CORRECT on all occasions'
VULCAIN
SWISS
MADE.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Admirable Enterprise THE
Social Welfare Officer's progresa, report qn the scheme for resettling the victims of the Tung Tau village fire makes good reading. Government has acted quickly and with admirable enterprise to afford the most needy of the dispossessed squatters, not merely temporary relief and.comfort, but permanent rehabilitation. One hundred of the and sixty three purest families, represen- Ling some 600 people, have already been resettled in
olid, well built structures; the children are receiving schooling, and the settlers are considering forming a
tion.
In effecting
this
--Today's weather: Fresh Easterly winds. · Bi;ang In exposed places. Cloudy with drizzle patches.
CHINA MAIL
No. 35147
Established 1845
TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1952.
LABOUR PARTY SPLIT:
COMPROMISE POSSIBLE
Peace-Makers Advance A · New Proposal
London, Mar. 10.
Signs of a compromise appeared tonight in the clash between the British Labour Party's leadership and its rebels led by Mr Aneurin Bevan,
Some ex-Ministers were reported to be work- ing to patch up the differences between the two sides.
The peace-makers were canvassing the idea Village Welfare Associs that the proposed pledge of Party loyalty should resettlement project Govern-be signed by all Labour Members of Parliament ment has done more than instead of only by the rebels,
see that the fire victims are provided
with
new
This, they said, would avoid placing the
Man's Ear As Exhibit In
Court
London, Mar. 10.
A man's ear was pre- zented as an exhibli, tu an úruault case here today.
Its
docker (wher. named Frederick Bunt, alleged that his car Was bliten off in an argument
bus
March 3, on when the fures were areated in London's public transport.
Aller
Buta'a
ter a melee, ear was found on the floor of the bus and was kept as evidence by the police. Another docker was to- day committed for tidal all a charge of causing Bunn "grievous bodily harın." He pleaded not guilty,--- Reuter,
dwellings, it has invested Bevanites in an undignified position which they New Blows
these unfortunates with could not accept new dignity. They
are
A pledge from the whole, following tomorrow in present- Party would amount to a revival ing an ultimatum to Mr Aneurin of the Party's former strict code | Bevan and his rebellious left- of discipline which has been suspended since the war.
wingers.
no longer squatters, living check by jowl in unhealthy and dangerous hovels. They can now reside on un ap- proved site, have been given enough money to build for This might preserve outward Mr Bevan and the 50 other Members of Parliament who. themselves-brick and harmony-at-least until the Party asbestos huts, are in due
dened their leaders by voting meets to re-plan its policy
national a
against the Government's arms conference, course to have piped water
Dat the Party's leader, Mr policy last week will be asked Inid
relieved of clament Allig, is believed still future majority decisions of the on, are
to sign a pledge not to oppose many of the fire dangers to insist on getting a promise Parliamentary Party which
threatened that Mr Bevan and his, followers the alternative daily them under the conditions would not again oppose majority
pelled. in which they previously Party decisions pain of existed,
look expulsion, can
Labour Party leaders are de forward to having their
termined to seek the backing
parliamentary † to
and
of employment of their whole
places
brought nearer to them when the resettlement scheme is finalised.
IT is, probably, too much to
expect
or
to
vociferous
that
ex-
on
Cuban Revolt Latest
Batista
Sets Up
A Govt.
or
of being
UNTIL FRIDAY
faco ex-
At
Alien Reds
Britain To Have "Very Fine Army"
London, Mar. 10.
The War Secretary, Mr Anthony Head, today asked the House of Commons to approve Army Estimates totalling £491,500,000 for the coming year and a all strength of 555,000 of ranks for a "very fine army", one with the mak- ings of the best army Bri- tain has ever had,
Mr Head, in moving the Estimaes, said that of all active formations now in the Army no less than 35 per cent were engaged in what amounted to netive operations.
Since the .cold war began, they had suffered casualties of 4,000 killed, wounded and taken prisoner of war.
In Malaya, Egypt, Koren and elsewhere, in trying and difficult
US Court Rulings conditions, the Army had carried.
on with efficiency, determination and cheerfulness.
Washington, Mar. 10.
Between them, the regular The Supreme Court de-soldier and the national service- cided by 5-4 on Monday that man had fused to combine intu alien Communists facing | 3. very fine army "In my deportation may be held opinion it has the makings of the They will have until Friday without bail if the Attorney: bast army wo have ever had." General finds they might imperil the nation's sceur; ity.
Sheir Bhất give
- answer, Dources close lo the leaders said tonight.
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Labour "Shadow Cabinet" and the rebels were holding parale meetings to night to prepare their case for tomorrow's gathering.
Some Parliamentarians hought that Mr Bevan could sign such an undertaking without contradicting his state ment last night that he could pot.."recont,"
If so he might carry on the Aght for his view through the national conference DI the | Labour Parly which the crisis may cause to be brought forward from October.
their sympathisers in the hinter- land to appreciate what has already been accomplished for the Tung Tau squatters,
acknowledge these people, thanks to the initiative of the Hongkong Government and the ready co-operation of a number of voluntury social organisa- tions in the Colony, are being given the opportunity
Havana, Mar. 10. of living under conditions
General Fulgencio Batista far superior, to any they
Many Labour rankers feel that have previously
announced tonight the or- it would be for the Party's perienced. The practical ganisation of a provisional ultimate good if the leading uld given them, however, government after seizing rebels were outalde, but they cannot be denied, any more control of the capital.
realise that it might cost the Party the next election. than it can be hidden. The
Earlier, General Batista was Parliamentary sources estimate realities of the resettlement reported 10 be planning to that not more than 25 out of the project and the obvious dissolve the then existing 57 rebels would refuse to sign satisfaction of the squatters government and suspend con- the required pledge. But they
their new living stutional guarantee for
45 agreed that the secession of 25 conditions provide the best days, leaving the army and would cause grave damage to the
police in control of Party. national and most enduring answer
the country. and to falsc
belittling
Some Members of Parliament propaganda.
General Batista had rebelled have returned here after the against
President Carlos Prio week-end reflecting the anxiety Soccurras and he alleged to- of their local supporters to es night that the government | that an extreme course is which he had toppled had be avoided.
.over
THE
Unedifying
presi-
a collection of political
heclers." He "ward
asserted THE Invective and insults that Prio himself had planned
which the Communist coup to rolso do the negotiators at Pan Mun Jom dency his political heir, former are now directing against President Carlos Hevia. the United Nationa is the measure of the weakness of
man"
The Cuban strong wan control of the capitat
SOME SYMPATHY
They said that there was some sympathy for Mr Bevan's dilem-
ma in being asked to vote for a defence programme on ¤ scale against which he last year re- signed from the Labour
their position. It is all too without a struggle and almost Cabinet in protest.
firing a shot.
now
without
to the
ADDRESSES TROOPS
holdere,
These in-
In a separate earlier opinion, the tribunal ruled 6-2 thut alien Reds
may be deported solely on the grounds of past membership in the Communist party.
Justice Reed delivered the court's opinion on the ball case involving four persons arrested in California and ordered held in custody pending the outcome deportation proceedings against them.
of
DONE THEIR DUTY Mr Head added, amid cheers: "These men of the Beltish Army, many of them parted from their wives and children, many of them conscripted against their wishes, many of them in danger and discomfort all over the world, have done their duty in o way which deserves the ad- gratitude of the miration and whole of this House."
Mr Head, referring to the need for a subotantial number of regulars, sald, the resuits of the short gervice engage- ment of three years had been Justice Reed
but spoke for encouraging.
not enough, court majority consisting of and he would shortly propose, himself, Justices Jackson, Clark in the form of an amendment and Minton,
to the Army Act, a term of
a enlistment whereby Frankfurter,could join the Aimy
for 22 wrote dis-years.
Justices Douglas, Black and Burton senting opinions.
Justice Reed's opined that refusal to
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Socialists Control Fate Of Pinay's Cabinet
Paris, Mar. 10.
The fate of M. Antoine Pinay's new Cabinet before the National Assembly tomorrow depends largely on the Socialists, political observers considered tonight.
They recalled that the Premier's investiture by a margin of 11 votes was assured by the votes of 27 Gaul lists despite the group's decision to abstain and by the solid front presented by the coalition parties.
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BUTLER'S BUDGET
A Nation Waits For Bad News
London, Mar. 10. Britain will be tomorrow
faced
with the most critical and probably the most unpleasant financal budget in her history,
Throughout the nation tonight there was gloomy speculation on the effect that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Richard Butler's proposals will have on 'the lives of everyone.
Signs were that few. pockets will escape being heavily hit.
But Mr Butler, in presenting his first budgel to Parliament, has #
than fore- a bigger worry going the popularity
of his
fellow countrymen. His task is nothing less than to restore world confidence in Sterling.
For this supreme purpose the quality
of his budget and Its Impact
on the world may be
more important than Its figures. Above all, people here and in foreign countries are waiting to see what he does to restore in- centlyes 10 British producers and whether ho will cut the sub- sidies which for years have kept Britain's food prices down.
NOT SUFFICIENT When Mr Butler opens the budget tomorrow 11 may well show a surplus, without any changes in taxation,-of-£400,--- 500,000 or more,
Now taxes imposed a year ago will produre about £250,- 000,000 of (extra revenue in the coming year.
But this in itself is not enough to revive confidence in the Ster-
Lug
Financial experts here placed no credence in rumours that the budget would Include dome change in Sterling exchange rates, They said that this was Just what the budget was designed to avoid.
Another week-ent- dayclop- ment, Australia's drastic Import cuts, means another complicaflon. Those cuts will certainly cause some unemployment in Britain:
There is a fear that the bleed- ing away of the Sterling Area's gold and dollar reserves has not yet been checked. If it continues at the rate of the last quarter, the reserves would be exhausted by September-Reuter,
TRAWLER STRIKE
OVER 3 FISH
North Shields, Mar, 10,- Abo 250 trawlermen struck Tomorrow, M. Pinay mus! He condemned the Cabinet
here foday over three fish. For expect defections from both these of Conservative Premier An- groups for these reasons:
tome Pinay, which goes before years owners have given them three flat fish and six haddock 1-His retention of Foreign Parliament
approval on Minister Robert Schuman, which Tuesday, as just the same old cach for a "fish-fry" at the end
of a catch: was the price of Popular Rc inter-party team.
Today' men of 25 trawlers re- publican (MRP) participation in
The way to cave' the cuntry, fused to sail unless they were the Government. Many of the
·The owners rebels belitve
he said, is for the best men to given six fiat fish. that M. Gaullist
the Schuman has ceded too much of rally around him and form a say that negotiations with
true "government of National men's union were in progreES. France's
independence in
in the
Union,Associated Press.
Reuter. Many European army. Army until 55trapped
of M. Pinay's own Moderate Conservatives and many Radicals consider.M. Schuman too Jentent to North African nationalism,
3-The smaller Cabinet, with only 22 Ministers and Secretaries of State appointed, has dis- appointed many would-be Ministers,,
WORRIED
man would not only be majority offered an opportunity to join grant ball | in specific cases "is not arbitrary the Army for 22 years, but any man who did so could leave of abuse
Intervals at
three yearly
After throughout his service. power.""
22 years, providing his conduct had been good, remain in the years of age.
involved case The earlier
"In future
there will be no three aliens ordered deported man in the Army who has because of past membership in binding commitment beyond the Communist party,
three years,"
But Justice Blacks, dissenting, called the ruling "a shoelding disregard" of guarantees of the Bill of Rights.
The court majority sold a declared. nation must not be deprived of a weapon of defence and re- prisals, Associated Press,
IS STALIN ILL?
a man could
+
Mr
Hend
PROSPECTS
A man could join the Army at 18 and if he showed ability he would be a corporal by 24 and a sergeant by 29.
If he married early and ob- tained those promotions by the time he was 24, he could be earning £8 a week, and by the lime he was 29 £10 a week,
3.-Right-wing members the coalition parties are worried because M. Pinay has promised to pursue the sliding seado wage scheme and fear that he might back price control measures.
4.-On
the
measures
the other hand,
•
of his
Of the 57 dissident Members clear that they have no
The first challenge
of Parliament pro reasonable or constructive
probably about the Cuban 25 support Mr Bevan on all ma- revolt came when
Popular Republicans fear that proposals to advance. They Air Transport Workers Union
M. Pinay's economic policy will have become frustrated by ordered its men to walk out of political Issues,
If he served 22 years and was be too rightist and have, refused their own ineptness and their jobs at the Great Rancho clude Mr Harold Wilson, form- er Trade Minister, and Mr
Paris, Mar. 10.
a sergeant, he would
earn a posts with ceonomic reapon- hardly
the Boyeros International Airport in John Freemand rate
£2 and a tax-free sibility. Junior Minister The Conservative news-pension of nomenclature of "negotia- protest.
who both
with Mi paper, Le Monde, comment terminal grant of £200, and it
Thus, M: Pinay can hardly tora." They may, of course,
Bevan over the defence Issue.
rally the 324 votes that invested was promoted Warrant Omeer, Three more Mr Ian Mcaring on Stalin's absence from he stayed until he was 65 and
him. But if the 108 Socialista, merely be testing the
Mrs the recent Budget session of which he might well be, he who then voted against him, to- patience and tempers of the General Batista's first move do, Mr Tom Drlberg and
members the Supreme Soviet, aald would have a pension of £6 and morrow abstain, M. Pinay may UN delegates, hoping they was to go to the great camp Barbara Cantloare
well outside
secure Havana, of the Party's National Exou- today that he was either illa terminat grant of £200. will lure Admiral Libby or Columbia
epproval for the tive on which Mr Bevan hin- or absent from Moscow. It had been decided to climi- Cabinet, one of his associates into general headquarters
string self also
nate compulsory retention, of sits.
The Socialists matter of polley. they dislike the policies he out- may state that an indiscreet observation army and its national
columnists Two well-known
"Stalin's striking absence can regulars as a that will give them an
chher From September 1953 no regular lined but will judge him on the tho "strang man" and writers and Mr Michael
have only two reasons: excuso of: breaking off the addressed the troops and
would be compulsorily retained Bald Foot support Mr Bevan.. he is in the Kremlin after his period of service had
res themselves. Pan Mun Jom meetings. If that he was taking over be- The
others' include various his dectors forhude him to expired.
The Premier la not obliged of such be their childish notion cause Caba had lest confidence left-wingers,
RESERVE ARMY to the nearby Assembly Hall,
under the Constitution to sub- Iwould not back. Mr Bevan
mit
'for absent from or 'ho they are certainly wasting in the Government.
la again
his Cabinet
the The move followed a wave of other issues, and their own time and denying
| Assembly's a Moscow.
approval, and, thero- pacifists, their own intelligence. If assassinations in recent weeks.
The new Police chief, Colonel But though Mr Bevan's
con- M. Andre Pierre, Merel
fore, he does not need an ab- golute
majority of votes. the Communists wish to Rafael Salas,
told the United vinced adherents probably re-ruler of Le Monde and one of
General Charles de Gaulle braake off negotiations they
present less than 10 per cent the leading French experts, on have only to any нo. On the res, tonight that the armed the Parliamentary. Party- thếy, the Soviet Union, recalling that was' Blling up, however, thero made it clear, today that neither
forces of the Republie was
he not his French Feople's Rally other hand, if they desire responsible for the coup d'etat are believed to be relatively Marshal Stalin
attended Jast Was very urgent need for volun- would participate in the Govern
teers in the Territorial Army,' | Wo "the progress towards an armle and that they went to General much stronger among the indivi- year's Budget session. of especially for senior NCO's ment party regime. Any Gaul-
dual members of the Party. Supreme Soviet, ald: Stalin
Dealing with Colonial troops, list deputy joining the govern have to change their pre- the Republic drom chaos."
Mr. Head Fold It planned to ment would not belong to his. which Parliament, sent tone, and show some The General, who has always 0,000,000-strong Trades Unionat signs of being practicable been clest to the hour of respon-Congress is hosille to Mr Boyan place in the Kremlin a few two new batt pekte ference.--Reuter."
from his ̈*: personal The Malay Regiment had and reasonable, Their sibility, then took charge," the as are the trade union leadera yards
who sit on the Labour Party's residence. It is the sole occasion raised Beth battalion and current behaviour at the Police chief added
General: Quirino Uria, former Executive - but Me Bevan has of the year, when he can show was now-mizing a sixth, wrote conference" tablois: nny-chlaf of the national police, is many sympathisers, among the himself, to, tlso deputies and Two new battalions had also thing but edifying, - and { now Chief-of-Blaff of the Cuban rank and Als of trade unionists, receive their warm "ovations"-" buen raised in East . 'Africa,--
Reuter, athloves precisely nothing Army-United Proxz,
Reuter
of
some
whom
on
about
10
Mr Head told the House that the Reserva Army, was 'filling up, and should soon reach Its full strength.
Now that the Reserve. Amy
tice to be made, they", will | Batisia and asked him to "eave Most of the leadership of the never misses this official ses two new battallons in the party, ho, said, at
news conm
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Ka"Paris, 'Mar.,10,) General de Gaulle “Lonight declared that the new French Cabinet will be unable to save France,
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