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SEQUEL TO BIG FOUR BREAK "Grave Decisions Ahead", Says Mr. Bevin "Cannot Go On As We Have Been"

London, Dec. 19.

The Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin,” in a statement to the House of Commons on the failure of the Foreign Ministers Conterence In London, declared that grave decisions must be taken in consequence of the breakdown. "We cannot go on as we have been," Mr. Bevin as- serted.

Insisting that Britain had no desire to divide the world and would close no doors, Mr. Bevin made it clear that Britain would not agree to an over-centralised German Government which could so easily become again à dicta- torship.

Recalling the "nalstent pres- "If this had been carried ou! aure" of the Soviet delegation with speed, Austria, Eastern throughout the Conference, which Europe and the Balkans would broke down on Monday, to get an have now been working hard on agreement in advance to the im econstruction and rehabilitation mediate establishment of a con und all troops from the Danubian tral German Government, Mr.baain could have been with- Bevin said: "It must be a trub frawn." representative Government and not simply tool in the hands di the occupying power."

Cominform

Mr. Bovid said the Soviet After expressing his "great Union started a campalen againa) ariel" at the Soviet Union's deci the Marshall attempt to help sions not to take part in the Mar- Europe. The formation of the shall Plan, the Foreign Secretary Cominform "and its resulting accused Soviet Rumia of wing | disrupüve tendency

in Europe "tremendous · prèssuro” her was followed by a speech by the Immediate neighbours and of Soviet representative at the United Nations which seemed to

on

ordering them not to participate

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Ha felt that the act was a viola. tion of the free choice of those states and so interfered with their Independence and sovereignty.

Of the future, Mr. Bevin said that he did not know what was going to happen.

Denying that Britain had made all kinds of preparations to divide Europe and set up alternative governments, Mr. Bevin said that perhaps was a fair criticam that she had not made any of those preparations,

It was untrue that Britain had entered into all sorts of commit- ments in the event of the Can- ference breaking down. Britain bad stuck to her policy of Ger- man political and economic uniiy under Allled control with safe- guards for her own security. She would maintain all contacts

MONTY BACK

IN ENGLAND

"London, Dec. 18. Field *Marshal Mont- gomery, Chiled of Imperial General Staré, arrived in London by air today from his tour of Africa, which be- gan oh Nov," "15"'"

Asked whether the tour was concerned with' Eniples defence, Lord Montgomery repiled: "It was all sorts of things. I must now get on with putting into effect what I have learnt."-Ben- ter.

cut of this difficult situation to tended to create an atmosphere che could, and do her best to get the British Government to be in- produce "what I still believe is which would make a settlement necessary-the unity not only of very difficult indeed. Germany but of Europe and the peace of the world."

Despondency

Similar attacks were made ut the Allled Control Counell to Berlin just before the London Conference opened

Min Elienbeth 'yndham, 24-year-old adopted daughter of Lord Beconfield, charged by the Russians as "unmannerly and uncultured", is seen in her home at Cumberland Mansions, George Street, London. Miss Wyndham, Assistant Chief of Staff of the 'British element in the Allied. Kommandatura-the Four Power Berlin control-had beam singled out by the Russian commander, General Kotikov, in gener-

of charge against the British members, . The British commander "in Berlin, Majer-General B. 0. Herbert, said that there waz absolutely no foundation in any of the chargei which had been “trumped up”

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Soviet Deportees

Moan To Molotov

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Moscow, Dec. 18.

The Soviet citizens deported from France during the strike wave last month, have written to M. Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, protesting agalust the methods of the French authorities. The latter said that the ar- e In his statement, Mr. Bovin To all those attacks we have resto and deportations were said the intention behind the not seriously replied", Mr. Bevin formation of the

extraordinary Council of added,

effected "with "We weat on hoping Foreign Ministers was that it

haste.

French that, in the cpimer atmosphere of

politica should be a businessilke instru-discussion, we should be able to police came to our homes at 7.00 ment for bringing peace treaties make progress.

am, woke us up and ordered us to dress hasly,

ference.

The

"About 8.000 a.m. they took

for submission to the pence, con- "I had experienced so many of these setbacks that I hoped that Unfortunately, over since its steam having blown off, existence, the Counell of Foreign might be able to get to grips with us to some secret police hend

Ministers had alternated between carrying out its

original functie problems.

tions and being used for entire

ly different purposes", Mr. Bevin said.

the world. The Italian trenty

Propaganda

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propaganda

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wel quarters. At 12.15 p.m. were put into a pelice car and in a practically non-stop ter hour run, were taken to Stras bourg.

At 10.45, p.m. we crossed th Rhine and were deposited, ir the town of Kehl, in the Frenc zone, where the transfer poin: for all the deported was catab

were The letter said that onl

later did the writers learn that they were

accused of "Bocin' disorders" and of "ccnspiracy against the Republic."

"Our work, therefore, in bring showed through all the ing about peace has been handi-ion throughout the three weeks capped. There is no doubt that of the Conference. this has created despondency in It really made it impossible was delayed much longer than for its to get to grips with the should have been. The Austrian fundamental principles involved."

A number of propaganda lished." peace treaty was separate and distinct and ought to have beenches were made which w

quite clearly qut of settled quite easily when the.

Iti a "Aral word to th

German satellite treaties were concluded.

the Foreign Secretary had there been the will to do so said: "I realing that they are all without peace treaty and the work of preparing a peace treaty has hardly yet begun. I realise how disappointing this' is. " is our intention, however. to see, to the best of bur ability, that the German people do not suffer from this stile of alaba

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The letter added: "In th quarter of a century of our residence in France, we hav learned to distinguish between her. people, her working class and her bourgeois, and reac. tonary Governments.

The Foreign Secretary con tinued: "Allports of

"This unceremonious and in insinus- Lions have been made but we solent play with other people's have stuck to our polley of Ger- lives ang destinies was needed man polllical and economie unity by the present French Govern under Allied control, with safe-ment, which is licking the boots guards for our own security, of the trans-Atlantic dollar

"That is the main thing we are captains for the sake of politic concerned with","

***Mr. Beyin daal effect. clared.***

Bir. Bevin concluded: We

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"The Government's aim was

have no desire to divide the to convince the afmpletons. In world. The termination, at the their own country that behind

24 Soviet citizens were acting

as the chief plotiora and to de

Conference: and the thanner of the 2,000,000 workers on strike, edding will, no doubt, make many people seriously to Khink We cannot go on as yra have been.

We and Ropes that four power monstrate to the Wall Street bigwigs, the Bensational police collaboration would we ahni vigour and efficiency and to maintain all-the contacts we can commit a new act of provoca- and da zur best to ty, out of the tion against the Soviet Union." dimefit altuation, to- Work-Reuter. away and produce bellave I

the unity.

not only of Cerdany, but of

and the

Mt. Bevin finished his stalo, ment wind kuid õlinary trosh'all }.. parties? Rötter.

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