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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY ‘0,-1949.

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JAPAN REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT IN 1949

Russian Accusation In Tokyo

Washington, January 5.

General Frank McCoy, Chairman of the Far Eastern Commission, believes a sottioment of Japanese reporations may be expected this year, accord- ing to Commission officials today.

He thinks a settlement will be reached in spite of the

lack of agreement in the Commission.

the

Of In the

divided among the Officials of

Commission and bult Idirelosed Bis in reply to ques-other three.

assessment The American Tokyo, Junuary 5. tens on the Commission's fallure

reonomic situation The Soviet Union today ne- 10 Lunch a drvision on the shares the

indierites that Jupina Feparations that Far East Jprzenies

stain- cused the United States of jul

receive, disclosed cannot look to an early te provide the nucleus of a new the Commission's amat re-ment of the economic stubility it

jenjave prior to the war, Japanese army.

using the Japanese police forcéjefainments will

The accusation

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Despite the Chiusirinan's opin-) that Sittli Srbak, 17ster, at is uplerstood Mr. William

what shtes the States imember and Chaman of progress has been maile in

10 cliemant natrong shall receive, the Council, replying hotly to the Ching either

far volume of reparations that

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Soviet allegations,

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the

economic

and of the

United States concerning

of easy attainment stability in Japan country reaching porting condition it ir

the period following the

Immediately

a self-up- expected of surrender when it was hoped there would be

stability. throughout greater the Far East." Under these circumstances, Commission afflesais Eastern

arty coh! be inlt around her exeverting the total availwlling to even estimate what

framework of a red police fare: of the type in Japan,

Contain & euith British The and Chinese members and they

to Je were reassured

colleague

their American

General MacArthun's

mendations to the Japanese Closing rranent Wilh relat

police force were being

mented honestly

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Heavy Snow In British Isles

and

Dorby, January 4, After further heavy snow. falls in the South Peak dle- tricts of Derbyshire today, men dressed like Eskimos

equipped with ploughs are struggling to keep roads open and to pre- vant high lying villages and hamiets from being com. pletely, Isolated.

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This afternoon snow blocks and ley roads were reported from Scotland, North West and Western England and. Wales-Reuter.

Woman In Tientsin Excitement

Tientsin, Jantary 5, Two Korean'passengers, one of them Miss D. Edward Dixon Methodist mis an American sionary, landed here yesterday Air Transport from Civil C-46 plane at the Tientsin Race Course emergency airfield amid

Communist shells, from artillery,

According to able that the United States will be finally available as inclus- be caller apon in artstrale und trint reparations,

cin- legally tuberally, as Is

thin the basie need to do Potsdam: recupation policy

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Some Doubt The United States itself has claims to clinquished Japanese reparations There

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fun ther exercised

tion

should

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future to prevent the develop ten available beyond ment of

force

inilustrimi repara - the m- the JapaneRD police sett istibution to The Nether- United East Indies, the nucic as the

of any teks

Philippines and Kingdom, the China, which have already been largely completed.

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A the present time, Japanese

has reached production proximately 65 per cent of the 1930-34 level-the only point in structure pen the reparations which the Commission has been able to agree.- Reuter.

Communists Denounce War Trials

"The

British Common- alarm,"

Under this interim plane to wealth member saxt, "We should,

mæed the urgent needs of the re-adio Best the however, emain alert

the spin! nations-19,000 machine police force should become breeding ground of authoritarian | trials were made available in the control.". Reuter.

four nations, half going to China

Philippines To

Refugees Accept

Washington, January 5.

The Philippine Government yesterday advised the Washington office of the International Refugee Organisation that the Philippines is willing to provide temporary haven for displaced persons.

The decision was sent Walter Wood, Washington IRG chief.

Philippine after the Cabinet decision on a request of the IRO that the islands offer stateless temporary haven for foreigners in Shanghai, seeking In fee before Communist ad- vances in China...

to The offer said the Guian Aren roads, electric lights, possess{'R water and part facilities, but n habilable quarters n' present.

Shanghai, January 4.

Communist Chinese

tight

wilur observers Witnessed the incident, just about 1 then Chinse Air Force obser-

une down vation plate after hopping along the runway. swerved and chrted up in an

juining creek. With

shells Communist

everybody ploding fairly close,

airport was the emergency

Cover but running for

several persons from the CAT plane ran to assist the pilot of the Chinese Air Force Plane.

Meanwhile, the

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Conversion Loan

By Australia

London, January 4.

A new Australian' conversion loan was announced in London today by Mr. J. A. Beasley, High Commissioner for Australia.

He told a press conference that it would be called "Government of the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia three per cent Registered Stock, 1972-73" and would be issued at por..

redeemed on

It would be April 1, 1974 or at the option of the Government on or after April 1, 1972.

Helders of the following stocks, for which notices of redemption were posted today, are boing into the new offered conversion Joan;

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British Unions To Withdraw

New South Wales four per cont incribed stock 1942 to 02.

Western Australia tour

London, January 4. rent inscribed stock 1942-52.

British Trades Unico The Western Austalia 3-3/4 12:

Congress, representing 7,500,000 cent Inscribed stock 1940-00.

New stock to the full amount of trade unionists, is expected by the suturing loans, namely £17.-informed observers in London World 88,187, is being offered in

lo withdraw from the fal Federation of Trades Unions. version, but applications for

amoat offered, it before the end of this month. bort of the

The Bullish the intention of the Co.anyon wealth Government to repatriate WETU Arthur up to £5 million of the loss to be redeemest,

to the extent.

conversion

New Capital

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Any over 28 million will be taken up in the new three pe

the for cash by cent stock Commonwealth Bank of Aus

tralia. Mr. Beasley told his press con-} ference tha; the outstanding au- trakan loans in Landon had been reduced since 1939 by 70 million and that the sterling balance in Londen was now £240 million.

The prospects of the wheat and wool crops in Australia were goi had reached with and prices for wani board, spun the highest level yol known mail bags still on round and round several times the history of the industry, and with the engine warmed up presseded along the former polo

ground in the centre of the Race

Thack and took

it New cour → quoted today Ching News Agency denuncia- | Tsingtan-Beuter. tion of the release of 19 import- unt Japanese war criminals by General MacArthur,

The rato sard that the release which Is an outrage on nations sufferen the depredations Japanese fasetsun especially the Chinese nation, which most,

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rare occasions

have ever held

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Mr. Bensloy added that in Lite three years 1945 to 1948 a total of £145 millon new capital for either Australlun industry planned or lauel,-Reater.

Western Union To

Meet In London

London, January 4.

with the Nationalist on any sub- The Consultative Council of the Western Union,

1 eded: "The Amerkan - perialists always tried to screen and protect Japanese war eelmi- nas, disregarding the Just public opinion of the Soviet Union and other Allied nations.

"The block of millions of Chi- nese cannot be unavenged, and the Japanese the treatment of criminals will be regarded as nese people."United Press.

composed of the Foreign Ministers of Britain, France and the Bonelux nations, will hold its fourth periodic meoting in London on January 26,

of the President

Deakin, would this tonight but he not confirm told Reuter that the TUC would ael on the basis of the decision. WFTU Executive taken at the

Paris between Jan- meeting in uary 17 a 21, rather then wait for a full plenary session of the organisation,

It seems probable that the Bri- tish decision will be taken when Ita mecis the General Council London during the last week in January to consider the report of its delegates to the Paris Meet. ink,

Mr. Deakin was unwilling to anticipate the WFTU Executive decision by suggesting that Brl- fish withdrawal was now inevit- absie,

He said however, that all the evidence showed that Russla and Eastern Europe are unlike. ly to agree to suspend federa. tion activities,

Mr. Deakin indicated that the British lenders do not necessarily have in mind indefinite suspen-

ton-Reuter.

BRITAIN AND SEOUL REGIME

London, January 5. Britain has decided to re-

in progress between the Westcognise the American-sponsored ern Union, the United States Seoul Government as the ruler and Canada for an Atlantic of divided Korea. Union in Washington,

Under its terms of reference, Recognition is to be announced! the Consultative Council, at each within the next fortnight.

The Philippines suggested the illegal and Invalid by the Chi-pean Unity Committee, which of its meetings, receives reports

IRO ask the United States for uttier hurts and tents. quonsel essentials or habitation.

The Islands also specified tha the 180 bear all expenses cuu- nected with the project, incluri- The Philippines are willing to

the refugees provide haven in Gulan, Samaring moving

permanent

within area Inland, for 6,000 persons up to four months.

STRONG SHOCKS

San Salvador, January 5. Strong earth shocks were felt last night undi to here at 7p.m.

There was no four again at midnight.

months after their arrival in the immediate report of damage or

casualties.-Associated Press. has Islands.-Assoclated Press.

The Philippine offer also been to IRO headquarters at

sent Geneva. Its acceptance is pected проп.

tion

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Mr. Wood expressed gratifien- for the offer, adding that the Philippines is the only no- tion in the Pucille area thus far undertaking to assist displaced

persons in that area.

The Philippine Foreign Ome

said entry of these persons will!

be subject to existing regulations

Heavy Programme

At Lake Success

Lake Success, January 5.

governing the entry of allens in- A heavy work programme for the United Nations

to the Philippines.

Application of this provision]

to the island offer is not ex. plained, but the opinion le ex-

pressed that any person con ing under the IRO programme| will be Rocopted.

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Security Council was arranged yesterday at a closed mooting between General A. G. L. Mc- Naughton and the Secretary-General, Trygve Lio.

General McNaughton, Presi- of the present truce machinery dent of the Council, and the in Palestine will be inken over UN Secretary-General met as by the new

the UN resumed operations mission.

here.

Conciliation Com-

salti 1. Informed quarters

ask the Security said the Bunche may Informed sources

the worksheet of the Council meet-Council to transfer all the truce

of functions ings for the next few days was supervisory arranged. The top subjects were mediutor to the Commission in- said to be Palestine, Indonesia mediately. and Hyderabad,

The spokesman said the UN The U.N. is expected to an- still had received no reply from dates for Israeli to the Security Council's The fire order on nounce today definite

latest cease Security Council meetings.

Secretariat officials from Mr. Negev fighting.

officially announced, the line It WBS Trygve Lie on down

however, that the Egyptian Gov the were at their desks after Christmas and New Year hollernment has agreed to accept the ccase fire subject to compliance days.

the Israeli Government. Omcials spent most of the day by catching up on back paper work. Associated Press.

Mr. Lie held terence this morning, resuming" his custom of having weekly meetings with newsmen.

a news con-

While the delegates were pre- paring for Security Council ses- alons here, two key figures in the Palesting situation were en- route to Lake Success.

Dutch Sentence Americans

.

were

Singapore, January 4, Three Americans arrested for running near Alrabu mun General They were Brigadier

of Singa- William E. Riley, UN Chief of island, North East

Ralph Staff to Dr.

J. Bunche, porc, on September 14

a Dutch acting UN mediator for Pales convicted today by tine, and Aubrey Eban. Israell court at Tandjong Pinang and representative to the UN.

rentenced to prison terms.

The principal accused, Albert Onsott of California, of the UN tenced to four years. Connia Bel- will begin meetings. soon. The grist of Oklahoma was sentenced

Assembly Mooting

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The Council will receive al report from the Commitic for European Unity, which it ap- pointed after its last meeting in Paris last October. The Euro-

The United States recognised adjourned before Christmas, 1 from its rallitary, economic and

the Seoul authority

the la due

resume work next financial, and cultural and so-

week-end, ela) Thursday.

experts. asked Progress of the organisation of

Korea was divided into Northern Yesterday, Britain

this the five-power military planning and Southern segments after the for i1 postponement

Russian surrender. Japanese Mr. Ernest organisation under Field Marshni Rive meeting to-

occupy the Lord Montgomery will form the troops moved in: to Bevin,

the Foreign Secretary.

subject of a special report-Reu-Northern part of the country and the more time to study the various

American troops went into forter. proposals under discussion

South under terms of the armis- setting up a European Assembly

ilce agreement, or a European Council aimed at political co-ordination be- closer tween member States.

of

No date for renewed meetings in Paris has yet been announced but observers here believe that the Committee will in any case report its findings to the London meeting of the Foreign Ministers at the Constitutive Council the Western Union.

TUC CHAIRMAN 'FOR AUSTRIA

London, January 4. Mr. Will Lawther, Chairman of the Trades Union Congress and President of the National Union of Mineworkers, will leave Lon- don tomorrow by air for Vienna, of where he will address the Aus- tring TUC, and discuss the pre- problems of Austria's

The Council is also expected sent to review the negotiations now miners. Reuter.

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