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GENEVA TALKS START BADLY World Atomic
Autumn Budget Molotov
TR Butler's autuma "erisia”
M budget contained all the
bad news which the pundite predicted, and under other eircumstances. auch as bare government majority in the House of Commons, described could have been
as committing his party to political suicide, But the government Murvived the Opposition's
vote on Wednesday without
much difficulty and will də!
ao again when the budget
Molotov Spurns Big
Three Concession
A
BASIC
DIVERGENCE
Geneva, Oct. 27.
The clash which every diplomat here feared would arise between East and West over the place of German unity in now hingen on settling European peace hit the Big Four conference at its very
debate ends.
Everything
the success of the Chancel
Jor's restrictive measures.
IL wiil tuke
months Lo prove
NİK
effectiveness, and should
first session today.
The two sides are now back precisely to the position in which the four heads of government found themselves at the they fail to realise their July "summit" meeting which produced the "Geneva spirit." Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, today unequivocally spurned what the West regarded as a concession to his view in offering to discuss German reunification and European security simultaneously.
objective the Conservatives
must expect to lose
much
goodwill and the confidence
of the electorate.
Mr Butler hrest alled him second budget of the year. which he asks "medicine,"
to take
duti-
of
the country fully The nation probably will do no, but not without
wry face. For some his proposals for currecting Britain's unhappy economic situation are anything but palatable.
THE
measures
proper
If
are based oR fundamentals. the country is to be stopped from *xcessive upending
then spending must be made difficult. One way to do that is by artificially inflat- ing prices through increased purchase tax, which at the same time helps the Trea- sury.
the
to
It is the choice of some of the
commodities on which Chancellor has decided impose purchase tax which puzzles. Housewives in and outside of Britain will find)
it extremely difficult to understand
appreciate or
placing thla Impost
everyday domestic
on
necessi-
tien auch na kiteben utensils. | Can a housewife do with less
clothes pegs. crockery, brushes and brooms to- morrow than she requires
The West originally wanted to reunify Germany first,
But Mr Molotov again insisted that the German problem must be subordinated to that of a security system.
rock on which
Many observers tonight saw this basic divergence as the
the conference will eventually founder in its discussions on major questions.
Neither West nor Russia is expected to shift its position.
HEATED PROCEDURAL DISPUTE
Despite official statements to the contrary there is no doubt in the minds of most conference quarters that today's sometimes heated dispute over whether the conference had really started on item I of its agenda or not has got the meeting off to a poor start. Mr Molotov saw the Western attempt to rush into the immediate tabling and publi. cation of its plan as highly irregular since the decision to start substantive discussion He may still continue his resistance tomorrow when Mr did not have his agreement. Harold Macmillan of Britain "retables that already tabled proposal."
One expected procedural wrangle which did not arise today was that over the representation of the two Germanies. Western diplomats assumed tonight that Mr Molotov would now ruise this when negotiations start on the first agendu item by calling for the participation of the East and West German delegations here. The West will oppose thie on the grounds that it would imply their recognition of the Eastern Communist regime.
China Mail Special.
Germany Is A "Subordinate
Issue
Says Molotov
Geneva, Oct. 27.
Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, told
the opening session of the Big Four talks here today that today in order to run her the problem of Germany was "subordinate" to the problem house in a proper manner? of European security.
Dulles Makes An Offer
Geneva, Oct. 27.
Eden Calls
Back-Benchers
To Order
London, Oct. 28. Britain's Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, last night Attended a sccret meeting of the Conserva- tive 1922 Committee--the Party's back-benchers in the House of Commons,
flle,
It 10,9 stro first time since July that the Prime Minister had attended A meeting of the Party's parliamentary rank and
belleved Sir Authony Eden spoke plain- ly to the back-benchers on the nation's economie plight and called on them
not to
criticise the Chanceller of the Ex- chequer's new austerity proposals.
Some of the Conserva- tive members have crtilels- ed as politically inadvisable the purchase tax increants, the cuts 12 the housing subsidies and the higher Company profits tax. Reater.
Energy
Approval
Egypt-Saudi Arabia Agency Wins
Mutual Aid Pact Conditions
Cairo, Oct. 27.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia will consider an armed attack against one of them an attack against both, according to a defence agreement signed and published in Cairo today.
with
New York, Oct. 27. The political committee of the United Nations General Assembly tonight over- whelmingly approved West- ern plans; including a world conference, for the establish- international ment of atomic energy agency...
A
The Soviet Union voted for the resolution.
The final pote was 53 In favour, none against, and six
Lebanon.
The
Either country will rush armed help If the other is attacked, the pact states. Both countries will immediately abstentions Egypt, Iraq, Saudi notify the Arab League and the United Nations of such Arablo, Syria, Yemen and an attack.
Arub The same six
states The two countries pledged council of the chiefs of staff of abstained on every provision of themselven no! to sign a both armies,
the resolution in paragraph by separate pevce armistice or any
paragraph voting. The military council will have agreement
an attacking
Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, of chemy without the consent of combined forces under its com- India, who had been one of the mand in both peace and war. foremost critics of some aspects It will be responsible for stan for the Western plans and had dardising arms equipment and won many concessions from the military training of these forces main sponsors, Britain, the and deploying them according to United States and Canada, an- orders from the supreme council, nounced that his earlier doubts had now been resolved. He niso The pael which lusts for Ave voted for the resolution, years can be renewed for and another five years' perlod can be terminated on one year's notice, Reuter.
the other.
Both shall hold Immediate consultations at the request of elther party whenever interna- tionaj tension threatens their frontiers or Independence,
The pact also provides for the creation of a supreme council of foreign and defence ministers of both countries and a military
Red Leaders To Visit London Next March
From MONTAGUE LACEY
London, Oct. 27..
TROOPS CLASH WITH REBELS
Algiers, Oct. 28. French forces clashed with two rebel bands in the
The Western resolution had been sponsored by 18 nations, headed by Britain and the United States
Three Amendments
Rejected
In voting approval of the re solution the committee rejected three Soviet amendments. Two of them sought to gain admit- China and tance of Communist East
the world con- Germany to ference by proposing that mem- bership be open to
to "all states" rather than simply to United
Soviet Premier Marshal Bulganin and Russian Constantine area of Algeria the specialised agencies. The Communist Pa ty boss Krushchev will, come to Britain next March.
That is the month they have agreed for their promised Spring visit, although no official an- nouncement has yet been made in either Moscow or London.
Special security arrangements are already being made in Bri- Tain. A warning has gone out to aca and alrports that all leave for security men during March Is cancelled.
Nations members or members of last night, killing six rebels
other
proposed that the As- and capturing a large quan-sembly express its opinion' that "within the framework" of the tity of ammunition, it was the egency should be established
United Nations.
announced today.
Clashes occurred in the St
Charics and Guelba regions, the
announcement said.
Meanwhile, 90 persens suspected of sabotage activities were arrested by security forces In the region of Verditre and
ACCUSED OF Sidi Breguane.
PERJURY
London, Oct. 27. Christopher Glinsky, a wit-
for per-
The police said that 20 of the suspecto
confessed to charges.
had
In the Grand Kabylie moun- taln arce, rebels machine- gunned a freight train coming
Recognition Soon
From now on extra watch will be kept on people coming into Britain by Scolland Yard men
Immigration officials, and Mr John Foster Dulles,
There will be a special watch
ness in the recent trial of Lon from Algiers. There were no United States Secretary of too on anti-Communist organisa- don gamber Jack Comer, alles casualties-France-Presse, He said the foreign ministers should "proceed from the State, told the opening ses- tions and people known to have Jack Spot, was arrested today
the by the London police assumption that the settlement of the German problem ission of the Big Four foreign old scores to settle with
Russian leaders.
Jury. something to be handled, above all, hy the Germans them- ministers today that Commander Leonard Burt Jack Spot's wife, Margaret selves,"
America was prepared to chief of the Yard's special Comer, who has been arrested for the expense of the interests of i jojn in assurances related to branch is likely to fly to Moscow | conspiring to impede the coinze :
Year to tie the Now German unity which would any one part of Germany, or at
security plans. the the expense of
social "preclude any revival achievements of the working German militarism.” people of the German Democra- tic Republic which are of the utmost importance for the German people as a whole.
task
for certain ings.
reasons This cannot be done immediate-
Even more important, will the house-proud wife refrain from replenishing her badly warn kitchen utensils simply because purchase tax sends their cost up a few pence The foreign ministers
a few shillings? The wes to assist them in that re- question answers itself, and peet, rather than impose upon makes stupid this particular them any plans of our own."
The Soviet Union advocated effort by Mr Butler to bring the abolition of military group- financial and economic stability to Britain. But no matter how the ly, we are proposing that it be Chancellor's critics gilash done gradually, but that the way their teeth, it remains true should already be paved for the that he had to do something aboiition of all military blocs,
and groupings," he said, to correct the dangerous economic position into which "All steps designed to reduce Tension and the country has drifted, and international
confidence among it in this necessity to take strengthen action which calls for chief nations meet these purposes,"
Mr Molotov said the existence examination.
of military groupings was the principal obstacle to security in Europe.
THE
THE hard
fact which it
*would вест has to be faced is that Britain, not being self-sufficient, cannot
Appropriate Method
Mr Molotov said that under present conditions
an appro-
Unrealistic
in
of
Mr Dulles added: "These, we believe, lake proper account of all legitimate security interests, including those of the Soviet Union and should permit of proceeding promptly to achieve the reunification now kang over-
"It would be quite unrealistle due."
to bring about the unification On disarmament, Mr Dulles of Germany through a mechani-sald progress on arme reductions depended not merely on agree- cal merger of its two parts."
ro-
up
of
The trip will be Krushchev's first ever to a Western country, but Buiganin was here in 1936 when he was Mayor of Moscow.
London Express Service.
TOWN
BY
was again refused ball justice, today by a Bow Street court magistrate.
Spot was acquitted re- cently by a London court of Dssault in a bloody knite battle in broad daylight an a Soho
another street with.
gambler. Albert Dies, allas Albert the Italian.
The
acquittal provoked wave of indignation throughout Britain and further police In- vestigation of the case was or- dored.-France-Presso,
RAZED FIRES
Manila, Oct. 28. Fires of undetermined origin
razed take last night
the coastal tory of Buenavista, Agusan Province, in Mindanao. Southern Philippines, rendering 5.000 persons homeles and
mage Communist Junk property at 700,000 pesos
Mr Molotov sald disarmament ing to reduce but also on as- was "a most important problem" suranees that the agreed
ductions would actually before the conference,
"The peoples are interested place.
in having the funds now used
ин
PRE-REQUISITE
for the armaments race being He sald that was why the
witched to the improvement of United public welfare and converted in ald to under-developed coun- tries and areas," he said.
He said the conference's main
tion
causing
Shellfire Sinks
Д
Talpeh, Oct. 27. Nationalist artillery
States,
France and Britain, had put such heavy em- | estimated phasis on an adequate inspec" (US$350,000).
and control system ass a Reports
reaching the Social Chinese to
a Chinese Com- genuine
Welfare Administration today today sank prerequisite
sald the fire spread so rapidly munist armoured junk at the disarmament.
President Eisenhower's pro-
that the victims barely had mouths of the Min River leading for
exchange of
time to save their belongings, to the Communist port of. Foo
show, the Nationalist Defence No casualles were reported, United Press,
Ministry reportéd-fleuter.
an
could create ELTI
yet afford the luxury of full "free economy." Re- atraints are essential
80 priate settlement of the German responsibility was to Ond ways long as productivity and problem could be brought about and means to stop the arma- exporta lag behind import only gradually. through a re-ments race, to reduce "inflated posal requirements. Moreover, the duction of international tension nailonal armed forces," and "to military blueprints and aerial position 18 further em- in Europe, with the setting up prohibit atomic weapons and to Inspection phasised by the fact that of a reliable system of col-relieve mankind of the danger atmosphere conducive to pro-
lective scurtly and as a result of atomic war,"
gress in this eld. Britain has added to her of rapprochement and better.
On East-West contacts, third The problem of disarmament burdena the cost of state- co-operation between the two required practical steps
and Item on the Big Four agenda, Mr financed health and social parts of Germany.
decisions, The Soviet delegation Dulles said: "We cannot expect services, unsurpassed by "It has been' sald Intely that was willing to approach favour all at once fur-reaching action which will ignore all security any other democratic
both European security and the ably all proposals that would
considerations.
Beginning in tomorrow's Mail tion, and equalled by few.. settlement of the German contribute to the termination of
"We must, tackle first those ing series. This time it's about tho hal Kthe country's spending problem should be brought the armamenta face and help
make. progress power were based solely on bout by stages," he said.
areas which on the one hand do of World War II. not seriously invoivo the ability to full domestic l "That ideo should not be re-armament-Router.
security of either side and which the other hand Hall reciprocal benefits."-Reuter.
Benuine European
towards
dis-
demands there would be no feeled provided it serves Lo need for Wednesday's bud- achievo got. As it is the country in security and re-establish Ger- Govt. To Control
many's unity committed to henyy overseas
along peaceful and democratie lines.
spending which hns "These purposes would not CGT Organisation
German under the
Buenos Airen, Oct. 27.
on
the
SOLDIER DIES on national be met, however, through such Rovere impact
FROM WOUNDS resources; balance of pay settlement of the
Nicosia, Oct. 27. ments must be maintalaed problem.
The first British soldier to be when. and a gold reserve built up. guise of Germany's unlication that the Argentine Government died in hospital today from Informed sources sold today killed in the Cyprus disorders It is not a new task for a by stages, militarizm would In has decided to place a govern wounds received when terrorists British Chancellor' of the fict be purrected throughout ment delegate, disposing of full throw hand-grenade at sh Exchequer, but what has Germany by stages. The repowers, in control of the CGT army truck noar Paphos last happened during the past surgcheo of German militarism Labour Union, which was one of night. Low months is a warning cannot be accepted, either at the principal bulwarks of the Ile was a corporal of the
Ast that the country cannot on the other hand, under Juan Peron
or by stages:
President Battalion, the Royal Scots.
Men of the battalion detained afford afro ocohomy" present, conditions when there Bourcom said that the seven suspects for questioning which permits” unfettered exist, two dermag alates with Labour, Minister, Cerutti Coath, when they swooped this morning. apending, without compen- different social systents, the rendabed after the, govornament on the i village, of Kissoners sating Increased productivity, settlement of the Carman probe had maod, this a decision, where the incident took place and expendium axportsf45
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Moscow, Oct. 27. East Germany will be re- cognized shortly by several Arab countries, India and possibly Sweden, diplomatic quarters here suld today--France-Presse.
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The two amendments dealing with Communist China were defeated by respective votes of 33 to 15 with ten abstentions, and 33 to 14 with 13 absten Hons.
The other on, relations with the United Nations was defeated by 40 to 11 with eight abstentions.-Router,
DIEM'S CABINET
RESIGN
Saigon, Oct. 27. Pacsident Ngô Đình Diem, of South Vietnam, today accepted the collective resignation of his Cabinet.
Sources close to the gover- ment sold that the Cabinet, to be formed following yesterday's proclamation of a republic, will contain many of the outgoing. ministers.
Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem remains Prime Minister.—Reuter.
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