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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, March 2, 1940.

EUROPEAN REFUGEES FROM S'HAI

RESETTLE ON TUBABAO ISLAND

Tubabao Island, Philippines, | Philippines sho is also called February 28, Philippina. Larissa Philippina nnlive of Guiuen. European refugees from Tresken, Shanghai have made this green Philippines, eltizen of 'no coun- 000-uere island a world of their and own, pulsating with life freedom despite the restrictions under, which they live.

There is order and discipline on this little Isloud which is uniter the municipal Jurisdiction of the town of Guinn, on the Southern ent of Summar. The White Russians and sprinkling of other nationalities make the post of fugees can.

everything as only re-

moon was

shining softly on palm-fringed Tubabsa, the soa was calm, and the breazo wan cool and fragrant.

have Three refugees

dled- two bables and an old man.

A young couple, the firet to be wed in camp, are How on The camp is protected by de- their honeymoon. They livg In|tachments of the Philippine army a tent, but they could not and the constabulary, and there have chosen a more beautiful is a small police force of hand- #pot

spend the first days of picked refugees, marriage. When Alex Fromin and Olga Kluge wore wed last February 13. ■ nearly full

Rift Denied

The International Refugee Or- In London

ganisation comp is far from a

| mere" regrouping wren along the (route of the refugees uncharter

It'

*where people love and hate, lau

laugh and cry. work and pray and have fun,

Landon, February 28. Officiala - here hastened to "lay to romove" "my" ligi 81- lon that a conflict between the Treasury and the For- eign Office had been caused by a specch at the United Nations last week by Mr. Christopher Mayhew, Under- Becretary of State

For. eign Affair, when

Noticeable even to the casual observer is the apparent light- heartedness of inost of the re- fugees. A few have solemn faces, but the majority seem to have, teft then Caves behindt

they flest under the IO's care!

and protection

China's

victorious Red legions.

Upwards of 6,000 refugees will be here by March. This Island will soon have the possibly un-

of equalled distinction

having

K population of 20 different nu- tionalites 18 diferent European nationalities and Filipinos,

Daily Choros

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Life in tents, provided by the U.S. Army, lus is discomforts, but the refugees are taking it with style, While the oldsters attendi ku dully chores, such as cooking

L▸ wu tiying "heuse, the children play, swin sea, or round. Many of the young girls, most of them en- dowed with got looks, work in the Various flies

the clerks and in

interpreters, Two refugee fanilles have the stork, und been visited by mute babies are expected short- ly. The distinction of being thei Arst refugee baby to be born on Philppua soll belongs to a girl, the daughter of Viktor and Rita Tresken. Born January 31, the girl's Rassion Orthodox name is Larissa, bat irt honour of the

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Commencing Tomorrow: "G UNGA DIN”.

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Весливе of Mr. Mayhew's announcement that Britain completed her re-

United

*had covery," the

States Senate

Relationa Foreign Committee

WAB

today en. Britain' Euro quiring Into pean Recovery Programme needs. The Foreign Office Bald 19day that Mr. Ernest Devin, the Foreign Secretary and the Chancellor of the Ser Stafford

exeRead together decided

to tenue

ה

week-end stats. ment, saying That United States and was stili vital to Britain's full economic re-

covery.

This Foreign Office de.

claration was believed to be

In answer to suggestions that the ERP Information Office Treasury had taken

of the

#t awn Initiative In "an- swering Mr. Mayhew."

Today's statement

Foreign Office wald the week. end Treasury statement was Isated on behalf of Sir Stef ford Cripps as the result of consultations between the Treasury

the Foreign Office. The Foreign Boyre. tary and the Chancellor of

and

the Exchequer had together gone into the

matter very thoroughly and

had reached

of

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U.S. Economic Plan Receives British Backing

Lake Success, February 28.

Britain throw its weight behind the American plan, for economic assistance to backward countries, in the United Nations today but India criticised the plan because it did not say specifically who was going to pay for it.

Permission from enmp authori- The United Nations Social and Economic Council tles must flest be obtained be- fore one

cna swimi or go to Guiuian town, Just across wooden bridge, to make pur- choses, Saturdays and Sundays, there is dancing In the camp and on Sunday mornings

the British refugees attend church services State, told the Counell "All method should be used, whether

tedduxerience coulins Mr. Truman Ord Anxiously awaited here

United Press, arrival of

began the debate on President Truman's "bold. new programme" for economic assistance to the world's backward areas,

45-man Russian band

Mr.

Christopher Mayhew. level of inter-government

Under-Secretary

The of operation.

Willard Thorp's statement that

in Shanghai, which is expected this is a task for decades, not eas to enliven eninp

cunside for years. We are conscious rably. The White Russians are that, however bold, the pro- also eagerly awaiting the visit gramme, all that can be done in

songs are

бау

of Russian Orthodox Archbishop the first few years cannot be John, of Shanghai,

suficient....for the vast under- The old peopic

ebat quietly developed areas of the world with their cronies in the evening. I know I am voicing the opinion Little children are washed

and of the majority of members of put to bed. Russian heard from here and there in the Council when I

how the camp. The strains

welcome the lead from much uscordion given by President Truman în oat to the afe. Young girls take his inaugural address on the a stroll in the groups and talk problem of development." and laugh ond giggle. And lovers walk hand in hand under the palm trees.

Gome

mandoth

or

וק

A curfew bell strikes at 9 p.m. At that hour, every refugee must br in by near his tent or on atarm will be sounded. And at 10 p.m. everyone is supposed to be safe in bed. United Press,

Gold Yuan To Remain

we

to

The Under Secretary warned, however, that the United Nations should confine the administration of any assistance programme one agency rather than spread its funds through various special agencies and regional slons, although he adried that the work of these agencies should continue while the new pengramme was being formulat-| ed.

WITH

commis-

He said Brikut

ready and anxious compete with other Shanghai, March 1.

countries, "both within and out- Governor S.Y. Liu of the Con-to contribute technical assistance elde United Nations machinery", Bank declared yesterday evening that the Gold Yuan wilt to the world's backward areas, continue to be the basic currency that Britain currently embarked

within Ita

Its means. He pointed out 101 China, following the Intro- duetion of the economic reform, on a ten-year programme for de-

velopment of its business and

transactions,

colonial areas, contracts and accounting should which triclude many ot tho continue to be stated in

world's under-developed areas,

Yuan,

Gold

Co-

most', offelent

Ice Age Retreating

Melbourne, February 28, Scientists now have car- confirmation that the

tain

Ice Age is still retreating cilmate is world's

and

the

getting warmer according to an Australian geologist, Mr.

A.J. Lambeth.

Mr. Lambeth, who Тад member of the party of Aus

tralian scientists who Ar. rived here

14 today after months of acientific work on Heard Island, In the Antarc- tic, Bald that this was the Brst time that definite evt. dance had been obtained that the Southern Ice Сав was retreating.

He said he would not know until he had complied his data as to how many million years would pass before the new Ice Age could be ox. pocted. It might take two

to

years to correlate the infor. mation

doterming The scasonal effects of the polar conditions, he said,

These scientists, who were recently relieved by another

actantiat party Heard Island, sald they had

of 12

он

suffered no serious illness

Mr. Mayhew urged the United He said the Gold Yuan woul Nations to aim at lowering of continue to be issued on alexcessively high protective tarift while on the laland, but some restricted scale. Mr. Llu also barriers to aid backward

arcos, of them had got colds and announced that the Central Bank but added that the chief means and

sore throats after they had other Government banks of developing these countries... boarded the Australian naval would shortly undertake to buy were by self-help and through vessel, Labuan, for their re- foreign quoted roneles at prices to be | Anancing by countries and

turn journey to Austratia.

Heard Island is about 2.- 000 miles Bouth West of Perth Reuter.

or-

ganisations such as the Inter- national Bank.

dally. Mr. Liu said that to combat skyrocketing commodity prices the Central Bank would continue "We share the view that every to dump supplies on the market, type of technical co-operation

Reuter.

should be encouraged and at the

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