, 26. University students in Barcelona, continuing their rioting against increased
titres tram fares, today
Die streets,— polards into
made Tho.. palloo arresta
The University
were
The Hague, Feb. 20. Queen Juliana of the Nether- lands renewed her efforts today to end the five-month-old Dutch „Cabinet crisis after negotiations broke down over the week-end-
She called Party leaders in an effort to find a basts for a coalition govern- ment to end the crisis, began when The Promler, Dr Willem Drees. handed in his Cabinet's resigna- tlon in the dispute over Western New Guinea and Indonesia.
Inax In Parliamentary
which Socialist
build.
· closed-today-
LIB- and all classes were pended. The police belleva that the
riots were ganised by people outside the University-Reuter.
or-
Political sources said that, Treason Sentence
Bince
the failure of the Catholle leader, Maximilica P. L. Steen-, berghe, to form 3 government last week, the Queen had talker with leaders of both Houses of Parliament but as the talks neared Ther-end-today-sho. had announced no choice for the premier designate.
It was believed she would choose another Catholle leader, possibly the Parliamentary chief, Karul Homme-United Press.
A British
Flexible,
To Stand
Washington, Feb, 20. The Supreme Court today re- fused to review the treason conviction of Robert Best, a for- mer newsman, who was ten- tenced to life imprisonment for his wartime broadcasts over the Nazi radio,—United Press,
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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY: M; 1951-
Churchill
KING'S MAJESTIC
TRIES TO KING'S · Returns
To The Attack In
Battle Of Atlantic
London, Feb. 26.
REALISE
HITLER'S
DREAM
London, Feb. 26. Military, authorities here "Now shots were fired today in the now battle of the say they believe the Rus Atlantic," started by the appointment of an American Admiral¦¦sians are trying to realise Adolf Hitler's dream and as the Supreme Commander of the Atlantic Pact naval. forces.
build a submarine that. The Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, after can bombard New York. considering vigorous protests, told the House of Hitler, backed by His Gostapo Commons that the British Government still sup-chief, Heinrich Himmler, wanted ported the choice of an American..
Heligoland "Invaders" Captured
Hamburg, Feb. 26.
seven
|a super-submarine built with a platform for launching V-7 typo rocketa as part of the He tried to calm the troubled waters stirred vengeance weapon" programime up by Mr Winston Churchill, the Opposition that blitzed London with super-
sonic rockets and flying bombs. leader, on this matter last week by announcing that a British Admiral would be in sole command discovered that such a weapon of all naval operations in British liome waters.
de-
After the war, Allied planners
City
was being considered by Ger- Two British officers and
man naval experts with one 14 German police today re- But the American-Admiral Attlee sald the appointment of main target in view to drop
Willam Fechteler—would be a Communist moved
Supreme Commander in the rockets into New York in overall command.
Mediterranean has still to be while lying off the coast. "invaders" from the North
-Mr Churchill said he would considered. Britain harsolt
new statement by would control the allocation of engineers familiar Sea Island of Heligoland, study the
Reliable sources now belleve the Prime Minister-but might her merchant fleet.
with those where they had landed on
And it necessary to force a
German plans are among the Friday.
batc.
Questioned whether the name German rocket and submarine It looked at this point as it of a British Admiral had ever experts helping Russin's ат- the battle had been broken off
for thebitious submarine programme. for the time being. But then Mr Churchill's chief lieutenant, Mr Anthony Eden, raised the deelde practice question of who would
on the movements of warships In the Atlantic.
The Communists were all that remained of a party of 20 who sailed to the former U-boat base to protest against the Allled use
the lainnd for of bombing.
A representative of the Free German Youth Movement, to which they belonged, alleged here earlier today that they were machine-guined by an unitientified bomber on Friday.
He tokt reporters that soon after his arrival, the bomber had frst dropped six bombs from 10.000 feet altitude. Thero were no casualties.
Mr Alice said he Qiught it was "quite essential" that the Atlantic Supreme Commander would have power to transfer forces from one Atlantic aren to another.
This brought Mr Churchill. salling back into the attack. "Nothing Ilke that ever existed, în - the late war and never could have been *ccepted.
been
forward put Supreme Command, Mr Atüles said that the principle was de- cided before individual names were proposed, Reuter.
Pleven Expected To Go
Also, they sald, recent_dis- closures that the Russians have developed
apparatus for taunching radio-directed, guided missiles from battleships has Jarred
Western experts Into realising that the Russians may be further ahead on their seaborne guided missile pro- gramme than was realised,
'Military sources said sub- marines equipped with rocket launching platforms would bej the "logical tactient
answer
to American air superiority. United Press.
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"Paris, Feb. 26. "Our life depends upon the The Royal Air Force Head- maintenance of our
sca Black pessimism about quarters in Germany announced approaches, whereas, though the French Government's today that a British bomber the United States may suffer a bombed and strated the island great deal her life is in fact not electoral reform.debate tó prsopects, of... surviving • the On Friday, about 2.00 p.m. so affected," ho declared. GMT. I added that the crow Mr Attlee said that the forces be resumed tomorrow after- of the plane, which
took off at sea under the Atlantic Pact noon characterised Minis-17, Hankow Rd.- Kowloon from an airbase in the British would not be an exclusive Bri-ters of..all parties as they Isles, reported on its return that tish fleet in
the Western left they had seen nobody on the Atlantic or an exclusive fleet in
a four-hour Cabinet island,
the Eastern Atlantic.
meeting presided over by the Prime Minister, Rene Pleven, tonight.
Britain told West Germany today that she would give up Heligoland as a bombing target by March, 1952, an official an nouncement said here today,
TWO AREAS
These matters were under the general direction of the Standing Group of the Atlantic The former German island Pact and it was proposed to fortress and North Sea sub-ve power to the Supreme marine base has been a practice | Commander, target for British and "Ameri- heavy bombers since
сип
end of the war.
A heavy força
the
pulverised the island in one of the last
raids of the war and since then It has been uninhabited.
be
M.
the
No agreement was reachedi;:it Radicals who insist on a two- was learned, between poll voting system and the Popular Republicans. who in- The area
sist on a single ballot. which would
"dose of Asked whether under the Supreme Commander penicillin could still save would be the North
the Atlantic Government", the Minister of Ocean, excluding the Mediter-Stale, M. Paul Giaccabi. in rancan, and British and Euro charge of the Electoral Reform pean coastal waters.
Bill, told reporters after the "It would North Atlantic would be spilt Cabinet meeting,
have to be a lot of penicillin". into an eastern and western
M. Albert Gozier, Minister of arca. The castern-the most Information, said vital for Britain would be un-Cabinet had reached no agree- that the der the command of the Bri-
Mr Atce sald
The Federal Chancellor, Drink Konard Adenauer, promised herca would co-operate in Anding on alternative target site and in preventing
Ush demonstrations ca
the island-Reuter.
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the
Commander-in-Chief ment about what attitude to take about the controversial clauses In time of war,
of the Electoral Reform Bill i ho would command_noi_only_British for HAD FADE
the Assembly tomorrow voted in
decision
not to
on whether or not to
ces but also those of America favour-of-debating this bill, The and other Atlantic Pact coun- debate the bill has been made a iries stationed in the area.
The last war had shown that matter of confidence by the
Government
but Д vote in it was important to have an
overall Supreme Commander in favour of the Government would the North Atlantic.
It
to the
bill's
commit nobody com WAG
one battlefield
in provisions. which the mobile threat of the
A full Council of Ministers, submarine must be matched presided over by the President
of by a flexible defence system.
the Republic, M. Vincent There must be a quick re-Auriol, wil meet LOIDOTTOW dispositioning of forces to meet morning to Heliberate once more the shifting threat.
of the
MATTER OF SIZE
on the issue.
Should the Cabinet be unable to decide to take · sides for or
or
In considering the nationality against the two-poll system, the the Supreme Commander, Popular Republicans the Government had had
Radicals may declare that it is consider the relative sizes and not worth opening the debate on potential reserves of the navies the
to
Government bill and the
well
and air forces of the various Government might very Atlantic Powers.
fall tomorrow aftemoon-Reu-
Despite Britain's great naval ter. traditions, she could not alone
undertake the defence of
North Atlantic.
the
Mr Altice added: . "The Government are satisfied that in of War tho proposed arrangements will ensure both the defence of these jalands and the fullest participation of all the North Atlantic powers over the whole of the North Atlantic Ocean."
Cultural Centre Closes Down
Prague, Feb. 28. The French Institute in Pra-
gue, a teaching and cultural centre which includes a lending has library of French books,
In peace no British ships or closed its doors." planes would be put under the An announcement in French Supreme Commander — except and Czech posted outside th for periods of combined train-Institute's doors this afternoon, ing which would be necessary. said: "The Instituto is closed Answering questions, Mr until further notice."-Router.
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