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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1048.

RUSSIANS AGREE TO HOLD TALKS ON BERLIN ISSUE Montgomery To Attend General's Dinner

Slight Decrease In Tension

Berlin, Apr. 4. Marshal Vassily Sokolovsky, Russian Commander-

in-Chief today accepted in invitation to dinnor' with General Sir Brian Robertson, British Com- mander-in-Chief, which may bring a show- down over Russia's “blockado” in Berlin. General Robertson invited Sokolovsky to dine with him on Tuesday night with Field Marshal Vis- count. Montgomery, Chief of the British Im-

perial General Staff, as a fellow guest. General

British and French

trots

FREAK WEATHER Anxious

IN BRITAIN

London, Apr. 4. Briteln was still in the grip of "freak weather" today with gales around the coast,

and snow in the Midlands, heavy rain in the Bouth.

There were wind gusts of between 60 and 60 miles per hour in the English Channel and along the East coast.— Mautor,

Radio,

Position

In Berlin

Kilmarnock, Apr. 4.

The position of Germany gave grounds for anxiety, the Minister of Defence, Mr. A. V. Alexander, declared here to- day.

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reported the situation was "quiet"

He added that there had been today,

British drivers carrying no limit to which Britain Lucius D. Clay. Jed States.

the new passes required by the not prepared to go for the cause American Commander-in-Chief, | commands, Neither the United Russians were passed through to of peace, "provided we are not ¦and Gen. Pierre Koenig, French States nor the British authorities | Berlin without trouble from asked to lie down and be walk-

Commander-in-Chief, we also regarded it as offering any con-Soviet Army guards. expected to attend.

crele suggestions.

Dratvin suid the lack of con- Frankfurt There was a slight easing of

"rollable was "used by shady in- | tension over Russia's strangling dividuals for all kinds of illegal Eastern restrictions

railroad and operations and

speculation 48 highway transport of the Wes-well as by criminal and other tern Allies to and from Berlin, restless elements, causing lawless- |Gen. Clay withdrew his troops ness and commission of crimes on from the Russian railroad hend- the territory of the Soviet oc- quarters in the American zone

cupation zone. which they hnd surrounded samen Friday night.

On

The Russian deputy comman- der, General Mikhail Dratvin, offered to "clarify certain de- tails of the Russian restrictions. However, Draivin at the same time said he saw no possibility of easing the restrictions.

Gen. Robertson hiensvit Will provide

controls,

181 of the Russin

"CANTON"

"TREVEAN" "TREVEAN**

en-

TO-

**TREVOSET

ed on."

Britain had

proved her bona quoting fides in the matter by her actions reports from the zone." reported that again and again, by her en

deavour to trade with Russia, frontlar police In Thuringia by her last trade agreement with and Sachsen Anhalt, provinces Russia, and her successful In the Bovist

zone

bordering deavours to establish trade the British and American Jotions with Poland and Yugo- zones, had been Increased to slavin, and others. 40.000. Forty-thousand extra "We have supported alt the policemen had also boon “rush- way through the decisions of the ed to the western and southern, United Nations organisations", he borders of Thuringia,” the ra- added, "and it is very dianp. He Bald there must have dio added.

pointing that it has taken so been a "misunderstanding and

long to get even a settlement of error" in the belief of the

Criticising what it termed "anthe treatles with ex-enemy Western Powers that they are outburst of hysterics" on the part countries like Bulgaria, Rumania, entitled to unrestricted traffic of the Western press, the official Hungary and Finland, and that through the Soviet

treaties zone bo. Soviet Military Command news-we still have not got

Taegliche tween the Western occupation paper,

Rundschau, with Austria and Germany."-- zones and Berlin.

denied that any agreement over Reuter. Ilberty of communications be-

"Misunderstanding”

On the road frontier between tween Berlin and the West had

The British corneman- the Brish and Soviet zones, the ever existed.-United Press and) Prayers For

der plans to leave his headquir-British control point at Helmstedt Router. ters in the British rupation

zont tonight for Berlin for an in- spection or any other purpose. Gen. Robertson's dinner will be the frst meeting of the Western occupation chiefs with Sokolov- sky since The Ressinna walked out the meeting of the Four-Pow- Allled Control Council

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It was bellaved that Bokolov- has spent much time since

U.S. TO BACK BRUSSELS

PACT WITH FORCE?

Washington, Apr. 4.

then in Moscow, presumably Some Senators are convinced that President Truman

working out Russian political strategy and tactica In the Berlin situation,

Gen. Clay withdrew his troops from around the Russian rail-

read headquarters in the Anteri- The

can serfor in Berlin this marn- ing after a Russian armed gaurdi. and most of the other Russiana Ja the building had left.

Cool Reception

an

soon will ask Congress to back up the Brussels five-power mutual aid pact with American guns and other military equipment.

pact, signed at Brussels on March 17, pledges Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg to exchange "all military and other aid" if any is attacked. '

It has won the praise of the ber of Senator Vandenberg's Com- IU.S. Secretary of State, Mr.mittee and an expert on mill- ;

tary matters, told a United Press

Benes

Coventry, Apr. 4. The Bishop of Coventry, Dr. Neville Gorton, wants the people

for of Britain to gray

Eduard Czechoslo- of Renes, President

vakin.

Gorton

leaflet:

wrote in his diocesan

"Satun alone knows what un- scrupulous devices and external pressure President Benes of Cze- choslovakia now

moveg with- nuthing can ensure hls escape from his country,

"We should pray for him. He slands for so much, and for those silenced, in his own country, like himself, as the lights go down on all that he and they believed."- Associated Press.

PICNICKERS FIRED ON

Shanghai, Apr. B.

three

It was understood that Soviet George Marshall, General Ivan Petrov, in charge of

The Senate President, Mr.reporter that military lend-lense transportation, remained in the building. It was the legal pre- Arthur Vandenberg (Republi- should be considered to back the Two Chinese Youth Army sol- sence of a Russion armed guard can, Michigan), was reported by Brussels alliance.

with 'Bub- at the Amer lean sector building his friends as convinced that

None of these sectors has been dlers opened Bre

the ad-machineguns on a truckload of which caused Gen. Clay to sur- military aid will be the next consulted officially by

ministration, but reports circulat- plenicking Chinese Government. round it.

major project which Mr. Tru-ed freely sa the Prince Regent of Radio Administration employees He received explanation man will place before his Senate Belgium (Prince Charles) and on

Sunday,

wounding from Moj.-Gen. Alexander Foreign Relations Committee. Kolikov, Russian commandant

the Belgian Prime Minister (M. seriously and two others slightly. The chairman of the Senate Paul Henri Spaak) arrived here!

The truck had just passed an Appropriations Committee. for

consultation with President inspection past in Shanghal's out- the Benator Btylas Bridges (Re-Truman

and the State Depart-skirts when, without warning, publican, New Hampshire), nont.

shooting. soldiers storted

thought reported

that such A pro- It WAR

believed M. Spaak employees said they gramme appeared to be in the would request guarantees of mili-soldiers did not want to inspect wind but he hoped it would be tary aid, such as a Lend-Lease the truck, so they drove on after delayed until funds for the re- pipeline could provide.-United having waited in line for a long cently-enacted global economic Press. aid programme had been ap propriated.

for Rerlin, that the guard was sent because Russia feared that a group of criminal Germans in the Russian sector was scheming to come into the building destroy valuable records."."

Pņu

Gon. Clay rejected, this ex- planation and kept his troops posted, refusing antry to mil Ruslans until the armad guard left.

Gen. Dratvin sent his letter: offering to "clarify" the Russian

Spaak Visit

Senator Henry Cabot Lodge (Re-

transport restrictions to the Unit- I publicun, Massachusetts), mem-

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