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`THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MAY· 80, 1047.

INDIA PLAN SPECULATIONS

Adjustment Of Central Government Machinery

AUSSIE REDS "A MENACE"

Canberra, May 28.

A Major Question

Mountbatten

Dr. Evatt, Australian P-mier and Minister for External Affairs, calls An the Australian Commun- ist Party "a menace" in an article dealing with the recent threatened trade union boyBety of the Rocket

Range in Central Australia.

Writing in The "Australian: Observer," Dr. Evatt de- chures: -

"It is clear that the Com munist Party

auty other party becomes a menace to the safety of Australia when it al- Inws its desire to forward the intereste

Rumata of

of Any other foreign country la Induce it to take steps opposed to Aus- tralian defence and security,

No reasonable person

will

Off Off For New Delhi Today

(By Frasers Wighton, Reuters Political Correspondent)

London, May 28. adjustment of India's central government machinery to prepare for the earliest possible transfer of power to a nation divided into Hindustan and Pakistan will probably be nut

EXPLOSIONS

AT SEA

Broadstairs, Mag 25. Relow the next explarionn from wartime wrecks today shook southrust Cast towns *nd bought tourninga fo bathers to remain within half-mile of the share.

The police suld the shock frum explomans, travelling underwater, might cause con• cassions anfficient to make the best winters tone control.~~~ United Prvan,

into operation simultaneously with the proceWar Is

dure plan of the Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten, if the Indian leaders, at the beginning of the New Delhi conference next week, finally shelve the Cabinet Mission's plan for an All- India Union. London_poitical quarters, after the Viceroy's final conference with the Cabinet Mission experts tonight, think that a central "overnment adjustment will be one of the main questions arising at the New Delhi conference, for which Lord Mountbatten will leave London' to- morrow and fly practically non-stop. These quarters M up the the people's elected represent i- present position in ten points: tives, and final detalls of division 1. Britain will make telen by the supreme lenders, by then

Subject To Control

Far Eastern Peace Conference

London, May 28. Disagreement has developed between Australia coming British Commonwealth Conference and Britain over the place where the forth- on the Far Eastern peace settlement is to be held.

The Australian Government feels strongly that the Conference should be held at Canberra or some other Pacific meeting place in July or August. Britain would prefer the Conference to held in London and the same view is taken by South Africa and Canada.

From the Australian stand-, should represent Britain arc point, the queation of the loca- Lord Addison, the Dominions tion of the Conference is of Secretary, and Mr. Hector great importance. Only by hold- | O'Nell, Minister of State from ing the Conference in the Pacife | the Foreign Office.—Reuter. (Canberra feels) will the views

of the Pacifle powers, "who are

the parties directly concerned

in the Japanche peace treaty,

be appréciated.

At the same time, a lection

to hold the Conference, as

Dominion many have been held,

Conferences

In London,

would fonter the fear that even when the Far Eastern geltje.

In

in

Schmidt

Treason

New York, May 27. General Eisenhower, ment is under discussion, Aus addressing the National tralia will be forced to play the

Vienna, May 28. Board of Fire Underwri-part of a second-class power.

The former Austrian) Australian quarters ters, today said society London, it is felt strongly that Chancellor,

Kurt should organize to re- Australia, As a power which Schuschniggg, in a de- move from the in-played a vital role, of greater position read at the importance than Britain, in the

Gvido. Schmidt treason

war

credit the Communist Party that she enusiders it imperative armed with the broad approval of invitable into its prope | Pacific War, should not be re-

1471

the elected representatives.

to the transfer nonsense that Australia is juin sehedule by the end of June next

of power Bug with Britain and the Unit year that all fundamental politi ed States

preprationE to < docision be taken now. launch a war agamat Russia.

The immediate speed-up of "Any breach of the Criminal the actual procedure of transfer Law by people who try to inter. | is imperative and indispensable fere with this project will be to the soath wurking of the

procedure plan,

met by the application of the existing law. If there are any defects in this law it will be suitably anwended." Reuter,

take all vilai

3. India will decisions such as "oulte or divider at top leaders level, agrements on the shape of partition through

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4. if the louders approve the position as an evil sub-legated to a purely advisory trial today disclosed that

wilject to prevention or con- position in connection with the he and his staff fostered

procedure plan, a propiraj be put forward that they agree trol. simultaneously on a scheine for

General Eisenhuwer sted four

which he sai

cor-

Japanese settlement,

Not Acceptable Though, after many protest, Australia nccepted a procedure for the first five peate trenties in which she has no real power

certain relations with the Austrian Nazis with the intention of splitting them into two groups.

Interrogated by an Austrian

of negotiating and looks like be- legal expert at his home in Rap- a similar palo, Italy. Schuschnigg said

that Schmidt, German peace

trian Forelin

adjusting the Central tavernment basic attitudes machinery lo assist Hindustan tid Pakistan to on their respon-

w. uid end the weakness that pre. sibilities at the earliest moment. | vikert attnek:— (1) under

G. Th existing Constituent standing by people of the couses for a reference for the Congress citizen of his responsibility Assembly will provide the vehicle of war: (2) acceptance by the Party, Sikh and other provincial reet causes as far as he can: (3) forced to accept elected

A ripresentatives, seca:vt vigilance

the community Constituent Assembly

that, settlement, an arrangement of for

No gainst opathy or defects thern India will

presumably set-night weaken control of war; and this type definitely would not a separate (4) readiness of the notion to act be acceptable when the Pacific As a tingle forge should wars under discussion. strike.

sie down to reve constitution for Pakistan,

6. Where necessary, indepen- dent commissions will be set up to settle questions hundaries in provinces that may be agreed for partition.

گر شما

position at the

that

a former Aus knew there were two groups of Minister, also

of loyal Austrians who wanted Austrian Nazis-one consisting

to maintain the country's inde. If a preliminary Dominions said General Elisenhowever, "toa

"Fr to many generations." | Conference

pence and another group of ex- on the Japanese treme radicals who wanted Hit pence is held in the Pacific, Itter to march into Austria. much of the world has taken, it would, in the Australian view 7. Britain wants to

complete for granted that war is a normal provide

Schuschnigg reiterated all arrangements for the opera- part of human life, whose penal. apecial Interest of the

some hope that the during the years of Austrin's tion of the plan in the shortest ties can be lessened, not by rot-powers will be reengnised.

Pacific struggle to maintain its inde possible time ME that attentioning out the cause of war, but only

pendence there was a "dɑminut- | may be given to the future 115 by maintalning

If not, the disappointment is ing portion of the population the Indian armed forces.

so turge and

likely to be powerful a war machine that de

correspondingly animated by the spirit of re- font would be lip-ssible."

Kovere,

ì sistance in case of German ng- Australia has

proposed that gression." the Confereges should be held,

Schuschnigg said the govern- preferably next July, but in any

મ.

Dominion Status?

The Chlef of Staff sald war world where happen in

men comprehended its causes and

The rerent attention focussed on

the subject of underst od their responsibility to dominion status in India itself would suggest that this will probentrol them, but it would cease ably become a tople at the con to bę £122 institution.-United ference, although i want text has yet to be shown.

con-

9-Although the plan of pro- edure is cumplete and approved so far as the Cabinet is concern- rd, it is still ametulable to detail niteration up to the time of the conference. The indian lenders, although they are not in puss sion of all its details, have broad micture of what it ronlain and it may be that between any and Monday they will have cer tain detall suggestions for Incer- poration in it.

ان

10. Britain is hopeful that the procedura plan--ns yet highly secret-wil be nunced simul

taneously i London and Nex Delhi within a few days of the start of the conference,

Minister, Mr.

Prime

The Attlee, will make the announc munt to Parliament and a White Paper will divulge the plan to the public-Reuter."

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Marshall

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One British cunstable was in- Jured slightly today in an plosion of Jewish underground bombs in the Haifa old zone.

From a heavy truck, extremists the industrial heart of the United tassed three

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a police dismantling squad been prerequisite to the develop news agency, ANETA, reports. The military police arrested the nucleus of a

was caused to a nient of atomle energy, he added, balanced water squadron of warships,

pipe near the explosion

a number of Goodyear's native Hoover Bald that if a seaway area-United Press.

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ware now available, the United employees in connection of the plans of the three fight-

States would be able to move is these attempts."

volume of surplus food for Goodyear's Director Donald ing services involving an an-

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existing that no damage was done. was seriously strained be built allowed to attend a concert here transportation around carrier, including the tonight to hear Miss Mary Glid-ter.

facilities."-Rou~ existing cruisera "Australia, dons (25 year old daughter of "Shropshire" and "Hobart," the Rev. Paul Gliddena) sing korna with destroyers and auxilary songs he had composed for her. and musle teacher in Bostock, n vessels.

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