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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1947.

Cabinet's Three Headaches Second Session Since Parliament Went On Its Summer Holidays Dominions' Response Stirs Britain

London, Aug. 25.

Three main issues will call for a decision by the Cabinet when it meets today for the second time stuce Parliament rose for the summer holidays less than a fortnight ago.

The Cabinet will first hear a detailed report on the

recent dollar talks in Washington from Si Wilrid Eady, who will be returning later to Washington,

The is:ues before the Cobluct | terms of the existing ogrcement,

Con wheat, cheese, bacon and

meat.

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with the

DOWN WITH TYRANNY!

--Boston, Aug. 24. Urging resistance to all forma of tyranny, a manifesto signed by 150 United States prominent citizens, including Are. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the late President was inst- on the 20th anniversary of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

The two were anarchists errented in 1927 for alleged robbery and murder after ons of the most controversial trials in the history of Uniteit States jurisprudence.—United Prea.

Less Leave For Troops

many

Tanker Aground, Another In Tow stinging accidents is for Tondon, or fish

Aug. 25. Shipping apart as the English Channel and Scapa Flow occured in British waters over the week-end.

News agency messages report, jed toward Southampton on Sun- amongst others, a tanker which day after reporting by radio that momentarily went aground in the she was "completely immobilised" Pentland Firth another being in the channel southwest of towed into Southampton and a Dungeness, motor launch missing off the The ship which put her lines Isle of Wight with two men, two on board the "Southern Opal" was the 6,201-ton "Salute," en women and a child on board.

Aberdeen despatches said route from Norway. Both vessels

Australian

London, Aug. 24. the Norwegian tanker "Ban are owned by the South Georgia Britain's economic crisis dine," reported to have been' Company Ltil-Assɑelated Press will probably deprive beached in a thick fog at Green and Reuter. British soldiers Herd in Pentland Firth, was safe serving overseas of their tonight in Lyness, Scapa Flow.

The salvage vessel "Bustler," home leave.

which aped from Aberdeen half- way to the Orkneys to go to ber The War Office announced to- ald, was told by radio telephone night that, from November 1. that the "Sundine" was refloated the number of passages for sol- this afternoon without assistance diers returning on leave under and salled under her own power the LIAP (leave In addition to|to Lyness, accompanied by the python) scheme under which Long hope life-boat,

Radio messages from the tanker | certain soldiers are eligible for

poor owing

to a

Austerity

Programme

1. The setting of new food

Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. ration scn'es for the British An outline of Australia's Morrison, again relied on the neople in the light of the heavy position is believed to have been voluntary action of British 30 days leave in the United had said that she was hard and restrictions which will be plac-| given by Mr. J. J. Dedmar, the | workers.

Canberra, Aug. 25. Kingdom once during their fast on the rocks and asked for

other assistance. Australian Govern- Ministe for on supplies from dolar Commonwealth

In its anxiety to avoid the ac overseas service would be great-lighters and areas by the abandorument of Defence and Postwar Recon-cuations of autocratic rule, 13 reduced.

The Stromness and Longhope life.ment officials on Sunday sterling-dollar convertibility. struction, in a conference main-kuch as the Opposition leader,

The accelerated release proboals stood by,

night forecast that the 2. Some revision of the Imly devoted to currency questions Mr. Churchill made

Weather conditions were good Commonwealth will be on the gramme, and the withdrawal of port programmes by non-dollar which he had

Chan-adio, the Cabinet has waited to troops from India, entailed a but visibility countries of the Eastern Hemis- celor of the Exchequer, Mrbe pushed from behind, before greatly increased demand on dense fog.

practically on a wartime phere now that Britain has re- Hagh Dalton, Inst werk.

When it was seen that there austerity footing when using its wide emergency pow-shipping. the War Office said. gained control of the sterling Britain may get a promise of crs.

The economic crisis made it was no actual danger, the Strom- the import cuts to meet which these nations earn by immediate additional supplies

imperative that priority in pan-ness life.boat returned to her their export trade.

concerning Dun-ataple commodi-

sages from overseas be given jatation. A const.guard sold that the dollar famine and It becomes increasingly more to men who, on their return, the tanker had to pump out ahelp Britain are put into apparent that more than an ex-would become available for in- considerable amount of her cargo operation. hortation will be needed to pordustrial employment with suade the "apiva" or brokers in

the of fuel oll to enable her to re. : least delay-Beuter, illicit opportunities to enter the nation's undermanned conl

M/L Missing mines and textile milis.

3. An anexsment In

con- ties and in the more distant junction with the Dominions of future an expansion of wheat the extent to which they can and meat shipments which are send Britain additional supplies | her principa! worry. in substitution for dollar par- chases.

The task of collecting data on thear three interrelisted pro- blems is likely to extend over considerable period, but by that time a decision about Britain's rations should be easy.

Main Source

For the time being, however, The main sources of essentials

in the dollar arens and must be bought from strictly limited resources of do'lar earnings.

Much depends

on the men- xures Britain is making to ex

und her own industrial produc- tion which now becomes, more than

ever, big domestic and international factors in the Bri- tish scene.

The principal question still outstanding is the insistence by the United States that Clause 9 of the loan agreement which led Britain to non-dierlainatian in international trade rrmnin

Criticism of the Labour Gov- operative until removed byernment's handling of the crisis specifle net of Congrean.

continues unabated by the re- For the time being, a com- cognition of external factors be promise prevails whereby, theyond its control and is not like- United States has unofficial'yy to be assuaged by Saturday recognised Britain's incapacity night's broadcast, in which the

to observe this rule.

In the opinion of British financial commentatora, this rumpromise merely ratifies the Inescapable facts of the situa- tion.

Britain is a'rendy looking to the Dominions and the Euro- pean continent for still closer economic cooperation. Through

"Spivs"

If positive action in this Renso should emerge from the Cabinet room, the Government will have no difficulty in provid- ing pressure af public opinion.

"Dismal

Colours"

London, Aug. 25.

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*More than 200 flems now being Imported tre expected

be entirely drastically slashed or banned.

Many of these will be of # minor nature but some will affect all Australians.

re-

Shipping in the Channel has been asked to keep a lookout for an 18.foot motor launch missing Departmental officers spent the since Saturday night from Sea whole weekend preparing a View, Isle of Wight, with two view of imports which will be More significant will be the

men, two women and a child on studied by a Ministerial confor- tone of the debate in the forth- coming annual conference of

board.

ence on Monday. Ministers said With Peter Smith, of Priority on Sunday night that the govern- the. Trade Union Congress, which opens on September 1 at Sunday

A Moscow radio broadcast on Cottage, Nettlestone, in charge, met would take decisive action to Baid that the radio the bont left Sea View about 7.30afd Britain and would implement Southport, Lancashire.

speech on Saturday by the Lord am, on a cruise out to the Nab Its plans quickly. Lenders of the most power-President of the Commons, Mr. Tower. Men on the tower spotted ful unions have already indicat. Herbert Morrison,

Any imports even approximat "painted the the boat about an hour later,ing the luxury class are expect. ed their personal approval of outlook for British people in dis. alnce when it has not been seen. ed to be discarded any only es. a large measure of compulsory mal colours."

- Bembridge lifeboat was launch. sential items wil be llowed into direction of labour, but the

The radio also cited two Bried early on Sunday to help in the Australia from dollar areas.A.7.

weekly periodicals, the search but returned several hours sociated Press. "Spectator" and the "Economist," later, having seen no trace of the

verdict of the district delegates tish is yet to be heard.--Reuter.

BRITAIN GIVES FAIR WARNING

London, Aug. 24.

Mr. Harold Wilson, the Secre- Mr. Harold Wilson, Secretary for Overseas Trade,

tary for Overseas Trade, she grave not lee Vesterday of this Intention to other nations at the Geneva Conference OT! International Trade.

Preference quotus. currency a'locations and state trading are all implicit therein.

Dominion Response

Public opinion in Britain has

who arrived at Croydon airport tonight from the International Trade Organisation Confer- ence at Geneva, stated that at the Conference, he thought it only fair to give warning that Britain would unable to adhere to all the prin- ciples of the general charter of the Conference, but it was obvious to everyone that this post- tion would arise.

"We shall be working on bila

to satisfy

been deeply stirred by the im-teral agreements instead of multi. mediate response from the Do- lateral. This means that we shall minions when the gravity of deal individually with the other the dollar crisis become ap-countries, attempting parent, especially their prompt both sides," he said. action in rationing dollar pur-

"It may appear that our met. chases to case the lond on Bri-hods oppose some of the prin tain's credit.

ciples granted in the main char. Politicni aliations are nowter of the Conference."

arging the clulnus of the Do- Britain had already had talks minious to preferential benefits with the Soviet Union and was as the necessary price für ns-

now negotiating with Yugoslavia, sured delivery. These affilla-he said. tions were sceptical or hostile "The going may be hard but towards the Ottawa agreements we shall see how it works out as at the time they were negotiat-the problems arise.

Not New Problem Beyond the currency limita- "Our problem is not a new tion, it is difficult to see what one. It has been in operation for the Dominions can do im-

ed.

the last 12 months or so.

Bigger And Better "Saucers"

Vienna, Aug. 24.

The metereological observatory at Semmering mountain, 50 miles south-west of Vienne, reported today that on Friday night at 10.15 p.m. a big, luminated dise was seen in the sky here.

The repo sald the disc had a

as being gloomy over Britain's craft. prospects. The "Spectator," said Moscow radio, Synized____grave; doubts in regard to the Marshall plan" and sees ittle hope of this plan serving Britain."

said

the

The "Economist," radio, "qualifies American actions and demands as perfectly intoler- able."—Associated Press.

MISS TRUMAN'S RECITAL

* In Tow The 9,011-ton British tanker "Southern Opal" was being tow-

BURNING FAG END CAUSE

Berlin, Aug. 24. A burning cigarette end which

Britons Arrive In Auckland

Auckland, Aug. 25. Nearly all the 800 pamengers who arrived in Auckland on board the "Rangitata" from London on Saturday were people from Bri- tain intending to settle in New

Zealand.

The ship brought the first draft of 118 Government-assisted iromi- grants, all single men and women under 85. Forty-six girls on board were arriving to take up mental the others to do general hospital work.

set Bre to a leaking,can of in- flammable quid was believed to have caused the deaths of 24 Ger. Hollywood, Aug. 24. mans and injuries to another 35 The President's' daughter, Miss when a train carriage hurst into fargaret Truman, today sang at flames on its way through Velton ne of the United States biggest in the Soviet zone, of Berlin, hospital work and the majority of

the German news uditariums, the outdoor Holly. cording to yoot! Bowl, toking repeated agency tonight, surtain calls before an applaudare continuing their investigation ng crowd of 18,000 after singing of the disaster.-Reuter.

1 selection from "Marrloge of Figaro," "Cielito Lindo" and "La Fauvette."

The Berlin railway authorities

Hamburg, Aug. 24.

Three now forest and heath fires were raging in the Wahner- Heide, district nean Cologne, the

"Britain wants you but we Auckland. J. A. C. Allum, welcom- want you too," suld: the Mayor of

Ing the draft. "You come to-a country where everyone will be friendly to you."

Other passengers included mem- bers of family groups with young children. Blost found temporary

She was accompanied by the os Angeles Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy German towa agoney in the Braccommodation In Auckland.--

United PresS, -

Uah Zone said today.-Router.

International Food Conference

Geneva, Aug, 24.

relative size of the sun at noon Some 50 countries and a number of International

we and its type of light was similar

mediately to help Britain, since "The other thing is that meat of their exportable sur shall have to rely greatly on the pluses of food were: already countries of the Commonwealth carmarked for Britain by con- tracts before the dollar crisis with them," he added.-Reuter.

arose.

and trade

con as much as we

to the reflection of a searchlight from a cloudbank. The disc took

a horizontal route at an angle of 13 degrees over the southern sky. liner.

Notably in the case of Cann- da, this has been done at a

Guayaquil, Aug. 24. . heavy financial nacrifice by a Senor Veinsco Ybarra, the The observatory of Graz Uni. long-term wheat contract at a President of Ecuador, has resign-versity received a report night price considerably below the fed and has been succeeded by the that at Helligenblut, in the Dr. world market price.

Minister of National.... Defches,tish zone of Austria, a similar Mr. J. G. Gardiner, the Ca. Colonel Carlos Mancheng, The disc was séçu taking firet'a south nadian Minister for Trade, who change has been accepted peace castern course; and then changing expects to return here from ready left for Colombla.

and Senor Ybarra has alto cast-north-east.

The Geneva in 19 days, visited Mr-President's resignation was

All Austrian observatòries sp Tit pealed to the public to report

observations-United Press."

organisations are taking part in the third an- nual conference of the United Nations Food Agricultural Organisation convening on Mon- day morning in Geneva.

The main objective on the agenda is a proposal for setting up a World Food Council composed of Government representatives to form a body. of considerable authorities. Its task would be to advise Governments and to assist them in implementing emergency and long-term mea- sures for increased agriculture production and improvement of distribution.

Strachey on his way there in ported to have been caused, by the immediately any further relevant take over the International al- geney Food Council and ac-

London yesterday and said later riny's, attitude towards hin that he was here to discuan ministration. Reuter.

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LEFT FRITZ BEHIND!

It envisaged that the Council from the International Ec location of foods and fertilisers celerate the supply of materials needed to expand next ye harvest in food defeit countries, New U.K.. Plan FAO, has prepared more than 30 memoranda analysing world: regular feature of÷/FAO- annual conferences" to serya ́KA a world forum of food and agri- culture in order to help elimin- ate avoidable "conflicts_in', nh; Honal problems and policies.

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The FAO Information direc tor, G. Hambridge, at « Þessu conference on Saturday...... men- timed that a bow Unlied King. dom, programme for agricul- tura, self sumelcher might largely influence” the United States and other overesse coun-

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