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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1953.
EMPIRE LEADERS CONFER Dragon Wends Its Way
Important Meeting Opens Today Churchill To Preside Over Talks On Foreign Affairs
London, June 3.
Sir Winston Churchill will ask the Commonwealth Prime Ministers today to back the line he intends to take on talks with Russia when this question comes up at the Western Big Three meeting at Bermuda in mid- Jurie.
The Commonwealth statesmen who came to London to attend the Coronation are now beginning a weeklong conference on foreign affairs. beginning this afternoon.
They favour the idea of East-West talks. But their discussions here will centre on the timing, scope, and any necessary conditions for a Western meeting with the Soviet.
Tributes To The Queen
London, June 2. Dr Daniel Malan, of South Africa, and Mr Mohammed Ali, of Pakistan, whose countries' future positions with regard to the Crown have recently been the sub- ject of speculation, were among six Commonwealth Prime Ministers who paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth tonight in a broadcast en titled **Long Live the Queen."
Dr Malan, wishing the Queen a happy and prosperows reign. said: "Not only have the repre- centatives of the Union (of
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The visiting Prime Ministers will give their individual sp- praisal of the genuineness or otherwise of the Russian pence overtures since Marshal Stalin's death.
Have
recently..
Mr Mohammed All, Pakistan's Prime Minister, Is believed, will- ing to mediate if asked in the Anglo-Egyptian quarrel, General Mohammed Nagulb, Egyptian Prime Minister, is reported to They will take into account | have given Air Nehru the Soviet refusal to allend memorandum on his Govern- the Bic Four deputies' comment's stand at the abortive ference on the Austrian stale Anglo-Egyptian talks in Calro treaty on May 27.
The West considers that There
Commonwealth Russia's willingness to sign a division on both the Anglo- treaty, giving
full Egyptian Austria
und Anglo-Iranian be the acid | issues, Pakistan nationhead would
for example iccis the sovereignty test of her sincerity.
The eight visiting Primo national integrity of both Egypt Ministers will tell Sir Winston and Persia must be given full
Western Churchill
Big
recognition in the negotiations, Three President Elsenhower and the meeting of himself,
6. A review of the economic sterling area French Prime Minister -
hos Ay Mr Richard Butor, the the cordial support of their British Chancellor of the Ex: respective governments.
chequer.
the
position of the
and
Sir Winston Churchill will The Prime Ministers met here give his Commonwealth col-six months ago and agreed on a leagues a full briefing on the plan to cure the area's economic problems he proposes to raise ills, and they will now study the
Bermuda,"
FULL AGENDA This Is
the
full agenda for
resulta
FACIFIC PROBLEMS There will be a general His-
the Commonwealth conference.cussion on defence but India,
1. A Churchill review of the Pakistan and Ceylon arc world situation,
expected to take part in it
not
2. Policy statements of cach Dritain, Australia and New South Afrien witnessed theof the visiting Prime Ministers. Zealand in a separate tripartite Coronation of the Qucen of 3. Discussion on Soviet policy imeeting will discuss the prob South Africa, they have it the including prospects of East-lems of Pacific and Southeast same time seen in this rolemn West
Examination of Asian defence.
This will have special re-
tulks
.ceremony the reafirmation of Western European problems and
The sovereign, Independent a progress report On the At-ference to Anzus, the Pacific #tatus of South Africa who, Inntic Pact of which Britain and defence alliance of Australia, even as the other members of Chandu are the only two Com-New Zealand and the United the Commonwealth, is commonwealth members, pletely the master of her own destiny."
had
+
into a Commonwealth of freely announced for port
associated nations each Indepen-
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to
COST OF TRADE WITH REDS
Colombo, June 2.
States from which Britain is 4. The Korean armistice ex
excluded.
The Indian and Pakistan Mr Mohammed All cald the problem and other Far East and
South-Fast Asia questions in Prime Ministers will meet adaptabшs of the British con- stitutional
war against the privately for preliminary talks thecluding the Bystem to
Communists in Malaya
and
settle differences time" democratie urges of the
Indo-Chin. "facilitated the
between their two countries, in- tratis Sir Winston
Kashmir disputo. Churchill had cluding the formation of the British Empire
Britain's full sup- These bilateral exchanges wijl tho new Korean be followed by more formal dis-
Her long-term trade pact with the cussions at Karachi in the next proposals by United Nations
few weeks
Communist China cost the Ceylon negotiator,
The nations represented at the Treasury Rs. 194,000,000 (£14,- Mr Mohammed All added: Lieut-General William Harrison
Commonwealth conference are;000,000) last year, said a Treasury "We know that Her Majesty has at Panmunjom last week. been brought up in the finest. Mr Nehru, Prime Minister of Britaf, Australia, New Zealand, raport released today,
said these tracillors of constitutional Indila,..
proposals Canada, South Africa, India, were close to the terms of the Pakistan, Ceylon and Southern are confident that with Indian resolution passed by the Rhodesia-Reuter. her deep concern for the well- United Nations last December. being and happiness of the peo- This is also the view of Sir ples of the Commonwealth, her Winston Churchill.
dent
in all aspects of its in-armistice ternal and external affairs."
Majesty will add a bright chap- 5. The Middle East Issues, ter to the annals of this great) including the Anglo-Egyptian! institution over Witch she dispute over the British base in presides with such grace and the Suez Canal Zone and the distinction:"-Reuter.
| Anglo-Iranian Oil controversy.
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A Marked
Increase
Ceylon's credit, to the sum of
Was
Rs.75.80 last
Rs.68,752,000-(about £3,500,000) opened last October through the Bank of Ceylon in favour of the China National Import Export Corporation in Peking.
Ceylon's total adverse trade balance for the first half of the current financial year rose to Rs.132,000,000 (£9,000,000) from (about £5,691,918)
Wiesbaden, June 2.
sald the report, paid West Germany's foreign trade Rs. 524,321,000 (nearly £40,000,- with the Communist
000) on account for food im- countries showed a marked increase in ports last year, states the Trea- April, the West German Statis-sury report. tical Office announced today.
Sugar from Poland and rico Total imports from these from America were imported 24,100,000 last year in addition to normal rose from marles (a little over supplies from Mauritius and £2,000,000) in March
to Burma, the report added. 33,400,000 marks (about £2,- For the additional purchases 100,000) in Apell, while exports the Central Bank on behalf of to these countries went up the Central Government issued from 22,400,000 marks (about irrevocable undertakings to the £1,800,000) to 35,400,000 (near- Manufacturera' Trust in Now ly £3,000,000).
York. This necessitated depart..
Most marked increase was in ure from the ordinary letters West Germany's trade with of credit-Reuter. Communist China which Kent goods to the value of 15,000,000 (about £1,300,000) In April as against 9,000,000 (about £780,- 000) In March to the Federal Republic.
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German View
Of American
Foreign Policy
Through City Streets
Resignation
Of Indonesian Cabinet
The Hague, June 2. The Indonesian Cabinet resigned tonight, according to an Indoncalan nows agency (Aneta) ɛeable re- ceived hero.
President Sakharov ac- cepted the resignation, the message said.
The Cabinet, comprising mainly members of the National And MasJum! (Moslem Religious) par- tles, was formed in April 1952.
The small United Moslem Farty of Indonesia decided last month to cease co operating with the other parties in the coalition Kovernment and Mr Anwar Tjokroaminoto, a member of the party, resigned his post as Minister of Social Affairs.
But the. Party's 'decision
not did.
endanger the numerlesi Government's superfortly at the time, Reuter.
Bringing Pact Back To Life
Roughly a million people jammed the streets, of Victórls yesterday to witness the colourful spectacle of the tradi tional Dragon. Procession In honour of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Mea- suring 180 feet from hend to tail, the fearsome- looking dragon thrilled the crowds, as it weaved its way from Happy Valley to West Point. In upper picture the dragon
is shown opposite the Gloucester Building- Lower picture shows a unicorn. Two men support the head while standing on the shoulders of two other performers.—Staff Photographer.
Withdrawal
Of Libel Action
Paris, June 2.
A Paris court has accepted the withdrawal. of E libel action led by
the British Sir millionaire Industrialist, Bernard Docker, and his wife against the French. weekly Radar, on the magazine's ré port of an alleged face-slapping Incident
Carlo Casino.
Tho
Monte
court ruled yesterday that Sir Bernard and Lady Docker should pay costs of the action' which was settled-out of court last month.
The Dockers sued Radar and
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and United States will renew morrow the German-American friendship, trade and shipping agreement of 1923,
a Foreign Office spokesman said today.
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer the United Stater High Commissioner, Dr James
and
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China's imports were valued 18,000,000 marks (nboul £1,500,000) in April.
Imports from the Soviet Union rose frumTM300,000-marks- in March to 2,000,000 marks in April Exports to the USSR re mained negligible, the Statistical
Bonn, June 2, Office said, without giving
West German political leaders returning from recent trips to figuves
A considerable rise was also the United States recorded in the two-way trade that the course the foreign policy restoring the treaty to life at are saying Conant, are to sign a document, with Poland importa
Elsonhower's Re- were of President
the will te 7,000,000 marks in April against publican Administration
Chancellery 4,800,000 marks in March, ex-take depends entirely on Europe. afternoon.
Plans to revive the agree These recent visitors, who in- ports were 3,000,000 marks
2,100,000 against
***** ment were made during Dr include Chancellor Konrad Aden Adenauer's visit to the United March-Router.
auer, Secretary of State Otto States in April. Lenz, Christian Democratic For- eign Affairs expert Franz Huset
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Strike Order To
Bank. Workers
сол
tomorrow.
Under the treaty, German
thissions.
Strauss and Karl Amold, Christ businessmen will again be able Jan Democratie Minister Pres to obtain visas with which they aldent
stay in the United States of North-Rhine-West-
on businesE phalia
for for many years agree that the Eisenhower Athens, June 3...
Administration The two countries are ex- three has not decided whether Asia, or pected employees, of
to open negotiations Greek banks were ordered to Europe should receive first con- soon on a new agreement to
the United replace strike,
on Thursday by the sideration when
1923 version. States starts handing out new Reuter. Greek Confederation of Labour
the Government bill old.
The
for the dismissal of All say that the pro-Aslan 600 of their fellow employees wing has grown considerably
stronger. In recent montha, ha
and
of
the
Conant Returning
the cancellation contracts Western Expope now fails to
Bonn, June 2·· Lotween the bank managements mite; these recent visitors have Dr James B. Conant....... United and | States. High: Commisioner, in The 18 Stew, 10
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the privately, the United States will Germany, will leave Bonn, neat, Tally, 21 Oder, 22 Fony, 24 Tal on 20 Pith; 20 Reposer, 30 tabled in the House of Deputies, give score gridvity, whne Thursday me the United Stat Arlo, 31 Deal, 82 Morit, 98 T1ed, Down:. 1 Pride, 3 Emulate, concerns, the National Bank of probably withdrawing to ine to attend lidget, hearings, con
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