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BRITAIN AND AMERICA OPPOSE A DIRECT.A APPROACH TO RUSSIA

The de eoben London, April 24.

The United States will oppord any move to reopen direct negotiations <for a four-power settlement of differences between the Soviet Union, and the Western Pawors during the tripartite meeting harp of the Foreign Ministers.

The preparatory, stage opened today with exchanges between the experts

of the three Western Powers. ·

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Two hundred Communists twice fought through police cordons today to prevent foremen from signing on 2,000 dockers needed to work a night shift in the port.

followed reports

The clashes that a shipment of Ailantie Puct

Arms from the United States was

expected,

up

The foremen - eventually Have The attempt to sign on dociters. but nerording to American Brussels no vessel carrying American arms to Bel- Pium has yet left the United States.

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The windows of the signing- on office were smashed in the scuffles and two policemen and one Comunist were injured.

M Franz Van Den Branden, Communist Member of the Bel-

This Is

the conclusion drawn by observers here Acheson's from Mr. Dean

address last Saturday to the

MORE

American Society of News SNAGS ON,

paper Editors, of which the full text was made' available today in London.

MN Acheson, after reminding his audiched that the machinery et negotiation with Russia, of ready exist? In the United Na tions; went on to reject the pos sibility of any approach to ne; | gotiations unless the Ides of aggression, including propaganda wartate and secret undermining from within, Li'dono away with

Ife concludes that only as the free world becomes stronger will the possibility of an agreement with the Kremlin became enslet. The question of a moved at tempt to find a working aggreg- ment with Moscow will, it is be- lleved, be examined during he Acheson-Bevia Schuman talks in London next month. undor general heading of relations be

tween the Western Powers the Communist bloc.

Deadlock, over China

and

LEOPOLD

Brussels, April: 24. ↑ Following a meeting of their: National Executive the Bel- glân Social Christians (Catholic) declared that they will not support any Govern- ment whose programme obliges King Leopold to leave the country after he has temporarily transferred his prerogative to his son and. heir, Prince Baudouin.

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The Catholics, the country's strongest Party and the only one wholly supporting King Leopold, said that they are opposed to him making ancutive of the Belgian

further concessions. The

fo fret today

In Socialist Party abo

session with the Executives Sociailst unions and other

Joint

of

the

affiliated organisations.

A communique Issued after the meeting stated that a solution Appeasement to Royal question is

intr condition and on before any undertaking is entered

the into concrete guarantees give anti-Leopold Opposition the ab-

glon Chamber of Depatles, began argument that a strengthening of | plete clarity possible in com-

calling on the dockers to strike, in protest against "employers threat to slop the guaranteed cast of living allowance to dockers who do not work a set minimum of hours and ugalust the unloading of American arms in Belplum." Al, Van

Deu

Eranden then drove 10 quarters of the Belgian Catholic Transport Workers Union.

British officials and commen- tntors here see little prospect of stage useful approach at this and the British delegation is ex- pected to support Mr. Acheson's the Western camp is an essential preliminary to a better under- standing with Russia.

the United Nations, Mr.

When the Secretary-General of solute certainty that their rights

16 I will always be Trygvo

be respected-Reuter. Lie, visits London next

Thurs- day, he will certainly be told the MacDONALD IN British views on ways of splying

RANGOON the Security Council deadlock

which has resulted in the virtual withdrawal of Russia and her satellites from the United Na tions.

10 1110 Antwerp Head-over China's representat.on

With followers ho brake through a cordon of about 30 pelice and asked Catholic union afficlate to order their members to join in a general strike in the port tomorrow.

Later they approached Soci alist union officials with the samo request.

The International Transport Workera Federation, whose hend- quarters are in Luntian, today denounced as criminal the Cont munist attempt to hold up the unloading of

ship in on arms Antwerp this morning.

statement the Federation J11 B declared

that the Communists resorted to brute force as they

could not knew they

hope to persuade the great majority of the workers to stop work.

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Communis) aled: "The thugs will not prevent the dockers from continuing to go their duty," -Reuters

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WITT it is thought, be connection with considered "In proposals for a close co-ordina tion of policy between the Big Three and probably also in the Council meeting of the 12 North Atlantic Trenty powers.. Worming up the cold war

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Rangoon, April 24 Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Cóm-- misioner-General, for South East Asin, arrived here tonight from Singapore for a four-day-visit Reuter.

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RED CHINA BIG BUYER OF COTTON

FROM U.S.

› Washington, April 24. La China under the Communists is providing a better cash paying market for American coffon than she did under the Nationalist Government. Government reports show that Communist China, has been buying only slightly less American cotton this marketing year than Nationalist China purchased in the previous one.

Com-respectively. In total Furthermore, the munists are paying the full of American cotton this market montats are

ing season. Canada was first, price for all of it.

Almost all cotton shipped to Nationalist China during the previous season was paid for By the American tax-payer through foreign" öld "programinés, accord- ing to agriculture figures.

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Ambag the cash paying nations, officials said, Communist China and Communist ruled Czecho- glovakia rank second and third,

Guinea split New Guinea

Suva, Fiji Islands,

April 24.. Dutch New Guinea is split between sections of the popu- lation who wish to remain under Dutch rule and those who would like the country to be administered by the United States of Indonesia, according to two New Gaines delegates to the South Pacific conference here.

Guinea Friendship League (Parini Kemerdeliaan Indonesia Irian) dre making desperate efforts to spread propaganda omong the Inhabitants which would Influence them to arftate against Dutch rule.

The question

would

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purchases continue. They think the Com

running short of ""hidden dollars" that they forced mill operators to scrape up for cotton buying. The Nationalists blockade has made it difficult for the Chinese Communists to ex- port goods to earn dollars. United Press.

The officials define the cash paying country as one that re ceives no foreign ald funds for the purchases of American cotton, At present more than 80 per cent of all American rétton exports. which total is better than 5,000,

10 bales a year, is being paid for with foreign aid funds.****

"

The heavy spirt in the buying of American cotton, by the Chin felt Communists occurred in February. During that month China and Hong Kong imported as much American cotton as they took during all of the previous six month.

Desperate need

MORE TALKS ON AUSTRIA

Washington, April 24. The State Department an nounced today that the deputies of the Foreign Ministers will re- new their negotiations on the Austring Treaty in London

Wednesdur.

This increased their take for a seven-month period to 125,000 The State Department is re- baits.

That was a drop of only viewing, the negotiations in the be 12,000 bales from imports duringthepe that measures might be the same period Inst year when taken to expedite the conclusion the Nationalists controlled big of the peace treaty cotton

Shanghal and "mills in

The deadlock between the other coastal citles."

Great Powers since the end of Although

... Hàng : Kong

Kong "ir the war has kept Austria under becupation for five military

their future rulers was more in portant to Dutch New Guinea th habitants than purely domestic matters such as education and

standards. improvement of living stan

Under British rule, ottofata The majority inked people

The here believe that' most of the vents Th recent postpane- The Idea which emerges from

feel ifia

negotiations! had Mr. Acheson's remarky is that

cotton" going to Hong Kong" tent in the Paolally with

papua and tha Is. 1

being sold or Wartered to the been hade necessary by the in Communist world pesen offensive Nicolaas Jouwe and Markus fands of the Paciffe and have

Bistence of the Soviet Union that, Chinese Communists by required more time to study “úgálhat"

non-Communist Kulstepo, who made this stafe-nothing” The

commán"With the world should be matched by

tish 'merchants, ment at a 'Press conference, is- people "of the ended Indies equally positive effort by the sured correspondents that they

The Chinese Communists are its dalims against Austria for Mr. Jouwe said, "We want the desperately short of cotton. They relief supplies and services pra non-Commmunist powers 30 in-

spoke for the majority of their Dutch to stay on wil We form world opinion of their fellow countrymen.

need it to keep big coastal mills vided in the early days of the think we have a

better chance ideals and objectives and not More than 90 delegates and ad- with them of moving steadily to-down labour unrest. Cotton mill-sald-Reuter,

going at least part time to hold occtipation the State Departinent merely to tell them why they visers, mostly from Indigenous wards a state of self-government ing accounts for about half of all oppose the ideas propagated by

people, are represented at Moscow and the Comidform.

conference from New Guinee, the

which "hái álready showd e If this suggestion is adopted in

Solomans, the New appears frievitable that an in New Caledonia, Ameu, the Goals said that there was

Hebrides, lot of Listabilify terisification of the cold war in

pert and Rules Islands, the Cook deep-rooted kislike of the Indo- the propaganda and information

lelds will reach a new pitch of Island

Islands, Samoa 5. and Thalt, to regions, owing to the fact that intensity,

with representatives of

pe years, they find "come the Both sides will be attempting

Dutch New Guinei and taken siniultaneously to convince world They will discuss the work of Jobs as clerks and minor onjetals, · ́kiving the locals ne opinion that their prescription for the South Pacife Commission, peace offers the only alternative Mr. Jouwe said that the Indo- chance to improve their

their prospects. to an eventual armed conflict neslans, through their well br- between the Powers.-Reuter. ganised Indonesia Dutch Now

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One official said, "The Chinese Communists would like to triple their buying of American cotion but they cannot. They have got no dollars of saleable goods from in the Vadiator will of his car,

led to the arrest which to even dollars.”

Officials here do not expect Fogel, aged 89; today."7

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