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Paramountcy In India To Remain

New Delhi, May 22.

The British Cabinet Mis- sion, in a memorandum today the to the Chancellor of Chamber of Princes, mado it clear that paramountcy would remain in operation during the interim period before In- dia became fully independent.

"The British Government emild not and will not in any circumstances transfer par- amountey to an Indian Govern- ment," the memorandum auid.

"Moreover, they cannot con- template that British troops would be retained in India for this purpose."

Britain is the paramount power" in reintion to 570 odd "princely states comprising-about- two fifths of the Indian penin- sula. These relations are deter- mined by individual treaties be- tween the British, Crown and the princes and the position of the Crown under these treaties is known by the general term "paramounter."

Bri- to

Paramountcy given the tish Government the right protect and govern the subjects atatea when living

of the abroad,

dian law is not recognised, Brl- tish fudinn legislatures cannot pass acts affecting them and a write of British Indian courts 700,000 does not run in the square miles of territory with a population of over 90,000,000, which states of India. Reuter.

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DANUBE SWOOP Hungarian Naval Ships Full

Of Contraband Goods

Over 3,000 People Detained

VILSHOFEN, BAVARIA, MAY 21. THE UNITED STATES "CONSTABULARY” OCCUPATION TACTICAL FORCE, AT DAWN TODAY SUDDENLY SEALED OFF A 45-MILE STRETCH OF THE DANUBE RIVER AND EFFICIENTLY SMASHED A "SERIOUS

BY SECURITY THREAT". POSED

372 VESSELS, FORMERLY OF THE HUNGARIAN NAVY, WHICH HAD BEEN ANCHORED OFF THIS AREA FOR THE PAST YEAR.

MORE THAN 3,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DETAINED FOR -INVESTIGATION.IN.CONNEXION.WITH THE BLACK MARKET, DOPE SMUGGLING, ARMS RUNNING AND MAINTAINING OF AN UNDERGROUND RAILWAY FOR THE ESCAPE OF FORMER SS MEMBERS. The ships, including 12 Dan- ube gunboats, disgorged a great volume of contraband, machine- guns and other weapons, short- wave radio senders, black mar- ket goods and entire holds full of Wehrmacht supplies.

Well armed G.Ls are stand- ing guard over every ship with

Gen. Anders In London

war.

CHURCH PARADES

London May 22,

The War Minister, Mr. J. J. Lawson, told Members of the House of Commons today that the abolition of compul- eory church parade was under discussion between the Qu- thorities concerned.

"I expect to receive draft regulations for the Army in the near future," he added, "but cannot say yet when they will be published."— Reuter.

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Morrison Criticises Hoover Plan

London, May 22.

Mr. Herbert, Morrison, said yesterday, that if Harbort Hoo- ver's plan for world food control meant "a one man dictator for food" the programme would not work, Mr. Morrison, Lord President of the Council, and House of Commons floor' leader for the Attico Government, arrived by air from Ottawa where he had stopped after conferring with American officials in Washington on the food problem.

Mr. Morrison wag greeted with a series of questions from reporters for the British press, which has been critical of Mr. Morrison's agreement that this country would give up a further 200,000 tons of grain to help fight faming threats elsewhere) |

Asserting that he planned first to report to the Cabinet and then make a statement" in the House of Commons, Mor.

room

of

U.S. SEIZES

COAL MINES

Washington, May, 22, President Truman today

rison said, "You have to handle directed the United States the facts as they come to light Secretary of the Interior, Mr. You must be adaptable in any Julius Krug, to take over the aituation according to the facts

United States as they emerge."

coal pits to- Mr. Morrison said his trip tomorrow-four days before the Athe, United States and Canada ond of tho soft coal strike Nuernberg, May 22. had "cleared up a lot of issues "truce.' A one-time Secretary of the that were in doubt as to how Interior in the Weimar Re-things can best be worked out, The President's press secret- and I believe there will be less ary, Mr. Charles G. Ross, told public yesterday assailed members of the British Labour understanding than there was." Krug has been

for 'confusion and mis- a press conference that Mr. London, May 21.

instructed to General Anders, Commander-Party who before the war had

He had not read Hoover's operate the mines so as to "pre- world food control plan.

"If Bervo

the national economic In Indian states, British In-the support of patrols. Arm-in-Chief of the Polish Army in praised Hitler.

he is suggesting a one-man structure in the present emer- our lining the river banks and tay, arrived in London by air

of Grand Ad-it will work," surrounding hillsides prevented today and tonight he saw the print obeh in the war crimes dictator for food, I do not think structur

Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest on behalf

he added-Aga

The miners' strike began on the escape of a single suspect.

Meanwhile patrol boats of the Beyin, to discuss the demobill-miral Erich Raeder, Karl Sever- soclated Pr

ing the witness, declared:

April 1 when 400,000 stopped "Food Czar" who German water police, under the sation of 120,000 Poles

"I often noticed that mem-

work at the call of John L. Washington, May 22, fought with Britain during the of the United

bers of the British Labour

Lewis, United Mine supervision

The Director-General

Workers Party were in Hitler's set and UNRRA, Mr. LaGuardia, today things ten States Coast Guard, plying along

General Morgan, Commander- returned to England to praise threw his full weight behind

President, claiming among other oak up the princely the river, prevented the dispo-in-Chief of the Mediterranean, Chancellor Hitler as a friend the plan proposed by Mr. Her every ton of coal for their wel- cents royalty on sal of evidence in the water.

Counter-intelligence and cri- and War Office representatives

of peace." minal investigation division were present.

that all It is now arranged

Severing mentioned the late man's food envoy, yesterday for At the beginning of last agents moved in after the

and Anders shall be mind. He gave an- world food "Czar."

called to enable renewed efforts contents of the ships

tain RS shipping becomes other name which was not audi- Mr. LaGuardia declared that at negotiating a settlement to search for hidden drugs,

available.

ble to spectators.

such organisation should be a be made by Mr. Lewis and the The Quest

In the House of Commons te-: German opponents of the permanent one and not one for mineowners. } The principal object of the morrow Mr. Bevin will outling Nazis had looked in vain to the duration of the present food At Mr. Lewis crders the

sources to be taken to foreign

for arch, however, is for Admiral the measures

support crisis as proposed "by Mr.miners then returned to work Trunkwalter, present Comman assist them after demobilisa- against Hitler, he declared. Hoover. It should not be forced with the exception .of..several der of the Hungarian Fleet,ttonReuter,

Associated Presss the dat to diatribute supplies through thousands of "rebels" in Penn- who was a lesser officer when

commercial channels, he added.sylvania.-Reuter. Admiral Horthy offered

"If out of this conference fleet to the Allies. After Ad-

a. definite workable concrete plan of opern-| miral Horthy's escape from the Nazis, 'Admiral Trunkwalter as-

tion for Internationally-con- noon yesterday as the ground-sumed-command-and-was-recog-

trolled supervision of produc under their foot. scomed tonised by the Axis powers. He

tion and distribution of food, shake and the air was filled with stifling dust.

bert Hoover,

President Tru-

fare fund.

HOUSE ON PEAK troops to asses thoroughly the the man selving rought to gri- he had in den as one of those a new world authority under a week, a fortnight's

COLLAPSES

The inhabitants of houses nestling round the foot of Ad- miralty, Hpuso—which went up in flames'a short while ago -came pelting out into the open again shortly

before

For a moment or two. some were in a near panic. thinking a land-

kle had started.

The cause of the trouble was an empty, partly-stripped house Just behind them; no repairs were being carried out to the damaged premises. Its structure already weakened by the ruthless strip-

the

later lost of the fleet in an en- gagement with units of the Rus sian fleet, and was relieved of his command for inefficiency.

Nineteen Murders

A spokesman said tonight that the raids ware a sequel to troubles in nearby Passau, where investigation of 19 mur- ders last month frequently led agents towards the river. Tho

the world receives PUTTING PRESSURE

ON RUSSIA

truce was

Dry Eggs At

the UNO Security Council wil Home Again

be able to spend most of its time the goff links." Mr. LaGuardia said.-Reuter,

British Farmers

London, May 22. British farmers will continue

London, May 22.

The food situation will bo easier for British housewives next month, as a result of

London, May 22.

United States.on A British official said yesterday that the

Secretary of State, James F. Byrnes' suggestion that the peace treatios be turned over to the United Nations if the four major powers cannot agree on a peace con- Forenco this Summer, was aimed at "putting pressure” on Russia to agree to a 21-nation meeting in July,

to produce "almost on wartime minor concessions announced Although the Foreign Office lines to help solve the world by Sir Ben Smith, Minister of declined to comment officially, food crisis." the Minister of Food, at a it was learned that the British Agriculture,

press conference Mr. Tom Wil today. felt it would be even more dif- liams, told representatives of 31 ficult to reach an accord in the nations at

Dry eggs, withdrawn early the opening of the this year, will be issued again 61-member general asesmbly International Conference of

on points from June 23, while than in a peace conferenct and Agricultural producers. that it would be useless to call

"The emergency requires the two extra points are to be added a meeting if Russia refuses to maximum of direct food from! to the present 24 for the four 'attend.

every acre of land," Mr. Wil week period beginning on June of- liama said,

ping of its internal timbers, it spokesman did not explain why THE DAYS apparently suffered further so many ships, manned by the

as a result of the re-

weaken rains. At 11.40 a.m.

cent

started to collapse.

yesterday, it

A "China Mail" reporter who Happened to be looking straight at the building at the time it was just as though a demolition charge had been fired: One mo- ment it was there and the next

says that

crash as the roof and one wall tell there was a thunderous roar and

in, sending up a column of thick dust which poured out of the win-

Peak.

dow gapa and rose as high as the

No one was injured, but as a result of the enve-in it in doubifùl it the building is now repairable,

Italians Nab Fishing Boats

Romo, May 22.

It is reported here. that Yugoslav worships have inter- cepted a number of Italian Fishing

bosts

enemy, were allowed to romain AFTER

untouched for a full year.

cases wero

DUNKIRK

that the

23.

He hinted that the question of the ownership of the vessels

which in many

to 12

London, May 22. seized ships belonging

including France,

Meanwhile, Dominion's Soven days after the British nations,

The Minister also announced Czechoslovakin, Italy and Bel-

wealth confercticus here ex-ed on still more drastic mea- an increase in the allowance of allowed to stay. He did not ex- Germans were already cross-pressed support for Byrnes" in-sures" besides cuts in iivestock meat to manufacturer of gium-was the reason they were evacuation of Dunkirk, when ficiais attending the Common- British government has dec

that nations. butside and foodstuffs to plain, however, why they were ing the Seine north-west of sistence allowed to corre through the Paris, fresh British, divisions the top four bo given a chance and the continuation of war- battle lines to this zone in the left England in the last-des- in the near future to voice time production controls-As-

their opinions on the

peace cociated Press. halt the Nasi perato bid to ́One Casualty

treatica.

Officials said that they had According to a Staff officer, onslaught, barely 24 hours the Hungarians were allowed to before the first German arm- been taking a firm joint stand AUSTRIA'S

first place.

operation. Reuter.

the on this point in their talks

Secretary, Mr. Ernent Bevin Associated Press,"

with the British Foreign CASE

"honourable taler for

JULIANA'S BROADCAST

consumers

producta, equivalent to an extra 1,250 tons a week.

More supplies of home canned ment are now. becoming avail- able, and next month, the, sup- plies should reach the shops at the rate of about 100 tons a week, Bir Ben Smith said, add- ing that some new varieties of canned imported. meats will bo available, including meal louf from South Amérien, Canadian sausage meat and small quanti- ties of canned rabbit from Aug tralia..

Vienna, May 22, Dr. Karl Gruber Foreign Minis ter, who is due to go to Paris this week-end to present Austria's case before the Foreign Ministers' deputies, has been authorized by Berne, May 22. the Austrian cabinet to discass Princess Juliana of The minor frontier rectifications with Alan Netherlands, broadcasting in Italy, it was disclosed tonight. Sir Brooke, later Chief of the Im French to the Swiss people in At the same time, Austria re of approximately six per cent perial General Staff, was in con- Borne tonight expressed Hol serves completely her right to in flour, mand of these troops and today land's gratitude, for Switzer- claim the whole of the ares of

German-speakinorence, it was not to serve bread with midday

South

fle said that having received Tyrol at information that his request his roport was made public in the | land's 'holp,

Lieutenant-General

The Minister reported that the recent reduction in the size of the loaf had effected a saving

romain aboard with their fami-oured cam roared down lies and many displaced parsons straats of Paris.. because it was necessary for This was revealed today when the crews to stay for mainten- the War. Oller lifted the veil of ance and repair.

Betrecy from 18 days of chaos be General Joseph McNarnay, tween June 4, 1940--when the last Commander of

the United British soldier 4. Dunkirk States Occupation Zone, ordered scrambled onto the last small ship the raid, it was stated, and or for England and June 17, when dered either internment for the Marshal Potain | Hungarians; or that stops be taken for their repatriation as prisoners-of-war. There was twenty-five only one casualty in the entire miles off the Yugoslav coast. One of the vessels managed

peace to escape and return to Italy,

When POLICE STRIKE

peak your friendship contribut- The chief of the minor rectifien-meals in restaurants, unlega by where its; crew: stated that Yu-

that the spirit of the Frenched towards casing our lot, she tions for which Dr. Gruber will the customers request, tras goslav plancs had flown

Paris, May 22.

Army was crushed's head before the incident.

Twelve thousand Paris police- Division was hastily sent out told

stress, It was disclosed, concerns being Ignored in many restaur- According to the Milan "Cor-men-held-up-traffio-and, pades-France. Its loading brigada. Was You sustained us in the cri- the canal valley near the func ants, he proposed to take steps.

of Paris fushed up and placed under the tical month after llberation zien of the Austrian Italian to see that his cider was riure Lombardo," however, only trians in the centre

word today when they marched to orders of the Tenth sector of up owing to lack of material awarded to Itay in 1818 This Enforcement oflicers would

Tenth French Army when reconstruction was held Yugoslav frontlers, which was forced. seven fishing smacks seized. A Yugoslav corvette their headquarters demanding a It took over. stopped the fleet 25 miles off the monthly wage increase of 48. the Third Corps, Epot of Conchies, Holland thanks particularly all has population of 5,000, who are visit, restaurants to con Dalmatian Islands, "and the The demonstration was or in vry exposed position with a those who acted as mothers and predominantly German-apesking the erder was

Reuter crews of the seven vessels, about derly, "We must set a good Rap of eight miles on its rikht and fathers to our children and re- |-! one hundred men ware cap example, even when we disturb two newly arrived. French batta- ceived them into their homes. tured, the paper added.org pence," one policeman, said,

This report agreed that one Reuter.

over.

yonsel escaped, but added, that

was chased and fred on beford

put into Ban

The

official London coming: cien "When our distress was at its

Was

the 52nd

long

The

cabinet and! Mr. Winston" Churchill delayed giving the order for dvacuation as they "feared the offset of auch withdrawal on the, morale of in

Reuter.

request for.

tho

stated.

Reuter,

carried.

Milan, May 29 40 people alleged to be

hayo bean "arrated.

grding to

THE WEATHER

that