1949-06-30 — Page 9

A LONG

JAPAN STILL WAY FROM RECOVERY

JEWISH REPLY TO ARABS

Lausanne, June 28.

The Israeli,delegation at the In Jewish-Arab peace talks Lausanne replied today to on Arab memorandum on the re-

fugee question which was sub- mitted on May 18.

.

a private meeting with the In United Nations Palestine Concilia- Commission, the Israeli do- tion legation answered the Areb de- Commission manda in detail, a

But neither the spokesman said.

members of the spokesman nor Israeli delegation will disclose the

ure of the Jewish reply. nature

Arab memoran- The

original dum was presented on May 18 jointly by the four Arab delo-

the talks Rations taking part

in the

repatriation It urged. Immediate of Arab

refugees parted from of and their families

refugees needed to carry on the cultivation of Arab-owned orange groves in Israel territory. The memoran

immediato dum also asked for unblocking of Arab accounts in Israel banks and for permission

Moslem clergy treely in

in Israeil territory.

for

to circulate

Today's meeting was the last and between the Commission the Turael delegation before the 10. three-wook Commission's Journment

The Commission is due to micet the four Arab delegallons on Wednesday and will then adfour July 13 to permit delegates and Commission members to con-

sult wa

with their governments. Various sub-committees of the Commission will continue work during the adfourthment. During the next few days, one of the committees will discuss today's Jewish reply to the Arab memor- andum.-Associated Press,

PAKISTAN-EGYPT

TRADE PACT

Karachi, June 20. Pakistan and Egypt have grant ed each other "most favoured nation treatment" in customs duties and other formalities con- nected with import and export

The trade agreement made bo- tween Pakistan and Egypt in May has been ratified by both Govern-

ments.Reuter.

Cannot Progress Without Help

Washington, June 29.

Japan has a long way to go to achieve recovery, tho Assistant Sccrotary of the Army, Mr. Tracy

·Voorhees, told U.S. Senators today. Japan cannot do it, he said, without outside help. "While progress in Japan is heartening," Mr. Voorhees said, "the long-term outlook differs from that in Germany."

mittee to

Poor Diet

Mr. Voorhees told the Com-

mittee that the Army plans an average dally food ration of 1,523 1,076 350

Mr. Voorhees appeared before higher estimate of export funda to the Japanese the Senate Appropriations Corn to emphaslac

ask for $1,000,000,000 people that any improvement in for Government and relief in oc- the ration, perhaps even its con- eupled areas of Japan, the Ryukyu tinuance, will depend upon the Austria. Fuccess of their "efforts to improve inlands, Germany and The House has approved $925,- their export trade." 000,000 for the programme,

Mr. Voorhees pointed out that has had ta turn from Japan

Chinn for Manchuria and

raw the United States, inaterials to

dollar areas. Canada and other He said Japan must compensate for lost textile markets by turn- ing to the export of heavy indus- trial goods.

And must be fiscal reform. "The tax Bystem is antiquated, inefficient and discriminatory," he added. Ile explained that General Dou- glas MacArthur is trying to bring about reforms In the Japanese Boral programme.

The The

calories. This frem domestic production, financed by relief appropriation, and 00 from Japanese export proceeds.

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1949.

More Riots In Calcutta.

Calcutta, June 2 At least one WAS killed and anchor injured by police gunfire when, for more than an hour last evening, Com- munists rought with patios, bombed state-owned busce and at fire to a tramcar in the Central and Northern sac. tions of Caloutta.

The driver of one of the bombed buses lost his right hand and five other persons wors injured by bombsAI sociated Press.

Alger Hiss Persists In Denials

New York, Juno 28. The Government today end- ed its cross-examination of Al- without ger Hiss apparently shaking his staunch denials that he had fliched Government papers for delivery to a Russian spy ring.

ACTION DEFERRED ON PROGRAMME FOR KOREA HELP

Washington, June 29. The U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee deferred final action on formal approval of the proposed $150,000,000 Korean recovery programmo. Meanwhile, the Senate Foreign Relations Commit- tee began its own consideration of the pro- gramme, requested by President Truman.

In a third quarter, Korea re- ceived an immediate appropria- will go to tion-but most of it American steamship corporationg. The Economle Co-operation Ad- ministration (ECA) approved RELDA $780,000 allotinent

to Korea to pay Ocean transportation costs on various shipments and buy $6,000 worth of industrial machinery and chemicals, Simultaneously, the ECA approved grants of near-

$15,000,000 to Western Ger

BELGRADE ATTACKS MOSCOW

Belgrade, June (28. "Borba," official organ of the Yugoslav Communist Party, to- many and seven Western Euro-day accused Soviet leaders of pean nations,

dishonesty in connection with the Austrian treaty,

dia-

The House Committee discussed the Korean recovery programme

Information for hours yesterday, finally des ciding it needs more includes

from the State Department, Committeemen will not loss what information is wanted. close But representatives of the State pear again on Wednesday for fur- ther questioning. Their were withheld,

Anally, he said. there | rations are planned for industriolexumination in which he (Mur Department were asked to ap

Tr for

$1,000,000,000 Army est includes $405,015,000 quest

the Japan and $20,442,000 for Hyukyus. More than half of the total would De $1,000,000,000 used for food purchases in the U.S.

Maximum Effort

Mr. Voorhees wald the Army estimate of mosey needed for food rollof in Japan is based upan Indications that Inorapsing Japanese exporta make possl- ble the. purchase of, 375,000,000 worth of food from Orient sources.

lic

This figure for export-financed food purchases exceeds the SCAP estimate by $25,000,000, Mr. Voot hees said.

General MacArthur unid

for Japan's internal directive stabilisation programme demands the maximum of sacrifice and Japanese in the effort by the interest of economic recovery.

Mr. Voorhees continued: 'Hence we are standing on AL

Dutch Evacuation Over This Month

Batavia, Juno 28.

The evacuation of Dutch forces from Jogjarkarta, Contral Java, is proceeding smoothly accord- ing to schedula, and is expected to be complet ed this month, the United Nations Commission for Indonesia announced today.

A Republican press

release, Dutch-Indonesian.

Mr. Thomas Murphy, Assistant U.S. Attorney, finished with his He sold Increased supplemental witness after hours of cross- workers because of the higher phy) roared and barked and anal-

y lost his temper. for activity planned the coming year,

The Federal Judge, Mr. Samuel Mr. Voorhees sold the calorie Kaufman, then granted a defence increase will lift food com/ump-request for the

secret Federal tion of the Japanese people to Bureau of Investigation report

Industriai

80 per cent of their pre-war diet. about the Hiss revelations to the then Byrnes, He noted that the Japaneso diet FBI after James

warned will remain obviously poor one.Secretary of State, had

Associated Press.

His that three Congressmen planned to accuse him of being a Communist.

Western War Games Offend

•

Moscow, June 20. The Navy

"Red organ,

Western

Mr. Kaufman also ordered the Government to turn over to the defence all testmony 10 Llic Grand Jury which indicted Hiss to which the Government had re- ferred during the cross-examina- tion.

Mr.

obviously was Murphy taken aback by Mr. Kaufman's order to turn over the FBI report Fleet," declared today that the and the Grand Jury minutes for Union one day in March and five days forthcoming

He said he In December 1948. Navy manoeuvres are not Bo innocent as they seem. It said would hesitate to do so, but Judge they are part of an Anglo-Kaufman replied: "I direct you American scheme to dominate to do so," Western Europe, to take con-

Mr. Murphy ended his two-day trol of Scandinavia and prepare affort to break Hiss story after for an aggressive war.

hours of bitter questioning, high- It noted that the manoeuvres Ughted by a clash between the are under the direction of Bri-the flustered Government (counsel tish Adiniral Sir Roderick Mc- and his 'calm witness, Grigor whose English-language orders are butomatically trans- Mr. Murphy angrily broke off latable into French and Flemish. the cross-examination and asked That, said the "Red Fleet," is to the Court "Instruct this character to refrain from making any re- accustom the Navy men of nanny natiors to take orders in only marks to me". The Judge repro- one language that of the "Angloved him for this statement--Uni-

ted Press. American imperialists."

The Navy organ added:

"But the most important idea is to implant an idea in France, Bel- gium, Holland and other coun- tries binding their fate to the Anglo-American bloc and to en- subordinate their Lirely

whole system of

Naval defenco and communications to the British

Heet

According to the "Red Fleet," talks stated the Anglo-American "rulera" in- quoted the Republican Emergency here that the Emergency Repub-tend to persuade Norway, Sweden Government as saying that it will lican Government met recently and Denmark to concentrate all on land forces to not return the mandate of the somewhere in Sumatra and de- their efforts Government to the Republican sided that the authority of the ensure Anglo-American domina-

Government tion

tion of President, Dr. I. R. Sotkamo, and Central Republican

the Western Navies. The the Emergency recent visit of the British fleet the Premier, Dr. Mohammed Hat still rests with ta, until they return to Jogjakarta Government.

to Sweden was designed to show Dr. Mohammed Roem, Chair that Britain is prepared to take und are able to discharge their responsibilities frco from any man of the Republican delega

sea if that pressure whatsoever.

tion, la expecting to hear from care of Sweden at the Emergency Republican Gov-country will build up its Army ernment in Sumatra as to where and armaments, it said. and when he can contact them to explain the terms of the latest Dutch-Indonesian agreement.

The Emergency Government is also reported to have decided not to return its authority to Presi dent Soekarno and Dr. Hatta until it has heard a first hand report on the recent Dutch-Indo- --pealan agreement. -

He expects to do this before the return of the Republican Govern- After the Government is reament to Jogjakarta. Lored in Jogjakarta, the Eimer- Dutch and Indonesian Repub- #greed on gency Government want a joint lican representatives decision on the agreement to be June 22 that Dutch forces should former taken by the Sockarno Govern evacuate Jogjakarta, the ment, the Provisional Working Republican capital, allowing the Committee and the Republican Republican Administration to be Parliament and the Army High restored there as first step to Command, the statement sold. transferring sovereignty to a pro- A spokesman of the Indogresian posed United States of Indonesia Republican delegation to the by the end of 1949-Reuter,

LARGE STOCK OF FAMOUS

DET BRITISH MÁKE

PIANOS

AT LOWEST PRICES

OBTAINABLE AT

THE CHEAPSIDE MUSIC COY.

Wanchal, Hond,

The article quoted Dutch and

Belgian papers as saying that secret negotiations are under way for the organisation of a per- manent North Atlantic Defence Commission Headquarters in Washington-United Press.

AGREEMENT DENOUNCED

Rome, June 28. A dispute between Communist and non-Communist trade imions today blocked settlement of Italy's 12-day old shipping strike, which began with a walk-out of 20,000

seamen in Genoe.

Non-Communist unions and the ship-owners reached tentativo agreement last night on the sen- but unious affiliated to the Com- men's higher pension demands, munist General Labour Confedera tion said today that they refused

to accept the settlement because it had been reached without con- sulting them.

The "Giornale d'Itali1⁄2" esti- mated that the strike is costing Italy the equivalent of $100,000 a day in lost passenger and freight traffic-Rozier,

If It's to be

ARC WELDED

See that

that it's Quais. Are WELDED

Quasi-Arc A.C.,

Welding Electrodes and Equipment

are available now

Hong Kong).

Bolo Agents

GILMAN & CO. LTD.

Policy Anglo

names

מן

Much of the discussion yesterday closed Committee meeting was devated to what type of policy statement should be included In the bill, Bome

want to Committeomen

*x- U.S. Intent of the press the Government to aid any area in Asia against Communium, Others want to say the policy of the US. is to help democratic

nations,

The Committee previously ap

Korean ald pro- proved the gramme generally in drafting the bil to put it into effect. But Con- gressional procedure requires the Committee to vote formally

bill as drafted be approval of fore it can be sent to the House

floor for action,

Not Rolief

in

It charged that "Pravda" had deliberately attempted to falsify historical facts In order to justify this.

"Borba" alleged that the. So- viet Government had dishonest- ly bargained away Yugoslavia's territorial claims on Austria and rejected the principle tional self-determination in her own interest,

of na-

"Pravda" had tried to cover up this "un-Marxist action" by in- cluding falschoods about Yugo- the Comin- slovia according to form recipe.

"Pravda" alleged Irst Sunday that the Yugoslavs had already attempted to make a deal over Austria with the West behind the Soviet Union's back, "Borba" said.

be-

Mr.

The attempt was said to have been made in secret talks tween Yugoslav representatives and the British Secretory for Commonwealth Relations, Philip

Noel-Baker, in Belgrade, and between Mr. Hector McNell, of State, and British Minister the Yugoslav Ambassador la London in 1947.

vimited

(MC.

Noel-Baker

This

Yugoslavia to 850 2 British

of books. exhibition was in 1947. He was recalvad by Marshal Josip Tito), This allegation, "Borbo" said, was false.

Yugoslavia had

The Senate Committee opened its hearings by listening to test!- muny of Mr. Paul Hoffman, ECA Administrator, and the Under- Secretary of State, Mr. James Webb. The Committee session was

always leept closed to the pubile and the press.

Presumably Mr. Hoffman and the Soviet Government Informed

Webb Mr.

followed the same fully of all its conversations with

the West-Neuter. general trend of arguments they had previously given to the House The gist of this Committee. testimony was that the proposed $100,000,000 figure 1s the minimum necessary for South www. Koren to gain economic stability.

told Mr. Hoffman had

the the House group that

Korean programme must be a recovery programme, not a relief pro- gramme.-Associated Press.

FOR

EDITOR'S DEATH

New York, June 20. Mr. William Griffin, editor and the, Now York publisher of

here Sunday Enquirer, died today of a heart attack. He was 31-United Press

QUALITY-DURABILITY-DESIGN

INSTALL

"Standard"

PLUMBING FIXTURES

WRITE FOR OUR HOME BOOKLET

Agents:

ANDERSEN, Meyer & comPANY, LTD.

DAVID HOUSE

Motor Starters |

TEL: 28091.

Bolenoids

CUTLER HAMMER Magnetic Clutches "MOTOR CONTROLESZ Listing Magnets

Limit Switches

Toggle Switches

STOCKS AVAILABLE

York Bldg. YU TUNG TAI LTD.

1st Floor..

Tel:

33145

CHINESE OPTICAL CO.

SUN-GLASSES STATION |

RAY BAN

POLOROID

CALOBAR

FANCY BUN GLASSES FOR LADIES,

IN CROOKES, CRUXITE, COOL GREEN,

uuful, Comfortablo, Durable':

"ROAD, CENTRAL:

- TONG YUNA

DISTINGUISHED BY: SERVICE

ENGLISH

ELECTRIC

FOR EVERY INDUSTRIAL DRIVE

-SOLE AGENTS:

THE JARDINE ENGINEERING

CORPORATION LTD.

14-10 PEDDER STREET, HONG KONG. TELEPHONE 30311.

For

Perfect Listening

TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS

Listen To Lolbert (Gilman's) .. 7:00

The Qantas Programme "The

Story of Flight" (23)

Norman

.... 7:30

8:15

9:30

.10:30

Cloutier Orchestra

The Salon Concert

-Thursday Serenade

"The Cask of Amontillado"...11:00

CALL 26607/8°

Install

REDIFFUSION

PHILCO famous for Qunity the Werkes Over

Distribution 3.

OCOR LIMITEI

RIDERATION DE