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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,–1047.

FRANCE CUTS ITS

ITS LOSSES "No Justice In A Division Of Sacrifices"

Britain's Case On

New Premier's

Radio Statement

Paris, Feb. 24.

Corfu Mines M. Paul Ramadier, Prime Minister, announced a

Lake Success; Feb. 24.

The United States ten- tatively backed the Bri tish

charges that Al- bania illegally laid minės in the Corfu Channel_but_ Russia backed Albania and ask- United Nations ed the Security Council to drop the case.

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second price cut to be applied on Wednesday, in a radio address tonight.

The new five per cent cut will not be applied to wheat, métallurgical products, certain metals and alloys arid to certain chemical products." Apart from these exceptions, the cut would apply to all commodities, even in cases where the selling price would be lower than the pur-

chase price. Cutting on the people to accept the sacrificen Implied in this polley, M. Ramalier sald "We know the second cut will be harder

to bear than the first. It will not only cut into profits, but in many cases will make profits disappear altogether and even mean a real

"This emergency measure seems

brakes Rämndier anld: "If the were applied any later, the payelio- logical shock would be lost and the confusion more painful. N.Is always better to take action Int timu and accept the inevitable with courage.-Reuter.

The United

States delegate, Terachel Johnson. told the Council that the evidence pre- Hented by Kritala "seems con-

seek justice in all titis.There vineing."

Johnson favoured the Austrai no more justice in a division of lian

3-nuti sacrifices than in cases of lines proposal for 'a

denth. We or den

must accept the sub-committee, to examine the pressing evil in exchange for pee- Pase and sift the conflicting manent good." evidence in the disaster which killed British seamen in the Corfu channel on October 22.

Russia's Andrel Gromyko re- jected the "Australian proposal

hard, but it is necessary. Do not Submarine

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After describing the dangerous evele of rising wages and prices, which existed in France in legem- be before application of the first price cut by his predecessor, Leon Blum. M.

audier said: anet alded with Albania

"The vigorous and sudden appeal charging Britain with violating of M. Blom snatched France from Albanian territorial waters. the brink of the abyss, Prices Britain stopped their mad climbs. We Gromyko.called for and Albania to settle their dif-musi once again esl our economy ferences by direct negotiations. with the breath of price reduction,

An Albanian spokesman bitter and cold, but as healthy asi denied that his country sored. Explaining why the Govern- mines in the channel-United ment had chosen the present time

price cut,

Presa.

the winter wind." ;

For the second

M.

Blizzard Hunt Ends In Charges

London, Feb. 24.

A self-described. London newspaperman and a beautiful blonde girl-friend were charged to-

day with posing as man and wife in English

hotels from which they disappeared after al- legedly looting the premises.

The couple received newspaper headlines when

they vanished-in-a blizzard from a Yorkshire. resort hotel three weeks ago.

The police, accompanied by hundreds of volunteer, searchers In the snow-covered mots, later and discovered that diamonds other valuable articles had nisu vanished from the hotel.

Wearing

failored A

brown tweed cost and fur gauntiet gluves, Winifred Dickens, 30, Lan-{ tion secretary, appeared in court hand in hand with clean-shaven, smartly-dressed "Vincent Owers, 33, who described himself as Journalist, living in Kensington.

Monarchist Coup Danger

Toulouse, Feb. 24.

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The Premier of the Spanish Republican Government exile, Senor Rodolfo Llopis, said today that Spain recently cacaped a monarchist coup. At the time of their third dis

In an interview with the appearance (in the snow storm)

Toulouse Rudical Socialist they had styled themselves Richard Gresham, a real estate paper. "La Democrate," Sonor tugent, and his wife. Police-wit-Llopis sald: "A Httle while nesses said Owers had confessed ago my Government "was" men=" to the robberies and had taken aced by the possibility of Д all the blame on himself.

d'etat in monarchist coup

:

Smuggler Captured

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WHITEWASH SPLASH

Tokyo. Fab. 26. The "Mainichi," ONE of Tokyo's leading vernaculars, splashed the entire front pape of its early rititions today. with Dr. Ichiro Kiyose's de- fence of Hideki Tojo and the other 'co-defendants in the Tokyo war crimen trial.

The "Mainichi's" headline

Kiyota's

won apecch "Japan acted in self-defenest had no intention to subdur world."-United Pre

United States Of Europe

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Hamburg, Feb. 24. Plane for United States of Europe-rently proposed by "committed under the chair- manship of M. Winston Chur. chill--and the idea of "saying Europe through confederation" will be received with great in- terest by the German Christius Demiperat Party, ngid Dperor Konrad Adenauer, chairin of The Christian Democrat Union in the British zone, todn3_ -Rome, Feb. 24.

The European states of the The newspaper, "I Mesa-Soviet Union should also be- gero," reports from Como to- long to the European confed day that a one-man submarine cration proposed by Mr. Chur- has been "captured" as Lugano chill. Dr. Adenauer said, add- after numerous profitable tripsing: "Germany would be pre. carrying amuggled contraband pured to forego her rights as merchandise between Italy and Switzerland,

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nation under this new Euro- pean order but the German peɔ- ple will not agree to the mutilation and tearing-up of its economy and territory." Reuter. --

The submarine, only. Aix metres long, made nightly voy "ges via Lake Como, carrying merchandise each way, includ- ing, meat, rice, flour, texilles, tyres, watches. and tobacco, CAPETOWN TRIAL eluding customs and "guards"on-both-shores,

border

It mild the submarine

Was forced, to emerge at the Swiss ahore three days ago, was seen and seized at Lugano,-United Press.

Explosion In Phone Booth

Washington, Feb. 24.

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An unidentified man stepped Into a telephone booth in downtown restaurant here to riny and was blown-to-pleees by what the police believed was hand grenade or home-majle, bomb,

Capetown, Feb. 24.

Eight leading members of the South African Communist Party were committed for trial here today at the conclusion of of al. a preparatory hearing legations of sedition and con- tráventions of the official Secrets Act.

ball. of Each was allowed £200. The preparatory exami- nation lasted 23 days.

The allegations arose out of a strike of Africans which started in the reef, mines August 12 last year-Router.

MÖSLÉM STAND

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New Delhi, Feb. 24.. The newspaper "Dawn," re. flecting the views of the Mos- that Patrons of the restaurant lem League, said today

ON were jarred, but unhurt. Plate Mr. Attice's declaration glass windows were shattered. quitting India was the "obitu- As- An employee said the victim ary of the Constitutional had been sitting alone for some sembly" and asserted that the time before he entered the League would continue to in- telephone booth. The explosion sist on an independent state accurred immediately after he for the Moslems. United went in United Press.

Press.

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Lenying Friday, 28th Feb.