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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1949.

MOMENTOUS DECISIONS ON FUTURE SHAPE OF THE COMMONWEALTH

Channel Tunnel Idea Revived

Members

London, April 20.

of Parliament from six countries, meeting In Paris, have decided un animously to

prese Britain

and France for a re-examina. tipn of the .qugation of tunnel to connect Britain with the continent.

Mr. Michael Clark Hall, an ❤icial of the International

Bond Federation, who made The announcement at "a news conference here on his return from Paris, added that the realisation of the tunnel pro- Ject in now within sight for the first time in 160 years.

Router.

CHINESE WAR DEAD RETURN

Yokohama, April 26. The remains of 1 Chinese- American veterans of World War I will go bourd the American President Liner General Gordon On Friday for return to their Ang resting places in still war- tara Cluna.

Escorted by an American army officer, two enlisted man was WAC enlisted woman, the fing draped caskets will be taken to next of kin in Shanghai, Hong Kong. Cunton and other Chinese cities unless the tide of war bars their

entry,

The boller of these Chinese- American Veterans of Various War II theatres had been

cemetery

Wlected in the Unit- |

ed

Yokohama,

army

The Eight

muster seelton

quarter

Et

this

London, April 26.

Momentous decisions enabling the future Repub- lican Indio to remain in the Commonwealth as an equal partner with the other members word taken by the Dominion Prime Ministers in a secret session here late tonight.

The decisions will inaugurate a new era in Com-

monwealth relations.

Following this morning's two-hour meeting of the leaders, quartors close to several of the Com- monwealth delegations said that there was a rapid approach to an agreement on a joint de- claration proclaiming a free and equal asso- ciation of all the member nations, including Republican India.

The lenders tonight gaveyfinul!

document which is shape to f expected to solve the unique constitutional problem with which they have been grappling for Ave days.

South Africa has also a special interest in the issue, The Nation-

list Party, in power, thinks it' consistent for a Commonwealth to routain both Republies and King-

The solution proposed by the All Commonweally quarters say leaders is described as unspecta- that the talles have been contact- cular but real. It is understooded throughout in an atmosphere to consist of a declaration arm of the greatest urdulity and

Ing the desire of all the makers,amitid helpfulness. including India, to continue their associniton in the Commonwealth,

The declaration is believed to place on record India's decision to becorne sovereign, Independent Republic and her desire to\con- tinue her own membership of the Commonwealth Of

basis equality.

It is

a

uf

The dealre of all the Damla-

ions to bring the conference to a successful conclusion is evid ent.

The Prime Minsters attended two ofrinl Function:

tlacit honour befure koeling tonight

Refugees from Shanghai-an amah and a small boy-drap off to sleep on a bench at Kal Tak after a place trip from the Northern city. ("China Mall" photo).

MP Wants Singapore In

The Malaya

Federation

London, April 26.

that India-for what is expected to be the Mr. Walter Fletcher, Conservative MP, today called

suggested which, as n Republic, cannot ac- cept the suzerainty of the King- will regard the King as "the symbol of free Association" lo the Commonwealth.

last phase of their seerat talks.

Vital Conference

for the inclusion of Singapore in the Malayan Federation.

They were the guests of honour in a letter in the "Times," Mr. Fletcher wrote: "It

In the declaration, the Com› Jut Parliamentary reception monwealth nations other than given by the Speaker of the House India

Commons. are expected to reaffirm of

Colones Chilon their allegiance to the Crown, Brown, at his offletal residence in

the Palace of Westulaister.

The function was attended by many Members of the Government, Op- position tenders and other dis- Linguished Parliamentary figures,

but, at the same time, to ac

cept India au a full and equal member of the Commonwealth.

Crown Link

The declaration, on which the statestien have already becut working almost continuously for the past two days, may be modi-

The statesmen are dining with the Prime Minister, Mr. Cirment Attlee, and leading British Minis tere at his official residence, No. 10. Downing Street, and are ex- pected to move straight from the in dining room to the conference

alect in dotal before It obtains foni acceptance.

The Dominion

statesmen,

Army

their search for a solution, have table for their meeting, to start, suki tuday

had to balance the question of fat 8,45 pm GMT, will be the first mission of its any change in the basis of the kind ever carried out in the Far

The Prime Ministers have or- Commonwealth East Command. The

Association with ranged to have a further meeting trip will the deep attachment of the older tomorrow morning, and require 60 days.

It is The escort of honour includes

Dominions to the Crown link.

possible that any decisions which They had also Major George F. McGinn, Ser-

bear in mind may be taken tonight will not be gegnt (1st Class) Una L. Parker, solution of India's problem might the special significance which a

known until then.-Reuter. Sergeant (1st Class) John have for the other now Domlaions Balog

Private (1st Pakistan and WAC

and Ceylon-which Clusa) Everett W. Gleaves have yet to frame their Consul- United Press-United Press.

tutions.

A

Colour Bar Issue Raised In House

London, April 26.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Clement Atties, rejected a suggestion by Mr. Emrys Hughes, Labour, in the House of Commons today that he should discuss with the Dominion Prime Ministors during their visit to London the question of discrimination against coloured peoplos.

VOTE ON RUSSIAN WIVES

There

Lake Success. April 20.

11 Were

abstentions when the General Assembly of the United Nations, by 30 votes to six, called upon Soviet, Russia to withdraw its measures pre.

venting Russian wives from

joining their husbands abroad.

The USSR was also asked to report its netlon to the General Assembly but M. Sempan K. Tsarapkin, the Soviet representa tve, made it clear that his coun try could not give serious cen- sideration to such a "Judicrous proposal.

will not be long before the Chinese in Malaya, who already feel that under the Federation the scale has been tipped unfairly against them, be- come the senior partners."

Ten years ago,

real unity

there Was "But above all little racial feeling, he said, but needed, and is rightly advocated now it runs high.

by communal lenders,

"Today's delicate balance In Malaya is therefore liable to vio- lent upsets, particularly if the Malags, fearing that their new political

power

no final answer to their problems, call in the new Malay power of the Netherlands East Indies to re- dress the balance of the old In the Federation."

Mr. Fletcher continued,

Declaring that the economic situation is disquieting, Mr. Flet- cher says: "Singapore, the great entrepot of the Far East, is under triple attack. Continued chaos in'

The

"This unity will not be nehley- ed until Singapore is within the Federation and there is a single, simplined administration and con- troi."-Router.

Labour Opposition

To Leopold

MALAYA CAMPAIGN AWARDS

·

London, April 26. Acting Group Captain John Mortimer

Warfeld, Senior Al Advanced Ab

Staff Officer at list of awards for series with Headquarters. Malaya, heals the the Royal Air Force in Malnya from June 1 to November 30 1848, approved by the King and announced today.

He has been elevated to the Commander Class of the Oraci of the British Empire, which he received in 1940.

Other awards are:

the

Order of the British Empire, Officer Class: Wing Cominoudei Henry Neil George Wheeler, DSO, DFC. Commander of Royal Air Force Station at Kuala Lumpur: Squadron Leader Allan George Hammond, in charge et admhilstration of the Kuala Tumpur Station.

Distinguished Flying cross:

Brussels, April 26. Netherlands East Indies Belgium's Social-controlled Fud- menns that that region may surl-eration of labour decided today Flying Officer Ian Maurice Fed- denly be cut off as a market, as cail A general strike It exiled has happened recently.

King Leopold returns 10 the der, who has completed Rumc Throne. "The Supreme Command of the

250 hours flying since he arrived Allied Force (Japan) has also The Federation'a National Com.at the Kuala Lumpur Station ir shown a desire to bypass Singo- milice voted this decision as the July, 1948. pure through direct arrangements Socialist Prime Minister, M. Paul British Empire Medal (Mil- with the Netherlands East Indies Henri Spask,

his way war on

tary Division): Flight Sergeunt and other Far Eastern countries.bnek from talks in Derne with the Edward Clock; Flight Sergeant exiled King and his brother, the

Stephen Charles Leppard; Flight War Damage

Regent, Prince Charles,

Sergeant Raymond Frederick "Finally;

Every attempt by King Leupold George Howard; Sergeant John 11/1 economic treaty to retum contrary to law and the MeWalters. between the United Kingdom and will of Parliament will be coun Holland, acting for the Nether-tered by a general strike," lands East Indies, has recently, Commitice remived. been concluded without, I believe, any consultation with the local authorities."

A further 33 Muntions-in-Des- thePatches are still to be published.

-Renter

working population belong to the About 2,500,000 of the country's

Mr. Fletcher

Federation. also emphasised | Observers here say that if King that unfalc competition, mainly Leopold Dutch, which diverted gold dol-Socialists might John the

1rica to return, the lars from the Empire, and the munists in a wave Onancial insecurity of Malaya is Reuter.

of strikes.- due to the failure to settle war.

The other tiamage claim; decline will be

accomp Bore's

When asked if he would do Speakers of the House of Coni- this, he replied briefly: No, sir." mons that no question could ask-

Ten Asiatic countries abslein- Mr. Hughes asked if the Primed reflecting on the polley of a

et from the vote. Dominions Government. Minister is aware that "racial

country to abstain wns South discrimination has become so baded that it is in order to bring up particularly strong in defence of Mr. Scolland, Labour, suggest-Africa-which, just at present, is in South Africe. Here Lord any question Winterton, an Opposition Conser-

covering British the principle of "Internal Juris- subjects. vative, intervened to say that it

diction. had been constantly laid down by Clifton

The Speaker, Colonel Douglas

Turkey and Ethiopia were ab- Brown, said: "A self-seut. governing Dominion is responsible

that The debate brought out to itself and not to this House. Soviet Russio

is rotusing exit Lord Winterton is correct. Ong visas to 1,000 Russian wives of should not criticise the Govern-United States, British, French or ment of a Dominion."

Canadian soldiers or represents- When Mr. Sydney Silverman, tives, and that 65 Soviet husband Labour, asked if it would be in and 350 Soviet wives of United down a question States citizens are being retised about the protection of the righis exit permission. of British subjects

In the Domin- The Soviet and Polish repre- ions, the Speaker said these were sentatives hit back hard at the "purely hypothetical questions United States, Britain and Chile which I should like to see in-sponsors of the resolution-and writing before 1 can give an painted the "barbarie" conditions answer,

but I should think not." that exist in some of those coun- tries so far as women are con- cerned.-Router.

ONLY

MORE to Pu DAYS

3 M

Till The SPECIAL PROPHECY ADDRESS:

"The FATE

OF MODERN

EUROPE"

According to Biblo Brophecy will it bo

WORLD WAR II

OR

WORLD PEACE?

BIBLE AUDITORIUM Chatham & Mody-1

Kowloon,

Mr. William Gallacher, Com munist, said there. Is a young clergyman in Britain who had been imprisoned in South Af rfen because of hip assolation with coloured pepple.

Czech Consul Flees To West

Vienna, April 27.

Was it not in order to ask the. Prime Minister to raise the mat tor at the Dominions Conference? The Speaker: "There is no

Dodrich Pokorny, First Consul responsiblity of the Prime Mini Vienna has led to the West

of the Czechoslovakian Legation ister for that, Questions must be devoted to matters for which with his Austrian bride of two Ministers are responsibl-Reu months, oficial Government souers ter.

MP PROTESTS

U.S. ACTION

apid

yesterday.

|

gradual

by the to the mainland of some of its alx or seven hun. dred thousand Chinese. "The Federation

Com-

ARCHBISHOP'S DENIAL

Prague, April 25. A spokesman for Dr.

Joset Berar, Archbishop of Prague, to- day denied a report that in a SFORZA IN PARIS

message to his stock recently the Archbishop Expressed the bellet Paris, April 26. that

would The French Foreign Minister. denounced as "an enemy of the

shortly M. Robert Schuman,

today workers, received Count Curlo Sforza, In-

The would then finn Foreign Minister, at the Archbishop who is the senior spokesman described the have

to deal with another dis- | French Foreign Office. sentented and potentially danger-Storza is passing through France Czechoslovakin-as

Count Roman

Catholic churchman lo juus element.

on his way home from signing working class

man of, the Atlantic Pact in Washington, always been known as the work- origins who has "To assure a truly united Ma- Count Storza told the press: We himsel is not in Prague-Retr

After meeting M. Schuman, era' friend laya, including Singapore and the had a full and friendly exchange ter.

The Archbishop consequent inflow of vtially nood of views on colonial problems, by as new engulente teeling the the constitution of the council of and arrangements affecting Europe, which will be discussed area should be preceded by pro- in London by the Big Three, also per consideration for Malayan in- on all the problems uniting us

erests, claims settled police ralforced.

and the and not those which separate us- because there are none"-Router.

Unity Needed

"Weaknesses" In Marshall Plan

London, April 23.

Addressing the Conference of European Liberal Parties in London today, the Swedish delegate, Professor Bertil Ohlin, leader of the Folkep- artist and a Member of the Riksdag, said he 1088 some weaknesses in the Marshall Plan,

The Czech Legation refused tp comment on tho report. Jan He said: "The Marshall Plan in terms of dollars. The external Rohac, Press Attachie, would say helped to bridge the gap in the value of the dollar is too low in only" have not, read the morninternational Held, but has pot terms of Western European eur- ing papers. I know nothing about provided a sufficient stimulus to renty. I. He would not deny the roport increased trude Inside Westera

According to yesterday's

Arbeiter-201

Paris, April 26. Mr. Konni Zlacus, Labour. list пехерарет left wing Member of Parliament, M. Fokerny was ordered to return and M. Pierre Cot, a French de- to Prague about 10 days ago, but puty and former Ale Minister, refused to go. His present where- protested in a joint statement to abouts are not known, Ansociated day aguinat "the refusal of the Press, Volted States Governrpent to grant them visna enter the

ountry.

They had been finvited to visit

"A devaluation of Western European durrančios la absolute ly necessary to increase the competitive powers of Westerh :<Europe."

Eurol

feel it would be wine if a greater proportion of the Mar- shall aid were used to provide a monetary) tund of gold and dolp inre which could be liked only for the speeding up of trade, "Inside: Professor. Ohlin, sak! It will be Europe): This fund would not be very dimcult; if not impossible, ip at the disposals of Israeli-Syrian Border. for goods from Amsides rento a found European econom

Without Germany Professor Ohla He added that Sweden Tørnell-Syrian armistice tragedy that

ber orginning to belleve that regimenter that very far from. fion and alination ard * ja and offences ance should make the Laboral economy, „danger to dibia ty, nThe Confere

bulloos spread further, Router,

the United Sisten to noćompaný | telks Bern live, roached teadlock, #MTBEATION ROTANA Mr. Henry Wallace, former Fico, ap'Isragit Army spokesman said an President, on 2 Proggio, Party today, after the hours" informa He contated

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