1947-07-02 — Page 3

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1947.

GRIM NEWS FOR BRITAIN EMPIRE SERVICEMEN'S

Newspapers, Fewer Clothes For

Less Tobacco, Less Petrol, Smaller

Mr. Dalton Paints An

Austere Picture

London, June 30.

res.

KILLED BY

BOMB

Buenos Aires, June 30.

A mun was killed outright by a bomb, ul a "Svcluting meeting here last night.

Da bèlieved today lo have been carrying it when it went of prematurely. Two other peuple in the undicare, who were wonnderi, died luter.

--Winter.

Award

British Producer

EQUIPMENT

London, June.30.

A conference to ensure that Empire servicemen will have fully efficient equipment will _be held in London from July 7 to July 26. De- legates from the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia will attend.

The conference, the second of its kind," springs from the experience gained in the war, with particular emphasis on climatic and tional clothing.

The main toples to be discussed

at the conterence will be the in- crease of tropicat and Arctic ex. stations in various

perimental London, July 1.

The International Film parts of the Commonwealth in addition to the three already set Festival ended in Brus- up at Lagos, West Africa, for sels on Monday with a tropical and jungle testing, and Belgian Government Churchill, Canada, for Arctic

Caroli award going to Reed for his British pro- twenty days and the Empire re- duction of "Odd Man presentatives will discuss

Statement Out"

The Belgian "Oscar"

went to the French film producer Rene

OnFormosa Clair for his excellent production

of "Man About Town," starring Maurice Chevalier,

And

testing.

The conference will Inst for

How they can make the serviceman as comfortable and efficient as pos sible whether he is on duty in the Arctic or the desert.

opera-

EGGS FOR BRITAIN

1 Budapest, June 30. A Hungarian trade dele: gation, ormed with on offer of as much as 18,080,000 g to exchange for British" quo inaterials

engineering products, will soon leave for. London,

The delegation wanka Talo wool, rattur-and znali cura in return for the eggs, other poultry products and large gudutition of bacon-Router.

everything Record U.S.

Sir Edward Penton, Chief In- spector of Clothing at the War Office, said that the ideas to be covered considered "from jack-knives to tents," add. ing that many Improvisations made by soldiers during the war would be discussed,

Wheat Harvest.

Britons were told today that they would get less tobacco, less petrof, smaller newspapers and possibly fewer American films, smaller rations and fewer clothes in the next 12 months. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hugh Dal- ton, told the House of Commons that greater austerity than ever before was necessary to conserve Britain's dwindling dollars for food, raw materials and machinery. "Owitig

rise in finereid purposes must be to serious

rawtricted. world prices ut food and materials and the disappointing. Newsprint-Some restrictions ly alow rate of postwar recovery, in newsprint supplies. Is Inevit. both in Europe and Asia, severe able and newspapers must `agnies shortage of dollars is making it be reduced to four pages. Sitze

London, June 30. self felt in almost all parts of the the first of the your, newspapers

Carol Reed Is a director of have teen permitted to publish. Some 800 Formosans terrific energy, born on December warid.

1900 at Putney, London, 11e six pages thrice weekly.

and Chinese were re- was educated Kings School, Films Mr. Dalton asited for a ported to have been kill-Canterbury,

started his theatrical carier at the Holbarn cenziustutze "luselign exchange for fed in the suppression of Empire in 1824. ther if necessary."

rioting in Formosa, Mr. In 1984 he went to New York Textilen--Texitio exports will

The Christopher Mayhew, to produce the piny "On Mr. Dalto Ue increased.

sond

After Spot" by Edgar Walinee, for the death of Edgar Wallace, he would suffer Under Secretary British consumers unless textile workers made "es. Foreign Affairs, stated tries his luck in films, starting as ceptional effort to increase prin a Parliamentary re-auctions to his predit are vise on what exactly is required a script, writer. Some of the progists might be entled in to ad. "duction sufficiently to make up

Young Mr. Pitt." "Train ply today.

from for the jump in exports.--Uufted

to support life in extreme tem- A reliable observer, he

The Munich". said town.

Stars Look pératures.

He said, regarding the Marshall Press.

"Talk" had declared that

of the Devil.

The conference will also cover plan, that it was to the interest at least 260,who's Your Endy mally Chinese, were killed on Bank

Friend," the correnting af ellmatie flush of the United States as well as February 28 alone. No Incidents High," and "A Girl Must Live." elathing and the effects of Haliday

imbinging in Canada, the principles of

to Europe that Europeni economy had been reported since the end

a self-supporting be placed on In the married the setress various winds.

basis. of Murch.

Diana Wynyard,

Senator Thomas denied The sessions will be secret and United States prices would under- The late Edgar of Reed; “At 4 um, he is sing. the conference will be opened by go another general rise and that ing badly the latest blues from Lieut. General F. G. Wristberg, a moderate depression was on its Amerien. At 6 a.m. he

un the Controller of Supplies for Munt-way-United Press.

flons to the Ministry of Supply. Tennis court."

Reuter.

"In particular, our own line of credit under the Anglo.American loan agreement Is being drawn upon more eiquidly than we preted.

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"It is कोए eleur duty to take further steps to close the gap be. twee5)our" becessary inmorts and aur exports, particularly to hard rurrency areus," s

Austere Picture

The Chancellor drew 'Uds. avs tere pleture for „ration-weary Bri Lons in the next 12 months

Food Guvernment has decl

levy on tupurted Almas "so as lo

Very Serious The situation with regard to i prosprelive supplies of foreign exchange is very serims for this to maintain aru, 1 song dresscountry and many others, and py Liis, to increase-slightly, the the House Kruws, discussions b

Regarding the future of For. Inusa, My Mayhew volume of fand toparts bul short.

said that it tween governments are nowe tak ages of supply may restrict imping place.

wiss agreed in the Cairo Declara- The British Governor of December 1943 that For. parts of some funds and possibly ment will rep a constant watch

including ratiomed cuts,

fastt ahuld be returned to China, The British Government con. cannot be ruled out.

Tobacco-There will be a sub; this import Programme

and it runy be tresssory to recise sidered that the formal transfer of territories formerly owned or stantial reduction in tobnecu intime to time." ports.

Mr. Eden, deputy leader of the exed by Japan must wait the Petrol--Britain will reduce its Opposition, stressing the gravity eventual pesce conference.--Reu-Thits petrol, Imports; its allocations of the sumtion, said that he did the armed forces and for com not think this was sufficiently up. derlined in Mr. Daltong statement.

World Police Force

foods,

Lake Success, July 1.

on the future course in this ned

from

1 exports were increased, there must be hardship--fower goods for the British preple. He re |ferred particularly to textiles,

Mr. Dalton replied that the ex- port of textile goods must be in. rreised because these went bet- ter than almost any other in hard currency areas. He hoped

that i

ter.

Wallace said.

Rene Clair, who captured the Belgian trophy with his French film "Silener wat d'Or". famous for his two prewa: films, and "Suur Les

The Millors

Press.

cin Paris."-Associated

Scientific Approach

The ideas, he said, would be discussed selentifically and physio

the

To Examine Japanese

UNO Mission Meets Problem

Irgun Terrorists

Jerusalem, June 30.

this would not mean a further The Irgun Zvai Leumi, in a clandestine meeting

imposition of scarcity and coupon

The United States hing recon restriction on the British peopic.

Nations

mended to the United

11 meant an increased tátal pro-" Security Council that the production. An appeal would be inde posed world police force include

particularly to the textile indusl 20 division of ground troops, 3,800 combat planes, three battery for an exceptional effort. They strips and six aircraft carriers.

would be noted to work avertime These Bgures were submitted in need be in this period to step a report from the Big Five Unit-up production.

#d

with members of UNSCOP at Tel Aviv today, assured the United Nations investigators that they would halt the wave of terrorism that culminated in the murder of four British sol- diers yesterday, it is learned.

Later, the terrorists qualified their promise with the stipulation that British “provocation" also

cease.

Nations Millary Staff Con Mr. Dalton told Mr. Eden that Initter to the Security Council on he would try to make available to

Shortly before the secret men and escaped when Army Monday. Soviet Russia did not the House and public the essen- make any recommendations. flat statistics lying behind his meeting, the Irgunists kidnap-units trailed them to their hide

The Russian reply stated that statement in preparation for and two British soldiers at out with bloodhounds,

Ramat-Gan. They retenged the early, debate.-Reuter...

they could not talk about the sin

the world pollen force until The United Nations had agre

on the general principles coneert- Ing its formation and use.——Âstu- ciated Press.

Sarawak Cession Was "Right"

London, July 1

age was

|Mountbatten To Head Empire League

London, June 30.

Lord Mountbatten; Viceroy of India, was today re- elected Grand President of the British Empire Service League, founded by Earl Haig after the first world war to protec veterans' inter- ests throughout the Commonwealth and Em- pire.

conference, which

will

Sir Charles Vyner Brooke the last Rajah of Surawak, told the people of that area on Monday night that he was more than ever convinced that its cussion to the British Crown a year the right thing to do.

"The assurance given at time of the cession that there would be no

interference with living. "To that extent the battle The Dominions' Secretary, Lord your ancient customs-is being is still on," he declared..

Addison, who opened the "conter- acrupulously observed," he said in The League had preserved the ence today, said that in the Com- the message released by the spirit of comradeship which has monwealth "we find a greater Colonial Office.

worked as a leaven in every solidarity of ideas arising."

the

One delegate expressed con- fidence that the meeting herald- ed the end of terrorism.

It is learned that the Irgun- ists arranged the clandestine meeling and that high-ranking extrémist leuders attended.

One UNSCOP member made personal plea for cearation of terrorlam.

The lime of the meeting was not known beyond the fact that it took place "within the last 24 hours."

Death Sentences.

Cunningham, should

London, June 30. Mr. Ernest Bevin has promis- ed that he will attend a future meeting of the newly-formed Far Eastern Sub-Committee of the Parliamentary Labour Party External Affairs Group.

This new committee will meet weekly to discuss vital problems, and I begins this week with an examination of the Japanese question.

John The Chairman is Mr. Paton, Labour M. P. for Nor- wich and the Vice-Chairman Mr. Harold Davies. Others in the Committee include Mr. Seymour Cocks, Chairman of the External Affairs Group, Mr. Tom Driberg, Colonel Recs Williams, and Dr. Haden Guest.

Countries which the Commit- tee will especially study are Buria and Malaya-Reuter.

Boy Shot By Man In Uniform

Vienna, June 30.

A seventeen-old Austrian boy "neutral road" cycling along near Leutschsch, on the frontler between the British Zone of Aus- has been tria and Yugoslavia,

It is not known whether or In a message sent from Iridin,, annunt Lord "Mountbatten said that discuss 20 resolutions from all not the Irgunists would keep pension that was deced ado. parts of the Commonwealth on their promise if the High Com-shot and killed by n man in uni- quate 25 years ago was insumerent plans to protect the Veterans' in. missioner, Lt.-Gen. Sir Alan form on the Yugoslav side of the today to cover the bare cost ofterests.

confrm the death sentences passed on three condemned Irguniats who are now in Acre Prison.

It is reported that Sir Alan has decided that no decision on the sentence will be taken, until after UNSCOP had completed ita Inquiry.

road, It was disclosed here today. Yugoslav authorities were sald to have arrested the man who will appear for an interrogation by the British Security Authorl- ties tonight,

"At the sume time, large Commonwealth country to main-

This was the wolfth murder: "I feel as you do, very rejoiced schemes for the welfare and the tain the Empire's unity."

that we can now with confidence

in this area during the past betterment of the people have The Viceroy apologised for Iris look forward to the day quite

three weeks, and moat have been been worked out and will be put inability to attend personally be near when of her own volition,

Meanwhile, UNSCOP mem- ascribed by the British authorl- into force with the aid of funds cause of preparations for the India will become a voluntary bers have started a three-day ties to armed Slovenes known as provided by the King's Govern- ment in Britain... Your feet transfer of power two Do. and willing member of the. Na tour of Northern Palestine, "The White Guard," who dialiko are firmly set on the road which minions In 40 days time." tions which we call the Common- visiting Jewish settlements in the Yugoslav Frémler, Josif leads to true independence."-As- Delegates from 22 countries at wealth," he added, "That will be the vicinity of Halfa.-United | Tito--Reuter. sociated Press.

tended the League's first postwor a great event in history-Reuter. Press.

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Geneva, June 10, Senator Elbert 1) Thomas, United States. delegate to the International Labour Conference,

told the plenary sension today that the United States was har and much of it would go to pakist vesting a record wheat harvest

other countries.

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Amsterdam, June 30.

It was announced tonight that Prince Bernhard had developed a slight case of Influenza and had been ordered by the doctor lo rest.

The announecment was follow- ed in less than six hours by n statement saying the Pringe was in good health.—United Press.

The Anglo-Egyptian financial agreement was signed at the Treasury today after the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Da!. ton, and the Egyptian Ambar- endor, Abdel Amr Pasha, nounced that it was only tom- porary and had resulted from negotiations opened on June 8.

Abdel Pasha said the object of the temporary agreement was to give the two governments, breathi ing space, during which they would be able to review the situa- tion further with the object uf reaching a longer agreement covering all outstanding points.

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