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Western European Alliance Tathay Pacific

TO BE SIGNED

ON WEDNESDAY Of Stability

London; Mar. 11.

A five-power West European Alliance will be signed next. Wednesday, and the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, will visit Brus- sels for the ceremony.

The draft prepared by the Brussels Conference as a result of its discussions since March 4 will be discussed by the five Governments during the next few days, but the text is not likely to be published until it is normally signed. Tentative arrangements aug-tions Charter and avoid.giving gent that Mr. Bevin will leave open offence to the London on Sunday in time to Union-Reuter. rench Parks for the opening of the 10-power European re- covery talks, opening at the (uny d'Orsay on Monday.

Soviet

The Terms While the treaty is officially secret, reliable sources said it would prob- ably include the following:

1. Signatories to render automatic military assistance to any signatory attacked

ked by a European aggressor, 2. All altsputes to be settled at

he International Court of Justice a The Hague,

It in thought he will deliver n full-dress speech as head of the British delegation during the plenary sessions one of which he attends on Monday afternoon or Tienday.

He is expected to travel toto le corsidered by and approved Brussels on Tuesday evening only with the unanimous consent of and after the signing of the all five powers. Western Alilance, to return to London next Thursday,

Security Clauses

3. Appliraslans by other countries

Corner Stone Gottwald

Gets Vote Of Confidence

Now, York,. Mar. 11. The five-nation pact. now being negotiated in Brussels "may become the corner sions of stability in Europe and of the peace of the world," the Belgian Ambas- sador to the Unlied 8tates, Baron Robert Silvercruys, declared on his arrival here tast night in the queen Elizabeth.

He described he regional defence and economia agreement, uniting Britain. France, Detrium, The Netherinudn and Luxem- bourg, as the beginning of a great idea, in perfect con- formity with the United Nations Charter. Reuter,

"

Prague, Mar. 11. Dr. Klement Gott-

wald and his new Com- munist-dominated. Gov- ernment today received án unanimous vote of confidence from the Czechoslovak Parlia- ment, which began dis cussion of the pro- gramme outlined yes-

Czechs Given terday.

Health Leave

It was officially announced that up to today alx of the 300 Progue, Mar, 11.

Members of Parliament had re- "Health leave", ranging from one signed their seats. Yesterday, week to two months, was granted | 256 Members attended the first today to ten nun-Communist Parlia session since the Government mentary deputies, most of 4. The Western European bloc to were expelled from their parties last The House may meet daily whom changes at the end of February. Ise linked to British, French, Belgian week. and Dutch overseas possessions

Among them were the former Min- until next Tuesday. through classes the economiristers, Vaclav Majer (Social

The United States Am- th. 1. treaty.

mocrat), and Frantick Hafa Planksador, Mr. L. Steinhardt, mutual (People's Party).

for the Diplomalle Corps, and infiltra-

At the upening of the plenary Prufessor Slin. Soviet Am- session of Parliament today, the baseador, for the Soviet Gov inent, today expressed their gumgunced sia resignations previous condolences

for the death of Press reports said defence least three mpre

Dr. Jan Masaryk. deputies resigned Jesterday, United Press.

5. Signatories to receive There is particularly inter-protection from "political est in London in the exact form on."

Kiven to the security clauses of sighed, the five nations will form

6. Once the treaty is formally Speaker of the Home bo formally

the alliance. It is felt that on joint consultative committee enforcingly reported. thern will largely depend the economic, couperative and shape of the security discUA-clause-United Press, sions at the six-power German talks due to be resumed in

London in mid-April.

The Brussels negotiations

are seen here as a link between them and the Paris 16-nation | conference,

Fur example, the final terms of the clause. In the

Sensational Slovene

Arrests

Belgrade, Mar. 11.

Brussels treaty governing ad-A series of sensational arrests on charges of

mission of new Diembers to the Western Alliance must colour

any discussions in Paris on the prospects and the timing of the widening the alliance.

If, as the latest reports from Brussels suggest, the economic links between the five signa- tories are worked out in some detail, observers believe must tend to retard the necession of

terms.

The

The Czech Minister of Social Welfare, M. Evzen Crdan, an-i nounced today that about a thousand of the country's 24,- 1000 civil servants had been dis- missed in recent purges. Some of them would be reinstated, he added.—Neuter.

Weizmann

espionage and involving high personalities in Sues For

the Communist Party were reported here to- day from Slovenia.

charges against. them will. include prewar "infiltration" into the Slovene Communist Party allegedly as British intelligence agents and the exploiting of their postwar positions high State officials for "economic espionage." Government oficials refused to***

as

All the accused are Slovenes

the

new members on entirely equal discuse the situation tonight, but. It la understood there are no vasque

it is known that among the aepolitical charges against

at least one Assistant group such as the popular Com- quaed is Minister, a high official of the

munist accusation of "deviation Sloveno Economic Control Com- ism".

"Run In"

Libel

London, Mar. 10. The High Court today ap- proved a settlement, reached out of court, of a libel action by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, - the former Jewish Agency head, against the Daily Mail

an erroneous

Dr. Weizmann complained of roport, in some

Jan. 17, which alleged that he editions of the Daily Mail on

had been taken into custody in The Benelux countries, whose mission, and the Communist Party The leading actured are all well Palestine and had admitted fly- representatives in Brussels Recretary of one of the most im-known as faithful supportera or ing a plane of the Haganah, the have pressed for the greatest portant. Yugoslav industrial dia-the Communist Central Commit-Jewish defence force. possible measure of economic tricts.

Lee's policies and, their, arrest on It was stated that the paper coordination between the found-

auch allegations caused a sensa had published an apology, tion among their colleagues. which was repeated in court, i

would pay a substantial sum to charity, and would pay Dr. The number of arrests was not Welzmann's costs, disclosed, but la believed to ex The mistaka was explained na cecil 20. All, except the Federal, due to na error in Assistant to the Minister for In-Rion between offices.-Reuter. Justry, are officials of the Slovene

er members, are unlikely to be enthusiastic about admitting other nations into such a close economie-association until the

allinneo-has-had-time-to-be "run in" and to prove economie value.

ita

MacArthur

Screens Comment

All Officials

Governinent, notably in the scono

mic departments,

The

arrested persons are known popularly, as the "Dachau"

because the Germans interned ali group:

transmis

Saxony Govt Resigns

The Wordign of the clauses specifying the conditions on which mutual aid provisions

New York, Mar. 11. would operate will be watch-

A special "New York Times" ed closely for their possible effect on the Russian reac dispatch from Tokyo said the of them in 1941 in the Dachau ton, which will inevitably be | occupation aüthorities are care concentration camp,

They were hostile to the new treaty. fully acroming the material released during the war. when

Hanover, Mar. 11. The technical drafting prob- the Japanese are allowed to they returned and joined the Tito It was announced here today Jen has been to make the de-read about the American reac-liberation movement in Slovakia. that the Government of Lower ience provisions as comprehen- tion to General Douglas dive as possible and, simultane-Arthur's announcement of his a Presidential eusly. to conform to the letter availability na and spirit of the United Na- candidato,

The dispatch, -by. Lindesay Parrot, Indicated Allied censors already have deleted at lengt one comment from the Japanese press and held up for about 24

Coroner Not At All Satisfied

Mac-

British

One version of the arrests Suxony, in the British Zone, says the men were deliber-resigned yesterday. ately released by the Gestapo. Herr Heinrich Koff, the who knew they were British Premier, told the intelligence agents under a promise they would work for Brigadier Lingham, today that Acting Regional Commissioner,

nil attempts to settle the differ- and continued working for the left-wing-patties had-falled But they betrayed" the Nazis onces between the right and British.

the Germans,

Two now questions on the Gov resign..

and caused the Government-to | ernment employees' questionnaire The Koff Coalition of all sro purported to ask whether the

-Reuter,

hours other disputches contain- ing. editorial expressions by home leading US newspapers,

"Dispatches killed or delayed employee was interned during the parties, except Communists, include an Associated Press war and the circumstances of his had held office sluce June, 1947. dispatch from Tokyo, for dis-release-Router. semination both in the United States and locally, atating that}! the MacArthur statement left the door open for his with-' drawal unless adequate support seemed forthcoming,

London, Mar. 11. A London coroner's court today ruled that

Also dukayed. was an inter- 58-year old Sir Derrick pretive article by Russel Julius Wernher-son of Brince Associated Press, say- Ja South African million- ing that General MacArthur aire and the "richest wo-in the Republican National would not return to takä - part man in England" who Convention... was found dead outside ;"A third article that is held his flat here on Satur- to be abjectionable for Jap anese readers is an Annocístod

day, died “in circum- Pross dispatch quoting edi stances not sufficiently torials of the New York "Sun, [disclosed by the evi- Denver Post and the Buffalo

dence"

"Evening News? Thisd, ques- tioned the volume of support The coroner said that, the evidence for the Commander. at home, spoke of attacks of dizziness?"and Kiddiness and indicated that it was termed him an enigmatic candi possible to fall over, the, parapet of date, whose views were unknown the seventh-floor balcony from which I and referred to the" Generál sa Bie Derrick plunged, to his death." [à dar

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