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Future Of Trieste
THE future of Trieste
THE
the degree and extent of overeignty over the terri- tory to be apportioned 10 Italy and Yugoslavín ha4) long been 24 tedious and h tortuous subject. But seltle- ment of the problem is now beginning to assume a sense of urgency. To the Italian
way of thinking there has already been far too much procrastination ·---- · they find it difficult to understand why their
claims, which they consider legitimate beyond dispute. should not immediately be fully satisfied. Yugoslavia. on the other hand, regards nny attempt by Britain and the United Stutes to grant Italy any sovereign administrative
or
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Attempt To Kill Fastest In Trieste: Gasperi &
German-Israeli Talks Delegate
RECEIVES EXPLOSIVE
PARCEL BY POST
Bonn, Apr. 1.
The leader of the German delegation to the German-Israeli talks
in the Hague, Holland, received a package loaded with 40 grams of explo- sive on Monday night, it was revealed today.
Inside the parcel was a paper signed by the "Organisation of Jew-
ish Partisans."
The jitters spread through German officialdom following the dis- closure of a second bomb assassination attempt against a high official in five days. The package was carefully, opened and safely dismantled.
Euch
rights as an net of bnd faith. The existing CONT!- plicated situation, amount- ing almost to an impasse,
The same Jowish organisation's name was signed to a letter received in has been created by Paris newspaper offices yesterday, claiming that the abortive parcel bomb at- variety of circumstances. tempt against the Chancellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer, five days ago was "revenge" Firstly, as long ago as 1948, for Hitler's atrocities against the Jews. America and Britain de- clared they would "recom-
Responsible Jewish leaders in nothing to mond the return of the Germany, France and Switzer-criminal means." Free Territory of
land disclaimed knowledge of Trieste
the self-styled terrorist group. to Italian sovereignty."
Some German officials said they without ever being in a
believed the bombs might have position to make good that been sent by some anti-Semitic
commendation. The agony some art
group. suranee, however, quite A full investigation of both naturally led Haly to x- plots by the Federal police was tary. Dr
do with
Dr Adenauer today received members of the Directorate of the Central Council of Jews in Germany. who include Leopold
and Leonhard Julius Dreyfuss
General Secre- Boer and the
Damm.
The
Butler And
Goldschmidt, Heinz Galinsky, Trade Union
Von
pect sympathetic netion under way today. A reward of Jewish representatives expressed Chiefs Talk
15,000 marks
to offered Was
"deepest
They
regrets" concerning
also discussed social
The small explosive Pego- and political conditions' of Jews
an in Germany. Dr Adenauer ex-
satisfaction
Press.
the
that
Central Council
Germany had found a representative. United
along the lines indicated, se finder of the man or group the attempted Gssassination of and she has one cause
who tried to kul the Chanector. Dr Adenauer, for complaint that the re! commendation bas not, as received by the German yel, been implemented. The tion in the Hague bore Italians also find reason for Amsterdam postmark with a 15-pressed the cent Dutch stamp and was deli-through resentment
vered by the Dutch postal syrten Jews in knowledge that while they to the passport section of the unifled
subjected 10 Allied German Embossy in the Hague. control in Zane A of: The package was forwarded to Trieste, the Yugoslavs have the hotel where the Secretary- assumed virtually full ad- General of the delegation, Abra- ministrative rights ever ham Forwein, was packing his bugs. According to a Foreign Zone 3, and, as one obser, office spokesman, Forwein ezre- ver has declared, "govern it fully opened the paper packet, as if it were in fact a Free which appeared to be a large Territory in which Slovenes envelope, and investigated the
contents. and Italians have equal rights."
MR
All-
STRING TRIGGER When he saw the words "Or on the paper inside, he called the police.
Kanisation of Jewish Partisans"
Things Over
London, Apr. 1.
Mr Richard Butler, Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, to day met eight powerful. labour union leaders to try to persuade them that his
ANOTHER recent budget which they
A-BOMB TEST
have condemned is the best for the British worker.
Las Vegas, Apr. 1. The United States Atomic Energy Commission
an-
The delegation, representing the 8,000,000 streng Trades Union Congress, was informally invited by Mr Butler to come along No. 11 Downing Street to talk things over..
Last week's TUC statement,
IR Eden, it is now
nounced, is armed with
nounced that today's alemic which said that the budget was firm proposals to submit to
test was of a bomb dropped unjust, formed the basis for to- the Anglo-American-Italian! The packet, with a string as from a United States Air day's discussion. conferences to be held this trigger, contained 40 grams of Force planc, presumably a
Union leaders complain that explosive powder in a week on the question of white
heavy the budget, particularly the Trieste.
British cylinder. The Dutch police said four-engined B-29
which it might have injured or killed a bomber,
had been £160,000,000 cut in food Government, apparently, de- number of perrons.
seen earlier flying at per- subsidies, benefitted the com- sires to restrict both, dis-
Top police authorities in the haps 12,000 feet.
paratively wealthy middle class cussion or action to Zone Hague immediately took over
at the expense of lower pald A, thereby avoiding, ne fur the investigation.
workers.
The
the be false.
problem without
A correspondent, who watch-
their participation: where teken extensive precautionary said. It did not appear as large the seriousness of the economic
fore, whatever
are
World
Here is a picture of the famous P-1067 fighter, named as the Hawker Hunter. Since its existence was Arst announced
a tremendous im Just July the new machine has created pression. It was, designed by Sydney Camm of Hurricane fame, and has been ordered off the drawing board, in quantity. by the RAF. It has been announced that super-priority has been given to the production of the "Hunter" and the Super- marine Swift, both of which are superior to the much vaunted Russian MIG-15 The Hawker Hunter has been described by experts as the "Fastest fighter in the world."London Express.
State Dept Repudiates Formosa Statement By Navy Secretary
Eden Appeal
To Tito
London, Apr. 1.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, to- day appealed to Yugoslavia to relent on the long- delayed Trieste problem and co-operate toward a settlement through direct negotiations with Italy.
In a lengthy conference with the Yugoslav Ambassador, Mr Joself Brilej, Mr Eden tried to allay Marshal Josef Tito's fears that the forth- coming three-power conference in London might prejudice the final status of Trieste.
that
Mr Brilej, returning from! Mr De Gasperi said exchanges consultations in Belgrade, con-were in progress bolween the voyed Marshat Tito's warning three lowers and Yugoslavia the West might lose and Italy when rioting brake
in Yugoslavia's goodwill and co-out the Anglo-American operation if it were to make Zone or Trieste 10 days ago and important concessions to Italy spread to the rest of Italy, res on the Trieste issue.
sulting in some 300 people be Mr Eden told the Ambas-ing injured.
sador that the tolka between
tho
Italy and the Anglo-American These incidents arising from powers, which stort here on demonstrations staged to dow Thursday would attempt only mand the return of the whole to give Italy a great share in Tylesiz Territory to Icly gave administration of Zone A rise to the proposal to seek en of Trieste, now
now governed by immediate improvement in the Britain and the United States. administration of the Anglo- Yugoslavia controls Zone B. American Zons et Tilesle, Mr
He said the talks would not De Gasperi said. seek to anticipate or prejudge the status of Tricate, which Bri- tain considers should be settled
by
Italy
Yugoslavia. and
Mr De Gasperi insisted that the three-Power talks in Lon den next Thursday were de- signed solely to find ways of ns-
Mr Eden today also conferred suciating. Italy more closely in with General. Sir John Winter-the administration of the Anglo- ton, head of the Allied Military American Zone. Government in Trieste.-United Press.
CONCILIATORY
Rome, Apr. 1.- The Italian Prime Mr Alcide de Gasperi, today
Minister
appealed to Marshal Tito to make is new attempt at agree- ment on Trieste.
He said, "We have not lost aight of the necessity of a solu- tion for the whole of the Trieste Territory.
In taking part in the London talks we are anxious avaid even the appearance of abandoning the Zone occupied by Yugoslavia,
Lo
Mr De Gispert declared that he would not reply in detail to
Speaking in the Senate, Mr Marshal Tito's speech "because De Gasperi replied in a bland I do not want to poison the and conciliatory tone to Marshal atmosphere beyond redemption." Tilo's attack on the forthcoming London talics on Trieste between {.
NO BASIS
Italy, Britain end America He added that in reality yesterday,
direct negotiations between
and Yugoslavia on Mr De Gasperi said, "To the Italy. angry out-pourings of the Mar-settlement of the Trieste ques- shal I can respond with the tion had never taken place bo-
cause preliminary soundings.. calmness and the self-possession Washington, Apr. 1.
offered no basis for more con- The State Department said today that the Navy of one who knows that he is in
erete dealings, the right: let us seek concilia- Secretary Dan Kimball's statement that the United tion. States Navy would "stand on the sidelines and cheer" any Chinese Nationalist attempt to invade the Com- munist mainland from Formosa
policy officials here and did not represent the attitude of the American Government,
we ask
The Italian delegation to the "As far as we are concerned London talks left Rome today by nothing that would train accompanied by the Italian was not cleared with humiliate you, nothing that be
Ambassado: 49 Britain, Mr Manlio Brosio, who had returned longs to you, nothing that could to Rome for one day of consulta- prejudice friendly collaboration tions with Mr De Gasperi who is The spokesman of the State Department, Mr Michael Between two peoples destined to also the Italian Foreign Minister.
live cheek by jowl.” McDermott, said that American policy remained the same as
Both extremes of the Italian Mr De Gasper! added that af on June 27, 1950, when President Truman laid down the the February NATO meeting in political line-up, using news- order for the United States Seventh Fleet to "neutralise" | Lisbon, Britain, America and papers, wall-posters and every Formosa.
France recognised that direct other means of propaganda, were negotiations between Italy and claiming that the London talks "destined to amounted to Italian abandon- shipwreck unicss they interment of the Yugoslav-occupied vened."
zone of Trieste.-Reuter
as possible, any prompting The letter-parcel bore en uded the explosion from a smal!
The statement warned Mr of ill-feeling on the part dress in French "to the leader plane only 15 miles away, sald
that the explosion was made Butler. that his measures for of Yugoslavia. The Yugo of the German delegation" and
over Frenchman Fiat, scene of solving the economic -crisis bound was posted from Amsterdum the first atomic experiments in would result slava, however, are
in rising living The Amsterdam address men- Nevada last year. to view with suspicion any tioned on the parcel appeared to
The order was designed to which he discussed a "preven-Yugoslavia were prevent either costs leading to a widespread
a Nationalist tive war."- The detonation occurred at a demand for higher wages. kitempt io settle
attack on the Red-held mainland
The authorities here also ex- perhaps about low elevation, Trieste
or a Chinese Communist assault The Dutch authorities have
While the TUC appreciates feet, the correspondent
on Formosa.
pressed-concern 10,000
over possible practical measures
The President said that he took effects of Mr Kimball's remarle to guarantee the as most of the seven
weapons crisis, it charges that the Con-
truce negotia- plans this action to prevent any add-on the Korean
tions. achievements result from safety of conference delegates. tested inst autumn but in two servative Government's
tional conflict in Asia until the the London conversations, The Castle Oud Wassenaar minutes a rust-coloured semi- for meeting the situation
Korca war is settled.
As for Mr Kimball's opinion, Mr McDermott said he under-the United States should con- Hotel, where delegates are stay-mushroom cloud had formed contrary to Labour's policy of they will almost certainly
full employment and economic is in the quiet and gather of Ing.
stood that Kimball "was speaking tinue to protect Formosa the animosity arouse
The correspondent remarked stability.
his own personal view and 1 am matter what happens.” Yugoslavia. Mr Eden, it is remote Hague suburb of Was about 11,000 feet.
senaur and 13 guarded per- that the most surprising thing Today's meeting was one of a
sure that he was not expressing authorities has Mr Butler'
pointed that reported, proposes to offer
two uniformed was the total absence of any
series which
United States policy." manently by Italy "more volce in the ad policemen and three to
Truman told a news conference Ave shock after the explosion,
keep in No Inaugurated to
it on August 31, 1050, that the of Zone A." plainclothes men.
touch ministration
'opinion sound was heard either,
with
would not be necessary to keep The occupants
the Seventh Fleet this means
All letters to the German de-
of the small British labour. Just what
lenders Labour
in Formosa Left-wing practical terms remains to legation are carefully checked.plane had braced themselves for
good knocking about two chorge that the informal meet
Straits if and when the Korean war was seliled, United be seen, but there aeems to Dutch rentier posts have been a told
to be on the loukout to pre- minutes after they saw
the Ings are a Conservative guise
Press, be no sound reason why, at t
vent the
to woo the unions away from the this time, the Allies should elements" into Holland.
entrance of "suspect burst but none dame.
It was conjectured think this Labour Party of Mr Clement main strength to the smaller Attlee, whose The German Jewish Socialist could be laid not hand over the whole of Zone A, including the town Deputy in the Bonn Parlia-size of the weapon being tested. lies in union backing.
There Wero no troops nor and port of Trieste, to ment, Jakob Allmeir, who is a Italian administration. In specialist in the Hague negotia animals participating in today's tions, said here tonight that est, the Atomie Energy Com-
mission said.--Reuter, of
in
Railway Disaster
close
of
In
Reuter.
Lighthouse Menace
the narrow
NOT CLEARED
to questioning response Mr McDermott said that Kim-
ball's statements in Tokyo and
Formosa were not cleared with the State Department.
He added, "We support only what the President said in 1930. Anything to the contrars we do not support."
the
..
Nation-Wide
*me
The Mr
Strike Threat
one
Mr. McDermott said that State Department was making. this way the two zones Nahum Goldman, President
no effort to contact Kimball on would be on equal footing, the World Jewish Congress and
statements regarding Formosa, the Italians being respon chlof Jewish negotiator in the
Nor had the State Department raised, sible for one and the Yogo-Hague, had received Threaten-
any objections to the Vienna, Apr. 1.
Washington, Apr. 1. letters" slava the other. The pro- ing
from alleged
s.atements with the Navy here, Nine peoplo, were killed in a
Amerien faces a probable terrorist groups
he said. position also encourages the Jawish
be railway collision in Bohemia on and cause he is sitting at the came Sunday,
Other Administration officials nation-wide steel strike Lisbon Apr. 1. Radio Prague of Italy prospect
week from today... lable as Germans,
nounced tonight..
Rescue workers freeing trap-expressed murprise and concern Yugoslavia, loft face to face
EXPRES6 REGRETS
The Director of Price Stabili Thirty other people were ped casualties from a wrecked at Mr Kimball's remark. in auch conditions, being
The White House had no imsation, Mr Ellis Amall, sald to- more readily agreeable to the work
He said the bomb pista were seriously injured and five suffer-train were today ordered away,
of Giballa, mediate comment on Mr Kim-day, after conferring with the of Jewish or other ed light injuries.
The lighthouse reaching a firm agreomont terrorist's, but "in any
that President of United States Steel, case Five train conductors were near the mouth of the Tagus, ball's statement except as to their respective rights one could be certain the mass: arrested for investigation-Reu-threatened to crash down on President Truman's directive Mr Benjamin Fairless, that he of land where to the Seventh Fleet still stands, feared there would be a strike the Jewish people have | ter. of
There was no immediate in-
on April 8. they were wome
They are now trying to hold dication whether Mr. Kimbali
"I hope for the best but r the lighthouse up by lashing it would be reprimanded for the
fear the worst," Mr Arnall told with a cable to an enormous remark,
General MacArthur got him-
reporters. pine tree but if the lighthouse
It misy drag with it the self into hot water with the
The 050,000 members of the,
have mnin road from Estoril to White House In August, 1950, Steelworkers Union
a week from to- Lisbon which runs alongside the for statements touching on the strike set for
policy. Mr Truman dair Fairless conferred with Me Formosa river...
An improvised lighthouse is directed him to withdraw bla
statement to the Veterans of Arnall about the prospects: of being set up to guide shipping.
the Government allowing tho Ten died and 40 other people Foreign Wars convention
The Administration also took price of steel to increase to off- were hurt, yesterday when rocks smashed down on a train ro- exception at one time to a Bose set wage raises recommended by Unlied turning to Lisbon from Tagus ton speech by the then Navy the Wage Stabilisation Board
resorts.Reuter.
Secretary, Francis Matthews in Reuter.
in the territory.
Rhine Rises Dangerously
Bonn, Apr. 1.
The Rhine River is near the flood stage today and is still rising as the Water Police ordered all ships to anchor."
3 ft. 8 ina. higher than on
With the river up to 22ft. 10ins. at Coblenz Saturday river-side streets are completely flooded.
Patrons of luxury hotels at High watoe knocked all télo- In Bonn large rats, which Kornignwinter, on the left hanc phones in the plant American normally live by the river, of the river had to wade through muddy water to get in Commission's headquarters 'In fleeing to higher ground-
Mehlem out of commission.
or out.
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