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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1948.
HOT WORDS V. Casualty In Mine Riot
COLD WAR
Little Progress By UN Assembly
Paris, Nov. 21.-Hot words here and the cold war elsewhere have gone on without a break during the first nine weeks of the United Nations Assembly. The Assembly has three weeks more to run. Up to now it has not bridged any of the big rifts between East and West.
While there is no unbounded optimism, its leaders are not lost in pessimism..
The Security Council, meeting concurrently with the Assembly, still has the Berlin crisis before it and has met more frequently on urgent matters than during any previous Assembly.
Efforts are golag an under the prodding of the "alx neutrals" In the Security Council to reach com- promise' formula that might break the
deadlock. Their Berlin
first elfort was vetoed by Russia on Orto. ber 25.
V.
Jews. Now it is attempting to end the war in the Holy Land.
The Security Couneli hns quieled Jewish and Arab guns but has not established n stable
It pence. wants the Jaws and Arabs to replace the shaken truce with an armistice, which
lend
Assembly permanent or want
Evalt,
In a special statement written for The Associated Press, President, Dr Herbert Australian Minister for External Affairs, previleted the Berlin dead lock would be broken and other big issues solved.
STORMY PROCRESS
10
Sphin-Many
to
da
pas pone the question what to about Franco Spain. The Soviet bloc, acting through Poland, wants The western debate the issue.
a Russian delegates regard this as Dr Evalt and others nee the social propaganda move. Spain is burred betterment efforts as the biggest from UN membership conerele achievement of this session,ciated Press. In this field progress has been atomy but real. Examples Inclurte fle
world bill of rights nearing approval in the 48-nation
commitice ngaiust
Locial the convention denocide-tnass
exter. mination of racial or other groups.
The assembly made a small step forward in the Greek-Balkan ease. At
they can
Dr Evati's suggestion, it got the envoys of Greece, Yugoslavin, Al- bania and Bulgaria to sit down with him and Secretary General Trygve
on whether Lie to talk make peace.
This effort was linked with as sembly action-opposed by the So- viet bloc-condemning Greece's northern neighbours for. alding Greek guerillas.
OTHER ISSUES Here is the picture on the other major issues before the Assembly:
Atemle The Western Powers and Russia, deadlocked for two and one got atomic control, half years on part of what each wanted at this The West won a vote in assembly. the Assembly approving its plan for Russia controlling atomic energy'. won its Insistent demand that the UN Atomic Energy Commission con- tinue its work.
now.--A350)-
LIGHTS SHUT
OFF TO
END DEBATE
Athens. Nov.
21.-Officials
plunged the Greek Chamber of
Deputies into darkness in the early hours today to disperse Opposition members who re fused to leave after challenging a vote of confidence in the new Liberal-Populist Cabinet,
This ended an all-night wordy Cabinet battle in which the new under M. Themistocles Sophoulis ut only emerged with a majority one vote.
The Ogures were 108 for the Government and 167 for the Op- After the result position parties.
the Chamber, af was proclaimed, the request of M. Sophoulis, de- cided to adjourn until February 1.. no-1949, and the Government and off- chauls then withdrew, but some
the insisted that the Opposition Government should have an ab- votes a one-third reduction of the armet solute majority of the 335
western
. Disarmament-the tions held their lines fight against Russia's No. 1 campaign of the 1928 The Russians called for assembly.
la, a year and an iminediate
Gov
ban this by half a voto.
of
They refused to disperse and Chamber oficials finally had to or- the switching off of the lights. Following
ing this, M. George Papan- becane dreou, former Greek Premier
Social Democwt leader,
on atomic weapons. The West re- pited they could not agree to any arms plan unless sufficient control were established and International calmer.
unless
atmosphere
PALESTINE
The
Sophoulis Cabinet.
and
Striking miners carry a wounded co-worker from scene of riot at Combefort mine, near St Etienne, France, in which at least two miners were killed and scores forced to fire at injured. Troops guarding mine were
strikers during demonstration-AP Picture.
Big Decision Faces US Congressmen
MR TRUMAN ENDS VACATION
Ready To Tackle World's
Heavy Problems
Washington, Nov. 21.-Wearing a deep tan and a confident smile, President Truman returned today from two weeks' vacation in Florida and prepared to take up the heavy load of national and world problems.
The plane Independence, which brought the President, his family and official aides from their Key West vacation retreat, landed at the National Airport at 2.45 p.m.
Flying toward Washington from the opposite direc tion was the Secretary of State, Mr George Marshall, who is scheduled. to meet Mr Truman tomorrow (Monday) for a top-level review of the world, diplo. matic situation.
Mr Marshall left Shannon, Ireland, after a delay due to bad weather.
The Defence Secretary, Mr James Forrestal, who flew to Key West last week for n brief laik with President Truman, was among those at the airport to greet the Presi dent today. Mr Forrestal said he also expected to confor with the chief executive on Monday.
In
Mr Truman was jauntily sporting a cane when he stepped out of his pinne. Emiling, Jolting and shaking hands with avelcomers, he appeared
health. high spirits and excellent
was His only remark to reporters that he had to hurry to the White House to "unpack and pack again." This was a reference to the first purely personal problem awaiting Mr Truman,
whose household Is
સ
moving out of the White House and Into Blair House across the street, where they will live for nearly
while the historic executive- year mansion undergoes extensive repairs.
MAJOR PROBLEMS
President Truman will also see tho Mr W. roving ambassador, Averell Harriman. Major problems facing the chief executive are:
WILL THEY PLEDGE
ECA MILITARY AID FOR FRIENDLY NATIONS?
Washington, Nov. 21.-Early in the new United.. States Congressional session beginning next Janu- ary, legislators will be asked to decide whether the United States should go to war for a friend the instant that friend is attacked.
The debate promises to be historic. Never before has this nation been willing to any to another nation "your safety is mine."
cach country.
have
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than to wait for the bombs to fall on all separately. He says all the European governments will have to sell the same lesson to their own people.-Associated Press.
was
1. What form of control shall be placed on the vast Industrial poich- ilal of Germany's Rubr areas That a Presidential decision on this question may be necessary seen as possible in view of
mount- ing French opposition to any plan for returning the Ruhr to German control.
United States diplomats Bro understood to be supporting a plan for limited Ruhr control, com- prising International allocation of the area's industrial output. The French
controls opine that further necessary to guarantee European security against a possible rebirth of the German war machine.
representatives Five-power meeting in London to work out an agreement,
muny Informed must be made at the highest govern-
ment levels..
2.
but
are
AID FOR CHINA
Whether the United States should extend "all out" aid to China In the latter's battle with the Com- munists. Some administrators were believed reluctant to place a huge American Investment in China, or the grounds that the Communista are too near victory to make it worthwhile. There is also suspicion Chiang in some quarters that the
and Government is corrupt
in- efficient, However, there was strong sentiment in
for Congress circles speeding arms to China as quickly as possible. Senator Worth Clark of Idaho, special consultant to the Senate Appropriations Committer, holds this view. He said in a report made public yesterday that the United States must send vast sums and huge arsenals, guns and planes to China at once or write off the entire Far East to Communism.
But now, faced with the march of Communism through middle Europe and East Asia, top American leaders in both political parties, in the State Department and in the National Defence Agency, have decided to ask Congress to pledge aid to five European nations.
for the alliance's armies, and not The five are Britain, France, the forces of the five great powers with-east one that they were short of Netherlands, Belgium and Luxem- converted to peace time production. sources think the decision ultimately
bourg-the Western Union. Those The Americans want Europeans to nations have already pledged a make all the military supplies they one for all military protection ofun for themselves-as for example the Dritish making planes, the The Europeans want
Americans Belgians small arms and, several of and Canadians to say "when any of them electrical equipment. us is attacked in the future, all of 3.--The top U.S. military negolia peny S
will gang up Immediately.” for spoke a further warning:
Washington's top planners will M. Andrei Vyshinsky, Soviet de-sked to seele King Paul tomorris Months ago both Washington and
to convince the American puty foreign-minister, Bred many to request the cancellation of this Ottawa began to explore the idea. charges against the West, But the mening's vole-of-confidence-in-the American-and-Canadian military people that it is better to get ready it was mon, ore sitting in on sessions of ahead of time to fight beside friends Assembly on Friday night voted new
the five European nations. down the Russian plan, 39 to learned.
"ABOVE PARTY" CABINET
EXPERTS UNCERTAIN Only the Soviet bloc supported it.
His objection is on constitutionai
Washington experts are uncertain grounds, it was stated. He will tell now about the exact shape any new combined Op-American move should take on the the King that the
books. Republican Senator position is ready to form a Cabinet law "Above party" under a Prime Minis Arthur H. Vandenberg has already ter to be appointed by the King. sak the pledge should be made in U.S. Senate which the M. Papandreau
one of the a treaty, letters who deckled 10 days ago to would have to ratify..
State Department men think there withdraw support from the Govern- ment,
which led to the should also be an "enabling low" government the "ga resignation of the former Cabinet giving the under the 88-year-old M. Sophoulis, ahead" and an appropriation bill Although the Agures on the vote voting money to cover the cost of of confidence were given as 160 to supplies to the five western Euru-
armies. There 107, the minutes of the session ro- pean corded that M. Pandelis Rozakis, a stumbling blocits on the road. Here
Deputy for Chios, who are some: Liberal
American military travelled from Paris to increase M.
majority, fell asleep nun on the negotiations says that Sophoulis' while the debate was on and arrived for the US, to land air forces in
the day any he Europe
of them is The employees are demanding n too late to record his vote, but
would
previous 100 percent increase in their basic woke up before the result was an attacked,
garoling nounced and got to the Chamber of Imports, great
and parts wages.
Meanwhile 300 doctors, nurses and Deputies in time. to nske that his dumps and trained repair crews.
ofcials in the Lester Chineso Hos- He says the Europeans are now vole in favour be inscribed in the
working out means for using each pitni demanded a 35 percent Increase other's
also in basle salaries and threatens arc nirports. They
The Assembly approved, 43 to 6. the majority plan for the UN Com- mission for Convention Armaments to continue work next year.
United Nations Palestine The voted a year ago to partillon Pules- and the between the Arabs tino
Crosses Zone To
Visit Husband Hamburg, Nov. 21--Mrs W kins, wife of Flight Lieutennat J. E.. Wilkins, the sole survivor of the British airlift Dakota crash in the Soviet Zone last Wednesday, cross- to ed the Soviet border tonight visit her husband in Schoeneberg hospital. It was expected that she would spend the night at the bed- aide of her husband.
Reaching Hamburg by nir
Mra Wilkins Britain this afternoon,
Soviet Zone Was driven to, the border in a car with a Royal Air Force driver as an escort. At the frontier, they were met by a Soviet officer who look the British officer's plaen.
MOVE #
from minutes.
The Soviet authorities waived all
travel formalitica/Acuter,
WRS
was
1---The top
take
are many
S'hai Theatres
Reopen
Shanghai, Nov. 22-Motion picture theatres reopened after a four-day strike of theatre workers.
Mayor K. C. Wu ordered the workers back to their jobs pending negotiations.
to
3. How much money should be asked of Congress for military pur poses during 1940 and how it should be distributed. Chinese needs must be considered here as well as the needs of internal. United States do- fence.
4
4. How much money should be appropriated for the second year of ECA Mr Paul Hoffman, ECA Administrator, has indicated he will ask for about US$1,200,000,000 as a
The Government therefore claim- ed a majority of two votes. There nturing out how to share military give free injections and medicine if deficiency appropriatlon when Con-
it soon. get Government surpluses, such a precedent for a
as guns, butlets, they didn't with majority of one vole. thoes and the like.
The management promised "areas convenes in January.
5. The Atlantic dofence pact.- recalled in
vourable consideration" Parliamentary
Several thousand workers in eight President Truman must decide what clrcles tonight that M. Demetrios Sounarls, founder of the Popullat
flour mills demanded the right to type of American participation in Duy wheat and flour at November lees without surrendering their 10 prices
elght times.
any
LESSON FOR PEOPLE 2-Americans now think Party, had a one-vote majority, but armaments plants in the Ave nations should be left to turn out materials remained in power.-Reuter.
Protest Petition Against Newfoundland
tion
Union With Canada
.that
цу
wage scale of November which is
They
the price of four had jumped 17 times.
Striking teachers totalling 1,300 from 31 middle, schools promised to resume teaching today.
Customs workers are demanding larger rice allowances.—Associated Press,
RECORD BALLOON
FLIGHT
BIG CHANGE IN DUTCH POLICY
Q
that
Batavia, Nov. 21. An Indonesian London, Nov. 21. Major
Republican' commentator, broad- Peter Cashin, a former Now-
casting from Jogjakarta, the Ko- foundland Finance Minister, said
publican capital, and today to Nowfoundland of self Mr Cashin thought there would here this week that a petition government and that no negotiations have been many
moto signatures
pressure from the United States had caused a radical change in the Dutch' signed by over 50,000 New for union with Canada be made "under normal conditions" "ahd he, "hundreds--perhaps
policy towards the Indonesian Re- foundlanders-35 per cent of other than by representatives of a claimed
of the thousands who voted for con-
public the electorate-would be pre- duly elected government
America's desire for federation had now changed their
speedy people of Newfoundland." sented to the bar of the House Mr Cashin, in an interview with minds.
sotilement had became urgent He said that the Newfoundlanders
following the Communist successes of Commons next week as a pro-Reuter, described as "rigged-up" the
referendum by which a he represented had no quarrel "with test against the pending union recent
Washington, Nov. 21-The United in China, the commentator claimed. of Newfoundland, Britain's majority of 7,000 Newfoundlanders our Canadian friends".
"If the rights of Newfoundland-States Army claimed today to have He said the Republie hoped that contact between the Dutch and the voted for union with Canada.
British sent an unpitated balloon to a re- of the corner stone oldest colony, with Canada.
Republic, when he nowly appointed This mall majority was obtained the
Netherlands Cabinot delegation ar- the by unscrupulous appeals to passion Empire- are not recognised, Great Cord height of 47 kilometres,
alght kilometres higher than ever Major Cashin is one of
rived would be successful three prominent Newfoundlanders and prejudice, by shameless explolia-Britain will be doing herself a great before. From 13 kilometres, where
The Republican news agency, An- acctional wrong in the eyes of the world. This it passed out of sight, to: 47 who are in London to present the tion of religious and
is a thing which no one wishes to kilometres, where it burst, the path tara, said that 12 Indonesian Cem- petition which is being sponsored differences", he asserted.
were captured da-munist rebels of the balloon was traced by by Sir Alert Herbert, the British "The signatures on our petition see happen", he added.
The northeast Java after the Republican under secured
The day on which the petition will leste recording instruments: particular author and Independent member of were
down by forces had split, 800 rebels by the difficulties in view of the fact that bo presented is not yet certain and Instruments then floated Parliartient.
of three have con parchute. delegation
former Republican Secialist Promier, The other two dro. Mr John the commission of the Government the
plans for re- This record falls short of the Dr Amir Sjarifuddin, "Premier of Higgins, KC, President of the refused to give us radio time on the sequently made no
height reached by another of the the Indonesian, Communist Stato. Newfoundland Bar Association, and Government controlled station. This turning home.
The insurgents had disrupted Before they go they will lay a Army's devices128 kilometres had Marshall, a decision was backed up by the Frederick. Major
with the Ro- British Secretary of State for Com-wreath on the Cenotaph in Whitchall been recorded in experiments based communicadons. businessman.
the Germany" rockota. publican oil centre of Tjepu, tho The petition asked that immediate monwealth Relations, Mr Philip Nool in remembrance of Newfoundland's on
war dead-Reuter.
Reuter.
report.sald.Router provision be made for the restore-Bakar",
or
such an alliance he will ask Con- gress, if any, and how soon the pact, should be consummated,
0 Cabinet changes.
The Presi dent so far has held his own counsel on this subject.---United Press.
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