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AUSTRALIA CONDEMNS U.S. Smuggler's Ruse FOREIGN INVESTMENTS

DECISION ON PALESTINE Setting Aside Of UNO Decision Must Be Closely Scrutinised

Statement Issued By Dr. Evatt

Australia has come out with a sharp condemnation of the decision of the United States to with- draw its support of the partition plan for Palestine.

In a statement issued by Dr. Evatt, the Minister for External Affairs, it is urged that "it would be most disturbing if mere consideration of power politics or expediency were allowed to destroy the (Assembly's) décision."

"The decision of a competent the United Kingdom Govern- international conference should ment had specially requested

be accepted after there has been

⚫ full enquiry

the United Nations Assembly

and fair debate to handle the matter as all pre-

and a just settlement has been vious, efforts at reconciliation reached. Accordingly, muy sel- { between

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the Arabs and Jewa

ting aside of the United Na-entirely failed. tions Assembly decision

the United Nations, the Palestine must JH closely British Government did not it Berutinised.

Relf propose any solution and

TIN FOR HONG KONG

London, Mar. 23, -

The Combined Tin Com mittee has allocated 18,940 further tons of tin to 20 nations for the first half of 2048. Hong Kong was «l» located 75 tons.

amonnta

Togelber previously received for the lx months' period, the new allocations are expected to be all these nations will re- colved until July-Associ- ated From.

America

Reverses Decision

Marshall Plan

For Asia

New Delhi, Mar. 23. A "Marshall Plan" for Asia-- affectiva programina of mutual aid on a regional: basis might be provided by the United Nations Economic Com mission for. Asla and the Far East, Dr. Henry F. Grady, the United States Ambassador to India, said here today,

addressing the Indian

Dr. GrWorld Afsir, said the

Council of

Economic Commbsion was expected to meet in India in May and recom- mend number of positive steps for the advancement of the area.

BY

The posibilities of such an razisation were great and it might in many respects-become-counter- part of the European recovery pro gramme.

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Dr. Gradly declared: "The Mar: bali Plan will not deprive the Far- Cast of its share of equipment it quire I would stimulate European productise of machinery and equip

ment, which would reduce the Euro-

Washington, Mar. 23.

The White House an- "It is impossible to examine announced it would accept the nounced today that it the new plan in letali because United Nations decision in the has abandoned plans to nothing definite Is known about circumstances. Canada, Aus have a State Depart-pean demands on American produs. it. It is said that trusteeship tralia, South Africa and Naw ment administration to on, and in sime, through increased will be the new mulution but the Zealand all supported the pro take over the American ducts, would provide Asis with more European purchases of Asia's pro- word itself is, ambiguous. What posal finally adopted. ques it mean? It certainly seems)

"After all that has occurred, to Zone of Germany this foreign exchange for the purchase to imply that the peoples to be throw the solution into the melt-summer and that the broad of needed industrial equip

nient, Reuter. placed under trusteeship are ing pot again, may be very United States Army will not sufficiently odvanred

for damaging to the authority of Belf-Government. Such a sugges- the United Nationa

remain in control of the tion would seem to be untenable

"It has been contended that Government inthe in relation either to the Palesthe enforcement of the Assem American Zonë

Inde tinian Arabs or to the Palos bly's declalon in not possible. finitely.

Had the great Power who sup

·tininn Jews.

Which Failed

Unique: evidence of a man's ingenuity to outwit the law is provided in the picture above. It is a common Chinese earthen jar, inside of which an inner jar had been moulded.

In between the outer and inner jars Re- venue Officers yesterday found 110 taels of raw opium which a passenger on board the sa. "Tsi- nan" attempted to smuggle into the Colony. The inner jar contained bean sauce,

NOT ALL GONE

London, Mar. 23, The report of the Connell of Foreign bondholders corrects the impression that Britain's foreign Investments have been virtually liquidated. Foreign sterling bonds alone are annually re- mitting to Britain the equivalent of about US$55,000,000 on a capital of £250,000,000. There is complete default on development, many countries further capital of about £500,--ought, to improve their cred!! 000,000, of which enemy or ex- standing' by clearing up their enemy debt comprise morc l'external debt records and do. than half, the Council's scoping their utmost to reach "fair" during 1947 was limited but and equitablo agreements with excepting one, Constantinople their creditors.

Loan, all existing, dobt arran- The Council is of the opinion gements have been maintained that the World Bank will feo and some progress has been obliged in its own interests tr made in other countries" and insist on a'large' measuro: "of negotiations.

compliance with this advice".

As their gold' and dollar rø‹| Reuter, serves fall füther many Latin American countries have res. tricted imports.

The Argentine Federal Government and some of the provincial governments have mado further substantial; pro -gresą towards contractual re- demption of their external debts.

Governmen

The Peruvian has made an, unilateral attempt

ditors.

Paris Train

Death Mystery

Paris, Mar. 23.

to settle with its foreign cre The police today re- vealed that a beautiful No progress was made to girl, who worked at a wards the resumption of Jap-top secret French atomic an's external, debt payments:

The position of China's pre-laboratory, was found war debt was unaltered. al-dead on the Paris-Brest though the Chinese Prime main line railway track

Minister has reaffirmed his

government's recognition of in the wake of a speed- Its obligations.

statement that to restart the

The Council noted with ing express train early satisfaction the World Bank's yesterday morning:

The girl, Madeleine Marrec. flow of private capital. for the 27; was en route from Paris to the subsidiary atomic research station in Brittany when she

The man was arrested and win be charged Three-Powertrain, pear the ting

at the Central Magistracy this morning.

Sweeping Away Of Bombay

Customs Barriers

"If, however, what is now ported the proposal at Lake The White House announcement proposed is a temporary United Success adhered firmly to it, saldi "On January 27, the De. Nations' trusteeship, merely there probably would have been partment of the Army announce for the purpose of carrying out little difficulty. In any evented that an agreement had been the Assembly's decisions it under the Assembly's decision reached that the State would be a very different mat- the new Jewish State non ment should resume the respon-Two important achievements have been made by

the

Depart-

sibility for the nonmilitary as

for

Brussels, Mar. 23.

the 16-nation European customs union study group during its current session, which ended here today, towards the ultimate sweeping. aside of Europe's customs barriers.-- First, an agreement has been reached on the estab- lishment of a permanent Economic Committee. to study the effects of tariffs unification upon the economic structures of member nations, and in drawing up a work programme for the Committee.-

ter, but in that intended?

new Arab State were oach to pects of the German occupation, "The final decision was reach be entitled to establish its own looking toward a target date for ed in December last after two militia forces for the defence the transfer of such responsibilit General Assemblies had dealt of the new territories and thines on or about July 1, 1848.———

Following a review of the pro- most carefully and exhaustively decision clearly carried with it with

sent altuation, it has been decided matter. after all the right of Jows as well as that, it would be inadvisable to parties wore hoard, and after

Araba to import BTMB and make any changes in our present a special commission involving equipment for the purposes of administrative arrangements very heavy United Nations ox defence. It is impossible to pass Germany. penditure had visited Palestine Anal judgment on the now pro- This decision will not have and reported in favour of the posal because no one has ex- any adverse effect on the progress principle of the plan ultimately plain it as yet.

toward, developing German. · re-

It was understood that: this, ready the "sent of the study sponsibility for self-government adopted in the Assembly.

Committee - would moet at.. re- group's.aecretarief, "I was chairman of the Com-Jand: administrative Initiative.

Second, a draft progress re- mittee which worked assiduous- "General Clay.....remains asgular intervals in 'Brussels, al-

port submitted last Thursday "The plan adopted in inappro-ly to obtain a just solution. Military Governor and as Com-

to the study group by its Tariff priately labelled partition be- The committee repeatedly modi-mander-in-Chief of the United

Office- permanent body pen cause it involves four separate fied its proposals at the sug-States forces in Europe."-Reuter

stituted on March 18 has been pointa; Arst the economic union gestion of the mandatory power

put into shape and will abivo as a basis for proposals for spoeding-up closer economic co- operation of mémbor nations.

Inappropriate

of the whole of Palestino under in order that the United King-

the control of an authority with dom should be able to withdraw

Mallaig, Mar. 28

One brother was

drowned

the

a majority of United Nations its forces aftor. Its long, its aud another swam to safety membership; second the politi- thankless, but on the whole yesterday, when their canoo cal division of Palestine into successful development of the capsized off Mallaig, on- two new States, Jewish and Palestine area since it was cap west coast of Scotland. The two John and Jamsa Arabs; third,' United Nations tured from the Turks by Bri- mien were trusteeship over Jerusalem and tish and Australian forces in Lawrie, student sons of the Rev. John Lawrie, Minister of Bethlehem; fourth, four safe 1918,

| Blackfriars, Glasgow, Router. guards for the holy places and especially for the Christian Churches throughout the whole)

*te of Palestine.

"The only alternative plan suggested to the Assembly was establish a unitary State

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under Arab domination with

Da no adequate safeguards, for the

protection either of the Jewish

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Dakota Crash Drama:

Heroic

Effort

Woodland, Washington, Mar. 23,

peoples or of the Jewish Two half-frozen survivors of a C-47 plane crash on

Churches. This alternative was

plainly inadmissable and was

A rejected by an overwhelming

majority.

The United Nations decision

Sunday crawled two and a half miles over snow and rocks today to get medical aid for at 'least two other survivors still huddled In the plane wreckage.

was reached by more than a Two Chinese were believed to be aboard.

Uproar In Belgian Senate

Brussels, Mar. 23. Tomorrow's meeting of

This report Indicates the no- tore and describes the technical stopa to ba takas, the somatic problems involved and the transitional-measures necesSATY during their formation.

A special section is devoted to regional customs unions.

the Foreign Ministers. The nations represented on

the Foreign Ministers

deputies on theive the study group-an offshoot of

of

Decision are expected on:

l'éral,

Curfew

Bombay, 'Mar: 25. The police commissioner

of Bombay today ordered a ourfow between: 10 'pan, and and 5.30 mm, on Wednes, day and Thursday. 'In Bom- bay's Hindu rections where rioting against 'Hindu - MẠ “hasabhaltes: "odourrsa” tot; lowing the_assassination of Mahatma Gandhi,

The Hindu spring festivál of the God of Lovgstarta on Wednesday. It is one dri the wildest Hinda festivals ahd is the occasion.for the Tricolo . conanphon' Đi narcotics and the shouting' of shocking sexual slogan: The pollon kava banned for: 12. days the shouting · of "obscene" slogans, we Asso« clated Press.

Measures To Disarm

Japan

Washington, Mar. 23.

The 11-nation Far Eas-] tern Commission today

ready submitted to General Dou

Meeting Possible

Washington, Mar, 23... Although no meeting of the Foreign Ministers of France, Britain and the United States is planned at present, the State Department made it clear today. that it does not riis, one- the

possibility of such a meeting in the future.

station of Connerre in Depart mant Sarthe...WER

The express was going at 14. miles per hour shortly after midnight when an unknown person pulled, the alarm' cord. The train ground to stop. Five hundred yards behind on the lines lay Madeleine's bruised and battered body. ·

•According to police accounts, Madeleine was found clutching ́a handful of hair which was Commenting officially on the re-not her own. ports that the thres Foreign Minis Madelaine's family discount- ters) would-shortly- consult, a State ed the idea of suicide, claiming Department spokesman said: "There that the tall blonde-haired

plan for a meeting between

in 200

M. Bidault, Mr. Bevin and Mr. girl, who worked for the No- for Scientific tional Contro Marshall,

It is hoped, however, that the Research outside Pario, was tbres Governments will establish the | happy and gay when she board- closest consultation on all, matters of ad the train on Bunday night material Interest. Whether this con after dinner. sultation will take the form of a

tbre

meeting between the three (foreign). The police belleve Madeleine why, has been attacked and secretaries, or. through some other method, cannot be determined at the are seeking two young men.

BAUnited · Press. moment."Reuter,

For More Food

Britons

Rationed

London, Mar. 23.

Britain's Minister of Food, John Strachey, an

nounced today that Britain has negotiated the purchase of 100,000 tons of potatoes from Rol- land and shipments have begun.

before mid-May".

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and 100,000 tons of oats,j”.

Strachey said that agren: potato purchase. Other

hements with Spain, France

Poland and 15,000 tons « from Czechoslovakia and Bweden pro Denmark.

Sovided for, purchases "of - prin-

"Some 20,000 tons have al-tons of poultry, and 20,000 tons ready arrived" he told; news of potatoes. the first Marshall Plan Confor published its measures conference, and It is planted From Russin, 450,000 tons power signatories to the ence in Parisare France, to disarm Japan. the balance shall be shipped of Barley, 200,000 tons of munize Western Union treaty Britain, Belgium, the Nether A formal policy decision, al- will cover the setting up landë, Luxembourg, Italy,

the Consultative Greete Turkey, Austria, Fire, sin MacArthur, permits weapons Council provided for byl Portugal; › Switzerland, Den-Jonly for the civil, poliça and for said, included 20,000 tonáž from Italy, Switzerland, : Bélgium

mark, Iceland Norway and caused hunters. Article 7 of the Western | Sweden.

I bang the manufacture of

any kind in Japad, Union treaty.

Western Germany was repre aldraft of policy decisions pro- Canned crab and salmon are cipally non-essential foods thab Bented by delerates of the Brf- vides:

arriving, from Russia," he said; would provide variety for the tish, American and French Military Governments attend The construction of any and food Imports are expected British diet These will in

warships or auxilary, craft, or the The seat of the Council,

frozen - fruit, vegetables," fruta. two thirds snajority, the only Staggering into a lonely logfore it took off from Fairfield. Methods of working ing observars. There were conversion of other Vessels to from Hungary, Portugal and clude fancy cheeses, fresh and

Eire and Iceland. dissontionth being the, Arab ding camp, Major John Hard Sufsun in Califórnia on Sun

1-Frequency of the meetings and also observers from Canada, military purposes, is prohibited.

Loto Australia, New Zealand, South --Belted military, equirvent Strachey disclosed that food products, wines and fikh.—Ãa- States and certain nations vary ing, 27, of Fairfield, California, day, Their fate

was not the nomination of a Secretary Africa Pakistan and India, from World Wan Jiaball Be des purchases from Holland this sociated Press, closely associated with them. and an injured man, bellevad known.

Air Force rescue planos par. M. Paul Henri Spaak, Prime Min Resturannya The decision was just and to be Private John Belmont of Impartial one and must not be Boston, Massachusetts, said the tially confirmed this report later, told the Belgian' Senale, today: twin-engined, transport struck when they radioed that "We shall form, an "entity; powerful. lightly not aside.

the mougin to bring about wellary: storm, centro over the Cascade other survivors are being, es if our perple foothills three days ago and corted cut" of the snow-packed in the clausu uf, the treaty governe The United Nations, did not smashed into the mountain woods and there is the poor social cooperation, herald W Intermeddle in the Palestine

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sibility two more survivors are want to improve our social argal to imattor. It intervened only after Three of the plane's passen still in the wreckage.

senefit our countrynna.**

The clause of pollistal cooperation) gere were killed, but at least Major Harding, pilot, of the two others were alive and pon- Dountas plane which vanished he did was derived from the Ualt

ed Nations Charter, ka

*Vha-oduld reproach us: for... ing and his companion: decided day after attempting, an Instru, voying Articles; on ““legħilmas „de to make the dangerous journey ment landing at the Portland fence which were provided for in the through the snow for help? Oregon, air baro, patruggled Balted Nations Charters

The Air Force listed eight through the snow with him sadorjed, by the 10 nations who sign- persons aboard the plane, but hand, and feet fruith and one of the Charter?" he added, a

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plane at:

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troyed or scrapped, except – as needed by the occupation forces, year will include 4,000 tons of the civil police, or for, reparations, cheese, 5,000 tons of condensed All records of military to milk, 2,000 tons of butter, 5,000 gistration of "former Japaneso tons of bacon and -18,000,000 forces must be confiscated and dozen eggs. Find Mentalis, senare Chine, Cause find be transferred to the Allied Com-During the first nine month 20 comes we damn and thenon-serone mander: for: subsequenta destruct of! this year, he saida" British me Kallem has to p/ Khagra då, moving lon. No further, recorda" mas į be

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