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THE CHINA MAIL, Saturday, JULY 9, 1949,

DON

IDDON'S

DIARY

FREIGHT TRAINS ENTER Goes North Of The U.S. Border

East West Struggle's New Phase

Berlin, July 7.

Berlin, July 7.

Bostin's supply lines were restored to normal today for the first time in 14 months of blackade and labour strife, Allied authorities disclosed to- night.

The railway system has overcome the effects of the five-week strike which nullified, the lifting of the Soviet blockade.

Seventeen loaded freight trains como into Wastorn This Berlin on Wednesday and 11 departed.

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This time the pollsters were Laurent said: "Let us think of jutmoal to try to put over British

hedged right. They

♫ bit, Canada." back-pedalled, and murmur- ed: "On the other.... for a week or two, but an Canada's election eve they came right out and said the Liberals would

win.

Canudo goods. All the talk ot

4 becoming Americanised Nation United

The drug stores much nonsense. When the grizzled die-furd and neon glaro are American, the Maurice Duplessis, Premier of radio is American-style, with Quebec, made bargains with the nauseating commeretals, but the Torles to push the interests of the people are staunchly Exppire, French Canadians ahead of the never mind Commonwealth- national interest, St. Laurent re-minded. The Liberals certainly have tuked the people who had put The Union Jack floats from won. It has not been so much a Duplessis In provincial

powermost buildings. There is talk of victory as R walkover.

This election result is a demon- a special Canadian ding, but there Prime Minister St. Laurent, a tration of Canadian national unity has been similar talk for years. St. Laurent took the risk of Canada either les the Union gentle, adrott, wise old man, has won a great personal

losing, the Jack or the Red Ensign with the triumph offending, and even was the pro-blockade averago.

Catholic arms of Canada, He did not bluster or blarney, as support of his his opponent Conservative George French Canadians. He refolced stcan In and wardly more peacefal phase. The rail system has been puing Abend" sukd the rail

Drew was inclined to do. Ho that he was a French, Canadian, For this first times since 1945-40ing a daily average of 13,000 tons

prescruting live youths a merely said that he stood on his but gloried in the fact that he was in n Syll showing auf supplies Into the Western ser-

sector eir on Haussians were

record, and particularly the record Canadian without any hyphen, the hues, charges of danging tors ever since Inst week-end. stages bat conciimtery attitude and

of the man who banilpicked him, the head of a British Dominion. Trucks delivered a total of 27.- switcher and signals during the

Mackenzie King, and left the rest DR penance of wanting to do i

that accompanied the business with the Western powers.

to the people. *warm't'axt* developments were immonen, which gave promise of proving or dieproving the trend TOWRI so kind of four-power co-operation.

ap.

The East-West struggle over

Berlin today Germany and peared to be entering a new and

the

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690 tons from West Germany tooling West Berlin.last week and chal strike, burges brought another 23,389 fons.

ان

own

Pact Supported St. Laurent is an internation- St. Laurent Is French Cana- However, re newspaper said thin who refused to exploit his alist, an ardent friend of Britain, An architect of the North Atlantic were members blood and race. one of the ve

While the ant Pact, a New World statesman. Mayor The Allied airlift is averaging of the Cudon and one is a 15 year British

Montreal,

Possibly he has been embar- 8,000 tons dally. This gives West old bay

Camillen Houde (he was in jul rassed by the too blatant support The Soviet Transport round average of

Chief, the last time I was here), scream of the Toronto "Star" newspaper Western officials said the next Herlin

"Better for us to have inKeep Canada British-Vole St. four gove

probably 28,000 tons daily which, a spokes- Major General Pavel Krushnin, ed. meetings

there would be no Ottawa a Protestant Palme Minis- would be hell early next week min sak, permits a generous promised

Laurent" but the strange truth is Lat to theter who will defend Our rights that the election of this French meting: might be held storkpile for next winter, estepanishment meled

West Herliners for eally onl

Ariking- than a French-speaking Ruman Canadian docs Saturday,

help to keep Associated Prese

Catholic who will betray us," St. Canada more British than the vic- Two bry meeting were expected discussions

tory of Conservative George Drew in the new series of

19484

B the future of Berlin and Gor

commanders #l many. The four

Berlin the occupation forces in were expected to make another attempt to put administration of The divided eity on one kind of operating basis. The second meet ing

with East-West

wade problems.

Representatives E

Four

powera nire

niready have expressed

Satharnction with the first phase resumption of four-power To Intions here. To botla East and

end of signalled the tension which End existed during Soviet blockade of the yearlong Berlin.

West it

However, although the Russians to be in a more reachlin- scenes!

tury Frame nånd, Lowe yours of dealing with them in Germany

Western hart mad the

Allies

wary.

The peasibility of agreement on

East-West trade part WALN regarded by high quarters as more promising than any unification of Iferlin, The Rising Zone badly needs

from commodities vital Western Germandy, such as cont iron, steel and Stuhr, from the spare parts for muchinery.

Next week or se was expected to tell how wind is blowing United Presi

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FIGHTING NEAR OIL CENTRE

Rangoon, July 7 Covernment troops have repuls- ed a five-hour attack on the oil town of Yenangyaung, 360 miles North West of Rangoon, the Bur- na Army Radio reported tonight. The attacks were mid to have Geen made by 350 Communists, White Band Volunteers and Army deserters.

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now

Loaded With Cool

Thiteren of the 17 ans, which warfeed on Monday were loaded with eval from the Ruha, Berli- ners of froze in last winter's blockade with each person allolesk unly 25 pounds of fuel for the entire season.

Most of the West Berlin tail strikers Are now back on the

job. The Soviet controlled

Mass Exodus Of

Jewish DPs Over

Munich, July 7.

Reichsbahn announced that the The mass exodus of Jewish displaced persons from

of the

first pay checka in West Marks will be issued on Frday, carry- ing

terms out the atrike eettlemen The workers will : 60 per in West Murks and the Pumainier the Soviet Zone

This 40

per cent

West

Germany to Israel has ended and after Septem- bar 8 there will be only a small number seeking a homeland in the new Jowish state, according to Dr. Israel Goldstein, treasurer of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.

East Marks. will be redeemed by the West "We plan to move on additional 8,000 DPs to Isfael

Kovernment for Berlin Marks on a one to osie basis.

between now and September. We are already American military government over the hump and after that date there will oficials saud that 506 men and

bs only a small trickle instead of the torrent 234 women members 01 striking

have quit

we had during the past year." Reichsbahn since the strike end- ed. They said these workers were afraid of reprisals. There were 14,000 on strike.

unten

No Reprisals

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Dr. Goldstein, en route from pitais in the Jewish state as New York to Israel, tole a press fare doing in hospitals in Ger- jeonfereser that Israel has absor munny.

Dr. Goldstein ber more thin 100,000 Jewish re-

from Germany nearly hospitals-must of them half of them during the past year, suffering from tuberculosis-now The Union itself said It knows He said that Israel niso will number alwut 7,000 to 8,000.

no specie reprisal helstuke DPs barred in the past be against its members. The Amer-cause of physical disability if the

licensed

"Der IRO will support them

Jean

newspaper

in hos-

Amplification Of

Cripps' Statement

London, July 7

of the insurgents, 104 were Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade,

killed and three captured, the Radio added.

Large quantitles of arms were said to have been captured. The Government losses were put as one killed and three wounded.-- Reuter.

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today amplified in Parliament Monday's state- mont by Sir Stafford Gripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the agreement reached by OEEC countries at Paris for rolaxing import restric- tions.

Such a policy of removal of trade restrictions would have to be considered in relation to the settle- ment of certain other matters, he said.

certain

cases

of

might have done.

Drew, thinking he was snilling victory when he was only scent- ing hot headlines, would to some extent have been a prisoner of Duplessis and Houde had he won.,

It was his great ambition to break the solid Liberal hold on Quebec Province. He has falled disastrously. Quebee Is SU Liberal, still murching down the road that Mackenzle King helped to build,

named

And the pollsters also proved themselves right about the Cana- dlan Socialists, the elaborately

Co-operative Common wenith Federation Party. The CC.F. did even worse than the pessimists prophesied.

Canada rejected Socialism and nationalisation out of hand.

The simple fact is that people do not want a change if they are doing all right. The Canadiens are doing more than right,

all

You would like this city. It is part Parls, part London, part New York, yot wholly Canadian,

The French Canadians domin- ate the town and give it Its may gadabout air. Thoy run its poli- tics, its police, its entertainment of Its and catering, and much

trade.

English Below

There fre six newspaperʊ } printed in French and only three in English. And these tuce print] some reports in French.

Dunng the selection campaign all candidates who visited there made sperches in French us well es in English. All the road signs, posters, notices, pamphlets, bro- chures, booklets, and many adver- tisements are printed in French with an English version under- neath. You hear 50 French words: for every English word spoken.

The waiters, the taxi-drivers, the shopgirls and clerks, the bell- boys and elevator operators, al- most all ore French. What with two-thirds of the people speaking French and myself only speaking English with a Lancashire accent, this assignment has been a haru job.

But it has had its compensa- tions. Montreal's night afe is us riddy as any city's in the world. The town sprouts night clubs, cabarets, and floorshows,

on

was

A few months ago a 25 per cent Government tax night spots was removed. It blessing to the tourist-trappers, They expanded extra agantly and lured the customers.

They are thriving and prosper- Lights Blaze

ing,

There are French-type clubs

It

I came here not merely to cover and Russian (White), Manhattan- the Canadian elections but also modelled and Harlem-styled.

cents to probe (the dollars and

The city rejects

sleep. situation. Coming from a coun- blazes with light and life. try, and particularly city, that

The city's hotels, the Ritz Carl-

Windsor, is suffering from economic hypo- ton, the

the Mouni chentri-thinking and talking It Royals, compare with America's self into a recession-I have looked best. for similar symptoms here. There aren't any.

Shops Thronged

11 mere

Montreal, while rejoicing in 19 The Jewish Agency statistics

prosperity, is bridling slightly at revealed that one year ago there

the bill. The cost of Rving has higher. Rents are never been were 165,000 Jewish DPs in Wes- tern Germany. Today there are Canada sits snugly on the top twice pre-war and apartments less than 30.0

of those of a boom. There is scarcely any

and houses difficult to get. But jeft have

integrated Into unemployment,

150,000 today no one is thinking much local Communists and choose to unemployables. There is no fall about these problems. The in remain there.

ing-off in trade, no decline, noj medinic job was to get the right

Government

Montreal elected. slumplet, no apprehension.

Montreal has never been more and Canada believe they have prosperous. It has more money, done that. more

more people (1,150,000), tourists, more trade, and mura plans for the future than it ever

Dr. Goldstein said the housing programme now underway will provide 30,000 dwelling units by November to take care of 07,000 persons still

living in camps. United Press.

FLOOD THREAT IN S. AMERICA

badi

The great shops, Morgans and Entons and Robert Simpsons on St. Catherinea-atreet — Montreal's Fifth-venue-are thronged with buyers. Housewives Block the counters. The cash registers ring all day.

Buenos Aires, July 7. Taking time out froma talking Feverish efforts were made to-polities I have been visiting these aight to stem the rising flood stores. In most of them there waters threatening the town uf

departments, Galman, in the heart of the Chu- special shows of British goods-

ure "Buy British" but Valley. New areas were to- tweeds and leather and stiver. day inundated by the walers,

power

which the authorities predicted. Sales Slowed would reach their crest tomorrow. How are they selling? Only Hospitals and essential services so-so. The quality is high, but First, the relaxation could not in mind the legitimate interests

in Galman received their electric prices are high too. To make be applied to countries with of our own industries.

power from an emergency plant money here we will have to cut which they would cause balance "What we have in mind is the brought in by the Army after the our price tags.

local

house

had of payments difficulties. In par- existence

been

The British are well thought of| ticular,

flooded. Damage to farms in the in British

arsevere restrictions on the quan Valles was reported to run into more payments

this city. I have never had rangements with countries toiles of goods which certain of

help and kindness, and which they apply must be such our industries are free to put on any millions of pesos-Reuter. Ipcal merchants are doing their as to avoid any spending of gold the home market. and dollars by Britain.

"It would obviously be unfair Secondly,

Britain would need to permit producers In other to be in position to apply the countries to sell without restric- relaxations wherever and when- on in the British market so ever this could be done without long as British producers creating new balance of pay subject to severe intothis ments difficulties.

TC of

this kind. In such erses we This raised certain questions would relax import controls only about British obligations to coun-as and when the restrictions on tries outside OEEC.

our own producers could be re-

Thirdly, while Britain would be laxed." propared to take a lead in re- Mr. Wilson, replying to ques- moving restrictions, how far she|tions, added, "we intend and hope could go must depend on the cx- to have a very wide system of tent to which other countries relaxations of quota resfriellons felt able to follow her lead and on our Imports but I must make relax restrictions on their Imports it clear that these cannot extend from Britain within such limits to those which include less of as their balance of payments may gold or dollars.

set.

The Commonwealth countries "Further," Mr. Wilson added. had been kept fully informed and "in deelding upon the list of doubt the Finance Ministers goods to be, freed from import will wish to consider what we are restrictions, we shall have to bear doing," he added. Reuter.

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