1950-05-18 — Page 9

THE CHINA-MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY, 18, · 1950,

AID FOR Australian plan

BRITISH STAND ON SOUTH EAST ASIA NATIONS

Empire talks on Japanese trade future ·

London, May 18. Representatives of the eight countries of the British Com. monwealth devoted attention today to Japan's prospective place in the econimic and trade organisation of the Far East.

Commonwealth negotiators are striving to harmonise their viewe

Urgency of situation realised in London

SPLIT IN RANKS DENIED

London, May 16.

A Treasury spokesman tonight declared that Britain realised fully the ur- gency of aid for South East Asia and was as anxious as anyone to make a practical contribution without delay. on a Japanese

He was clarifying the position of the British Government in view of re- ports that there was a split between the Commonwealth countries over aid to South East Asia at the conference now sitting in Sydney, Australia.

peace treaty. It is expected that cessions would be finish. ed this week.

A report of various exparts will be presented to the Com. monwealth High Commission. ere in London, who, will sub. -mit it' with "their own recom. mendations to their Govern. ments Assɔciated Press.

MR. LIE'S MOSCOW MISSION

while India, Britain, Ĉannds, and New Zealand wanted a long-range plan.

Britain deplored any suggestion that she was putting the brake on pro

posals by Australia or other Commonwealth countries which contem- plated immediate aid, he said. For a considerable time the problem of helping South East Asia has been a primary con cern of the British Government which had, in fact, made sub stantial contributions toward economic rellef since the war, he went on.

Sometimes the total amount of money spent in the area in that perlod was put as high as £750, 000,000.

Direct and indirect aid to. Bui- ma since the war had been up- Moscow, May 16.

£80,000,000 and Mr. Trygve Lie, the Secre-proximately tary-General of the United Britain hed committed something Nalions, who has seen Generke £123,000,000 to rehabla alissimo Stalin and other Soviet tion In Malaya.

Lord MacDonald told Reuter to day that it was not a question of long and short terms but of con- tinuous polley of economic deve- lopment which begins today and possibly extends over years'.

Canada's viewpoint is that we should begin with a little plan, gradually developing into a bigger plan,"Mr. Mayhew said,

Britain was today clrculating her plan for bolstering the South East Asian countries against Com munism.

While its detalls were not an- leaders while in Moscow on In addition countries of South nounced, Lord MacDonald his East West peace mission. and South East Asia had since thought that the best way of lack. will have further talks here, the war. been able to finance, in ling the problem would be for the Sterling, payment for goods and countries in South East Asia them he indicated today.

Approached by reporters while services other than those paid selves to survey their require

for by their current exports-ioments and get carefully estimated Junching at the National Hole today to suggested that the talks, the extent of several hundred costs, would probably conclude before million pounds from their as- Friday. He would not comment cumulated Sterling balances.

on his interview last night with

Stalin Generalissimo

and M Vyacheslav Molotov, the Soviet Deputy Prime Minister.

Mr. Bie, who has been In Moscow since last

Thursday, sald

This would apply to india, Pakistan and other countries.

Realistic view

Britain also had the closest in- he would talk to the Press to- morrow but added that he would terest in assisting the policies of India, Pakistan and Ceylon as disclose. nothing sensational.

Molaya to raise the

He did not intend to lift the well as lid on the contents of his talks economic standards of their peo- here either in Muscow or on the ple way "back to Lake Success.

Nevertheless, the British

Asian resources

for Asia gets

poor support

2

Sydnay, May 16. Australia. today urged the British Commonwealth conference to adopt a £8,000,000. Common- wealth fund for immediate technical assis- tance to South and South East Asia. But authentic reports indicated that the proposal, argued by the External Affairs Minister, Percy Spender and circulated after the Colombo conference in January, is fully supported only by Pakistan.

Australia, which feels that assistance to under-developed countries in that aren should be given, ever If only on a modest scale, clashed on this issue with the delegation of Britain's Labour Government. The other delegations in vari.... ous degrees acknowledge tho urgency of the situation.

The "Sun" carried the headline; atd to "Crisis at Conference on South East Asia." The "Mirror" said: "Go-slow or Asia may check talks."

New evidence

on

Petain

Paris, May 10. Counsel for Marshal Henri Philippe Petain asked today that his conviction on treason charges, be set aside on the basis of new evidence.

д

Jacques Ixarni and Jean Lo Maire made the request at a con- ference with the Justice Minis- Australian

Rokesman

em-ler, Rene Mayer. The proceed- views, the official' communique_at

phasised, however, that even if Ings may eventually load to the end of the second day salda general discussion of Govern-Australia failed, to carry its point new trial, but it seems doubtful

Petain, aged -94, chief of State for immediate technical aid, the mental proposals had been con

found eluded and a number of general programme of the conference still under the Nazis, was

could be successful in the long-guilty on August 15, 1945. points of agreement drafted for

term aspects; whereon Australia death sentence was commuted to tomorrow,

agreement with the is in full

life Imprisonment.

Delegates had examined the scope and extent to which tech- nical assistance, apart from that now being given, could be made [ available.---Neuter.

UN CHAIRMAN'S RESIGNATON

other six countries.

.

His

Mr... Isorni announced last The Australian proposal pro-month he would ask for revision vided for the establishment of of the treasan verdict on the central authority to co-ordinate basia of new facts, including the distribution of technicians and some in the memoirs of Admiral other assistance. British participa-William Lenhy, American Ambos- tion was viewed as erucial, since sader to Vichy-United Press. It would

lead to the other give.p les 'contributors.

The Australian programme en- Geneva, May 16. vikaged simple direct types of as- Dr. Carlos Garcia Bauer of sistance to increase production, health standards, tackle ralse Guatemala

announced today his resignation as this week's educational problems, and seek

other means. chairman of the UN Eritrea to increase living standards by Commission.

chairmanship rotates The weekly among the five members, South Africa, Norway, Burma, Pakistan and Guatemala.

Bilateral pacts

Some dólegates, the Austra- llán spokesman sald, favoured

NEGRO PICKETS AT UN HO

Lake Success, May 16.

United Fifteen pickets of the. African Nationalist Movement marched in front of UN head- quarters today protesting agained. white rule in Africa.

.

They carried signe demanding a. system- of bilateral arrang"; the return of Eritrea and Somall- manta for the exchange of land to

Ethiopia, complete In- technical, assistance, of which, dependence for Libya, and the the spokesman Bald, Australia end, of all colonialism in Africa. dicapproved, reliable

Dr. Bauer said he could not It would be for them to dater-continue to preside over a Com- mine how much of this cost they mission the majority of whose could provide and compute the members, repeatedly took dec!- difference which would have to sions contrary to the Commission's be made up. Commonwealth rules of procedure and to the es-

source said that the Leaflets called Dr. Ralph Bun- countries would then study the tablished traditions of the UN.

Dr. Bauer walked out at a delegation, which Ische, Negro UN Trusteeship Divi- estimates and see what they

considered an important don Officer, a tool of the white could do to help.

Commission meeting laat week to protest against' a'mölion of cen+

Boheme,

eme, fcuto sure on him for having disclosed biel participant in any even-world Associated Press.

Mr. Lie, who has declarec Government's polley was to monwealth fund be established for

that one of his aims is solve the problem of the empty seat in the United Nations, caused by the deadlock over Chinese repre- santation, today saw the Chinese Ambassador here, Mr. Wang Chia-heilig.

The Chinese Ambassador wai the sole foreign envoy Mr. Lla has that officially.

A

It must know

Mr. Mayhew was asked his opinion of the suggestion of Mr. at a Press conference the Com-more about the requirements be

fore it

Canadian P. C. Spender, Australian Minister mission's closed session work fore co Invest for External Affairs, that a Com- Associated Press;

capital. While acknowledging the urgency of the situation, the Canadian delegates belleve not enough is yet known of the re- quirements of the area in ques tion tion,

take the realistic view that immediate urgent relief, there is no 'purely short-term

solution to the problems of If this meant the creation of! under-hourishment and -under- yet another organisation to distri-, development In, these terribute money from the fund, Canadai tories..

was definitely not interested, he déclared.

In Britain's view the chict purpose of the Sydney conference was to lay the practical founda tions of a realistic programme of economic development In South

East Asia.

Foreign observera naturally linked Mr. Wang's visit to the National Hotel-with-Mr. Lle'i proposal to terminate, the dead. The Treasury spokesman sald lock in the Security Council that the kind of programme the By admission of the. Paking

British Government had in mint Fopresentatives.,

Would be continuous, would start A result of Mi Lie's dis-Immediately and would gather cussion with. Stalin and other momentum quickly.

Mr. Mayhew did not want to] comment on which countries ap- peared most in need of aid but said that there was some miscon- ception as to the resources of South East Asian countries.

*"Some of them have greater re- sources than Canada herself." he said. "What is needed are ways and means to develop these re-

sources."

Still hope for Utopia

Halifax, Nova Scotia, May, 10, Britain's Smith brothers, Colin, aged 28, and Stanley, aged 30, left Nova Scotia today admitting they have failed in two attempts to establish Utopia in Canada but will try again.

The two former RAF glider pilots sald that lack of Interest in the world government movement| in Canada caused them to aban don plans for a colony to be known as Nova Espero..

The brothers won renown last Soviet leaders he now knows The programme would visua- He believed that India, Pakistan August by saling the Atlantie in precisely the Soviet standpoint to the preparation of a major and Ceylon had good, stable Gov 43 days in a 20-foot boat they and whether practicable con- report which would be of a cha-ernments and vast natural, rebuilt themselves. promises can be worked out facier to bring the economic sources.

They plan to spend a year lec Diplomatic circles do not plaen heeds and problems of the arca credit

Given 4ain foreign ruports 11h2] 16 the forefront of 'world econo-

reasonable assistance, turing in Britain and choosing MrLia via pressing a proposal rild policy

they would soon be in a position of recruits for a colony. Then they will try again. Associated Press. that Taiwan, be placed unde

great strength and economle" in- dependence.

United Nations

Such B

project, certainly

trusteeship

SCHUMAN PLAN

Positive plan

sible."

An informant said: "We can not invest or pién until we know what is needed. We are not going to contribute millions here or there until we see the whole ple- fura

Canada also felt that undue de- The Asian lay was undesirable. dominions had not yet indicated fully what their requirements are.

Ceylon's plan

Several delegates denied' any -crisis in the conference. They believed that some sort of satis factory plan would be developed before the end of the week.

The Ceylon Finance Minister, J. Awordene,

ne, disclosed at a Press

to develop conference that Ceylon had sub- mitted a six-year, plan all phases of agriculture, Indus- try and social services in

Ceylon,

Peking sees spies costing million

in Siam

ted out

be strongly opposed by the. In the light of that background,

Immense benefit.

that Ceylon, big Chinese Communists, who feel the Brush delegation was, in

Farner, is able to concerning the sydney with a positive and prac

obtain. "If these countries are encour

quirement capital goods re-

from its dollar carn sovereignty of all parts of China, cal pino; and the British Gov-aged to develop their own resour

inge, but hey need technical pa- San Francisco, May 10, including Tibet and Taiwanrnment realised the vital in-ses in their own way, it will be

Ital goods. Heuter and United PreES, A

terest of Australia, New Zealand of immense benefit to the whole

Peking Radio tonight, alleged sistance and more capital

Hà and the Commonwealth, as n area and any project Bevised to that agents of the "American agreed with Mr. Spender's whole in the Implementation of ward and end should be given spionage organisation In Asia plat, udding: I do not think any The practical economie: ald to South the maximum assistance pos-had been sent into Sism, in the country is really oppos

is

technical to give how Zast Asia

guise of merchants, question

this was assistance. You know how Radio saldt on this issue, the Common- Mr. Jayawardene, who had sald The the Singapore Chinese America, the help to China

and that only Ceylon, Australia. und reported by the sit Pad on April the results she gained."

threw Mr. Awardene argued at the Britain had presented document daily Bom, May 15,

quoting a Siamese paper. The West German Cabinet:ún-In its approach the British ed plans to date, felt that many 13

conferences would arise "These agents have established meeting that Pach country should animously approved the French Government had splways taken more

contact with political circles and develop its own plans-United proposal to pool the steel and full account of the fact that ex-from the Sydney talks. coal industries of the two counternal distance necessary in the sala Governight spokesman rehabilitatiods of territories in.They will be necessary for the ex-Amy, officers in Slomer Press. said there today.

and South East Asia should other countries concerned to, ex-mission is to spy on the activities Chancellor Konfad. Adapter be carried on with the full con press their needs and opinions," of progressive forces, and seek gut 13man Cabinet approved in sent of the love bments concern he said. :

APPROVED

wealth was undivided.

principle the, sweeping proposal, ed and should not be accompani-pa

Mr. Jayawardano sold that by the French Forela by any conditions that might

be incompatible with their polf Ceylon did not need immediate dinster, Robert schuman, festi works A Lovernment, commisional elatus

study the plan

Sydney

Cydogy denials

One by one almost in proces

external- financial: kid,.

we have favourable' Sterilby We

and dollar balances. We are carf! ing, more dollars than we are spending, and we have been the

confidential information about the country, the broadcast paid.

Router

TITO PROTEST TO CZECHS

* London, May 17. Yugoslavia protested to the

PRINGE ACCUSED BY NURSE

Bombay, May 10. A nurse today accused Prince Moazzam Jah, younger son of the "Nizhm of Hyderabad, of Having insuffed and assaulted when she her causing Murt,

les to the Common-only Dominion, contributor to the Czech Foreign Ministry today South East Asia Con dollar pool since it was created in against the unlawful and in-isked him to pay her fees for Insydsley today denied 1048," he said.

desty of human treatment which It zuid chending his wife's confinement. reaulted in the death of one of The nurse Miss Enid Flora that threatened to

"Thamaan, tad the City- Moglas tralo pulled

on the question of Ceylon required technical ass nationals in Cz

sistance for her development said Tanjug broadcast heard in projects, he added,

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