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SHOWDOWN COMING IN GUATEMALA?

By Alexander Clifford

its

Guatemala City, Wednesday. the idea that the British Empire spenly demanding the invasion of The Nationalist fervour in a cracking up in all directiona. British Honduras in a crescendo of Guatemala about Brillah Hon- This feeling was deliberately artificial fury. Surliness and ob duras is being whipped steadily aroused for the purposes of instruction have characterised higher.

all ternal politics, Guatemala doesn't | Guatemala's dealings with Britain. You can't be here long in this need British Honduras. She has charming,

mcuntaingirt city never had it. Sho known

Finally, the anil-Government without realising that the quar- population doesn't, want to be Paper La Hora accused tho Army rel must now be resolved in Guatemalan (she made a special of not having the guts to invnds sono way. I can't just sink reservation on the subject when British Honduras. The Govern into Indifference and oblivion. she adhered to the Alantic Char-ment suspended constitutional Some crisis must be posséd boter). She could not afford to run rights in order to muzzle fore it can be cured,

Press, but Congress refused to

is

the

It's odd to move about hera There is no valld, emotional ratify the Presidential decrée be- a member of a nation which basis for this irredentist feeling, cause it agreed with La. Hora,

strongly resented, dullked, But the Left Wing party in and to some extent, despised, power here has got itself trap

The feeling against us has real foundation, but it's none the paganda. And now it can't go noped in the spiral of its own pro-

icas completely genuine Thero is back, real indignation against us 23 # nation which has acted as a bully for generations by virtue of our shier strength.

Invasion Cry

The people have D romantic This present wave of anti- notion of themselves as a brave British feeling has been whipped little nation standing up against up hard over the past few weeks, an arrogant and unjust big one. The PrCBS,

which largely And contempt is crecping In with Government-controlled has been

Jewish

Agency's Protest

New York, Mar. 14.

One deputy made a formal re

cheered wildly and sang the no- of invading solution in favour British Honduras, Congress

tional anthem. The newspapers grew hysterical, Students scream- ed outside the. British Legation and climbed up windows.

Now all that is a little too om. clol and extreme to be ignored Since no new events had occurred to warrant such anti-British forl- ing it was Egical to regard these outbursts as artificially provoked Where are the inevitable rum- ours of Russian Instigation).

Air Exercises

And is hard to evold the conclusion that the present Gov- ernment, under President Arevalo wanted to strengthen their hold on the country by gaming credit for bringing the British Honduras question to a climax and possi bly, securing the territory.

The Jewish Agency made new charges against the Arab States of fomenting strife in Palestine in a memorandum presented today to the Security Council and the United Nations formation available about Palestine Commission,

I

Arab

Power Shortage In California

There is still no certain in- whe- ther Guatemala had actually made invasion plans. But she

of

CARNIVAL

By Dick Turner-

COPE, SINE BY HEA SERVICE, NC, T. I BEG U. K. PAY, DEPA

1-10

"Coftainly dis is a filo I'm using! Any objection to a gentio», man keepin'. hisself well groomed?”

"Brains Trust" For

-

Twenty

The Colonies

"brains trusts"

One of

eco-

As a preliminary to the lifting of the moratorium, Government has produced the draft of propos ed legislation to determine the! degree of validity to be acourded payments made und debts incurred during the period of Japanese occupation. its au- thors cannot be accused of over- simplification. That, in fact. would have been too much LG expect in view of the many coin- "plicated problems involved, the multitude of transactions affect The

Governments, the dum Included 16 pages of photo- did hold her first airborne land are at the service of the Bri-economic and social develop- rd, and the multiplicity of cir- Agency and,

The framing of plans for had become cographs and Arable newspaper ing manoeuvres some months ago. ish Colonial territories. cumstances surrounding these boldened by the growing cer-cuttings In support

Onment in the Colonies was the the She has got troop-carrying planes. of hundreds of cases. No submislainty of the

Implementation of Agency's charges against theBelize was undefended. A few them sorve nearly 300 of Bri-tank of the Colonial Economic partition. sion that the Bill provides the

Arab governments.-Reuter. planes landing the airfields tain's leading experts on social, and Development Council, set "Without manpower, funds and perfect answer to the problem is equipment supplied

could have bloodlessly occupied medical, educational, and up in 1946 under the chairman- by foreign

the colony. And the propaganda political matters, who give the hip of Lord Portal. likely to be made. It is merely governments, the disturbances in

wave had reached height where Colonies the benefit of uffered

their its members is the dis as the most equitable Palestine, where the bulk of the Arab,, population has shown Ittle

it was due to break,

apecial knowledge and wide extinguished West Indian |solution that can today be devis

The literate Uisp sition for conflict, would

population to the brand never have become a major mili ed having regard

Guatemala today hotly

nomist, Dr. W. A. Lewis. believe perience. that British Honduras is India-; necessities, and with that submis.

Issue," the memorandum

San Francisco, Mar. 14.

These "brains trusts" are the putably Guatemalan soll which

Another West Indian who sion there will be fairly common

Nevada and Californiu go on we have occupied and are with Colonial Ofco Advisory Com- sits on the Medical Committee jagreement,

daylight saving time today in holding. A tissue of patriotic mittees. They cover most of and the Committee for the Wel- order to gain an extra hour of books- hna made them look on it which the Colonial Office deals, United Kingdom, in Dr. C...B. propaganda, starting with schol- the Important subjects with fare of Colonial Peoples in the daylight save electricity,

liberation is a sacred cause, and Clocks throughout the States they seem to think that when we and their members, who give lorke His fellow-cricketer, were moved one hour ahead at abandon the colony we must taket their services without payment, Leary Constantine, has been in- 2.01 a.m. Pacific time Sunday the population with us. The soil are chosen so as to be able to wited to become a member of morning to ense the power is the important thing,

advise on as many aspects as the Advisory Committee. possible of the problems placed Social Welfare in the Colonies. for other of the parties raises a per lens," it said.

The memorandum estimated drought in 51 years. to the equity at the the invading forces la Palestine

before them. Thus they include A former Nigerian newspaper dispute as

Most of the electric power in i

not only specialista scientists; editor, Mr. S. L. Akintola, is occupation settlement, Such as totalling 5,000 to 6,000, most- the states is hydro-electric and It la dificult, to ផទវ what is economista, and so on-but also attending the meetings of this: cases must, inevitably, be numery Syrians and Iraqis.

Britain was criticised for "an

a power shortage was

Colonial admin- Committee during his stay In enused going to make them think other experienced ous, and there must be scores unexpected dereliction of duty in when rains falled to fill the They are not going to istrators, industrialist, Trade England on a course of instruc

listen to any where outright validation, with allowing the violation of Pales mountain

British counter Union officials, sand 'members of tien. argument. They are not going to out taking all the circumstances time's frontiers.” The memoran-

forget about British Honduras.nther Government departments: into consideration, would cause

Sooner or later some settlements Committees usually have power

Leave Reports serious hardship. The Bill leaves

are necessary.

to co-opt particular specialists Next month the Latin-Ameri- as required. '

Technical officers ол leave can nations meet in conference ot

from the Colonica frequently Bogata. It is believed here that Meetings the Advisory report in person to the Com- Guatemala will take the lead in Committees are urging that all colonies held by either by the Minister of State frat-hand up-to-date informa- presided over mittees, in order to give them European nations in the Western for the Colonies or by the Partion about the problems of their Hemisphere should be abolished.

naid..

the United ;

The task before Nations, it added, was to secure The basic principle that has the observance of the Charter by been adopted ́ validates all. tran- member states "who are employ- sactions upon which the parties in the threat and use of force

in their international relations, concerned аге Agreed. 'The

"I should not require a long three main clauses of the Bill process of determination lo As. become operative only when one sess these setivities in their pro-shortage caused by the worst!

it open to them to reach an amicable compromise solution, and establishes certain

general

¦ principles' which the Courts shall

follow if an agreement cannot The reached.

·

There will, of course, be an outery by the "witch-hunters" who will declaim against a mea sure which preserves the position of occupation collaborators who salted away their military yen in property and securities, and are how guaranteed at least the main portion of the fruits of their lab. ours, unless it can be demonstrat ed that coercion or duress entered Into the transaction.

Afghanistan Seeking Credits

Press.

streams. United

CHICAGO STRIKE THREAT

Chicago, Mar. 14. A strike which may paralyse, third of the nation's ment-packing industry is less than two days away:

The threatened walkout of 100,000

CIO packinghouse workers is now ser for midnight on Monday.

Its effect upon farmers would felt immediately; in the home within

The Ten Per Cent

of

on

Anti-British feeling, of course liamentary Under-Secretary of territories. With a similar is not universal here. The In-State. The Colonial Office's end in view, Committee mem dians, who form 60 per cent, of permanent advisers are members also visit the Colonies

the population care and probably bers of their appropriate com- from time to time, and the num

know nothing about it. The a few days and on the economic front business men are unhappy about mittees. almost as sooth..

possible commercial repercussions. Export-Import Bank for. credits "Big Four" packers, Cudahy, Wilson, who wield political

The strike was scheduled after the But the 10 per cent, of the nation power are

Washington, Mar, 18. Afghanistan is to ask tho

programme,

them on, this,

to

support

of $100,000,000 for an extensive Armour and Swift, refused a demand serious. And no politician in the development

Mr. for a 29-cent per hour wage increase, country can refuse A. II. Aziz, the Afghanistan-United' Pres. delegate to the Havana trade talks, announced today.

He said both governmental Even then, as far as we under- and private projects were on- stand the Bill, they will have vlanged, with both coordinated small cause for concern

under a 10 to. 12 years pro Government spon- thing more is likely to be involv-gramme.

na no-i

ed than some revaluation of the red projects included the im

provement of communications consideration - and the payment both roads and telegrapha

irrigation and hydro-electric

of the difference which will vary according to the date when the works, and the exploration of original payment Was

Tropical Medicine

ber of these visits ls to be in creased in future.

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE extended its scope to take in mentiations are

By SHEPARD BARCLAY

"THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES"

MAKING LENGTHS

Matters for discussion by the Advisory Committées arise in the main from Colonial Gor=”) It was in 1909 that the first ernment reports and from important Advisory Committed points raised by the Colonial was set up. Dealing at first Once and by individual com- with the problems of medicine mittee members. After discus in tropical Africa, it has now alon, committees' recom- forwarded to medicine and sanitation ques- the Secretary of State for the tions in the whole of the Colonies. Colonial Empire. A special committed is studying plans for Special aspects are often establishing a Tropical Dis dealt with by sub-committees. dawn the number of cards in them enscs Hospital.

Some of these are regional, | with which the defendere could do

others doal with particular damage against a No Trump con- Among the most urgent ques-questions. For example, the tract.

tions to be tackled in the Colonial Labour Advisory Com South said after the hand that Colonies at present are soil mittee has a sub-committee on on this account cannot seriously Mr. Aziz explained in an eaty for the food player to show his North had zebid the clubs, tarosion, and loss of fertility of Social Security, and the Ad be entertained: The legislature Interview that prospecting had partner that he has two sultar of which veined to ruit to four land, due to years of shifting visory Committee and Education cannot discard or ignore the ele- revealed deposits of coal, iron; Jeast five cards each. That is

for two reasons Pirat, the de cultivation and over-grazing in the Colonies set up a special mentary principles of justice, chrome, manganese and copper the lower second and then bidding the undesirability of No Trumps, as cattle disease, too, combined employment in the

bidding the higher ranking suit first,me,

sirability

of clubs in that case, second The prevalence of such plague sub-committee to discuss the much less attempt to divide into ones, but extensive geological the lower again. If, however, the the margin being rather closs but with a general ignorance of the Kingdom of teachers returning United |sheep and goats those members of surveys were required to deter: her is of only four cards, the gh for that preference.

elements of animal husbandry, from the Colonies. the populace who were concerned. The highway construction see the lowers the threats In clubs North could have lost

lower is bid first, higher next,

cause the death" "of 'thou in affairs during the occupation programme was designed chlef of five and the lower four, the In the No Trump, however. South every year, and herds are of widest of fields, and is the sub-

boothing except, two tricks in spades. sands

Belentifle research. In the of head of cattle Colonial Empire period.

offers the ly to facilitate the movement bigher it bid first, the lower second, was down to. The diamond 10 to If there is justifiable criticism of commodities in and out of then the higher rebid, Think about the forect the A South saw five the poorest quality. These and fect of several committees. The of the Bill, it will be founded on the country, he said. Private this bit, and you will see how sim-club tricks, had one in diamonds and similar problems are the fold broad lines of research policy the length of time taken in its projects which it was hoped to petalshtforward and definite i could get the needed other three, ne of the Colonial Advisory Coun-are laid down by the Colonial preparation. Few would attempt sponsor Includes food process

made. Afghanistan's petroleum and Pity though this may be, protests mineral possibilities,

mine their extent,

CLEAR

Granted that the hand is enough to justify such bidding, it ir

strong

•

the logic governing it all..

to predict precisely what effecting) textile manufacture, Cement: this attempt to

get rid of the manufacture, vegetable oil ro- mill-stone round the Colony's fining and the converting of economic, neck will have, but it products,

The proposed International H. 9 7·4°. is certainly that none of the coun-Trade Charter now in prepara-D. K 109 plexities have been smoothed tion at Havana would work to away by the protracted delay Int Afghanistan's advantage," Mr. a matter about which most, ex-Aziz sald. His country was pert minds were fully made uplooking forward to substan- more than twelve nionths ago... - tial expansion of Its exports of

fruit, cattle and related pro- ducts,,; and believed it had i valuable market to exploit in nerable.) the continent of India North

Healds

CHINDIT REUNION

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are brought before the search, agriculture,animal spade A won to set the contract special Raearch Committee, of health and forestry,” sõelal which Bir John Fryer, the science, economie research, and Secretary of the Agricultural insecticides. These committees Research Committee, is Chair differ, from the majority In man, and Sir Edward Salle having as, chairman one of the bury, Director of the Royal specialist members." Botanic Gardens at: Kew, In Vice-Chairman.

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