THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, · DECEMBER · 4, 1952.
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To Modern Dances FRENCH POLICE STAR
International Agreement
Stabilise Commodity Prices Essential
Vital Debate In Bonn
To Discuss Treaty Ratification
Bonn, Dec. 3.
The West German Bunde- slag (Lower House) today began a momentous three- day debate on Anal ratifica- tion of Bonn's treaties to re- arm in alliance with the free world.
Extra police were posted throughout the Beva of the Federal Parliament tuilding to guard against possible Conn- munist demonstrations.
Com
CONCLUSION REACHED
BY EMPIRE PREMIERS
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
London, Dec. 3.
Some form of international agreement to stabilise commodity prices
is considered by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers to be imperative if
Under Fire
Rusia Lunspur, Dea: 3. Proponents of, ballrooZA dancing hava, started a campaign here to oust hot swing and five dancing.
handed together as the Belangor. Society Amateur Dancers, followers of graceful dancing bave been teaching about 80 youtha aud girls Tho piceties of ballroom style.
UNCOVER BIG SMUGGLING RING
Currency Racket In North Africa
(From Sydney Smith)
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Casablanca, Dec. 3. French Moroccan police have uncovered. a £1,000,000 smuggling racket between Morocco and Tangler. said,
"It is shocking to see the WAY some people dance there days nothing but sheer vulgarity," an official of the society Associated Press,
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They have arrested an American, William Gelberg (who possessed five passports), three Spaniards, one Moroccan and another American, who admitted being an agent for at least 100 businessmen getting their money out through
a repetition of the recent extreme price fluctuations, with all their damag- Will Come Tangier.
ing effects on the Sterling Area economics, is to be avoided.'
The Ministers, who resumed their London economic conference to- munist Party Headquarters at day, considered this problem against the statistical background of wide
swings in prices for many Sterling and dollar commodities since the out-- break of the Korean war.
Duesseldorf called for public de- monstrations and strikes throughout West Germany to protest against what the Reds called the "war treaties."
Few believed the Communist
campaign would have
niccess. Chancellor Konrad Admauer appeared confident that his majority would bring
STILL PRECARIOUS
So far as short-term policy, is concerned the Prime Ministers expressed their satisfaction with the rise in cold reserve last
month.
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In Tangier it can be changed | currency from French Morocca into any currency for the pur-to Tangier in only a minor part chase of American cargoes. of the International Zone's vast
Most of the.men whom Gel-exchange business. berg represented were French- Some of Tangler's 'exchange Moroccans hoping to avoid offices and mushroom* banks "Mussolini's Folly" currency control regulations. now offer to transfer currencies
Gelberg's account books, list through different national Rome, Dec. 3. Ing
ng all the customers for whom change controls for a charge of
Tangier, only 2 per cent. empty city whose he smuggled cash to
have been seized by French half-built marble palaces Moroccan police and a
major A year ago, the sea smug- have heard only their scandal is feared in Casablanca glers based in Tangier held most of this trade and brought builders' footsteps will come business quarters.
this to life next Spring.
Aggravating
currency in currency from Marseliles at
37 rates of 734 to 10 per cent., T. Buccaneer's. Cr snuggling is the fact that
who London Express Service. Franco-American soldiers are now in business in Moroc co want a Hague Court ruling giving them unrestricted import |privileges into the country,
And they are causing French businessmen there serious con- cern.
Folly," a It is "Mussolini's collection at grandiose buildings designed to hause Rome's 1942 Exhibition with which the Duce
An extension of the Prefer-planned ences would mean that a wider range of commodities would be affected.
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stun the world.
They had before them figures which show that though the prices of most Sterling commodities have now returned to their pre-Korean level and are in the commodities, especially in some cases even lower certain American much
mineral and food groups, are still well above the mid-1950 level.
The conference agreed that term policy. and this subject | At present only certain speel
forin of stabilisation w be further studied by filed lists of goods--the Com- the treaties through to adoption, come
up monwealth countries have The pacts are the Allled-West arrangement between the main officials before it is taken
different bi-lateral agreements contract which producers and consumers would again by the Ministers. German peace gives the Federal Republic near
be beneficial to all concerned."
with each other on what kind sovereignty and the six-nation
of goods get the benefit of the Generally speaking the Minis- European Defence Communityters are in favour of doing Lis
tariffs. treaty under which Germany International agreements to would raise
million a half
be worked out one by one in dollars for a European army. relation to the individual cir-
MOTION REJECTED
cumstances of each commodity.
The proposal now under dis- The conference also agreed it They confirmed their for-
cussion has nothing to do with desirable 10 A Communist motion to throw was
set upward balance
Now. of payments the Counell of Europe's Straa-
Landowners the aut the treaties as "a menace to machinery for calling Common- estimates in support of the bourg Plan which proposes have joined together to use the gold can be changed freely..
to deal peace and a work of the Ameri- wealth encelings
with hope that the Sterling Area
improving of economic relations forward meger" "ecmmodity (mergencies" it and could look can imperial war
to some between the Counell's members was rejected.
they arise. Purpose of stability when
until at and the overseas countries with meetings would be to least the middle of next year.
they have constitutional Formal debate was introduced these
But there was general agree-links. with a series of general reports enable the Commonwealth coun on the bulky treaties. After the trics to take collective action lo
The Council of Europe has reports, a
a spokesman for the prevent or arrest a serious faliment that the state of the re-
In Sterling commodity prices.
still too anti-rearmament Socialist op-
Commonwealth Some
reference was position, was scheduled to speak
Inturnal disinflationary Prima Ministers conference or the treatles and their rela-during today's meeting of Prane
policies adopted by the-Ser riing Reuter. Tion to Gerinan unification. Ministers to the possibility of alea Then Clincellor Adenauer will joint approach to the United Commonwealth countries. deliver the Government's argu States on the question of com. wealth Premiers will attend a inent for ratification.
In reserves
which
But the war Interrupted his ambitious project and much of the work remained unfinished.
a group of Italian Industrialists
and
city for an international agricul tural fair which is going to be the largest
ever hold
in the world.
Lying on the way from home water and with roads, sowers, electricity and it even boasts something that Rome itself does
ONLY MINOR PART In Tangler, just next door,
and
world currencies 'as well ns
Further Tangler lives an the world's 'panie" money acts as a bank for those who fear that cash in their own countries may fall in value.
The International Police
to allow of any submitted this plan for examina- to the sea, it is already equipped know that the smuggling of |
serves 135 made the
modity price policy. This was
Tomorrow
In tion
the Common-
Cabinet meeting al 10 Down-
This will launch a 16-hour considered desirable though the log Street when, it is under- verbal <fuel which, it the Ministers thought it too early tong St Government has its way, will make any fm plans for such culminate in a final vole on an approach, Friday.
The Socialists and their ant- treaty adherenta are expected to fight to the last to postpone the vote. They want to delay à decision until the Federal Supreme Court rules on a test of whether rearmament is un- constitutional-Associated Press.
Queen Elizabeth
Entertains
Leadon, Dec. 3. Queen Elizabeth it gave a dinner at Buckingham Palace tonight for the Ministers al- tending the Commonwealth Economic Conference_and_ther_ wlves. Seven Prime Ministars
ottendel,
the largest
The dinner was given by Queen Elizabeth of the Palace since she became Queen
last February-Associated Press.
FINANCE AND TRADE
No concrete proposals for labilising commodity prices aro expected, to emerge during the present conference, though it is thought likely the Ministers will on stops that should be agree taken within the Common- wealth to deal with cases of extreme urgency.
At this morning's session of the subject of the conference. finance and trade was again under discussion
small ami a sub-committee of officials was set
deal with certain up to technical matters raised by the Finance Ministers' group which is making a special study of his aspect of polley,
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stood, the main subject for dis- cussion will be the Korean
the to
Delegation
deadlock, which is itself one of To Boycott
the
great imponderables of the present economic situation.
The conference is not now expected to go on beyond the middle of next week.
PREFERENCES ISSUE
London, Dec. 3. Commonwealth statesmen to- clay failed to sec oye to eye over a proposal seeking the right to extend Imperial Preference, the trading fence built around the British Commonwealth and Empire.
Three countries are believed to have supported the idea. The remaining six were said to be unenthusiastic,
UN Debate
Paris, Dec. 3. French A
Foreign Office spokesman said today that the French delegation would not be present of the debate on North United Nations Africa in the Organisation.
the
He said that, in his speech to United Nations last month. the French Foreign Minister, M. R. Schumari, had made it clear that the French delegation would boycott the meeting.
cerious and the
not have an underground reil- German War
way.
At present the underground starts on the outskirts of Rome
and leads out almost to nowhere Criminals To
- large fold in the middle of "Mussolini's Folly" where sheep now graze
The agricultural fair organisers plan to use the underground to take visitors there, and the Rome Town, Cotinell has promised that
Keep Property
Berlin, Dec. 3. Four of the top Nazi wor by the Spring the underground criminals in will be linked to the main rail-are to retain their West Berlin Spandau Prison way
statione During
war the British property
causa the empty Eighth Army used. palaces na gorages for their nazification court tanks, and their walls echoed toed hearing of their the voices of British soldiers.
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Casablanca, Dec. 3.
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four are:
Albert Speer, Biller's arra- ments and construction chler;
Baldur
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Von Hitler's 'youth leader;
Grand-Admiral Karl Doenitz, Hitler's successor in, the last days of the war, and
Baron. Constantin
von
Neurath, former Foreign Minis
wer of Germany.
Court officials
sald proceed. Ings to decide the fate of their property had been suspended because Allied prison officials
Police were searching today had not allowed the prisoners
Negro's Post
The French Office spokesman There was no official in pointed out that a Tunisian No- leader, Salah Ben the Prime Ministers outlined reliable sources said the con-
During the general discussion formation available immediately tionalist
after. the meeting, but usually Youssef, had been accredited as Counselior to the Iraqi delega- their individual approach to the forence had asked officials to tion in the United Nations. main problems of finance and give further study to the whole (Salah Ben Youssef was a trade.
Imperial Preference was dis-question of Imperial Preferences. Minister in the Chenik Tunisian The right to extend Pre-Ministry which was dismissed cussed in the context of long ferentes could be given only It by the French Resident-General
for an unidentified man, possibly to see their lawyers or prepare GAT.T, (the General Agree earlier this year), ment on Trade and Tariffs) "This is a very
an Algerlin or Tunisian, who their defence-Reuter, were willing to relax its rules. regrettable precedent,"
assaulted 50-year-old Swedish governess here last week-end. G.A.T.T., fet up at Havana in i spokesnan said.
who Salah Ben Youssef will pre-arrived in Morocco only a few
Lisa Anderson, Ingr | 1945, had bound 30 mòmber ng-
1lons to stabilise world tariff | sumably be speaking as an
weeks ago Ko work Kör £
Geneva, Dez. 3. rates. These nations include Iraql.
Ал Norwegian family living here,
American Negro, Dr Commonwealth countries.
"All this may lead to an un-
met the Jerome S, Peterson. has been Imperial Preferences-disliked | fortunate precedent. Any private
was reported to have man in a cabaret on Saturday appointed Director of the Public by many countries outside the individual may now try and get
had had & Health Servicos of the British
World night. After they rougive Common enrolled on a United Nations wealth countries lower tariffs in delegation to attempt to air his to drive her home.
few drinius together, he offered Health Organisation.
He has been Chief Medical their trade with each other. private grievances before the
United
the United Nations Nations
On the way, he attacked her, omser of CANADA LUKEWARM
Assembly. robbing her of her bag which Reller and Works Agency for Reuter,
Refugees contained some dollar bills and Palestine Meronean francs.
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan' and the The woman was taker to Gaza area. hospital, suffering from severe He will take up his new post shock She left the hospital on in Geneva on December 8.
Reuter. Tuesday.-Associated Press.
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Imperiat Preferences in the past 20 years have helped to build
Commonwealth, up the the world's biggest trading unit. has an annual
The area now
£12,750,000,000
export-Import turnover
of
GESTURE BY BRITAIN
Bonn, Dec, 3. Britain has decided to return
But some of the countries be- confiscated trademarks to longing to the group are doubt-Western Germany.
ful about the wisdom of ex- The West German dovern- tending a system that cuts across ment's Information Bulletin to- the concept of freer world day said that Britain had in- trade,
formed the Government that, lukewarm about Imperial Protons and subject to the justified ferences and gives wholehearted Interests of British subjects, it support to G.A.TIT.
will return old German trade- The extension of Imperial marks free of charge to the Preferences visualised by somo the Germans entitled to them,
Canada, for instance, is following German representa
of the Commonwealth statesmen would not mean that other countries would be brought into the system.
Negotiations are in progress. with the United States, France and other countries for the re turn of trademarks-Reuter
“Cursing Parrot” Mystery
Chicago, Dec. 3..
A ""cursing: parrot of Brooks. feld Zoo became a more con- troversial bird today.
Two women are at present an
But a pecoral-woman report- Ing on the offending bird sald, "I don't think that story of pho cursing parrot is a myth."
'Sho 'added:. "Thero is such a
record asthaving heard the bird at Brookfeld. I kalow be
blasphemner.
The bird was put in the lkne-
Caligo
it cused me out god plenty one day last
light first when an unidentified Suminer."
and
woman wrote a scorching letter
to a Chicago rowspaper.
Mr Bean said: """T" still"dón'b
She and that a parrot in the see how gone could may one Zoo bad cursed her with such of our birds used honest-to vigour it would make "a sallde goodness clues
words. blugh and demanded the cul-
newspaperma TN that prit's death..
The Zon's director, Mr Robert all of the birds" but Bean, jumped. to the defence, no trang of thes of his feathered friends.
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