1947-06-27 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1947.

Perplexing Statement By Doctor, Wife Died

U.S. Treasury Official

Marshall Plan Involves No Definite Financial

PERFECT DIVE--TO HIS DEATH

Commitments

No Invitations For

Aid

Expected

Washington, June 25. John W. Snyder, Secretary for the U.S. Treasury, claimed today that the Marshall plan Involved definite "commitments on the part of the United States to extend financial aid to Europe or any other part of the world.

Durham, June 25. When Douglas Robert Gordon, aged 19 of Queensbury, Tynemouth, Northumberland, broke In away from Durham prison exercise party, he climbed on to the roof of a workshop.

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reply to a question at a press conference, Mr. Synder said that the National Advisory Coun- cil-which guides the President on foreign

NO CONCERN

Lake Success, N.Y. June 25. Soviet Runnin, replying to day to the British regitrat to United Natioun menjbers to

help in preventing illegal immigration Jewish

into Pulcstine during the United Nationa Committee's work there, alds

The Soviet Union, having no concern with the illegal Immigration Jewr into cognizance Assembly's

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Palestine, fakes

of rrrotution Of Renter,

the General

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lending programmes and of which Mr. Snyder Rank Buys

is Chairman-was not making plans to imple- Then he came to a position ment the Marshall aid proposals. resembling attention and dived Asked whether Mr. Marshall bend-first screaming to lenth 21 did not mean to invite European fret below, it was stated at the powers to apply for such relief s was necessary, Mr. Suyder Durham inquest today.

replied: "By no means."

wounds.

Mr. Snyder's statement caused Indiate surprise here though was uncertain Just how it should

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basis of later speeches by other officials-for State Department instance Legal Counsellor Colier's statement that the Unit

States would have to Aune $20,000,000,000 in the next four

yenes-all Interpretations placed both here and in Europe on Mr. Marshall's original propo

qualified United

Up Ceylon Cinemas

London, June 25.

The British film mag-

Gordon had been in custody on the charge of murdering his father, William Gordon, aged, 45, who was found shot dead. be taken.

William Gordrin's wife onl On one hand it was conceded and have considered it to he de-nate,

Mr.

Harvard finite though Marshall's youngest son Keith, aged seven, that

States

commitment. mention are in hospitat with

not shot speech all

Mr. Snyder added: "My inter dollars; instead it referred to the role of the United States as con-pretation is that Mr. Marshall is The verdiet recorded

that role

them thenaking nid in

(the European Bouglas Gordon committed aui-isting of "friendly"

drafting of

pre-nations) to make a self-inventory 4161 Europekn eide while the balance of his gramme and of later support of and see what they can do for mind

listurbed. Alfred

themselves." it such a programme so far as Morgan the principal hospital officer said that when Gordon dived his hands were firm to his miles

Was

"I don't think that 1 have ever seen a finer dive. If he had been diving into water it would have been a marvellous dive.”—Renter.

MONTGOMERY IN COLOMBD

Côlimbo, June' 25. Field Marshal Lord Mont. gomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who is on his way in Singapore from New Delhi, ar- rived in Colombo this afternoon in his own "York" aircraft.

may be practical for us do so." Mr. Snyder WAS then asked: "Then you do not think there is Justified, But.......

any offer of United States assist According to the striel inter-ance in Mr. Marshall's speech?" pretation of Mr. Marshall' Mr. Snyder replied: "No more

Mir. words, therefore,

Snyder's than we have had evidence of all statement is justined. But on the long-Reuter.

MARSHALL AVOIDS AID QUERIES

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Washington, June 25.

Mr. George Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, said

today that he had no plans to have an observer. at the Paris meeting between the big three European foreign ministers. At his press con- ference here today he avoided all other ques- tions on the plan for overall European aid. The Chief of Staff, who will

He reiterated the United States | Ruhr should be under Germana be going to Singapore tomorrow. opposition to

international and allocation of its products is paying a formal visit today to authority for the control of the supervised by other powers,

The his official re- Ruhr. The Ruhr problem was one Questioned on the Governor nt

possibility sidence, Queen's 'House,

and that the World Bank may grant where

of "the greatest urgency" wil siny for constituted an international ono a loan to nid an increase in coal Lord Montgom.cry

in so far an France, the United production in that area, Mr. Mar- the night.

the matter Crowds lining Columbo's streets States and Russia. were all inter-shall disclosed that

British had been under discussion bu- cheered the Field Marshal as he ested in the area under

Under-Secretary

of control, he told a press confer tween the drove in from the airport.

State for

economic affairs,

Mr. ence.

World John Mc- Bank President, Bir. Cloy, for some time. He insisted, however, that the Ruhr problem Yos not chiefly a problem of dollars but rather one of "of cloney and opitation.”

The chiefs of the three Services met him at the airport, where he inspected a Guard of Honour of alrmen.-Reuter.

But he stood on the position taken at the recent Moscow con- ference that the operation of the

Britain Drawing Its Own Conclusions

London, June 25.

The British Government, said Mr. Bevin, in the House of Commons today, are drawing their own conclusions from the fact that the in- formation requested from the Soviet Govern- ment about events in Hungary had been with- held. Replying to a question by Mr. Raymond Black- burn (Labour) whether he had yet received any evidence from the Soviet authorities in Hungary "as to the alleged plot of Nagy to overthrow his' own Government," Mr. Bevin declared:

substantiated denials and counter

necuations."

"If, when such events as these occur, the information which we have a right to possess is with. held, there is bound to be mis- understanding between the

nations.

Close Watch

Mr. Bevin added that Britain would watch Hungarian develop- ments closely and would adjust "Since in this case the informa

hor political and economic policy withheld, tion has been

the towards Hungary in the light of British Government are forced to events of itish Government had

coming months. The draw their own conclusions.

"I am now instructing the not received further information British Ambassador to inform M. on the Hungarian crisis from the Molotov that the British Govern- Soviet authorities there

And ment cannot but regret the re-unsatisfactory" reply was given Ambassador in fusal of the Sovlet Government to the British to meet the legitimate and friend- Moscow when he asked the Soviet ly requests which have been made Foreign Minister, M. Molotov, for to them with anything but un- information on June 17-Reuter.

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Japanese Whaling

During the press

conferenc

Mr. Marshall also in effect ru Jected the British and Australian inetnorandum protesting against the authorisation of General Dou- glas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in Japan, of a Japan-

Of Poisoning

Southport, June 25. Britain's mystery case of a "lady killer" doctor and his four wives rapidly developed today when the Home Office pathologists testified at a triple inquest here that both the doctor and his fourth wife died of morphine poisoning

A second doctor who performed the post-mortem on the wife, died of cyanide poisoning, it was found.

The Inquest was on:

"Police rang up and asked me

Kissed Goodbye

1. Dr. Robert George Clements, to identify "" at the mortuary aged 07, found dying in his flat for the inquest tomorrow morti- on May 30, the date fixed for thoing. What is it all about?" funeral of his fourth wife, stop- Red by the police.

2. The wife, Amy Victoria Clements, aged 47, who inherited 120,000 from her wealthy father She married the, doctor in 1940 and died a few days before her husband,

Earlier a "middleaged widow, Mra. Amy Winifred Stevens, who described herself as an Intimate friend of the Clements, told the coroner that Dr. Clements called to see her on the night of his

3. Dr. James Montague Hous-wife's death, and when he left ha klased her goodbye, “as ho always lon, aged 39, who made a post-did." martem examination of the fourth He looked upon himself on her Mrs. Clements, and who Was guardian, she added. Yesterday found dead in his laboratory just she said the doctor was going to before he was to have given avid her- a boarder—If "anything ence about her.

should happen" to Mrs. Clements, Dr. W. H. Grace the Home First witness tomorrow will be Office pathologist, said he could, the manager of Southport Mrs. Cle-chemists' firm and a woman nam- definitely state that ments death was due to morphino ed Mrs. Procter

whom Dr. poisoning,

Clements treated from January lost until his death.-Ileuter.

Dr. J. B. Firth, the Director of the Home Office Forensic Science he found Laboratory, said that horphine in one kidney and in part of the spinal cord.

was impossible for him to determine whether the morphina had been taken by mouth or in- Jection. Dr. Grace said, but he did not believe that she was a chronic morphis addict.

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Commenting on his discussions with Mr. K. L. Panjabi, the In. dian food delegate. Mr. Pollard said: "Mr. Panjabi's visit to secure additional wheat supplies for India has resulted in arrange.

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Damascus, June 25,

Another colourful touch in to Rind El Solh, Prime Minister

day's proceedings WAS the ex- of the Lebanon, and Hamid Fron cerpts from the diary of Dr. lie, his Foreign Minister, arrived Clements, which was rather n in Damascus today to discuss the day-by-day report of "V" ili Palestine question with theness. The last entry on May 27 Syrian Government.—Reuter. wak:-

Yugoslavia Chiefly

To Blame

(By John Paris)

Lake Success, June 26. The UNO Balkans Investigation Commission's re- port holding Yugoslavia primarily to blame for support of the guerrilla warfare Inside Greece was made publie on Wednesday, The Commission's findings and recommendations. already made known in despatches from Geneva, are expected to precipitate a_show- down between Russia and the Western Powers in the Security Council on the Balkan problem. Covering a three-month in-, tributing factors to the turbulent As a meana ese whaling trip to the Antarctic.quiry into the Balkan situation, Balkan situation.

Without referring directly to the 232,000 word document was toward alleviating this situation the memoranda, he quoted from formally submitted to members the Commission recommends that Tokyo -statement which instated | of the Security Council last the Security Council establish a that the expedition in

ex-commission or commissioner on no way Saturday. The Council is the security of Auk-pected to begin discussion endangered the

of the troubled frontier aren of iralla and was essential to rive

years Japan needed food supplies and the report either on Friday or Greece for at least two

to observe incidents and settle save the United States tax-payers early next week. Home ten million dollars in

There is speculation that Am- disputes cupation cost-Reuter.

erica might inject into the de- Such a commission or commis- bate the Communist assumption, sioner should, if catablished, re- of power in Hungary and Com-port to the Council every three! munist moves in Bulgaria. With months and should have access Russia and Poland dissenting to Albania, Greece, Yugoslavia FLEET

and France abstaining, the and Bulgaria, the report said. Honolulu, June 25, Balkan Commission has fixed With Russia and Poland op. The US. Navy's Pactile Com. upon Yugoslavia the primary posing, the Commission held also mander-in-Chief today said the blame for support of the Greek that support of frontier violat DGO to the naval budget would Albania and Bulgaria Senate's testoration of $157,000,- guerrilla warfare and holding bands abould be considered blame a menace to the worth and sub-

Ject to UNO action. permit a nearly "normal" feet in worthy to a lesser degree.

A Solution

To the majority report that Ho sald probably only two ships

Yugoslavia was the chief offen- Disturbed political and econo- will have to be decommissioned:

He has just returned from a mic conditions and the persecu- der, the Russian and Polish de week's visit to Washington.tion of minorities inside Grecce legations affixed a minority re

are cited in the report as con-port asserting that the Greek)

Government United Press.

was primarily to blame. Associated Press.

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DE NICOLA RESIGNS

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· London, June 28. Signor Enrico do Nicols, the Italian President, resigned night, because of ill-health, Rome Radio reports.

Signor de Nicola was originally due to real on June 24 when the Italian Constituent Assembly was to have been dissolved. When the Assembly recently prolonged its own lie for another six months, however, Signor de Nicoin agreed to remain in office until another President was 'chaserì, 'as there was no machinery provid Ing for, an interim period-Reu

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""TERRORISM" IN GREECE

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Lake Success, NY. June 25, The Greek Lett Wing Party EAM has presented a memoran- dum to the United Nations accus- ing the

Greek Government "increased terrorism" agalust the opposition groups since the de- parture of the United Nations Balkan Commission of Inquiry in March.

The memorandum,

including

20 pages of specific cases of al- leged persecution, appeals to the United Nations Organisation to intervene in Greece to prevent further persecution of opposition political bodles-Reuter,

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