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'THE 'CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1943, ·

Americans Stop Trains To Berlin Tathay Pacific

Decline To Submit To Russian Inspection

Patrols Mobilised PROTEST

APPEAL

TO NIZAM No Currency Front WITH A

FAILS

Hyderabad, June 20

Berlin, June 201

The United States Army tonight stopped sanding supplies into Berlin by rail for American re- sidents, rather than submit the trains to Soviet inspection.

military

freight train

In the American, British and

WARNING

by

15

MANILA

FOR

BANGKOK

SINGAPORE

AUSTRALIA

INDIA AMERICA

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Budapest, June 20, A Jast-minute appeal by

Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty Earl Mountbatten, the retiring

protested the Government na- Governor-General of India, to

tionalisation of Church schools the Nizam of Hyderabad, to

today and declared the Church settle the accession dispute be-

will never cease in its efforts to Amerionn tween India and Hyderabad on:

buthorities also reclaim control of its education. the basis of the draft agree-bound-for-Berlin-was-pulled tithicned their controls to keep.

~A--Pastoral letter: algned persons illegally crossing Cardinal Mindszenty and ment announced last week by back from the Soviet zone con-out. the Indinn Prime Minister,trol point at Marienborn rather from the Russian zone as West-bishops was read in all Catholic CONNECTIONS

eru currency reform went into churches thoughout Hungary. Pandit Nehru, proved ineffer than permit the Russians to effect.

The letter said: "We solemnly Lual, it was learned here today. open its ears and inspect the

The international Helmstedt to protest against this action in the The main points of the draft cargo. American officials said.

Berlin highway retained blocked name of human rights of parents, If the rall stoppage continues.. to all enstbound Allied and Ger-in ngreement, described by Pandit

the name of the Church's Nehru last Thursday as "the utt will mean that 10,000 US per-man traffic.

right for education and in the sonnel in Berlin will have to be termost limits to which we supplied by air. A similar Rus-

treedoan name of right and

ot go," were that Hyderabad's army

education, be fixed at a maximum of 20,000: in demand for inspection stop-French zones, currency

"We can never give up our ser-had the initial effect of disrupt right and we shall never cease to irregular forces in the State be Ped Allied passenger train

Device In

ing black market trading—one of imited to 8,000; disbandment of

Vice in April.

claim it back through legut "Unavoidably harsh measures" its major objectives. the Razarkurs (a militant Moslem

mcons." considered неселялгу "D

Catholic leaders declared that organisation): Hyderabad to pass fer

Western Germany was almost safeguard economic order and the

its amilar legislation to India's on

circulation of money" In the So- completely cut off from the So-the Government had broken defence, communications and ex-viet zone, the offlelui Soviet Mili-viet

promises to settle the issue amic- zone, and Russian pro- ternal affairs; and India to con-

huly and asserted that the people Administration

paganda · sought to picture the duct Hyderabad's foreign rela-"Thegliche Rundschau," sold to-division

да Anal. Associated had not been given an opportunity Press.

to voice their opinions. dermans

The reading of the letter Lord Mountbatten was under-

guarding crops and stood to have sent a telegram to forms, in addition to the German

prefaced with a request to fol- lowers to "express no opinion or The Nizate, expressing his concern border police and Russion patrols, over future Indo-Hyderabad re- were mobilised along the 430-

United Press. iations anti stating that, in his mile "currency. front" to help opinion, the draft agreement pro- senl the zonal frontier, Soviet- vided an honourable basis for a Bcensed German newspapers re- compromise.---Reuter.

porter.

tionis.

tary

newspaper,

BERLIN TENSE FOR NEXT SOVIET MOVE

Berliners

Berlin, June 20.

were tonight tensely watching for the slightest clue to the Soviet counter-measures to today's.currency reform in the Western Zones of Germany, and the city was alive with rum-

ours,

While German circles in close touch with the Rus- sions expected them to postpone a reform, others were quoted as saying a formal Soviet announcement would be made today or to-

morrow.

reform

WAR

No Pride: No feeling" after hearing the message.

Wife

Mr. Kenji the former

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Tokyo, June 21. Takahashi, son of Admiral Sankleht

Takahashi, Commander-in-Chief of the forner Japanese Navy, says his wife Is demanding divorce because she was ashamed

Crossman

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Parliament, today told Reuters Confronted with either saving that he considered the present his pride or losing his wife, Kenji aim of currency reform sought help from the Life Con- bearable." sultation Bureau of Tokyo.

"un-

was told that times had changed Mr. Crossman, here to address in Japan since her defeat and the International Youth Confer- that many

former members of ence said: "It Is difficult to under- Japan's aristocracy had been stand how democrats could man- cumpelleà

accept humble age to ruin the tile peole positions in order to earn a

He said that welther the cur- Jiving.

to

rency reform nor the revival of a truly democratic Germany could

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former admiral will walk the streets of Tokyo carrying bill- Both the Russians and

500 yen thetration kept omelally sitent on boards for the sum of Western Allies were "known" whether it was planning an im-daily-Iteuter, to be prepared to

new inediate currency reform in the issue money in their own sectors of Eastern zone.

ustrymic burden.

reform, the socialisation of heavy industry and the equalising of; the economic

Mr. Crossman also charged that the British Control Commission had developed a "moster race" the four-power capital "when The President of the Central ons are that the Russians will fixatlon by altering its mask from the time came."

Finance

Administration in the attempt to include the city

that of an advisory capacity to Berlin was today still virtually Russian zone. Henry Meyer, Berlin, which is under four-that of an order-giving position.

--Fleuter. Isolated from The West by the however, WAG quoted

the power rule.

of

vel ban. designed 10 stop press as saying AR announce- The clly was excepted from the smugglers flooding the Eastern ment on reform was "imminent." Western Powers' reform.-Asso- Zone with old maak notes.

If reform comes, the indica-cated Press.

All land and water traffic reastward to Berlin had stopped except for freight traine, which were being closely searched. A limited shuttle air service started by the Bri tish authorities ;esterday was continued

DEÑA, the German news ser-

GERMANY'S NEW NOTES

Frankfurt, June 20.

Western Germany's new banknotes are probably

vice, reported that ́a-No-Man's the most noutral looking bills the world has

Land, along the whole Eastern

over seen,

demarcation line in Germany. 15 Gone are the watermarks, famous German inventors miles to 30 miles wide, has been

formed by Russian forces andi

German police.

Old Notes?

and bucolic-looking cherubs.

The agency also quoted con- The 50-Mark note is printed The reverse sido, printed In fidential

reports that the Rus-on the same

the same purple ink, consists paper as the sinns plan

largely of delicately etched fine sudden complete cloa- | American dollar bill and is ing of the frontier In the early about the same size.

almost dunes surrounding an The note hours of Monday morning.

blank centre which bears the is printed with purple ink and

worda "Fifty German marks." bears the figure 50 on its four

Generally the Germ

Germans seemed corners and to the right and The British-licensed "Telo- graf" predicted today the Soviet left centre of a picture of the pleased to receive the new money smiled as they walked authorities would issue a restrict- Goddess Ceres with a basket away from the casti tables, care- ed number of old Reichsmarks overflowing with fruit-and-afully counting their. forty marks. with a special stamp as the new shea! of wheat. Soviel-Zone currenes. Other unconfirmed reports said Western Allles

the

lic At her feet

and they

Some naled the similarity of the new mark to the old occupa- bunches of tion mark, while in one

office might Introduce grapes and rolling plains, stretek-three people examining them de- the new Deutsche mark Into ing into a background of snow-clared it would be easy to coun- their own sectors of Berlin if the covered mountains.

Russians tried to impose a cur-

rency of their own on the city.

Meanwhile, Berliners have to use the old money, now value-

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the

Rumours ware.current, .in capital today of crates contain- ing new money being unload- ed at a focal airport, Accord- “ing to one, àeveral large crates

ware brought in last night. Another story said several planes in the last few days had unloaded crates reputed to havel contained the new money. An absolute denial that any money had been sent from Frankfurt to Berlin Was made today by! Colonel William Grey, the Unit- ed States Chief of the Foreign Repository in the Reichsbank there, from which the Doutscho marks were distributed in

| West.—Reuter,

man

Official Silonco

tho

Berlin, June 20. The Soviet-controlled Gor- news agency estimated that between 700 million and 800 million relchmarks will not be reported for exchange in the Western zones because the owners cannot give satisfactory explanations regarding origin. The agency assumed that gangs would attempt to smuggle 'this Into the Soviet zone.

The Soviet Military Adminis-

terfelt them,-Reuter.

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