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RUSSO-U.S. RELATIONS EXPECTED TO WORSEN Moscow rejection of U.S. note almost inevitable

Washington, April 18,

of the

most false

propaganda claims

and

A sovoro and continuing deterioration of American-Soviet relations is regarded as inevitable following the United States' note to Russia con- corning the loss of an American plane over the Baltic. Russia is expected to reject uncompromisingly the United States Govern-

ment's account of the incident and the American demands. Officials will not speculate about what action the United States might take "

if the demands aro rejected.

Law and Observers here are at a loss |tional to explain why Soviet fighters elementary rules of peaceful con- diatribes against the United States

in the controlled Soviet Press. should have gone out into the duct between nations.

"This

attitude of the Soviet "The United States Government Baltic to shoot down an un-demands that the Soviet Govern- Government shows clearly the in- armed American plane. ̧* mnt institute prompt and Binecrity of its oft-proclaimed One theory is that the plane was thorough investigation of this desire for peaceful relations with carrying highly secret and valu-matter in order that the facts set the United States and the non- able now electronic equipment | forth above may be conilemed to Soviet world in general. which the Soviet milliary authori-Its satisfaction. ties wished to obtain.

The United States Government According to this theory the further demands that the most Soviet Aighters intercepted the strict and categorleal instructions American plane over the Bullie be issued to the Soviet Air Force and ordered it to land in Soviet-that there be no repetition, under controlled territory.

whatever pretext, of Incidents of When the Americans refused to this kind, which are so clearly comply, the Soviet Aighters shot enteulated to magnify the dimeul-life raft pleked up in the Baltic down the United States plane to ties of maintaining peaceful and on Sunday by the British. steamer destroy witnesses to the intereep-correct international relationship. Beechland may possibly, but not tion, the theory runs.

The

United States Govern positively, have come from the The United States in the note, ment confidently expects that, missing Privateer, American Cap- charge i that Russia had shot down wheri its Investigation is complet-tain Jack Klingler, who the missing American Navy aired, the Soviet Government will manded the Balile search opera- craft over the open sea.

the Privuleer, express its regret for the unlawful ions and provocative behaviour of Reuler in Copenhagen. aviaturs, will see to it that those

The raft, brought to Copenhagen responsible for this action

today by air from Stockholm, is promptly and severely punished being forwarded at once to the and will, in accordance with American Air Force Headquarters established custom among peace at Wiesbaden. laving nations, pay appropriate in- demnity for the unprovoked de- The United States further destruction of American lives and mantled that strict instructions property." should be issued to the Soviet

Inquiry demanded In a reply to the Russian note

on the

Incident, the United Statea demanded that Russia in stituto a prompt and thorough Investigation.

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Air Force that there be no repell- Aggressive tone

tion under whatever pretext of similar Incidents.

The United States' reply was nimle in a note delivered in Mos- cow today in reply to the Russian charges that an American bomber fired on Soviet fighter planes over Lalvin on April 8.

The American note sald that the missing Privateer was the only American aircraft which was in the air in the Baltic aren on April B, when the alleged incident over Latvia took place.

The note said that no trace of the Privateer's crew of 10 had since been found.

arc

the

Mr. Michael McDermott, State Department spokesman, said in a statement when he released the text of the note:

"The enuse of peace is not fur- thered when the USSR ostenta tiously decorates Soviet airmen in a manner calculated to give the impression that they are being re- warded for shooting down a defenceless American plane."

Meanwhile the rubber aircraft

for

com-

told

•

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950.

Russia to ignore Chiang charges

Lake Buccase, April 18. Rumia will taka no óffiala) notice of the Chinese Nation- allet charges accusing her of supplying military aid to the Chines Communlets, Mr. Jakob Malik, the Russian per. manent United Nations repre sentative, said today,

He told the Secretary-Gen- oral, Mr. Trygve Lie, that he would not pass on to Moscow a lottor containing accusations 'made by Dr. T, F.-Talang, the chief Chinose Nationalist delegats. He returned a note from Mr. Lie, which reforred to the charges.

In his reply, Mr. Mailk said hia delegation was “unable to bring to the cognisance of the Government of the UBSR the Fattor

of private individual illegally claiming the status of representative to the United Nations, which was referred to in your note and which Containe ́ unsubstantialed and entirely fictitious, slander.”— Router.

DRASTIC MOVE BY PRAGUE

Prague, April 10, Members of the Catholic Czecho- monastic Orders in slovakia will be assembled in a number of monasteries where they will devote themselves exclusively to their religious tasks, of official statement

night said..

Firm stand demanded. broadcast by Prague Radio to-

Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Com. mittee wald today that the Unit ed States must be prepared with a powerful air force to back up the note protest to Russia. President Truman and the Secre- The Georgia Democrat praised

Monasteries which are being evacuated, the statement said, will in future be used by tho Catholic Government-sponsored welfare organisation, Charita, and ste for health institutes.

The official statement did not specify which, or how many,

The American reply corrects Ltary of State, Mr. Acheson, formonasteries will be, or are being,

the distortions of fact which the Soviet Government has in- Jected into the incident, and puts the matter In its true light as

attack

against unarmed

on

Americans, "The Scandinavianı countries have been very helpful and co-

operative in the buinonitarian

rescue work undertaken in con- nection with the disappearance of

"By contrast, there has not been the slightest evidence of any Government over the fate of our concern on the part of the Soviet plane and its personnel.

The sternly-worded note, re-this plane. jecting the Russian protest, sold that the investigation conducted by the United States Government had convinced it that the Navy plane complied strictly with in- structions not to fly over foreign territory. It did not Ay over any Soviet or Soviet-occupied territory or adjacent territorial waters, the note declared.

Demand for indemnity

"It must be concluded that Soviet military aircraft fired upon an unarmed American plane over American acropione was lost," the the open-sea,-following-which the note added.

"Moreover, the Soviet Govern- ment has thus far shown no sign of regret for its attack against the American aircraft. Instead It hos taken an aggressive tone and attempted to justify its action by impossible allegations:

False claims

can aircraft fired first, when the "It has charged that the Ameri.

American plane had nothing with which to shoot and was too słow a craft to attack ighters.

"The Ambassador of the United States has been Instructed to pro- test in the most solemn manner "Moreover, it has attempted against this violation of Interna- further to confuse the issue with

GENERAL STRIKE IN SAIGON

Saigon, April 18,

Government post office employees went on strike today in compliance with a call by the Com- munist-led Viotminh for a general strike, and mass demonstration in Saigon.

Police and French troops immediately took emergency precautions.

The strike was ordered to pro- test the arrest of an alleged leader of bloody demonstrations here on March 19 when two American destroyers visited Sai- gon.

Many shops were closed and Vietnamese staffs failed to report for work in some foreign banks and other commercial firms.

AMAZING SIGHT

ON AERODROME

Sydney, April 18. Three persons escaped injury today when a jet Vampire fighter landing at Bankstown airport crashed into 6 small training plane, lifting it into The Vloinamese telegraph the air and carrying it several agency accepted only priority hundred yards.

cables. City utilities otherwise

functioned normally but the strike appears to be spreading to

other oíncial services.“

The

been

Both planes were wreeked In the mishap, which "eye-witnesses

|enlled the most remarkable sight" Løver seen at the field.

The

Vietnamese police have ordered to oppose force-

amalier plane, a Tiger fully unauthorised mass demons-Moth, was blind-dying at the trations due to take place in the fine, with a hood covering the next 24 hours. Students sold cockpit Alexander Garrick, its they would continue with their pilot, said: "I thought I was announced demonstration despite making a good landing when I police action,

heard a whistling sound.

Leaflets of the rebel Vietminha felt i

thought I'd blown a tyro, Then I forces and the Vietminh radio felt a jolt the Moth picked up on Monday ordered the demons-speed and I saw a Vampire un trations to protest

against thederneath me.

April 13 arrest of Nguyen Huu Garrick jumped out before Tho, head of the pro-Vietinish either plano fit the ground and Lien Viet party, A Vietnamese landed on the fightor's wing- Inwyer, he is waiting trial on JUnited Preas

charges of drganising a four-hour demonstration at the time two American destroyers were; in, tho' harbour. Two students and

JAFFA TRAGEDY

Tel Aviv, April 19;" polleoman, were killed in the dis- Thirteen people were still miss- -turbances; French soldiers used ing early, today after 1, 24-hour

tour gar" to diperna tha 4,000:de- | search "through the debris of

four-storeyed Jale house which The attorney was first arrested collapsed on Sunday night like an - March 30 but, wash subse--| B-pack: qually, rilassa. © The polles There was inlo hope of having said he had resumed under them, officials said. "Eleven bodies round"., Kellylt, and are now have been found in the wreckage

af

their handling of the incident.

Arm

and positive,

and let the

removed to

Incorporation of Arab Palestine into Transjordan

London, April 18. King Abdullah of Jordan will announce the formal incorporation of Arab Palestine into the King- dom of Jordan next Monday at the opening session of the newly-olectöd Jordan Parlia- mont in Amman,

This move has been generally expected since the Jordan elections a week ago in which 20 of the 40 deputies represented districts of Arab Polestine, now occupied by the Jordan Arab Legion.

The formal announcement is expected to be made when these deputies take their seats in the new Parliament.

In diplomatic quarters here it is thought that though Britain had not been formally consulted about King Abdullah's move. It will have the general support of the British Government.

the

Arab countries have obligations towards Governments and none used oll weapon."

He denied that there are any personal differences among the Saudi Arabian princes, dismissing it as that old rumour again.

Twelve complaints alleging mutual minor violations of the Heracl-Hashamite Jordan armia. tice agreument were struck off by unanimous agreement fram the sponda at today's meeting of the lerant-Trans-Jordan mix- ed armistice commision In Jerusalem.

Most of the incidents referred to were back-dated several months, including some in con- nection with illegal border cross-

But other members of the Arab hold the claims of the Government," supported by the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, Hal Amin El Husseini, who is at pre- sent in exile in Egypt, to create and govern a separate Arab Stato in Arab Palestine.

Following the creation of the State

of Israel in part of former mandated territory of ings. Palestine, British experts have ing, under UN auspices, at the Present at the 2 hour meet- opposed the creation of a further "Mandelbrum Gate" in the Israel Beparate Arab State in the Aral Hashemite Jordan armistice bor- rump of the country.

der area was General Willam Riley, Chief of Staff of the UN Truce Supervision Organisation.

Refugee problem

King Abdullah tonight arrived in the Old City of Jerusalem, the Voice of Israel" Radio in Jewish Jerusalem reported.

Feisal cautious

Mr. B. de Rouge, Secretary- Prince Feisal, the Saudi Arab-General of the League of Red ian Foreign Minister, was non-Cross Societies, stated at a Press committal when asked at a Press conference in Geneva that the conference in Cairo today to de-

will pass League

all

responsibility One Saudi Arabia's position in the to the United Nations on April 30. for refugees in the Middle East East-West struggle.

Mr. de Rouge said the League "We are all subject to circum-

ho said. **W*

has at the moment about 310,000 may something

refugees under its care. Of these In our minde today and ciroumstances

130,000 are in the Lebanon, may about force us to change it tomorrow."85,000 in Syria and 100,000 in ow. Jordan. He denied

reports that the Unit- He told newsmen: "We must be exacuated nor how many monks ed States is planning to set up tugees will became the responsi- From May, he added, these re- have been

other military or strategic bases ability of the newly-created United

Saudi Arablo. The statement said: "It has

Nations Relief and Work Agency Prince Feisal, who headed the been proved at the recent trial Saudi Arabian delegation to the for Palestine Refugees, which is of monastic priests that many recent Arab League Council in being directed by Major-General monasteries were being used to Cairo, said that the Council had Howard Kennedy, of Canada.

Reuter and Associated Press. and produced something more con- even murderers, shelter hostile agents, sples

crete than at previous sessions. "In some monasteries weapons

Hr and secret broadcasting appara-lective security pact linking the He gave as examples the col- tus were discovered and many seven member States in mill- monasteries served as bases for tary and economic alliance, and espionage and disruptive activi- the decision to apply political and

member State which did not com economic

sanctions against any with, or carry out, the Lea- gue's decisions.

Russians know that they can't push us around and that we are pre- ared to back up any notes we send them.

In that way we can keep the peace," Lucas said regarding the Ameri- Senate Democratic leader Scott

It is unbelievable that such an enn note of protest to Moscow:

incident could happen. But It has. It is a very serious matter."

Reuter and United Press.

DENUNCIATION OF A-BOMB

monasteries.

ties.

In order to stop this hostile activity of the Catholle Orders, measures have been taken which will bring these Orders back to their original and true religious mission"

واد

"It is my personal opinion that the Arab countries were hitherto The statement alleged that it with one another," he said. "In insincere in their co-operation had been established that only the Palestine war not all the Arab

few people lived in these monasteries, They did no work countries fulfilled their obliga- but mostly busfed themselves Hons." with inciting the population.

Melbourne, April 18. The "Australian Peace Con- gress" today demanded un- conditional prohibition of the

"The empty monastery bulld- which first uses this weapon. atomic bomb, and branding as war criminal any governinentings will continue to serve the needs of the Catholic Charita The Congress invited Britain's and social and health. purposes. "Red Dean" of Canterbury, the Some will be turned into flats, Reverend Hewlett Johnson, to be re

of which people living nearby the first to sign the declaration, added.--Reuter,

short," the statement which, it hopes, will be signed by

more than 1,000,000 Australians.

The declaration

"We reads:

declare that

no nation has the

but a mcans of

Calcutta, April 18.

No differences Asked if the Arab States. should. Join a broader Middle East or a Mediterranean Pact, he said: "Arabs should first fulfil their ob- ligations towards each other, em- bodied in their own

collective security pact before they comulder joining other groupings."

He disclaimed, knowledge of Western pressure on the Arab States to conclude Peace with Israel.

to use the atomic bomb, India will take over the, ad- which is not weapon of Warmintstration of Chandernagore, Asked by an Egyptian reporter exterminating the three-square-mile French why Saudi Arabia did not use oll whole populations. We demand settlement near here, on May 2. as a weapon against United States its unconditional prohibition under This decision was taken at a aid to Israel, Prince Feisal re- strict international control We meeting of representatives of the plied: "Saudi Arabia is not the brand now, in advance, as war Indian, French and West Bengal only Arab country with pil re- criminal the Government which Governments. Chanderringore sources. We duffer from the atomic weapons,"voted to merge with India at a others in that we have obligations plebiselte held last June -Reuter. Ftowards companies, whereas other

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