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BIG FOUR IN AGREEMENT Settlement On Two Minor Points Argument Over Treaty

London, Nov. 29.

The Council of Foreign Ministers, after wrangling over agenda difficulties for four meetings, to- day reached two points of agreement. They were: (1). The Big Four Ministers accept- ed Pakistan as an ally to be consulted in the preparation of the German peace treaty. (2). They agreed to postpone dicussion on who will attend the peace conference until an agreement has been reached on the basis of the German peace traty. Otherwise, the discussion centre ary that she would respect on which should come firata 'Ger- security of neighbouring States.

Bevin Proposal

or

man Central Government

the working out of the peace tresty,

Mr. Marshall. differed from the

Soviet islan for laying down the political procedure preceding the peace conference. He said that if the Soviet Government would drop this, he would be willing to alter the

·United States stand and agree that the proposed

German Government should sign the peace renty.

M. Bidault objected to Mr. Mat was "poraduzir e declared

to make the peace treaty dependent on the foundation of n German Government."

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The Unknown

"We will find ourselves making the foundation of an unknown Ger-

the

WINCHELL IN The Worst

THE NEWS

New York. Nov; 29. Walter Winicheil's 20-year- old daughter, who had been the object of a wide police search sinco:sho Was rc- ported missing on Wednes- day, was back, home today, Mr. Ernest Cuneo, the Win- chell family lawyer АП- nounced.

Cunco added that she had been-visiting. friends and Was "back home again." Reuter.

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Over In Britain

Newcastle-on-Tyne,

Nov. 30.

Mr. Hugh Dalton, in his first public speech since he resigned as Chancellor of the Exche- quer after the budget face of it, it seemed to have the leak early this month, same element of repairing Ger- told 2,000 Northumber man Government before drawing 'up

land miners, and their a peace settlement.

M. Molotov said that the French wives tonight that, the fears of German Influence on the

In an attempt to speed up matters, Mr. Bevin submitted the following amendment: "Representatives of д German Government adequate for the purpose of accepting a peace Treaty will be given the opportunity Peace treaty were, unfounded. The worst of Britain's econo-

treaty would be made by the four mic troubles lay behind. of stating their views at the peace

powers and would be carried out un-| conference.

der their control.

"The

he

the

"The peace treaty will be signed by a German Government adequate for the acceptance of this treaty. ratified by Germany."

pence treaty will, also Mr. Bevin

auggested that whole question ture and ratification of the German peace treaty be placed at the end of the discussions not

to obstruct the present agreement,

of consultation, signa-i ganisation by

M. Molotov

haw- the harl

shat find it easier when килад downhill inte better times and bet- ter conditions in future."

He was confident; that when gen. eral election time coines the Govern ment would have been able to carry out the whole of their programme.

"1 believe we are standing on the

Mr. Bevin

suggested that they de watershed of the post-war world and that we are going down hill after lay further consideration of 102 question and take it up under partimbing up to the top of the ridge,"

he wald. four of the agenda on "the form and "believe," he continued, "that we scope of the provisional political or

and said that the subject should be consideret on Monday. He agreed, again on ever, to drop the section of document which the Ministers Mr. Bevin's proposition was ceptable as far as it went, but straight on to paragraph two of the been studying today and 10 pass should have stated clearly that the same document which deal German Government was to be form-

with consultation with Allled powers. eit before the peace conference. The Big Four agreed on this point.

M. Molotov suggested the follow-

Mr. Marshall said that the United gation huped an adequae "In accordance with this German Government might be positionele trein's Pre States delegation Council, the Foreign Ministers

tablished to decide the type of peace treaty cognise that the formation of an All-ference gut under way, but a Ger-

before the peace con will have to bigu,

German Government in accordance | ****** Bidault continued. It would he

"allow Germany to be with the Poradain Agreement cansot

and delay."

man Government-which it may well be impossible to agrze upon➡a pre: condition of the establishment -af general peace," he added,

"The remult of foundation of sucki a government will be that Germany

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that from now on, from the beginning Mr. Dakon said that he hoped of 1948, such a gradual rising eve put in industry could be found that Britain would be able increasingly to, import what was needed to give her people a proper standard *** feeding and clothing-Reuter,

man Government and the prace con- ference should not depend on one au- other, In any cor, either a Ciernan Government or responsible sentatives would be heard at the peace conference,

The

Mr. Marshall sald the first urgency was to get on will the German peace. He said he needed time study the British proposal, but on the Monday afternoon---Reuter.

Conference adjourned

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"ELECTIONEERING" AT

LONDON TALKS

London, Nov. 29.

Britons Honoured

of

LONDON, NOV, 30. FIELD MARSHAL LORD ALANBROOKE, WARTIME CHIEF OF IMPERIAL GEN- ERAL STAFF. AND ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET LORD CUN- NINGHAM, WHO AS FIRST SEA LORD WAS

HEAD OF THE NAVAL STAFF, TODAY JOINED THE SMALL BAND OF FOREIGNERS, NOW NUM- BERING TEN, · WHO HOLD THE KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE NETHERLANDS LION.

The Conference of Foreign Ministers in Londone duds granted for ter-

the

is being conducted with a very keen eye on German public opinion, both by M. Molotov and by the Foreign Ministers of the United States and Britain.

vices to the Netherlands cause, were presented by. the Nether- lands Ambassador to Britain, M. Michiels Van Verduynen.

Fick Marshal Lord Wilson,

of

In fact, if general elections in, Government in its struggle to former. Allled Supreme Comman- Germany were imminent, the imcontrol the Communist-led strikes der in the Mediterranean and pression of electioneering left by In France as they are proving to British Commander-in-Chief of opening speeches of these the American administration in Middle Eust, received the Knight three delegates', would scarcely facilitating its approach to Con- Grand Cross of the Order havo been stronger,

gress for the approval of its pro- Orange-Nassau (with swords). As it is, the announcement from grammes of aid to Europe under Field Marshal Lord Chetwodę Berlin that the Communist- the Marshall

and Admirat - Sir--- Aubrey· -Smith dominated Socialist Unity Party French

opinion

is tradi-received the Knight Grand Order has summoned a

oned a Congress in the tionally sensitive to the dangers of Orange-Nassau-Reuter Russian sector of the city (and of a revival of a German central

undoubtedly with

with Soviet power in terms of France's secur-

Derefore for the purpose of ity and nothing was better cal

A

ciceting delegation to the Lon-culated than M. Molotov's open- don Conference of Foreign Minising speech in London to inten-

Communist

ernment.

Mr.

BRITISH ATOMIC

PILE: Birmingham, Nov. 30.

tars, confirms the belief that B. sify the suspicious in France of Britain's first all-scale atomic Molotov will press to the limit public opinion behind the Gov-Harwell, near Didcot, Berkshire,

and rally pile at the research establishment ut his advocacy of the Immediate creation of a Central

Gorman with Mi Marshall Fun one electric fire, Profesor 1.3. producing hest, perliups enough to "Government at this present ŝcC5***

sion.

Bevin appearing to step Moon, Secretary of the Atomic The fact that the Social De- down into the arena with M. Scientists Association, said here to mocrats and the Christian De Molotov in search of favourable day." Mocrats in Germany have reject German reactions, the issue will ed the Communists' call to make be temporarily blurred in France. an all-party attempt to influence-Router.

the London Conference makes it doubly certain that the. Western powers will refuse to recognise the Berlin

Congress or any re- solutions from it as representa- είναι "of "the wishta of the whole German people, but the mere fact that Moscow has authorised such a move is seen here as vitally important for the pattern of the present Conference.

Red Platform

M. Moltov has already made. juse of the Conference table' as, a platform from which to un-1 nounce to the German people and the world that, alone of the oc cupying powers, Russia is offec- tively championing the intercats of a sovereign, independent and centrally administered Germany,

the

And on Thursday, despite the httempt of the French Foreign Minister, M. Georges Bidault, to bring the Conference to grips with the task of defining frontiers of the future German State, both Mr. Bevin and Mr. Marshall took him out to make statements on the contral poli-

the

tical structure of Germany which Fooked

to Conference observers ausniciously like,' attempts to pre- M. Molotov stealing all tho vent thunder in Germany with his aptech of the

day.

How adroit din and M..

MT.

Marshall were in t

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