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VOL. V NO. 44
Hungarian Spy Trial
Confession Repudiated By British
Government
London, Feb. 21. The British Government tonight declared that the confession of Edgar Sanders, British businessman sentenced 13 years' imprisonment in Budapest today, had
to
been the result of a "sinister technique of Interrogation under pressure."
"Facla wilhin the knowledge of this Male:fy'r Government makes it certain that his festi- of compendium imony was distortions and lies such as he could have had no natural no.. tive for uttering in couri," an official statement by the Foreign Omce Fald,
The British Government found Sanders's choice of words in
unusumi" court
to him, and
ald that they left no room for doubt about the nature of the he had preparations to which been previously subjected."
"CONDITIONED"
The Foreign Office said that
the Hungarians did not dare to let a British official nee Sanders,
lost he should discover how ho was "conditioned".
One point made by the British
Election` . Weather
Lonen, Feb. 21. The Air Minölry today fore- Cast BUN «NE Tatarr Cold weather WALIL rain แต่ navy parts of the country tur
1514 M national election day,
That' what the Labour Irty calls Conservative weather. The theory is that more Labour VOLEN will slay at home i rains because fewer of car.. The them have,
to weather is expreted improve during Thursday, however, helping £.bour's cliances. Diost working men vole in the evening after finishing their jobs.
The
and
falc.
forecast. Beolland Northern Irelands,
Tutt and rather cold with rain at (mes in many parts of Euclind at first. The weather will Improve steadily from The West during the day.
"The Improvement my not reach ROTIC Eastern areas until well into the evening." Press.
Associated
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1950.
Russia Pursuing An Efficient And Bold Policy Says Acheson
Washington, Feb. 21.-The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson, said today that readjust- ment of United States economic policies would be necessary to help a free Europe to oppose the policy which Russia was pursuing "with efficiency and with signs of increasing boldness."
Mr Acheson was addressing a joint session of the Senate Foreign Relations and the House Foreign Affairs Committees to support a request by the Economic Co-operation Administrator, Mr Paul Hoffman, for a Marshall Plan appropriation of $2,950,000,000 for the next fiscal year.
Mr Acheson said: "The Kremlin has had major successes, though they fall short of its ambitions, and it now inescapably confronts the nations of the free world, which cannot accept its definition of inter- nationalism, and which are, by that fact, a threat, in
Grenades At the Kremlin's view, to its security.
Funeral
The Kremlin enn, and is, pursuing its course with efficiency and with signs of increasing boldness, using whatever means seem appropriate to it in a given situa- tion."
Government was that part of the 11 PEOPLE KILLED United
ogalost of espionage charge Sanders rezled on his alleged ne- tivity when he was a member of the Alled Control Commission in Hungary.
"It was, of course, the fune tion of this Commission to re gulate and supervise the execu tion of the terms of the armis. tlee, and the status of Hungary was at that time that of a de enemy. the
feated
Mr Acheson raid that the Stales must continue Marshall Plan old at an ad. "But this ap. level. equate propriation of the funds which Hofman ask for is now
"ho added. in enougments
of Unlled economic policles will be of State raid
Amara, Feb. 21-At least 11 people were killed and more Mr
50 wounded Today than dhorders which spread from Ambaderko, 30 inties from here to the outskirts of Asmara itself.
States necessary."
The killing began at Am-build up baterko when three Shifta (pro-nud
terrorists) grenades | vorla Foreign Ethiopian
were thrown, into a procession prices would Omec statement said.
of that of about 4,000 Mosiems attend-uccess allegation member of the Allied Controling the funeral of the Ambadi-covery
elugaged in erho Alation-marter, killed by broadly
Shifta yesterday. Hungary i
Any
Commission
espionate mainst
menuinigees,
"Secondly,
Majesty's Government has noted that the
Ile warned: "There must be no wavering in support of this now for the yours jangramme
in head and
every way RS important as the years behind. decision abou! The important Europe's future are still to pe mude.'
Among
raid Mr Acheson
that the United States favoured a closer
association economic The Secretary
countries, including that whatever could be done to European
imports from abroad Germany, and added: "Unity":10
States ex-
the continuing make United
Europe requires the avaliable at reasonable association and support of the Without It, Iren States. contribute to the United
Europe would split apart." the European le- Europe
He said that it was parti and more Programme
building of a cularly important to retablish to the successful free world
system. European payments
the permit the frie exchange raid that Mr Acheson
the Kremlin's European eurreneles British and American troops "frustration of
design: for world domination" hoped this would In to aid the po- were rushed
lay in the carryho Dot of such the near future. counter-attacking Mos-
policy and the United States" determination to do it, however whatever it it took and
ncceptedtems. remt Apparently without question a number of ellemtions exparte
agaleast members of The staff of His Majesty's Legution.
24E3C
wielding xwords knives, hunted down their Shifta assailants.
Unionist Parly's Tonight (he "They (the Government) for (Shifia) headquarters here was mally deny all allegations that nitncked and a Moslemn shop Ambulances and members of the staffs of His was set afire. Majesty's Lention have been police Jeps raced through the deserted sircets.- ality of action improper to otherwise diplomatie officers."-Reuler.
EDITORIAL
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Mr Acheson urged continued United States aid to Europe as which would a level
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JUDGE STERNLY REBUKED
A "Most Unfortunate
Direction" To Jury
European countries to make theative co-operation and participa- citor, on
rc
nccessary purchases in the dollar nrca.
Marshall Aid Paradox
THE British government's determination
THE
of dollar oil cut back importa throughout the Commonwealth natural- front protests aroused laud ly has American oil interests which see part of the United States' foreign market dis- appearing before their eyes. No less an then Senator important personage
of chairman
Foreign the Connolly, Relations Committee, who hails from the oil-conscious state of Texas, has denounced the British action as reprehensible because United States "has made and is the
Britain to nucking stupendous gifts to rebuild her economy." Probably without intending to do so, Senator Connally has here touched on a fundamental question of which many Americans, not to mention Britons, do not yet seem fully conscious. While it is perfectly true that the United States is making "treniendous gifts" to Britain and the rest of Western Europe to rebuild their economy, It is also true that one of the primary aims of the present American administration is so to help Europe reconstruct itself that it will not perpetually have to rely upon America to go on making those gifts. As one of the means to that end the United States has been doing all it can to encourage Europe to become an Independent of gold dollars as possible. Here is discernible the difficulty. The minute Britain begins cutting down on importation of American- owned oil for which she has to pay dollars, American oil interests must of necessity suffer. A similar problem arises when the United Sintes encourages European exports to America, intended to enable a 'reduction in gifts, of dollars, because the American domestic manufacturera im- nicdiately feel they may be injured to Home eklent. In the current oil dispute. The British government is endeavouring to cut down on the very dollar drain which has been the principal source of worry to the Marshall Ald planners. Of
new
Britain's $1,500,000,000 defielt last year. about one-quarter was due to actual pur- chases of dollar oll-far too heavy a burden for the return to the nalion in the way of industrial resuscitation and Sir Stafford dollar-carning exports. Cripps has been extremely sensitive to the dangers of uncontrolled spending on dollar oll as a drain on Marshall Ald funds, and it was this sensitivity which
him to rebuke the prompted Australian government for its action in Nor are the lifting petrol rationing. Labour
fears In this government's direction allayed by Mr Menzies' assurance that his administration can obtain the de-rationing necessary petrol to meet
without requirements
making new demands on the Commonwealth dollar pool. The argument is that whether it bo directly or indirectly, in the final analysis the petrol has to be paid for in hard.currency. Therefore, argues Sir Stafford Cripps, you must continue to go without something which is not altogether the # necessity. The point about difference of opinion between the British and the American oil governmen! Interests is whether there still remains methods of restricting the enormous dollar drain on this commodity without completely cutting United States oil companies out of the plcture. It is encouraging to note that the whole prob. lem is a "under active discussion." But
arrangement ja no matter what ultimately made (and If the Conservatives are returned to power this week this may differ vastly from any solution which ́`n Socialist government might reach) one hard fact remains: it is that the United States also has to undergo certain économie adjustments if she is to succeed In her magnificent and pre-eminently worthwhile effort to save Western Europe from economic and political collapse.
Party Leaders Busy Winding Up Election Campaign
Shanghai Bombed Again
Water And Powor Plant Damaged
Taipei, Formosa, Feb. 21.-Air force headquar ters claimed that the Chapel water and power plant in Shanghai badly damaged as a result of an air raid by fivo B-25. and B-24. Tuesday morning.
on
Was
It said the bombers penetrated the Shanghai area through heavy anti-aircraft fire and dropped eleven
loads of 800-pound bombs. It muid the pilots noted an explosion and Bre in the plant after scoring a direct hit.
A milliary spokesman here reported that the defendors of Hainan island repulted five-at- beach small temple to land parties on the Nationalist-held Inland during the past few weeks. He said every Com- munist attempt to gain a foot-
hold was repulsed. "He sold tho Hainan situation is presently quiet, as the prediction that the
would Communists
chase the Lunar New Year
for tho invasion was not bore. out--t United Press.
London, Feb. 21.--All the Party leaders were today busy winding up the Election campaign in PARIS
their various districts.
Touring his Walthamstow constituency in STRIKES
Northern London, the Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, told a meeting to look at the grave economic effects in Germany when they rejected the Labour policy of control..
GROW
on un-
Paris. Feb... 21-Thou- Questioned on the hydrogen Conservative will now vote for sands of automobile workers
were coming out bomb, Mr Attice raid that their own Party,
A possibly determining facter limited strikes in the Paris could be dealt with under the
as a wave of Allied
for proposals
atomic in the contest will be the extent
area tonight to which Labour can recoup ex- control If the Russians only
pected losses in residential and labour unrest also threaten- could be induced to join in.
Drees by nalas ined the Metro and bus, gas Chairman of industrial Lord Woolton, the Conservative Party, sold at agricultural parts of the coun- and electricity services. Loughborough (Leicestershire), try.-Reuter. The truth is that we have goi
CHURCHILL'S HOPE They have
Wandead, Essex, They do not they are com
Labour on the run.
Kot the jitters. know whether
Voter taken throughout tho day at the nationlised Renault Feb. 21-motor works, and at the Rosen- The peoples of Europe rust
Mr Winston Churchill, leader gart and Ford plants, showed be convinced that the United States would out fatte or lore
London, Feb. 21.-Quasi- ing or going, but I believe that of the Conservatives Party, said that the majority of the workers an Election speech here to were against accepting the five interest in co-operating, “Al-
night, "1 for extraor. Ing the conviction of 11g-they are going.
look forward to percent wage increase offered by though the need
Mr Herbert Morrison, chiefaursday when, with a resture their employers last Friday. dinary sistance will come to nett, 10-year-old Chichester,
strategist, addressing
of intense wrath and ign- They were in favour of downing an end, the need for our affirm-Sussex, ex-Coroner and soll. Labour
200 reporters in London, saki, seven charges
Socialistas feel that the mood of thy on and contempt, the British tools for a much higher Increnso As well as a provisional monthly tion will be continuously
Is with us. of fraudulently converting country
It looks nation will spit the quired if the free
fecla the good,
good and smell trash and Jargon out of their bonus of 3,000 francs,
About 31.000 workers have) mouths forever." money, Lord Goddard,
walked
alte asserted tha | already going concern."
Mr Churchill Speaking befcra the Joint Lord Chief Justice of Eng- good."
STALEMATE POSSIBLE the Socialist Parly had spread Renault plant, 1,200 Congressional Committee, the land, today sternly criticised
about more falsehoode than he Rosengart plant and more than
were 4,000
continuing their Administrator, the judge responsible for
could ever recollect. Mr Paul Hoffman, today fore the sentence.
weekold strike at Ford's. cust a 10 percent increase the dollar earnings of the Mar- shall Plan countries and an. 11 percent decrease in their dollar King's Counsel, requirements for 1050-51.
be
Marshall Plan
world is to
In
Commissioner Reginald Clark, acting as b judge at Lewes Assizes in De-
Hignett w Mr Hoffman appealed for cember, sentenced $2,050,000,000 for the third year of operation of the Mng chall Plan
"CRUEL WASTE"
Me Moffan based his appeal of two consideratious:
four years' imprisonment fraud charges involving
705,
01
£21,-
In the Court of Criminal Ap- pent today Lord Goddard s Firstly, he said it would be that the direction given by the "cruel waste" to jeopardise the judge to the jury at the trial
made under regard to the law of fraudulent progress already the Marshall Plan by not finish
most un- conversion was the ing the job.
lortunate direction which Ind ine Appeal should
ever come before the need of court. Winning the struggle between
Secultury, Congress take into account
Mr Anthony Eden, Foreign Minister in the wartime Coali- tion Government, said at Can- neck (Staffordshire), "Travelling around the country I have found our people everywhere in won- derful heart. We must keep up the pressure and do our utmost to see that our nation and cm- piro are guided along the right rowd,"
C
Oldest Voter
London, Feb. 21.- Britain's oldest voter on Friday will still be Miss Ellen Payne, 107, of Conduit Road, Abing- don. She will vote Conservative. — United Press.
ANDERKUALDUBÁTRAN ACTRESSZORANAUTÉS A TARVONNTERE
With only two days left be foru polling day, political ob- servers here did not exclude tift the possibility that the Election
the free nations under American Lord Goddard said that the leadership and the "dangerous Appeal Court could not allow on the Seven forces" of Soviet Communism). The convictions
"If we want to avert World counts of fraudulent conversion
Wu War III with the awful threat to stand where uicre
law initullection lis of the hydrogen bomb we have completo
14 simply got to win that struggle," and they would be quashed. ne said.
the other two counts there was Outlining plans for the future, indirection. of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (Europe's
year
services services.
said:
Secondly, we look for an 11
percent decrease in
dolar re-
Lon! Goddard bald that
sentence of
nue months
only
strong mandate to enforce
all Plan organisation), Mr Court had no power to alter the might produce a stalemate, with
on the political consequence of on-
this year. "First, we look for a 10. per-ach of the two other charges other Election
It was generally believed that cent increase over the current of obtaining credit by, fraud,
a government with n its in dollar earnings by the for which Hignett would serve parucipating countries through nine month imprisonment.
decisions could lead Britain's economic recovery, and Invisible Reuter, exports, tourism
Both Labour and Conserva- tive leaders have said that they condot
sec anything but an WAIT bringing emergency like together Left and Right in a Coall ton
Assuming that the Conserva tives drew approximately level London, Feb, 21.—A Bucking- with the Government a. about hum Palace spokesman who was 300 seats aplece, it was thought MINIMUM AMOUNT
today about a rumour possible that Mr Atlee might "Based upon these calcula-asked
accept the Invitation to form a the
amount at Princess Elizabethi minimum needed to operate the Marshall pecting a baby in August, told new government and as one of
quirements of the participating New
countries through dollar-saving
Princess
gala in domestic production Elizabeth Report
and additional needed items from
of supplies
nou-dollar
tion, Pna successfully for the next scal year, including the re- quirements for Germany, 15 $3,100,000,000,"
reporter:
he first acts, advise the King "I have absolutely no infor-to dissolve Parliament for
fresh Election. mation eliher to support or to negative such reports, I just do Mr Hoffman said it gave him not know anything about it." great pleasure to report that, according to present estimates,
It was today everywhere ec- the Conservatives cepted that will take a considerable part of presumptive to the floating vote from Labour. "It would be possible to rave the throng had her first child, It is also recognised that in this
The heiress
In November, Election many Liberals who in voted either Labour or 1045
$150,000,000, out of the appro- Prince Charles,
(Comid, on Page 5, Col. 1), 1940sociated Press.
He declared, however, that opart from one lapse in good taste and manners committed by Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, it had been one of the most well conducted contests he had witnessed.
1
of
tho
nt tho
Paris transport workers were
warned by their unions today to be ready to carry out any order they might receive if negotia- tous with the Government prove unsatisfactory-I
-Reuter.
Mr Churchill was apparently
Oslo, Feb. 21.The Norwegian referring to Sir Stafford's charge on
February 17 that the Con- Parliament today unanimously ervative leader had sunk to the auroved the bill ratifying Nor- polilica" (way's arms aid agreement with level of "guttersnipe
in bluster the United States after a debate and was indulging
and irresponsible vulgarity"-Insting just over two hours-
Reuter.
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