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The heavy downpour over the week-end caused this wall in Link Road, Caroline Hill, by the Po Loung Kuk, to collapse, ("China Mall" Photo).

"World Peace Congress" Anti-Western Propaganda

Paris, April 20.

Communist and Loftist leaders from 69 countrios convorged on. Paris yesterday to launch the "world peace congress" today.

The rank of the delegates indicates that the Congress will be an organised offensive on the propo- ganda front against the North Atlantic treaty. The Communist press has called this treaty on "instrument of war."

in Prague, Czechoslovakia's Communists hastily organised an "overflow" peace congress fon some delegates from behind me Iron Curtain who had not been perruilled to attend the Parts meeting, The French allow Government refused In

dominated countries.

n war in case one starts.

Far East

Freight Rumpus

Tokyo, April 20,

IRISH FACING FUTURE WITH A LIGHT HEART

Dublin, April: 20.

The Irish, fully free of British rule at last, face the future with a light heart, a world full of friends and money in the bank. Many problems confront them, but they face these unafraid. They have closed the books on 780 years. of rule by a foreign power, and they feel the future will be what they make it. They intand to make it a good one. Individualty the people are poor, but they have every hope that they will not stay that way.

NEED FOR COMMON LANGUAGE

New York, April 19. William Grifin, national pre-, sident of the English-speaking Union of the United States, to-

President They still look darkly at the that now. He expects his tenders day commented on ax counties of Ulster which to solve the problem of raising Sean O'Kelly's proposal to sub- have chosen to stay in the Briving standards Just as he ax-stitute Gaelic for English as the Lish Commonwealth. The Irish deels them to get these six Uls- oficial language of the

ter countles back from Britain. Republie of Ireland. call this their number. one prob Ireland's currency'is'still_link- lem-to draw those countles ad to Britain's. Irish banknotes into the free Republic of Ire-till bear the promise that thoyful as it is ancient and n notable

land, President Sean

within

T. are payable on demand in Lon-

now

"Uselle as a tongue is beauti-

contribution by the Celtle peonie

O'Kelly says he hopes to see don. A lot of Irishmen think to the culture of the world," sald that goal reached

A that should be changed without Mr. Gridin. "Certainly, no one

would it lost. But it woul much delay-Associated Press. generation.

seem to be unfortunate for Pro- aldent O'Kelly of the Repubile of Ireland to substitute Gaelle for English as the official lan- Buage of Ireland,

of

But in Ulster, the Press and politicians called suggestions federalisation within the republic unthinkable.

W. B. Topping, Chief Govern- ment Whip in the Northem Ire- land Parlament, sald an un-; bridgeable gulf separates them. Economically, free Ireland sound. Her main business Agriculture, and with Britain shopping for for more beet and other produce than the Irish enn produce, the former has an as-

Bured market.

Marshall Plan dollars

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PETITION TO END PARTITION

Melbourne, April 10.

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"Most peoples of the world, divided by geographical ferences antl politient schisms, need bond that only a common langunge con provide.

"History has shown over and over again the incalculablo benefits

that

ACOTUO from sharing

similar traditiona heritages and, above all, a com- mon tongue.

"Ireland has separated herself from the British Commonwealth of nations. It would be unfor- tunate indeed were sho Lo sparate herself from the entire English-speaking world."--United

A petition demanding an end to the partition of Ireland was signed at an Irish rally in the' Melbourne Industrial suburb of Fitzroy tonight and addressed to Mr. Joseph B. Chifley, Aus- evallable to this new repubile tralian Prime Minister, and Mr. along the way.

Clement Attlee, Prime Minister Standing Army

of the United Kingdom.

Heading the signatories is the M.

Ireland has an army, rich in Mos! Reverend Dr. Daniel Man Press.

Catholic Archbishop of Aragon suggested "workers"

military tradition, such as few nix. might do this by refusing to The Fair Practices Commis-nations of her size. The standing Melbourne, who told the rally that! work or flight, or by emulating sion today charged members of army numbers abeut 8,000 men, there can

Britain "war-ference with making contracts is an officer for every four men Brit

with Japanese agents amount-in the ranks to give the basis for

swift

sion if need arises.

The petition describes parti- expansion Ing to unfair restraint of trade.

It is a smali

but completetion as helnous and inequitable" Thr

In- conference members

ground force, backed by an air and Britain's attitude towards it clude the English Ben Lines, the

arm of Spitfires and American President Lines,

of a great nation."Reuter. Freach Compagnie des geries Marlimes nd 10 foreign lings.

revolution of 1017 in mongering" countries.

the Bolsheviks in the Russlan the Far Eastern Freight Con- well trained and disciplined. There friendstil partition is wiped

Congress with flags of

Japanese Flag The entrance to the more than eight delegates from Hall was draperi

ach of several Communist-countries represented, Spain was represented in the collection by the Spanish Republican tricolour. Ordly, Greece was represented by the Monarchist emblem and China by the Kuomintang colours of the Nanking Nationalists.

Russian, Chinese, Mongolian, Polish, Rumanian and Hungarian delegates will be among those at the Prague sounding board con- gress, which will run Ave days conetrrently with the Paris moot-

1:12.

ane

Pietro Nenni, Hallan pro- Communist Socialist, is to make of the first reports to the Parks gathering this afternoon. He sand it will concern the origins and background of the North At- Iantle Aulance.

Frederick Joilot-Curie, meme ber of the French Communist Party and

chairman of the French Atomic Energy Commis. sion, will make the opening address to the 2,000 or more delegates.

Marshall Plan

relor' of the

Louis Aragon. Paris Communist newspaper "Ce Selr," foreshadowed the nature of the congress several days ago when he listed these committees: 1-Denunciation of the armantents

Face.

2-Role of the United Nations in

keeping peace.

3- Denunciation of the

paganda for war. 4-Respect for national

For the first time at a post.

war meeting in Paris, the Jap anese Red Sun

also hung with

the rest, though Congress leader sald that General Douglas MacArthur had prevented Jap- anese delegates from leaving their homeland.

Messa- other

out,

never be peace and between Ireland and

LEGLESS PILOT AS DELEGATE

Moscow, April 19.

the and a force of navnes as "dishonourable and unworthy pilot, Alexei Maresley, who went

Irishmen been traffic to

Have nght since the days of the Druids. Men who run the army are sons The targets of investigation of those who fought with picks. those firms and 13 Japanese ex-pitchforks and muzzle loaders in port Arms who have signed A general freight shipping contract the days of British rule.

Major-General William Archer,

with them.

"First Citizen" Makes Appeal

to-

clerks.

The 2,500,000 Irish who danced and sang and shouted to celebrate their Independence are intent on earning a living, and business is good again.

Much Poverty

Stlif there is much poverty, The average wage of the Irish working man is about half the average Aald in

the United States, but about equal, to the average in Britain..

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A Russian legless wartime

Back to fly with artificial limbs, is one of the Soviet delegates attending tomorrow's World Peace Congress in Paris.

Marcsiov was shot down; by the Germans in the Velikis Luki region in, 1942: Wounded in both London, April 19. legs he crawled for 18 days and Str. Neel Chocles, new British nights through a forest before Ambassador to Turkey, confer- being found. Bo

Both his legs had red today with the Foreign Secreto be amputated. Lary, Mr. Ernest Devin, before leaving for Ankara.

In June, 1943, he returned to active service and shot down four Sir Noel will go to Paris and Geginian planes. He is now train- then to Marseilles, whore he is plots. His adventures are re- due to sall for Turkey on May 6. luted by Boris Polevois in a book His predecessor, Sir David Kelly, enlied "The Story of a Real now Ambassador, to the Soviet Man," which was filmed,

Ankara Union, will leave

An opera is being worked out May 5. Foreign Office quarters by Prokofiev, based on Maroslov'«

experiences--Reuter. mid-United Press

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Colossal Cotton Plans Of ECA

Washington, April, 20.

Under the contract it is charg-Chief of Staff, got his military training by helping to beat the ed that Japanese firms contract forces of the Empire with a hand- ex not to send goods by nyful of sturdy farmers and store other shipping companies, and to co-operate in maintaining freight rates, and in return would re- The British Lelegates selected ceive nine and a half per cent Include Dr. Howlit Johnson, discount in freight rates, "Rent" Dean of Canterbury, Land

The Commission charged that Boyd Ore, Chancellor of Glasgow these conditions are in restraint University Professors J. R. S. of tree trade.—Reuter. Halelung and P. M. S. Blackett, Mr. Konni Zillinetts, Mr. John Platts-Mills and Mr. D. N. Priti. Members of Parliament.

Alexis. representative of Patrinech of Moscow and All- Russia, will be in the Soviet de- legation, and the Patriarch him-

Paris, April 19.

Many people wear tattered self niny attend. The Czech du-

Garry Davis, "First Citizen of clothes, because they can afford legation will include Enille Zato-

World," tonight asked no better. But the average Irish- pek, star of the 1948 Olympic the Games in London..

France to reconsider the limi-man is not much worried about The German news agency, DPD, tation of visas for the delegates the "World Peace Con- pru- reported in Berlin that the Gor- to

man delegation will include Ar- forence," Jopening here sover-nold Zweig, the writer, Otto Nus-morrow. eignty-an item that may make of the Christian Democratic Union President of the

chke, Chairman of the Executive In a letter to M. Vincent Aurio!, the Marshall Plan its target.

Republic, the 5The role of economic relations and President of the People's former American Air Force pilot,

London, April 10. In keeping peace.

Council in the Soviet Zone, a re- who gave up his American pass-

Senior British. and Common- The funds are sufficient to It said that one bale of raw --Role of women and youth in presentative each of the Catholic port inst year, said: "More than wealth naval offisers and scient-procure about 2,550,000 bales of cotton. made into dress

and Protestant Churches, and práce.

ever convinced that the last chance 1sts will attend a conference at raw cotton, ECA said, and were material, would providlo suficient 7-Founding of a "Rally of Peace secretary of the trade unions in ct saving peace resides in the re- the Royal Naval College, Green-destined for recovery operations fabric for about 600 house

Partisans.' This would be a the Soviet Zone.-Associated Press establishment of a free circulation wich, next week.

"drosses. in 10 European nations andi permanent organisation to end and Reuter.

of ideas and men, I take the Tho conference, known #5

The 2,530,000 balen already ap- Chinni. liberty, Mr. President, in or Operation Trident," will centre

my por

proved for Marshall Plat pur. OL sonal capacity, of interceding with around the screening of special

the total: authorisations, chnacs could fill more than 100 you in order that the principles of films, experiments with models more then US$375,000,000 was cargo ships. Associated Press. free circulation and free expres- of existing and future naval approved for purchase of 2,157,- Blon may be applied to all those equipment and study of atomic 000 bales by countries of Europe who wish to speak in the name of weapons affecting war at sea...

These Include shipments to Aus- ponce."-Router

Reuter.

tria, Belgium, Den

Denmark. Franco, Western Germany Greece, Ice- land, Italy, the Netherlands, Mor- way and the United Kingdom.

The 400,000 bales approved for

Tel Aviv, April 20 Chink accounted for US$80,000,-

Six Jewish workers were R1- 000. Figures in the survey include et and five wounded, three authorisations' up to

March 12.

seriously, when, a truck in which Experts in

cotton they were travelling was ambush- divlalon said the shipments not ad yesterday In Irnal's Nogev only provide a source of fabrics desert area. South of the Dead needed; bý realplant nations. See, according to a milliary spo but also extensive employment kesman In Tel Aviv. needed to convert and manu-

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Cotton purchase approvals under the Marshall Plan amounted to US$444,000,000 during the first year of the programme, a survey of ECA re- cords shows.

JEWISH TRUCK ATTACKED

facturs the raw cotton Inta The assailants are described, by tinlehed products.

survivors as Bedouins, the apǝkes- A further indication of the man said, adding that the region ningnitudo of the cotton

, pro-] is now being searched by fornel gramme is given by ECA.

Army units, —— Associated Press.

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