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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1947.
SNOW DISRUPTS LONDON'S
ATOMIC CONTROL
Major Split In
Viewpoints
New York, Mar. 0. Soviet Andret Gromykn'a re- Jection of the Bernard Baruch plans as the basic principle of International control of atomle energy research and production through United Nallons AU- Thorlty spread gloom over Lake Success to-day slespite a general belief that it was limed solely to provide Soviet Foreign Secretary Motolov with bargaining 214- terial In next week's Big Four conversations in Moscow.
The American delegation's cherry assurance that Senator Warren Aus- "reilouble tin and his aides would. effort to find a basis for agreement to control atomic power fooled nu one. It
now clearly on record that! except for a single minor point of withholding veto
day-to-day į control operations, Russia and thei United States are completely opposed on every major point of the control | plan.
Through Mr
Russi Gromyko bluntly informed the Security Coun ell:
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(1) Russia will not permit UN agents to roam unrestricted through the Soviet Union in search of illegal atomic activities;
(2) Russia will not fit any inter- national agency manage its atomic research and activities:
(3) Russin will not give up its power to veto punishment of my country enuight raaking aton bomba illegally:
II Killed In
Riots
Lahore, Mar. 6.
Eleven people were killed and 33 were Injured in communal Disturbances in Lahore to-day.
In Amritent, 27 have been killed and more than 100 in. Jured since rioting broke out there yesterday and the police opened fire a number of times to stop clashes.
Fires were raging to-night in different parts of the city and shope and houME IN have been destroyed.
Aloting broke
In out
three more towns in Punjab to day, an official source stated.
British troops will continue to patrol the riot affected areas of Lahore
the City throughout night. A Government spokesman described the altustion late to night as "quiet."--Reuter.
JUNTESTEJAABRINGENTARIATOLYINGPINOSE 210 MAGYARULJ BANGUAG
Conviction Upheld
John Lowis Guilty Of Contempt
Washington, Mar. 6. The United States Supreme Court to-day upheld the con- viction of John L. Lewis and his United Mineworkers Union for contempt of court.
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MILK SUPPLIES
Deliveries Must Be
Cut 50 Per Cent
London, Mar: 6.
Milk deliveries to snow-bound London will be cut up to 50 percent, it was announced to-day as other food stocks dwindled steadily in the virtually isolated 'city.
As more snow fell on the winter-weary city, United Dairies, which supplies about half of London's milk, an- cut in half because nounced that deliveries would be
from outlying
milk supplies were not being received farms and dairies. The other big distributor, Express Dairies, said a sharp cut also would be made in their
deliverica.
"The blizzard is causing a bitt {
the held-up of milk supplies to South." United Dairies announced. "It has been decided that there will have to be a 50 per cent cut to- morrow."
"Things don't look too good us conditions are," a spokesman said.
Virtually all of London's 10,000,000
DİNİN 1131.34MAINTAININÍLAFAYĽOVISTEMATIC
Not Thinking
Of War
London, Mar, 6,
The Prime Minister, Mr Cle- ment Alliee, by requent to-day reaffirmed that war between Britain and the United States or the Soviet Union was equally fi- conceivable and that no such possibility "ever enters the minds of the Government other Party."
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Mr Konni Zilliacus, Left Wing Labourile, asked Mr Attlee If he would reaffirm on the eve of the Moscow conference a statement to that effect, orginally made by the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bev, on February 21, 1946.
"Yes, sir," replied Mr Alliee. Mr Zillacus asked why and when Britain stiil kent her forces ♬| at a higher level than on the eve of the World War and far be- yond her resources.
Replied the Premier, "That is a question which might be put to any state that has armed forces."
United Press.
Churchill Wants India
Question Sent To UNO
persons would be affected by the cut, Commons Approves Govt's Decision
to
The spokesmen said there were no
lati to distribute milk only those who needed it most because that would be too difficult at short notice."
were
London, Mar. 6. The Commons to-night approved without a vote Government's decision to withdraw from India by June 19, 1948.
ap-
Mr Churchill said he was con- Government's last vinced the Labour action had "extinguished the chance of settlement in India" and said the British Government
power planning to hand over Indin to "men of straw of within a few years no trace
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In whom will
The London Co-operative Society said „four highway milk tankers en
The Government moiion to route from outlying towns up."missing" and there was no milk in prove the decision was carried after sight for their 200,000 customers. the Commons rejected 337-185 the opposition. amendment charging that fixing of an arbitrary date for with drawal prejudiced any real settle- ment of the Indian problem.
Churchill earlier Mr Winston had led the
attacks on remain." opposition's Government's
poller
contending He likened the situation in India that Labour Government policy with that In Talestine and Grimly bottles of strong had "exiligalshed the last chance added, "Two
He sug- medicine are being prepared, but in of Rettlement in India." gested that the Indian question be both eases are being handed to the referred, as was Palestine, to the wrong patients," United Nations,
The Court at the same time held the $10,000 fine impused Lewis, but ordered the $3,500,000
In addition, the spokesman sait, Ane assussed against the United two railroad milk tankers had been | Mineworkers Union reduced to "missing since Tuesday night aut the $700,000.
five collecting vehicles serving Shrop- Creamery are also lost." "Afik cuts are inevitable throughout the milk trade unless there is a rapid thaw," he added.
Weathermen predicted freeze to-night.
|(4) Rusin will agree to no kind of control machinery before United States junks Is existing stockpile of atom bombs.
Chlef Justice Fred Vinson de-thire livered the opinion of the majority, UNQUALIFIED REJECTION nd Justice Frankfurter wrote For several months the United concurring opinion. Justices Black States delegatlon has been trying to and Douglas ench wrote an opinion "smoke out the Ruslan viewpoint, in which they concurred in part and but few delegates and few obser- dissented in part. Justices Murphy vers ever expected a Russian re- and Rutledge Wrote dissenting Jection of the Baruch plan that opinions. leave so little for experts to work with in keeping the control project alive.
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Mr Churchuli declared that Mr Allee's Government had no right to claim the opposition's Support be- yond the Himits yond
of his coalition
GOVERNMENT REPLIES The Defence Minister, Mr A. V.
for the Government and said,
Alexander, replied to Mr Church may well be that history will decide Mr Churchill's speech has been the principal factor in preventing: Indian parties from coming gether."
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Princess Elizabeth's
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Engagement Possible
Now York, Mar. 7. Irving Wallace writing in the current issue of Collier's maga- zine, said that Princess Eliza- beth, heir to England's throne "may become officially engaged and possibly married this year." American, wrote: Wallace, "While the outside world speculates, her intimates at Buckingham Palace admit that she is deeply in love with the puri-Greek, part-German, Bri- tinh
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Palline naval Lieutenant Prince"]
"Despite the fact that her parents have tried to restrain her, she writes to Prince Philip three times a week when he is on duty, and hos him to the Palace or Windsor Castle us permanent guest when he iown."
As Ekzabeth reaches 21 years of ege on April 21, Wallace, says she will be entitled to have her salary raised from 20,000 to £15,000 an- nunity."
The writer predleted that she would begin A "long period of foreign travel." (She had already gone to South Africa with her parents).
WANTS TO VISIT U.S. Wallace said that Elizabeth hud confessed to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. Chief of Staff, that she would prefer to travel across the United States before
visiting other lands.
But, he forecast, "She will cer- not be permitted w see tainly America first. Her next trip, un- doubtedly will be to Australia and then to Canada."
PRINCE PHILLIP
First Trip
To Moon
Professor Low's Vision
London, Mar. 6. Pioneers wearing xulta design- ed to give protection against in- tense heal and cold and carrying their own oxygon supplies, seat-
In A riant space ship d by radar and driven by energy
travelling at thou- sands of miles an hour-that is how Professor A. M. Low. Part President of the British Kater- Planetary Society sees the firs trip to the moon being accom plished within the next 50 or 10 Yearl
the
He said in an interview: "The first useful experiment in this direction
botwen undoubtedly will be the Amerlem "rocket postal servfod travel from America to Britain United States and Britain. If you can by rocket and no ono doubts you can.
"Princess Elizabeth has admitted privately", Wallace continued, "that she does not want to think of the throne, not yet, mainly because to you can certainly travel to the Inherit the high seat she would have moon. Hundreds of thousands of to replace her father. Also, she is people will almost certainly be killed not ready to don the strult jacket of in the first altemple'st inter-plane- formality and seriousness that comes tary travel, but if as much money were spente spent on designing spent in designing space-chips, with queenship.
The writer recalled that there as has have
been rumours of Princess weapons of war, a safe method of Elizabeth's possible marriage since making the journey would no doubt she was 10 years old. He said that be found in time. rumoured post candidates for her
and have included Prince George
of Denmark, Prince Charles, heir to
"REALLY DESPERATE".
The Court majority found the
corner of Southern From every Government justifled in obtaining an England und the Millands came injunction ngains! Lewis and
reports of critical conditions. At Among other things, Rusin re-
Union, which resulted in the con- Lamberoft, Lincolnshire, a spokes- jected as "naive us a delective story" tempt proceedings 11 is this an American proposal that all an- junction that Lewis and the Union desperate."
man said, "Things nee geting really ment's declaration on India in
The wartime
leader started his tiona apree in advance to allow were accused of flouting United Nations photographing
Norfold was reported completely peeth in deliberate, measured tones, planes fly unrestrained over their
COURT'S CONDITION
snowbound. All roads to Norwich which became tnore vociferous as he territory, taking pictures to help to
blocked. A
accused the Labour Goverment of Ministry The majority of the Court speci- Transport spokesman said, Con-merking away from the originui spot mining operations that, night be involved in the clandestine worked it in cutting the Union's finditions generally are very bad agreement with Indian political Mr. Alexander deplored Mr. cupied Germany
it did so on condition that the Union uranium deposits. New York morning newspapers must pay the to-day editorially stresa that one of the weaknesses of Hussia's position Internationally
of Is the growth Ukrainian nationalism, inflamed by a growing famine which the New York Times suid, inspired Generalis. simo Stalin to send his brother-in
ing
of
additional fine
Court
were
of
Jull trawlers were held up by ice 52,800,000 unless it showed within and fish storage may result. five days of the Supreme
order that it had fully complled with the order of the lower court.
A farmer, B, W. Tompkins, smell-
Darles.
ATTACKS NEHRU
second
"SPACE-SHIP"
Indeed
"A space-ship could be designed the Belgian throne, and the Earl of but it will not be built now because Euston, and he added that an un-
it is quite beyond the means of any named British officer had "bragged private society and because it has no to the boys of Elizabeth's affection immediate financial return. for him."
the only valuable asset such a trip His opening was met with protests That offleer, said Wallace, "was would have would be the film rights from the Opposition benches with dropped like a leper, and, odd coin and for that reason it is quite possible cries of "That is your alibi."
cidence, he is now serving in no- the very first trip to the mod, will be made by nothing more than t Churchill's "attack" on Pandil Nehru
Of Prince Phillip who is now 25 camera in especially designed space. and Mr Churchill intervened heated-years
of age. Wallace said ly: picant nothing about Mr Princess Elizabeth "has kuwon him and return to earth.
that ship which will fly over the plant Nehru except that he had
her very alt
life. They are Mr Churchill charged that it was good reason to be a bitter enemy cousina,"
"When, however, the first people ed fux when he arose this morning a cardinal mistake to entrust
the of Britain."
do land on the moon they are likely COMMON INTERESTS
there-animal or Justice Vinson said that the Union and he and his dog found and killed | guvertunent of India to
to find no life. Pandit
The Prime Minister, Mr Clement could fully comply only by with a full-grown fox which had crept Nehru, who was a caste Hindu.
Philip is the son of a Greit Army human. They may not even and of Mr Nehru Atlee, winding up for the Govern General, Prince Andrel and Princess vegetable He. What will
they drawing unconditionally the notice in through a window to get out of "The government
ment, said Me Churchill was civen to the Secretary of Interior, last nigh's blizzard.
50 Alice of Battenberg, sister of Lord Ind law, Mrs Lazur Kaganovitch, to their d. A. Krug, by Lewis terminating
has been a complete disaster," he
with typical Chur years behind the times on India. As Loals Mountbaiten, Viceroy of India.
nightmare Landscape pf thundered,
lava. the party Krug-Lewis agreement at mid- A woman driver narrowly escaped chillian glare around tlic hushed the British withdrawal,, he said:
for fixing June 1948 as the date for Though Philip is sixth in line of sue. nothing but crude rock and when her automobile House.
On the other hand might be to night on November 20, 1910, and by drowning
cession to the Greek throne, said agree it is a short line, but the road and plunged notifying Its members of such with skidded off the
He said the Conservative Party Government was given very strens Greece from his background", Wallace, he has tried to
their advantage to take sample of into eight feet of water in Buciting would decline all responsibility for advice from India that it was essen-
whatever minerals they do find for drawal.
Traveliers Lewis and the Union were fined | hamshire.
to London the consequences of the Labour tial to Ax a date.
added: "In the last 18 months it is quite possible that the moon is
manganese covered with
dioxide that he has been seeing Princess from which they could manufacture during the 17-day strike of 400,000 helped push 12-ton buses which Government's «action, which would | miners. The strike cost the United were stuck in the snow. Over 100 redden the coming years."*
Elizabeth regularly-they share a oxygen to sustain human life and States 25,000,000 tons of soft coal. trains were "lost," stuck in the snow It began on November 20, and two or delayed for hours In making days earlier the United States their destination. Government had obtained a Federal District Court order requiring Lewis to rescind his notice "terminating contract with Krug,"
Ukraine "to strengthen and Soviet wark.".
the
Buld
ม
The Times, redalling that Ukraine had never reconciled them- selves to being conquered by the "great Russians of Muscovy," Ukrainians to-day maintain strong nationalist and separatist movement exactly they did under the Czare and later under the Poles and then under. Hifler during the German drive on Muscow.
The Times concluded: "Ukrainian separatism remains a weakness in a seemingly monopolistic Russian atructure which could
WOMAN FOUND FROZEN
The torrential ruins in Devon had become п The Government, contended that ceased late to-day, but "some of the serious factor it Russin should over- the contract was 'a binding one worst Boods in living memory" extend herself abroad."-United which Lewis could not terminate.— | ravaged the county. A total of 3.21 Press,
EDITORIAL
Reuter,
An Acceptable Blueprint
THE master-stroke in yesterday's official statement on Hongkong's con
stitutional reform was the proposal that the Legislative Council should surrender its official majority in favour of nominated Unofficial members. The force of this announcement Is Increased by the fact that hitherto no official hirit had been given that any such proposal was contemplated. True, the, General Chamber of Commerce advocated modification of the Legislativo Council set-up when presenting its memorandum on constitu- tional reform. But no referance was made to this in the Governor's brand; cast, last August. In any case, the Chambar did not propose an. Unofficial majority, but simply recommended that that Unofficial members should be elected by representative bodies instead of through nomination made by the Governor. Whitehall's action another typical example, .of com promise and concession that has always out the ground from under the severest critics of British administration and statesmanship.
Lot It be enld that the proposals laid down for constitutional reform add up to a creditable blueprint' for the future. Nevertheless, the on- nouncement has to be considered solely as a statement of polloy, and work, Ing out the details that will satisfy conflicting community desires and aspirations remains an incalculable problem. A system of franchise that will be equllable, and at the same time guarantee the protection of the minorities is certain to be the biggest headache, it will also be necessary to me that the communities get no representatives the people they really desire, and not nominees forced upon them by weight of organlaod in Suence,
The tendency is shown by the proposal that five of the Un- official-members of the reconstituted Legislative Council shall be nominated by organisations such as the Municipal Counell, Chamber of Commerce and Unofficial Justices of the Peace. There will have to be safeguards against Munlolpal Council nominesa being forced on the voters by In- téreeted and influential bodies. Otherwise our councillors will be no more truly representative of the community than the time-honoured Governor- nominated Unoffiolate of the Legislative Council.
inches of rain fell during 48 hours,
SOVIET LOAN
TO POLAND
Moscow, Mar. 8. Under the Soviet-Polish trade
Some snow feil to add to the hard- agreement signed yesterday and pub- ships experienced by Devonions and shed to-day Russia will lend Po- the temperature had fallen below land $28,855,000 in gold. freezing.
Other points In the agreement. the of The Automobile Association said Polish Premier just ended, were:
negotiated during the visit that at least 260 main roads through-
The settlement of mutunt out Britain were blocked by snow-financial obligations existing
ងថ
VOLCANO OF FIRES
hing
erase
been frowned
"In essence, the Opposition amend-love of the ballet music, sketching, make people immortal. ment is a plea for delay, for lunetion, dancing-he
"But perhaps for more interesting as a suitable husband largely than landing on the moon would be or having greater time waiting for
of his Greek heritage. Indian parties' coming together we because
Professor a trip itself," continued have been warned that the dungers Officially be ta eligible in every way. Low of delay-of
One objection, the writer hanging great as the dangers of going forward. Philly, as Prince
voleed by some is that though Consort, would It is not an easy time in India; have no voice in ruling, he might
on are as
it is a volcano of hidden fires,"
cald,
Mr. Atlee sald he knew Mr Chur-uill have husbandry Influence and chill felt deeply on these matters and might involve England too deeply in
Balkan affairs." that he did not really believe In In-
Others, he added, would prefer dian self-government.
Elizabeth to wed "a homegrown "I think he is forcing himself to product, or at least someone from realise that stops over many years the Dominions." cannot be entirely retraced," inld Mr Attlee, "hut he still thinks these steps wore not traced and ho will not face the logic of the situation." regard the match
drifts. Thirty-eight towns in South-| January reduction by half of the United Press.
ern England were completely cut off, 2. from road communications,
1, A
1047;
I coal shipments from Poland to Rus The body of Miss Hannah Morgan, sia under the 1943 agreement, 08, was found frozen in her ear in eight feet of snow
Llanarth, in Wales. In the Cotswolds, 15-fool drifts, buried stalled trucks.
3. The return to Poland of rail- way equipment captured by the Rus- sinns during the war;
4. Scientific and technical operation in industrial production Eight women, and three mon stond the handing over lo Poland of were maroonil after three days in certain armainents and, military ma one coach train a drift high in terial on ik credit basis; the Breconshire Hills, Trains from 5. The conversion
Cracow the North arrived In Landon 12 and Katowice-Przemysal vallway to Euro- more hours late-United Press. pan gauge before November 1 this
your; and
of
6. The delivery to Poland of part of the German mercantile, fleet to
Jedged Reuter,
COAL CABINET Poland's claim in
MEETS ·
London, Mar, 7.
Mr Altice coltod a meeting of the Emergency cool cabinet today after
a new fuel crisis was threatened by
Reported
Others, he said. feel "nothing should stay the course of true love." "At present the King and Queen
as premature," Wallace saldAssociated Press.
Negotiations For
The Sale Of Bermuda
Hamilton, Bermuda, Mar, 7.
The Governor of Bermuda Sir Ralph Leatham has been asked by the House of Assembly to see an assurance from the British Government that it is not negotiating the sale of Bermuda to the United States.
FOUR-DAY TRIP
"It should only take about four earth's gravitational field, the monce- doya far, after getting out of the
ship would free-wheel for the rest of the 240,000 miles.
to
"The space-ship would have have a slight turning movement to replace the effect of gravity with A centrifugal force. Otherwise after taking a drink from a gluma of water, the glass would remalu in mid-air it, you tried to replace it on, the table.
"Many funny effects of gravity would be experienced on the moon itself. For instance, duncing would become 4 nightmare; you could casily jump over a small house, drive a golf ball a mile or send à person, more than a hundred yards with a blow of your flak.'-
NOT IMPOSSIBLE-·
To say a trip to the moon" is impossible is a classic example of -prejudice," Prof. Low declared.
"Ninety years ago doctors said it would be fatal to the human heart to travel at more than 60 miles an never be used for military purposes; hour; the Army said aircraft could
and the Admiralty said the intro- downfall of the Royal Navy. duction of steam would prove the
After a long and heated debate the States without the colony, knowing house appulited a selbet committee to until it was an accomplished fact.. acknow-consider the rumours that the colony Mr James F.Pearman said: "I co
might be sold by Britain.
skler It humiliating and ropugnant Mr Ilary Vesey, Chairman of the to the colony if my personal al Planetary Society scoff at the sig
"Members of the Belish Inter- Trado Development Board advoented legiance and the allegiance of my gestion that the danger during the. moving carefully in the matter say- friends should be, the subject for ing, "we depend solely upon the peo- barter
initial trip will come from falling for the payment of debts,
meteorites; simple calculation showX ple of the United States and Canada "The economic life of England and the danger in no greater than croa➡
He mentioned the Empire depends upon the cemen sing Piccadilly circus.
Collaborator to Die
Parlo. Mor. 0. Bernard do Brinon, Ul-year-old | for our economy".
the two-day bilzzard, which tied former Vichy "Ambasandor" in that despito fitt assuranco given ting together the bonds of the Em-Who would not be prepared to up 120 highways, scores of rail lines German-occupied France, was to otherwise in 1940, an nir bases
pire and not dismantling the ties take that risk to be able to say and slashed critically the needed day sentenced to death for collabora- agreement had been made between which bind the Empire together I flew to the moon and back- cool production-Associated Press. | Uion.-Reuter,
the United Kingdom and the Unlied Associated Press.
Router.