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AMERICAN MILITARY AID

Fake 7

Surprise Move By Mr. Truman Foreshadowed Cathay Pacific

Shipments To The "Western Union"

Washington, Apr, 29.

Informed circles today said that President Trumon would send a special message to Congress next week, asking limited shipments of "American guns, tanks and planos, for the 16 Marshali Plan nations, including, the five nations which signed the "Western Union" European defence pact.

4.

The United Press was informed that President Tru

man would ask Congress to endorse a limited Lend-Lease

programme for the armed forces, of Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

The contents of the message were a closely-guarded Ad- ministration secret and its pro- visions are known only to a few top-level officials. Barring a last-minute hitch, it will be sent to Congress on Monday or Tuesday,

(Rop Charles Ealan) yesterday revealed that the Committos had recently asked the State Dapartment to piepars, a mili-{ tary Land Lease bill for non- Communist Governments.

The chairman of the Segale Appropriations Committee (Send- for Styles Bridges; called for in-

was

Mr. Trumun had fest planned |-to-send-It-to-the-Capitol-10-creased-military-nid-to-the-Na-

marrow, but his rides were uti able to complete the final draft in time.

It was made clear that the White House was speeding up the plan

mainly because Con- gress planned fo adjourn about 15 for the national- political ventionS

and not because of new developments in the international scene. If Congress quits as scheduled, it will have six weeks to get an Mr., Tru- mum's request.

any

Fulfilling Plodge

The administration was re- parted as convince that any sielay would make action...this year almost impossible, Earlier, it had been expected that the European bloc would be asked to prepared "balance sheet" of needs in much the same manner as in the European Recovery Programme, which the project is ainted to bolster on the military front.

The programme would ful-

Mr. Truman's pledge, madel

The

"Western day the pact was signed at

ол

Union"

five

Brussels, of American support

Another Exodus Difficulty In

Threatened

Cantop, Apr. 30,

A porilble exédús of Gan- ton factories to the British colony of Hong Kong, if China's export-Import con- trol is not relaxed, la predict-- ed by the Chinese newspaper Yuet Wah Po.

It pointed out that Shang- hai factories are migrating to Hong Kong and added that the head of a large concern in Canton told a reporter of the paper that hia factory

and some other industrial estab.

lishments are contemplating removal.

It is said that if no satis factory solution regarding the allatmantafpport quatal for the fifth quarter is reach- ed, a number of Canton's factories will not be able to operate because of the lack of raw materials. Reuter.

Bathing Beauty Contest

Mania,. Apt. 20.

Coming To Agreement

SPEED

Batavia, Apr. 29. Relations between the Dutch and the Indonesian Re- publicans, seeking a settle- meat in the Dutch East Indies, were reported to be "strain- [ed" today after the publica-

tion of ́n Republican bul- letin on the plebiscite talks.

The bulletin alleged that the Hongkong

Dutch had admitted their at- |-Illuda_towards-the-plebiselte_was

not based on the agreement sign- ed last January on board the United States transport Renville

Batavia Harbour.

In

The allegations were describ- ed as a "complete, falsehood" by a Dutch spokesmák in a state- ment released in Jogjakarta, the Republican capital.

(Dutch And Indonesian negotia-

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tors mei in Jogjakarta last Sun and Representative Joseph Ball

day after their talks sponsored repentedly warned that the Euro-

by the

Council's good Security pean Recovery Programme

offices committee, had been heiti not enough

A bathing beauty contest will to save Western

be held under the ausplees of up over n railway station in- Europe from work Communism.

the, swanky Government-operat-cident in which the Dutch envoys

have

been Muulla's were reported to The

Lend-Lease pro-ed Manilu Hotel, on now

munhandled at Jogjakarta morn- gramme is expected to tie in waterfront, next Sunday.

way station.)-Reuter. closely with the United States' ing at 8 o'clock, to choose the "Miss Manila Hotel" for 1948, it increased defence spending pro- grumme. It could

that was unnounced today. much of Lend-team for Europe ----Se

Senor Hector Cervera, a visit- would

the come from

United Ing Argentina businessman and States' stock of surplus war personal representative of 1} set material--the mobile vehicle Argentine President, General storage grounds, plane porking Juan

will award areas in the West, and perhaps symbolic silver trophy which he from-vessels- of-the- "mothball"-|-has-donated-to-the winner...ol fleet.- United Press.

the contest.-Reuter.

mean

Peron.

United States Of

a

Europe Again Urged

Brussels, Apr. 29...

for a mutual defence alliance.Albert Lohest, President of the Belgian group of the The Defence Ministers of the nations are sche- European med to meet in London-on-Fri- day to plon cooperative action in the event that any one

of

them is attacked

Reaction; at Congress - to

Lend-Lease

:

Such

limited peacetime programme is uncertain.

European Federation, said today that the Euro- pean Congress opening at The Hague on May 7 to discuss the creation of a United States of Europe is the Continent's one chance to avoid

d now wor

Jailed For

'Conspiracy'

Prague. Apr. 30. Jan- Ursiny-former-Vice- Premier and head of the anti- Communist Slovak Democratie Party, was today sentenced to | seven years' imprisonment by the State Court at Bratislava for conspiracy."

Otto Obuch, Urainy's private secretary, was sentenced to 30 years.

Bruiny's Slovak Democratie Parly won a 62 per cent major- ity in the Slovakia Province in the 1940 elections.

Fourteen other defendants who the were charged with aiding Conspiracy to set up a separate state with foreign aid_were_son- tenced, to prison terms ranging from four months to 18 years.

One was freed.

and

Uralny, 52, trembled howed his head-on burying the sentence.

powers,"

He said in an interviewpean countries to exchange views

He was charged specifically foreign policy leaders as Senator "The United Nations Organisa- on how to envisage the formation with conspiracy

against the Henry Cabot. Lodge maintained

of a United States of Europe. state, disclosing stale secrets and loday that United States Lend-tion is too weak because it is

with foreign Lease and must be accompanied nothing more than a grouping The four-day cangress under the criminal relations

of Winston Churchill by the establishment of a. Euro-of a number of nationalisms. leadership

Ursiny resigned his post in pean General Staff and the ap-It is necessary we give the will name political, economic and pointment of a Supreme Western world something different and social study groups charged with October-United Press,

on a wider basis than that laying the foundations of the

Congress churter. Surplus Stores

Lohest said the meeting at

Commander.

The idea of a Federn? Europe Dutch Colonial

The chairman of the House The Hague was called to enable is that it must become a Foreign Affaire Committee the 850 representatives of Euro-force in the world and must con- tribute a spiritual idea going beyond sheer nationalism," Lohest said.

Indonesia Demands

UNO Action

Lake Success, Apr. 29.

Dr. Tjoa Sik len, of Indonesia, called today for an

immediate session of the Security Council' to " consider "the alarming situation" in Indonesia.

Soviet Threat To U.S. Ship

Changes

The Hague, Apr. 29. He sald the Russians feel that The Second Chamber of The Europe as it is today is a dag- Netherlands States General to- 21 ger sticking in their side. I am clay passed by 64 votes to convinced that when Europe has a measure for the revision been consolidated the Soviet the Dutch Constitution to provide Union will change its view." for the new status of Netherlands overseas territories. Plans for

Lohest added: "If Russia op- pears aggressive today, it is, giving more control to the Unit

mide believe, because she feels she is ed States of Indonesia faced by nothing more than a necessary a redefinition of the handful of disorganised particles powers of the Home Cavern-

ment.

of dust."

He concluded that in a The revision will involve new "federalised Europe there can be elections in Hollared, which ar He-alleged-that-the-Dutch-no-Communism,United Press. Lexpected early in July Reuter. were violating the terms of the cease Are agreement reached in January through the mediation of the Security Council's "good offices" committee,

Dr. Tipe told reporters that in- formation from Jogjakarta, the Republican capital, showed that the Dutch Governor in Eastern Java had imposed various res- trictions on the plebiscite move- ment, including a ban on the as-

Vienna, Apr. 29.-- Soviet soldiers threatened sembly of more than six persons

in Malang to shoot down the flag on an "Without elementary political American-leased ship on the rights for the inhabitants, the Danube if it was not lowered forthcoming plebiscite can never Immediately, an American be held in a fair manner,"

Dr.

Li

Tsung-jen's Message To China

Nanking, Apr. 30.

General Li Tsung-jen, China's first constitutional Vice-President, in a message to the people of China last night said:

jspökörman said here tonight member of

the people and the unshaken conftion your great plans, tender

The vessel, an excursion steam-

Dr.

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delegation to thy

In

You "I was elected China's first honour of being elected. constitutional Vice-President by will be able to assist the Chief the enthusiastic support of the Executive and put into execu

my congratulations." Reuter. dence of the delegates in me.

"I am very grateful to them." THE SEVEN DEVIES

General Li ottributed his gue-

er, had broken down with United Nations, said he has also gine trouble near Linz, and drift written to Mr. George Marshall, ed into a sandbank on the Rus

American Secretary of State, alan sido of the river. “

An earlier statement that the asking his help in "assisting the ceas to the following two rea-

70,000,000 Indonesian people Russians had boarded the slip receiving goods and services from

the outside world."! spokesman added. The Russlari Beenuse of the Dutch blockade, made their demand, to the Ambe said, no exports.or

Imports erican-sergeant-in-charge from for uso necessities-of-lità

possible-Reuter.

was found to be an error, the

the sandbank.

The atcamer was carrying more than 30 porsangers; ind

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(Continued from Pag) by President Clilang Kai-shek (2) The

This is particularly damaging The people's appreciation of the meaning of constitutional In cases where the Government is a dealer in commodities with n Government.

"I shall try and carry my plat-world market and subject to

into effect and desist the sharp price movements President of the Republic to The essence of miccess in deal carry through the pollileal and ing in such markets is a quick I change of policy at the slightest shift in the Wind: The gross

forin

omic reforms: candide

regret that the ofereat deat in errors in the forecasts in the

who have done.

the present march towards de- Economie White Papers only tho mocracy, were not elected, but plainly prove that Government Adairvillo, Kentucky, Apr. 29. I feel sure that they will con- departments are unififted for this

tasks. negro shot dead the chief tinue to give their whole-heart-

Rufusha of police, 60-year-old

ed support to the great task of arrow here today and, taking suppressing the Communist re-

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