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MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1946.
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UNO NEARING NEW DISPUTE
OVER PRINCIPLES OF
WORK IN OPTIMISTIC SPEECH UNITED STATES ATOM PLAN
ALL WORLD READY Pope Pius
TO CO-OPERATE WITH SOVIET RUSSIA
BRITAIN DOES NOT TIE
HERSELF TO ANYBODY ··
London, Dec. 22.
The Foreign Minister, Mr Ernest Bevin, told the nation in a 15-minute radio address to-night that Britain did not tie herself to the United States or any other nation in forming foreign policy.
Nations In an optimistic speech reviewing United work in New York, Mr Bevin rebuked Party members, who, in his absence, had openly charged that Britain's alignment with the United States and against Russla might provoke a third world war.
Denounces
Indian Congress Discusses
Negators Of God Provinces Issue
Vatican City, Dec. 22.
New Delhi, Dec. 22. The Congress Working Committee Pope Pius XII to-day told a crowl of more than 200,000 Romans who to-night decided that reference of the
contro gave him the greatest ovation since grouping of the provinces his caronation seven years ago tulversy to the Federal Court, as "In the they must "redouble their Oght" for suggested by Britain, was Christ and their Church ngainst the present, circumstances not called for. wicked now heaping "mud" on the unbecoming and unsulted to the clerical campaign.
Earthquake
Victims Huddle On Beaches
Thousands
Lake Success, Dec. 21. Members of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission to-day appeared to be nearing a new dispute over the principles underlying the United States plan for atomic control.
The argument-based on the differences between the United States and Canada—is expected to break out when the 12-nation' Atomic Energy Commlusion meets on December 27 as a Committee of the whole.
At that time the Commission on orders it wrote for itself
to
will (1) consider how Drachmas Drop
write into the forthcoming re- port principles on which the
throne of Peter in an Italian anti- dignity of Congress and the Federal W. G. Shore in reporting results of United States plan was based; From Heaven
idolators of the senses" who staining the "See of Peter mud."
taken
emer-
In Greece
The National
Athens, Dec. 22.
Bank of · Greece
Tokyo, Dec. 22.
drlyen of Japaneso from their homes huddled on beaches to avoid fires after the earthquake which rocked Japan, the Itamil or base said to-night,
"Kushimoto la three-fourths covered by water." sald Captain reconnaissance "The water (2) the United Nations has receded and the pilots reported Security Council that its forth- Speaking to an enthusiastic crowd, This decision was
after that the military detachments in the
negotiations on the which unprecedentedly interrupted nearly ten days' discussions.
area waved to them to assure them coming his 12-minute address 28 times. the The Congress Working Committee that they were unharmed,
atomic control machinery must Pontiff excoriated the anti-clericals niso decided to summon an
Captain Shore said that present be ruled by those principles. as "wicked negators of God. pro-gency meeting of the All-India Con-reports indicated that no American faners of the divine church and gross Committee "to consider the personnel in the area were injured United States spokesmen, re
are latest developments and give such or dead. "Tanabe was hit by a portedly supported by the majority with directions as it may deem it."
tidol wave.
beat up in of the 12 delegates, made clear that yesterday tried airborne delivery of The All-India Congress Committee general.
Thousand
of Japanese they interpreted this to mean de will meet on May 5, it was authorita-wet Shing half of the town was United States plan.
on the beach,"
Commission had accepted the entire currency to Its branch at Kozani, When the Pope called on
the
northern Thessaly, to avoid capture tively learned to-night. massive crowd to redouble its energy
The Working Committee, in
by bandits, but succeeded only in a destroyed. The peop
people were huddled in the struggle between the Iwo
Canada has served notice that training drachman from heaven. opposed camps, "one for Christ and statement to-day, said: "For some on beaches. There they even had one against Christ," scores of thou-time past the attitude of the British to blast out a row of houses as a will fight the United States' Interpre
tation of the Commission's dec'sion. Government and of their representa- firebreak."--Associated Press.
Press reports said a small observa- sands of Italians interrupted intives in India has been such as to
Stranded Americans
It may be recalled that the Cana- tion plane dropped a bag containing unison with a shout "for Christ, for add to the difficulties and complexi-
Tokyo, Dec. 22.
dian compromise resolution
was 15,000,000 drachmas (about US$3,000) Christ." Mr Bovin emphasised his and are helped by smaller Powers.
tles of the situation in the country. American forces by land and air adopted 10-0with Russia refusing
Their present intervention-long went to the assistance of two groups to vole and Poland abstaining.
over the city, but the bags split open belief that Russia hnd realised who are contributing their energles
In his short address the Ponu
Constituent of American soldiers stranded in
on impact and scattered money in the New York meetings and their hope, war is possible at touched upon the first glorious be- after members of the
has been elected has wrecked towns in the centre carth- Canada maintains that the princi- through the streets. The citizenry that "there is throughout the
alip
ginnings of the Churchi under St Assembly "You have all heard allegations Peter and upon Rome's liberation in created a new situation which is full quake and tidal wave zone as official ples upon which the United States responded in the usual manner and world readiness to co-operate that we joined too closely in our
do not mean the troops had to be rushed to the scene, Japanese figures pushed the death pian wan based United
the late war. He reached the high of peril for the future."
of 041 policies with
United point of his address in again re-
loll to 050. A total
was snene thing as the principles of the where they succeeded in recovering with her and see her develop States," said Mr Bevin. "Tint our ferring to the anti-cloricul canipaiga turbaned Sikhs demonstrated outside 300,000 homeless
In Lahore, hundreds of bearded, reported injured and an estimated United States plan.
about 11,000,000 drachmas-United her system in her own
Press. basis of relations with Soviet Russia were by affirming that the word of God
on the
Another stumbling block. In the - with the recognition that others hot so close as they should be, and and the religious conquests of the the palace of Sir Ranbir Rafendra Home Ministry figures at noon.
equally have the right to their that this course will retard pacifica- people by
of Singh, 67-year-old Maharajah the Roman Catholle
Foot units of the 25th Infantry path of the United States plan is the insistence that veto power in the own way of life."
tion of the world and may lead to Church had proved "more important Jind, a small Indian state in Punjab. fought the disaster
demonstrallon begon after anoth
No word was available on the con- Security Council be eliminated, when that domination carried out by
The the My first answer to these allega- swords and legions of the Caesars." Sirdar Pritumn Singh, prominent Sikh dition of another group of Ameri-e Council takes to eat involving. leader. had begun à "Just Unto cans believed in Kushimoto on the the punishing of a naty guilty of liens is that Great Britain brings The great demonstration was the Death" a protest against the her mind to bear on every problem. Eternal City's answer to the anti-
nti-Maharajan's "failure to introduce southem tip of Wakayama, which violating the atomle treaty.
Russia has given no sign that il was in the centro of what ens be- She does not tie herself to anybody clerical editorials, Jokes and cartoons respons
responsible government" and except in regard to her obligations which have been distributed
worst lieved to be the
damage. Will modify ko unqualified opposi secure greater representation for
Americans and Japanese tried all on to lessening the veto power, Ministers
day apparently without success to United Press. and state services.
this flat coastal plain which From Bombay comes
reach the report
was heavily hit by the tidal waves. that five people died and eight were as the result of stabbings in
Army sources previously said that injured
Government announced to-night,
signalled they were Kushimoto had
died when was no report previously that any Police fired four rounds in central Americans were in Tanabe where
giv
policeported. Inundated.
way
United Nations machinery operated effectively, in -New-York, Mr. Devia said, but to make the organization effective in furture, worldwide disarmament would be needed, to gether with a mental state of peace among all the world's peoples. added that the
world's natural resources nust be made available to all.
Another war.
the
He under the Charter, and I think what throughout Mercante. Il Pollo Sikhs in the Council of
I have said about our polleles shows that we have a mind and purpose
"My second answer is that we hold
of
our own.
and
Italy, by three small Don Basilio which have circulation of about 200,000 copies.
total
The Vatican excommunicated the editors
of Don Basilio recently, but The editor of 11 Pollo
obscenity.
113
out a band of friendship and co- this did not suspend the publication. Bombay city to-day, the Bonbay small American units in Shingu and
to-morrow on charges of publishing statement
faces trial According to another Government safe to.reconnaissance planes. There
The Foreign Minister said the lengthy New York sessions had been
very trying time, but I am glad operation to all, for we believe pro- patience triumplied and I am fully foundly that such friendship and cn convinced understanding will
operation between grent Powers STOW Turning to the German problem, the surest basis on which in build Mr Bevin uld. "We have made pener for all time....remember the
The St Peter's
demonstration,
nn Derren
British Instructions
New York, Dec. 21. Sir Alexander Cadogan, Britain's delegate to the United Nations, is reported to have received instructions London to use all possible from means to gain Soviet en-operation
nations.
General Smuts Criticised
London. Dec. 22. "There exist gentlemen ont- side the Soviet Union who make a practice of raising their " eyebrows and sneering when- over Soviet democracy is men- tioncd-for instance, Field
́practical- beginning toward sclution į peacemakers-are-building--- not-only prompted by Catholic-lny rews throwing mobs. One junior at one time 1,000 houses were re- and avoid a split among the Big Five | Marshal Smuts."
by fixing the British and American for this generation, but for genera- zones." However, he warned that it tions yet would bike least a generation to:
ke at got things right.
At the Moscow conference on March 10, Mr Bevin said we must avold the creation of a cesspool of cheap and half-starved labour in Middle Europe.
Mr Bevin praised Britain's con- tribution to the formation and progress of the United Nations and said Britalu "will atlll take place as a grost Power."
her
"For the war left two great powers) preponderant the United States and Soviet Russia," stated Bevin. "Great Britain
geography and in
papers, by pamphlets and by Catho officer was hit by stones.-Reuter. to come.
lic organisations throughout
Italy, Mr Eevin said the stumbling block was the climax of Catholic Italy's at the formation of the United Na- tians
ans was the surprise and lack of strong reaction to the anti-clericalism
which began two months ago. confidence enused by new scientific developments, such as the rocket, The demonstration began with the atomic energy and "with the perfec- Brut open air low mass at St Peter's ton, though not used, of bacterio- since"
War and, with the orders, the logical warfare and other devices." pageantry of religious
"Referring to the veto power, Mir silver trumpets, the mass rites by the Bevin
Noakhali expressed assurance that his faithful and the attendance it was proposed cade of conduct would be the biggest celebration in Rome since adopted in practice as a modifleation the ovations for the present Pontiff
elevation. of the veto. He pledged that the immediately after his British would "construct the whole United Press.
of our future relations with the world
is midway in on the basis of the United Nations."
way of life.
Relations With America
"It is of prime importance to us
the
for our future security and develop Death Sentence For
Mr Devin also praised the con- ment that this instrument should be tributions of France and China to effective and should give us and the the United Nations and asked: "Can} rest of the world the security anyone believe that if ve great which generations of humanity have Powern Uve in concord and harmony been yearning-United Press,
VIET NAMHESE GOVT FLEES FROM HANOI
Saigon, Dec. 22,
The Viet Namh Government fled from Hanoi on December 19 and the following morning French troops occupied the residence of Dr Ho Chi Minh, President of the Viet Namh independence group and Prime Minis»), ter of the native government, dispatches received revealed to-day.
The French Commissioner, Sain among the French were estimated
for
at
Escapees From Alcatraz
San Francisco, Dec. 22.
A Federal Court jury returned a verdict of guilty and death for two
federai Alcatraz
prison. convicts
charged with murder in connection with the bloody uprising at the prison in May.
from
The Home Ministry Casualty Gandhi's Dental
Agures differed considerably other reports, but so far were the Shirampur, Eastern Bengal,
unly official figures. Army' recapi- Dec, 22. tuletion said its death total was 480 Gandhi to-day denied the rumour
with 580 injured. The Army sold that he is planning an India-wide that prefectural authorities In the Saya Raha (non-violence resistance disaster area submitted reports total- movement) to achieve Hindu-AIDSiem ling 408 dead and 421 injured. This unity." He told questioner at a was the first instance when Army to Agures exceeded any submitted by prayer meeting: "My mission
(Eastern Bengul) is to the Japanese. restore peace and bring about under- standing between the two communi- ties, and this cannot be compassed through Soya Raha."-Reuter.
[WAVELL ON WAY BACK
The
Cambridge, Dec. 22. Viceroy, Viscount Wavell, who flew to London with the four Indian leaders for conversations
with the Government, loft Unsalng- bourn Royal Air Force station near Cambridge to-day to return to In- dia.-Reuter.
EGYPT FAVOURS
PAKISTAN
Cairo, Dec. 32.
in
A brisk debate is expected when "Analyser" the Moscow commentator, This statement was made by the Atomic Commission's Political Committee begins studying the ques a broadcast criticising. Western- tion of the veto in connection with democrący. the punishment of violators of atomic controls.
He added: "This is not a surprise, however, considering what passes for Delegates to the United Nations democracy in slave-driving Africa. Atomic Energy Commission were
"Smuts recent eulogies of the divided on Saturday over the mean- Ing of Friday's action on utomic blood-thirsty Greek monarchisto control.
show once again where the Field A spokesman
for the Canadian Marshal's heart really lies.. delegation said that the Dominions amendment contained
The Japanese Kyodo news agency said that its tabulation totalled 685
a proviulon "There are some followers of Smuts dead, 574 injured, 70 miasing on the that Baruch's resolution must con- in his attitude to democracy in the basis of its compliation of neon which form to the phraseology of the world United States too. Their refusal to did not include casualties on the arms reduction proposal approved admit the democracy of the Soviet southern tip of Wakayama-Asso-last week by the General Assembly. system is in reality only a reflection ciated Press.
This recommended that the en of the Umitations of Western forcement of arms limitation should democracy. be under the Security Counell, where the use of the veto was permissible. "No Soviet citizens advocate world The United States delegation con- domination or show any desire to tended, however, that this did not folst their will on other nations. Can prevent the Security Council from the same thing be said for democracy agreeing not to use the velo on in the United States?
Egyptian Threat
To Take Sudan's Case To UNO
Cairo, Dec.. 22, Mohamed Hussein Heikal Pasha, leader of the Liberal Constitutional Fobmi el Nokrashi Pasha, cald: "I The Egyptian Premier, Mahmoud Party and President of the Egyptian will not hesitate to submit the Sudan Senate said that Moslems in Egypt case to the United Nations Security Palcistan Council if Britain' stands in the way
They are Miran E. Thompson, aged "strongly support the
20, Texas killer, doing 99 years for plan for India, and admired Mo- of Egypt's permanent unity with the kilunt a policeman and Sam hamed All Jinnah's struggle to Sudun under the Egyptian Crown," Shockley, aged 38. of Oklahoma, a achieve it-Associated Press.
bank robber. The third convict, on
trial was Clutence Carnes, aged 19,
of Oklahoma, kidnap slayer, found
-Associated Press.
guilty, but the jury recommended PLANE CRASHES REPARATIONS.
life imprisonment. He was already
a hand 20 killed and 80 wounded while serving a 90-year sentence. teny, was wounded by grenade thrown by extremists.while several hundred. Apnamites
wero
he was riding in an armoured ear to reported killed and much property Five men were killed in the prison consult with General Morliere, Com- damaged by the fighting-United mander of the French troops in Indo-Press. China. Two persons riding in the
car
with Sainteny were killed.
Morliere, who has been acting as interim commissioner, in 0 pro-.
riot-two guards and three convicts. -Associated Press,
GESTAPO CHIEF IN SERBIA TO HANG
General
the
INTO SHED
Parls, Dec. 22. Nine people were injured, three of them seriously when a Frenchi military plane taking off from an airfield near Toulouse to-day crashed into a shed and caught fire-Reuter.
Heavy Fighting Breska Out
Paris, Dec. 22. "Annamite troops threw themselves clamation to the popuince compared against French positions throughout the Viet Namh attack with that, of northern Indo-China with renewed the Japanese against Pearl Harbour.tury to-day, but the colonial troops
thus far have been able to retaini The edict informed the citizenry their emplacements, according to a that Ho Chi Mihl's, government had French Newa Agency report from
London, Dec. 22. August Meisner, led from Hanol and sald the French Hanol:
(1 former chief of the German Ges- authorities wera""'obliged" rctur order and reassure the populace of The heaviest fighting was salt to tape in Serbia was ambag the nine
Basic, Dec. 22, also be centred in the towns of Bac Ninh high-ranking German officials from provided for the, establalument of and Phu Lang Thuong, 45 miles the Gestapo sentenced to be hanged By 69 voles to 30, the powerful said the French troops were holding day for their responsibility for the Jewish Socialist Labour group at the their own at all three points, with denth of 6,000 persons during the World Zionist Congress here-to-day Mortiere sold no person would be French casualties placed at do killed occupation, according to Belgrade declared in favour of re-electing Dr allowed
without and 160 wounded. In additional radio. Nine other RIT
high Gestopol Chalm Weizmann as the president authorization of the security rervice certain number of Furopean and officials were sentenced to be shot. of the Jewish Agency and the World In the troubled aren. Casualties
(Continued on Page 47
Reuter
Zionist Organisation-Reuter,
security. The
proclamation
EXPECTATIONS
IN MOSCOW
atomic matters, while others pointed
out that the General Assembly had "There is one kind of democracy rejected amendments to restrict the here and another elsewhere," ho use of the veto.-Associated Press, concluded.-Reuter,
الزوجة
AMERICAN INTEREST IN PHILIPPINES PROBLEMS
Manila, Dec. 22.
Reporting on a highly successful and fruitful mission and giving assurances that it was neither because of neglect nor unconcern on the part of leaders of the American government, but because of the "huge flood of problems pouring through channels wh'ch have a limited capacity," that pressing Philippine problems were slow in coming to a decision, the U.S. Ambassador, Mr Paul V." McNutt, to-day addressed an audience of approximately 1,000 persons from all walks of life which had come to the Manila Hotel to welcome the returning diplomat.
Mr McNutt said he found, received about he Philippines was United States oficial and private utterly without foundation circles bewildered and astonished at Dwelling on conversations with the impressions received here con- Republican leadora. Mr McNutt cerning relations between the Ameri declared that all of them govo
and
there
would be no
Eto in considerallon of the
martial law and `n curfew from 0 p.m.south-west of Hanol. The dispatch by Belgrade Military Tribunal to World Union of Paola Zion-the Soviet Union for damages Inflcted with chili, hosille told the Ameri- and with ranking policy officials any
Moscow, Dec. 22. The stenographic text of the pro- ceedings in the recent session of the Supreme Soviet, which adopted Soviet Union's 1044-47 budget, shows that Rumia expects to receive 12,095,- WEIZMANN RE-ELECTED 000.000 roubles (about $2,202,000,- can and Filipino peoples.
000
fiscal Press accounts reparations during the
·Inaccurato year.
information have given the impress- Philippino problems. The income side of the budget pro- | ion that America is no longer loved vides for total receipts of 12,005,000,- | in the Philippines and that the Regarding military basca Me that after:, his 000 roubles "in compensation to the Filipino people look upon Americans McNult revealed
and resentment, conferences with top military loader Mr McNutt by military operations and occupa-
well as President United States decision arrived at tion of Soviet territory and in special can people as Incomes,"
Truman: the Secretary of State, tank would greatly assist In the erly
·There, was
of James F. Byrned) and her, W82isfactory.conclusion of negotiation no_explanation "apecial incomes" in the lext-As- officials of the American Government with the Philippine. Government an sociated Press.
that the recent impression they had the subject United Press.
until ...
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