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LONG FACES IN THE CITY
By VAUGHAN JONES
London. Exchange B some sort. of Do OWN in the City, where gambling contro (as indeed it ls, remetime) but don't realise top hats are fighting tako provides the best against extinction, faces available olyannel for lending grew long aa bankers and money to Industry which In brokers road the Labour turn provides them with jobs. Party's latest policy state In the latest "Challenge to ment, a revised version of Britain it is just this suspicion. "Challenge to Britain.” of capiini which the Socialist
Party exploits.
Fow Brtions worry when they Relentlessly, the Socialists hear that a broker has gone have committed themselves to bust. Rightly or wrongly, people tax capital if they return to belleve brokera don't pub power. They ignore the fact enough into their job. Brokers that business and private enter- need no qualifications to set up prine are already taxed so much In business. They arc not that in recent years many Hlable for their clients' 1065ea, energetic young Britons have Many hurry home before other emigrated to Dominions and close. Nobody makes Colonies where their efforts them keep up with the econo- will not be mullified by the mic and pollical developments Suits.
offices
which swell or diminish their
clients' holdings. And not many people understand 题 stock- broker's job, enyway.
cp
The
OTHER SCHEMES
As a result, millions of cloth
The Socialists do not reveal workers are suspicious of just how they propose to tax City"-capital, bankers capital. But it could be in the and everything associated with form of a capital gains tax, a 11. They regard the Stock capital levy or a tax on
penditure out of capital.
What chances have Britain, the United States, France and Russia of achieving a settlement on the vexed question of Germany at the forthcoming conference in Berlin? RICHARD LOWENTHAL, well-known foreign correspondent, analyses the difficulties and the hopes in this two-day series. This is the concluding article.
ODER - NEISSE IS A MAJOR
FRONTIER OBSTACLE
German
very
€X-
In the "Challenge" they have other schemes, also, to make the rich poorer and the poor richer. Some of these run parallel with Conservative aims, but ara dressed up to appear as Labour's brain children.
oge
They include the promise to adjust nid
pensions and other allowances from National Insurance schemes to a sliding scale based on the cost of living. Thus pensions would
living costs went up. The Tory aim is to hold down the cost
of living at the outset.
The Socialists Also pledge equal pay for women in State employment.
Otherwise,
is
NE of the most diffi It seems probable thre the German donocratic leaders the universal contempt as utterly they might make an effective cult obstacles to an Western reservation concerning courage to stand up before their unrepresentative of the people propaganda case under cover of the later pence conference was people and call on them to write t rules, and any idea of In- which they would find it easier
the mixture settlement agreed
made not 80 originally
much off the remnant of the introducing its delegates into an to accept changes in their own much as before. Water would be for Germany is the with the Intention of promoting provinces as the necessary price all-German provisional Govern- zone,
nationalised outright. The question of Germany's real revision, but in order to of recovering unity and inde-
ment recalls all too obvloudy So perhaps the best hope for chemical, shipbuilding, aircraft
the eastern frontier. The keep the question Open 03
pendence after Hitler's crimes. the tricks used to bring
the outcome of the Berlin con-end machine tool Industries Poles, with bargaining point because of the If the German question is ever to whole of Poland under
Com ference- and not Russians and Pole satellite many difficulties raised by the be solved at all, something on munist control. It is safe to say considerable ene-Is that, follow-Government to a greater or less would be controlled by the Russians on malters equally vital these lines will have to that Russian insistence on such ing an understanding among extent. East German Government, to the West. But as the reserva- The need to restore
с provisional Government the Powers about their security contend that the present tion was procialmed again and unlly and freedom has for years would by itself be sufficient to problems, a number of pre- frontier along the Oder and again, it naturally raised hopes been in the foreground ell wreckt
negotiationa on liminary steps would be agreed Neisse rivers is finial, and among the millions of expelled public discussion of the German German unlly.
for steering the East German East Germans now living in problem. Obviously there is no
regime in a democratic direc that they will not permit Western Germany,
the with
unless unity prospect of German
tion, and simstaneously reduc Investors, already paying two an independent and united result that the issue of frontier the Western Powers and Russia
hand, can achieve
ing the barriers between Eastern percent stamp duty and broker- Germany unless it accepts revision has gradually become a
Western Germany, them tion nasuring
Western experts admit that and
pre-age on deals, would provide less that frontier as binding in major factor in
at a later it would politics,
security. But equally clearly,
be difficult
business than ever it a capital for the paratory to elections International law.
Lgains tax in Russians to afford the lous
of date.
clipped possible the Western Powers, now now control of by far the face
profits. they would suffer
One Danger which larger part of the human and if "their" Government WED
AROM a Western point of
to
ANG is that it shall not be
ment
Wcat Gorman
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Discrepancy
of course, and social
could
b#3
secure
the
Loss Of Face
a compromite On the other
many
industrial potential of Germany, suddenly swept away by all FR view, there is, however, ons
climate
Some Dispute
LAVEN
assuming
that
been mooted
danger the
4
Naturally, therefore, the bank- s brakets and businessmen, have fallen faces,
BANKERS' FEAR
A
And businessmen BAY despair: "If there are any more controls, forms to fill and taxes, we'll pack up",
The Western Powers say that the Oder-Nelase line was fixed at the Potsdam Conference in 1945 N recent years, an astonishing only as a provisional
ly large percentage of the re- have no demarca.
reason to compromise Germin cicctions. probably evident
in such besn tion line, and that they are free fugees
successfully on the security issue unless the amidst much popular rejoicing course:
West
Russians are prepared in their and inevitable acts of revenge asked to stop its preparations to suggest changes at a future absorbed by
West would be the prosperous prace conference;
The bankers foar the cost and all they are Lin
German economy; but there are turn to release the Soviet zone by the people against thetr
of for West
cumbersome willing to guarantee
the still
German rearmament nemfletency those who will Hell enough of
from the Communist regime defeated tyrants. never fit in, or who will not they imposed,
within the Western alliance, State control. and to perm:?
As it would by
be technically while German unity would net The West forget the greater Independence German unity and freedom. force.
Impossible to hold such elec-
corne about immediately, and Germans say that,
they Prestige
enjoyed
tions without a considerable the modification of they do not wish to use force, at home, and IL is these who
the East no freely-elected Ger- determine the political but that no
period of preparation, the Idea German regime would still de man Government
ever in the refugee organisations.
the has
in neutral pend on Russia's good will. accept a frontier which came As a powerful organised lobby, security problems can be sircles that the Russians should At the very least, the West about by the brutal expulsion of they have largely succeeded in solved, the road back to unity of be given a chance to "demo- would therefore have to in:ist
They point out also that the millions of Germans from their making the question of frentler the two Germanies at present cratise the East Zone regime on an earnest of Russian inten- reimposition of controls would before elections-as were, tions in the form of some im- bring back the undercover deals tre divided by vastly different
1 of their In fact, when Britain, the patriotism, and today no West poitical, economic cnd focial of the own free will; the mediate changes. There could and tax evasions which were United States and Russia agreed German political party would systems, will be far from
examples of Finland simple
and of no better symbol of an in-rife under the postwar Labour at Potsdam that the demarcation dare advocate voluntary recogni and straightforward. The Wes-
Eastern
Austria have been tention to turn over a new leaf Government. line between the Russian- tion of the Oder-Neisse ilne, and
est quoted
that Powers and
proot the West the
the and to move towards unity and of Germany and risk annihilation at
the polls. Occupied zone
Dave Russians
capable of German democratic Parties have
freedom than Rus:dan consent the new Poland should run along Yet, as so often with Garman
tolerating a genuine democratie to restore the unity of the city the Oder and the Lusatian postwar
decisive step on that road
of Berlin, based on city-wide between the be the holding of free and
military control if it suits them elections
under four-Power of for reasons elections
all-ret
freedom of inte control, and the and the real national assembly, and that the
on national policy.
access of Berliners to all paris Before freedom of
German of Germany. electorate be-
(The End)
ancestral homelands.
revision tho
test
of
torn
must
tre
Nelast, they also agreed that the glaring die there is a made it clear that the regime in a country under their
for an
the
the
wider
East
indications that
German population still living to shouting and flag-waving of a the east of these rivers should few pro
professionals be transferred westward, stipulat. popular светку behind it.
humane methods ing only that
Those refugees who genuinely fore, during and after the poll rising of June 17, 1958, thero and to resettle should be applied.
want
in their old By then, large numbers of the homelands are probably a small should be assured by some form were indeed
of international control. Only the Russians might consider German Inhabitants of Pomerania minority, people who might, find after the elections can on ali
such all-
a perlod of adaptation and Silesia had already fled to land without great difficulty in
preparatory to the restoration "The the West before the advancing these border areas not effectively German Government be formed
☐ democratic bas's, a Gov- of on
unity.
declaration Russian armics; millions of others settled by the Poles; while res- were expelled in the following ponsible leaders of all democratic crnment which would then have which introduced the economic
"new look" in to proceed to unify the admini- Parties months by methods which at
in Western Germany stration and economy and to drafted at the beginning of June, best were rough and ruthless, readily admlt in private con-
under the direct in- and at worst were accompanied versation that they do not really negotiate a peace treaty,
Lately there has been some Commissione,
fluence of the Soviet High by criminal brutality.
care about the Issue, and would
Mr Semeonov, gladly sacrifice the lest lands it disputeam wether than blamed the previous polley of that was the price for liberating politicians as to whether such a hasty Soviclisation not only Poles, compatriots in the Soviet zone assume full
eighteen million living Govemment could immediately for lowering the standard of many of whom had been in if only such a solution could be siblity, or we respon- ving
but also for creating
their
BGMC
Eastern
GMT-
of the East Germans,
obstacles to
unity.
The Poles FTER them came the
in the areas now reded to Russia, allies! They are not passionate terversa West German admin the Russians now meant to turn expelled from their homes forced on them by the Western of tremation must necessarily in-
during
which
separate necessary YUEN CHEONG & CO. and who began to rebuild the about revision:
Hosk they are merely East and destroyed towns, to restart the afraid of responsibility.
would continue to
come dis-
to terms, they would 15 Ice House Street,
Hongkong. industries, and more
have to fall back the daily business o presumably slowly
No Diktat
and to
full their on this idea. international obliga- new all-German came into
effect.
LANDLORD & TENANT (AMDT.)
ORDINANCE, 1953.
SCHEDULE A
FORMS 1 & 2
Complete with Chinese translation
Q
1
stration
of
Press Campaign
campaign about the need to
and less thoroughly—to till the thedral Mastey abandoned land.
Rarely in mod
modern times hus YET what the Russians and tions. until the new decision affecting milions of Poles want, understandably constitution came lives been surrounded with so enough, E precisely that a But while this dispute serves to THE recent Communist Press much, cant, The statesmen who settlement freely accepted by Illustrate the tremendous tech- Implement the Poladarn dhci- met at
at Potsdam knew what the the new German State and de- nical difficulties of the problem, sions on "democratisation" and Germans had done to the Poles mocratically approved by its
its it docs not affect the funda- "demilitarisation" in Western during the war, and could well people, which cannot 24 some mental position of the West, Imagine how
Germany may have a meaning likely the Poles inter doy be repudiated 00 a The Russians and their East in this context: it may prepare would be
be now to treat the "diktat." Indeed, they want it
It German satellites have, Germanshumanely" if given so much that it should not be contrast, always insisted that similar poriod of adaptation in In the ground for demands for a the power to expel them. They a priori, Impossible to make the formation of an all-German Western Germany before all
were driving millions them sccept a limited revision Government by their homes and giving of the consent, provided that East German Parliaments
delega en German elections are as prico of
or from
the present West and other uprooted millions a chance revision did not touch the im- procese picctions,
Of course,
if the
Russians to bottle In 'their
must should really back" all the dọ place-but they protended that they were partant industrial capacities ruch
mands ralted by their.......East could only Ruding a provisiorial line of which Poload gained at Potsdam, organise them. They have ale lately declared that there could uld German mouthplecos, ; who have
Hard pressed by Russian tural reste for instance, supervision of the elections by
any idea
be no democratisation without the insistence on shifting the caster Lasatian Nole and the more left the door Jar for some
of the "monopoly of Poland westward,
and is landowners, of Would that literally not serious about the whole
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