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THE CHINA MAIL, BATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1948.

STRAIGHT ROAD TO WAR

U.S. Attack On British "Imperialism'

Realistic Policy

Called For

New York, Sept. 13. Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace warns that "British imperialistic policy" in the Near East combined with "Russlan, retaliation" would lead the United States straight to war unless she formulated a clearly defined and realistic foreign polley of her own. In an address prepared for a meeting sponsored by the National Citizens' Political Action

Commitice of Arts, Sciences and Professions

at Madison Square Garden, Mr. Wallace said

that "to prevent war and ensure our survival

in a stable world, it is essential that we look abroad through our own American eyes and not through the eyes of either the British For- eign Office or a pro-British or press,'

Gor

pro.

anti-Russian

United States who want war with "In this connection, 1 want one thing clearly understood. i am Russia. This does not mean ap- persement. We most earnestly neither anti-British

want pence with Russia but we British neither anti-Russian nor

want to be met half-way. We pro-Russian. And just two days ago, when President Harry Tru- want cooperation.

"I words, he said man read theat that they represented the policy of his administration.

Vallace, in advocating the can. didacies of Senator James Mend and Herbert Lehman

(who are New York's Democratic nominees for Governer and Senator rès- pectively) told the audience that Governor Tom Dewey had ex. pressed himself ng favouring an alliance of mutual defence with Great Britain as the key to the United States foreign policy,

Height Of Folly

Wallace said: "Certainly we like the British people as lividuais. But to make Britain the key to our foreign policy would be, in my opinion, the height of folly. We must not let British balance-of- power

manipolations

determine

belleve we can get co- operation once Russia understands. our primary objective is neither that saving the British Empire nor the purchasing of oil in the

with Near East

the lives of American soldiers.

"We cannot allow national oil rivalries to force us into war.".

Reuter and Associated Press.

SEAMAN KILLED Air Strike

Bombay, Sept. 12.

. Thec fret tion Indian casualty in the Bombay riots -which followed the Moslem League "black flag" protesta apal at the assumption of of- fice by the net interim gos- crnment occurred jodav

when a Javanese saaman Das stabbed in the south of Bom- bat and later died-Reuter.

Genuine Respect For Britain

London, Sept. 12.

The Chairman of the British Engineers Association Export Committee, Mr. C. P. Lister, said at a luncheon of the As- sociation in London today that be Britain. had nothing ashamed of in the part she had played in Egypt.

to

the

Giving his impressions of a trade tour, Mr. Lister predict ed a growing demand for British goods, provided Britlab policy with regard to Egyptian aspirations was firm, constructionally friendly, and helpful.

Wherever he went he found genuine respect for the British And the quality of British pro- ducts-Reuter.

Australia's Battle For Court Of Human Rights

Paris, Sept. 13.

whether, and when, the United The European peace conference commission, rac-

States gets into a war."

Wallace asserted

the that United States wants peace with Russia, but "we want to be mot halfway." He and that on "our" part we should recognize we have no more business in the political affairs of Eastern

Europe Lhan Bussla ban in the political affairs of Latin America, Western Europe and the United States."

In the Far East, Wallace ask- ed for "a unified and peaceful China-built on the cooperation of the various groups in that coun- a hands-off try and based on policy of outtside powers."

Friendly Basis

He said that the "Rusalan ideas of social and economic justice are going to govern nearly one- third of the world. Our ideas of and democracy free enterprise will govern much of the rest. The two ideas will endeavour to prove which can deliver the most satis faction to the common man in their respective areas of political dominance.

"But by mutual agreement, this competition should be put on a friendly basis and the Russians should stop conniving against us in certain areas of the world, just

should

stop scheming against them in other parts of the world. Let the results of the two systems speak for themselves."

A We

Wallace said that the United States was dealing with a force which could not be successfully handled by "getting tough with the Russian holley."

ing to meet the newly announced Oct. 5 dead- line, completed work on the political and terri- torial clauses of the Finnish and Rumanian treaties and on the military clauses of the Rumanian pact.

The Italian Political and Ter- ritorial Commission defeated by 11 to 9 a Czech proposal to set up a commission to study the

So Sorry For Hiroshima

the

Italo-Yugoslav

more naval other ranka and officers than provided for in the treaty drafted by the Coun- cil of Foreign Ministers.

Australia

Starts

About

Red Army Cartel In Germany

Berlin, Sept. 13.

A well-informed Ger- man source today sup- London, Sept. 13.

plied documentary evi- 1,600 aircraft Idence purporting to bear engineers at nine air-out reports that for two fields used by British months the Red Army civil air lines went on has been developing the strike today for recogni- world's greatest cartel tion of the Aeronautical for Russia in its zone of Engineers Association as a Trade Union.

So far there har been no delay in the services of three air lines concerned-the British Overseas Airways Corporation, British South American ways and British European

Airways.

Germany.

This WILS

secret lat brought up to August 20 of 50 vast businesses and five "hom- binato" (or groups of plants) by the "Sow- aiready seized Air-jetische Industrie Gesellschaft" (Soviet Industrial Company) reported to be owned 51 per cent by Soviet and 49 per cent by Germans.

One plane scheduled to leave today for San Diego took off yesterday, but an airliner duo to leave for Buenos Aires tor morrow will be unable to go before Saturday.

of en- Tho

maintenance

gincers, fitters and other ground technicians had originally plan- ned a walkout as a one-day protest, but the secretary of the Association stated today: "I am very much afraid it will last for two or three weeks."- Reuter.

Quality Of Mercy

Washington, Sept. 13.. Fiorello LaGuardia, UNRRA's Director General, sald Thursday in n message Jawaharlal Nehru:

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ཎཱ wish to make public acknowledgement of UNREA's n the world's great debt to 'ndia for supplies contributed to the suffering peoples of other

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The plants were said to be taken over completely by Rus sians and a number of them of devoted to the production. war materials for Russin ex- They include the clusively. large Krupp Works at Magde hurg.

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Two plants at Bittefeld els said to be producing hydro- gen peroxide for rocket propul- sion-Reuter.

Tito Gives Us The Dope

London. Sept. 13. Marshal Tito, in an inter- view reported by the Yugoslav News Agency Tanjug, said on Thursday that if his country were willing to subjugate itself to "the Anglo- Saxen imperia- lists" there would be "no la-

sub-

cidents" with "certain powers."

Replying to questions mitted by a French correspon- dent, Tito said, according Tanjug:

to

bo no

"Let us suppose for a second "India has made one contri- that Yugoslavia, instead of be border. The Intion of $24,000,000

UNRRA's work, and a seconding, a country which today is applying programmo for Military Commission heard a pien that Italy be allowed 12,500 ontribution of $6,000,000 Ens which the people's front stands, been voted by the Indian Legis-

were a state willing to leave its lative Assembly," he continued.

"To me it is probably the economy in the hands of the most heartening single factor Anglo-Saxon imperialists.

"Then there would in the world today that although

and in such desperate need herself

would happen which would India has seen the way clear to

trouble Yugoslavia's relations express in so faithful and gon with certain powers. Therefore erous a manner her belief in

the programme does not really world fellowship.

emerge from the fact who rules what is the and a country, political organisation of such a

fought another round in her battle to secure tho creation of a European Court of Human Rights to

Colonel W. R. Hodgson opposed adoption by the Finnish Political and Territorial Com- mittee of the Legal Committee's ruling that the Australian pro- posal was a question for the United Nations-

night. Philadelphia, Sept. 13. A resolution of formal regret bombing of atomic for Nagasaki and Hiroshima has been presented to the 55th triennial general convention of the protest- ant Episcopal Church United States.

in the

The Christian Church should ex- presa penitence over such ad act, anis Bishop Elwood I. Haines of Iowa, who presented the resolu- tion to the House of Bishops.

It was sent to the committee on social and international relations for netion before the convention.-- Associated Press.

Ship In Distress

Declaring that tho Legal Cemmittee was simply shifting. responsibility, Colonel Hodgson, said:

"This is the quality of mercy at its best. I am humbly grate Tul to the people who, amidst pain and suffering, have found a place in their hearts for the misery of others.”

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LaGuardia explained that un- chartor, der the rules of the

from UNRRA Is prevented sending food to a member coun- try such as India, which is In a position to pay for relief.

"On this queation of human rights and fundamental freedoms there has been no at- tempt in any committee to meet the argumenta raised by the Australian delegation on their merita. It was not correct that the United Nations had power to take decision to enforce ap- Press, plication of human rights."

He added, however, that he would continue to "do all in his power" to increase food ship meats to Indla-Associated

First Prize? Anglo-Norwegian the moving adoption of the Legal Air Pact

(Britain), Viscount Hood

Buenos Aires, Sept. 12. Distress signals last night from the Egyptian cargo ship im- "Stor of Cairo" received mediate responso from Ho continued: "The tougher Maritime authorities of Committee's report, said: get the tougher the Russians will

We may not like what Rusquen on the Atlantic coast believe this problem should pro-

Getting Tough

sia does in Eastern Europe-her type of land reform, industrial expropriation and suppression of offends a great Baltie liberties majority of people in the United States-but whether we like it or

wili not the Russians

try to ocialise their sphere of influence just as we try to democratise our

phere of influence.

out

Reactionary elements through

the world had hoped for an Axis victory and now profess great friendship for the United States. These enemies of yester day and false friends of today will continually try to provoke war. They long for the day when the United States and Russia will destroy each other,

Not Appeasement "We must not let our Russian policy be guided or influenced by those inside or outside the

of Argentina, who immediately dispatched a tug and a launch. The nature of the distress in unknown but, according to n radio from the steamship "San Jorge," which is standing by, the "Star of Cairo is not in any Immediate danger.

Lloyds Shipping Intelligence received in London reports that the "Star of Cairo" is in dan- ger ten miles from Necochea, about 300 miles south of Bae nos AiresReutor.

"I

perly be handled by the United Nations. Any machinery which

London, Sept. 13. An Anglo-Norwegian air agree- is set up should be a universalment was signed in London on Lord Winster, and Aviation, application and not confined to Thursday by the Minister for Civil Councillor Christian P. Reusch on certain countries only.".

behalf of the Norwegian Govern-. ment.

re-

The Legal Committee's port saying the matter was one for the United Natione-was adopted by nine votes to two (Australia and New Zealand)

The ngreement includes five re- ciprocal freedoms of the air and covers the following routes:- The outstanding Australian

London-Newcastle on Tyne

Oslo Stavan- amendmenta arising out of the

Stavanger-Oslo; Court of Human Rights pro-gel-New Castle on Tyno or posal were then withdrawn Prestwick London; London With this, tho 'Committen com-

Oslo-Helsinki-Leningrad; Oslo pleted its work on the Finnish Stavanger-Prestwick Gander draft treaty.

(New Foundland) -- Chicago or Adjourning the meeting, Mr. New York.

chair- liners. Beisely, Australian

Routes I'and I are, or will be, "Saturnis" and "Vulcania"-be man, said: "We might win a served by the British European banded to Greece as reparations, prize for being the first com- Airways, II and IV by the Royal the Athens News Agency re-mittee to completo its work." Norwegian

perts.-Reuter,

Athens, Sept. 12. The Greek Government has asked that two Italian 24,000- ton trans-Atlantic

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