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THE CHINA 'MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1945.

BENES RESISTS PRESSURE Refuses To Accept Resignations Of Anti-Communist Ministers Coalition Cabinet Taft On

To Continue

Prague, Feb. 21.

President Eduard Benes, ailing and tired, contin-

⚫ued to hold the Czechoslovak Government to

gether tonight by resisting Communist pres-

sure.

He told the Communists. from Premier Klement Gottwald down, that he would not allow any- thing but a Parliamentary government with parties now in the National Front continuing to be represented. He also declared he would not allow the Communists, the largest single party, to be excluded.

Dr. Benes thus refused to no continued close alliance with the cept the resipuntions of the Min- | Communists.—Associated Press,

ister's

three anti-Communist Parties in a deadlock over alleg- ed Commnunkt attempts to in- stitute poßer slate and TC- jected Communist demands for a clearout pro-Soviet Government.

His answer was made public after

a series of conferences and a pubilke rally at which the Come- malsts voiced their demands Then

the President went In

Lang, his country state, tot the station stew over the week e-tul

"Unthinkable

London, Feb. 21.

The Slovak Democrat mein- hors of the Slovak Board of Trusters (Provincial Cabinet) liave been asked to resign by Dr. Hasak. Chairman of the Board, by Pravite radio said tonight.

Palestine

Washington, Feb. 21. Senator Robert Taft call- ed tonight for a United Na- tions enforcement of the partition of Palestine.

Senator Taft, Republican presidential aspirant, said that no nation would defy the United Nations if that body showed that it in- tended to enforce its de. cisions -Reuter.

American Women Killed

San Francisco, Feb. 21. The Chinese Communkis to- day charged that government troops, not Communists, killed two American women mission- aries and a Finnish doctor in Central China on January 7.

The three victims were Mar- J. Anderson, of Minnen. polis, Esther Victoria Nord- lund, of Chiengo, and. Dr. Alexis

Heavy Shipment Berg, of Helsinki, Finland, Of Food

Liverpool, Feb. 21. The -11.000 ton Vessel "Haparang)" will complete her muiden round-voyage at Liver. pool on Monday by bringing some ofte of the largest consign. ments of food ever to leave New Zealand.

The "aparang)," which will rup regularly between Liver

At the time they were drag. ged from a bus 150 miles north of Hankow and shot down, fel- low passengers said the "ban- dits" who killed them looked little Communist soldiers.

The Communist Radio broad enet today said that Communist military headquarters had mare investigations and found that the killings were by troops of Ma Hsin-chl, chief of a Govern. ment county defence headquar- |

and New Zealand, le charterh tered by a New Zealand ship-|

ng company. re-

10.

Dr. Husak, the radio Anid. write to the Social Temperat members, calling for their signation "in view of the

ignation of the Slovak De. mocral Ministers (in the Czecho- slovak Cabinet) and in view of There, It was reported, he rewithin the Government,

the entire attitude of that Party erived Zenek Fieringer, former is legally unthinkable that Prender and Left Wing Seelal the Democratic Party, which

"R

Dengerat lender. Fierlinger was

went juta opposition, should have restoved from his Party chair-executive power in Slovaklu by manship last Novender by the being represented in the Boardl Party Congress breause of bis of Trustees,”—Router.

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RIDICULED

(From Paul Scott Rankins, Reuter Correspondent)

Washington, Feb. 21.

Her present cargo includes early 5,000 tons of butter, 2,300 tons of cheese, 900 ton of frozen meat and 97 tons of milk. Reuter.

PROFITS

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The brondenst, heard in San Francisco by the Associated Press, kald that "to eradicate this evil" Communist troups on January 30 surrounded aml "wiped out" Ma and his troops. ⇒ Associated Press.

NEVER ERASE

FEARS

London, Feb. 21.

The excitement about cominodity price falls is partly artificial but psychologically deeper. Ever since 1929, the United States has been fearing another 1929 and profiting by its failure to arrive, but profit never erased fear, states a report in the "Economist” on the United States.

State Department officials today ridiculed sugges-The

tions put out by the Moscow Radio that the American Ambassador to Prague, Mr. Law- rence Steinhardt, had given the signal for the resignation of non-Communist Ministers from the Czech Cabinet.

Officials

of the

falls have not yet spelt a dépression and living costs are still high. Farmers are reported to be unhappy and labour watchful. The Federal Reserve Board is likely to relax. its policy of tightening money.

The price fall has demonstrated national and never an international that supplies in the United States tact are gud si senter as prices and Join- Elsewhere, the, "Econami«!" rionalist Congressmen indicated."The nited States Gavernment Those who argized that the Marcommitment to support farm prices It is pointed out here that inshall Plan would exaggerate Ameri- has assisted Chicago but some NĚ. ficials are of the opinion that $1

Department, that all Russia wants is to have said that the United States Gov-friendly countries on is borders ernment was watching the poli- for reasons of security; tical crisis in Prague closely and

receiving reports from its Embas- both Its political and economie con scarcities auf raise U. S. prices will 'not recur and industrial

ing th

Rt

ay there.

internationa! relations, Czecho- must bad another argument. Concern is being expressed in Slovakia ha ភ been extremely

Canada and Latin America may interests in Congress are reminding official eireles here at the latest friendy towards Russia and, for suffer, since they have counted on the farm bloe that the present p developments in Prague, includ-example,

United State port levels could be very dangerous. international plementing scarce the Communist Premier's al conferences, has consistently ikely to last long and may make favour indecision but further restric

*Their upplies,

uncertainty j.

...."Election-year -will-continue ---- 16- legations of a plot; his attempt supported whatever point of view

инте patient less reluctant for to oust non-Communist membera was put forward by the Russian

intive ernational cooperation.

may Jar of the Czech Cabinet; and the Government. Reuter. arrival in Prague of the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister.

More importance, however, is attached in Washington to the political integrity and indepen

lence of Czecho-Slovakin than

if any other states for a number

of reasons.

Firstly, there is a traditional

connection between the United States and Czecho-Slovakia, dat-

War 1 when the foundations of

Africans Charged In Liverpool

versea

Prices are unlikely to regain their 1947 peaks in the near future, hence

countries will 6nd asier to buy from the United States

nay find it harder to sell, es pecially if U, 8. tariff sentiment

uzives..

"Superstition"

monetary moves abandoned.

"The Senate vote to earmark $3, 000,000,000 of this year's budgetary surplus for foreign relief will prevent money

being used for deflationary re- redemption of U. S. Governmeni deh! but the Treasury itself would have been very cauilons in restricting ere- fit further.

Meanwhile, gloominess de super-

still seems probable that more | Su basic indication of recesion will ap

stition rather than depression, Liverpool, Feb. 21."

far it shown few signs of becoming pear later."--Reyter, Holding blankets round tropi.

ing back to the period of World cal cotton clothes to ward off Live new democratic Czecho- the Arctic cold which they un- Slovakia state

were, laid in the Expectedly encountered, three United States itself, with the as- Africans appeared in court here sixtaner of Woodrow Wilson, by "oday accused of stowing away the present President of Czecho- rem Sierra Leone on the Slovakia, Dr. Edouard Benas, and steamer "Tempele." the first President of that state, Dr. Thomas Masaryk, father of the present Foreign Minister,

Communist Pattern Although the Communist pat tern for subjection of Czecho- Slovakia appears to be the same as for ether states, renotion here would be very much more sharp If a Communist coup d'etat i completed,

ahlp was searched for stowa- The prosecuter said that the

ways before she Railed and Moine were found and put ashore. The three were later found in a chain locker contain- ing hundreds of fathoms of chain. Had this been used, the revolving drum might easily have killed thom.

The three men said that they were.senmon and had left Free- Lown because there was no work for them.

Secondly, Czecho-Slovakia' has been regarded as a bridgo between the castern and western nations of Europe, particularly in rela-

The Chairman, sentencing: tion to the Marshall Plan,

Thirdly,

Russian-Czechoslovak ach to 20 days imprisonment, relations have been regarded as, remarked that Liverpool fou In theory, at least, a test of the men were looking for jobs. thesis of Russian foreign policy Reuter

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