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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1948

Falkland Islands Warning

Britain Not Overlooking Challenge Of Argentina And Chile

"Nigeria" Sails From Simonstown

London, Feb. 16.

A warning was made by Mr. Hector McNell,, Minister of State, in the House of Commons' today that Britain will not overlook the chal- lenge of Argentine and Chilean naval demon- strations in the Falkland Islands, while re- ports came from South Africa that the British cruiser Nigeria, which left Simonstown today, had salled for the Falklands. H.M.S. Nigeria, an 8,000-ton ship of 10 six-inch guns, sailed on her 3,000-mile voyage four days after two Argentine and smaller craft were reported to have sailed from Buenos Airès for the Antarctic.

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The President of Chile, Seacr¶ International Vide, blso on his way to arose, publie opinion on the Antaretle to inaugurate a subject," the Minister of State now Choeun, Army baseO Genred. Greenwich Island, in the South the Foreign Secretary. Mr. Shetlands group, over which | Ernest Bevin, Mr. McNeil 46 Britam elnias control.

clared hopes the Argentine and Governments would share his desire to avoid pre- vocation in this matter.

Reds Dug Up--But Literally!

"Pelping, Feb, 17. ̄ ̄ ̄ When the Nationalists

they are digging Communita they mean it literally.

Hay

They captured 200 Reds who were dug out of a net- work of tunnels connecting two villages 12 miles east of Telping where they had been hiding in daytime and from which they emerge nightly' behind the Govern- ment lines,

Gen. Fu Tao-gia miền said: "We are still digging for more."-United Press.

of the Loaion proposal that the dispute over the Falkland Is Jands Dependencies be put to, international arbitration.

The United States attempted to maintain a strielly "neutral" attitude on the British dispute with Argentina and Chile.

Home

Fleet Sails

LONDON, FE]]. 16,

THE HOME FLENT, LED BY THE CRUISER SUPERB, SAILS TOMORROW FROM PORTLAND FOR GIBRALTAR ON A NORMAL PEACETIME SPRING CRUISE,

UMS Superb will be escorted by the destroyers Agincourt, Dunkirk, Aisue ang Jatland.

An Admiralty stated

spokesman

ships

tadny that these will leave Gibraltar to return home on March 12.

The Commander-in-Chief, of the Home Fleet Is Vice-Admiral Sir Roderick McGrigor, DSO. kunwn to the Navy as He is "Wee Mas," because he standËR only five feet four inches,

In pre-war days, the Home Fleet consinled of five battle. Officials were wary of the

battl:-croisern, fra possibility of alienating Latin ships, tw

nireraft carriers, American apinion by openly es-

AIX cruisers M1. McNeil said: "Argen. | pousing the British pelin of und 28 destroyers.-Reuter.

HMS "AJAX" State Department officinis

London, Feb. 16. were, however, privately

The cruiser BMS Ajax, after pressing a strong hopẻ thất ferving in the Mediterranean Argentina would agree to have since 1943, arrived at Sheerness the legality of her claim tested today. in the International Court and'i that nu incident would occur in the few days to prejudice the chances of such an arbitration.

When reports of Mr. McNeil's | Chilean peh reached Santiago, the Chilean capital, unofficial quar tere else to the Governm 218 saith that Britain's attitude was

[1.0 strong and out of

pro- portion to the events in dispate and ure wgotiation stage."

Thear ources nuded: "Chile is kreping the door open to a friendly settlement and heartily

Mr. suppris

McNeil's state. about the ment

necessity of avoiding provocation."

Challenge

line and Chilean

naval forces are at present operating in Bri tsh waters in the Falkland Island Dependencies with the acclared object of enforcing their claims to sovereignty in this aren

Landings

"They have also landed par- ties and purport to set up mill. Tary commands in British terri tory.

"The Government consider The Chilean Foreign office de British title to the Falklan, Is- clined to comment officially on land Dependencies to be well- Mr. McNeil's statement.

founded and have been willing Meanwhile, President. Videla | it should stang the test of inter- was continuing his trip despite | national arbitration, a. violent storm which caught the transport Pinto, in which he is travelling, while crossing the Drake Sen. south of Cape Horn.

The storm may mean a slight delay in his arrival at Green-

wich Island.

In his Itou of Commons sintement, Mr. McNeil declared that "Britain will not overlook

view.

Uranium?

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She is under the command of Captain S. B. de Courcy-Ireland. She will pay off before being transferred to the reserve fleet. -Renter.

GERMAN STATE

BANK

Paris, Feb. 17. Informed observers comment- on the surprise re Frankfurt n the

The "News Chronicle" said in that a page-rne' story to-day

is believed to be one of the rea- Puranam in the Falkland Islands

sona for Argentine and Chilean challenges to British sovereignty." "In the protest we made to the Argentine and Chilean Gov-matic errespondent, did not disport from

The writer, the paper's diplong today ernments last December, we close the source of his informu- non-participation of France in made it plain we would accept tion the decision of the International The Government Press Office Court. This offer has been re- has released a speech. by Pre jected by both Governments,

"We can only regard this as evidence that they have no con- fidence in their ability to dis- pute our legal title.

sident Peron in which the Pre sident says Argentina is an ally of neither the United States nor Russia,

the German State Bank, formed by the Anglo-American bizonal authorities, pointed opt that "no definite decision" had been made excluding France from Joining the other two powers.

The observers, also regarded as significant the absence of a the challenge to our authority" "The Argentine Government delivered to the Argentina Con- French declaration dissociating about. the ArgenUne "de- į has suggested that there should gross on Feb. 5. the President] France from the bank's estab- monstrations" being made in be some form of internationald "Argentina cecupies a third Uishment, which is recognised the Falkland Island Depen conference and we are consider position and is hot allied either here as an urgently required

ng this proposal," Mr. McNeil with Russia or America",-As- | currency reform

sociated Press-Reuter.

Reuter.

dencies,

Steps were being taken to en- sure that the Governor of the Falkland Isles received the sup- port he needed. Mr. MeNell add.

et.

In British Waters

"Rival claims in the Antarc the have long existed, but it has never been thought necessary by the Governments to create

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