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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1948.

COMMONS IN AN UPROAR

Deafening Noise Over Bill

London, Mar. 16.

The House of Commons was in an uproar tonight with 500 Members cheering and counter- cheering until the noise was almost deafening. The tension arose from the Government's decision to abolish separate University representation in Parliament.

Threat To Peace In Palestine

New York, Mar. 16. During the Big Four Palestine meeting here today, Dr. T. F. Talang (China) said the solution why not sufficiently impartia) and that in his opluton the threat to pence in Palestine was not entire- ly caused by the infiltrations from neighbouring countries,

He said thai the arrivn) of args by land or by sea for either side was a contributing factor,

This was not acceptable to the other three delegations although All four were reported to be near agreement,

The Opposition strongly object ed to this 300-year-old tradition bolag broken and repeated pre- vlous charges of Government það faith, assorting that the Labour Party had agreed to allow the University representation wartime all-party conference Her

at .

This was denied by bert Morrison, the Deputy Prime Minister, who declared that he did not see why the universities should be separately represented any more than old scholars

from his old elementary school.

Later, amid, cries of ap- proval from handreds of La- bour Members and shouts of disapproval from Conserva-

tives, the Home Becretary, Mr. James Chater Ede, de- clared: "We believe in the abolition of all franchises. This is the last that remains. It is high time I was wiped

out."

200 ARRESTS Channel

IN PRAGUE

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Prague, Mar. 16. -

The new Czechoslovak Minister of Justice, Dr. Alexel Cepicks, sald today that about 200 persons had been arrested for offences

the State in Czechoslovakia. since ho took office 19 days ago.

Dr. Cepicks gave this information to two British Labour Members of Partia- ment now visiting Prague, Mr. R. H. S. Crosman and Colonel George Wise, Reuter,

Nehru Retracts

New Delhi, Mar. 17 Pandit Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister, in a statement to Parliament today, withdrew the allegations he made a week go that Britain was employing Indians guilty of anti-Indian propaganda in her Information acrvices in America.

Tunnel Discussion

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London; Mar. 16. British and French en- gineers and Members of Parliament met in the House of Commons here today to plan a revived Lew campaign for a Channel tunnel linking Dover and Calais.

AYRES

After the engineers had dis Zachary

cussed the technical details of the proposed tunnel, estimated to cost £50,000,000 or £60,000,- 000, the Parliamentarians agreed to urge their Govern. ments to consider the project in connection with any plans for promoting the closer union of their two countries in par- ticular and of Western Europe in general.

1980.

Dr. Tetang suld he would ask An Opposition Member got up

The engineers and Parlia the Security Council for more time to speak, but the noise was so

mentarlane passed resolutions and the "Big Four" will meet great he could not be heard. "The British propaganda ser recording their conclusions. again tonight in an attempt to Eventually the Government moy-vices in America have con- The engineers declared that the satisfy the Chinese reservationed that the debate should be end-tradicted my statement," he construction of the tunnel Reuter.

ol until tomorrow,

said. "They have clearly

would now prosent less tech. This

was the stencil for an- other outburst by the Opposition, stated that they are not carry-nical difficulty than in

Government Finally as Opposition amendmenting on any propaganda or pub when a British

reported that the seeking to retain University re-licity for the Pakistan Govern committee

tion was defeated by 328] ment and that they have not

engineering project was fea- to 198 and the debate ad- employed any Indian on their sible.-Router, journed witil tomorrow.

staff. The House was discossing in committee point by point the Gov-

accept that denial- ernment's Bill providing for the express my regrat for redistribution of Parliamentary having made a statement which sonte mado neemsary by the was not factually true-Reu- movement of population-Reuter. | ter.

Warsaw 'Spy' Trial

Warsaw. Mor. 17

Three people were sentenced to death in the "Anders spy group" trial in Warsaw today,

One of the accused was son tenced to life imprisonment, two to 15 years, one to 10 years) and one to five years.

In its verdict, the court stated that, "with sabotage and terror" the espionage conduct. ed by this group was one of the methods the rehetionary under- ground and General Andera' agents employed in their strug. gle ngainst the democratic re- gime from the very first mo-Top ment the people's Republic of Poland was created."--Reuter.

Chennault's Contract

Nanking, Mar. 17

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Italian Democrat Call To Truman

Rome, Mar. 16. Christian Democrat leaders today called on President Truman for an assurance that the United States would guarantee Italy against any illegal Communist attempt to seize power before or after the April 18 elections.

The fenders said that Premier walkout of all Government em- Alcide de Gaspari's Cathalle Chris-picyees because of "political in tian Democrat Party, desperately timidation."

Princess In Edinburgh

Glasgow, Mar. 17. Princess Margaret. ill after an allnight trip to Scotland, re covered enough to make speech on Tuesday afternoon to 30,000 flagwaving Scots.

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She looked somewhat patei but spoke crisply and confiden- tly as she accepted the free dom of Glasgow on behalf of the Highland Light Infantry

of which she is colonel.

One battalion of the re: giment paraded for her. The other is serving in Palestine and in her broadcast speech, short of funds at present was it Worker in the Court of Ac- the troops in the Holy Land, the 19-year old Princess told the midst of a drive for more counts, which controls the anan-We are all looking forward to cial activity of Ministries, are

Major-General Claire Chen-money.

Press.

nault', Civil Air Transport be- They said u strong statement scheduled to strike on Thursday, your return home.”—Associated

trom Mr Truman tomorrow would-United Press. bring enough money Into the coffers of nen-Communist Parlies to enable them to defeat the Com- munists at the polls,

came offlelally sublimated to the Civil Aeronautics Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Communicat- jons under a new canirnet signed here yesterday.

Effective until the end of this They hoped for a protest from year, the contract provides that President Truman against -Com- the Chinese Government reserves munist expansion, plus some kind the right to allocate the tonnage of military proof that the United to be carried by CAT and, where States would maintain Italy's inde- necessary, make emergency use pendence by force if necessary, of the fuclitics for military. They said such a statement would. purposes.

pay off in funds and voles, CAT will be permitted 10 The leaders charged that Italy's operate only 18 transports of wealthy industrialists were hedg- specific types and will tempor- ing against a possible Communist arily be based at the Hungjao victory by contributing money to airfield in Shanghat pending com- the Communists. They said if the pletion of the construction of a industrialists were assured that civil airport at Hankow-Reuter, the United States would hall any Communist coup. they would donale their offerings to the non- Communist Parties.

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-Nanking, Mar. 17.

Four months after China's first democratic elec- tions held last November, the Government announces this morning that 1,623 out of a total of 3,045 candidates have been duly elect- ed and entitled to take their seats in the National Assembly.

The Government expects the National Assembly to meet from March 29 to April 19 to elect the President and Vice-Presi- dent of the Chinese Republic.

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