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STALIN PROPOSES TO JOIN UNITED STATES IN OUTLAWING WAR

Greece To Join Atlantic Pact?

London, January 30, Athens Radlo tonight quot

ad Grack authoritative cir- cles for a denial of a report said to have been broadcast by Moscow Radio that Greece might join the Atlantic Pact.

"Press reports

have said. however, that during the ro cent visit to London of M. Robert Schuman, the French Foreign Minister, the question of a Mediterranean agreement was discussed," Athens Radio

World Bank

Moscow, January 30. Generalissimo Stalin said today that the Soviet Union was ready to moko a joint declaration with the United States outlawing war, and offered to meat President Truman to draft such a peace

pact.

Marshal Stalin was, replying [Germany by the setting up of a to a questionnaire submitted to West German Governanent, now: to take place in the him by the Hearst-owned Inexpected ternational News Service.

In his reply, brandenst by Mos- cow Radio he also said that the Soviet Union would co-operate

with the United States in graduat disarmament mensures,

Marshal 8telin sald he would zake na oblesuan 12 meeting President Truman for the pur-

of drafting

A world pases роясе, рас!.

Asked whether the Soviet Government would be prepared

along with consider,

programme such

To RecoverUnited States, U.S. Funds

the

as gradual disarmament, Marshal Stalin said that the Soviet Union could co-operate with the United States in

carrying measures which would lead disarmament.

spring-Reuter

NZ Recognises Refugees

Israel

of

Wellington, January 31.

Minister The Prime New Zealand, Mr. Poler Fraser, announced on Satur. day night that the Govern ment of Now. Zealand bad granted de facto recognition to the Government of fracl,

Ho sald· In

statement that events In Palestino In recent monthe have made it evident that a Jowish State

antabllabed as has bean political entity and must be accepted as such-Arcolat. ed Press.

*****

•

Juvenile Delinquency On Decline In U.S.

Washington, January 30. According to government statisticians, juvonilo do

liquency in the United States is on the do-

crease.

4

Relate Horror

Of Burma Rebellion

Rangoon, Burma, January 31.

A plano load of American and British subjects told yesterday of their rescue from the town of Bos- sein, which has become a flaming battla- ground in Burma's civil war,

Guns blazed in fleree street them fighting Independently and with one fighting, and fires dotted the some in collaboration

among the rebel town as their plane took off on another, are Saturday with the liberated movements. foreigners, three of them Ameri-

can missionaries.

New

Peace Talks

proce tolks between

Saw Ba

Two Americans were left be- hind. One of them is Mrs. Char- Karen and government leaders les Conrad, a, missionary whose started here yesterday,

U Gyi, President of the Karen husband is in Rangoon.

Nation Union, conferred with Premier Thakin Nu and mylinty

Friendly Natives lenders.

by village.

to a gradun!) contrasted with 9.1 per cent in quency. Its alma include develop. /plain Roy W. Marriott, former a separate Karon State known as

Ofeinl sources sald the lenders Friendly natives risked their

daming were renewing discussions of a Ilves to dush' through "STYLESHAYEVvyonderzoekbank 12une, cease, tre areemant balumen tha government and all of the var- Missionary Erville E. Howards. lous rebel groups. Ba U Gyl, and of Granville, Ohio, remained in possibly other responsible Karena, Basseln, about 170 miles West of might be offered Cabinet posts, here, on the Irrawaddy River the spokesman said. Delta.

A government source said the The story was told by Dr. and Omcial records show that in From this Washington confer- 1947 the rate of arrests of per-ence cate the formation of the Mrs. A, J. Sargeant, of Oakland, Karch Union proposed these five

Committee of the California, Seventh Day Adventist points:

1. Government recognition of and by the pilot. missionaries, sons under 18 years of age was Continuing

delin- and control of juvenile only 4.7 per cent of all arrests National Conference on prevention Washington, January 30.

Karenistan Avithin the Burma Royal Air Force flier. The World Bank may shortly

received Union. 1945.

Conrad mald he was ment and execution of plans and

the of his wife since

2. Recognition muke another altempt to pry

of the Koren Organisation, loose from European hiding

Compromise Plan Undoubtedly the end of the war, programmer to implement the re- no word

commendations made by the friendly Karens took her away. National Defence accompanied by closer parental Washington conference. places American dollars, esti-

worried, as she is in do- now fighting the Government in AS nn official of nated to total thousands

licute health and not fit to stand the civil Marshal Statins said that if the restraint and guidance, in partially

responsible according to experts. Blueprints

attacking inillions, which could be used Governments

the a rigorous Journey and unplea- military unit of Burma's armed United of the

delinquency sant experience." he said in un forces, but assigned to Karenis- to promate foreign economic re States, Britain and France would But one major factor in the exten: problem of juventiu

athletic pro-interview. "But 1 am confident, tan. agree to the postponement of the sive programme of governmental include widespread

centres, imour Karen friends will protect

3. Offcial recognition of the Washington Bank officials said creation of a separate West Ger- and private organisation to curb grammes, teen-age

provement of juvenile court pra-her as long as they are able."

auxiliary Union military polles. they hoped to attract the money minn State until a Foreign Minis- youthful law breakers!

cedure, schools for parents, press,

4. Amnesly for all warring by special band sales. They planters Council could meet to con- Even though fewer juveniles radio and motion picture pro.

Forced Landing

Karens and other rebel units ned to try this new methods first sider the German problem as a

throughout the the Soviet Union would were arrested during the first six grammes to focus the attention of

in- country, in Belgium and, should this suc- whole,

The foreign group, which also cluding Communista and dis eved, the project would be repeat-see no obstacles to the lifting of months of 1948 than in the same adults on the problem of juvenile

included number of Britons, had sident groups of the Peoples ed in other countries.

the transport restrictions in Ber-perled a year ago, Americans were

made a forced landing at Bassein Volunteer Organisation. on Friday just before Karen rebels 5. Formation of a. coalition and Burmese Communists insur-government to work for internal

enable the town. They peace and

holding of gents captured were liberated, they said, when elections.

stormed the The informants sold the pro-

covery.

The officials said the fate of the } Iln. plan rented with the Belgian Gov- ernment, which

lh:4Hu:8,

Marshal Stolin's

statements

for

offenders-United Press. Lsobered by these facts:

Of the 377,033 persons arrested must first agree He said it would be necessary; from January through June this not to jienaline bond buyers by however, that the transport and

year, 16,943 were under 18 and taxes or, by freezing their dollar trade restrictions introduced in 60,862 were under 21, Although | retaliation by the three powers 32.9 per cent of all persons arrested European Governmentx

bracket were be Bfted.

were less than 25, this age expected to co-operate because

contributed 45.3 per cent of those in vitally interested they are

charged with larceny, 55.5 per cent elreulating hoarded dollars, part were made in answer to a series of those charged with robbery, icularly in their own countries, of questions put by Mr. Kings-50.9 per cent of those charged with through Bank loans-Reuter.

General burglary and 71.6 of those charged bury Smith, manager

of the Hears-owned International News Service, America, submitted on 27.

TOA Plane Impounded

Manila. January 31.

European

0

January

The questions and Marshai Stalin's answers were broadenst tonight by Moscow Radio.

with auto theft.

Eisenhower Prolonged War?

The

news

in

ឆរ

Rovernment troops

city on Saturday.

war,

gramme would be presented to A government communique an- the full Burmo Cabinet before

rebels

Anally have any final decision is taken. Meanwhile,

arc

sald

out their own

the

IRO Needs Help

Whose Responsibility? What is responsible for the ar- rest and imprisonment each year of thousands of American young peo. The Trans-Ocean Airlines The text of the questions and ple, 52 per cent of whom return to the penitentiary in thelr adult plane which arrived on Satur-answers were:

years? day with a load of European refugees from Shanghai has! been impounded at Manila In- ternational Airport by the Civil Aeronautics Administration.

Major A. Cruz, Civil Aeronau- tics' Administrator, sald the American-registered TAL

plane was permitter

make only

Marshal Stalin "The Soviet flights to Manila to bring, Government would be ready three in ret

refugees from Shanghai, but consider the question of publish- already had made more than ing such a declaration," three flights, in violation of re- zulations.

2. Is the Soviet Government Major Cruz sald another TAL- prepared to co-operate with the

States Government plane loluded with refugees, Untied

nounced the been driven from Basseln, in a

government powerful offensive in which the announced it has disarmed all Nationalists

hitting "with Karen police In Its service and 've got." Berlin, Janitary 96.

given one month's "vacation' to everything we've Russian-licensed

The communique

No-all except some high ranking of- poper Der Tag today sald General tionalist columns also were ficers.-Associated Press, Eisenhower had prolonged the fighting to

to recapture points on war by striking at Germany from the Rangoon-Mandalay rallway the West instead of through the which have fallen to the rebels. Balkans.

It described the campaign as pro- The paper, reviewing General Fressing most satisfactorily.

The Karens, fierce Aghters Eisenhower's book, "Crusade Epurope",

former seeking to carve the said Supreme Allied Commander re.separate state in Burma, caught government by surprise 1. Wili the Soviet Govern-

Churchill's President Truming says: "The Jected Mr. Winston

when they linked forces with

Geneva, January 31, tent by ready to discuss the

the problem lie in the proposal to invade the Balkans strong Burmese Communists. In *The International Refugee question of publishing together outs of

the schools, and the because he was afraid the troops a lightning offensive they cut of Organisation is trying to find with the United

States, a de-homes,

churches of our nation. If results would be held up in the moun-Rangoon, the capital city, from jobs and homes for 012 account- claration that neither Govern-

are to be achieved, It must be talus,

ils main food supplies in the ment has any intention of going through the citizen and his cam- to war against the other?

80 airplane pilots, 14 under- However, the backbone of the North, Systematically they set ants. 539 dentists, 89 sculptors, munity, with stale and loval

In a German armies already had been about seizing key points

shepherds and communique an- shepherdesses, 604 policemen government and General Eisenhower unid.

strong reinforcements and thousands of farmers, law- J. Edgar Hoover, director of easily could huvo renehed Buda-nounced

have been rushed to the ares, yers, musicians and engineers. the United States FBI, answers pest and Vienna,-United Press.

but that the fighting has spread. The IRO Just released a report Rebels fired some villages in the on the occupational skills of the in a similar vein: "Their lawless

|Maubin aren midway between 55,000 refugees under its care. ness had its roots in every in-

Bassein and hangoon, the govern- Of 283,000 refugees between rent sald.

the ages of

of 16 and 65, some $1,000 Another omcial announcement are skilled in a

to

to

oficials also having a vital stake in broken at Stalingrad, the paper wide perimeter about the capital. takers, 248 the operation,"

Free Vote

falled in their primary obligation. In Portugal

More often than not, God was

stance in broken homes, in homes where mothers and fathers be which was to have "arrived last tuking-measures-almed at bring-

cause of their neglect, misunder- night, was warned that CAA ing about such a world

peace standing, or Irresponsibility had would lead to d would not permit a landing at the pet which airport, and it returned to Shang-gradual disarmament? hai,

Marshal Stalin: "Naturally, the unknown or, more important, was The Administrator said he had Soviet Government would be unwelcome in these homes." ordered a preliminary investign- ready to co-operate with the tion to determine who was res

United States Government in for violation of the ponsible agreement regarding TAL flights. Adopting measures which would CNAC and Philippine Airlines icad towards the realisation of a authorised to transport peace pact and to gradual dis- are also refugees from Shanghai-United armament." Press,

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Lisbon, January 30.

bel groups fought 'a 10-hour

the high number of battic at Sinbaugwe, Д town skilled refugees, the IRO report South of the Yenangyaung oil sakt: "The Nazl selection process The Portuguese Prime Minis- fields, about 180 miles North of which sought the most highly skilled workers for forced labour Rangoon. ler, Dr. Antonio Salazar, gavo

Burmo, nghting to consolidate probably contributed to this un- an assurance today

that the its independence, has been beset usually high proportion of skill-

a serics of revolutionary ed workers."

All of the refugees covered in

sald some strong unidentified re-non-man fruft or

those divisions which

some

SINCERES

The most ambitious programme Army would not intervene in by yet conceived in the US. to com-next month's Presidential elec-movements, some of them entire- bat juvenile delinquency was plan- tions.

ly unrelated. Several Communist the report are in Germany, Aus- He was replying to allegations Communist ned two years ago when 800 ex-

groups,

of tria and Italy-Associated Press. 3. If the Governments of party attended in Washington the made yesterday by General Luis United States, Britain

and national conference on prevention Norton de Matos, 81-year old France agree to postpone

and control of juvenile delinquency Portuguese Opposition election creation of Д separate

West

sponsored by the Jatice Depart-candidate, that military interven- German Government, pending ament.

tion was being prepared to obtain meeting of the Council of For-

a suspension of the election. eign Ministers to consider

The conference recognised, in a j In a letter to General de Matos, German problem as a whole, report which four young persons Dr. Salazar's secretary wrote that would the Government of the aged 17 to 24 helped draft, that: the Army Was "fortunately USSR be prepared to lift their children and young peoplo

cured of are restrictions On communications to

become

self-reliant, self-dia-formerly existed and led Bome

to be instru- between Berlin and the Western ciplined, and thinking adulte so military elements Zones of Germany?

Dements to partisan fights.". essential to the success of mocratic society, these children

But the letter warned that it Marshal Stalin: "Provided the and young people must be re-anyone tried to "deviate Into the three Governments concerned ob-cognised as Increasingly capable revolutionary field" during the serve the conditions mentioned of managing their own stairs and election, it would be the Govern in this question, the Soviet Gov-of sharing responsibility for the ment's duty to establish order. ernment seeS no objections lo

to affairs of the community," lifting the transport restrictions, provided that the restrictions on transport and trade imposed by the three powers are lifted at the same time."

.

4. Is Your Excellency pre- pared to meet President Truman at a mutually suitable place for the purpose of discussing the possibility of such a world pact?

Marshal Stalin: "I have

al-

Reuter.

EGYPT VISITED BY

MODERN "PLAGUE”

Cairo, January 30.

ready

ady stated that there are no Drug trafficking, in Egypt has increased to such

objections to such a meeting."

Heuters

caused

tors in

Diplomatie Corrca-

writes:

alarming proportions during the past year

that it is now widely referred to here as the "modern plague of Egypt.”

Smugglers have smashed all fevery device was used to get the

DEPT

Increase

WESTON

PHOTOELECTRIC

EXPOSURE METERS

The Boviet Premier's expressed wish for better relations with the Western powers, contained in his statement made to a United States now agency in Moscow, records, introducing into the drug into Egypt, from camels to

astle in diplomatie quar-country during 1948 nearly modern fast aeroplanes. London this evening. 1,000 tons of hashish and Most of the hashish comes from Observers in

172 London im opium, on which it is estimated Lebanon, Syria and Transjordan, wely drew mediately

the conclusion they made a net profit of and Monsef. Pasha bellovos that

the closest collaboration among the tho wido that the

Marshal £100,000,000, essenco of

flexibility Stalin's statement was his offer

Arab States is imperative. blockade to call of the Berlin

Major General Abdul Monse! He has suggested that the Arab of your provided that Britain, France Mahmad Pasha, Director General League should take immediate and WESTON MASTER and the United States held up of the Egyptian Coast Guard drastic stops to deal with this meter with

itja

A WESTON the creation of a Reparate Vest Service, stated. In an interview re- menace, particularly us

Egyptian authorities INVERCONE! German Government

until the cently that during 1948 the Coast known by whole problem of Germany had Guard had selted nearly 10 tons that more land is being put under been discussed again on a tour of illicit drugs and that this cultivation for drugs this year.

Bofore World War II, the power basis at the Council of quantity was estimated to repre Foreign Ministers,

sent only about one per cent of greater part of the drugs smuggled This appeal. Why Interpreted in the hacklah and oplum smuggled into Egypt came from Turkey, London as a Tastefninute bid to into the country.

Bulgaria, Greece and India-Res prevaht the Akal Splitting of Monsef Fasha declared, phatter."

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