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'THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1949.

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RUSSIAN AGREEMENT Vyshinsky Says "Yes" For Once

CLOSURE IN RUHR THREAT

Essen, June 0.

The Works Councils of 11 Ruhr synthetic plants have until midnight on Sunday withdraw their opposition British dismantling orders-or closing of face the complete

their

factories.

to to

Major-General W.H.A. Bishop. Regional Commissioner for North Rhine-Westphalto, sald todny that he does not wish to close the added that the works, but he Mutary

Government can not tolerate the challenge offered b thes erfusal to obey dismantling

urders.

He gave the Councils until midnight on Sunday le make p their minds not to obstruct dis- mantling.

Yesterday, workers at two of the plants prevented diamanti texts.

British accompanied by

cafes, from entering the pre- Inises to start work.

Negotiations On The Blockade

Paris, Juno 9.

Russia tonight agreed that each of the "Big-Four" Foreign Ministors sond soporate instructions to their Military Commandants in Berlin toll- ing them to complete their negotiations on the implementation of the blockado-lifting agroo- mont by June '13.

The

Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Vyshinsky, made this decision towards the end of today's session of the Council of Foreign Ministers. It constitutes the nearest approach to a substan- tive agreement reached by the Council since the conference storted on May 23.

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Mr. Vyshinsky's move, which came as a surprise, was a portiol acceptance of the proposal tablod by the United States Secretary of Stato, Mr. Doon Acheson, yesterday that the Council sand joint instructions to the Commandants..

also Mr. Vyshinsky for the implementation of a re-

the solution passed by

Security Council Senior British and E.S. offļelois Nations in Frankfurt today refused to October 5, 1048, by the terms of mark accept a letter requesting that which the Eastern

the woke disanding be discontinued, wa to be adopted as

Was

and Berlin. letter was The

drawn up by currency for Christian Demnerals, Sorini Dr-blockade was to be lifted. mocrats and Liberal groups of Mr. Acheron declared the Mr. the Bizonal Economic Council.

hingelf hurt Vyshinsky..

Protest demonstrations against the orders

were held at aume

plants toxiny,

tone

The

velord

Dr. Erich Kochler, Chairman the Security Council's resolution

Council,

of the

said

question The three apposed

that the in letter would next ba handed to the Allied Military Governors

with Bironal leaders, with = pass it on to their request to Governments.

Western poker naen Mr. Vyshinsky's demand at their next regular meeting to return to the directive of luet

August or the Security Council'

that the grounds resolution an the Ber

Cerlin Administration subsequently been split because Soviet nettem the

ul the nathorities

With ## split Administration is no hope, they said, of working a single currency system. Mr. Vyshinsky repeatedly e-

The

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General Sir Gordon Murrcady, British Joint Chairman of Anglo-American Control Omce,

2 Mr. A. K. Phelps, American Co-Chairman,

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Deputy

refused

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urt the letter Krounds that dismantling plan had been settled by the Allied Governments and are no longer

to discussion.--Reuter, subject

GRUBER CALLS ON VYSHINSKY

Parls, June 9. The Austrian Foreign Minis- ter, Karl Gruber, conferred for more than an hour today with Foreign Minister the Soviet

Andrei Vyshinsky".

Austrian sources sald only that the conversation concerned Aus- tria in general and the possibility pence treaty when the Coun- cil of Foreign Ministers, now in session here, takes up discussion of a.general Austrian settlement

The treaty is the last item on the four-point Council agenda.- United Press,

PRIMATE'S VISIT TO AUSTRALIA

London, June 9. The Archbishop of Canterbury plans to visit Australia and New Zealand in November and Decem- ber next year at the invitation of the Archbishops of Sydney und

- New Zealand.

New Spirit In Berlin

*lal

ac

Bertin, June 8. Two Soviet Generals, cepting Western Allied no.

first the Invitation for time since last summer, to. tiny attended n cocktal! party given by General Sir Brian Robertson, Briti Military Governor In Germany, honour of the King's atticial birthday.

In

were

The Soviet Dficers Lieutenant-Generat Lukyan- chenko, Soviet Chief of Staff, and Major-General Kotikov. Soviet Commandant of Ber- Un-Reuter.

Mr. Vyshinsky, retorted

cused the three Western Powers of a peace treaty for Germany. of refusing discuss the Berlin currency question.

that the fast that there is little chance reaching greinent is no At one point he heatedly said t

If the Western reason for Fut discussing the in Russian that Powers refuse to discuss what sitem under consultation.

New Methods on, the agendo, there is not much and they point in the meeting

Lonically, * MI might just as well close the con- ference,

DON 7 DINA

New York, Tuesday.

It takes a week to get read- justed.

IDDON'S

DIARY

quences, Lilienthal was blamed. | Casò.. It's Too Expensive”

Bomb Hysteria

Day and night for the past fort- night he has been blamed, and 11 is obvious that powerful groups are out to get him

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I am shaken when the walter ut the roadliouse says; "That your dachshund outside in the

The campaign against Lilienthal green convertible? The chef's sending out some roast beef to part and parcel of the national hysteria over the atom bomb. the dog seems hungry."

Even President Truman, a mild man was moved the other day to say publicly: "It is time for the people to quit getting hystericall

I am taken aback when the garage hand says: "Fill her up?" and squirts 20 gallons of petrol into the cur's tank, charging me only is. 3d. per gallon.

I'm slightly surprised to pay only 10d, for 20 cigarettes in New Jersey, to neo the windows of the liquor stores jammed with famous brands of Scotch Whisky going at £1 per bottle, to find shops laden with exquisite nylons purchasable at 48, per pair to sea mountains of food everywhere-freshly killed meat and fowl canned" hams, tinned tongues and chicken, pyramids of butter, great arrays of sweets and chocolates.

I rub my eyes the sight of street-sweepers smoking cigare, at pavements littered with discarded. half-smoked cigarettes, at wash-

with rooms piled high

crisp, freshly laundered towels, at the display of scented soaps, at the obvious opulence of the city--the

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furs and finery of the women, the Tendency tropical suits, panamas and coco-

nut straws of the men, the army

to. droot

over titles.

men-

ul meninis, of doormen in the, when the word atom is French Foreign Legion" uniforms, tioned." And many are taking the and the chauffeurs lined up down President's advice, Filth and Park-avenues.

Possession of the atom bombs

And I am impressed as always | (nobody ever mentions that Bri- by the superb efficiency of thetish and Canadians helped to de- telephone system, the luxurious velop them) has become Amerl- comfort of the trains, the drive, ca's public pride, but secret sør- verve, and vigour of the people, row. the "know how and willingness to experiment, the furious faith in Free Enterprise, the absolute conviction that every man can be come a millionaire he has enough go and guts and zel-aliend propulsion.

These are the outward and visible slens of the American way of life. They are things to mar- vel about. Some should be TC- liced over, but others less con- spicuous are disquieting.

There's no doubt at all that intolerance is Increasing in this country. The Liberal is being hounded, the Radical pursued and punished.

Internal Vendetta Freedom of political belief and expression is being curbed in the colleges assailed and denounced by Congressional committees.

The cold war has turned into a hot internal vendetta between the Acheson's ultra-Conservative forces and suppation IS zave pled, they Left-Wingers, might just well juurn the whole station on the grounds that not be certain of

This remark was included in they could

French when the

the

reaching agreement.

Mr. Acheson said that perhaps Mr. Vyshinsky had got the be ginning of a good idea.

Chief target for attack is David Lilienthal, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Keeper of the Dreadful Secrets of the Atomic Bomb.

Lillenthal is an amiable Liberal, a gifted intellectual. He's also a Jew,

The responsibility is straining the nation's nerves. Ownership of the weapon corroding men's · outlook and tempers.

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The AlcoholicTM

• An offshoot of this phobin, is alco- an unhealthy interest In hollam. The New York Sun Is running a series "What About The Alcoholic? and almost every magazine has published articles about the growing menace of al- coholism.

Currently tho elty is carrying out a drive to collect funds for the rehabilitation of the alco- holle, and New York's 8,000 union bartenders are asking their cus- torfers to contribute the price of one drink to the collection

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The organization, known "Alcoholics Anonymous," has re- ceived the least anonymoúa pub- licity in history. The rummy, the drunk, the bad bibber is being coddled instead of condemned

Now and again I am asked wisi- fully

If the Brish are in almi- lar fuss over sagging minds and sodden soaks. The answer is, of course, that Britain has too many tangible troubles to got into A state of hysteria over the inten gible, and whisky is far too expen- sive at home to breed alcoholics. Interest in what we do or full to do has rarely been higher. The dirge about our economic situa- ilon gets louder, and now the Wall Street Journal announces: "Something has got to give. That describes Britain's economic altua- tion today." Perhaps the paper means that someone has got to give.

The deeper the bomba burled, the bigger the stockpile. the worse the neurosis. There has been such a to-do and outery Inte by over the missing Uranium 235 -it probably just evaporated- that anyone would think the entire supply of bomos

hna. been stolen and shipped to Mos- cow by air express.

The national theme song could be "The Atom Bomb will Get You If You Don't Watch Out

Other Jitters

that

harum

It is perhaps inevitable there should be such scarum sensations, and it is possi- ble that If we were loaded down. with uranium we would behave similarly.

Bad Selling

In face of all these revelations about our falling export trade and

Reluctant to show the flag.

over-priced goods our showmari- snip remains wretched.

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All I know 'Is that Britain is

We are reluctant to show tho fortunate not to have atom jitters. dag. 1 suw concagues James Because one form of Itters Brough off to England

ut hatches others. There are more Guarnia Field. The air terminal psychiatrists doing business at the

letters is plastered with tige present time in the United States proclaiming Pan American Air- than in the rest of the world put lines world-wide activities. All together.

we, the British Overseas Airways New Yorkers provide a large Corporation, get is a iloy part of their business, and Man-nouncement in glass "B.O.A.C.” hattan's preoccupation with men- tat trouble is growing,

U.S. Rejection

translation, but interpreter reached this point in the English trans-

Vyshinsky Fation Mr.

asked

What the Council needs is new reference to closing that the

methods. Perhaps, be suggested, Ever since I've been back Liljen- | the conference be deleted.

There proered straight to thal has been under relentless

are best-selling books rejected outright they could Mr. Acheson

Item 4 pene treaty for Aus- assault by sections of big business, giving quick and quack cure-alls go back to !o a Soviet proposal

agreed

high brass, and low Press. for minds and souls that lack an

directive of last August tria-and talk business.

Mr. Vyshinsky made it clear

When a midget pinch of tranquility. Newspapers are de- regarding

ding the currency in Berlin.

delegation will Uranium 235 was reported miss-voting a lot of space to psychia- He accused Mr. Vyshinsky of timt the Soviet

ing from the Chicago laboratories tric matters, and the other doy wasting time by reviving futile under no circumstances be pre-

uf old wired to pass on to the Austrian of the Atomic Energy Commls- the New York Post had a won- discussions

sion and was blown up into discussion of

a cerful headline: " You Must problem until the

Bo Ill. Don't Become A Mental Mr. Acheson declared that ex- the German iterns on the agenda giant-size theft of vital perts had been working on the Is completed.

problum

Acheson's It was after many currency months and had failed to and a proposal to abandon the debate on Berlin that Mr. Vyshinsky satisfactory answer,

and sterile formulas.

for

Acheson,

Mr.

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is too late to go back, inally agreed to the sending of Berlin instructing the opinion

Western messages 10 the of

the representatives of the four Powers.

After Mr. Vyshinsky had given Powers to work out a plan for All official announcement said his opinion that a single currency the removal of trade and trafle

restrictions by June 13. he has also accepted the invitas still workable, Mr. tion of the Mayor of Christchurch, from the Chair, said that he sees New Zealand, to be present at the little chance of reaching agree-

suggested that celebrations of the ment. He centennial Province of Canterbury, in comber, 1950.-Reuter,

the

De Council move on to the next ilen on the agenda-the preparation

PRECAUTIONS IN BERLIN STRIKE

of

Berlin, June 9.

M. Robert Schuman, French Foreign Minipler, said that he

conse.

MRA Best Hope For The World

Caux, June 9.

did not think that they could Moral re-armament holds out the world's best hope

usefully discuss itam 3- the German peace treaty when they could not even agree on a provisional regime for Germany.

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of anding racial, national and ideological con- flicts.

Dr. William Hoegner, former carry out our responsibilities to Minister-Presfilent of the Ger- God or man if we do not record Gecu happening Mr. Vyshinsky said that they man state of Bavaria, sald this what we had not yet finished with the today. Berlin question and what about

the currency question?

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here."

have

Americans How many

know what the letters "B.O.A.C." stand for? One in a thousand? One in a hundred thousand?

We won't get business by hid- ing our goods and services under the counter. We may not need a psychiatrist. We certainly need a

buglo-blower.

For the rest the buyers aren't merely off their knees, but have forced sellers to theirs, Wall- street has more bears than a Rus- sian circus, and Churchill's attack on the Labour Government are now front-page news.

BTC financial

The catalogue of catastropho which American journalists writing about Britain's position is an opus of optimism ,compared to the things they are saying about the future of British Alms.

According to entertainment ex- perts here we haven't got a hope. Fancy Payments

Our production is said to be dwindling to a trickle, our finan- clal backers are fleeing for cover, and some of our best talent is idle for lack of opportunity.

Well, I've just come from there, met He told the Moral Re-armament A Briton, Colonel. C. S. Pon.and none of the showmen

looked like pall-bearers. I wo former Parliamentary M. Schuman said he thought conference here: "The movement sonby,

mistake it is paying absurdly that there would be difficulty in is the Tower of Babel in reversa. Secretary to Mr. Anthony Eden, are making any one big, glaring There are nations of the world said: "We have to look at the fancy prices to American per- reaching agreement or currency

cannot world and at our fellow-country-formers who would have dimcully not separated because they because

they

At Caux, mon and possibly at ourselves in getting people here to see them. reached agreement on unification get along together.

the nations learn a lesson of from u new viewpoint.

Danny Kaya good, but ho of the Berlin. Administration.

must find the. real does not rate as a genkuus here, that unity." Mr. Vychinsky repeated

answer to materiallam that S Broadway and Hollywood Bro he wants to discuss the currency

Dr. Anton Bolz, editor

taken root with greater force amused in a slightly superior way question and the other Ministers theinische Post", told the As

than ever before.

over the gigantic fuss the British then agreed.

sembly that his German readers

"Caux has been a wonderful publie is making over Kaye, Mr. Ernest

British Bevill,

are flooding his office for nows experience for me. Here a great FOOTNOTE: "Americans look- make the whole difference to relying on the Atlantic Pact to

keep the world pacific. will not mankind."-United Press.

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far

of

"WB

Foreign Secretury, took his place at the conference table as head of the Meral Re-armament Move-movement is starting which may ing at the Paris Conference aro

Armed detachments of East and West sector Gor- man police, and patrois of United States mili- tary polico, were concentrated today near the Soviet-controlled Berlin Railway Headquarters in the United States sector.

anti-Communist |ber of Blacklegs are all work- Reliefs West Berlin railway workers are ing in the control building.

red-brick nerve- picketing the

Pickets had been on duty since of the British delegation from centre of the city's elevated net- work, which they seized for a 500 West German police and Lort Henderson, Under-Secretary four armed Soviet officers eject-of State for Foreign Affairs, two short time last night.

of West cd 200 strikers who took tem- and a half hours after today's Strong detachments sector, police patrolled adjacent porary command of the building session started. streets, ready to meet any fresh lost night The "non-Commun- fs" Independent Trade Union attempt to storm the building.

responsibility for Ten police radio cars bruised dented

the area.

the

acizure.

daity The regular

postat train service between Wester

He had molored direct to the Rose Palace

from

Le Bourget Airport where he arrived direct from the Labour Party Con- Blackpool ference at

It not Immediately clear to

whether to will contio a

Germany and Berlin will be abgetonight

resumed today. One train a day will transpor

Soviet-controlled German po- and lorries are lice in jeops drawn up in line on their own alde of the near-by American- Soviet sector boundary.

One bus-load Tommy-gunners parked on aj zone to Berlin. near-by corner but drove away an hour Inter

of

session

Russian the mall of the whole British the discussion of Berlin or pros

The attempt to maintain the

ceed to the German peace treaty.

It is thought that the drafting

post service with Berlin by mall of the messages to Berlin will bo

over the Autobahn at done by officials

falled

A spokesman for the strikers, lorries who have been out since May 21 Helmstedt demanding full payment in West volume of marks, complained that a num- Router.

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the possible and submitted. to because mall was 100 big respective Foreign Ministers for

approval.-Reuter,

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