1946-12-24 — Page 6

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Providence was kinder to General Francisco

Franco during 1946 than in the years immed!- WHAT IF HE WERE ately preceding it. S

From foreign attacks on his regime he has de- finitely benefited at home in that the attacks annoyed the middle and upper classes which are the only ones at present in a position to change the regime.

The year opened ominously have helped. But probably the for the dictatory a large and factor which has helped more

ATOMISED?

Washington, DM. 23. Senator Wiley, Republícanh, Wisconsin, urged that the new Congress speedily pro- wide for someone to govern the country if the atomia bomb or other disaster should all the President, the Cabinet members of Congress,

influential sector of Spain's ), than any other to maintain Genovai atophie ave w

Conservative classes showing great enthusiasm for the restoration of the Monarchy Don Juan felt the situation far enough advanced for him to move from distant Isusanna to neighbouring Lieben.

eral Franco unshaken, is the fear of another civil war which has played a leading pole at

very homent of crisia doubt throughout this year.

Envoy Leaving,

Meanwhile the British Em- bassy announced today that Ambassador Sir Victor Mallet was scheduled to leave for Lon- don on Tuesday.

On the Left Wing, the main groups of Spain's resistance- the Socialists, Communists, Anarchists and Republicans had at last formed a national alliance of democratic forces. Both the left and right oppoal- tion, without having official con- British compliance with

His departure will mark tact, had feelera out and there United Nations decision

the that was a certain amount of tact heads of diplomatic missions to understanding about a joint Spain should be withdrawn.- effort by all those opposing Gen-Beuter and United Prese. oralissimo Franco to prepare one big push to unseat him.

Helping Factors

HUNGARIANS

DEPORTED

cannot

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delay in making pro- vision for whatever, emor Rey may aring," he told a'

what do you suppose happened to legislators and governing officers who were in Hiroshima? You close your eyes to what hap-. pened in Japan,” Associated

Prass.

OGLANGI

"FASCIST' PROVOCATIONS"

Moscow, Dec. 22. The Vienna police are inves- tigating the increasing number, of "Fascist provocations" in the

Since The Truce

Batavia, Dec. 22. Twenty-nine Dutch citizens re- portedly have, been killed since Dec. 1, despite the declaration of irace on Oct. 14 and the initialling of the Indonesian-Dutch brake agreement

on Nov.

16. survey showed today. Since Ike. 3, the Dutch issued

A

situation, on the military daily reports has spread to nine from which

Dutch

spokesman said Army the most troublesome place in Sumatra was

was Medan, where the irregular Indonesian *Army,

Laska Rajat did not cease ex. tensive hostilities until the joint! military mission established a de marcation Ime

The situation at Padang a to ♫ lesser

extent, at Palembang were said to have been similar to that at Medan.

Dutch reports since Dec.

said 600

had been killed the Celanakassar area where the Dutch proclaimed martial law on Dec. 11. A Dutch military sypkosman said more

than 60 Indonesians were killed during the last three weeks in Jaya. не described the Java eities of Bata- via.

as front line points, A spokesman recently denied, Indonesian army communiqueÍ that native forca in the Medau sector had been bombed from the air and that the Dutch had used flame throwers at Semarang.

Vienzpital, according to a Sourabaya Semarang and

dispatch to the Tass News Agency,

Fascists last week smashed the Now in December, with 1946

windows of the Vienne Com petering out, the Monarchist

Budapest, Dec. 22.

munist Party Headquarters and distributed leaflets issue is well in the background Alleging that Slovakia was "We shall be back soon and will threatening and the national alliance of the continuing to deport demaeratic forces is function- garians, Hungary's

Hun- hang you all the report said, Foreign Earlier, leaflets ing with little vigour. Foreign Minister stated today that un- swastika were or two occasions showing a observers might well wonder til this ended the agreement distributed in Vienna districts, it what events have brought about for exchange of populations be

added.Keuter. this decline in organised cpposi-tween the two countries would tion to Franco and would find be suspended- it hard to put their fingers on any single fact.

Certain cbvious factors help ed Franco; the bumper wheat, harvest, good olive crops, rains which helped to mitigate drought, Chauvinist passions so casily Inflamed in Spain and fanned by constant attacks on

This follows many. recent Hungarian protests that Hun- garians were being sent to for- ced labour in western Czecho- slovakin.

M. Zoltan Horvath, foreiga affairs, correspondent of the newspaper Nepasava, who pro- tested about the deportations, the regime in the United; after a visit to the aren -ro- Nations and elsewhere, sharp ported today that the reports Communist gains in France and, of "rigorous inhuman" methods Italy.

of deportation were

"exag- Those are all factors whichi garated."--Reuter.

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Indonesian communiques have not been giving the number of admit Dules actions resulting in Dutch suldiers kilied, but freely numerous Indonesian casualties.

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CONGRESS COMMITTEE 'INSULTED"

New Delhi, Dec. 22.

The Congress Working Committee tonight decid- ed that reference of the grouping of the pro- vinces controversy to the Federal Court, as suggested by Britain, is "in the present cir- cumstances not called for, unbecoming and unsuited to the dignity of Congress and the Federal Court.”

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The decision was taken after The demonstration began nearly ten days' discussions. after Sirdar Pritam Singh, The Congress Working Com- prominent Sikh leader, had be mittee also decided to summon gun a "Tast Unto Death" as a NEXT an emergency meeting of the protest against the Maharajah's All-India Congress Committee "failure to introduce responsible- "to consider the latest develop Government" and to secure ments and give auch directions greater representation as it may dear fit."

Sikhs in the Council of Minis- ters and state services,

The All-India Congress Com mittee will meet on May 5

The Working Committee, in a statement today, said: "For some time past the attitude of the British Government and of their representatives in India has been such as to add to the difficulties and complexities of the situation in the country.

"Their present intervention- long after members of the Con- stituent Assembly has been elected-has created 4. new situation which is full of peril for the future.

Sikhs Protest

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From Bombay comes the re- port that five people died and eight were injured as the result of stabbings in Bombay city today...

According to another Govern went statement one person died when the police fired four rounds in central Bombay last night to disperse stone-throw- ing mobs. A junior police of cer was hit by stones-Reuter.

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