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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 5, 1987.

ROOSEVELT PEACE BID

Economic Pacts As Solution Of World Problems

A new portrait of President Roosevelt, who is now making an effort to achieve international peace by solving economic problems.

FORD FACTORY RE-OPENING

Labour Troubles In U.S. Ease

£10,000 FOR LOST HANDS

"Joy Of Life Gone"

A youth who lost both his hands through an accident, in a factory heard the Court of Appeal last month dismiss an appéal against the award to him of £10,000 dam- ages.

London Discusses

Mr. Davis's Mission,

(SPECIAL TO THE “CHINA MAIL”)

London, To-day. World peace through economic pacts is the main item of news in yesterday's papers.

THE SUBJECT IS DISCUSSED IN RELATION TO THE VISIT TO LONDON, OSTENSIBLY TO ATTEND THE INTERNA. TIONAL SUGAR CONFERENCE, OF MR. NORMAN DAVIS, AMERICAN "AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE.”.

MR. DAVIS'S MISSION, THE PAPER SAYS, AIMS FIRST AT CONCLUSION OF A COMPREHENSIVE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

The terms will be settled after the Imperial Conference, which is taking place in London after the Coronation, and at which trade relations between Britain and the Dominions will be de- finitely determined.

ENGLISH YOUTH'S

SPIRIT

"Need For Team Work"

NEW PEACE PLAN

After a trade treaty has been ar-

Gen. Sir Hubert Gough was the ranged between Britain and the guest of honour at a Devonshire United States, President. Roosevelt Club House Dinner last month. intends to conclude similar treaties Sir Arthur Goldfinch, who presid- with European Státes and thus ed, proposed the health of Gen. create the basis of a new "peace

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Difficulties are seen 'in some papers in the provisions of the Johnson Act, which forbids the United States granting credit to countries defaulting on War Debts.

To overcome this obstacle, says one paper, Washington is contem- plating "technical regulation" of unpaid War debts.

Gough. Famous guests the club had entertained during five reigns, he said, had been almost entirely civilians Civil servants, Judges, Anibassadors, and Prime Ministers -but now they welcomed a great soldier.

Gen. Gough recounted the views he had recently expressed concern- Fifth Army during the ing the Great War. That Army, he said, wrote a great chapter in the his- tory of England and kept alight. the lamp of English spirit, en

endur ance, courage, fidelity, and adapt ability. It also showed a quality.

New York, To-day. The labour troubles besetting the United States motor industry con- siderably:eased over the week-end

He is Lawrence Heaps, of Moor- with settlement of the Ford strike road, Chorley, Lancashire, and the and the announcement that the appellants were Perrite Ltd., manu- four-weeks old Chrysler dispute facturers of rubber

of The Sunday Express" declares which was of the greatest value in flooring, had also virtually been settled. Liverpool. The grounds of the ap-that after conclusion of such

COULD EXERT PRESSURE

ELI

any country, and that was the

The Chrysler settlement hinged peal was that the damages were ex-agreement, Britain and the United quality of dignity.

States could exert pressure on the on the conference between the Cor-cessive. poration and Mr. John Lewis, the At the time of the accident Heaps rest of the world to reduce arma-wrote in the Great War should be

Was was working on a calender machine, ments..

Union chief, after which it

The lessons that the Fifth Army

maintained by the young people of

stated that the substance of an which is used for treating sheet- An understanding with the Unit- to-day. He had very considerable agreement had been reached and rubber. His hands were caught in ed States would have a most im- confidence in the young manhood that settlement was now only a the rollers of the machine, and

portant effect on the British de- and womanhood of this country. "question of phraseology."

were so badly crushed that they had to be amputated.

fence plans, particularly as re- There had been a great deal of sob gards agreements for delivery of stuff about peace at any price, even "Impossible To Interfere" Lord Justice Greer, giving judg-munitions and foodstuffs in time to the extent of being severely

The Ford factory is re-opening to-day and the company has agreed

to hold wage discussions in Detroit

during the week-Reuter.

Chrysler Strike "Virtually Settled"

Detroit, To-day. According to an official source the Chrysler dispute, involving 60,000 workers, has been "virtually settled.”

Reuter.

war

INTERNATIONAL. FUND.

of

kicked and saying nothing, but he ment recalled that Mr. Justice

did not believe that there was any Swift, in his judgment, said: "Were

deterioration in the English I to award him the whole of the

character. As soon as those ideas, The "Observer" declares that wealth of the Bank of England I

which he was sure, were ephemeral, could never give him back his hands. economic agreements have one

passed away and Britain came dowri over military He is going through life as helpless great advantage

to sanity again he believed it would agreements, namely that they are he found that the young people of as the day he was born.”

"That," said Lord Justice Greer, more easily concluded and less to-day were as ready to answer the

putting it a little too high, but easily violated.

call of duty and sacrifice as they he will be very near it. Even with

The paper proposes creation of had been in the past. It was very artificial limbs he will be, for the rest of his life, a handless man, un.jan international fund for financing important that there should be economic co-operation, the money leadership in that direction. He did able to do anything for himself.

"The joy of life will have gone to come from reductions in arma- not say that we wanted conscrip

ments expenditure and to be deter- tion, but we wanted team Two lepers are reported to have

Taking all these matters into mined by agreement by the coun- leadership. Dictatorships were per escaped from the Leper Home at Kennedy Town yesterday afternoon, consideration, it seems to me quite tries concerned.→Trans-Ocean.

impossible to say we are entitled to

Lepers Escape

from him.

The R.M.S. "Empress of Russia" The Aerodrome Committee of the interfere with the judge's finding Hull Corporation decided that the as to the amount of damages, large is due at Nagasaki to-morrow at 6.00a.m., leaves at 5.00 p.m., transmission of weather reports from as they are. the wireless station at Hedon Aero- Lords Justices Slesser and Green leaves Kobe on Thursday at 4.00 p.m. drome, Yorkshire, is to cease unless the

agreed, and the peal was dis- and leaves Yokohama on Saturday -Air Ministry is prepared to Accept

financial responsibility.

lat 3:00 p.m. missed, with costs.

work

fectly foreign to our nature. We had to help each other, and that meant that everybody had to make some kind of sacrifice.

Peter Luckowitz, a Russian – wanted for murder, committed suicide after holding 100 police at bar all night, in the loft of his house at Knutange, near Meta.