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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1948.
PEER FORESEES A RUTHLESS
DOCTRINAIRE
MINORITY
Opposition To Lords Reform Bill
London, June 8.-The fear that a "ruthless doctrinaire minority" might gain power in Britain was expressed by Lord Salisbury, the Opposition leader in the House of Lords, as a reason why he moved today the rejection of the Government's Bill. to curb the Lords' powers.
He maintained that the Bill, reducing the period In which the House of Lords could delay a House of Commons Bill from two years to one, would go far to establish a single Chamber Government and deprive the country of a vital constitutional safe- guard of its liberties.
Lord Salisbury said that there was a section in the Labour Party which regarded the electorate as a ladder on which to climb to power. Such people belloved not In the rule of democracy but in the rule
ep-
portunity at the Conference to settle the problem one of these portunities which do not often rö- eur in a lifetime."
"In fact, wo achloved nothing, but we narrowly missed achieving Rejecting the idea that the Gov-
of the particular political elique to everything." which they belonged,
FORMIDABLE THREAT *This is FOL preity formidable threat that is facing Drilain-of a government by a ruthless doctrin- aire minority,
"It was exactly the same ten- deney which led to the destruction
who
"I'm fed.up with this job - nothing but opus, opus, opus ...
U.S. To
Trade With Russia
Negation Of Civic Rights
People's Democracios Condemned
Vienna, June 8-The In- ternational Socialist Congress here today adopted a resolu tion declaring the "People's
of Democracies"
Eastern Europe as "the negation of civic rights and the suppres- sion of human freedom."
Dr
The resolution, moved by Adolf Schaerf, the Austrian Vice- Chancellor, declared: "In some lands there is still a Fascist regime or the inclination to re-establish one, while in others, under political and economic pressure from the Soviet Union, govenments have come into existence under the name of people's democracies which in fact represent
such
Politically,
governments mican the negation of civic rights and the suppression of human free- đóm. Economically they private capitalism by Stota
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These particular members are inernment ought to have a mandate formidable groups--they are Single from the electorate before curtall-United States today decided people's democracies deny, in prac- Chamber men. They want no checking the House of Lords powers, against the placing of a total tice. both democracy and socialism on their own nutocratic power either Lord Jowitt said this Parliament embargo on the shipment of which they claim to represent. from the people, the House of Lords, had had to decide matters of drst industrial goods to Russin and INSEPARABLY TIED or anyone else.
moment-such as India and Pales-
"The International Socialist Con- ting which could not have been other Eastern countries
declared that it intended to socialisin is inseparably tied to de- ference in Vienna declares that referred to the electorate.
carry on trade with that area
mocracy and must extend politics! on a strict "quid pro quo basis." democracy into economic democracy.
"The parties at The polley was announced by Mr
They Conference, Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Com- therefore, bind themselves to fight Answered
of maintenance merce, who told a press conference: together for the "We do not intend to place an em-political democracy and to enforce the bargo on shipments to Eastern Europe. democratic principles in all organi- We benefit from their trade and we sations within their sphere of intend to maintain it on a quid pro Duence. quo basia".
"To extend political democracy Insisting that trade between Eas Into economic
the democracy. lern Europe and the United States Socialist parties believe that legla. and the rest of the world was lation and pubile administration "essential to world recovery", Mr need thorough reform. Sawyer said there was no agreement "Administration must be rid of or policy that would halt "the ship-all bureaucratie fetters. ment of industrial goods to Eastern #The Europe in the future".
He disclosed that the present Parliament was likely to end on May 1, 1950.
LORD SAMUEL WITH GOVT.
"Backwoodsmen” of free, institutions In Czechoslova-seldom attend debates turned up in
perra kla and elsewhere.
and the Opposition's 1 do not say that extreme views amendment for rejection was ex-
force today of that kind are held by the So- cialist Party. The vast majority pected to be carried overwhelmingly are moderate, sensible men and if when the pib is taken tomorrow
at the end they had their way 1 am sure, this measure would never have been introduced.
"But it is not those who control the polley of the Government-it is
tho more extreme wing. It the Government took away the essential safeguards of the liberties of the British people, posterity would not forgive them.
Bill
merely opens the way to the
the enemies within the nates to overthrow the free institutions of
this
country" he asserted,
on
a two-day debate. Lord Samuel, leader of the Ld- berals in the House of Lords, said
Conservatives had made strategle mistake, in not adopting the nine-months delay,
the
He proposed to put forward en amendment containing the Govern ment proposal.
Ic
why any saw no section should vole against it. The alternative was a head-on collision with the House of Commons.
reason
He would, he said, vole for the second reading.
Gobate was adjourned until tomorrow when Lord Addison, the Lord Privy Seal, is expected to wind up the deale
for the Government.— Reuter.
Afler further discussion, the de-
Lord Sallsbury was speaking the second reading-wlien the vernment asks for agreement in -principle of the Parliament Bill.
NATIONALISATION OF STEEL This Dill would enable the Govern- ment to nationalise the steel Industry and pass it into law, despite the known opposition of the House Ok Lords, before the next Keneral election, due in, 1955.
Lord Salisbury sald he could not understand why the Government,
which expressed an attachment to democracy he believed it was sin-
cere should We
unwilling to
consult the people by means of an
carlier general election.
"It fa not
added.
he British peo
Parly
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On the other hand, he declined to say what type of goods would be permitted but asserted that "the applications for
Heences export would be dealt with on an indivi-freedom of the individual with dual basis without any advance stan-economic planning". dards being inld down.
"Democratic socialism connects the.
OTHER RESOLUTIONS
Just
In theory, Mr Sawyer added, there between what was no difference
The Conference passed the fol- and would be allowed to go to Eastern towing resolution on Spain Europe and what would be per- Greece: "The Socialist parties here mitted the Marshall Plan countries. represented engage themselves to re-
However, the fact that the latter
quest their governments to under- received goods under the auspices of take Immediately co-ordinated and the European Economie Co-operation effective action to abolish the Administration would provide them traces of Fascism in Europe. with certain priority.
"The Spanish people especially He admitted that licences
from freed
slavery im- been issued for industrial goods for must bo Russin in the past few weeks but posed on them by the France regime. declined to say what their subject be free to install a règime according "Similarly, the Greek people must
WER. "We intend maintain it as
to their a fexible policy and cach applica-
own desires expressed at tion will be decided on its merits," democratie elections held under in- ternational control while safeguarding their independence, security territorial integrity
London, June 8.-The Czecho- he said. Reuter. The rights and Ilberties of
----| slovak-Minister-in-Stockholm people are at stake."
could not and two members of the Czech
The Opposition, he said, no House ambtaxy staff in Paris resic Freedom Of
agree that R
of Commons
ns should have A blank
cheque to legislate irrespectively of today in protest against the re-
had
what the British people might think. signation, some 24 hours ago. of London For Duke
Lord Jowitt, the Lord Chancellor, Dr Eduard Benes, as President said earlier in the debate that the of Czechoslovakia. Opposition was apprehensive that there might
Britain a arise in government of the extreme Right or The extreme Left.
"My attitude is that I should dis- like both equally. But do you really think that the existing powers in the Parliament Act are any pro- tection against such an event?
"What a matchboard protection against the rising flood of discontent" "The Government would tolerate no obstruction from the House of Lords: if it decided to nationalise the steel Industry. Many Peers had expressed in no uncertain terms their dislike of this possibility, he added.
London, June 8.--Escorted by M. Edward Taborsky, Minister in scarlet-uniformed Household Caval- Stockholm, gave up his post be- ry, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke catise of the "intolerable conditions of Edinburgh drove in a semi-State which forced Dr Benes to resign". landau through cheering crowds lo- Reuter message from the Swedish day to the centuries-old Guildhall, capital said.
where the Duke received the Free- dom of the City of London.
M. Vaclav Benes, a 38-year old Counsellor at the Czech Embassy in Parls and a nephew of Dr Benes. and M. Karel Hanus, another mem- ber of the staff, had earlier resigned.
M. Vaclav Benes told Reuter: "The moment in which my uncle resign- ed was, the last moment when every true Czechoslovak living abroad and having the possibility of free
He wore the Silver Star of the Order of the Garter on his naval uniform and the Princess n "steel- blue" New Look dress.
Making his Arst public specchi before the Princess, he referred 10 their visit to France and said: "We are both convinced that the crowds who greeted us were expressing their friendship for our country.
If prevention is belier than cure, choice of his own free will will have the Government had ample to separate himself from the Prague Those waves and cheers were ground" for saying that it would regime." prevent such obstruction talking place.
troni
of
the spontaneous expression of the In Prague today, M. Klement goodwill felt by
the people Gottwald, the Communist Czecho- France for the people of this slovak Premier, called on President ALL PARTY CONFERENCE
country." Benes in his country home at Referring to the all-party Con-
Afterwards they were entertained Sezimova Ustl to inform him of the to lunch at the Mansion House by ference, he said that he thought decisions taken by the Government the Lord Mayor, Sir Frederick Wells, nine months was ample time for after the President's resignationReuter. the House of Lords to consider yesterday. Bill. The Government could not accept the measuro of control which the Opposition claimed..
Ife felt that they had a real op-
Alter official business had been discussed, Dr Benes remained conversation with M. Gottwald for some time. Reuter.
London Discouraged Anti-Hitler
Movements In 1938
Nuremberg, June 8.-The British Government had dis- couraged anti-Hitler movements in 1938 because it thought that chaos would result as there was no replacement available for the German dictator, tho former German State Secretary, Baron Ernst Von Weizsnecker, told a Nuremberg war crimes court today.
Teslifying in his own defence, the to allow his successor baron all the German resistance amount of power.
RICE AND CORN EXCHANGE PACT
in
Cairo, June 8-Implementation of an agreement reached in Washing- ton during the recent visit of Mali- moud Bey Zaki, Under-Secretary of State, has been undertaken Alexandria whereby Egypt will sup- ply the United States with a big quantity of surplus Egyptian rice.
In return Edynt will receive ap- proximately $0,000,000 plus 50,000
tons of corn.
It
rice
was understood. today that tho will be sent to Far East ter- ritories under occupation by United States armed forces as well as cer-
an equal tain European countries.
Both the rice and com will be supplied by
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and
The Conference decided to set up
a committee of experts to study in- ternational and national problems of planned economy.-Reuter,
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