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VOL. III NO. 267
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948.
VAST RUHR INDUSTRIES TO BE GIVEN
Mop Up Of Egyptian Strongholds
FALUJA IS STILL
HOLDING OUT
1
Iraq Suweidan. Nov. 10.-- Israeli forces rolled Eastward from this newly, won base to- day, mopping up Arab strong- holds all day to the approaches to Faluja.
Striking out from thin police fortress which they wrested from The Egyptians yesterday, the Jews further consolidated the Faluja pocket where number of Egypilan troops are trapped.
Among the points occupied was the village of Belt Afa,
Israel! troops captured a number
of Egyptian officers and men who cluded the conquerora yesterday
when this fortress fell.
clered
The reports that Faluja surren- to the Jews loter proved
Was
fake.
The Egypilans" plight described by the Israel authorities as critical.
DESPERATE BID
The captured Egyption troops were reported to have told their captors that they would have sur rendered earlier, but they had been told by their commanders that the Jews would kill them if they fell Into their hands.
100 Egyptian About
troops, fearing enpture, made a break from this shell-pocked fortress in a desperate bid for freedom to Falun. Their attempted flight touched aft the ongagement which resulted in the capture of the Iraq Suwoldan fortress.
Wildent Strike By 13,000
Longshoremen
New York, Nov. 10.—A, wildest airiko by some 13,000 long- shoremen today, tied up. New York ond Boston harbours, halting ferelen maritime trade, including, Marshall
shipments. threatened to spread from Malaolo Virginia,
plan
It
With the West Coast whippiny paralysed for the past 76 days Uy, another strike, men who los 1 and unload freighters and
axainst passenger liners here were recalled
contract, approved by their own union leaders
and by the shipping com manies providing for a 10 percent hour wage increase.
the
new
In the giant New York luarbour, same 10,000 Insurgent members of the AFL International Longah sremen's Association refused to to out on the plers when the boss siavedores blew their whistles at 8 a.m. Some men were working but most docks Jo Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey and Hobolien were struck,
In Boston, according to the United States Maritime Commission, Commission sald that the rome 3.000 men were affected. The Longshoremen were still on the Job in such other big Eastern ports as Philadelpida, Balilmore and Criland.
An 80-day "no strike" injune ton under the Taft Harley act expired at midnight and the men immediately stopped work. - United Press.
U.S. INTEREST IN
CHINA CRISIS
Washington, Nov. 10.-State Department offi- cials today disclosed that the National Security Council has submitted to President Truman formal proposals for the American policy in dealing with the suddenly acute situation in China.
indications
that were
the
The
BACK TO
GERMANS
Anglo-U.S. Decision
Frankfurt, Nov. 10.West Germany's massive koy coal, steel and iron industries of the Ruhr will be handed back to the Germans, the British and American military authorities here announced today,
The Germans themselves will decide whether the industries shall be publicly or privately owned, but the Military Govern- ment will not allow an exces. sive concentration of power."
Ownership titles will bo trans- ferred to German trustees but a return of old owners nasocinted with the Nazi regime will · be barred.
of
Pending a decision by the Pre- The Acting Secretary of State, Mr eldent, the officials refused to say Robert A. Lovett, told a news con- what measures the Council proposed ference meanwhile that he did for dealing with the crisis provoked know whether the Chinese appeal by the recent Communist military to President Truman for more and victories in North China. But all more milltary help had
been Preferred to the State Department. The sidential advisers urged fast action United States already has committed inanders-in-bit the "restoration to get more American military and Itself to mupplying Generalissimo economie help to the hard-pressed Chiang Kut-chck's government with Chinese Nationalist Government. Their review on the China crisix $125,000,000 worth of arms and was given added urgency by dis- equipment this year and officials said patches telling of food riots in that $112,000,000 of that aid already Shanghal and other Chinese cities has been granted. ond of new Communist advances in North China.
In
The new scheme is planned to promote the "quickest possible" in- crease in production In Weet: Germany's basic Industries and pro- vides for splitting German coal and steel combines into a number not
independent firms subject to a com- mon policy control.
Ownership titles now are vested in the American and British Com- who.retain the power to prevent
Patter of ownership which would -consuijute centration of excessive-con- Announcing tho - Organisation scheme, General. Skr Gordon Mac ready and General Clarence Adcock, ECA AID TO GO ON the British and American chairmen
Omec -expect Faluja to
As for the present crisis in China, of Bipartie Control Israeli officers
1 few hours,
GRAVE PROBLEM
Mr Loveit said he could 'only sup- Frankfurt, sald
The capitulate within a
today: saw smoke rising from the base. While refusing to <fiscuss the port the statement of the Economie question of socialisation or private Faluja is in a plain and cannot be | Security Counci proposals, une Co-operation Administratom, Paul ownership will remain to be decided defended successfully..
State Department official said It is G. Hoffman, who said earlier this by a representative, freely-elected "pretty obvious that the situation inweek that aid to Chins would be German Government, the sovereignty Meanwhile, it was learned that Chinn is deteriorating very rapidly continued of its present rate in of which may extend over the whole the smell Government will tell and it is a grave problem."
areas not held by the Communists. † of Germany or may be confined to the United Nations It has no inten-
The Council la composed of the The ECA authorised the delivery Western Germany along." tion of abandoning Iraq Suweldan. President, chairman of the National of another $18,001,000 worth of raw Foreign Office circles denied that Security Rescurces Board and the cotton and rice for the Chinesa they had received any communica- Secretaries of State, Defence, Army, today, making a total of $23,377,000 tion from Paris about the town, Navy and Air. Its job is to advise in ECA help cared for that country but said that the United Nations the President-on-policies affecting this-work- representative In Tel-Aviv has ask the security of the United States. On Monday, Mr Hoffman's agency cd the Foreign Omeo to
to abandon Slate Department cficials said it the fortress. The Foreign Office took up the China question at a said that there was no "capture" "recent" meeting and made of the
American. since the Arabs thorough review of tho fortTcB
toward that strife-torn broke out of it in an effort to join polley their main forces-United Press.
EDITORIAL
I country.
A Dangerous Situation
THE
HE altuation
quite
deteriorating so
in China
is
rapidly that
a few responsible quarters are openly speculating whether Generallasimo. Chiang Kai-shek and his close
Preotions tho
advisers
will
evacuate Nanking and establish Nationalist headquarters of the Government either in Canton or Formosa. Any such move would have a disastrous effect on the Already morale of his followers, Mertcualy weakened by the Nationalists' milltary misfortunes in Manchuria and North
China in and by the economio morass which Today
the commiry bas beon planged.
the Nanking threatened from two Communist armies which are reported to be conversing on the capital, and the danger of a civis uprising among the hungry and embittered people of Shanghai and the Yangtse clides. Given inspired-leadership it is comparatively easy for the Nationalist to correct much the military situation; more dif- Boult is it for a Government which has a consistently proved its incompetence to bring about sumcient win
Improved economie
back conditions to
The ponfidence of the people. There that. Chiang, and his
of,
mooled: Revision
own
of the gold Intended to Juan exchange rate
free permit it to and its level,
of and the provision cereals for half-starved Shanghal through Mr Hoffman's ECA, and the borrowing of rice "neighbouring country,”
separately Insuficient
provisions, either
collectively are
case
EIGHT FEATURES Plans for the reorganisation scheme aim at achieving a parallel pattern in the crucial coal and steel Industries of Western Germany, and in both parts of the Bizone.
The scheme's chief features are:
authorised China to use 54,388,000 of American aid funds for the pur-
The splitting up of the coal chase of fertilisers. here and in combines and the formation of new Canada.
colllery undertakings in a manner Mr Lovett also denied charges by already provisionally achieved in Senntor ·Styles; Bridges (Re- the steel industry of the British publican, New Hampshire) that the Zone.
C.
critical of the Administration for
from
These or
A
to
the
which
Bud
in
brlar about a lasting Improve- ment; at the best they can be regarded 18 palliatives may
the economie financlat tension. The only fac tors that can bring about permanent recovery are the end of the civil war and wholessle reformation of the system of The Generalissimo government. lus defiantly declared, that the Nationalists will continue to fight the Communists for another eight years if necessary. but it is doubtful whether his armies cat last⠀ ́thát ⠀⠀- long, unless Home sweeping
changes are made command-changes that restore the morale and
Babling qualities of the troope, and will enable the costly American · míð material
to be employed in the most effective manner possible. This
surely, must be obvious to Nanking. particularly in light of Representative Sal Bloom" observations In Washington In which he pointedly staled that China
must ⠀ first convince «ike world that it has a government. thai can handle largo-seals, ásala- fance, adding “I · · balluva V. În. sending help to her but I want to be sure that the, Chinese will receive the benefits, Too... much of the aid we have seat her has been falling into the wrong bands „and, nothing “has "been done, to correct the evils of control of the zallitary, în-China.”.... Those sirnight words but they are being, coloed more and more by the 114 262) ont failed, to „Generalizelinò'a frienda, and imp»? Keen vieil the tiomelat" "Frozen" - | porters, and for the sake of his INTRE) búa haya; Hod from, the countrymen, - they of theold – be
Bro
maye tarried too. Jong.
lp achieve senuine and Section reforms that will
stabilise the livelihood of their countrymen, Clearly the atmos- phere in and around Shanghai la charged with hostility towards the Odverament and the opportunity: is being created for. Commun
^aritators to take control uthe work” fears about Naakina's currency reforms have boon trailded; As a medium of exchange the gold yuan hak bier terud albi)); many hard parijed," METINIE MYE been wippd, not, and
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Moscow Press Plays Up Suggested Meeting Between
Truman And Stalin
Moscow, Nov. 10. Moscow newspapers on Wednesday gave prominence to a Tass dispatch from Washington quoting an American newspaper saying⠀⠀ that President Truman may come to Russia for a personal talk with Marshal Stalin.
The fact that the item was published here at all is significant. The newspapers made no comment on the report but it is hardly likely that it would have been published if editors did not look upon it as serious and worthwhile nows. Its publication caused much comment in the Foreign colony in Moscow,
To
Allied Planes
Berlin,' Nov. 10. The Russians today threatened to force down” Allied acro- planes which stray from the narrow aerial corridors be- tween the Western occupation. zones and blocked. Berlin. They were told at once by the United States Army Command that they would be held "fully and completely responsible for any injury to American airmen or damage to any American planes if the threat were carried out..
Lt-Gen G. S. Lucyanchenko, chief of staff of the Soviet Military Ad- ministration, made the threat, in a communication to Brig-Gen Charles K. Galey, Junior, Chief of staff if the American Military Govern- ment.
Gen Lucyanchenko sald any plants found by Boylet eir patrola fying outside le corridors" or 'fly- Ing without nationally marks would be forced to land on the nearest airfield in the Russian Zone.
FULL RESPONSIBILITY
In reply, Gen Galey, notined him; - You are informed that full and complete, responsibility will rest on the shoulders of the Soviet authori
ties should any injury: be sustained- by any of our personnel or any ddinge becur to our planes ns-o result of Soviet action taken in this connection.**
‚་་་,
Asked if the Western Allied Com- mand would give fighter plane protection, to their aerial transports-- if the Russians, carried out their threat, Gen Galey said that would have to be decided at a higher level ↑
Two other developments showed thổtroubles-Russia is having in her zone. It was disclosed that Fritz Koehler, chief editor of the Com- munist Party.. paper, Das Nouc Deutschland,' hud quit the Party and refused to continue working DE tho-paper.
dia- At the same time, Russia continued 22 passenger trains which had been entering Berlin from the Soviet Zone. The Russians eald they wanted to exert firmer, control over black market trading; but the Allies: Jenew It was ́ because the
Allied counter-blockade had caused grave shortages of coal, iron and In the Soviet Zone-United Press.
stcol
Every Moscow newspaper from Mr Lovett said that he knew Home Secretary
meeting or about reports in press Refuses Reprieves
issues
eventually three-power
п
Department had tried to prevent 2. The handing over of owner- former Ambassador William Eship Billes of the new undertakings. Bullitt from going to China on an to German -trustees appointed investigation mission for Bridges the Military Government Foreign Ald "watchdog" Committee.
3.The transformation of the Soft. Bridges has been highly German Cooi Mining Association,
Industry the smallest to the largest printed nothing of proposals for such what he called fis fellure to provide under Anglo-American control, to the Truman-Stallh larges
An authoritative foreign source despatches from Europe that intends to make public later this
sald: "It is possible."
Secretary. of State, Mr George year a committes report on the
This informant sald he knew of Marshall and President Trunian London, Nov. 10-The Bret Judi- situation in China Mr Bullitt's findings
POLICY CONTROL
executions in no such plans, but added that the would soon enter into discussions of clal
Britain since also will be released by
American President was sincerely the possibility of such a meeting. The Allied policy control will not interested in trying to settle world
hanging was temporarily suspended Sen, Bridges-Wilted Press, e
Mr Lovett read to the press con- are to take place soon. Two Britons, ESTIMATED COST
ference a statement. by Mr Eben now under sentence of death for sues and might take such a step. freeing of coalmining Another foreign source said that Ayers, Assistant to the President, murder, were today refused a re New York, Nov. 10-The NEA firms more than 60 per cent owned columnist, Peter Edson, writing In by United Nations nationals from while such a meeting was possible. which he had made earlier today prieve by the Home Secretary, Me
meeting Key West that President Truman James Chuter Ede Scripps-Howard. newspapere,Anglo-American requestration, with of Britain, France and the United has "no such plan in mind." estimates that it would cost the the right of representation of their States was likely to procede it in Meanwhile, Mr Tris Coffin, o The Home Secretary decided that United States US$17,000,000,000 to owners on the Board of the German order to work out an agreement on Washington newspaper columnist, in the case of both of them, sen- US$25,000,000,000 to save China if Coal Mining Association and the the approach.
today cabledlo Marshal Stalin tenced to death. last wonth, there. ald
wero
granted on a scale com-
obligation submit to the overall
Persons who follow the Russian asking whether the Soviet leader are not sufficient arquals to justify parable to the Greek programme. policy control.
policy closely said they belleva that would meet Fresident Trumon at him in recommending any inter- Edson says Mr Thomas Dewey's
-The confiscation of the assets if such an effort came from tho❘ some agreeable point to discuss ference with the due course of law."- defeat was "probably a harder blow of
peace for the malor. United States Zone con West, Marshal Stalin would prob- means of attaining to Ching than to any other country" and steel tims so that their titles ably look favourably on it..
world.
They will be the first to die since Speculating on Chiang Kai-shek's
trustees Marshal Stalin is still
Mr Coffin's syndicated column is the Parlamentary controversy over capital punishment ended last July downfall if
If American aid is with can be transferred to the
annual on his
holidays. published by the Washington Times in deletion of the short-lived
"No drawn,
the same way as those of firms South Edson writes: totho
wano man | in the British Zone.
Associated Press.
Herold and other newspapers. Re- Hanging" clause from the Criminal most frequently mentioned 135)
creation The
of a Bipartito REPORT DISCOUNTED poris from Moscow said that. news Justice Bill White Parliament successor to Marshal Chlang is Anglo-American steel control Washington, Nov. 10. The acting papers there gave Wide play today debated the bill between April and General Li Tsung-jen, who was parallel to the Anglo-American coal Secretary of State, Me Robert to quotations from a column by Mr July, several men were formally elected Vice-President of China last control, and the formation of a Lovett, today discounted reports Coffin on Monday suggesting that sentenced to die but judges used a April * against** Marshal Chiang's German Steel Trustees Association that proposals were under way for Mt Truman might go to Moscow for variation of the old death sentence wishes."
parallel to the German Coal Mining a meeting between President Tru- the talks if Generalissimo Stalin de- in court, as it was a foregonet con- The New York Post's miltary Association, a Board of twelve German and Generalissimo Stalin, a clined to come to Washington. analyst, George Fleiding Eliot, sees man trustees to be appointed for At his weekly press conference, the necessity for the United States this purpose. concentrating resources first on the 7-Revision of the present pro- Western European eriala, then giving | visional pattern of sfcel under- | what ald' America can to China į takings, created by the British after the Soviet objectives are de "Operation Severance", with the fested in, that theatre, p
alm of forming a smaller number
in
the
In
the
(Continued on Pare 5)
elusion then that convictedkillers would be reprieved-Reuter. **tw
Malayan Reds Fail To Achieve Objective
Lord Mancroft said that · Malaya London, Nov. 10-The Earl the Government of "playing politics Eliot compares the present situa of more efficient arms, on proposals
to be made by the German : Steal of Listowel, speaking for the in Malaya."
was unprepared for the Trade Union tion to the wartime strategy, of de Trustees Association: the new firms British Government, sald on suitution and tried to put it on and asserted trail unionism fell which a Britain proposed "We took our prefabricated Con-system fealing Germany first then Tapan to be permitted to own collieries He writes: "If we had tried in and trove ne mines; the inclusion of Wednesday that "Communists the country walle chaos still into wrong hands". 1041 to fight a major war against hitherto decartellised arms such as bandits have failed utterly and reigned in the wake of war," Lord Lord Mancroft congratulated; the boll Germany and Japah," the odds Friedrich Krupp in the new plan, completely” to overturn the Mancroft declared.
Cominlastotier-General, Mr Malcolm are pretty great we should have The appointment of trustees Government of Malaya.
"Whether we like it or not we MacDonald for sterling work" and succeeded in neither effort.
are now on frinl; : la Malaya. The Illeral New Republia com for the new steel firms with
saine powers as for the new colllery. They have also completely Malayans are looking for tenness said there was a "welcome improve ments that the selback for the Arms, and the transformation of the failed to rally any substantial pro but all they have at present it flab-ment" in Malayan conditions in 1- Kuomintang must prove to Chians Beel Trimstoes Association into a portion of the Malayan people to biness." Lord Mancroft, and that despite American aid, there representative body of these House of Lords debate on Malaya. Government failed to round up arma planters in Malaya who have held their side and cause," he said in ni
· Lord Mancroft asserted that the He praised the "White""rubber wouldn't be enough to bar him-out trusteeson
Lord Listowel is Minister of State and ammunition smuggled to the to the plantation 11 Mnllàng, Government laws, em- An
IVD | the war. attacked the Gov- He argued that local armed forces fpfümmulitafød "kimmiltaneouslýti, lasi
ernment on the grounds, that it put were demobilised, too soon.and the now Constitution for Malays that Britain was slow in training and into Operation: too book"; and accused | recruiting local police. -
of his, debacle? 21167 New Repubile DECARTELLISATION
Bayar The moral impiaing the
coincident of Chiang-new
with Truman's new/latory amo
to a new opportunity, for Ur
bodyirig the scheme. Wero» being AIZA Comérative Alalayan resistance-movement during
| States): polloy-3 [1] Chin) --Unités - Beition and United Stalea, Zones,
(Continued:on-Paru ́5).
cent weeks.
Had the planters left their posts," he wald, "hundreds of thousands of Jabourers would have been left to wander over Malaya without leaders |and: protection”—Associated / Fressi