1949-03-04 — Page 9

SWEDISH REJECTION OF SOVIET PROTEST

'AUSSIE AIR FORCE DOES NOT EXIST'

Melbourne, March 2. The former Deputy Chief o the Australian Air Staff, Air Vice-Marshall J. D. Bostock, said here today that in his view the Royal Australian Air Force just does not exist as a fighting force

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Stockholm, March 2.

Swaden has rejected outright the Soviet note of February 28 alleging that Latvian, Estonian and Lithuanian nationals have been persecut- od in Sweden, it was officially announced to- night.

A Swedish Foreign Office spokesman told Reuter that the reply met Russia's protest point by point.

"It is easy to do so," the spokesman added, "because

all the facts are on our sida.”

He said Russia's note was not police, like all the other Swedi banded to the Swedish Foreign authorities, fins no desire what- Office by a member of the Rus-ever to prevent any foreigner liv alan Embassy staff here, but ing in this country from going to the Soviet Union if he so wishes," was delivered by a messenger

Charges Unfounded us letter. For this season, hej Fuld the Swedish Foreign | Office does not regard"-the-pro-

test as a formal demarché,

“Whether we like it or not, our young men must be asked to give up 12 months of their lives be- tween the ages of 18 and 20 to be trained to defend their coun try," he said.

Grounet

fnelticles munications should be developed in preference to niterafl, the Vier- Marshal added. Even twice the number of alreraft now available never hold anyone buck who will not make the RAAF # stelk- wants to leave Sweden of his own ing or defence force if The

rganisation is left it round free will."

present

woeful condition, he shid,

Once

The Polier Superintendent of the ground organisation Stockholm, M, Hasselrot, describ

and

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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1948.

Don't Know They're Alive

Gydney, March 2, "American women

don't know they're alive," Dr. Murlet Mollrath sald on har raturn from a tour of Europe and the United States.

are

Dr. Mollrath, a gynaecologist, aald American women being ruined by labour-say- ing devices. Bhe olted dish. washing matchines, qurbags- disposal ainka and other gadgets.

*The

Americans have everything," she said. "Bema of their devices maka green with anvy but they don't know they're afive. They haven't enough to do." -United Prom.

Round-Up Of Communists

In France

.

Non-Stop Round-World Flight By U.S. Bomber

Fort Worth, Texas, March 2. Strict secrecy valls a history-making non-stop round- the-world flight which ondod hero today of a United States B-50 bombar,

Not a word was made public until the bomber land- ed. Air Force officiols said the secrecy is de- signed in port to test their own security ef- ficiency.

The bomber, a modernised version of the B-29 Superfor- tress, but termed a medium bomber in relation to the vast B-36 which is now the chief *** | United States heavy bomber, landed here today, carrying fuel for seven hours, 30 minutes more flying.

honorce unnounce that

the operation will be reptated regularly.

GERMAN STATUTE APPROVED

Frankfurt, March-2. The three Western Military Governors today reached full The United States Air Secre- agreement on a small. Est tary, Mr. Stuart Symington, Gen-of recommendations concerning cral Hoyt S. Vandenberg, the Air the German draft Constitutio.. Force Chief of Staff, and other General Lucius D. Clay, the high officials were present at the United States Military Gover- landing.

nor, announced.

The recommendations now go to the Bonn Constituent Assem-

bly.

General Clay said the Military Governors are not formally com- milting their respective Govern-

examples of alleged improper treatment of Sovlat citizens given in the Russian note show. ed how completely unfounded The Swedish - Premier, M. Toge

the accusations were.

Paris, March 2. Erlander, told Reuter, tonight: "No

After referring to the three Balt, whether

The police have seized two be Estonian, Balts mentioned in the note, the he Latvian or Lithuanian, is pre-reply concluded:

more suspected Communist | vented from leaving Sweden H

"The Swedian agents and are investigating 20 Foreign Office is obliged to re- he wishes to do so. We would

the accusations others in an effort to destroy Ject completely which the Soviet Embassy made the web of Communist espion-

The 14 crew members stepped against the Swedish authorities.

out obviously tired. age.

They had "In this connection, the Swed- The Minister of the Interior, worked in shifts as they few end Lish Foreign Office would like to M. Jules Moch, outspoken foe of lessly over four continents.

Swedish law Communism, told the Cabinet Mr. Stuart Symington said: "It stress that under every individual, whether he be of that eight have been arrested. is an epochal step in the develop- Swedish or

foreign nationality,The Government is doing every-ment of air power." enjoys effective guarantees thing in its power to wipe out The unofficial elapsed time for merits but that it is a fair - against uncalled for interference the threat to national security, the trip was 04 hours, one minute.sumption that the Constitution and arbitrary treatment on the he said.

The bomber's average speed was will be approved by the Allies part of the authoritles."--Reuter, One of the new arrests was 329 miles, an hour. The plane left if the recommendations are heed.

Paul Moret, who was Chief of

Fort

Worth at

5.21 pm, GMT last ed. Cabinet in, the Ministry of In-Saturdathir Force and headed together with part of dustrial Production under the the Eighth

The recommendations do not Communist Marcel Paul,

two Eastwards for the Azores.

interfere with the proposal in The flight had started the day the years ago.

German draft Constitution Well-dressed in a grey suit before but was cancelled when that Berlin be recognised as the and carrying a briefcase stuffed one engine caught fire. At the 12th State of the West German with papers, Moret was

taken end of the first 3,883-mile leg, Federation. before

the Army examining over the Azores, the first string magistrate shortly before noon of "Dying tankers”—specially con for questioning.

verted B-20s-rose to meet the Two French Army officers plane. are charged with giving mill-

in catablished, it will be ample ed the Russian allegations to fly In trained crews abuse and threats agst Balis medarn aircraft should the wishing to return home as Commonwealth face gency, he added.

สก emar sense.

Earlier today. 50 frontline planes "attacked" Canberra on instructions from the Minister of Defence, Mr. J. H. Derlman, after Opposition crities had sold the Aizstralian Air Force is too weak to fly to fa whole sqauctor.-- Reuter.

Illicit

Head: "We will prevent no Balts from leaving Sweden, pro- vided, of course, they are not quiity of any crime."

Love Cause legal

Of Riots?

Durban, March 2. The chief Native Commis- sioner for Natal. Major M.L.C. Leifeldt. alleged today that widespread illicit sexunt rela- tions between Indian mules and Zulu native girls were one of the main causes of the recent native Indian riots.

Interference

Burma Rice Stocks Rot

Rangoon, March 3. Large rice stocks at Burma's rice port of Bassein are rotting, according to trade sources here. They say thai 14 out of the 15 nice-prochicing districts of Burma are peopled predominantly by Karens, who are now lighting the Government for a separate slate of their

The Soviet note asked for the release of an Estonian, Erik Suu-1 Vali, arrested by the Swedish police splenajte charges. 1 Hail that the police authorities har subjeelert Soviet citizens to interrogation, 101 Le searches and even threats and abuses, as part of a campaign t hinder the legitimale activities of the Soviet Einbassy for the re- patriation of Soviet citizens.

Stockholm Radio

described Buurvaell as an Eatonian-born cur employee of the Boylet Em. bassy, who had pleaded guilty In a secret trial to illegal intel. ligence activities.

Own

The Burmese Government is asking shipping companies to en- ter Bassein on their own initiative to collect rice stocks earmarked for export oversens, according to shipping sources.

The companies are said to have asked the Government for guar- antees of sufe cinduct or pay- Swedish legal experts regardment of compensallon in event of the Russian apie as direct inter-damage to the ships and injury' Mujer Leifeldt testifled before ference in Sweden's internal af- to personnel.—Associated Press. the commission of Inquiry into fairs.

They said exit permits are

onc, whether Swede or a for-

a Sw

the riots, which resulted in vastunknown in Sweden because any- loss of life and damage to pro- perty. He said that miscegena-eigner, may leave the country tion and the operation of In-freely without formality.

dian-owned buses and taxis In

native areas, thus allowing In-

They said that less than one per cent of the 20,000 Bulls in

dians to come into contact with Swedes had returned home in the of Indo-native friction in Natal, Dast two years.

Rative women, was a major cause

•

"AL Edenvale alone, more

than 60 native girls have been seduced, and this is only an

He

War Of Norves

The main part of the recom· mendations doals with the distribution of financial powers. The Allled powers are aiming By Sunday, the bomber, desat a division of taxes under three tary secrets to a foreign power, cribed as boing fully combat groups, Federal, concurrent and It is generally balleved that equipped, was flying high over State taxes. Only Customs and

the power is elther Poland or Gibraltar, across North Africa to excise duties will be Yugoslavis.

Khartoum, to Dharhan, in the Federal-Reuter, Saudi Arabian Desert, where on- other mid-air refuelling took place.

The Communist apy hunt in Paris has been going on for five days.-United Press and Asso- elated Press,

its four 3,600-horse power the motors purring steadily, London, March 2.

bomber aimed next across the heart Vice-Admiral Sir Harold Kina-

of India, skimmed the han, aged 55, is to

of Southern tip succeed

Burma and Major-General F. St. D.B. Le-

wont оп across French Indo- Jeune as President of the Or

China to the Philippines. dnance Board, it was officially announced today.-Reuter.

Britain Develops New Jet Bombers

London, March 2.

Britain is developing as fast as possible several types

of exceptionally high performanco jet bomb. · ors, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Lord Henderson, told Parliament today.

Here again It took on another fuel load, through pipes dangled from the Superfortress tankers, and here the tricky operation was the most important of all since the longest leg of the flight-8,500 kilometres acros

across the empty Pacl- fic to Hawaii Jay before them. There was no hitch.

The refuelling operation was repeated for the fourth and last time over the Hawall Islands late

and yesterday

they drove in towards the American inland.

The last log of the journey to Fort Worth was 6,000 kilometres, bringing the total distance cover- ed to approximately 23,000 miles. Air Force officials regard the feat as a concrete illustration of their ability to bombard any point on the earth from the bases

example of what is going on The Liberal "Aftonblatiet," biggest evening all over Natal," said the Cam. Scandinavia's missioner.

newspaper, said today: "The note quoted resolutions from is a reminder to Sweden that the District Councils and native world is divided into two blocs chlets that had requested legisla- and is a parallel to Russia's note

He was replying to a debate Marshal of the Royal Air Force tion prohibiting helt relation-

Norway, to

ression pact.

offering her

a non in the House of Lords in which Lord Portal said: "Secrecy will ships between natives and In-EKTO dlans.-United Press.

It is part "IL

Lord Templewood, an Opposi-lose us much more than it will the war of nerves

tion Conservative being woged in Scandinavia."

gain, particularly Member,

in conadence already available to the United and morale, The Swedish reply, handed to called attention to the urgency

because continued States Air Force. the Soviet Embassy tonight, said: of strengthening the Royal Air fear that it might be the total was made in 1933 by the. Ameri

secrecy breads the feeling and The first round-the-world fight The Swedish Foreign Cfce re- Force in the interests of home inadequacy of over ceived with great surprise the al-defence, the. Western Union which

Air Foreo can, Wiley Post, who completed legations contained in # Russian

makes it necessary."-- his 15,596-mile trip in 187 hours.

Reuter. authorities and Atlantic security. that Swedish

Goebbels' Producer

To Be Tried

Hamburg, March 2.

note,

have irled through improper Lord Henderson said the Royal methods to prevent people o Ale Force already has the Baltic birth from returning to world's best jet fighters.

their home country in accordance with their wishes.

Veit Harlan, favourite flm The allegation that the Swed- producer of the Nazi Propa-ish police used such methods is fantasy, Tho Swedish Kanda Minister, Josef Goebbels, pura

will appear before a Hamburg court tomorrow, accused of

crimes against humanity.

The main charge against him is that he produced a distorted anti- Semitic version of Feuchtwanger's famous novel, "Jew Suss." The film will be shown to the court.

More than 35 people, including prominent figures in the German

Rope Walker's Daughter Dies

London, March 2. Mrs. Charlotte Blondin

Alm world have been summoned Robollio, daughter of Charles as witnesses. Herr Feuchtwan- Blondin, the famous French ger, now in the United States, horn tight rope walker, died

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The

twice Blondin, who

a

Answering charges of secrecy, he said the Government has captured docu- evidence from ments that German Intelligence Staff made extensive use of pre- war Royal Air Force statistics. "We do not want to make similar present now to mny พท. friendly power," he remarked.

Lord Templewood, д former Air Minister, had suggested that Britain should build up an Air Force of 180 to 200 squadrons. we had such

foras, Western Europe would breathe * sigh of reller," he declared. matic adviser to the Government, Lord Vansittert, former diplo

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Invasion.

has sent a telegram saying that last night in hospital at Wor-referred to recent statements by for health reasons he cannot ap- thing, aged 83.

French and Italian Communist witnesses_will Include

crossed leaders that they would welcome Welcome Harlan's wife, Swedish-born Niagara Falls on a tight rope, the Soviet Army in the event of *Kristina Soederbaum, and lead-often carried his daughter dura. Russian

"That 1: ing German Alm and stage ac- ing his exhibitions, either tied quite clearly an invitation

of her recent on his back or in a wheelbarrow. Soviet aggression," he said," and tresses, Several stage performances were inter- Mrs. Robolllo ended her days the cheapest way to stop aggres-. On one in a home for the blind in Wor-slon is by a powerful Air Force. rupted by the audience. occasion the American military thing and died after a fall "We need it right now," he police had to intervene to pro- | Reuter.

asserted.

'vide protection-Reuter.

Father And Son

In Big Racket

Madrid, March 2.

A father and son are among nine men gaoled in Madrid's flour scandal trial.

For selling 5,000 tons of flour on the black market, the father, Jose Maria Blanco

Folgueria, manager of

of a four pool for Mad- rid bakeries, was sentenced to six years' Imprisonment.

He was stated to have diverted 500 rallway waggons of flour to pastry cooks,

HG son, Manuel Blanco · Fol guaire, secretary of the four pool, got five yours. They were found to have bera chiefly res- ponsible for the actions 'of. their | employees.—Reuter,

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