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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948.

BRITAIN TRYING FOR

MIDDLE EAST BASE

Paris, December 15.

Britain lost a behind-the-scones fight at the 'recent United Nations Assembly session for approval of plans qimed of giving her a new military base in the Middle East

She intends to resume it, however, next April when the Assembly's third session meets again in New York.

Liel

Scandinavian Defence Talks

Copenhagen, December 14,

The Scandinavian Defence Committes With meet* TM Copenhagan tomorrow In

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- strict secrecy to resume dis-

cussione

military co. operation started in Oslo and Stockholm.

The Committee or Navy, Army and Air Chiefs of Staff from Denmark, Norway and Sweden will be accompanied by delegations representing all aspects of modern warfare, Including civil defence.

The talks, which it is un. 'derstood will be techolcal rather than political, are ex. pected to continue till Sun. day. Reuter.

VITAL SECRETS GIVEN TO REDS BEFORE WAR

The

Washington, December 14.

ob

the

re-

Seaman's Story Of Mining

The Hugue, December 14: The British Government has

| Vital military data on secret United States document might have been sent to Russia before the war. Spy investigators of the House of Representatives said so today in a statement on the espionage ring dealing in stolen Government documents.

Hmise Un-American Idence indicates, dilid it while shpi Activities Committer snid it was an ally and certainly she Cyrenalea, Eastern segment | terlarated further. It is used as

had obtained new oral in- would step it up in times like of Italy's pre-war colony of ja Mediterraneng staging point for

formation Indicating that

an this, particularly aluce Libya, is the setting of a Bet-j superfortresses linking the Unit-

we liave unidentified witness harl tish War and Foreign

with Germany Office ed States

done nothing to check st."

Mr. Muncht Greece.

ined Information from

did not give crente project to

-forward a

porters any congrefè evidence to Against this the United Mediterranean base for air, land

Aberdeen Maryland; proving back up the Committee's beliefs submitted to the International Brates had to consider the

grond. The 'proving ground is and sea forces.

views

"The tragle aspect of Soviet Court of Justice at The Hague of

own Italian

a major Army testing ground sy Officials who help shape the

nctivities is that Russian an affidavit by a merchant sea- population and of the antl.

for all types of guns, shells and agents Leadon

have Middle Government's

Communist Italian government,

been akled and man who says he saw Yugo- Eastern

ommunition. sald plona for

ovetted policies

by officials and Britain's desire to hull "Palestine as a military bare. She

em- | slay mine layers prepare 1he strategic development of strong

Army intelligence said it had ployees in our owal Government," North African

mine the Corfu Channel just he World War, 11 battleground springs from the virtual frustra had hopes to have

no knowledge of such informa~ | he said. a series of

before two British destroyers Hem It katel [1 touid exist and await execution.

Mr. Midt made the statement were damaged there in 1946. tion of her plans to stabilise that streamlined military part of the Aral world North of 1th countries like Iraq, Saudi could make an accurate check..

specifie information before it in releasing the Committee'n the Suez Canal.

Arubin, Syria and Egypt. The

suminary of its progress to date! The Committee said: "We lu the enly one on which she puts value}

Whittaker Chambers- have Indientions today is with Trans-Jordan. •

that the in- | Alger Hiss "Pumpkin Pupers" formation he collected and trans-Red spy controversy. phase of the case involves an in- mitted has reached Rusin. This dividual whom we believe to be siill in the employ of the Gov- ernment."

of

They said they have been held up by the Assembly's deetalert to

the future stefer study f Haly's African Empire-com- prising the colonies of Libya, Entred and Somalia-Until next April.

Strategic Area

The decision was reached in the face of stiff British oppos!. lion.

Britain wants a strategie arca trusteeship over Cyrenaica 30 the can set up military Installa-

be tons. She would

prevented from doing so by the UN, char- Her if given an ordinary form of

trusteeship.

The United States holds strate-

kie areas trusteeships over the

former Japanese-mandated Mar- shall,

Caroline

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Upset By Jews

base

The turmoil in Palestine siner the end of the war was a main reason for that frustration.

Britain had hoped to use the Negev desert

of South

attacks of her Amb

alliances

Tarl's ability to ward off the opponents drew muay British plans out of teur.- Associated Press,

Burma And The Sterling Area

London, December 14.

and Marianas Burma's contribution to the resources of the sterling

(takent greages for the Pacific.

63, hæcking for Britain's plan has already been pledged, off-

Frth of both countries have re-

ported

arca had been her exports of rice, Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said to- day.

This had conserved hard eur. Conservative, All Domunions-including No-

ireney, be added. Burma's co-oper- | contribution South Metalist

Africa-supportation in this respect was most

Takiable.

then too.

U.S. Dilemma

He was replying in Parliament

So do some Latin Americano Mr. Oliver Crostinwalle Eyre, and West European countries. although many of them would prefer Italy to get administration of all her pre-war volonies. This

: what sri and her sup-

jyntors Invour.

American policy over Tripoli- tania's Future is uncertain he- rause tw inyalties are involved. # Britain gets it she would pro- tret the huse U.S. airbase there, The hise was ret up during the war, closed down after VE Day but reopened' carly

this when East-West relations Germany antel The Balkans de-

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UPROAR IN

ROME SENATE

Whe asked what Burma had made

to the hard currency reserve of Hir starling areu in the last three years.

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The Chanesilor said he was unable to give the figures, would they be particularly use- - since Burma-hard currency earnings are very small.

need

The acting Committee chair. man, Representative Kart

The

Most Serious

In the сле

Committee said it in tended to track down all guilty parties Involved No matter what the New York Federal Grand Jury did. And, it added, if the

to

Britain, claiming compensationa from Albork for dumoge' to the ships and the Ios of 49- British sailors, alleges Ulfat Yugoslavin tald the mines Albania's agret.

The Court has not yet decided whether to hear the testimony of the inerchant seaman, Zizan Pav lov, who recently escaped from Yugoslavia,

The last witness for Albonin, Rear-Admirał Maulee. of the French Navy, stated today that Grand there who inid the nines just

Mundt, and the evidence ob. tained by the Committee had led it to believe that Commud-Jury falled to return indictments, before the British warships passert

(Tom through the Channel must have

Int esplonage activities had the Attorney General

war Clark) should nssign the FBI to wished to create an International

the

continued through when Rusla was an ally.

Still Operating The Committer feels there is still an espionage ring operating in Washington, Russia, the evi-

Kesselring

the case ond give it free rein,

I said it had full confidence that the FDI could crack the case under such conditions.

It said also: "This case com- prises one of the most serious, I not the most serious, enses of espionage."--United Press.

Incident.

tor

Hs evidence was devoted refuting that of a former naval commander, Karel Kovacic. Yugoslav selge, who claimed to have seen the Yugoslov mine- layers sail tuto the Channel. Reuter.

Back In Gaol Chambers Says He

Herford, December 14. Albert Kesselring, 82-year- old former German Field Mar- shal. serving a life sentence in the British Zone of Germany for war crimes, has returned to prison-efter having been-grant="

Was Threatened

New York, December 14.

ed eight days compassionate Whittaker Chambers today said that a gray-hairod

leave

woman Communist made an implied threat on

his life in 1938 after he broke with the Com- munist Party.

The woman was a former per-

Mr. Cresthwaite Eyre: The Economic Secretary to the Kesselring, German Suprema: Treasury said recently, that the Commander main reason

in Kaly for two we guve Burma years 1 March, 1945, spent his Rome. December 14.

£2,000, 60D of hard curleave with Communist shouts of "Murrency was the currency she hat family in Bavaria

his wife and her derer" interrupted the Italian auned,

to straighten Does not this Minister of the interior, Signor and currerey Burma is

answer out their serious financial pro- show that far fron supplying tiems a British spokesman sablonal friend Mario Scelba, in the Senate to-

A British military court sen, identity. night when he defended the

teticed Kesselring to death at Government's action in quel

sentence was commuted to life Venice on May 6. 1847, but the ling the recent disorders at

Imprisonment two months later. Reggio Emillia, 50 kilometers North of Bologna, Northern Italy.

Senators

screamed insult: at

me nnither across the floor for 10 minutes,

Signor Scelbu suid split is the Jabostr ranks #1 Reggi Emilta was followed by acts of violeure against workers. 1

palice promised

investigation into the disorders and punish- ment for the initiators.

He added that during the part seven months police had seized 701 muchine-guns, 1,888 rifles. 497 automatic pistols, 8,000 hand) grenades and many other legal ly owned arms.-Reuter.

merely

Sir Staftaril: earning soft currency?"

"Certainly not. the cares tu, she could sell this rter for had currency and then sell the hard currency.”—Reuter |--Reuter,

Fu's

Vacillation While Reds Act

Boston, December 15.

There are strong indications that General Fu Tso-yi

has not yet decided where to oppose the Red drive for Poiping and Tientsin.

This was stated in a despatch of the "Christian Science Mon- Ro-Ror." from Peiping by Frank bertson, special correspondent

This elegant cigarette comes to you from London, England. Smoke it, slowly,

for sheer love of luxury

he gave her delivered

the

und Shc threat on instructions.

He was hiding outside Bal- timore at the time, he said.

"She made the threat to my. brother-in-lm, an attorne ort Fifth Avenue. The proposition was that if my brother-in-low turned me over to the Party, she would guarantee the safety of 173 wife nnet children. The thte was matle in my brother- -in-hw*g-bifke "He didn't know" where I was, He told me about

it months later."

Chambers' disclosure was made to reporters waiting outside the rooms where the Federal Grand Jury heard his evidence on the pre-war Red spy ring in Washing

ton.

The despatch alded. "White be apparently is vacillating, the ed that the Grand Jury, which Government attorneys indient- Communists are walking virtual- remained in session ly unopposed eloser and closerhurs

for seven to Peiping.

atul 20 minutes today, "If General Fu does not choose tomorrow.

probably would wind up its work to fight he can either surrender. fice toward the South or hargali

If it returns any iniicfinents. for permission to withdraw is they must be handed up tomor three personal armies to Suivian.row. Informed sources believed "Within the past week this por a new Grand Jury would be con respondent heard from three un-tituted at 10 am on Thursday connected sources, one of whith before Federal Judge John Cari- even these days is given confir raudy to take up where the ination, that Nationalist delegok Jury left off. ation recently went to Shil klachwang, Communist politien!

Alex Campbelt, assistant At centre 150 miles South West of torney Generat in charge of the Peiping to, try to effect a com- Criminal Division of the Justice promise.

Department, said he had no b "Although the delegation was tention of returning to Washing- said to be representing Nanking, | ton in the near future, thus all informants agreed that Gen- lending weight to the belief that'

too."United Press.

work.United Press.

erul Fu set a representativen fresh Grand Jury would star!

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