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THE CHINA. MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19,–1048TI

Fever Of Activity In Moscow

Hint Of Important Russian Proposal On Germany

Decision Now Expected Before End Of Week

Moscow, August 17.

M. Molotov was bélieved to have presented an extremly impor- tant communication regarding Germany or fast night's Krem- lin meeting with the three Wostern onyoys, according to some informed Western quarters hère tonight.

Six-Power Discussion On Ruhr

Paris, August 17. Experts of the six signatory powers to the London agree- ment an Western Germany will meet in September to draft a statute governing in- ternational control of the

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The nature of the communication was not disclosed and its presentation: cannot yet be confirmed by quarters closest to the envoys. The fact that the envoys were even less communi- cative than ever following last night's meeting was held by some observers here to substantiate the report.

envoys

Rhine Army Manoeuvrök

Berlin, August:17. Franch wind American troops held joint mánošuvráú today along the Rhine.

The French Amprican manoeuvras waro, held near Heidelberg. It was the first experimental war games be tween the two Western allies since the end of the war. Al- though only 1,500 troops par. ticipated officers termed the show "quśćdestul" and pre:" dicted other joint efforts in

Future, Associated the Prasz

GREEK ARMY SUCCESSES

Athens, August 17.

There was a fever of activity "blockade" before any meeting at all three Western Embassies of the Foreign Ministers. todny, especially the British, M. Molotov is expected to re- whore typista, Russian experts, ceive the three Western cipher clerks and radia men for seventh conference within

A Greek General Stoff days, possibly were at work on the long full the next few

on spokesman reported scattered Thursday. report of the three and a half

successes by the Greek Army Well-informed London circles, on the Grammos front, but no hour meeting.

meanwhile,

söld the envoys probably disu see Marshal sensational advances. presentative, and Mr. Cieeffrey Stalin soon.

Minister, Harrison, the British

to::t

Mr. Frard Itaberts the British

Ruhr, the French Foreign Of-were fice spokesman revealed to-seen", Mr. Harrison was day.

Aut

be

Many observers here belleve The talks were drawing to end and that a decision couli

but experted shortly.

Lonrion,

Little Hopa?

from

SCOTTISH GRAZIERS IN LUCK

Permission To "Detour"

Washington, August 17. The United States. Govern- ment will raise no objections to. Britain, attempting to increase her present tobacco supplies from sterling areas,. It was learned authoritatively here today.

Tinder Article 0 of the original post-war Anglo-Amerlein daan- rini agreement, Britain was for- bidden to diseruminate against American producers and indus- fries without the permission of The American Government.

Permission to "tour" Article

Canberra, August 10. A Canberra sheep grower has nominated eight Scottish rural workers for free or as-has to be intermal because the sisted passages to Australia.

assent of Congress would have to be obtained to any proposal to

uni-

The grazier, F. S. Bennet, of Canberra, will employ and wc- commodate three of his nominees firnzelf. He has persuaded two Canberra district friends

gend: ploy two others ench...

Mr. Bennet has arraigad with C.R. Cole, Forestry officer of the Department of the Interlar, to employ the eighth migrant in Canberra.

Two of the migrants, James

Roy at Keith and James Duncan of Buckid. Scofland, served tri Highland regiments during th war. They are, thus eligible for free passages. The other six are eilgible for assisted passage.

Mr. Bonnet obtuljzer the names of the men from a Masonic Loxle committee in Cullen, Scotland.→

Associated Press.

DEXTER WHITE PASSES

nullify the clause completely that

Router-wiy cured - today

Britain wanted to make new topheco purchases, the Informal

saurance would! be given, Thera is a broad understanding here of Tuitin's Anancial situation. There is also in ùppreciative of the importanci el tobacco us a key incentive al moral bullier for workers striving to help their country to recover.Reuter.

French Policy In Indo-China

Salgon, August 17, Confidence that the French National Assembly will ratify the Bay (of Along agreement will the Indo-Chinese Slate of Viet- It is debated this mm, when weck, was expressed today by Dr. Le Vin Houch, Minister of Släte In the Provisional Central Viet- nam Government,

"France cantint

her dony pledged word," Dr. Hoach declair- eth.

under, which the Provisional Government was

The agreement

He said the Army captured the In Berlin, French, American height of Karakouli, south-west "too busy to be and British Sector Commandants of Kotyli in the western region." busy were meeting today after the re-t also took the height of Tauh-

Boston, Algust 17. dictating the report for his office fur of Col. Frank Howley, the rull, west of Glyconer),

Harry

.Dexter White, 50, assis- while A. Roberts conferred with American

tant Secretary of the Treasury Commandant, He said the place of the meet-the Buscan experts.

A Greek guerilla broadcast 10- from 1945 to 1940 and one of the ing had not yet heen agreed no,

key Ogures in the current sp |night,claimed that they have oc- The spokesman explained that

In Washington, died at uupled "atrategically importanthrorings In the agreement to hold a meeting

Capproaches" to the southern suminer house in Fitzwilliam. Was in

with aceraner

The

New Hampshire, on Monday, is While the French Foreign Office slopes of mount Grommos. origina! London pact which

people expected at least one more was still awaiting the report,

family disclosed todiny, alpulated at expetla of the Kremlin meeting

no une usually well-informed circles' h The broadcast, monitored by White, who had been is Gavsalablished, signalled French re-

London, signatory powers should meet to would commit himself to an exact Paris sald they believed the talks bleradio in

suit the ernment service since 1934, slim cognition of the dependence of work out means of internationaldate when the talks would end. would bring concrete results. querillas repulsed strong Govern- of heart failure, his relatives said, the Vietnam Repubile within the

French Union. Some circles predicted that In London, a Foreign Omec | Athens forces which had crossed | Besides his wife, he leaves twe decision could be expected spokesman said yesterday's talks the river Allakmon were routed daughters and several brothers tommenting on the United Na- before the end of the week. An with the Soviel Foreign Minister ment ellacks on Monday near the and sisters. Funeral services posal to admit Vietnam to mem- rejection of the Soviet pm- and that be hold here on was be were not likely to to the last, and village of Livadotopi

Thursday.bership. Dr. Honch said that he agreement would, it lieved, imply a decision to hold declared that no plans had been with losses.-Associated Press, United Press.

thought the honour of proposing Council of the Foreign Minis made for Mr. Roberts to return

membership should go to tern to discuss Germany,

home.

France, Reuter.

control of the Rubr.

Announcement of the meet. ing appeared to indicate deter- mination

on the part of the Western nations to go ahead. despite Russian objections. Russia, beeording to informed |sources, Bere, 1 in favour of postponing or even abandoning

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Quid Pro Quo?

Mr. W. Stuart Bymington, United Státės Alr Minister, meanwhile sald, In letanbul to- day thora seemed little hope of any immediate improvement settlement of the It might Berity problem, and become necessary to increas the number of planes on tho alfilft.

the Ruhr contrul plan,

Some diplomatic quarters here) The announcement came as the held that the Westerni powers American, French and

might be agreeing to postpone thei envoys complete Their sixth creation of a Western Germun re- meeting Moscow yesterday, gime as a quid pro quo for the United Press,

towards British

Russians lifting the

Berlin

ANGLICAN CHURCH AND COMMUNISM

London, August 18.

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Geoffrey Fisher, told a press conference today that many "ax- cellent practicing Christians" are Commun- ists.

The Arst train 10 cross the Eust-West Zone border sitice the night of June 23-24-when the Berlin blockade storted-lent

Munsterlager. today, carrying 000 former German prisoners of war from Britain.

RUSSIA REDUCING

1i

REDUCING Dakota Crash

STAFF IN US

Washington, August 17.

Diplomatic observers said today that Russia is re- ducing its Government personnel in the United States and making life increasingly difficult. for Americans in the Soviet Union.

the

Victims

Frankfurt, August 17, The bodies of all persons killed on board a US Army C-47 plane that crashed, last winter, in the Italian Alps have. been recovered, it was reported tonight.

of

Latest State Department and has stalled for more than a

US Air Force, officers in charge figures show Moscow has with year on the opening of a United of rescue operations on top

19,000 ruot Mount Carbong report. They had been walling there drawn over 30 per cent of its States consulate at Leningrad.

personnel from

Secondly, tur, several weeks while British official

Russia in practiced to the Army newspaper Stars and Soviet authorities made ar-United States during the past has subjected American officials and Stripes that 20 bodies had other restrictions been found in the snow covered rangements for their return to year.. It still has more diplo-to travel and

matic officials and Government: which are not laposed on Rus-mountains.

Officers said that the plane's In The Valted States.—

manifest showed only 20 persons employees in this country than slan British Jet In Incidont

United Press. the United States has in

on board-not 22 as préviously re ported.. The American-licensed Tages-Tussin, but this is largely be-

"Twelve of the, bodies have been reasonably identified Aamciated Press,

Berlin.

The Anglican Communion, he said, opposes Mar- xian Communism but the church-its attitude clarified by the recent Lambeth conférence- does not...moke. a blanket condemnation of any, at which they were toldsia hod 304 Government officials for a-Macedoniun-Liberal news-

spiegel reported today, that of- cause of their United Nations POLK MYSTERY

Communists.

Though determined to fight Marxian communism, the Archbishop said. the church does not join forces indis- criminately with all anti-com- munist movements.

continued. "Not All Communist forces aro forces.

anti good

Close Warfare "But,.. the opposition

to jet

ficials of the Communist-dominat-staff. ed Social Unity Party held a se-

Athens, August 17. In April, the last month for cret

Gregory, Stachtopolos, reporter in. Berlin yester- conterence

which figures are avaliable, Rus- Russia had demanded a share in and employees here exclusive of paper and a correspondent for Ute control of the Ruhr as a con-dependents.

being held incom- The United States Reuters, is

States municado by the police, record- dition for the resumption of had 115 Government personnel four-power Government in the

in the USSR and 24 businessmen

mening to messages from Salonika. Police refused in comment on German capital.

and newspaper. correspondents. Meanwhile, a Royal Air Force The latter are included in Rus the affair, but Athens newspapers said that it is assumed that Vampire which yesterday gin's official personnel since both made

fanding forced

near the Amtorg Trailing Corporation Stachtopolos is being held in cont The Archbishop met corres-solidifled in the Anglican com- Gadebusch, northwest of Sch-

Polk, American correspondent ernment-directed. pondents from parts of the munion by the lambeth confer-Werin. in the Soviet Zone, was and Tass News Agency áre Gov-|nection with the death of George who was reported missing in May Palace, his ence," he sald.

only slightly damaged and the

As examples of unfair treat this year. ofcint residence. 10 clarity

officially WRE He called attention to a resolu- pilot unhurt, it

ment of Americans in Russ Stuchtopolos is said to have points of the Lambeth confer-

il condemning i hecause it stated in Berlin today. 1100 enee report, pubibsted last even "encourages class warfare and The pilot was still held by diplomatie observers noted, first-been the last person to have had ing.

regards the moro! low as not the Russians, and negotiationsly, Russia has blocked all United dinner with Polk before the Am- absolute but relative to the needs

for his release and the return States efforts to expand the American dissappeared.--Associated of the state.".

of the plane were continuing erican Embassy staff in Moscow Press, British, authorities in the. Ger-

world in Lambeth

Some practicing Christians a good many in Czechoslovakia and Russla-are political Com- munists" he said.

Marxlan

communism, has Been

The Lambeth cenference,

Archbishop continued, has no man capital were today awaiting "They believe In communal legislative nutherly nor does it reply from the Russians to their ownership of property and 1 seek to impose, its views on any protest list night against the ollier communist economic church in the Anglican com-buzzing" by two Soviet Yak theories but reject Marxian munion. Its influence is ad-gliters of * British Europeon aiheism and the Marxinn denlatvisory and its authority moral Altways passenger Viking in the.

and spiritual, he explained.—As- | Berlin-Hamburg air vorridor.

of a future life,"

The church does not renounce sociated Press. such communists, the Archbishop

said.

"Not so long ago Hitler was * vigorous ooponent of Com munism hut it certainly wgufil have bean anything but, wise,

co-operate with

him,” he

Unesco Decision

Geneva, August. 17. The United Nations Economic und Social Council decided, today to forward direct to the, General

Assembly without any "' recom~- mendation three of the most vital. and controversial subjects on its agenda the quasulons, of human rights, genocide and freedom of information.

This decision was taken elthe, an eight-hour debate on pro - dure. It was realised that, thore was no bodibility of the Council completing detalled consideration of the documents, and framin recommendations on these sub- foots in time to prósent «ARENT, EX the General Assembly in Paris next month The thre# Jabiccia will still be discussed, be a pick [ary, mussion of the Council;"how- aver, giving, Governments" an op- portunity," tu vxpress "thole gene

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