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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1949.
SCANDINAVIANS HOLD CROCHETING ENGINEER Airlifts
SECRET CONFERENCE
Subject: Collaboration In Defence Policies
Stockholm, Jan. 6.-The three Sandinavian Prime Ministers, with their Foreign and Defence Ministers, discussed "conditions for collaboration in the defence policies of the Scandinavian countries" in a secret two-day meeting at Karlstad, near the Norwegian frontier, it was announced here tonight,
A Swedish Foreign Office communique announced: "A new meeting of the Ministers is planned to take place in Copenhagen after the conclusion of the work of the Scandinavian Joint Defence Committee."
A Scandinavian Defence Committee-with, four members from each of the three countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden-was set up last October by the three Defence Ministers meeting in Oslo to make a joint survey of defence problems.
Creation Of European Parliament
FRANCE URGING SPEEDY ACTION
The meeting was reported to have" Licen called suddenly after last week's statement by the Norwegian Foreign Minister, M. Balvang Lange, westwarzi that Norway might turn for her security.
This statement caused some ir- riation in official circles in Sweden because, although all three countries want joint military defence, -Sweden wants any Scandinavian bloc to re- ustin outside big power grouping
TUG OF WAR
than be prevented
from
Want ECA
Aid To Dutch
Stopped
Resolution By India League Of America
New York, Jan. 6.--The India
A tug of war between Swedes and Danes with the the Norweginas, trying to reconelle them, was ex- pected in today's meeting. M. Lange has intimated publicly that Norway Paris, Jan. 6-France. sup- would leave the Scandinavian bloc
rallier ported by the three Benelux rocking her security with the Wes- League of America, in a special countries, on Thursday called ten powers by accepting Sweden's resolution on Indonesia, today Jasked the United States to halt for prompt steps towards the neutrality policy.
the which of Denmark,
three all Economie Co-operation Ad- creation of a European Con-
exposed to sultative Parliament and Euro. countries is the most
attack, is eager for joint Scandin ministration aid to The Nether pean Council.
But if Norway joins lands and institute uction in the vian defence. the Western powers Denmark is Security Council to brand The an aggressor expected to be forced to follow suit because Sweden is not strong enough
Announcing the adoption of this to give the Danes effective military
resolution, Mr J. J. Singh, President id,
of the League, sald:
Netherlands ns European five power
for the A spokesman
French Foreign Ministry said France wante
the
Unity Committee to meet "as soon as pos- alble to prepare a report on the Parliament and Council projects before January 26. He said felgium. Holland and Luxembourg share this feeling.
The date January 26 is the opening of the regular quarterly session of from the five Foreign Ministers Brussels pacl nations-Britain, France and the Benelux countries. The Ministers' meeting this time is fr London
SESSION POSTPONED French officials stressed the need for a speedy meeting of the Com- mitten in agreeing to Britain's re- the quest for at postponement of
Committee's session previously
Issues
fu
nation.
COR-
The Important meeting of the
now Ministers Scandinavian
"Our membership is deeply progress at Karlstad is thought eerned over this uncalled for brutal precipitated attack by the Dutch on the people Lendion to have been
invitation
We are constantly to of Indonesia. a United States by a
Scandinavian getting requests from our members or all of the seine powers to take part in an Atlantie to do all we can to help the
donesians in their fight for Union conference,
in London circles Scandinavian
dlom. and not expected the meeting to be held so 500n.
LONDON INTEREST
puwers, navian
Well informed observers in Scan- dinavia said that-the-bald officiat
standpoint
10. free-
"We intend to keep the issue alive before the American people until n democratic way of life is assured the Indonesian people."
"The Indin
in
the Ruhr, Palestine and the all prepared, most of a closely wented Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, has
If it remains con-
that
Louis Walter, 61-year-old engineer on a diesel locomo- tive run between Mason City and Sioux Falls, crochets as he sits in the Mason City yard master's office waiting for time to board the train. Walter, who last summer won the national championship in the men's division of the National Needlecraft Bureau contest in. New York City, says he takes a lot of razzing from the men, but most of the work done on his national championship bedspread was done during lay-overs on his ran-AP Picture.
Vicious Hukbalahap Raid
20 People Killed &'.
Villages Razed
Manila, Jan. 7.-Twenty per- sons were killed and nine others wounded and scores of houses burned to the ground as a result of a three-pronged Hukbalahapi attack on Orani in Bataan Pro- | vince yesterday, according to Constabulary Headquarters. Es- timates of the number of houses burned ranged from 70 to 100. A bigh-ranking Headquarters officer sald Aghting undoubtedly would continue in the mountainous i areas near Orani, where the dissi- dents, estimated to number between 300 and 500, were retreating in ne- hit and run cordance with their facties.
VILLAGE LOOTED
POCKET CARTOON
Atlantic. Pact To Be Signed
Month This
Paris, Jan. 6-The Atlantic and Canada in a military de- pact linking the United States fence alliance with the five Brussels treaty powers will be. signed by the end of January, it was learned from usually reliable diplomatic sources Paris tonight...
BLATANT EXAMPLE -Reuter's diplomatic correspondent
"The Indio The resolution said: writes that apart from the Scandi-
Invitations are League of America, primarily de scheduled for Thursday.
voted to the freedom and wellner The British Foreign Secretary, Mr thought to have gone to Portugul
of Indi
has always been opposed anywhere. and Imperialism Ernest Bevin, asked for acklitional und feeland, where Ministerin dis-
le examine
ila cussions are presumed to be in pro-to (31
Today
the time to
it report
especially unification project drafted by a sub-strega.
of Haly and Eire is frost blatant example at Lutales committee but did not suggest an The position
in the world is to be imperialem considered less certain.
The alternative date.
Indonesia, where It is believed that the French London is watching the results of found in
dilretarded with Netherlands have
well as the ter. 1. Robert Schu- the Scandinavian conference Foreign
precepts of humanity as greatest attention. an alternate date the wili propuse
of instructions the United speelfie Nations in an effort to suppress by during..the..convers tions he is to have with Mr Bevin la Löndun next werk French spokesmen, however.communique meant that the joint armed force the beginning of 18
defence talles were deadlocked be-dependence among the Indonesian
The officer could not say whether declined to comment on this,
the Narv
and the people.
the situation was under control, in League of America M. Schiunan is to be in London came
Swades
differed o the objectives
over
reports, HUX Wednesday and Thursday the-
reinforce- specifically aligns itself with the the absence of complete of any Scandinavian military blue. by French officials who companied
to the The Norwegians today maintain people of Indonesia in their struggle but said Constabulary
is parents had been dispatched have expert knowledge of
for freedom. Such action They are unity t
heir onelier Europtan ranging from
aban-S
an- ticularly appropriate in view of the area.
conference of Asian nations, which theclare
Those killed included Ave soldiers, the idea sald colonies. A spokesmatt
let of the who win Scandinavian bloc complete
peter and war, called to discuss this crisis. We ap-nine elvillans and six Huks, white make the trip with 11. Sehun i pletely neutral in
with our gas pointing in all dires-plated this move, while at the same eight civilians and one soldier were
the United i wounded. not yet determined.
lous, as the Swedish Foreign time we regret NO NEED FOR DELAY
elent vigour to make such a con- The spokesman said France cuinet Minister, M. Unden, phrased it last Nations has failed to act with suffi see the need for delaying the Unityear, Committee's work since it is merely The Swedes are believed to have ference unnecessary. a "study group" which will make retriated their view that a Scandina-
"It now becomes especially im- proposals and which does not have an bloc linked with the Western
An unofficial report estimated the theor Asia that there are nations in
the ""At- any authority to make decisions powers might provoke fussian action portant to demonstrate to the prople
in Finland and even lead to
The draft part dennes
Including binding
upon
the Governments,
inlanlle Security Zone" as a base on ulber continents equally opposed to value of the loot earled away by The spokesman recalled the text russins Army securing
Iceland, Norway and Denmark, these Ave power communique the Aaland Islands, about 30 miles imperialism. A special challenge the Huks at US$50,000, mostly of the drafted in Paris in October at the off the Swedish const, which would and danger now faces the United cash and jewellery.
a potential pistol pointed at, sta Unless the United States
States.
The Huk raid on Orani coincided sources saki, but it will remain for these countries to accept or reject Inst meeting of the Foreign Ministers. be
take the most vigorous action possi-
the obligations proposed in the pact. He pointed
of the that this ex-Sockholm.
Indonesian with a similar raid on Lumban. anxious, ble on behalf are All three countries plicitly slated that a report.
The Atlantie defence pact, which I will inevitably come to be Laguta Province, tending to give Federation should
of credence to reports that some overall European
without
will This
in Washington, would such presented to the Ministers at their
imperialism, next meeting.
The new meeting in Copenhagen alienate the United States from the Unconfirmable reports said the Hut negotiations It was "Indispensable" Hic sl
and anti-totalitarian generatissimo, Luis Tarue, was back need ratification by the Parliaments that the studles on Federation se after the Joint Defence Committe. democratle
work
will give forces in Asia as well as in the rest in the Pampanga swamps directing of the States concerned. of the has finished its
operations in Bataan, Legan and the lenns pursued and
Sweden am Norway a breathing of the world.
Quezon Provinces. October communique carried out.
"We, therefore, call which to try again to re- there space in The spokesman admitted
United States Government to take
Con- .views.
Malacanan Palace ordered were still
confronting the concile their.
The meeting was kept highly these two n.eps imediately: (1) Stop
any form to The Nether stabulary retuforcements Tshed to (hree Provinces. Unilke the (2) divergent views lield by Britain and secret. It was held in the sechalun | ECA nid
Institute action in the all
the United Orant raid, it was reported; not " of Count/l nce Security France. These problems can never of the
The Netherlands single shot was fred in Lumban. be overcome, he added, unless the ence
Ministers crossed in the Nions to brand
in United Press. Danish studies are continued,
at first.
agressor nation and to set
sanctions The United Committee is n group train ferry to Sweden in
the maximum marked "He motion of 18 statesmen from the Brussel's class
compartment
Thu Ministers agains: The Netherlands provided .pact nations-live each from Belgium served for Ladies."
for in the Charter."iteuler.
out
SPECIAL CHALLENGE
it
One press report. however, gave the number of dead as 20 and the wounded as 24.
in
be to find a formula satisfying Nor-neuple, in Asia as a supporter, luk leader directed both operations, has been the subject of protracted
nations Problems in reconelling
W
vy's ideas of security splitting their planning.
repar
in
Provincial Governor's 'rest-lands.
R ristad. The
and Holland and two from Luxen returned home tonight-Renter bourg-named to survey federation
projects.
П
This group appointed comifiter before the holidays to iron
and
out differences in the British French plans und come up with a
January 6 nt the compromise
mccling.
The compromiso, it was learned. In an eight-page is now embodied report which includes both France's proposal for a Consultative European Parliament und Britain's project for a Ministerial Council designated by the Ave governments-Associated I'ress.
BOY DROWNED IN HIDDEN STREAM
Milborne,
Jan. 0 England, Three-year-old Robin John Kelso, playing with
dr.
friends, suddenly *** ** sipht Workmen dug a ditch long BelTA' they found body.
10 yards liis dead
He had fallen through a hole into a swollen underground stream pre- and been viously undiscovered carried down on the current-Asso-
cinted Press.
DATORE TO ALAVICE.
Täm
HENDERSON
199
upon
TRE SATURDAY KYKINNG PORT
"Also bring Uncle Mike a coaster for his lemonade."
the
Marshall Plan
Aid To Go On
Paris, Jan. 6-Mr Averell Harri man, the Marshall Plan Ambassa dior in Europe, said in Paris tonight that he saw no indication that the new United States Congress would reduce Marshall aid.
Of the report for 1040-50 of the Organisation for European Eronu- and the interim mle Co-operation long term report, Mr Harriman salėt it "sets us all on the foundation of rock bottom realism."
The OEEC could be strengthened he said. If the participants accepied "stern action" to nehleve monetary stability, raised productivity, strained consumution. onerated to expand marketa develop new sources of supply.
ro-
and
CO-
and
These comprise Britain, France, and the Benelux groups-Belgium; Holland and Luxembourg-In addi
United Canada and the lon tu States.
For DPs Suspended
NANKING ACTION
Shaoghal, Jan. 7.-The Nan- king Civil Aviation Administra- tion last night announced that it was suspending all airlifts of foreign displaced persons in Shanghai pending a public hear- ing today among the six inter- national airlines and their rival non-scheduled airline on the question of giving all a share in the work of transporting the refugees from here to resettle- ment centres, it was reported this morning
Only one remaining airlift of the International Refugee Organisation has been authorised. It is a fight of 50 European DPs from Shanghat to Sydney, Australla, possibly to bo made today.
AIRLINES' PROTEST
The CAA action followed n protest from six international airlines, in- cluding the British Overseas Airways Corporation. the Dulen, KLM, Air France and
North- the American West Airlines and Pan-American Airways, against the IRO's charter nytreement with a non-scheduled air- line, the Transocean Airlines.
They informed the 10 that they, as scheduled (or regular) airlines, should be "given the opportunity to participate" in the airlifts of dis- placed persons and objected to an "outsider being given contract.
the whole
Mr Jennings Wong, the IRO's Far East Director, in order to clear up the misunderstanding, replied to the juint nirlines' petition with a state- ment that the "choice and decision" to use the Transocean Airlines was that of the International Refuge Organisation's headquarters.-Neuter.
Foreigners Must
Pay Canton Tax
Caulon, Jan. G.--For some time how there has been debate as to whether foreign business establish- inents in Canton are liable to con- jocal the special tribute towards self-defence tax. question
has NOW been The qu
that the settled on it is reported Provincial Government has ruled
forcigni Chinese and that both
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