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RESIGNATION OF MAY CLEMENTIS LEAD TO PURGE
Prague, Mar. 14. The resignation of the Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, Vladimir Clementis, was regarded by Western observers here tonight as marking the end of all Western influence in the Czech Foreign Office and among its officials at home and abroad.
Super-Carrier Scuttled For Good
Washington, Mar. 14.~~ The Defence Becretary, Mr Louls Johnson, who scut- tied the Navy's proposed super-carrier
East year,
said today that as far as he was concerned the ble ship was scuttled for good.
Raid; "Considera.
flons which supported my original decision are still controlling, and I can see no prospect of being able
Ro recommend struction in the immediate future,"
to
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Defence Secretary
reaffirmed his
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to
verdict proposed
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the 05,000-ton Hush-deck ear- rier
In a letter to Con- ciess. In it he expressed
A bili opposition name the ship, "when and bullt, James if" was Forrestal, in honour of his late predecessor.- United Press.
Preview Of Indian Textiles
London, Mar. 14.-Press- men from many parts of the world were today given a preview of the largest ex- hibition of Indian textiles ever staged in Britain.
It
Agree
These observers that the resignation also ended a period of transition In Czech foreign policy which in the Inst three years has
become increasingly more uncompromising to- wards the Western Powers.
at
the
Western observers, however, appeared not to have expected the Clementis resignation this stage. They thought that he had been due to purge, the Ministry
overhaul and Czech diplomalle staff abroad.
They sald that Clementis urged a policy of transforming the People's Democracles of Poland, Hungary and East Ger- many from former enemies info reliable friends without terri- torial claims on Czechoslovakin.
at- At the same time, he tempira
working: to keep up relations with the West.
There obrerveis niro sdd that Clementis, 21 convlaced Com- munia, never showed
y
sympathy for the Western point of view but that he was at Feast open to understanding it.
BECOME SUSPECT
Clementis, as Undor-Secretary
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950.
New Glant For Middle East
ANAD
DANYCROFT
A new giant tractor designed to meet the requirements of the Iraq Petroleum Company, was demonstrated recently at Bagshot. It will be used to transport the heavy steel pipes to form the link between Kirkuk and the Mediterranean, and can carry a load of 32 tons and for a gross train weight with semi-trailer, of up to 100
(Central Press). tung. This picture shows the vehicle during the test.
Security Council Resolves To Appoint
Kashmir
Mediator
Lake Success, Mar. 14. ~ The Security Council tonight adopted a
Tor Foreign Affair in the exted resolution appointing a Kashmir Mediator.
Benes Government In London dining the war h, it was br- Beved here, become suspect in
a regime where all contaels with
The voting on the resolution to appoint a Mediator was eight in favour and none against, with India and Yugoslavia abstaining.
The Council's decision ends another phase in this long-drawn out the West were now held to be dispute. The first phase was the appointment of a Kashmir Commission
of five men, and the second was reached when they reported a deadlock in the negotiations.
tneriainating.
At
to forecast whether his resignide, the Pakistan regular
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Italy To
Chop Up Big Estates; Land
To Go To Peasants
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Rome, Mar. 14-A widespread re-distribution of per month. UK British Possessions land in Italy was announced today by the Prime Minister, month." Signor Alcido do Casport. While thousands of peasants in come, should be addressed to the Southern Italy squatted grimly on vast areas of land they Eater, business communications and havo seized in the last two wooks, the Premier disclosed advertisements to the Secretary. that the Cabinet had agreed to cut up big cstates through- Telephone: 20011 (5 Linca). out Italy and distribute part of them to unemployed farmers.
CLASSIFIED
The Premier sald that it was ADVERTISEMENTS
The Cabinet has spent 501approval of the measures. hours in the last eight days drawing up the plans.
The plans are deserthed by observers as the most sweeping social change ever made in Italy without violence.
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theoretically possible percent of n big property to ba confiscated and re-distributed.
Compensation would be paid
one-quarter in cash and three- quariera In State
bonda re- It was estimated that the redeemabla in 25 years.--Reuter. form plan to be submitted to Parliament within a few days will top 3,750,000 acres off big. estates ord distribute them among 250,000 peasant families.
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The plan was regarded as an effort to create a major bulwark against Communism by vast 17 Hankow Road, Kowloon, reinforcement of the number of email farmers country,
throughout the
PUBLIC WORKS Premier de Gasperi said that the re-distribution of land would i be accompanied by a 10-year programume to spend 12,000,000 lire on land development.
The poverty-stricken areas of Southern Italy, Sielly and Sar- would be enriched as under this pro- never before
Find
gramme.
cultivat:d.
Huge public works schemes will irrigate and drain land at present
scarcely whole populations will be moved on to farmland present
nt barren, and the beginnings modem civilisation will move into an area which has been one of Europe's poorest since Hanni bat tald it waste 2,100 years ago.
Premier de Garperi fold press conference that although containing details of the bills
the new programme have been agreed by the Cabinet, certain final details have still to be settled,
The Cabinet la expected to thetries sponsoring the resolution complete discussions tomorrow and to vote formal and final before the Council.
Shah Returns To Porsla
the came pw lan Cume. no one who
London had when he was in doubt that he was a wholly
The task of the Mediator | Kashmir Di orthodox
uministakably
will be to supervise demill-other.
Sir Mohammed Zafrullah zralous Communist.
the disputed India today accepted the Khan
declared that Pakistan with a few Observers here were hot dis-tarisation in
occupied by Connell's decision
necopled the Joint resolution pase to believe that he could territory now
the methods and would do all in its power!
with the United and timing of demollitarisation, to co-operate he accused of any sort of de-four types of forces-Indian reservations about
regular forces, aided by the same reservations caused Nations representative in the vistion.
It was thought to be too early Kashmir State forces on one deadlock
In the Kashmir letter and spirit of the
re- Karachi. Mar. 14.-The Shah of Persiu, Mohamed Iteza Commission. tion foreshadowed n
Security Council circles hoped (Free)
returned here tonight "I nced hardiy remind the Palilevi, That
tour of East one-man
mediation may Security Counell that Pakistan's after his 14-day hus been insured for £4,500.
purge and a spectacular trial
overcome these obstacles.
altitude generally with regard and West Pakistan
to have to the resolution has been that Several rooms in India House the model of the former Hun
He was estimated gerlan Forelyn Minister, Laszlo have been transformed for the Raik, who also suffered
extraordin- next month with an arily colourful display of bro-being insufficiently a cades, furnishing fabrics, house- hold and table nen and dress
The designs materials. colours were gorgeous, and one Journalist said that they reminds flowers and ed him of Indian sunshine.
STIAN."
from "Moscow
Some authorities here thought and it possible that the case of Cie- mentis might follow the fines the eclipse of the former of Polial Vice-Premier, Wladyslaw Comolka, who has been in dis- race for a full year and has not yet been brought to trial.
The High Commissioner, Mr V. K. Krishna Menon, described it as "n very modest show, not intended to be large in quantity.
forces and
Azad
Monks Flee From Chinese
Communists
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Chinesc 14. Ten
One reason thought to have precipitated the resignation of Its purpose, he explained, was Clementis was the recent Soviet monks of the Trappist Order
for telustatement of to arouse interest in Britain in pressure
Loday told of their escape Zone Government of produce the East what India could
He hoped that Germany as an equal member of from Communist China in her mills,
the East European community they settled down the exhibition would prove in- teresting to people from other of nations. Countries, although it was main- trode ly intended to promote
relations between India and Bri-
tain.
High
GREAT ATTRACTION Disappointingly, the Commissioner amounced that none of the lovely things in the
be cold,
exhibition would
no
Indin House was a Government establishment,
PLANS RESISTED
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monastery here.
ofter
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Sir Benegal Narsing Rau then read the Government of India's staterner informing the Security
nl Council that it accepted the four-power resolution on Kash- of mir subject to reaffirmation its position regarding the de- militarisation proposals,
rolution.
it is based on the McNaughton covered 4,500 miles.-Reuter. proposals," he said.
He also stated that Pakistan had accepted
the McNaughton proposals.
Sir Mohammed sold that it WAS perfectly clear that the resolution spoke of resolutions INDIA'S STATEMENT
made between the parties, in India's delegate made the the sense of the August 13, 1940, following brief statement on and January 5, 1949, resolutions behalf of his Government: of the United Nations Kashmir
The Government of India's Commission-Reuter.
Mc- regarding the position Naughton proporals was stated by me in the statement 1 made 011 March 8, and my Govern- ment adheres to it and sees no reason to modify 11.
"Subject to that, my Govern- ment accrpts the resolution.
Government "My
extend to him such
assumes
co-opera-
MAJESTIC
SHOWING TO-DAY AT
Dom Paulinus. titular prior An official declaration by the of the abandoned monastery of former Soviet Foreign Minister Our Lantly of Joy, in Chengut, that, as implied in Paragraph 6 2.30. 5.20, 7.20 & 9.30 p.m. M. V. Molloy, last week that is the leader of the evacuated of the Joint resolution, the Germany must repadn Its
place in Europe, fol-group. He went to the Chengt United Nations representative
Communists will be appointed with the The lowed persistent reports that monastery Poland and Czechoslovakin had raided the monastery of Our greement of the parties and, resisted Soviet plans to include Lady of Consolation at Yangon this assumption, is ready to delicious Eastern Germany in the East Kia Ping, in northern China.
tion in the "discharge of his story of European network of nations.
functions ar lies in its power. America's
He prefaced the statement by saying: "We have arrived at
Crea- stage of the debate when it most
beautiful test scif-restraint and economy necessary to exercle the of werds if the settlement of
model.. Ko forward. this problem is to Fo
The
was
The second monastery
ant new Foreign Minister, between the Nationalist He mentioned, however, that
as the Reds the names of all the arms which Villem Siroky, has been a metu Communist lines
Slovak Communist moved south. One member of had sent goods to the exhibitioner of the were listed in the catalogue, and Parly since 1921. He will be 48 the group now settled here was members of the staff of India on May 31, He is the son of a seriously wounded by a Com-
munist guerilia buffet. House could supply all the ailwayman.
ditional Information required by Siroky was elected to Parlia would-be purchasers.
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Dom Paulinus sald half of
and ment as a Communist candidate the group dispersed
they when
were
"I shall, therefore, the
n
read out
When the exhibition is opened in 1933. He went to France in
to Government has instructed me forced 10 the publie
on Thursday 1939 but after the fall of France other half moved away together to the Counell the statement my housewives will be very in returned legally to Slovakia
abandon the monastery. He to make and I shall resist any tcreated In articles such as where he organised the under-
Chinese monks way." towels, bedspreads and house-ground activities of the Com- said many benefactors came to temptation to add to it in muy
the aid of the
them to reach this to help country.--United Press.
hok linen. Carpets from various munist Party and trade union parts of India, In pleasing de movement.
On signs and colours, are expected
was Jaly 3, 1941, he
to prove a great attraction to arrested in Slovakia and impri-
London buyers.-Reuter,
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TWO-YEAR TASK
The resolution called upon India and Pakistan to carry out
tha
a demillarisation programme wittin five months from date of the resolution.
The names most frequently mentioned for the delicate task
mediation of
are Admiral corller 14.--Rotary Chester Nimitz, chosen
the supervise
Kashmir
April 1945, in the first postwar International, announcing its to
Czech Government.-Reuter,
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The Council resumed debate Kashmir who arrive presidency of Dr Homero L here on scholarships are Miss Fronte. The President invited Gwendolyn H. Mathews, of Madras, Nagayaru Shimizu, of Sir Mohammed Zafrullah Khan,
Tokyo,
Madamba
and Miss Odette
of
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members of the United Nations Kashmir Commission.
Manlia. will study in North Amerien, United Press.
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