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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1948.
Russia Challenged To Reveal Expenditures On Armaments
Use Tanks New Prime & Bombs
Tel-Aviv, Oct. 7.- The Egyptian forces threw in tanks and bomb carrying. Spitfires today in a renewal of the fight- | ing for the important heights dominating the Israeli Army's only land route to isolated Jewish settlements in the Negev, the desert arca of southern Palestine.
-
An Israeil Army spokesmun 1.ounced that the assault had been repulsed. The Egyptian forves attacked the two Israeli-held heights of Tel Kunelira and Hirbeth Mon- haz, Bouth of Guza.
day.
The spokesmon sal the two heights were first attacked yester-
They were occupied by ti Egyptians who were later driven oit Israeli counter nlincks. The
and 1 heights changed hands twice
دورا
this morning found Israeli forces st holding them when Egypalon aircraft attempted to bomb the poai- tion and dislodge the defenters.
Heavy and light tanks supported the Egyptian advance, he added.
The spokesman stated that United Nations observers were yesterday m Lormed about the "grive breach of the truce" in a note handed to them by the Israeli authorities, but here hus yet been no official Israeli request for observers to be sent to the spot. NEGEV SEALED OFF
The scene of the fighling was be- low the village of Iraq Suweidan, have through which Israeli forces bom pushing armed convoys into the Negev uroa.
The fighting the south took on citri sintticance fmin the fact that the Negev has become the focal Israel! point in the
opposition to Count Bernadotte's repari, де чем before the United Nations.
Minister
Pasha Ahmed Hilmay (above), military governor of Arab-held section of Jerusalem, who has been appointed Prime Minister of the newly-formed Arab government for Palestine. -AP Picture.
MOTORISTS
GIVEN SHOCK
DIRECT QUESTION POSED
TO M. VYSHINSKY
Plain Words
Words In UN Committee
Paris, Oct. 7.-Mr Hector McNeil, Secretary of State and chief British delegate to the United Nations, this evening challenged Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, to disclose what proportion of Russia's national income was spent on armaments,
The challenge was issued in the United Nations Political Committee, which began discussing Russia's disarmament resolution calling for a reduction of one-third in armaments of the Big Five powers-Russia, Britain, the United States, France and China.
McNeil declared: "In 1947-48 the proportion of the national income of the Soviet Union spent on armaments was what percentage?
"The published figures say 17 per cent-a not inconsiderable figure."
He added that in 1937 the Soviet government spent 17.5 milliard roubles on armaments. "Today, it spends 66.1 miliards,
"My country, undertook a savage)
demobilisation disarmament and
Mr nfter programme
the war," ***This is trad!- McNeil continued. fonnt for my country, and is tradi
Western European
countries.
"We are at the bottom of the scale.
to the
irreducible is 1s reduced nimum-but facing figure of 66.1 milliards.
I should ant be a representati
if cantilence worthy of any exposed
I the people
represent before I had assured myself that I was not exposing them risks.
us
10
grave
London, Oct. 7.--Britain's 2,009,000 motorists got a shock The Egyptius have raked off the Loday when they learned that all Negey except for a secondary road the Government was considering running through Iraq Suweldon.
utmost in suspending the petrol ration for Thus it was of the
to the winter months. portance for the Israel Army
introduced in It had only been hold their positions in this sector to
in the allow of the passage of reinforce-June, after being abolished
previous October emergency cuts to ments nail supplies,
save tullar.
There was no pleasure motoring during the war, but enough petrol
#s Will Mr Vyshinsky give д for 270 miles a month was allowed Irom June, 1045 to October 1947.
This ration was then abolished series of proposals that does mean 'it was adequate when lust
adequato June,
verification, until
disarmament restured on a smaller scale-enough inspection, for It is believed that the Egyptians for 90 miles a month.
Programme?" hope to reinforce the Arab claims to Now It is felt that there is a
-Rejecting-the-Soviet disarmainest. Government that the
McNeil concluded: proposal, Mr the
Negev by sealing it oil com- possibility
action
"Unless trust is created. unless the pletely before the Palestine Issue may be compelled to take
because of the heavy petrol drain doors are opened, none of us would Paris.
caused by the Berlin
of our Both the Egyptans and the Syrians the increased
good representatives people if we neceded to the Soviet were continuing to ignore repeated United Nations orders to
Mr Hugh Gaitskell. the Minister request." their positiona in the south and of Fuel and Power, is expected to: northeast sectors of the Negev front make a statement when Parliament which were captured by them after re-assembles the beginning of the truce-Reuter. Reuter,
comes up
EDITORIAL
evacuate
services.
air lift and armed needs of the
be
later in the month.--
The Colony's Finances
усаг
Was
Ar
3
of
by
the the!
Dy THE announcement
necessity, hinted geting Financial Secretury Clarke last month, of Increasing
direct that the surplus for the 1947-48
taxation. "Wo arc
net
financial
will
Bay's out of the financial wood," be
about
the aoling Financial Secretary, $35,000,000 must be read In
but
concentrating on the conjunction with 1 estimate
not lose sight wood, he should made last month to the Legis-
of the tree which
represents lative Council that the currcul credit of $35 Taillion. Surplus financial year would find the
balances are always satisfactory, Colony bearing
loss of
but to build them up for the. $18,500,000. The revised cati- sheer Bake
ablo of being
to mate surplus for 1047-48
point to the achievement is not $30,000,000, which means that
necessarily in the interests of the actually we
roughly 2140
five general public. Certainly we do sullion dollars better
than off
not belleve added burdens was expected. 1 Mr
taxation Clarke's
Ahould
be imposed estimate for the current year la simply to enable general revenuo Taifilled Hongkong at March 31, to exceed expenditure by 1949 will be about $12,000,000 to
millions of dollars. In many the good, But some doubt has
view of the 1947-48 surplug and Deen thrown on the rather
the certainty that the end of the current, financial year will depressing stallaties which were given a month ago, They were find the Colony nloely solvent, based on heavy supplementary
further any altempt to thrust expenditure with no reference
the public direct taxation on being made to probablo increasea will meet with quite likely In revenue. It is
reception, amounting to hostility. the 1948-49 that by the time
So far as the latest supplemen accounts aro plosed they
tary expenditure votes are con- cerned, the show a much less frightening
only item which.j always debil balance. It has
causes any raising of eye-brows palley of those associated been a
two million odd dollars In the with estimating Colony revenue for pensions. This is explained and expenditure to be strictly no bring used by the applica- conservative, and Invariably the tion of the Salaries Commission final accounts have revealed that
recommendations, but even so the
to the budget
re- underestimated
beIn- ADECALS amount and averentlmsted
Wgh in vlow of the ordinately
of penditure. The 1946-47 expendi-
only recent implementation ture is a case in point. It was the Salaries Commission report. estimated
Hluctrate At $107.854.570,
It serves, orice again, Actually amounted to $85.022,391.
cort the high
of government or about half of the forecast.
which,
speaking, generally And whils thero were
compiciely out *pecial
of proportion
allocated to reasons for this starting differ-
the expenditure pubile development and welfare ence, the fact remains that usually the Colony's financial positions la projects. It is in this direction much beller than the estimates that some paring down of ex- over anticipate,, The public will
penditure 'could well be made effl. welcome the revelation that the
Arithout Jeopardising the 1947-48 surplus la as high as
olanoy of the Government $35,000,000, for this should dispel,'
michino.
vengo
will
ex-
Iru!
very
cold
ny
MR HECTOR MCNEIL
"It was impossible not to notice in all these talks that the naval powers demanded land disarmament and the innd powers demanded naval armament.
VYSHINSKY'S ACCUSATION
Earlier, Mr Vyshinsky moving the Soviet disarmament resolution. had Slates declared that the United "stands in the van of the organisa-[p tion of bloes of Europent countries supported, since they were
None of the peace-loving
dis-
"As far as the Soviet concerned. the position But those who (sh in
Union is
Royal Tour Uncertain
Dino
At the
For
P.G.
Reservations
Sydney, Oct. 7.-A high Government official dis- closed today that the Royal tour to Australia scheduled early next year may be abandoned if the battleship Vanguard is not available,
The official mentioned suggestions that the. Ad- miralty may assign tho Vanguard to active duty because of the International situation. However, Aus- tralian officials are still proceeding in the assump- tion that the Vanguard will be available.
Earlier this week, the of naval correspondent Lloyds List and Register in London, said that the fleet no longer regarded the Royal tour as a foregone conclu- sion. United Press.
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Vigorous Attempts To Solve Berlin Dispute
Paris, Oct. 7-China and the small powers today worked vigorously behind the scenes in the United Nations on a com- promise formula for cracking the Berlin crisis.
The conciliation movement was started by Argentina's Dr Juan Foreign Minister, Bramuglia, after a day high- lighted by Mr Andrei Vyshin-. sky's charge that the United States Government was pre- paring for atomic war and a British challenge to Russin to prove that its disarmament pro- posals were sincere.
Dr Bramuglia conforred tonight threa of the with representatives Western powers and a representa- tivo of Russla, reportedly Mr
himself.
Vysts to authoritative Latin-
American
begun
"exploring Dr Bramuglio the possibility of an East-West compromise which would
at least a temporary provide break in the world's tensest diplo- matle stalemate.
Led by Dr Bramugita, who is President of the Security Council for the Berlin debate, delegates of five of the six small nations and China held the third of a series of private celings on the possibility of enm- promise.
SUGGESTED FORMULA Oct. 7-Unim- I Singapore,
The formula under consideration, clear. peachable sources today said ja
Latin-American and according to
would sources, troubled that the Government had cap-ather responsible waters do not realise that they are tured documents showing that provide for simultaneous lifting ut busy with the distortion of fucts.
Chinese plantation the Soviet blockade of Berlin and "If the British and United States wealthy
German
peace treaty in the Dig foreign policy is thus constructed owners had been paying protec-resumption of negotiations on then there can be no progress with tion money to Malayan fer- Four Council of Foreign Ministers. the reduction of armaments, which rorists-apparently solving the The United States proposed such a
most im-puzzle of the Communists' step
after all is one of the portant tasks of the United Nations.".
of
sources of income.
the
the Security yesterday in Council
Other top United Nations sources The records came into
Evatt, ATOMIC CONTROL
Enid Australia's Dr Herbert inent hands recently
and when the Belgium's Paul-Henri Spauk On the control of atomic energy. Jungle "Fetrol Force" raided
Govern-
"
Mr. Vyshinsky said: "We' ahbleaway, near Sepuloh in Central the UN Secretary General, Trygve stubborn lack of desire on the part Johore Sinte, on the heels of the Lin, were also exploring all possible number of delegations not only fleeing: occupants. There Force ways of settling the Berlin crisis. on the question of banning atomic meinbers found what evidently was They were understood to feel that bombs, but also on that of setting an account of a recent meeting of the East-West fight over Berlin was work of the up international control."
the Communist hierarchy and a list blocking, all the
Assembly this pesalan. He said that the American and of names of those who paid pretec General
However, the events of the day British delegates had deliberately tion money and were to be spared
not kill all hopes that the Ber- rejected all suggestions that from terrorism.
lin-crisis could be settled through sinall
conciliation pressure
"general sought on
power
an
should be reement"
FORGED RICE CARDS control.
Also captured was a list of names) and a slightly-improved atmosphere "Atomic weapons are weapons of
and might be created for the rest of aggression, and future production of ringleaders, extortionists
binckmarketeers, who had
the Assembly. At the same time, been of such weapons can only serve
A those who have aggressive aims, and collecting many thousands of dollars there were few, if any, persons who
anticipated to keep the campaign going.
carly change in the went to attack foreign territories,"
large number of forged rice cards, situation. Mr Vyshinsky declared,
to bo sold on the black market, also Even if the three Western powers "Those who do not want to spread was discovered,
would accept the formula discussed. their mastery over foreign terri-
Captured documents revealed
by the Counell's small members- pro-tories by military force do not need details of a Communist plan of at and there are some authoritative posals of the Soviet Union were to clutch these weaponle and re-
tack. The Government is expected persons who think that possible- not to The prohibition of
on the there
assurance Russla was no
WANT TO SAVE FACE-
his Bramuglia and Informed sources predicted that
to wero understood fcrets the find would sharply reduce the
the feeling that time needed to round up the ter- their hopes on
Bro now. both East and West rorists in Malaya-United Press.
the for a way out of looking
directed against the Soviet Union." the taste of France and the United duction of conventional weapons to make wholesale arrests
basis of information gained from would agree.
Kingdom."
dething
seized. papers
those implicated.
Some prominent
in
the
1
the
The Soviet resclution,
were closely related, and could not Da Mr Vyshinsky then described that so far "practically
be dealt with separately, he said, of treaties done has been
the Munich as the "essence to Implement
race" decisions
"mnd armaments General Assembly's
on guaranteeing international security" repeating his earlier attacks on the Persons are believed to be among
which were in fact, he added, de-
United States. atomic energy control and disarma-
On military expenditure in'. ment, proposes: (1) The Big Powers signed to organise Europe without
the Soviet Union.
he said, "vast sums United States, shall as a first step in the reduc-
stands "Today, the United States tion of armaments
armed
to ments, perfect the striking forces, reduce by one-third, during in the van of the organisation of are being spent to increase arma- one year, all present land, naval blocs of European countries directed power of the United States."
REPORTS QUOTED and air forces. (2) Prohibition of against the Soviet Union." atomic weapons intended for aims He then made a ten-minute attack of aggression and not for defence. on an address to the Assembly by (3) Establishment within the frame-M Paul Heart Spark, the Belgian work of the Security Council of an Prime Minister.
*
international control body for Ho repented the Russian allega 50 years, and a pamphlet which
measures or
1310
to
That
of
REPORTS OF
Dr
con- base
CHINESE. SHOT DEAD Singapore, Oct. 7.-Soldiers tonight Berlin tangle. They reasoned that a simultaneous "concession" by cach shot dead a former president of the both sides wanted to save face and Johore Bahru Chinese Chamber of Commerce who was one of the local side might be the answer.
Snail power members of the Communists' intelligenslu to
Chinese 80 Security Council and the underground when the state of emor-delegate, Mr T. F. Talang, met twice Other gency was proclaimed here,
yesterday and once today.
were General A. G. carrying a revolver, was shot in the Tebrau aren of Johore. He was van Langenhove of Belgium, Mr graduate of the Chinese University Farle el Khouri of Syria and Senor of Urdaneta Arbelacz in Shanghal-Reuter,
Colombia. Delegates of the Soviet, Ukraine and other small powers on the Council were not involved.
in The Ukraine joined Russia
the participate in refusing Council debate. Conferees agreed of talks io withhold the results from the press, but as they
The man, Wong Tat-choc, who was participant of Canada. Mr Fernand
BIG BLACK
MARKET SCANDAL GROW
Mr Vyshinsky quoted a press re- the port on plans being laid for development of atomic weapons in the United States during the next supervision and control over the lons that the Drussels Five Power "prophesied" that the Soviet Union implementation of the measures for Pact was a manifestation of an would not be able to catch up with reducing armaments und
towards the the United States development armed aggressive attitude forces, und for the prohibition of Soviet Union, adding that without
(Continued on Page 5) ntomie weapons.
doubt there existed in Belgium to- Mr Vyshinsky, presenting the day groups and parties, including M. the Socialist Party, headed by Russion proposals, said that Soviet
or propagandists Government's motives in Spaak, consisting submitting is proposal were purt and inciters to war against Rusala.
""CLUTCHED BY DREAD" of Its consistent aim of struggung. against any
designs Ho challenged
M. Spaak tending to create cleavage among produce one line of evidence which
slightest indication gave the the peoples of the world,
He declared: "The Soviet people, the Soviet Union was preparing to all any country, least of at-attack who heroically defented
whose liberation tacking German
and who Belgium, enemy for three years have been working Soviet soldiers shed tons and tons 10
cure the wounds degit their of blood."
"Your country is clutched by country
and to- during the war
Soviet. Unlon, who trend of, the wardo increasing the economic power
the Soviet State are parti- uerificed millions cularly interested in getting a solid free you from Hitlerin,"
Vychinsky, gesturing peace throughout the world.
"The Soviet
Union has persisted in Spaak sitting impassibly this policy since the very first days that power was put in the hands of the workers in the Socialist State.
This policy of prod" is directed against war-mongers and against such things as the war paychosis which la being kindled in the United States."
of
"for
| Presidential rostrum.
taken on
London, October, 7.-The Daily Graphic said today that American stoel may be involved in the British big black market scandal ramifications which are expected to shake the present Labour Government. High Government oficials are re- of her song to ported to be implicated in
said Mrscandal. towards
the
Roberto
to
left
in
the Palals, M. van Langenhove, Sener Urdaneta and Dr. Bramugla all said they were "completely agreement."
It was understood the six diplo muis had not tried to draft, any The usually well-informed Dall resolution for the Security Council Telegraph claimed that although or any formal proposat for Russia the scandal has been under public and the West. That may come later M. Scotland Yard will probably surveillance less than a week, off-formed sources said the United on the complete the initial report on its cial enquiries have been going on
Investigation within 48 hours. over six months.
and
until
States, war following the policy of encouraging the small natious to.
the inluative in the case,- tako M Spaak's speech seemed to be However, official information designed to help Mr Bevin in the comment will be withheld
The Labour Party organ, Daily United Press, unbearable burden the latter had Parliament convenes on October 25. Herald, develed top of the front seandal in-page to the affair stating it was the his shoulders--the burden It is believed the of trying to prove "such horrible volves black marketing of large first major scandal since the Labour
paper Government took onleo in
Lord nonsense that it is not possible to quantities of laco, textiles,
Bald that Com- nnd other controlled materials de- The story have co-operation between
found Chancellor Jowill's insistence fraud munist and non-Communist
..coun- signated for export which tries,"
their way to the domestic market, Equad
chief Mr Vyshinsky said that Mr Bevin but the Daily Graphic sald "large Thorp had peperintendent Arthur Glasgow steamer, Coralogie, and the had misquoted and misunderstood quantities of sicel
and.
אוד
at
1045.
Steamers Collide
Madrid, Oct. 7.Tho 3,787-ton
USELESS CONFERENCE
assumed direct 2,163-ton Swedish steamer Polaris Referring to the pre-war dis
had personally assumed direct collided in fog oft Cape Finisterre Demament efforts, Mr Vyshinsky
control of the investigations. Unfit today and put in to Vigo each with sold: "It is quite clene how useless Lenin and quoted several passages materials are bellaved to have been
from Lenin's works to show that imported from America by several the probe is completed the Labour damage above the water line, were all those conferences and com-
a Midlands and North WDB
of England Parly paper sold "no decision can be The Polaris, which was taking a of salt to Stockholm, lost an missions. They show how little the international co-operation
risation." foreign policy. conulno disarmament.
capitalist states were interested in central theme of the Soviet Union's manufacturing Arms without autho- taken on the procedure to follow."-cher-Rouler.”
United ProsN,"