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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1948.

BATTLES CONTINUE IN FRENCH STRIKE

Compromise On German Industry

London, October 21,

of

Paris, October 21, Two pithead battles and the “kidnapping" of the Sub-Prefect of the Pas de Calais Department dan marked the 18th day of. France's nationwide

coal strike today.

Thirty Republican security guards were injured, 20 seriously, and one demonstrator was badly hurt when 1,000 strikers recaptured a pithead of La Grand Combe, in the Gard Department of Southern France from which guards had eject- ed them at dawn.

The minera took over the pit- heads without trouble,

The clash occured when miners fireat from the pitheads they hari A three-power statement on from the Ricard pit returned in occupied at Ales, in the Gard De- the dismantling German force in the afternoon to recover partment of Southern France,

The guards, plant will be issued shortly in their "stronghold." London, Paris and Washington. flinging tear gas greundes in a

fight, were be I IN believed the statement Berce 15-minute will embody the compromise sieged and overwhelmed by foren solution resulting from talks be- of numbers. tween the Foreign Secretary, Mr. French and the Ernest Bevin,

Minister, M. Robert Foreign Schuman, and the Marshall Aid Administrator, Mr. Paul G. Hoff- formight mon- during the past

FILT

nn Mr. Hoffman's scheme for halting diamantling.

Originally, Mr. Hoffman's view- diamantling that all point was ahould be halted until the Hum- phrey Committee of Investigation, appointed by himself, had time to investigate the German plunts affected on the spot.

were up France and Britain posed bra full suspension of dis-

nuniling.

It is believed that under this compromise solution dismantling will continue on those plants on which work has already started, But no dismantling will be start- ed on those plants where work has not yet begin. At the sume time, the work of the Humphrey Committee will be accelerated us much as possible.

Art

hurled

ruilway The strikers sleepers, bolts and stones at the guards and disarmed several of them and held them as hostages for (ime,

When the

abandoned

Tear Gas Used Security troops used tear gas; against strikera to occupy central electricity statlari the Gard enveral pita partment.

and Do.

Quads Born In Edmonton

Edmonton, October 21. Quadruplets — three boys and girl-were born six weeks prematurely today to the 27-year-old wife of an

■lectrical mechania.

Hospital officials said that the condition of the mother, Mr. Bosale Taylor, was sntia- factory, but described the chancos of survival of the babies as only "Matr."

27.

Her husband Robert, is also

The Taylors have two other seven children, Raymond, and Peter. five-Vrilted

Press.

Customs Staff On Strike

de.

This is the first walk-out of

COMINFORM IS BEHIND TROUBLE IN FRANCE

Paris, October 21. The Franch Government is firmly convinced that the French Communist Party, acting on Cominform orders, faunched Franco's labour conflict to sabotage the Marshall Plan.

The Communists themselves angrily deny this

charge.

But the Government claims that ; It has absolute proof that Comiln- form orders

strike started the movement and that Cominform money keeps it going.

1

try on the European continent for the whole of the Marshall Plan.

A rapid French recovery would be a major factor in the recovery of all non-Communist. Europe.

Press.

Acting on this assumption, the For their strategle attack, the Government has decided to accept Communists chose not only the challenge, the same sources Europe's key country, but the key said. And the Government is industry in that country-the conl convinced that it is strong enough industry. For the first time since to beat the threat, probably the the war, France's own coal pro- the gravest since the liberation. duction, plus what she would get Apart from a broad strategic from the Saar and Ruhr, would have been almost enough to rule alm, the Government believes the out any need for dollar paid coal Communists have a number of imports.

Yet rointed objectives.

ita the 18 dayn of the The situation in the mining

Shanghai, October 22.

nationwide stoppage, France has was described today by centren

1. To test the loyalty and now lost nearly 2,000,000 tons of Chinese staff members of the Chinese Customs began a sit-fighting quality of Government irreplaceable coal. This will mean the stronghold, they left behind the Ministry of the Interior as

follows: iraller, rifles them lorry and a

In the Departments of Tarn. down strike yesterday after troops, security guards and police. not only cold homes again for the and steri helmets.

Aveyron and

Soon-et-Loira

2. noon in support of their

To rully

non-Communist winter, but the closing down of Central Eastern mand for increased pay. Another clash was reported 10-(Southern and

workers

by provoking tough France's vital Industries--United, night from St. Etienne, Central France), the situation was "less

police action against the strikers. France, where

tease."

public servants since the advent

3. In the Nord and Pas de Calals of the gold yuan on August 19. and steel workers battled with

To step up the campaign The majority of the strikers for inclusion of Communists in polled for the third successive day Departments (Northern France),

are low-salaried employees such the Government. when they contested possession of

Etlenne AL St.

(Central as lift and office boys who are 4. To test the Cambefort pit, occupied by the altuation was "unchanged." polter early this morning.

France), the situation was "enim" said to have initiated nearly all equipment of the supporters of with two more pits cleared by the past walk-outs.

From 3.39 p.m. yesterday, Chi-General Charles de Gaulie.

for 5. To win enough gains police overnight.

Customs nese members of the

work the workers to enable the Com stayed away from their and were seen talking in groups munist General Confederation of Labour (CGT) to claim a major of threes or fours.

Others who sat by their desks victory. did not do any work and reading magazines and afternoon papers.

settlement Negotiations for a are expected to begin as soon as name a represen- the strikers tative for the talks.-Reuter.

striking miners

Official Seized The attack was beaten off with Five boll vides. (1 injuries strikers were arrested,

The demonstrators seized M. Pc. Sub-Prefect for the Pas

in his de Catals Department, office at Bethune this afternoon A crowd

rowd of 10,000 men and had protested againat women the arrest last night of seven demonstrators, of Germa

to According

official gurna given in London today, thers

48 "units" planta in the British Zone de- clared surplus to the level of industry agreed in 1947, upon which dismantling work has

The mines of La Combelle In Department the Puy-de-Dome (Central France) were threatened with complete inundation. Ten pits in all were totally flooded, the Ministry said.

of the The Political Burenu French Communist Party issued u statement today noting "with satisfaction that throughout the country the whole people is show. The crowd disperred quietly ing

In solidarity in action with the when they learned from the Sub-minern." Prefect that the seven men harl been freed, but the strikers' com miller were not satisfied when M. Pe said that he had ordered the release of the seven men and de- dropping mander the Immediate

not yet been started. There are a further 217 "units" which are now in the process of dismantling and on which work under the compromise agreement of all charges against them, will presumably be continued.

Finally, 204 "units"

been completely ready mantled.-Reuter.

SEES THE KING

London, October 21.

The statement denounced what It called the "Fasciat methods" of the Government in dealing with the strikers.

Workers To Vote

They took the Sub-Prefect 10tionwide

were

и

the sirength

Koy Country

and

There a little doubt here that the Communist strategists ré- gard France as the key coun.

MINE DETECTORS SPEED WORK

Liverpool, October 21.

The Communist-led Federation ut Railwaymen was organising a

of referendum its Mine detectors are being used in a novel fashion at workers today on whether a 24-

the docks here to help speed up the shipment hour strike should be called on all French railways in support of to the United States of important Malayan rub- their claim for a minimum living

bor cargoes, woge of 15,000 francs per month.

Huge consignments of high The results of the referendum re not expected until next week. grads: rubber from Malaya ure the United Railway traffic in the Mediter-being stored in

day

дем

Marsellies announced.

to-

Cunard tons of rubber and the Parthia, due in on Saturday, will lond another 1,000 tons.

Experts say that to strip the

Occupation Costing Too Much?

Bonn, October 21. An attack On "excessive" Allied occupation costs in wus made Western Germany

German the

Constituent Dr. Assembly here today by Paul Binder, a Christian Demo- crol.

in

Dr. Binder,

former South

of Fl. his

Wuerttemberg Minister nonce, was dismissed from post by the French

inst year

Dr. Binder said that it General Clay; the American Military Go- vernor, thought the Allies need nat consider the problem of re- *he coste burden, Cucing the will find the circumstances more powerful than he."

though American food ensure the absence of destructive

JAPANESE BID FOR TOURISTS

"No German Finance Minister will dare propose economies to succeeded in reducing occupation his Parliament unless he had first costs,"

Binder added. Al- Dr.

Imports In mitigating have been vita! German distress, "this old assumes

different character if one mombers that it has only become necessary because of the annexa- tion of German territory and the expulsion of 7,000,000 East Ger mans."

ro-

Law have al-the

Courts. where. Re- Inter- dis-publican security

Kuorda demonstrators then pened, The

and the began throwing stones guords replied with tear gas.

M. Pe was only freed and re- turned to his office, where an in-

are fantry detachment joined the Re- The King today received Sir publican security troops in Hurd-ranean region, bottled up yester-Kingdom and reshipped to the Oliver Goone-tilleke on his ap-ing the building.

Jarges crowd of striking day by a 24-hour strike of Com- United States under the Anglo-many layers in a 200 lb bale to

of Nice and American agreement. pointment on High Commissioner A

metal would take a strong man Marseilles, the United King-miners and their wives forced munist railwaymen

normal again for Ceylon in

The employment of Far East-six to eight hours.-Reuter. Republican security guards to re- dam. Reuter,

the Railway Management at ern unskilled labour during the war resulted in odd pieces of Communist rallwayrien at Le metal being found in pressed Mans.

West of Paris, went on strike at 4.00 am, today for 48 bales of rubber. hours to support their claims for guillotining machinery used in

He charged that the occupying better living conditions and to the initial stages o! processing

powers "would rather encourage show their sympathy with the the rubber from its raw

inflation Ani a certain degree of Minneapolis, October 21. miners,

to the finished article.

reduce Police forces curly

wecking to attract Western Germany than today re- An official of the United States Japan is

a their occupation costs."-Reuter. electricity Embassy in London tentatively American tourists through Occupied the central

Government-backed station at Carmaux, Southern suggested the use of mine de-five-year, France, where strikers had bar tectors to run over the deliverles programme, a Japanese

from said today.on his arrival here ricaded themselves in The operator shipment--arriving

from Tokyo. tion was carried out quietly and

Iwao Yokoto, Director

of the The co-operation of the head the workers left soon after the

the local war-time arrival of the police.

of

bomb Japan Travel Bureau, is en route disposal unit was sought and as to the annual convention of the Society of Travel a result four men, each carrying American

and a battery pack detector Agents at Savannah, Georgia. He "sten in and detect the pre-sald his country was building ten

farge

hotels, Improving and add-

CLARENCE MOBBED BY BERLIN. KIDS

the

Berlin, October 21.

and

This caused damage

Clarence, the flying camel, arrived in Berlin today,

to-be-greeted by an estimated 5,000 children.

contributed by United Descending daintily from his It was

at Neu-

storage. the States Army personnel private C-54 transport.

Gernian children in mascot of

06th Fighter berg and

Wiesbaden, Wing found himself all but

Dunkirk Striko Clarence stayed in Berlin for mobbed by the shouting thronk two hours, carrying children Departmental authorities of ragged kids.

the Union leaders opened negotia Ground

the airport on his back. nearly Then, true to the tradition of tions and the Communist-led the airlift, he flew out again to General Confederation of Labour galler up more food and sweets. (CGT) withdrew its Кепего! First Lieutenant Donald Butter-strike order for the area launched field, calls himself "Chief Camel last night as a protest against the Tender of the 88th". He said that police action. Clarence will go to Munich an Monday and Stuttgart next Wed- nesday to take up now contr). outions.

He brought with him

7,000 lbs of food and sweets to brighten what otherwise might be a drab Christmas fur hals hosts.

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Communist-led buliding workers at Dunkirk, Northern French part, began ■ 24-hours strike today in sympathy with the miners

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These men "clear" 100 tone ing to its highway system and

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of rubbar in the matter of expanding other tourist facilities five- in the first phase of the There is no!, the silghtest year programme.

He also, zaid the tourist in- chance of even a pin escaping. as a plerting whistle in the lustry was regarded as a lead- gives ing revenue source. He added ear-phones operator's

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"We hape to recruit enough food and sweets to provide a Dunkirk dockers, who had de- real Christmas for every one cided at a meeting last night to of Bertin's 76,000 children," stop unicading coal, stood idle! Lieutenant Butterfield said. today while the Canadian freigh- "Since Clarence can't handle ter, Westminster County (7,190.

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