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Western Powers May Ask For Adjournment Paris Meeting Brings No Concrete Results

DISCUSSIONS TODAY

Paris, June 5.

The Wostorn Powers, led by the United States, may ask to adjourn the Paris meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministors unloss now prospects of agreement appear this wook, conference observers said here today. The Council reassembles tomorrow afternoon for its third session on the Ber-

lin problem.

Mr. Schuman Is Still Optimistic

Nume

It starts its third week of meetings with nothing

concreto achieved.

Other foreign engagements are As far as can be judged from looming

for the

of the Western the records up

plenary learned inisters and observers thought sessions and

from the that they would seek to end the secret ones, the conference so far driving force from either present session unless discussions lacks jook a new turn,

skle The British Foreign

for

When

the

M.

Minister,

than more

Both sides have st ted

German, and

walting

for

their

are the

Americun sources,

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1940.

MacDonald?

Promotion For Churchill Attacked As Labour Party's Conference Begins

London, June 6.

A suggestion that Mr. Mal- calm MacDonald, Commis- sioner General In South East Aula, will be appointed Minis- tor of State in that area with Cabinet rank was made to- day by a political writer in the 8,000,000-anle London "News of the World."

"Mr. MacDonald's friends say that he le about to bo promoted. They expect the announcement in a day от two," the writer said.

No comment on this rs. port was available at the Bri- tish Colonial Office today, but a similar press report early last week was given no sup> port in official quarters the time.

at

Since he arrived here on May 18 Mr. MacDonald has met moat Cabinet Ministera, has been received by King George, and has lectured to British defence chiefa.-Rou-

for.

Rail Strike In Britain Spreading

Blackpool, June 5.

| Mr. Herbort Morrison, leader of the House of Com- mons, set the stage for the Labour Party's on- nual conferenco, opening hero tomorrow, with a violent attack on Mr. Winston Churchill, whom ho called the Wild Man of Woodford, Woodford, in Essex, is Mr. Churchill's constituency.

· Speaking at A Labour Party | to work, probably dreaming of demonstration, Mr. Morrison said: me in n Gestapo nightmare,"

"The Wild Man of Woodford be- comes wilder and wilder."

He declared that if Mr. Chur- chill's Party were elected to pow- er in the general elections next

it would mean year. confusion and trouble.

approve

In another speech, Mr. Chur- chill repeated that Mr. Morrison was uttering threats aboul the use of labour unrest to prevent economica Conservative government being returned by constitutional means

The conference will

and from discharging the func- the Labour Party's programme tions of government. for next year's general election. "So the Wild Man of Woodford

Mr. Morrison's address was becomes wilder and wilder," de regarded as a warm-up for theclared Mr. Morrison. "His second conference which wi debate version of what I sald is less re- policy and approve a campalgalated to my actual words than platform.

his nrst."-United Press.

Crucial Conference Political observers belleve this is the

most crucial' conference since the Labour Party swept in- lo power in 1945. Defents in floent elections, plus increasing signs of a serious economie crisis,. have put the Labour Party an the defensive.

A

In

Monty's Pledge To France

Paris, June 5. Mr. Ernest Bevin, and the French principles on

London, June 5. Robert sunding pat Minister,

Britain's "one day a week"

Mr. Morrison accused Mr. The French Foreign Minister, Foreign M. Robert Schuman, today pre-Schuman, are due in Luxembourgther to move.

meanwhile rail strike, caused because en-Churchill of downright dishonesty

Hermanville, Normandy dicted a peaceful settlement to June 25 for a meeting of the

Western

Union Consultative tonight discounted suggestions that gine drivers and firemen object in "misrepresenting my speech at

last Saturday." the Big Four conference, which Council.

Beaches, June 5. to new duties forcing them to Woodford Mr. Dean Acheson, United States

"I said that if the Torles had

Field-Mursha! Viscount Mont- he said would last some weeks

The United States Secretary of Secretary of State, bad discussed spend nights away from home.

to try

and run. the new Britain,

mill- conference or longer.

State. Mr. Denn Acheson, has al- the Paris

other is spreading,

For three Sundays in succession words-exports

then-and theso are my exact Somery, Western Union

and Speaking at the French border ready made it clear that he does political matters with Andret

tary chief. today pledged Bri- Imports town of Sarreguemines, M. Schu-nut want to be away from Wa Vishinsky, the Soviet Foreign the men on the main North Eas- would get into a muddle, prices/tain to fight with France again inan said, "It is still too early toshington

Uree Minister, at a dinner last night. ern route to Scotland have re-

would get out of hand and, as

the event of another war. that They satel

the dinner, fused to work tenina.

He told an Anglo-French tell you of the results of the con- werks.

of 18) consequence, labour unrest would ference. We have olend

Sunday, three meel the given at the American Embassy Today, Whit

Nor- werks of cult work. What is Soviet Foreign Minister. M. Foy the United States delegation enginemen on the affected section. be inevitable, monopoly and re-gathering in a street of this

flourish. The mandy village at a D-Day onni- sure is that the Four would not Andrel Vishinsky tomorrow they Mr. Vishinsky's honour, was a

only 105 reported for duty, and striction would

pf a dangers

boom and bust versary ceremony, "I want to tell have we if they did not have will

holiday traffic was seriously in-would best the discussion of the purely ancial function.

country and you that you can regard as terrupted.

certain that the forces of Britain While the men were on strike threaten the livelihood and secure, will fight side by side with, the

of everyone. ity the representatives of nearly 800 Mr. Churchill, Mr. Morrison forces of France should aggres-

sion come." others, employed on part of the

continued, described main West route to Wales and | cont

"That fact", he added, "cannot the Cornish "Riviera," decided, velled threat to use labour un be too widely known'

The Ficid-Marshal was speaking mass meeting, to withdraw rest for political purposes.

"It Mr. Churchill had been their labour next Sunday,

al a ceremony to unveil a plaque The North Eastern men deelded scrupulous, he would then have marking the first headquarters of to strike today despite the ap- looked at the script of my broad- the British Third Division after But their D-Day landing at the start peals of the Minister of Labour cast to see what I did say.

Imagination get of the invasion of France during Executive in no, he and his

the last war.

Postinue

the will to achieve peaceful set-Soviet and United States plans to ing been suggested that the

In a few weeks we will restore tlement.

the four-Power Kem-iwo Ministers might have

see more clearly and the clear mandatura and elect a new unit-cussed Germany, Greece and the horizon,

will give us new

cond City Counell for Beriln,

Far East-Reuter.

fidence.

The Big Four took the day off and both Mr. Dean Acheson of the United States and Mr. Ernest Bevin of Britain were reported!

to be motoring in the country,

other

M. Schuman's optimism clashed | wift, the opinions of the Western delegates.

Lor

even

Izvestia's Tirade Against The

-

date to Against The West

15

whose hopes

sagged in the face of a double

at a

Westies over the White

Moscow, June 5.

rebuff from Mr. Andrei Vishin- Izvestia, summing up the the 10 days' discussions

aky.

Mr. Vishinsky

yesterday

again showed his determination

of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris, today reaffirmed the Soviet position-the problem of Gorman unity can be solved only on the basis of the Yalta and Potsdam agreements. agree. "There cannot be any other correct solution," said

Izvestia.

to stick by his theory of solv- ing the touchy German pro. blem by re-installing the can. trot machinery outlined in the] unsuccessful

ment.

Potsdam

sun

the

that as a

Emergency

ot

strikces

Describing himself as not only a British soldier but also an inter- it is the test big taleway ats- schedules were run. pute between workers and the measures were being taken to national soldier since he had been controllers

of the Railways stage deal with the pestal services, but charged with the organisation of was expected because Western Union defence, Field- lines

were rationalised about a delay IB mon

months agu.

mall

could not leave the North- Marshal Montgomery sald, "The The

men say that there is no Eastern region until after mid-safety of Western Union against aggression depends on the unity political significance behind the night.

Mr. R. Johnson, secretary of of the natioris of the Union," Strike nor were they trying to dis-

Reuter. credit their union leaders, who the central strike committee all along, have advised them to Newcastle, where the go back to work.

originated four weeks ago, told a reporter that the strikers had not added: "Future) who said on May 30, 'It is not a

lost faith in their union leaders events depend secret for anyone that the Wes-

and still wanted to keep the door whether the Ger-tern powers so far prefer to con-

open

for negotiations. Is peacefully re-tinue to deal with two

He sold the

considered men au interest of

uni-manys," "

they were not asking too much West's Intentions

in requesting that the Railway izvestie

to the former Executive revert the

position--no

duties requiring

Lack of progress over the cof- The editorial fee cups was an echo of the fruit-international less four and a half hour secret greatly upon meeting yesterday afternoon. The man problem meeting concerned re-establish-gulated in the ment of

the four-power Kom-versal

esal peace. mandatura and control mechanism Izvestin reiterated Soviet in- in Berlin.

sistence on the necessity of restoring the Allied Controt post-meeting at Council, without which it is im- titude of the Western delegates possible to insure German unity contrasted sharply with the mo- and the country's consistent de- mentary optimism they display militarisation and democratisp-

The dismal

ed after the previous day's secret ition.

the

session. The closed session sys- It rejected 05 slanderous tem is due to be continued to-fabrication Western charges that morrow, with Berlin still

the Western powers and not the topic of conversation.-Unlied

Soviet Union advocated German Presss.

unity.

"TEMPESTS” FOR INDIAN AIR FORCE

Bombay, June 6.

This slander is needed by pro- pagandists for Germany's parli-

sald

Ger-

Only 13 trains ran today. In the North-Eastern region of the British Rallways.

Nearly 40 long distance traits and about 250 local trains were cancelled.

Many men joined the strike to- Western day who had hitherto abstained, powers intentions, particularly Postal services suffered as well 'the Americans, were clearly to as normal passenger and holiday nights away from home." extend dictatorial away over alt makers.

An official Germany and convert Germany

to

If they did so, he added, the

prepared of the Raliway strikers would be into a base of American expan-Eastern region issued a statement negotiate through the head ufces vion, a has been done with tonight saying that Western Germany and the

Ruhr.

"The United

States, British

and French proposals at the con- ference fully confirm this...

extend the proposal to constitution to Eastern Ger-

tlon and dismemberment in order many means nothing but the im- to disorient international pubile position, federalisation and con- solidation of partition, against opinion, particularly German.

which

are all German democra- elements."

"What pitiful, ridiculous efforts! tie Air Force

The Koyal Indian will acquire a number of "Tem- pest" alreraft during this year, it

was learned here.

International public opinion per fectly remembers

how, at the Again scoring the occupational very beginning of the Council of statute, Izvestin said it too proved the Americans desired to dictate, Foreign Ministers, Acheson de- monstrated the natural logle of as did the proposal for the so- called four-power supreme com- Air Headquarters in India are breaking up German state or- mission for Germany, designed niso understood to be making ganism into individual cells. arrangements for the purchase Also, it finally could read an animity but by a simple majority. to operate not on a basis of un- of about 100 operational aircraft extremely valuable admission "Bevin's and Schuman's con- of different types-Jet Vampires, which recently slipped out understant endorsement of anything Mitchell bombers, Splares and the pen of the Paris United Press Acheson propres serves as a pre- Hurricane fighters.-Reuter, correspondent, R. H. Shackford, view how the simple majority

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"Who does not know the as- cupational statute was introduced only with intent to eliminate from present consideration the peace. treaty with Germany and get on unlimited

time

period

for dictating the so-called Western German government."

The

The newspaper concluded; "Those Brst 10 days have shown the representatives of the Wes- tern powers wish to create the impression that they strive for German unity; but actually they are trying to carry out a polley of dismemberment of Germany.

"Clearly

the American Anglo. French

proposals of May 20, as Mr.Vishinsky said,

Modo

not

testify to the desire of these pow- ers to reach ngreement with the Soviet Union on such an impor- question as Germany's unity.

tant

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EGYPT'S BILL TO BAN COMMUNISTS

Catro, June 5. The Egyptian Cabinet has ap- proved the draft of a bill banning Communist and other subversive activities and the formation of se- cret societies.

"The draft bill, which also pro- posES modification of the penal cođe to admit it to the new legis- lation, now goes to Parliament.- Reuter.

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day in front of a military club,

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