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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1940.

ANGLO-SOVIET ALLIANCE

Mr. Dalton's Plea For

Threat Of Maritime Strike In U.S.The

Fo

--Washington, June 10.

The CIO National Maritime Union in a statement today said unless scamen get a shorter

work week, the committee of maritime unity unions will have "no alternative but to strike" on June 15.

In announced that the strike would aprend to tankers, lake and river vessels, and even ships from foreign entries reaching the United States.

Morade

Equality And Respect

Bournemouth, June 10.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dal-

ton, pleaded last night for a firm Anglo-Rus- sian alliance to assure European peace, but emphasized that the Labour Party would have no truck" with British Communists. Delivering one of several ministerial addresses

Labour Party conference today. Mr. Dalton said, "The greatest of our immediate tasks is to achieve a true Anglo-Russian understand- ing,"

He added: "If the British and Russian peoples can march The flat-footed stand for a side by side in a firm alliance; shorter work-week, currently peace in Europe is assured. If 66 hours, came as a surprise not, the worst might happen and blocked the government and the dark horses in Germany conciliators' proposal to retain might yet achieve

their evil the current schedule at sen but dream of world dominion." give the sailors day off in

In another address, Herbert President of port with pay for every 14 days! Morrison, Lord

the Council, declared the Labour at sea.

Operators had been contend- Party has gone "as for to the with ing that to reduce shipboard left as Was consistent hours would require quarters common sense. and the brav}; for extra men.

national interest," and added:

A union statement rejected in advance any possible govern- ment move to throw the mari- time dispute into fact-finding

or arbitration procedures or to negotiate interim agreements. It said these schemes which do not serve the unions are used as stalling tactics, and we. therefore, reject

them."-As sociated Press,

QUEEN VICTORIA LETTERS FOUND

The Irresponsibles The fact that the govern:

ment has been vigoruus, sensi

No Mucking About

MONTY OFF

TO EGYPT

London, June 10. Flold Marshal Viscount Montgomery loft by plana for Egunt yesterday.

The announced, purpose of 'his trip is to visit British troops in the Eastern Medi- terranean, Thero han Goan spectuation that he also would investigate Britain's Middło Baat defonse position in the light of the decision to with- draw troops from Epunt Associated Press.

Greyshirts Banned In Dominion

Johannesburg, June 10. On foreign relations, Mr. The South-African govern- Dalton said, "The greatest of ment has taken prompt and our immediate tasks is tof offective steps to stop the rise achieve true Anglo-Russlan❘ again of the pre-war Fascist understanding." However, he organisation known as the Grey- he made it clear that the Labour shirts, under its leader Louis Party will have no connection Weachardt, who was recently with British Communists, "This released from interament. great British Socialist move-i The Greyahirts-the South

Gentile ment will not be mucked about. | African

National We and the Russians must meet Socialist Movement, to give them on moral equality and mutual their full titlo-organised respect. Today, they have series of "Welcome Home" their waya and we have ours." meetings for Weschardt -Reuter,

throughout the Rand, including Johannesburg and Pretoria, but all towns except ono re- fused to allow them to udo their town halls,

SEARCH FOR PLANE GIVEN UP

ก

bls and well to the left has put the, irresponsible outside our ranks-who claim to be on Mẹ,

Honolulu. June 10. left but, who in truth know not Hickam Field Army Trans- their left from their right-in port Headquarters said today a dilemma. They could only that the search for 15 men critisize by making themselves aboard two army planes lost at foolish or alternatively &C- sca near the Marshall Island Mr. Harry Lawrence, the

The exception was Brakpan, whose Mayor, J. P. Verstas, with most of the town council- Jora, is a strong Nationalist and presumably a sympathiser of the Greyshirts,

quico in our policy and ap- Inst month has been abandoned. Minister of

pear to be

Power, Mr.

Five were aboard the C-54 transport which disappeared on May 18, and 10 in a Flying Fort which crashed after leaving Eniwetok on May 27 to look for the C-54.

The minister of Fuel and Emmurel Ship- well, lauded the government's Frankfurt, June 10. nationalization schemes and de- Major

Watson,clared they would succeed, "bo- David F. United States officer who work cause we are not taking un- ed in the personnel section of necessary risks and also because lost. Their

American Command in they must succeed-we cannot been disclosed, e Associated Frankfurt, has been held for afford failurea."--Assecinted Press. questioning, following the theft Press, of £375,000 worth of the Hesse Darmstadt crown jewels and

the

other treasures from Kronberg Castle..

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Union Resolution

Bournemouth, June 10.

the eve of the Labour Annual Conference of letters to Party Nine volumes

here 'tomorrow, the Queen Victoria from her daugh- opening

of the influential ter Princess

were, delegates Victoria found with quantities of Hesse Transport and General Workers

decided rubies, Unien

at a private Darmstadt diamonds, amethysts and other gems, fol- meeting today to support the lowing the arres of Captain National Executive in the pro- Kathleen Durant of the United posed alterations to the exist- States Women's Army Corps ing constitution of the Party, and her husband Colonel J. W. designed to prevent the affilia- Durant, it has been disclosed in tion of other political parties, Washington.

such as Communists,

The National Union of Mine

has reached a similar decision.

The treasure was first die- covered by American Goldiers in Workers-another-big- union, the cellars of Kronberg Castle where it had been hidden by Princess Sophia of Hesse be- fore the Allies advarfeed into Germany.

The soldiers handed over their find to Captain Durant for safe keeping-Reuter.

All have been given up for names have not

never

Home. Security, then banned the Greyshirts meetings, thereby dealing the movement, which was banned before or during the war, a heavy blow. Even Wes- chardt waS not interned until the end of 1944, and in the early part of the following year, the Greyshirts were still actively campaigning.

After Mr. Lawrence banned Batavia, June 19. the "Welcome Home" meetings,; The Indonesian

retired to newspaper Weschardt

his "Merdeka" reports Spitfires favourite pre-war area for his shortly will begin reccnaissance propaganda, not-far-from-Vry- flights over porta and roads heid, Natal, where he has a used for evacuation of war farm. Before the war he found: prisoners. Aerial photos also receptive sell for his pro-Nazi will be made of the condition of needs in the numerous German airfields.Associated Press. colonies in that arca.-Router.

Vatican Counters Left Trend In Politics

London, June 10.

The Executive, as a result, can The militant influence of the Catholic church is

now be tolerably confident of securing adoption of constitu- į tional changes.

Meanwhile, Mr. Hugh Dalton,

of the Exchequer,; Chancellor

demon- speaking at a Labour stration here today, gave the Medan, Sumatra, June 10.warning that he had under- Formation of new Indo- taken to provide the means for nesian battalion to be made up the Government's great pro- of conscripts and reserves was gramme of social security, and announced here. The Medan this meant that taxation could Bulletin" said an intense train-¡ not be reduced as fast as if ing programme was planned. there had been no Associated Press,

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