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LONG-TERM PLAN FOR CHINA Marshall To Study Aid For Nanking Pressure Put On Administration

Washington, Dec. 18. Administration officials today said that one of the first things the Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, would devote attention to when he arrived tomorrow from London would be the long-range China ald plan. Indications were that the programme eventually proposed by the State Department might be considerably larger than the US$300,000,000 estimate which Mr. Marshall made at Congres- sional hearings last month.

Increasing public interest in explanation of the most effec- United States plans for aiding live methods of achieving Am- China and mounting Congres-erican aims in light of the po- ional pressure for action have licy of the present Chinese Gov- forced this problem to the top ernment.

It is believed possible that In high-level discussions, Well-

sections informed Bources admitted that paraphrased, selected the "pressure is on" and the may be released to support the State Department was working administration programme when Romewhat feverishly to have it in ready to go to Congress.- the General outline of the long- United Press. range China aid plan ready for Mr. Marshall's consideration as Abon an he arrived in Washing-

tou.

Was

Painting, ont. Mr. Marshall Bishop's War On The Reds

US$300,000,000 climate given in off-hand reply under Cangressional questional ques- tioning, well-informed sources nald it was quite possible that

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NICOSIA, DEC. 18. BISHOP MIRANTHEUS, 75 YEAR-OLD BISHOP OF CYRENIA, JUS TOLD

THAT

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FIRST ACT ON BEING CROWN- ED ARCHBISHOP OF CYPRUS ΤΟ CALL A ON DEC. 24 WILL BE HOLY SYNOD TO PASS A LAW,

munism in the Eastern сапеда

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Mediter

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Wedemeyer Appeal

"PROHIBITING -ALL COM. Meanwhile, General Wede-NIS ERO

MUNISTS FROM TAKING HOLY mayer's appeal for all-out Am-COMMUNION, ENTERING CHUR

rican aid to China before the CHES OR BECOMING MEMBERS Congressional Committee today OF CHURCH COMMITTEES." Was being interpreted. In Bishop Mirantheus kaods for Washington да proof that unich of Cyprus with Greece, but he his suppressed report on described his campaign against Com that country has been more munism 21 "more urgent."

Was impossible to favourable than many observers He said thas it anticipated.

overlook the fact that Britain Officials here, while still un-ne of the bolwarks against der the White House лecrecy EDESSA. Injunction regarding

re- During the anti-British_ziata port, indicated that this Inter- Cyprus in 1931, Bishop Miratheus pretation was not wrong.

toured the people of Cyrenia by spit-

British Their background commenti ding on the

towards Bri

"We will "We disclosure last July of the fact al day

by saying: that Gen. Wedemeyer was sant never fight the British to obtain to China primarily to find Greek union and never join any ox- stuft to Fight against the British, but "ways of helping Chiang Kal- we do hope that there will be those shek" and only secondarily, to in England who will realise that our report on condition there, claims are just, and our mo sincere." which already were well-known-Retter. through the Marshall. mlasion and routine State Department intelligence.

confirmed the United Press up¡bis, changed fcell ile summed |

The consensus of Informed opinion here is that suppression of the Wedemeyer report is not nearly so unfortunate as in-

Scrapping Of German

sication in August of his blast Factories

against Chinese Government corruption just as he left China

for Korea. These quarters

Washington, Del. 19.

a

said this blast, although de The Foreign Affairs Commit-

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tee of the House of Representa- Aigned to aid Chlàng in His con- stant struggle against more re-tives today approved a request actionary elements in the Kuo-to the U.S. Administration to mintang, did not achieve its explain why it did not stop industrial purpose and instead contributed scrapping Gerhan

plants and let Congress de. -- only to straining Sino-American brmine whether the plants were relations,

economic There was considerable doubt needed for European here whether the

no-called recovery. Wedemeyer report ever would The Commitibe action merely be released textually, because of sends the resolution to

House. its. frank -assessment of the

The Senate Committee recent United States stake in China's fate, and especially the frankly received evidence that Ger- man plantan the American oc- cupled Zone wore still being diamantled and sent to Russia as war reparations.

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Mr. Winston Churchill has been presented with the Freedom of the City of Manchester. The Freedom Scroll was handed to him in a mahogany and brass casket made from fragments of the hiltzed Free Trade Hal: Qu his ar- rival at the London Road Station for the ceremony, he was greeted by Alderman Mary Kingsmill Jones, Lord Mayor of Manchester. (APhoto).

EXAM PAPERS LEAKAGE

Khartoum, Dec. 18. Five candidates taking the annual examination for ca- try into the Sudan Govern- ment service have been ar- rested after disclosure of a leakage of examination being which were papers sold at five to ten plastres a wet.

Two other persons have Been arrested and the examination which began on Tuesday has been celled.

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London, Dec. 18.

Food Not Guns, Demand

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VANCOUVER, DEC. 18. THE MARINE AND HOILER- TODAY. RE MAKERS UNION

ON THE WORK FUSED MUNITIONS SHIP; S.S. COLIMA AND THE VANCOUVER LABOUR: COUNCIL ESTABLISHED. A +PIC KET LINE AROUND THE VES SEL IN

IN PROTEST AGAINST THE SHIPMENT OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO THE CHINESE NATIONALIST FOR Fine unions

FORCES Pickets from her; Martin ant from the University of

OF British

Columbia joined the Labour Council in patrolling, North Bureurd drydock. Their signs read: "Merry Christmas with foul, not glus", "Load break "Canasta should help es not bullets", tablish peace in China"

the

Pickets were statipped-along hay side of the yard. Notional Mar bour Board officials sait the ship was shunted into drydock for "routine In- spection" They said loading opera- They

Dr. Josef Cyrankiewicz, declare:itions would begin tomor

The Polish Prime Minister,

today that no one seriously con lo said moving the ship into dry. sldered the possibility of chang-dock had nothing to do with the VLC. Ing her western frontlers because protest. the

Members of the Longshoremen's they are defended by the great Union Local 581 at a meeting tale "under voted to ero and lasting Polish alliance with a nigh the Soviet Union," the Warsaw protest Latour Council pleket lines Radio.reported.

Festablished around the Colina, when The Premier, spenking at a leading begins,—United Press. mass meeting of Socialists In

The Foreign Affairs Commit tee also asked, whether indus trial plants, had been removed

Breslau, added: "After several BERNHARD ILL centuries we have come back to the Oder and the Nesse, and we will remain there only as a no-

Amsterdam, Dec." 18.

Prince Bernard of the Netherlands

tion united under the leadership is confined to bed with a slight "at-

beyond the limit set by the of the workers."-Router. Valta Agreement, whether farm produce which would help feed civilians and case the financial drain on the United States had been shipped out of Germany and whether harbour and trans- port facilities. had been removed and would have to be replaced under the American foreign ald programme-Reuter.

Status Of Bahrein

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London, Dec. 19. The Dritish Government we respon to change the status Dakrein Island in the Persian Gulf, Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, stated in the House of Commons to ay what was the hitch Gov zintentatitude towards change lo the Existing stueus of the

MeDevin replied folanu

the Sheik of the Ruler

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Mihtein. In 2 of an independent siamo under the protection of His Majesty's Govem weht, and in" special areaty relations with them. His Majesty's Govern we do, cash to change/th

the

pretant ruler of Bahrein and his pre- decessor, pured a progressive and enlightened policy and Mr. Bivins piatement - would; give weife satisfag,

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