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WORLD HANGING IN BALANCE AMERICAN Moving Statement By Mr. George Marshall AID FOR

Position

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On America

Washington, Ján, 8.

The Secretary of State, Mr. George Marshall, to- day told the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee: "The world situation is critical in the extreme."

stability.

As the first Government witness in the special de- bate on his vast European recovery plan, Mr. Marshall made a moving statement after he had finished reading his, prepared address. "The whole world hangs in Senate Foreign Relations Com- the balance and depends on mittee, a procedure which may what we do," he declared.

nke up to six weeks

Among those to "give evi- There in widespread fidence"

are alx Cabinet Minis- engineers,fforts to change the whole face private citizens, who are lead. There are concerted ters, Government experts and of Europe na we know it, con-fers

of industry, labour and trary to the interests of free agriculture. mankind and free civilisation."

Mr. Marshall described the Speaking in grim tones, Mr. | European recovery

programme Marshall added that it was of of our foreign policy at the pre- as "the most important napect The greatest importance that the peoples of the United States sent time.” as well as Canada should have a thorough understanding of: today's gritient world situation, " is often aald that we won the victory, but we haven't," he declared,

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Singapore, Jan. B.

All capital war criminals In South-East Asia have now been punished, according to a spokesman of South-East Asla Land Forces here.

The South-East Asia war crimes organisation, based on Singapore, which has heid 200 telais involving 883 Japanese. will be disband- ed soon, he said,

of the

war criminals tried, 220 were sentenced to death, 537 were imprisoned -83 of them for life--and 126 acquitted,

Of those sentenced to death 165 were hanged, 28 committed suicide. and 20 still await execution-Reu- tion.-Reuter.

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Snow And Flood In America

NANKING

WASHINGTON, JAN. 8. AMERICAN AID FOR CHINA, SUGGESTED YES- TERDAY BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN HIS "STATES OF THE UNION" MESSAGE, WILL BE SURMITTED TO CONGRESS POSSIBLY WITHIN A FORTNIGHT, AFTER SPECIAL ENVOYS OF GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK HAVE: DEEN CONSULTED.

"CHICAGO, JAN. B. MORE SNOW FELL ON NEW YORK TODAY AND FIVE WERE REPORTED DROWN IN OREGON AS FLOODING RIVERS AND The proposal calls for $300,000,- STREAMS FORCED HUN-000 or possibly more. DREDS ΤΟ FLEE FROM The special envoys, Me Yu Tui- THEIR HOMES.

wal, Minister of Communications, Oregon floods disrupted rail Director of the Central Bank of and Dr. Pel Tsuyce, former and highway transportation and China, were to start for Washing hundreds of homes in at least ten today.

the

20 communities were flooded.) Officials here said that

The broad Willamette RiverChinese will make recommenda- apliled over its banks at several tans in much the same manner points along the 120-mile valley-nation Paris Conference offered |that representatives of the 10- Floods forced 1,100 persons theirs in drafting the Marshall nations. You have got to get to leave their homes at Geln-Plan, a sick man back on his foot wood suburb in Eugene, Oregon. The suggestion that the special before he can do much for him- tion between Portland and Sonadvance came from the Nanking! The main line of transporta-Chinese mission be consulted in

Government. The envoys uro ex- "As far as Western Europe Francisco was shut off when a pected to bring new estimates of President Truman personally concerned, we hope this will wash-out awept away 150 feet the National Government's ability not to put the Marshall Plan take about 15 months. Already of track on the Southern Paci- to carry on the war against the administration under the State the very idea of the programme nes near Dunsmuir, Cali-Chinese Communists. Department, On the other has been a tremendous stimulus.

fornia.-United Press. hand, he insisted that the State We fail to appreciate Department should have full amount of pride in theso na- foreign policy asprets of direction and control over the tions."

plan.

He said that he had

Self-Help

asked

the

the

BRITISH ARMS FOR GREECE

Replying to a question from Senator Vandenberg, Mr. Mar-3

Athens, Jan. 3. whall said that countries In the

Forty-thaveand sifles and stocks of plan, such an Sweden, Switzer-monition will be shipped almost Mr. Marshall cited as one of land and Ireland, should be re-

immediately from Britain to Gracce these annels "the recent ef-garded as "cooperators," ratherly £750,000 to the Greek

result of a gift of approximate forts, which might be repeated, than "beneficiaries,"

Govern though ment from Greek citizen

to produce bloodshed and bring they would undoubtedly proit verling balances in Britain. with

pro.

Rome

down the Governments in considerably from the

The orms will be distributed France and Italy."

gramme and receive

the Greek army and National Another aspect, he said. was goods from the United States. fence Corps.-Reuter. the part Latin American coun Reuter. tries will play in the pro- grumme. He said that they would get a "very great lift,' amounting to perhaps $250,000,- 000 in the first 15 months, from the cush that the United States: proposes to make available for purchases by European coun- tries.

in

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U.S. Re-Equipping Europe's Mills

Mr. Marshall said that he dirt not consider there was any

A danger of the plan promoting a permanent belief in European nations that the United States would always be there as their] "foster father."

"The contrary is really the truth. Already they are set- ting together and making com- bined, intelligent and aggres- sive efforts to help themselves.;

Spiritual Uplift

Washington, Jan. 8.

more detailed study of the 15 volumes of the Government's recommendations con- cerning the allocation of resources to Euro- pean countries under the Marshall Plan re- veals important features relating to the pro- jected industrial development of Europe dur- The document notes that countries of Western

ing the next four years, Europe are planning the expansion of steel- making capacity to the value of $2,225,000,000. The equipment would cost about 40 per cent of this sum.

ment.

President Truman. In his briof reference to China yesterday, sald that the nim of the aid programme would be to "satisfy urgent reitef needs and to speed reconstruc- |tion."-Neuter,

Clamp-Down On Reds

Belrut, Jan. 8. Lebanon security forces to- day carried out a four-hour search of Communist contres here as well as trade union headquarters and the club of the Friends of tile Bovlet Union,

Cerisin documents and small arms were reported found, but no Arrests were made

made.

Lebanon is the only Arah League county where the Communist Party openly exists, a seven-year-old decree dissolving the party having never been enforced.

During sporadic demonstrations in Beirut today, Jewish shops were damaged following an announcement that explosives were discovered Est the Jewish quarter last night.-Reu-

ter.

INVERCHAPEL IN HIGH SPIRITS

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Annapolis, Jan.. 9. The British Ambassador, Lord In- verchapel, today came to the Naval Academy to give a lecture on his ex- perience in China and ended This is not merely a matte-

dancing a Highland Bing for several It was proposed to import from urgent rial

hundred delighted Middies, tasks of reconstruction programme.

The Even more the United States about 45 per have been accomplished "particu.dancing was strictly impromptu. important is its spiritual up-cent of all requirements of equip-larly since much of the steel re-

He was inspired by the presence of lift."

quired to maintain the present a full-fledged bagpiper among The Secretary of State con- of supplies of scrap fron in the by the United States."

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