Court World Asked To Rule On SW Africa
Flushing Meadow, Dec. 6.-The United Na- tions General Assembly, by a majority vote, today decided to ask the International Court of Justice to rule on South Africa's obligations on Southwest Africa.
The Court will be asked to answer two main questions:
1. What are the international obligations of the South African Government with regard to the former mandated territory of Southwest Africa.
2. Has the South African Government the right to International modify the status of Southwest Africa and, If not, who has such a right?
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An amendment passed by 30 votes in favour, alx against, and asked Reven abstentions, alsu the following question:
"Is Southwest Africa subject to the provisions of Chapter 12 of the Charter, laying down the of the fundamental principles International trusiceship tem?"
War Thailand, Denmark, Norway and Syria.
The original resolution sponsored by Indiis,
Before the vuto was taken;
Romulo,
Was
South Union, Soviet
were
Those voting ogainat wern Africa, Liberia the Byelo-Russia Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Ukraine.
Cubn, The abstentions Yugoslavia, Greece and Argen- of 21 narrow margin My
with 11 absten- votes to 20, Luns, the Assembly adapted u clause on the resolution sting the documents to be subunitted to the Court and described
lucht ikely to throw
tinn,
the question."
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6474 upon
Among these documenta was the evidence submitted by the behalf Mietinel Scuff on of the tercio tribes of South- west Africu.
decidrel
The Assenly also
011
the President of the Assembly to ask South Afrden to resume Brig-General Curles
the submission of reports ruled that the resoluım
Southwest Atries to the United procedurat nnd, therefore, re-
Nations quired only a simple majority.
NARROW MARGIN
The resolution was then (miszed of
FAN A
The Assembly, discussing the mile status of 317,000-squote Southwest Airen for the fewith your surenssit. tud ear
the war. whole
by show with 4 in favour, and finer ab-
even minist stentions.
EXTRADITION
OF BRITON SOUGHT
in the day expressed regret that the Unit Goverhunt
"withelrawn" de previous auratres to nulemil reput is un
the administration of the terzi.
tory.
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They saved up their money to make a trip to Canada and the US, to see friends they made among GIs during And Nadine Taylor (left) 22, of Bishop's Stortford, England, and June Redgrove, 21, of Sydney,
Australlia, arrive in Montreal.
Sibu Attack POCKET CARTOON COMMENCING
Reflects Opposition
To Cession
Leeds, Dec. 6.-O. M, Green, commentator on Far Eastern affairs, wrote in the Yorkshire Post today that the murderous attack at Sibu on Mr Duncan Stewart, Governor of Sara- wak, showed only too plainly that local antagonism to the British Government's policy was much more serious than Whitehall had ever admit- ted.
editor of
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Messerschmidt For India
Mr Green, former the North China Daily News, for contended that although
decades the Brookes several
6.--Professor Munich, Dec. ruled Sarawak
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Willy Messerschmidt, the Ger- never "there had monarcha.
man aircraft designer, will go dis- been the faintest reflection on
any suggestion to Indin next January their rule nor
his
construction that
of the people
Sarawak cusy
for prefabriented were not happy under their methods
houses, his secretary said here Rajahs and well content,"
today.
of
new
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the
with
la so
"He was compenting inexplicables "What
Government, tatement in the Indian Parlia- that a Socialist
puts self-government that the Indian Govern- whose ereed ment and self-determination forment had pecured the services Professor Messerschmidt. colonial territories in the fore-ot
The Secretary added that their
should front
alms, seemingly have gone out of the visit had nothing to do way to destroy these privileges aircraft construction in India.
-Reuter. they state where happily in practer and guarded by a written consiliullon,” Mr Green said.
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West
years'
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urging the Brion to put South- Afrun under "United Nations intership agreement.
The Assembly was voting on recution, an India-Cuaternala
London, Der. 6.-Albert and the vote was taken on the.
りない
Benjamin Hoare, against į parts whom the Indian High Com- missioner is seeking an ex- tradition order on charges of accepting bribes, was to- day remanded on bail by a London court.
The
separately by
roll
call!
The pare asking the Assembly to "reiterate" previews years
Pesolatious urg Assembly
to put Southwest South Africa Africa under United Nations trusteeship agreement was sup- 201 ported with a vote of of his ball favour. 12 agalust and 11 condition was that he should report daily atsitions. to the police.
A number of exhibits in the expected from India Age BrO in about a fortnight, and
the case Magistrate adjourned until December 29
abstentions.
This "regret" then deleted from
vole as a whole.
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Norway,
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INDONESIA OPENS
The Hague, Dec. 6.
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The Second Chambor of the Dutch States-Conorat was packed this afternoon when it began its debate on the bill providing for the transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia.
The cession was certainly not brought about in a manner
Wtutehall; nor, as the attack on the unfortunate
Mr
Stewart
shows, to su local discontent
"The official the agitation now lo
assertion that confined not
10 the Malaya does prove
matters. Pan-Malaya-
within purview a very large sweep of
ism, which takes
The the South Sean, including Netherlands East Indies, is by no means beneath notice. The press and public galleries were filled to over-
"One can only hope that the flowing for the historic debate, which is expected to aputrage at Sibu may have prove the decision of the Dutch Government to relinquish untoward reactions in Malaya,"
he concluded.-Reuter. sovereignty over 75,000,000 Indonesians,
not
their future.
His Anti-Revolutionary Party, Parliamentary has 13
would not
Catholic
RESISTANCE MEN UP
FOR
TRIAL
no
of
with particularly Outside, large crowd, | maintained, But when it came to expres-
"regret including many Indonesians. Ambou, Timor and Minaha the Assembly's sing
Complaining that Dutch off- transferred to thin South Africa had not taken gathered but was later dis-etals had bren
A the new state "like merchan- these previous resolutions
Schouten urged the account, this was voted down to persed by the police.
10 "try and re- 27 in favour, 14 against and 11 slight diversion was caused dise, M. appearing
by the distribution of leaf-Government
medy the matter" by Kl Mr David Kemp.
fur guaranteesy for the High Commissioner for
was lets containing the words of tar-reaching court that the wid India,
for warrant
five resolu-: a song being sung by a party which issued
the First on and it was put to the of demonstrators on behalf which Hoare's arrest was
Brussels, Dec. 6.-Fifteen Special Tribunal at Calcutta.
Nine votes against were then of the minorities of Ambon, Members,
support distinguished members In 1948 Houro was being
by Belgium, France, Timor and Minahassa, who the BII.
the Belgian wartime Re The Independent tried by the Tribunal on charges cast
the claimed that they had brought Greece, of taking
urlbes
Member, Mr C. J. M. Weller, sistance appeared before a against him on May 15, 1948. Netherlands,
thebeen given a fair hearing. sald that the transter Boxi:
of military court here today! .... on den. During the trial ho Wis
falde the Chamber. radio, sovereignty bi was entirely accused of maltreating Bel- United States. was an nd und there
with Ar-jeonuentators were recording
unconstitutional." Britain abstained
My alleged guns suspected of collabor- unti August
that the Republican Bolivin the full proceedings for broad- Austral Kention
Chic, israel New Canada,
casting,
were definitely anti-Dutch and ation with the Germans in PLACING OF ORDERS
that the Indonesian M. Jan Schoulen, of the Anti-
Prime April and May 1945 and "In the meantime, Mr Hoare Zealand, Nicaragua and Peru.
REPORTS ENDED
Revolutionary Party, opening Minister, Dr Mohammet Hutin. looting their property. had obtained a passage back
the the debate as the "Opposition "has been considered an agent As
wurded, riginally to England and did not appear
resolution, leader," said that the bij con- before the court on that date," Indian Guntemalan
was flicted with the Constitution. "The Tribunal on which the Assembly Mr Kemp said,
He stated that it had always, step to ho¦ voting, chaiged the South Afr- therefore look
"re been with
that long und Government can him extradited."
ita previous assur-careful preparation were neces thepudiating" The
before evidence
to consisted of ances
submit repor's onsary before sovereignty could Magistrate today
of South be transferred in a responsible before the the administration depositions taken Tribuna. in Calcutta presence of Hoare.
bar.,
1040.
journment
It was stated
20,
stressed
110
be
a To
leaders
of Moscow for years and musi The prosecution alleged that they were regarded as
Com-the acts of which munist.'
accused were not committed on of the Resistance the orders movement.
round-table the
ከዚ egreements
COMMUNIST DANCER le maintained that the Com- munist danger in Indonesia was
The prosecution alleged that increasing daily.
masked Resistance The
men, In the west Africa.
Describing
and armed with revolvers, Slen reports These
guns and hammers, "raidod" yet and conference court that last July bevatase
12 houses and farms in Eastern "I should be easy for Flanders,
beat and scized Assistant Gov
Government cinimed that they there seems a serious lack of conglomeration of capitulations," the Governinent to explain that Instruments were used to criticise and at-evidence of it so far," he said he said;
women and cut of their hair. Workshops, tack Sou h
It went too far and that Fronco. Britain, and possibly the United
WAY.
in
ended were
Union
order is by "The new
established means
Hoare, who Was
Superintendent,
Alapore, had been charged with policies, receiving 200 rupeed on Decem-
Section, Telegraph
of
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that he
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M. Schouten said thant ibo He declared that the British Telegraph word!
the prosecution Loot, "repudiate" to "withdraw"! stores
The Nether- plan WAS for the attitude towards Workshops.
as bla delegation had previously original
Kingdom of the Netherlands to lands was
"one of enmity" Included meat and other food. sums of money, Statements by indian wit-offered to do in commfitec.
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of Netherlands,' bribes in respect of orders given
The trial was adjourned until for supplies to the Telegraph African delegate, had expressed
He suggested that it would against the that idea," he declared. Workshops.--Reuter.
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On the discussions at The be a relief to the Dutch Goa date to be fixed in January- use of the word "repudiate"
be unburdened Router, when he addressed the Assembly Hague round-table conterence 'vernment "to
on whether it should be a "gh of a terrible responsibility by Lodny.
the Anu-making it known that it hud The Assembly also heard Mr or a heavy" union,
sald: to act under the pressure of leader Hermed Lannung of Denmark Revolutionary say that the World Court should "That struggle is over. The the United States" be asked for a ruling because unton is as light as a speck of It was "obvious" the hope had dust." now failed of reaching a solu- tion of the Southwest problem-Raptor.
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Logos, Dec. 6-Tho state of emergency imposed by the Governor of Nigeria on November 26 after an out- break of rioting will be ro moved on Thursday, Decom2 ber 8.
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