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COMMENT OF THE DAY
A Useless Note
Mossadegh's latest note
Din reply to the Churchill- Truman proposala dock nothing to encourage hopes of an early settlement of the Anglo-Persian, oil dispute. Mokвndegh not only reiterates old propositions already found unacceptable, but seen fit to adopt a take- it-or-leave-it attitude strangely out of keeping with n
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MOSSADEGH'S
Top
Secret Conference
Tokyo, Sept. 25. General Mark Clark res turned by plane to Tokyo tonighi from lop secret conferences
Eighth with Army leaders in Korea..
The Supreme Allied Commander arrived in Korea yesterday, Recom~ panied by Vice Admiral Robert T. Briscoe, Com-
East the Far mander of Naval Forces, They had #pent two days with the Seventh Fleet observing naval operations.
person who. pro-
Gen. Clark conferred with General genuinely
4
Геннем то be anxious to reach an agree- ment. Today, the dispute has boiled itself down to two issues: whether there should
payment of royalties, followed by arbitration concerning com- pensation for losses suffered by the Anglo-Iranian Oll Company since nationalisa- tion of the Persian oil in dustry; and whether agree- ment should be reached
between the AIOC and Persic or between the Bri- tish and Irani
govern.
ments. The rightness or otherwise of nationalisation subject- Nationalisation of
is no longer a
matter.
the oil industry has been necepted in principle by Britain and recognised as an accomplished fact. THE pressing necessity is to gel the Persian oil industry Dr unce. agam. active." Mossadegh wishes tu attempt the task on his own urbitrary terms which, it accepted, would leave the Angio-iranian Oil Company wanout guarantees of fair treatment, and Britain without certainty of tuture
James A. Van Fleel. Eighth Army Commander, and top field
Не commanders.
spent most of today with Gen, Van Fleet and Corps Com→ mandera at a headquarters behind the front, As80- clated Press,
CHARLIE
CHAPLIN
MOBBED
Has Exciting Day In London
London, Sept. 25. A middle-aged housewife in a crowd outside London's Savoy Hotel turned to the little old man in a brown, snapbrim hat edging past her and said "Are you going in? Well, tell Charlie to come out, we want him.”
The little old man raised his hat. "I don't think he is in," he said, "but may 1 introduce my- self?" And Charlie Chapin was mobbed 'again.
He
was returning from
a
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26; 1952.
NEW Rejects The Churchill-Truman Proposals
TEN-DAY: “ULTIMATUM”
London, Sept. 25.
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh today reject- ed the Churchill-Truman proposals for settling the Anglo-Iranian oil dispute, demanding that Britain accept his own terms, and warned that world peace was at stake.
In a note whose text was released by Britain, Dr Mossadegh described the Anglo-American pro- posals as "far more inequitable than previous solu- tions" and demanded an advance payment from Britain of £49,000,000, specifying that part of this amount must be paid in sterling convertible into dollars.
Dr Mossadegh gave no specific consequences if Bri- tain should reject his terms, but in one section of his 3,000-word note he warned: "In the present circumstances, the Iranian nation may follow one of two roads, Either it must endeavour to Improve social conditions and amellorate the situation for the deprived classes, some- thing that would be impossibe without income from oil, or if this road should remain blocked it should 'surrender itself to probable future events which would be to the de- triment of world peace.”
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The Premier did not elaborate, cession agreements of other oll
in
Copenhagen, Sept. 25. the fountries further on his warning about producing
British and American world peace, but it was regard-world, where the cost of pro- ed here as a lever to force ducing oil according to that sailors who had been en- concession is not cheaper than immediate Anglo-American re-
the cost of producing Iranian gaged in the Exercise Main- manoeuvres were action to his counter-proposals
during the corresponding prace despite his addition of a time wil
brdered back to their ships limit for their consideration. period".
Just what Iran should "sur-
clashes in tonight after herself to" was not The article on determination Copenhagen. render specified, but it was believed be of damages was the shortest of was referring to the Communist the four. It called for damages outbreaks which have occurred due Iran as a result of "diff
The article on examination of offered three possible claims methods by which this could be done, with recognition of them by the International Court
Two of the proposed
ou supplies, Ur Mossadegh | walk through the London he of Justice as "fair and justhods petent
makes
it clear in all his lover, Biterunees and formal notes
that he is interested neither
hus
who
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The biggest fight broke out in bar where tables and were used as weapons, Furniture and
Hospital
This is the architect's drawing of how the new Tian Yuk The hospital Maternity Hospital will look when completed. will stand on part of the alte of the old Government Civil Hospital facing Hospital Road, and the foundation stone will be laid. by HRH The Duchess of Kent on October, 28. The new Tian Yuk 'wilf have `200 beds and will replace the present 85- bed hospital of the same name in Western Street. The Houg- kong Jockey Club has generously donated $3,000,000 towards ita cost. Mr Erlo Cumine, FRIBA, is the architect.
Britain And the ANZUS Rebuff
BIG RUMPUS BREWING
London, Sept. 25... numeroas glasses were Behind the scenes in the British Government a, brawing today over Britain's was first class rumpus was
exclusion from the Pacific defence talks which was seen by some officials as "direct United States intervention" in Commonwealth affairs.
Bailors, Reuter.
Uprising
50
Danish
The Foreign Office refrained from comment on the Pacific defence pact on the precept that Commonwealth members are free to go their own way and also to avoid what officials called "needless controversy."
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Egyptian Govt. Shake-Up
Officials & Envoys Dismissed
Cairo, Sept. 25.
Five Egyptian Ambas- sadors and Ministers and a score of under-secretaries and senior officials have been dismissed from the Govern- ment service in the first stage of an administration purge, it was officially un- nounced here tonight.
Those dismissed from the | Foreign Service include Muham- ed Aly Sadek, uncle of Ex+ Queen Narriman and Egyption Ambassador to Hollan nd; Mohammed Husni Omar, Am- bassador to Spain; Ahmed Rashid, Minlater to the Vatican; Mohum- ed El Said Mattar, Minister to Portugal, and Hussein Shawky, Minister to Brazil.
General Nagull's Government had also accepted the resigna- tion of Ahmed Fathy El Arkad, Egyptian Minister to Afghanistan. Other resignations accepted'
Farid Abu Hadid, came fram Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Education, and Dr Hassan Ibrahim Hassan, Rector of Mohammed Aly University
at Asslut.
The Government decided.to- aight to maintain Egyptian educational missions in London, Paris and Washington but to reduce the personnel
Oficials dismissed from the Government service · may not have recourso to the State Council or the Supreme Court until six months from now, -40-- cording to
a recently passed law.
to
An Egyptian Cabinet meeting,
over which had. Lasted-
oight hours, broke up this evening to allow the Premier and Ministers a. dinner party given in their honour by former Premier Aly Maher.
General Naguib told reportérs that the meeting would continue later tonight.
He said it was devoted mainly
· Cabinet had taken a decision to
to the "clean up" and said the diamiss o number of senior Government oMetals-Reuter.
EXTRADITION
Privately, however, officials, informed of their decisions only expressed the opinion that, the after such decisions had been exclusion of Britain even as an mude without any prior con- observer from the Pacific defence sultation.
Stockholm, Sept. 25. The cold shouldering of Bri-
Carl Johan Pedersen, a Nor- was generally admitted."
tain by ANZUS Pact countries
by talks-was more serious than They said that by Articlo 5
was seen by another oficial as wegian, will be extradited of the ANZUS Pact Australia a "crisis as fundamental as the Sweden to the United States to and New Zealand could be com decision not to share atomic stand trial for the 1000 murder mitted to war if an aircraft of secrets. It can be seen only as of Mrs Fanny Rice, 84, in the United States was shot down a direct American, intervention Tacoma, Washington, it or a United States warship sunk
the Formosa.
in Iran for the past, year and culties and obstacles put in the to the possibility that further way of sale of Iranian oil by broken before the bar disorders would bring Russian the direct and indirect activities cleared by, about
of the former oll comppany, as į policemen. Intervention.
well as losses resulting from Police Headquarters said later delay in payment of funds that po arrests had been made debts but that the sailors had been definitely which
ordered to return to their ships. owed by the company",
The note said the Iranian There are three British and with courts
com-ve American warships, were the "only channel for investiga- 5,000 men aboard, in Copenhagen the former of settling the claims between ling
company's tonight,
In American naval police in jeeps an and the Anglo-Iranian Oll claims" but offered to settle to Iran a friend be went With
but patrolled the streets late tonight International Court, were highly similar the Company
and helped the Danlih police to Leicester Square and a pub in and difered only in that one only if both parties agreed on restore order. -in-the-future-of-the-ARC-St-Martin's-Lane, where he offered adjustments-from-1933, the four articles and the World
nor the position of Britain drank black and tan-stout and when the League of Nations Court gives its decision within They arrested several American recognised approved the agreement six months. relating to out supplies. He beer and nobody
The note also dwelt at length strictly one-sided hun. The pub is run by Jimmy between the two parties, while
would have "the on tran's charges of interference other with the appeared
revert back to 1001 both by Anglo-Iranian and by approach to the issues, and Russell,
maller in the famous show
pil exploitation com-Britain in her internal affairs and when
Iran's complaints that ell ship- only one desire to grab all Chaplin
Bul menced in Iran,
menis had been blocked and The third method proposed Britain had restricted export of he can for Persia without "The Humming Birds."
Russell was out and Chaplin. thought of reciprocity or without much ado, strolled off was that the claims be settled commodities and use of sterling on the "basis of fairest, con- funds by Iran. It also reiterated concession. His demand for
Iran's reasons for nationalising a 40 million down payment
oll, to be convertible into gold dollars before contemplation of any claims which the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company typical may have is example of trying to force Britain into a "surrender" without compensating con- ditions. That such a demand cannot be accepted requires no emphasis, and it is highly Improbable Mossadegh seriously be lieves it to be a proposal that can even be considered by Britain.
Dr that
THE Persian Premier has
Kong
"Tell m Churlie called,"
was his message to the barmaid.
So on through the traffic to the door of Yorks Theatre, on the
where he first appear in a legitimate stage as play of Sherlock Holmes. "Isn't it a beautiful theatre?" he asked his secretary, Mr Harry Crocket.
HIDE AND SEEK
It was a day of hide and seek for Charlie. Unseen he watched the old Thames ebbing. Unseen he strolled along the Strand. Unseen he watched the crowds queueing for newsreels and films at a cinema advertising his film "The Emigrant" with a banner Genius of the "Charlie the Films."
Conductor
Crowds barrloaded the Savoy. Arturo Toscanini arrived. So did peers and earls and countesses of Europe, the Bentleys and the Rolls But Charlie was out.
The
advanced no tangible rea for rejecting the Churchill-Truman proposals, llo imagines a sinister and ulterior design behind them for which there is no justi- fication, There is nothing statesmanlike
Dr about Mossadegh's Intent note, His attempt to inject into un ultimatum formula is, ir anything, a. sign of weak- le cannot hope to intimidate London and Washington over a dispute which offers a fairly easy solution given a reasonable
Chaplin continued to go round attitude and goodwill on the part of the Persian Govern-with the revolving
waved, shouting "I will see you mont, Dr Mossadegh's pro- | all later." fessed concern over future developments
Loter Chaplin dined with the Douglas Fairbanks. Oliviers and Lunts come,
Charlie and his wife left the Savoy at 8.30 for the Boltons, in South Kensington, where the Fairbanks live. As Charlie up- peared in Savoy's revolving door, the crowd surged forward shouting "Come on Charlie- good old Charlie."
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door and
in Persin, Then he walked out straight should there be no quick into the arms of the crowd. They settlement, could be im-slapped him on the back, kissed mediately dissipated if he him and ruffled his hair, Charlie is prepared to enter dis blow kisses to them.
He climbed down on to the cussions on a bails fair and acceptable to both sides. running board of his taxi and But In persisting in his shouted "God bless you. I wish Intransigence, Dr Mensadegh I could meet you all personally." renders Impossible
It was some minutes before the agreement; and it is he who taxi could get through the yell- is endangering his owning hundreds in: Bavoy Court. country.
.any
Eleuters:
US May Lift HK Embargo
to
Los Angeles, Sept. 25. Toisible elimination of many bans on exportar to Hongkong - imposed prevent strategic roods from going to Iron Curtain countries was forecast to- day
by * US Commerce Department offelal.
Mr John Borton, Assistant director for Export Supply, told the Foreign Trado As- sociation action would be due to control on shipments to the Chinese mainland,
"No discussion of Far Eastern trade is complete without reference to Hong-
ong and Macao," said Mr Berton
"During the last two
Полукоп years the authorities have made sub- stantial progress in pro- hibiting trans-shipment to the mainland of itategio commodities and in limit- ing less strategio cott- modilles,"
Mr Borion sald tho alium- tion permitted recent '11- censing in the Colony, or for ahipment to friendly areas enough goods to meet cur- rent needs. He said strato- gio items might be approv- ed: later when their final purpose was known.
Ho mid the Iron Curtain countries, denied important matorisla by the West, had nillised tricky and high- profil desis to get materials needed for their production programades. United Pros:
Stamped Out when patrolling the Straits of
of
was
two
prison at Goteborg, authorities
In Commonwealth' affairs." officially announced tonight.
The source sald that when
Pedersen, 30, has spent
In Australia years they signed the pact
Swedish and New Zealand regarded it Sweden, awaiting investigations more as a safeguard against re- by
Tacoma police found Mrs Rice vived Japanese aggression. The United States, however, regard dead in her apartment ed the pact as a shield against October 12, 1950, ber mutilated partly undressed. They could Soviet aggression and wanted body
the Philippines and established that she had heen join in United raped after her death. Asso-
ciated Press.
London Sept. 25.
Through Commonwealth ties, Belgrade Radio tonight fold the officials sald, Britain would how Albarla's Premier, General have to help either Australia or 10 DAYS' GRACE Enver Hadjo, recently stamped New Zealand in the event either out a serious uprising in the them were brought to a state
of war. The note specified that the north of Albania.
"Therefore,
Britain counter-proposal was valid for "Enver Hodja, at the head of become involved in war because Japane only ten days from yesterday's several hundred gendarmes date of deilvery to the British and soldiets, and with three jot some casual incident brought | Indonesia did not specify what action Iran feld guns, finally succeeded in about by the United States in Press. would take after that time limit, opening a way for himself to the the Pacific," one official said,
Charge d'Affaires in Teheran, but
The Iranian counter-proposal borthern provinces," the dio
Bold.
was a four-point plan for:
(1) Compensation. (2) Basis
on ndvance
General Hodja arrested
mos
wers
the
the
of examination of claims, (3) of the rebels, it added. But Determination of damages, (4) dospite the action, rebels Payment
and on continuing an "open offensive account.
against the Albanian Govern- Britain has already indicated ment, "nd the people are help that the fourth article on ad-ing and supporting them."
especially in Forests, acceptable. The exact amount north of the country (Albania) of rebel gangs," the for which dollar-convertible are full sterling was Bought was not radio reported. "Roads are not
#ufc." specified.
The radio also disclosed that In making his cash demand,
5,000 Albanian to nów, *UP.
vance payment would be
un-
Dr Mossadegh cald, "Although
THE REASON WHY
а
He said that this was the very reason for Britain holding aloof of from the american policy "neutralising Formosa" made in June, 1050,
Both the Foreign Offico and Relations Commonwealth Oilco continue to refrain from official comment pending Cabinet debate on the matter,
Friday. This is expected to take place on An official source said, how- ever, that there was no
that the the fact Government was "very angry"
using reabout. Britain's exclusion and
the said amount (£49,000,000) citizens have secretly crassed is definitely owing to the Iranian Yugoslav territory." government by the Company, in
General Hodja himself
order to show its utmost good ported, an uprising recently in ANZUS signatories agree- will the Iranian
Kovernmenta
agrees that. If the Internationar peech to leadera of the meat that Britain would be kept
Front, and he threaten-
Court of Justice dear not con- ed all, who do not agree with sider Iman is entitled to all this his regine.
almost com- "Socialism is amount or any part of it, suma received in this connection will plote, but there are still people be regarded as the Iranian goy who cannot see this," he said...---- ernment's debt to the former oil Reuter.
company and will be seilied
without delay by the delivery of Heavy Fines For
He added that Iran's four
proposals were a "sign of ex- traordinary concessions on the part of the Iranian government"
Disobedience
Johannesburg, Sept. 23, Stricter dines were imposed in
and would be binding on Iran Port Elizabeth today for par
The Duchess's Wardrobe
London, Sept. 28. Bandito or no bandits, Jungle
or no jungle, the Duchess of Kent intends to remain an object lesson in elegance when she' visits Malaya with her son.
They leave by plane today (Friday).
The most striking thing about "only when they are accepted stelpation in the non-European the Duchess's gowns is that ten
disobedience The article civil
campaign In their entirety
on compensation said Iran would against the unjust laws six of them will be; cotton choreń pay only on an instalment basis teen Africans being ordered to from a range any Englishwomen Ono she has chosen selly at as tur property belonging to Anglo-pay £10 sterling each or spend can buy in the big London stores. Iranian at the time. Iran na-50 days in gaol
The accused were convicted of as £3, 10e. Others cost up to tionalised all tost year-United
235 in the shops. The contravening the milway apar- Duchess, however, has had hers Press
theld (racial segregation) specially made from the off-ile- London, Sept. 25. Authoritative quarters, in the gulations after they back od peg patterns.
The tens cotton" gowns wee in reaction to Premier the European entrance to Port
and gingham Mohammed Mossadegh's new Elizabeth railway station and pique poplin,
13 inches proposals for settlement of tho had refused to turn back when organdie. A41 aro
from, the ground. Reuter." onderedReuter, (Conid, on buck-page,cot, -5).
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