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THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1949.

TUMULTUOUS PARLIAMENT Appeal For

SESSION IN GERMANY

Czech Govt's Struggle With Church

Prague, September 22.

Bonn, September 22,

A tumultuous German Parliament session came near to blows today when two returned German war

· prisoners appeared on the floor and interrupted a Communist speech.

Communist Max Reimann had already thrown the House into an uprear by defending the Oder- Neisse line as Germany's Eastern border. Conservative deputies shouted protests, banged their

desks and started to walk out en masse.

In the next few days the Gov- The Chancellor, Dr. Kenrad | socrated in this manner, ernment is expected to take legal | Adenauer, and other members of naver said. action converting the Catholic the Cabinet on the rostrum mo- Church 13. Czechoslovakia into whal. in effect will be a depart- ment of the State.

Communist and Church sources both said here today that the Church-State struggle in this country was on the threshold of af climax.

Ade

The session then recessed for lunch.

parliamentary A responsible official said that the two -pri-

the

U.S. Steel Strike Pending

Aid To S. Korea

and

Washington, September 21, The Korean Ambassador, John Chang. in an appeal for imme- diate American military economic aid for his country, said today that if the Republic af South Korea fell to the Commu- nists. Japan might well be the next victim of the Red tide.

Pacific-pact to Chang urged

solid bind Asian nations in front against the further spread of Communism He spoke at a luncheon meeting of the National Press Club.

a

Washington, September 22 United States Steelworkers Union leaders were deciding to day whether or not their 1,000.- 000 members will come out on strike at midnight on Saturday.

Yesterday, the United States Declaring that Korea was the Steel Corporation accepted Pre-

key point in the struggle against soners of war forced their way sident Truman's request for a Communism in the Far East, Assembly six-day truce and agreed to bar-Chang said, "We in Korea are

Fain with the Union.

Aghting a world battle to hold The President asked that the back the most dangerous aggres- truce be maintained until mid-sive force of our time. We need We need substance supplies. Pight Friday week in the nation- al interest

with which to fight Fire Mr. Philip Murray, President raging in the East and we feel of the Steelworkers, Union told that it is hot upon our faces this Government's mediation very day. It is my belief that Chief, Mr. Cyrus S. Ching, that delay means tragerly for exposeri the Union's Wage Policy Com-friends who are holding advanced mitice would decide on a reply segments of the front line." pal-tomorrow,

tioned to the deputies to return.

Just then two then in tattered uniforms strode up to the rostrum and began shouting and waving their arms at Reimanan.

past guards on One. Thielo Wagner, mounted doors to stage their demonstra the rostrum and spread his armstion. in a

dramatic gesture to show An official of the Parliament The newspaper "Lidova Demo- nis ragged clothes.

building said later that the lobby kracie" reported tonight that the He said he was taken prisoner of the Lower House would be Government's new Bill to take by the Russians at Stalingrad closed in future controlling powers over

to prevent all the and had only been recently dis- repetition of such incidents. churches would become law

in charged, the next few days.

be law will empower the

SPRIN

the

his neck."

"No home and nothing to cat," to administer Church affairs, he said, "Then to hear this min talk this way (about leaving the control Church property and former German territories under finances, pay the salaries clergy-Catholics and Protestants Russian and Polish contral). If I alike and approve or disapprove could reach him I would twist Church appointments.

The other prisoner stood in the and all the clergy, will be legally middle of the aisle and took dependent on the State and Com of one shoc. He held it up so munist approval for the exis- the deputies could see tence.

through it. The Church, through its secret By this time, the place communications network develop-bedlam of shouts.

Archbishops. Bishops, priests

ed since the June, disputes has! This is an organised already reported the Government ganda demonstration" plans to

to appoint sympathetic Communist Heinz Renner. Driest to a high position which, it ning to the rostrum, is expected, will be connected with

2

In The Gallery

The two prisoners first ap- peared in the spectators lery. One attracted some at- tention there when Communist that the deputies protested loud speaker system had been shut off during Reimann's talic. One of the prisoners ran to the a hole front of the gallery and shouted: do not want to hear him "We was anyhow."

the

500,000 coal-miners - Nearly were out for the fourth day as their leader, Mr. John Lewis, negotiated with North- ern and Western mine-owners. He refused to talk with South- em owners until they paid roy- fund alty contributions to the which

for provides pensions miners over 60 years of age.

In Detroit a Union source said that the Ford Company. faced

But this shout was only one of propa- many from the floor and gallery cried during the Communist speech

and no effort was then made to with a September 29 dead-line, eject the man.

was offering 115,000 workers a They entered the main door new contract on conditions made administrative powers taken a the who do not belong in this House of the House during excited pro- by the Presidential Fact-Finding

new law.

as a

He is expected to be Bohus Cer- nocky, who has taken a prominent part in the organisation of the pro-Government Catholic Action, which

was denounced by the Church Hierarchy in Czechoslova

schismatic movement icia

The Government is expected to proclaim an agreement with this mevement and to usc all the weight of its legal powers to direct the Church along the poli- ies which have been approved by the Communists.

The Church believed that the recent arrests of from 200 to 300 priests have indicated how these powers will be used.

Abbot Arrested

TUR-

"How is it possible for person

to come in?"

Re:mann, mopping stood motionless with grey hair askew.

Mops His Brow

Bundestag

a

that "the

confusion, the arrival two prisoners went unnoticed until they 2 section nézr the

tests by the deputies over

statement his brow, Reimann

Bus Jong Oder-Neisse Line is the line of

Peace."

In the of the President Erich

generally Koehler, ringing the bell for

reached order. told Reimann: *The

rostrum, majority of this House has Officials connected with main- shown by its demonstration that it does not regard the Oder-Neisse Line as final”. Me

Board

the steel strike Hopes that could be averted caused a surge of buying on the New York Stock Exchange late yesterday with steel, rubber, radio and television, utility and railroad issues well to the fore-Reuter-

tenance and protection of the they had been given the cards, Bundestag said the two men, they said, broke past guards at the rear .They said that their gave Reimann one minute doors of the main floor-possibly were in Silesia--now more to talk.

while the guards' attention was Polish, administration-and The returned escorted out of the Chamber.

prisoners were diverted by the uproar inside. were therefore indignant

Communist spokesmen said "The eyes of the whole world that the scene was a right wing are on this Assembly and we must keep order," Koehler de propaganda stunt,

between Adenauer's Pass

Authoritative Church sources|clared,

today reported the arrest of the Reimann concluded his speech Abbot

of the Benedictine as directed then Chancellor Monastery at Brevnoy, on the Adenauer took over.

outskirts of Prague, Father "I regret. that this this hall and Anastasius Opasek.

this speaker's rostrum and Ger- many's interests have been de.

these

of

.

Reuter adds the two German -prisoners of war from the So. vitt Union, who interrupted Reimann told reporters.

that they had been admitted to the He was taken away by the

Bundestag on the personal police

Festerday.

they stated

order of the Federal Chan- said that the sources

cellor. Dr. Konrád Adenauer. arrests, which had been be known only to the smallest

They produced a brown entry earlier this week.

circle of Church people.

card giving access to the Chame continuing. In the last few days Any information against them, ber and bearing Dr. Adenauer's the police turned their attention to true or untrue. could only have signature, They said that the Mothers Superior in charge of been laid by members of their own cards had been given to them on aunneries, several of whom had circles.

Though details were not imme-Erich Koehler, the Speaker.

Dr. Adenauer's request ty Dr. been arrested. Details were not known and no reason was given diately available here, it was un- for the arrests.

derstood that Father Opasek was The prisoners said that they also the administrator of another had told

Members of

Peporica

was

several

Treachery from some members of the Catholic clergy was sus-Benedictine monastery at Brou-Parliament last night that they pacted, the Church sources said.mov, in Northern Bohemia, near had just arrived from Russia and would like to talk to the Com- Among the two to three hundred the Polish border. Churchmen arrested this month This monastery was understood munist Party leader to tell him were many whose activities could to be independent of State finan- what things were really like in

cial assistance because of aid the Soviet Union. received from the United States. Reuter.

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Chang asked the United States to grant Japanese reparations to his country. He said that al- though Japan could never repay all damages due to Korea, the Koreans should at least have back ships, iron ore, manganese, and

other items" removed by the Japanese.

Chang took the issue with the Secretary of State, Mr Dean Ache- son. Air. Acheson's position opined that a Pacific pact is un- feasible until there is greater stability in Asia. Chang said. "

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or disunited to enter into regional they understanding it must be consi- dered that our disorganisation and disunity can only be overcome by their opposites."

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Asked whether Japan should be allowed to join the Pacific union, That was what led one of them Chang said the question did not to forward and try to talk to arise because Japan was not.now Reimann, they said Associated an independent nation"-United Press and Reuter..

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