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Alliance Talks Behind Schedule
Washington, Nov. 20-The negotiations, for a North Atlan- tic military alliance between the United States, Canada and the Western European Powers aro several weeks behind schedule, officials here admitted tonight.
The Western European powers had spent additional time in agree ing on their detalled proposals, they explained. However, it was expect ed that negotiations with the United to begin States and Canada-due
at the end of this week-would be correspondingly speeded up.
It is clear that the United States will insist upon two reservations:
1. That the United States Itself must determine whether an act of aggression ng taken place, such as would require the United States to come to the assistance of the coun- try attacked,
2. Nothing in the Pact mit con- flict with that part of the United States constitution giving the Unite!! States Congress alone the power to declare war.
U.S. OBLIGATIONS Metals in Washington pointed
out, however, that the United States under the proposed terms of the pact could immedinicly
givo "all
aid short of war" to u country nt- Ineked.
They said also that it was import-
ble to imagine any situation
THE HONGKONG- TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1948.
First Pictures Of Royal Birth Scenes
Fears For
Third Power Property In N. China
chels-Pr
aged in the pact as requiring the use
of armed force in which
Congress
would not instantly "support a de- claration of war.
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The United States favours claling with the pact, either direct- rountries certain ly or indirectly, which control areas of strategie Im- portance to the Atlantic and Arctic defence system of the United States nl Cantata.
Those most frequently mentioned
are:
1. Denmark, controlling Greenland which is of vital importance both as site for weather stations and as a factor in defending Canada trans-polar attack.
from
Tientsin. Nov. 29.-British, American and other foreigners in Tientsin and Peiping were tonight asking their respective consulates if the Nationalists in North China intend to respect their property or violate their comparative neutrality in the Chinese civil war by destroying foreign possessions and property wholesale,
These
fears
aroused
of the reports,
confirmed, now
the of
Sino-British 2. Iceland to which the United destruction
Administration's defence Kailan for
Athing States sent troops reasons long before America entered instalations in Chinwangino and the threat posed to similar installations in World' War II.
Tongshan, the strategle centre estride the path of the Communist advance. The demolition of these installa- of "scorched earth tion on a plea polley" would represent destructions of fabulous foreign investments.
PORTUGAL'S POSITION
3. Portugal controlling the Azores vital to the defence of the Atlanile approaches to United States waters. 4. Norway, of strategic importance to the defence of Britain.
France opposes ex.ending the pact beyond the seven negotiating powers .on the grounds;
Firstly, that diplomatic guarantees should not be against aggression given unless the sfguntory nations are capable of giving them immediate | and practical protection. Secondly, that the United States military assis.ance to the signatories should not be dissipated over too large an area-Reuter.
Bill Denies
Right To Strike-
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all- Tokyo, Nov. 30-After night session, the House of Represen- tatives at 8 aan. today passed a bill. General MacArthur, sungented by for revision of the national public deny service Juw, which would Government workers the right to strike and to collective bargaining The Social Deinocrats, Communists and. Labour Party representatives opposed the bill but lacked sufficient -number to prevent its passage.
The House Spenker did not ask for a roll call and the bill was passed on a standing vote.
were
POINTLESS TO STAY
by
British residents here said tonight the decision to remain in North China-reached by most Britons and Americans would be pointless in the face of such an apparent lack of protcellon accorded to foreign pro- perty which had been assiduously built up through the decades through participation in China's industrialisa.. tion,
Foreigners here are also wondering If what happened to Chinwangtag could be taken as an indication of Nanking's overall policy on the inatter of foreign investments.
Relatively neutral foreigners to whom such questions now loom large were tonight-planning-to-bring- this consideration to higher levels. They feel that they are at present directly affected by the progress of the civil war-an attitude hitherto not assumed.
The tendency here is that, though foreigners have been sympathetic to the Nationalist cause, they have not Chinese In the been, participants civil war.
The destruction of the installations at Chinwangtao and the threat to tactles elsewhere pursue similar brings to the foreground the metils of foreign neutrality.
The evacuation of North China The bill was sent immediately to may take on an entirely different the House of Councillors, where complexion if this neutrality-in-
•passage was expected in the course volving a respect for neutral pro-i of the day-the final day of the party-censes to be respected.
thly Reliable sources reported special session which was called by
bridge the biggest the Ashida Cabinet especially for morning, that
the
Peiping-Mukden cast lerisinting tire bili suggested by along
railway, across the Lan River, had MücArthur.
General MacArthur on July 22 also been destroyed. The relative sent a letter to Hitoshi Ashida, shallowness of this river does not then Prime Minister, at a time when give the bridge much importance to Government rallway workers and the prevention of the communications workers threatened onrush.
a nationwide strike-United Press.
New Colours
For Royal Scots
Edinburgh, Nov.
20.-Princess
Communist
SCORCHED EARTH
This has added to the fear that General Fu Tso-yi's **ccorched China earth policy" for all North will mean that its cities and mines nre to suffer the same fate as Chin- wangtao.
Tientsin's dependence upon the the Kallan Mining Administration con
Most of new not be over-emphasised.
city's water comes fromA by coal- pumped artesian wells
Royal, Colonel-in-Chief of Royal Scots, today presented Colours to the colour party of the this
in
Secondl Battalion-at present
Trieste at Draghorn Camp. Edin-driven machinery. burgh, while the First Battalion
provided the ceremonial.
Princess Royal said it was on
and note that she presented the colours
As in
To destroy the Tongshan mines would automatically seal Tientsin's
fate
The Mayor of Tongshan; Mr Yu short time the Kuo-chen, Interviewed General Fu Second Battalion would be return-Tso-yi thin afternoon in connection
ing home for amalgamations
with with the mining area's precarious
II told reporters afterwards that
all was quiet on the outskirts of
the First Battalion. The Second situation. Battalion had been in existence for over 200 years and she said it was hard that they should lose their Tongshion. separate identity.-Reuter.
Saxony Elections
- Hamburg. Nov. 29-Communists and Socinitas both suffered
Josses
in locul elections in Lower Saxony
yesterday although the Social Demo-
Simultaneously, Chinese
wore
press reports said the main body of Lin
forces Plao's Communist located in hilly regions immediately Inside the Great Wall, which ex- plains the quiet on the city's out- akiris.Reuter.
crats remained the strongest party White House Parley
final results,
subject ได
Ing. Kavo. them 29.6 per cont
Washington, Nov. 29-President
of the poll, the Christian Democrats Truman called
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a conferonca at the 24.3 per cent, the Deutsche Party White House today for what was be
of full-scale revlow A 19.1 per cent, the Free Democrats lieved to be
per cent and the Communists the European Recovery Programme. The Secretary of State, Mr. George three per cent.
Democrats,
ats, while Marshall, Administrator Paul Hoff- Social! The
Averall Harriman,
Ani- maintaining their control of Han man and over, lost Useir former stronghold of bassador at Large, attended the coti-
ference.--Router. Brunswick.Reuter,'
The top three pictures were taken by Associated Press photographers during the exciting hours In London of the birth of Princess Elizabeth's baby. Top: a Buckingham Palace sentry (centre with rifle), found his regular heat crowded as he pushed his way through throngs which gathered outside the Palace gates. Below: Another view of the buge crowds outsido Buckingham Palace, and the guns of the Honourable Artillery Company, with Tower Bridge in the background, firing a 41-gun salute to herald the birth of the new Prince. Above: Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh,
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camera when they made their last public appearance together shortly before the royal birth.
No Defence Against Atomic Bomb
Boston, Nov. 29.-Dr David Bradley, young San Francisco physician who went to the Bikini atom bomb texto, has decided there is "no place to hide." the title of his book.
Dr Bradley, now 35, who witnessed the experiment from the air a U.S. Army doctor, then examined the results, is come to the con- clusion that "there in no defence against alomie weapons."
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"There are no saflafactory counter- measures and melheds of de contamination," he continues.
"There are no satisfactory medical
That is
"They have been able," he says, "by means of strong acld to remove most radioactivity from samples of paint, steel and other materials. It works in a test tube, but a test tube is not where most of us live. The problem of decontaminating the total surface of a battleship or the brick and cement of a future Hiroshima remains practically Toy- #oluble.**
or sanitary safeguards for the people Dr Bradley says it appeara rand-
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SNOW VISITS NEW YORK
Torrential Rains In Other Parts
Chicago. Nov. 20-Snow fell in New York and Pennsylvania today. Flood waters rolled over rooftops
in the Southern States and hundreds had to flee their homes in Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama.
Torrential rains are drenching a huge triangle in the East-Crom the lower lakes regions to the upper Ohio Valley and from Massachusetts southwards to Floridu.
Rising waters of the Cumberland river drowned two small boys at Harbourville, Kentucky, yesterday.
The rain-swollen river at Mason, Georgia, hit its highest flood crest in the city's history.
Many Mazon homes were core= pletely under water.
In the
The property and crop damage Georgia Tennessee-Alabama arca ran into thousands of dollars- Reuter.
Australia's First Mass Produced Car
a stream-
Melbourne, Nov. 29.The Arst mass produced car built in Australia reception In made its bow at a Melbourne today before the Prime Minister, Mr Joseph B. Chidey, and oney thousand guests,
The car the Holden-ls lined six-cylindar six-scaler. It is being produced by General Motors- Holden. It was learned in Canberra today
former General that the Manager of the General Motors- Holdon, Mr L. J. Hartnett, has been discussing with Mr Chifley the pro- duction of an Australian car, backed by British capital,
It was understood that Mr. Chifley agreed to refer the proposals to the Australian capital very soon-Hou-
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