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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1919.

Greeks Celebrate 'OXI Day Nearly Million

"King Paul and Queen Fredrika of Greece leave. Parliament 'Building in Athens after “Ozi” Day celebrations. They are followed by their children, Prince Constantine, Princess Irene and Princess Sophia. Nine years ago the Greek Premier said "Oxí" or “No,” quite bluntly, to Italian demands that he surrender strategic areas of Greecs. Since then the day has been a national holiday. (Associated Press Photo).

TUC EXPERTS BACK THE GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC POLICY

HOTELS OUT OF *DATE

London, November 8. European hotelkeepers who want dollar tourists must bring their hotels up to the American standards of com- fort and cleanliness, Colonel Theodore Pozzzy, tourist re- presentative of the Organisa- tion for European Economic Co-operation, said here today. "Most of the European hotel system," he said, "was built be- fore 1900, and was then well in advance of the times. But con- ditions have changed and many establishments are no: readily adaptable to the needs of 1950

Colonel Pozzy was addressing the third Congress of the Interna- tional Hotel Association, attended by 150 delegates from 26 coun- tries.

"American visiters expect to find a standard of cleanliness and comfort in hotels roughly compar-

London, November 8.

British trade union economic experts decided today, after seven weeks of anxious discussion, to recommend full support of the Labour Gov. ernment's "greater production at less cost" economic policy.

The special Economic Committee of the 8,000,000- strong Trades Union Congress ended a meet- ing here with an announcement that it had reached broad and general conclusions which the full General Council will be recommended to adopt as official TUC policy at a special meeting tomorrow.

The nature of the recom- !

It is understood that a visit to mendations was kept secret the Chare for last night by the well-informed TUC General Secretary, Mr. but usually

Assis- quarters forecast that a two-Vincent Tewson, and his point policy will emerge from tant, Mr. George Woodcock, was tomorrow's General Council Reuter.

to discuss such a conference- meeting...

These two points are:

must con- (1) Trade unions tinue with even greater effort to keep demands for higher wages under restraint.

(2) Trade unions must back a able to what they are accustomed big new effort to raise production. at home," he said.

The European Recovery

Essentially, this is the same before,

Pro- mixture

gramme for 1952 called for $500,- doses."

000,000 to be spent in Europe by

American tourists. To achieve it! A Compromise

would require resolution.

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Refugees Being

Fed By UN

Lake Success, November 8.

Nearly 950,000-Palestine Arab refugees are now

being fed by the United Nations.

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This was announced by Mr. Trygve "Lie, the Secretary General of the United Nations, in a report today on the activities of the United Nations Relief for Palestine Refugees (UNRPR) from December 1, 1948, to Septem- ber 3, 1949.

Despite their hardships the refugees clothing is becoming so refugees' general health is worn that it can no longer be satisfactory, he said

repaired."

Education relet is making good progress, he added.

No great epidemics had broken out, and there was no high death

Serious Faps in the feeding rate. But there is widespread malnutrition among children, the programme had been prevented Secretary-General reported. In the purchase of practically all the Gaza area particularly, most the food supplies in the Middle of the children are underweight. East countries.

Mr. Lie said that the United He expressed fears that mal- nutrition might increase because Nations was deeply grateful to the present diet, consisting main-the Red Cross and ly of flour, is short of proteins, Friends Service Committee. These co-operating agencies had accom- iron and vitamins,

plished a tremendous tarian achievement

Operating costs for the seven months ended on June 30 amount-

uncertainty.--Reuter

American

kazani-

in the face

ed to $15,980,159. Of this, $4,885,- of great dificulties and financial 521 was spent by local govern- ments on services and direct kid.

Big Problem

When the UNRFR began opera- tions, many of the refugee camps were without sanitation, said Mr. Lie. Since then $143,000 had been provided for sanitation and water supplies.

The big problem was the "ex- treme reluctance" of the refugees to volunteer for scavenging and camp maintenance. Another was the shortage of hospital beds, of which there were only 853 in August.

Emergency surgery, could be done within nearly all the camps.

however, reach of

Originally, the budget ext!- mated the number to be fed at 500.000 with 2,000 calories a day for each refugee. By the end of April, the refugees to- talled over 1,000,000.

The ration basis was fixed for 940,000 and the calory rate was reduced 1,508. This was later increased to 1,650.

Shelter for the refugees last winter was completely quate, said the report. people were living in caves, kuts er even in the open air”.

inade-

"Many

Tents are sheltering about 280,000.refugees, but many more are needed for the coming winter,

Mr. Lie said.

Dealing with clothing, he said: "It is becoming more important each month that funds should be provided for this purpose. The

Czechs Release

U.S. Diplomat

Prague, November 3.

in stiffer Samuel Meryn of the U.S. Embassy was released by the Czechoslovak Goverment today from the prison where he was held for nearly three weeks on charges of heading a spy ring. Mr. Meryn immediately left Czechoslovakia.

the

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Safe Driver

London, November &

At least one woman driver was given the "O.K." by a critical male today. The

driver was Princess Eliza- |beth--but her car was sta-

tionary.

The verdict of "a very care- ful driver" was pronounced by a chief Instructor, Mr. H. Princess Heldom, after the

had "driven”, a static trainer car for 15 minutes at a rozd safety exhibition-Reuter

KASHMIR DISPUTE APPEAL

New York, November 8. Settlement of Kashmir's future "according to the will of its people" was urged in a speech made here by Mr. Khwaja Sarwar Hasan, mem- ber of the Pakistan United Nations delegation, to the In- stitute of Facific Relations last night

"It is essential that the future of Kashmir be settled according to the will of its people, other- wise there will be no peace in an area of vital strategic imports ance," he said.

Mr. Hasan said that the dis- pute with India over Kashmir was the most outstanding dispute He between the two countries. declared that Kashmir was in- habited by Pakistanis

"They are united to us by re- ligion, culture, and a common way of life," he said.

He added that before the dis- pute was taken to the Security Council by India, and even after- wards, Pakistan had contended that the people of the territory to decide alone had the right

"The key to the future lies in For the last 18 months the cultivation of the middle in-TUC has been committed to res- come market of America," Calo-raint in wage demands and co- Del Pozzy said.

operation in increasing produc- His release did not mean, leased shortly after, the new Us. tivity.

any decrease in the Govern-Ambassador, Mr. Ellis O. Briggs, Slace devaluation of Sterling ment's effort to eliminate al-presented his credentials to Presi- reven weeks ago the TUC special leged spy networks. Thirty- Mr. Briggs reminded Mr. their future, and this could only of this middle class income grouped a number of more revolutionl / two more Czechoslovaks have

"The day of the gay million- aire and the de luxe suite hat pretty well gone,"

It was essential that the tastes

be studied.

ness in the United States has still

to be exploited."-Reuter.

Economic Committee has examin-

because the great bulk of the potential tourist busiery policies, including a proposal been arrested on spy charges, that there should be a complete the Government announced standstill on all but the lowest tonight. incomes and another that there should be a national minimuma wage.

POUND SLUMPS

Brussels, November 8. The pound today plunged on With more than half the mem- the Brussels black market to 120 bership of the TUC committed to Belgian trancs-20 below the claims for higher wages, leaders official rate.

dent Clement Gottwald.

Gottwald that the Czechoslovak be done, and should be done, by Repubilc was founded la the a fair and impartial plebiscite.

- U.S. during the first world war) "If such a plebiscite is held and by the late Presidents Themas the people decide to join India, G. Masaryk and Eduard Benes. Pakistan will regard the matter Mr. Briggs said American as settled. But Pakistan will not blood was mingled forever with acquiesce in the territory being the soil of Czechoslovakia in the held by any Power without the Liberation of the country fcom will of the people having been the Germans in 1945. Mr. Briggs expressed in its favour by means independently organised said the US. has a daily, con- of an

genuinely free plebiscite," est" in the people of Czechoslo- Mr. Hasan said. vakia.

They include two former members of Parliament accused of being in league with " We tern imperialist power" in Ger- many. Presumably, this meant the United States.

A third member of Parliament,

tinuing and sympathetic inter-and proved unprepared to make the alleged head of the ring, was Immediately after the devalus- concessions necessary to intro- declared still at liberty in Wes- tion of the pound the "black" duce such policies.

tern Germany. He was identi- rate was slightly higher than the

The "broad and general con-fied as Dr. Michal Zibrin, official rate of 140, Last week it

clusions" which have resulted had fallen to 130 Reuter.

from their “discussionE repre- sent a compromise.

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Cripps Appeal

The two former deputies ar rested were Karel Folts and Jan Bendik. All three deputies are former members of the outlawed Slovak Democratic Party. The announcement accused them of Doubts have been widely ex-bribing Czech refugees in German pressed whether they will prove camps with American cigarettes adequate to achieve the degree of to spy. wage stability considered, essen- A Government broadcast said tial to the success of the Govern Mr. Meryn was released in res”. ment's programme.

ponse to his request for a "per- The Chancellor of the Exchedón. It added he had been quer, Sir Stafford Cripps, is ex-given three days to get out of pected to address a conference the country. The US. Embassy of trades union leaders soon, and said he left immediately with his another of industrialists, to rei- wife, an Austrian citizen. terate the need for co-operation Mr. Meryn, a clerk in the. US, in the national interest.

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payment in money, which she The US. said the charges were can command because of her trumped up and in reprisal ordered two Czechoslovaks re

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