1946-06-20 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1046,

ITALIAN REPARATIONS

More Promising Atmosphere In Paris

Molotov Agrees On Many Points

Paris, June 19.

The "Big Four" Foreign Ministers settled down half an hour earlier than usual this afternoon to grapple with the first real test question Italian reparations.

-

A headon clash on this point between the Russians and the British and Americans was one of the main reasons for the conference ending in deadlock one month ago. Tulay, therefore, is the first eri-1000,000 worth of Italian 1st- teal moment of this argond, and were available in the Baikane. possibly last, attempt to produce He estimated the two Italian ahipa an agreed prage settlement fur

Russia were offered to

worth Europe between the big wartime $26,000,000. The United States, he added, had invited Russia a delu- to inspect and evaluate the two

alties.

Russian officinis attending the conference hinted today there was ram for compromise if the Bri- tish and Americans were willing to progenise that they, too, were claiming reparations from Italy. The Russian view is that any com-

sation for war damag Ea Aled action was in fact repa cations.

This

Kation

CLIPPER CRASHES Plan To Unify

New York, June 19. The Pan-American clipper 'America' made a crush laju- ing at an emergency fieht neur Williamantuc, Connecticut, few minutes after leaving Laguardia field but none at the mummangers ware injured.

Among the passengera sere Lauterento Olivier and Vivian Leigh-Associated PreBM.

Attlee Won't Be Pushed

U.S. Forces

Washington, June 18.

BRITISH CREDIT TO ITALY

London, June 19. Britain has agreed to credit Italy for expenses of quartering and mov-

Army-Navy merger foes past-ing British troops by ed a too little and too late" writing off equivalent sign

President Harry amounts from the debt Truman's revised unification plan.

owed by Italy, it was

011

In general, they took the atlearned today. litude that concessions of the The agreement, which is con- President and the War Depart- tained in a supplement to the ment made to, the Navy on 'such, revised armistice terms to Italy points as the Marine Corps and by the four power conference of Joint Chief-Staff were in foreign ministers in May, and sufficient to overcome the pre- which becomes effective when vious objections.

signed by Italy, providen:

With only four weeks to go before Congress plans to adjourn, they anid the prospects for final action

Landon, June 18. Mr. Oliver Stanley, former Colonial Secretary, asked the now lying in New York Prime Minister in the House tremely remote,

perty caused by Italiannd $10,000,000, Russian experts coming very urgent that the proposals, said Truman'a plan,

morning, Lire Foreign Ministers' degutien addad six new economic clauses to the agend. They are:

Ta-

Afolotoy then accepted this

of Commons today if he would invitation, but said the Russian not agree that, in view of the estimated the value of these mer. "very grave events in Palestine chant ships at between $7,000,000 in the last 24 hours." it was be- valued Italy's Balkan assels at Government should announce not more than $20,000,000; there their decision on the fore, Italian assets in the Balkans, American Commission's report Anglo- plus two merchant ships, wouldn Palestine, and then give Par- leave a deficit of approximantes £50,000,000.

liament a chance to debate it.

(1) Compensation for perannal injuries suffered by Allied tionals at the hands of Italy;

(2) Claims arising between Italy

snicite nations;

It would he advantageous to Italy to pay some of the repars- tluns from current production. rather than being stripped of all her foreign assets. ex-enemy

The status of Italian debts; (4) Italian-owned enbies: (b) The status of Italian trans- port and shipping)

British Offer

1. That Italy shall be reim- bursed for costs arising from transfer of British troopa, mup-

2 That such costs shall he deducted from the £30,000,000 owed Britain for military relief and equipment advanced during the closing stages of the war.

In this sensica is explies and material,

Senator Robertson, Republic an of Wyoming, In a comment typical of those who had been eritical of the earlier merger

still has the "insurmountable the Army, Navy and Air Forces difficulty of the Secretaries of not being Cabinet members.",

These three officera would be: Mr. Clement Attlee, Prime subordinate the secretary of Minister, replied that the Bri-National Defence under Tru- tish Government were in clone man's plan, and Robertson, who contact with the United States is a member of the Senate

America previously had agreed ↑ to reimburse Italy for similar

equivalent in dollars for essen- costs by making available an

tin purchases in the Unitel States.-Associated Press,

STRIKE OVER Portland, Oregon, June 19, m the matter, and he could not Naval Committee, told a news-

Portland, important terminal make a statement at present. man that "I am fearful of one for the Orient, relurred to normal The Prime Minister told an-man control."-Associated Press, today дя CIO Marine cargo other Member, who complained

and supercargoes accepted their that the British Government

employers' assurance that a wage were the only party that had importance, and needed carefulton last week night apply to them. increase negotiated in Washing- nut indicate their attitude to consideration. I was better to

A union committee announced the Commission's report, that discuss it before coming to a it was satisfied with the employers The conference finally deferred this was a matter of very great hasty decision-Reuter. problem of

assurance.-Associated Press,

Air. Bevin declared Britain won rendy to give up all claims to reparations from Italy, provid- ing other nations would do ownership

(6) Carditions of and operation of United Nations industrial property in Italy.

These point will come an for discussion after the

repara Bona.

Venezia Giulia

1

The head of the Italian delega-p

Anne.

This prenosni was opposed by Mr. Molotov and M. Bidault,

the reparations question

for fu

ture discussions by the "Big Four"

f Foreign Ministers,

They are meeting again at 4.00-

tion now in Paris. Marquis Meln. tontorrow to inke up the next Lupi di Stages, said today " question on the agenda restitu want good relations with Austria.tion of Uned Nations property but we do not see why the conn- | in Italy.

try. which fought against us in The technicni and

לגן

economic

the last 20 months of the war, questions added to the agenda when Haly was lighting on the today by the deputies will be taken Allied side, should demand terr-up during the next few days. turial concessions from us."

A the same time, he emphasised what he called the “Italian Govern- ment's unbreakable faith is Ita- lan sovereignty over the Italian population in Veneziu Culin"- behind Trieste being aimed by Yugoslav in.

the area

cia

Keuter.

CANADA'S FOOD CAMPAIGN

JEWISH TERRORISTS AT PEAK OF AUDACITY

Five British officers four Army and one Royal

Jerusalem, June 19.

Air Force were kidnapped from the Officers' Club in Telaviy today by armed Jews in day- light in a holdup which reached a new peak of audacity in the wave of terror now sweeping the Holy Land.

At the same time, two British Army majors were fired at and seriously wounded as they were On the subject of colonies, the Ottawa, Canada, June 18. italian delegate said that Italy Since the recent

standing on the corner of one of the busiest start of a ensidered herself entitled to he Canadian "Have food" campaign, |

streets in Jerusalem. Their, attackers, who so invested by the United Nations the government has made avail---

far were untraced, fired from a passing taxi. with trusteeship over abie an additional 15,000,000 Organisation her fernter colonies--a

The Telaviv outrage followed, tions. solution

Damage included the proposed by the French and which bushels of oats and some 25,- a pitched battle last night at the power-house and one locomotive might have Soviet support.

000,000 bushels of lower grade, Palestine central railway work was completely destroyed. Ma-: The crucial disagreement today

wheat for shipment to the shops at Haifa, in which British chines and buildings also suf- continued to be the problem of

world's hunger arens. To re- troops killed nine Jews and seri fered considerably from blast What Halian economie sources lease wheat for export, a 10 ously wounded five from a gang und fire. were suitable as basis for the per cent reduction has been which blew up important sec- of $100,000,000 demand-made in the supply of wheat for tions of the installation. payment

by Russip and $200,000,000 domestic milling, on the basis of asked by the Soviet

Union for purchases

during 1945. On Grecey and. Yugoslavia.

that same basis, wheat available Molotov's Stand

to distillers has been reduced Mi. James Byrnes (United by 60

per cent-Associnted Bevi Press. States) and Mr. Ernest (Britain) continued to maintain that Kissin's claim could be made.. up from Italian nasets in former enemy satellite nations in the Bal- kuns, plus Italian merchant and naval shipping

Mr. Molotov insisted that Italy's Balkan assets. plus the two per chant ships offered to Russia by the United

States, were insultcient. to micet Russian demands. He ad-

vocated making up the deficit the Soviet $100,000,000 claim from current Italian production over the next six years.

Soviet Opposes Federal Reich

Moscow, June 19.

A Soviet journalist at the Paris foreign ministers' con ference has attacked the plan for a federalized Germany, any ing it posed "n threat of a new

war."

M. Georges Bidault (France) In a dispatch to Trud, the

Reports of the kidnapping say that five Jews with heavy calibre revolvers strode into the Bri- tish Oicers' Club on Yarkon Street, 010 of the busiest thoroughfares of the town, and rapped out the command; "Hands up."

As three of them covered the large club room with their revolvers the remaining two hustled the officers into a wait- ing car

As the kidnappers drove off they flung a bomb at approach- ing military vehicles to prevent pursuit. A flying squad of the Palestine Police. and patrols of British troops were un the Beene within a few minutes of Baid he felt Italy could pay writer said the federalization the alarm being raised but reparations from current produc-plan fore-shadows the preserva- there is so fur no trace of the tion over a six-our perfod s suggested by Mr. Molotov, if the tion of reaction in the western! kidnappers. start of the six-year period were able to oppose the

British troops of the 6th Air- zone of Germany which will be

central de-borne Division, with armoured delayed for two years.

Mr. Molotov sald the French mocratie government in Berlin cars and tanks, are taking part

whose formation was provided in the search. for in the Pothdam decisions.

and Russian views were so closely akin on this subject he was con- vinced they could be reonciled.

Mr. Bevin objected atrenously to both the French and Russian

proposals.

U.S. Argument

peac

Death Threat

that the officers are being held A message from Telaviv soya

and will forfeit

Britain has urged the crca- tion of a German federation to include the industrial Ruhr in as hostages. an effort to reach a compromise

Rhineland from

pons and

An official statement on the incident said: "Shock troops of the Haganah Jewish Organiza- tion, including neveral girls' blasted their way into the 'gun workshops with automatic wea- placed explosives in the main grenades. They engines which burst into flames when When the attackers withdrew the charges exploded, they found their escape route! eut off by a truckload of British troops. The Jews opened fire and casualties occured in the ensuing batile."

"Voice Of Israel" During the night a heavy landmine was placed on the track of the Lydda-Haifa rail- way line near the important Lydda airport. It exploded just after an oil train had passed, blowing up several rails.

"The Voice of Israel," secret radio of the Jewish resistanc

told movement,

General Sir Bernard Paget, Commander-in- Chief of the Middle East, in a broadcast today that no retulin- stop resistance activitica, tory or punitive measures would

ing that the Jewish resistance 'The radio repeated the warn-

Palestine to be made a British not allow base unless Jewish rights were safeguarded-Reuter.

their lives if General Evelyn on France's demand for the Barker, General Officer Com- movement would

Ruthr and manding Palestine, confirme the Germany death sentences passed by a military court on June 13 en two Jewish terrorista found guilty of ralding the Sarsfani Garrison Camp last March, The railway workshops Haifa looked like

Mr. Molotov agreed to submit separation of the the Greek and Yugoslav, claim to the coming 21-nation

There are indications that the conference, but insisted that the United States will back the Bri Russian claim should be settin?tish idea-Associated Press. during the present conference. alnce Russia was

represented at the Foreign Ministers talks, whlie Greece and Yugoslavia were not. Mr. Byrnes argued that United

States economic experts estimate between $60,000,000 and $75.-

Atlantic City, June 10. Internationa! Rotary district named Juring tho recent convention here included Dr. C. T. Wang, of Shanghai.

KOVCIHOIN

Associated Press,

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES

[MMAT THE - 11

at

Drastle Curfew

The British army took draatje mensures by announcing a strict curfew in Tel Aviv, atarting Wed- a battlefieldnesday from 6 p.m., after which today as Palestine emerged from time no unauthorized person will its second consecutive night of be allowed outside his home. Jewish attacks on communica- Date of termination of the cur-i

Not That One, Anyway

WA-AAA-HMH I NOW LOOKIT MY SCAT - BIKE!!#

BY EDGAR MARTIN

LET THAT BE A LESSON

| TO YOU - DONT EVER

LET ME RIDE ONE OF

THOSE THINGS

AGAIN!

M

Page t

ENSA STAR THEATRE

Presents

VARIETY SECTION

of.

HONG KONG STAGE CLUB

"TAKE

in'

IT EASY"

With

AN ALL SERVICE CAST

TO-NIGHT at 7.30 P.M.

Each Serviceman may bring one Civilian guest.

A. WHITE & CO.

PHOTO STUDIO

12. PEKING ROAD, KOWLOON.

CAMERAS

FILMS

Specialists in PORTRAITURE, DEVELOPING. PRINTING & ENLARGING.

Either men or women, old or young,

as soon as you taste it youït like it.

DRINK OUR fragrant

CHINA TEA

LYCHEE

KEEMUN TEA and various other kinds of HIGH GRADE

CHINA TEA

WAH SANG TEA MERCHANTS ~13) QUEEN'S RO,C.,HK. TEL. 23594

CE

WEEKLY CHINA MAIL”

Containing

ALL THE LOCAL NEWS OF THE WEEK From The

few is not set. British Troops "CHINA MAIL" & "SUNDAY

are patrolling the streets with tommy guns.

A

armed

government communique states that nine Jews, including ong woman, were killed during

londay night's outrages—À5×0- ciated Press,

ONLY 30 CENTS

ON SALE EVERY THURSDAY

HERALD"

THE 'RIGHT' SPIRIT FOR ANY CELEBRATION

ASK 'EM

BELLET

BRANDY ***

·H.

OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE

SPECIAL PRICE

PER BOTTLE

$1250

DISTRIBUTORS:

RUTTONJEE & SON LTD.

DINA HOUSE