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RUSSIANS PURSUING POLICY WITH SIGNS OF MORE BOLDNESS Acheson asks adjustment

of American economy

Washington, February 21. The U.S. Secretary of Stato, Mr. Dean Acheson, said today that a readjustment of United States economic policies would be necessary to help a free Europe to oppose the policy which Russia is pursuing with efficiency and with signs of increas- ing boldness.

Mr. Acheson was addressing a joint session of the Senate Foreign Relations and the House Foreign Affairs Committees to support a request by the Economic Co-operation Administrator, Mr. Paul Hoffman, for a Marshall Plan appropriation of $2,950,000,000 for the next fiscal year. Mr. Acheson said: "The Kromlin has had major succossos, though they fall short of its ambitions, and it now inoścapably confronts tho na- tions of the free world, which cannot accept its definition of interna- tionalism, and which are, by that fact, a threat, in the view, to its security.

Kromlin's

"The Kremlin can, and is, | Recovery Programme and more tion will be continuously required pursuing its course with effi- broadly to the building of a suc- if the free world is to be a going ciency and with signs of in-cessful free world system. ercasing boldness, using what-

ever means

Mr. Acheson said that

the

scem appropriate frustration of the Kremlin's de

aign for world domination lay in the currying out of such a polley

to it in a given situation."

Mr.

concern."

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Acheson said that the and the United States' determina-gressional Committee, the Marshall

No wavering

United States must continue Marion to do it, however long it took shall Plan ald at un adequate and whatever It required. level. "But this appropriation of the funds which Mr. Hoffman usks for is not enough," he added, "Readjustments of United States economic policies will be neces- sary."

The Secretary of State said that whatever could be done to build up Imports from abroad and make United States exports avallable at reasonable prices would contribute to the success of the European

SINGAPORE SHIP STORY DENIED

Singapore, February 21.

Mr. Acheson urged continued United States ald to Europe at'a level which would permit Euro- pean countries to make the neces- ;sary purchases In the dollar area,

He warned: "There must be no wavering in support of this programme now, for the years ahead are in every way as im- portant as the years behind. The Important decision about Europe's futuro are still to be made."

Hoffman's appeal Speaking before the jalat Con- Plan

Administrator, Mr. Paul Hoffman, today forecast a 10 per cent increase in the dollar carn- Ings of the Marshall Plan coun- Iries and an 11 per cent decrease in their dollar requirements for | 1950-51.

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Mr. Hoffman appealed for $2,- 950,000,000 for the third year of operation of the Marshall Plan.

Mr. Hoffman' based kis' appeal on two considerations:

Firstly, he said it would be a crucl waste to jeopardise the progress already made under the Marshall Plan by not Onishing the Job.

Secondly, Congress should take into account the need of winning the struggle between the free nn- the tions under American leadership 1 closer and the dangerous forces of So-

Mr. Acheson sald that United States favours

Must win

The U. S. Consul-General in economic association among Euro-viet Communism. Singapore, William R. Langdon,pean countries, including Ger- today denied a report that Ame- many, and added: "Unity In rica tried illegally to seize the former Chinese Nattonniist ship Halsuan In Singapore harbour. The ship is now operated by the Communists.

Mr. Langdon, who has been attending the U.S. diplomatic conference at Bangkok, Baid on his return that the U. S. would try through legal recover the ship, which Ameri- ca sold to the Nationalists.

channels

to

He said they had not paid for the vessel and the title was in- vested in the Press.

U.S.Associated

Europe requires the continuing association and support of the United States. Without it, free Europe would split apart."

He said that it is particularly important to establish Euro- pean payments unlon to permit the free exchange of European currencies and he hoped this would be done in the near future,

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"If we want to avert World War II with the awful threat of the hydrogen bomb we have simply got to win that strug gle," he said,

Outlining plans for the future, of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (Europe's Marshall Plan organisation), Mr. Hoffman

snid:

The peoples of Europe must be

"First, we look for a 10 per convinced that the United States would but falter or lose interest cent increase over the current in co-operating.

year In dollur earnings by the "Although the need for extra-participating countries through .ordinary assistance will come to exports, services. an end, the need for our affirma- tive co-operation and participa-

UN near crisis on Jerusalem

Geneva, February 21.

The United Nations Trusteeship Council today hovered on the brink of a crisis in its Jerusalem dobate- but withdrew to temporary, safety by deferring consideration of the area laid down for internationalisation by the General Assembly.

for

tourism and invisibic

"Secondly, we look for an 11 per cent decrease in dollar re-

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THE CHINA MAIL; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1950.

U.S. may break with Hungary

} London, February 21.

The United States' decision to break off-diplomalle rols. tions with Bulgaria may be followed by a almilar break with Hungary, diplomatic quarters in London believe,

There are already alons that tho Budapest яру trial of Robert Vogeler and Edgar Banders, American and Bri.

tiah

businessman, will be used to demand the expule. sion of members of the British

and American Legation staffs. The British Government la at present pursuing a differ- ont polloy towards

Eastern Europe.

It is expolling an East Eu. ropean diplomat from London for each British diplomat sent home from Eastern Europe. But Brit#in continues to maintain relations Reuter..

PLAN FOR

LIBYA DISCUSSED

"London, February. 21.

interim representative institu- The possibility of creating

tions in Tripolitania before Libya as a whole becomes in- dependent in 1952 has been discussed in the past two days by Mr. Ernest Bevin and the United Nations High Com- missioner, Dr. Adrian Pelt.

Strong Egyptian note to Swiss Government

Berne, February 21.

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The Egyption Minister of Switzerland, Abdul Kary

Sabhat Bey, today called at the Swiss Foreign 2| Ministry and delivered a strongly worded protest concoming the attitude of the Swiss Press towards Egypt.

The sudden crisis in Swiss-Egyptian diplomatic re- lations may postpone the economic negotia- tions which were to have begún between the two countries in the very near future, it was reliably learned here today.

H. Hans Scheffner, Switzer-, the Swiss Government to take land's leading trade negotiator, action against a paper over the was due to leave for Cairo this way it reported the alleged en- week but it is believed that he sagement of a king. will postpone his departure insisted, it was added, some sort If the Egyptian Government until the present situation has of action might be envisaged In cased.

the courts but in such CASO any newspaper would have the right publilely to produce evidence, to support its Reuter.

The Egyptian Minister, accom- panied his protest with a list of 27 Swiss newspapers, which, he claimed, had published articles considered offensive to both King Farouk and the Egyptian people.

It

was officially learned in Berne that the Egyption Minister informed the Swiss Foreign Ml- nistry that the articles in the

relations and on Swiss living in Swiss Press could have danger- ous repercussions on economie Egypt.

This is taken here as indicat- ing that the Egyptian authorities mie negotiations with the Swiss aro not prepared to open econo- Government at the present time. The list of 27 newspapers presented by the Egyptian Minister Includes many of the best known Swiss papers bean

presenting Conservative, Catholle and Socialist points of

Similar discussions have held between Dr. Pelt and

the French Government about the possibility of setting up some form of representative body in the Fezzan, the Southernmost province of Libyn for whose ad- ministration France is at present responsible,

itional form of local

A lead in the grant of a trans- autonomy year was taken by Britain last

the Cyrenalcon In recognising Government of the Emir Idris El affairs only. Senussi, with control of internal

Dr. Pelt is understood, follow- Ing his recent brief preliminary tour of Libya, to favour trans- Itional representative councils for Tripolilania and the Fezzan as u means of giving some educa- tional responsibility.

Jockl to leaders before full government is granted in 1952.

The Independence and unity of Libya in 1952 was voted by the United Nations Conoral Assem- bly last autumn, Arrangements

for the grant of self-government are in the bands of Dr. Felt, as- sisted by an Advisory Council.

A key problem of the future of un, Independent Libya, believed to have been discussed by Dr. Pelt in London and Paris.. Is the question of how the new State will pay its way.

view.

re-

Engagement rumour All but two

of the reports of complained

the concerned alleged

engagement of King Farouk. The remaining articles were in connection with mercial matters.

com-

A Swiss Government spokes- man today expressed his concern and surprise at the proportions that the affair is assuming.

He pointed out that the Swiss Press le an entirely free Press, and I extremely difleult for

"GHOST SHIP". MYSTERY SOLVED

Malta, February 21. The mystery of the ghost ship Imperia, found drifting in the Mediterranean with nobody aboard, was cleared up today when a Greek sea captain told how the Imperia parted her, low ropes while he was taking her to Grecce.

FRENCH SOCIAL UNREST

any

сале.-

Paris, February 21. Thousands of car factory workers are coming out on un- limited strikes in the Paris

tonight as a

wave of labour unrest also threatens the Metro and bus, gas and electricity services.

area

Votes taken throughout the day at the nationalised Renault motor works, and at the Rosengart and Ford pinnis, showed that the ma- jority of the workers are against accepting the five per cent wage Increase offered by their employ-

ers

last Friday. They are in favour of downing tools for a much higher increase as well as a provisional monthly bonus of 3,000 francs.

About 31,000 workers have al- ready walked out of the Renault plant, 1,200 at the Rosengart plant and more than 4,000 are continuing their week-old strike at Ford's

Paris transport workers were warned by their unions today to be ready to carry out any order they might receive if negotiations with the Government prove un- satisfactory.

Mr. Georges Bidault, the Pro- tonight conferred with M. mier, Interior, on measures made ne- Henr! Queuille, Minister of the cessary by the social situation.

The Council of Ministers will tomorrow examine the text of fresh measures designed to en- sure public order, notably in tho docks where troops were called in to load ships bound for Indo-

Captain Vassilios Zacharis ex- plained that he had bought the former British Army auxiliary from the Admiralty in Tripoli on China, behalf of a Greek shipping com- pany.

Dockers belonging to the Com munist CGT (General Confodera-

quirements of the participating countries through dollar-saving gains in domestic production end

One possibility being canvas- additional

supplies of needed sed in diplomatie quarters hero In London, the Admiralty-retion of Labour) refuse to load items from non-dollar areas.

is whether the United States ported today that the ship was ships on instructions from the "Based upon these calculations, would be prepared to pay rent the former British Army auxiliary headquarters not to help the the minimum amount

to for the American-operated operate the Marshall Plan BuC-

air Imperio. She was turned over to

wer against cessfully

the Admiralty in for the next fiscal year, the requirements for

Coy, is $3,100,000,000."

un-

Article 2 of the 1948 draft complete Internationalisation participating nations which statute

an international the biggest sacrifice the Arabs Jerusalem deals with the can make."

The Council boundaries for the area to be

decided, after put under United Nations ad- nearly an hour's debate, to read ministration. Its adoption at this first reading might have conimitted the Council to com- plote deadlock with Israel and Jordan, which are both opposed to internationalisation.

Mr. Hoffman said it gave him great pleasure to report that, ac cording to present estimates, it would be possible to save $150,- 000,000 out of the appropriation for the present scal усаг.

"Because of the surpassing im- portance of getting ahead with the programme of integration and because of our conviction that dertake the risks and temporary dislocations Inherent in the pro- gramme will need and deserve special help, It is our plan to the Jerusalem

at the start, from the voting on them.

statute without

But Article 2 not less than $600,000,000 from was left in abeyance even under the total 1930-61 appropriation, this indecisive procedure.

which will be available to ca- courago the aggressive pursuit of a programme of Hberalised trade and payments."--Router.

On a formal Belgian proposal, deferment of consideration of the boundary article was valed by five delegations to one, with five abstentions.

The Council's mandate from the General Assembly is to bring the 1948 Internationalisation statuto up to date and to implement it. In view of the open opposition from Jordan and Israel, and complete silence from deloga- tions, including Britain and the United States, this task bristles with difficulties.

Israel's representative, Mr. 'Aubrey Eban, carlier today, rel= terated some of his views. Ex- pressed yesterday,

"Terael zo- garus the statule as unworkable and unjust," he said. “Bui abo considers International protection of the holy places ke an objective which can, and should, be at- tained."

"Mr. Eban, said that if Joris dan," in whose "zone, of, Jerun salem most of the holy place. are situated, would agree, the Governmenta of Tel-Aviv - and Amman,could, consult with the Trusteeship Council on how to achloveInternational, proteo-; tion withapt, Internationalising,

"Abdul Hadi, mado no reply. His Government Yesterday/Xestfirm= Ved vits,standpoint: that the heir places are safely protected by Jordan and need minor interna-

through the remaining articles of witions to individual countries |

The Council examined Articles 3 to 7 before adjourning until tomorrow afternoon.-Reuter.

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