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TRUMAN'S
Imperial Preference "Death Sentence
Canberra. Mar. 12.
Sir Earle Page, leader of the Country Party opposition in the Australian House of Represen- tatives. to-day accused the
United States of inducing Aus- tralia and other nations to pass the death sentence on Empire Preference as a result of which the Empire was being "bluffed out of existence."
He also gtxi,ihnt strong action on trade policy might prove the "de- termining factor whether India re mained in the Empire or at least in its trade system.
Moving an adjournment of the House to discuss Empire Preference, he said: "The British Empire, greni agent for Pax Britannicu, which hun kept the world in balance for 100 L being bluffed out of existence years, by
No Change In Cyprus Status:
London, Mar. 12.
The Secretary for Colonies, Mr Grecchi-Jones, was cheered when he told the House of Com- mons to-day that no change in the status of Cyprus was con- templated by the British Gov- ernment.
He had reminded the delega ilon from Cyprus of this decision. In the Interview he had ac- carded to the delegation which presented a memorandum on the subject
of Cyprus of a union with Greece, he alluded further ta the economic and social development programme invol- ving substantial assistance from United Kingdom funds and plans for the introducten of a more flberal constitution,
"I expressed the hope of the British Government that the people
of Cyprus would play their part in these beneilciat developments,” he said.—Reuter,
MOLOTOV
subtle propaganda, to which the PIPES DOWN Australian Governmiçnt bas cumbed.
800-
"America is now in the position of a successful buccaneer, who after one hundred years of inactivity now wishes to consolidate her gúlns, to become thoroughly respectable and be satisfied with half gains.
"She is willing, for a consideration, to take off 50 per cent of her tariff on certain tenis, knowing that the hurdle is still too high to jump. return, Australia and other nations
In
Request By Bevin Conceded
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, .1947.
DRAMATIC
SPEECH
Anti - Totalitarian Foreign Policy
PRESIDENT TRUMAN
BIG LOANS TO GREECE AND Boy Killers,
TURKEY REQUESTED
Washington, Mar, 12.
President Truman to-day appealed to Congress to assist Greece and Turkey to the extent of $400,000,000 for the period ending June 30, 1948.
In addition to financial aid, President Truman asked Congress to authorise United States civilian and military personnel being sent to Greece and Turkey to ussist in re- construction and supervise the use of the financial and material assistance offered.
President Truman also recom- mended that nuthority be provided for the instruction and training of
selected Greeks and Turks.
"The
"I ask that Congress provide authority which will permit the confident speetlest and most effective, we, in terms of needed commodities, sup- plies and equipment of such funds as may be authorised," Moscow, Mar. 13.
President Truman declared. Russian Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, surprisingly con- cillatory, made concessions in the face of a determined attack
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London, Mar. 12.
Britain's Labour. Government to-night weathered
by an overwhelming margin its most severe Parliament- ary attack, defeating Mr Winston Churchill's motion of no confidence 374-198.
the
but
At the end of three days' | Labour 'Government of imposing the debating, the House adopted the "rule of sect on the British people Government's White
in their direct economic crisis.' He Paper sald the
problem required plans for dealing with Britain's strength of a united people, direct economic crisis since, the Instead "the Socialist Government, industrial revolution. The vote in its hour of unexpected triumph, was taken immediately after Mr posed the rule of sect."United
Press Churchill's manoeuvre had been.) WHAT CHURCHILL SAID defeated 371-204.
London, Mar. 13. Voting was strictly along Party Mr Winston Churchill charged. lines. Nelthor the Conservatives nor the Labour Government on Wednes- Labourites bolted from their fender-day with a crime against the ship in any numbers.
British State and the people and accused the Socialist leaders of placing the party interests before those of the Government.
There was a minor upset in the results of the division in that Mr Clement Davies and 12 Liberal mem-
Before they nationalised our in- bers of the House did not vote on Mr Churchill's no
have which
dustries they should confidence motion, was na amendment to the tonalised themselves the former Government motion. The Liberals Prime Minister declared they free peoples of the world guilty.of what the prosecution the Tories as they did on the second Britons first and the Socialists only
Fund
should have set the country before been expected to side solidly with
the party and shown that they were forces against the Government plans. division, with Mr voting
Churchill's second. WHY THEY ABSTAINED The Liberals explained privately that they abstained from voting on the Churchill censure motion because the Conservatives, If in power, would not adopt the measures, which the Liberals believed necessary to ravC the country.
Mr Davies'
near here.
Earlier, the court had heard how the master went to the school bath- room and found three rifle barrels painted at him,
In ha flercest attack on the Government Churchill up to a request for
was leading vote of no confidence, which he will seek to press through the House of Com- mons on Wednesday night in the closing stage of a three-day debate on the Government's economic pro- gramme.
Staffordshire, Mar. 12. Four boys, two aged 15 and two. aged 16, were ordered at the Assizes here to-day to be detained "during His Majesty's pleasure" after being found
look to us for support in maintain described ав ing their freedom. Great responsibl-cold-blooded murder" of a 21- the "completely
the 'swift movement of events, Ian School for Juvenile Delinquents ties have been placed upon us by year-old assistant master at the
that Congress will face these responsibilities squarely"
The President did not specify how the $400,000,000 would be divided between Greece and Turkey but there have been reports that Greece Warning that the "very existence would receive $250,000,000.---Router.
There were three shots ond of the Greek state is to-day threa-
OBVIOUS MEANING
master fell and died half an hour
own amendment to tened by terrorist activities of
later.
Churchill declared that the Gov- Washington, Mar. 13.
the Government motion, which de- ernment has "divided this nation in thousand armed men,"
Originally, ten boys were charged plored Labour's failure President Truman called on Amcri- but five of them were acquitted while adequately for tha several
to plan its hour of serious need in a differ- President Truman said: "Assistance ca to halt the world in the march of
crisia which materials no evidence was offered against the struck in Britain's worst winter in been divided in the many
ent way from which it had ever as a free nation.
Not and military skill Truman refer to Itussin by name but secution alleged that the boys shot cope with the situation. The
the his meaning was obvious.
master because he got in the way It is not believed that the soften-British Government which has been Proposing a new foreign policy, of a plot to kill the headmaster with ing of Molotoy's position was due helping Greece can give no further the president specifically asked Con- guns from the school armoury and to the outspoken United States post- financial or economic, ald after
gress for U.S. $400,000,000 to aid to get away in his cor.
sald Greece and Turkey--hard tion.
pressed
Passing sentence, the judge Mediterrancon bulwarks
against that being under 18, the boys could the totalitarian tide.
not have the death sentence passed on them.-Reuter.
the
ure being Induced to pass the death by British Foreign Ministerio Imperative II Greece Is to survive communism with most once did sixth, who was discharged. The pro-lifetime, was not put to the vote. conflicts that I have witnessed In
sentence on Empire Preference".
MINISTER'S DENIAL
Ernest Bevin just as the news
of President Truman's speech "The Government is unable to
The Australian Minister for Re-reached here.. construction, Mr John J. Dedman, denying emphatically that the Aur- tralian Government ብዛ lready committed to abandon
Empire Pre- ference, said that the delegation at- tending the trade talks which opened
March 31.
"Britain Bnds itself under the necessity of reducing or liquidating its cammilments in several parts of the world, including Greece.
Molotov agreed to give the Foreign In London yesterday, and for the Ministers council data on the num- at German prisoners held in meeting
In Geneva next month, had ber
that Russia been instructed that the Government Russin, and conceded
had been tarry in outcarrying the was not prepared to give away any Pot
Potsdam commitment to destroy preference at all unless it could get OR
German naval vessels re- certain something which would be more
financial legated to them for that purpose. advantageous,
Mr Bevin had charged that Russia
of effecting that modernisation ments in destroying ships and to necessary for the maintenance of its
vital
ba maintained,
Australia and New Zealand alone could not, insist that preference be continued,
THE BRITISH VIEW
the
TURKEY'S NEEDS "Turkey now needs our support, Since the war. Turkey hus sought assistance from Britain and the United States for the purpose
He said he would not hesitate to nak for additional sums it necessary "to help the free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their pa- tional integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes."
Three times law-makers applauded once when he served notice that
Aquitania For Immigrants
London, Mar. 13. The Australian High Commis national integrity. That integrity the aid must be supervised, again stoner's office said to-day that an
party
Although Mr Davies tabled the mo- the past." tlen, he failed to move it when he spoke in the debate.
SHOUTS ACCUSATION It was the second time in the 20-Ir. less than two years". hd month life of Prime Minister Attlee's shouted, "our country has 'fallen Government that Labour has had from its proud and glorious position more than 200 votes cast against in the world to the plight in which reached niso late last year on the it. That opposition figure was it lies to-dny."
"There was no need for a bread vote for the transport nutionalisation shortage and there was no need for
bill.
the breakdown in coal", Churchill the said, "these shortages were merely
marginal and could have been pro- vided
and
Labour holds 394 scats in House and the Conservatives 107. CHURCHILL CASTIGATES
. The double division came at the
prudence,inst by foresight end of a day of acrimonious debate,
"The British people to-day. Gre highlighted by Mr Winston Chur- undernourished", the Conservative chill's castigation of the Government leader declared, provoking shouts
benches.
Trade;
scandal."
tons
of
Mr Joseph Chifley, Prime Minis-had failed to live up to her agree- ter, said that Empire Preference was
for certain Australian Indus-reat Germany as an economic unit. is essential to the preservation of when be lashed at the totalitarian | official-announcement-would-be-mado 1.with his best invectivo,-at-the-top of “nonsense"..from the Government- tries. Among some of the Dominions, He also demanded Russia-to-ac-is including Canada and the United count
for what she said when she order in the Middle East. We are regimes, and again when he said the in Canberra a few days" of his wartime oratorical form.
on Kingdom herself, there was a feeling moved out of eastern Germany.
the only country able to provide alternative to direct oid is much negotiations to charter the 14.780 The debate was opened on Monday
"Let us put up. fight for John that exclusive preference could not United States Secretary of State that help.
more serious."
Lon liner. Aquitania, to carry Bri-afternoon by Sir Stafford Cripps: pleaded, "b run him down as low Bull food, anyhow," Churchill "The peoples George Marshall
of a number of supported
Immediate reaction of the Con- tish immigrants to the dominion.
President of the
JCHE OF
Board of British position during the long ex-
countries of the world have recent-gressional members was anxious but
who Upwards of 200,000 Britons have
presented Government's ly had totalitarian regimes forced serious.
plans as this is 'change..
registered for new homes in Aus-
In detail. He was followed by six Turning to the coal shortage he upon them against their will. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, astralia in a special plan to go into other Cabinet Ministers in the next declared: "with 5.000.000 The Government of the United sistant Republican leader, said, the operations on March 31, the spokes- Exchequer, Mr Hugh Dalton;
two days the Chancellor
of the cool
coal more, we would have come i States has made frequent protests speech was "a virtual declaration of man said.
the through this winter without a break- arainst coercion and intimidation war on totalitarian forces" but added A vanguard of about 400 hull Shawcross; the Labour Minister, Mr Attorney “General, Sir Hartley In violation of the Yalta agree- "I don't know that there is any alter-ding workers already has made the George Isaacs; the Defence Minister, and Power, Mr Emmanuel Shinwell,
down."
He accused the Minister of Fuel ment in Paland, Runania and native."-Associated Press. Bulgaria. I must also state that
Mr A. V. Alexander; the Lord Privy of "total lack of foresight" which Scal. Mr Arthur Greenwood; and "has robbed him of the credence and the Prime Minister, Mr Clement confidence of the public."-Asso- Attlec.
cinted Press. The burden of the opposition argu- ment throughout was that Govern- ment actually had made no plan
THE
French Foreign Minister Bidouli, chairman of the day, stayed largely "As far as I can "see" he said, out of the discussions--Associated "the British view is that there must Press.
be some
modiñention if she is to
Join the World Trade Organisation.
"It is essential for Britain to im-
largely from the dollar anca port The United Kingdom found that she could not export
to the United
States suficient to meet commit- ments und
under the loan agreement, "So for there is
no Indiention when the position might be rectified. There is no use in us engaging in a
SOVIET CANCER DISCOVERY
in a number of other countries, there have been similar develop- menis,
is not.
"At the present moment in world Moscow, Mar. 12. history every nation must choose the alternative ways of Izvestia to-day reported that between Marshul Stalin had colled on two life. The choice too often Soviet scientists, Klueva and Roskin, a free one. fury of words about the rate to abandon all ruutine projects and "One way of life is based upon Empire Preference. The fact is that devote themselves entirely to can- the will of the majority and is distinguished by free institutions, America 10-day is the dominating|ser research. economic nation of the world.
that the representative government, free elec- is extential
11ons. for future peace that two scientists had discovered a new
Individual of Britain and America work in the substance "deadly to cancer growth liberty, freedom of speech closest co-operation with the utmost and yet entirely harmless to the relldon,, and freedom, of political sympathy for one another."-Beuter. | patient."-Reuter,
EDITORIAL
The newspaper added
Is The Return Worth While? THE " last word about tax legislation for Hongkong has still to be
guarantees
oppression.
and
Journey.-Associated Press.
Soviets Experimenting On Cosmic Death Rays
·
Amsterdam, Mar. 12.
The Soviet Union has cracked the secret of controlling atomic energy, manufactured its own atomic bombs and is now concentrating its research on the International race for control of an even deadlier weapon-cosmic death,rays. These allegations are contained in an article published by the "De Volksrant," organ of the powerful Netherlands National Cathelle Party and lending Dutch Conservative newspapers.
the
to now.
meet the crisis and had none In point of fact, the debate was dull. It was enlivened only by a sharp
exchange between Mr Alexander and the Tory front bench last night and by Mr Chur- chill's flery oratory this afternoon.
ENDS IN BEDLAM
It wound up in bedlam Just be- fore to-night's division.
JINNAH INSISTS ON PAKISTAN
Bombay, Mar. 12. Mohamed Ali Jinnah, President of the All-India Moslem League, told a gathering of Moslem. Jour mists here to-night that there was no honourable solution for Indla's Moslems except Pakistan.
"We have Kot fo stand own legs.
Our ideology, our goal
Ho
on our
steel and concrete and even under- ground water tanka, and sent The excond way of bfe is based
thousand people fleeing in panie. upon the will of a minority, force
Sixthly, even more closely guarded
Mr Altice concluded his summa- Imposed upon the majority. It
secret than their atomic energy ex- ably
tion for Government: "There are a relies upon terror and oppression,
good many people who periments is the Soviet research in-
ought to a controlled press and radio, fixed An independent
know better who go from this coun- and our basic principles and pro- Investigation Jo radioactive possibilities of the elections and suppression of personal among the
try to the United States and clae-gramme are not only different from best informed sources Powerful and mysterious cosmic. .roya freedoms.
available in Europe has substantiated going on at the research centre in where and talk down this country." Hindu organisations but are in con- U.S. POLICY
In most particulars this story, which
As the Speaker called the volc, tict", he declared. Pamir area of central Asin and
the House rocked with Conservative called upon Moslems in nit in the high Himalayan mountains. "I believe it must be the policy also alleges, arstly, that, Soviet
Experts consulted on the "De yelled book "Tory."
cries of "Rubbish" while Labourites walks of life writton; when it la, it will probably be'a' noun or an adjectiva repre-
constructed atomic of the
to organise them- United States to support seleptists have
selves. Reuter, sonting the despairing ory of a community whipped into submission by
bombs four times heavier than the Volksrant" story noted what they free peoples who are resisting AL.
Mr Winston Churchill, rising to the bulldozer ruthlessness of an unrelenting administration. Our com- templed subjugation by armed bank the Americans dropped at called the minor errors of fact bi the
move the vote of no confidence, ac- known knowledge of Soviet atomic cused the Labour Government ments to date have been very largely influenced by that appreciation, minorifiestor by outside pressures. Bikini, although not necessarily any Government has made up its mind that direct taxation is to be an intégrali I believe we must adsist free peo- dendiler.
of cosmic ray and
experimentalion. perpetrating a "crime against the espionage They verified, however, that In Its British State and people" in pur- feature of the colony's future finances. Doubt about this turns into con-
through to work out their own des-12. viction when a study is made of the technique adopted. Firstly, a Taxation inlex in their own way", tie Pre-endly,
of the mistakes made by die
essentials and most of details, the suing its policies. Committen In not up. for the express purpose of advising on the best
Americans in their pioneering work
London, Mar. 12. ¡ story was accuimte, with and excep- Mr Churchill, leading the Opposi methods of collecting additional annual rayanue; the committee recom-
help should bent Oak Ridge, Tennessee State, Bomb lon, the point as to whether the tion attack on Government, unlim that Britain will be short of electric Some observers here are predicting States mende direct taxation; acting solely on that recommendation (and without primarily
and experimentation is now focused en- Soulet, have actually manufactured a bered the big guns of bis famous power for another three to five years, through economic calling for any, other opinion) Government secretly establishes special Annncial aid, essential to economic tirely on splitting the protactinium bamb.-Reuter,
oratorical ardenal. He accused the Associated Press. machinery for enforcing tax legislation, prepares a draft bili, and then stability and orderly political pro-atom Instead of the uraalum Isotope. blandly offers it to the public as though it were a urprise packat ut of A lucky dip. You take it, or leave it, and you can't exchange the gift for something else you would profer. This is the rub. It gives the fooling, as ono correspondent expressed it, though in a slightly different form, that it is no good kicking because no notice is taken. On 'an Josua such as taxation, the community feels defeated before it has evon had a chance to express its opinion.
We have challenged proposed direct taxation on the sheer merita of the draft bilf as presented. We are quite willing to extend the challenge to the point of dealaring that the proposals thould be abandoned. : Wa subscribe to the general objections because, despite the scoffing of cor respondents who admit they are only temporary roaldents with no bla torical background of Hongkong, wo believo, most. the objectione ara tenable have bean prove
There is another consideration. So far no official: hint has been given as to what revenue Government hopes to draw. from direct taxation in a full financial year. But one estimato, from a very reliablo, source, puts it at not more than $20,000,000, more possibly $12,000,000. Either figure represents a comparatively paltry return. - Wo suggest the same revenue, could be obtained by means other than the proposed Inéquitable direct taxation..."
50#
ples
sident said.
United
cesses, President Trumon added.
Gloomy Prediction
England's Rivers Dangerously Rising
In
TOP SECRET PLANT "The world is not static and Its Thirdly, their top secret atomic status quo is not spered. But we can energy plant is located in the Lake not allow changes in iis status que Bulkäl urea of Eastern Siberia, in the
London, Mar. 12. warned householders to take their in violation of the Charter of the midst of the central Mongolian de-
The Air Ministry forecast to-day United Nations by such methods as sert.
Rivers are rising fast and furniture, to upolatra rooms,
further slight dalls of snow in Eng- coercion or by such subtertuges as
Sandbags and plies of clay have land-Reuter. Fourthly, thousands German thousands of acres of low lying been dumped
of
the main street naclene physicists and other scien-land are already deep in flood ready to block up houses and shops political infiltration.
DANUBE RECEDING control of an armed minority, the forced as paid slave labour to serve wave had melted rapidly the prepared for flooding and the river is at a bridge for seven hours to-day
"If Greece should fall under the lists, specialists and technicians, water after the warm weather if the water rises further.
Towns in the Thames Valley are
Bratislava, Mar, 12, effect
upon its neighbour Turkey the Kremlin, are employed on their
Army planes bombed the lec-jam would be immediate and serious. atomic project, which is sald-
snow accumulated during the already up to rund level for many as the Danube slowly receded 14 "Confusion and disorder might dwaft the American atomic plant at recent "ice age". well
spread throughout the entire | Oak Ridge,
The River Medway in Kent and the
centimetres to alx, metres above Windsor, the Thames is already nárran). Middle East. Should we fail to ald Fifthly, inst April 300 persons were Avon in Wiltshire have reached their three feet above normal and is ex- Greece and Turkey in this fateful killed at Atomgrad, closely guarded highest levels in 20 years and are pected to rise higher still when the water but experts believe the dan
Port Installations were
under hour, the effect will be far-reach- centre of research on the northern still rising. After the Avon burst huge volume ing to the West as well as to the shore of Lake Baikal, when an ac- lis banks during the night, streeld down from the Cotswold hills and kilometre stretch of lee above Brati
of water sweeping ger has passed, unless the three- East. We must take immediate and cliental, chain reaction released dead in Sailsbury, cathedral city of 23,000 smaller streams reaches the lower lava should break up unexpectedly. resolute action,
i-ly radioactive rays, which penetrated people, were flooded and the police lying land.
United Pross.
miles.