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EUROPEAN ECONOMIC UNION REJECTED BY THE LABOUR PARTY

London, Juno 12.

The Labour Party for the first time today openly rojected curront schomes

for the complete political and economic union of Europe.. It turned down any idea of taking part in a European Parliament with legis- lative powers, and in effect repudiated British participation in any European experiment not founded broadly on Socialist principles. The policy statement-contained in a 6,500-word booklet entitled "Euro- pean Unity" is expected to create controversy, both in Parliament

Consultativa hero and in the Council of Europe when its mects in August at Strasbourg.

PACIFIC PACT A "MUST"

Ollawa, June 12.

Close co-operation with Astu and America, for the benefit of European peace and prosperity. was urged.

the The document dismissed iden of a neutral European "third the force""

between to stond United States and, Russia.

Published only a few hours Minister, Mr before the Prime Clement Attice, was due to make u statement of Government policy The Australian Air Minis-on the Schuman Plan for merging ter. T.W. White, told the Press European heavy industries, the Labour Party's manifesto greeted today that a Pacific defence

the plan as "a critical challenge pact was imperative because which the Socialists will be the Asian nations cannot stand arst to welcome."

alone against the sweep of Communism in South East Asia.

"All the free nations of the world must en-uperate [? the march of Communism in the East is to be halted," said Mr. White.

Any arrangements for a Pacific part should include provisions for the interchange of military per- !.

amung signatory nations ach us now

exist between the British Australian

Air Foregs, he continued. Such a plan, It carriest out al with Canada Janic the United States, would tend to strengthen Empire rela- tius. He would discuss it with Canalin defence leaders,

Mr. White is in Canuda for the #International Civil Aviation. Or- #zalton Assembly In Montreal,

Be suit there was little chance for the sale to Australia of Cana- da's twin-engined Jet Bghter. The CF-100, The Australian Air Force planned to use Britain's single- engined Hawker fighter and the twin-engined Canberra bomber- United Press,

CHINESE RULING ON WOOLLENS

San Francisen, June 12. Exportable Chinese wollen gouds would be exempted from Customs duty and the woollen textile industry in China could apply for imports from foreign I countries.

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In- But it asserted that

European dustries concerned in

subject to plonning should be

direction In their Government own country, and later stated, nothing "Joint planning means

in Pach unless the industries country are required to fit their

into investment programine European plan.

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"The Labour Party is eonvinced "nothing less than publle that ownership can ensure this fully.

Relations with

Stras- pam-

Assembly

of

The statement rejected Echemes for the sudden dla mantling of trade barriers. Over a short-term perlad this would cause serious distocation,

Joan unemployment, and production, it asserted,

"Socialists "But," it declared, would welcome an European eco. nomic union which was based on International planning of mil employment, social justice stability,"

U.S. part

and

The United States must play a major part in the building of unity throughout the free world, the pamphlet saiti, -

I THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1950. 7

No general election until 1951?

London, June 12. The Food Minister, Mr. Maurice Webb, today forecast that the Labour Government would continue in office well Into the next year.

Mr. Webb, until recently Chairman of the Parlament- дру Labour Party, told meeting at Catford, London:

The Government

to going

go on much longer than a lot of people fear. The Govern. ment will choose the moment for the Election, not the newspapers,” he said.

"We shall decide when we want another mandato, not the Opposition."-Reuter.

ILLEGAL RADIOS IN CEYLON

Ceylon, June 12.

Post Office officials are try- ing to truck down and close 28 illegal radio transmitters operating in Ceylon, some of which are broadcasting to Russia.

AGNES SMEDLEY LIQUIDATED BY THE RUSSIANS?

Peoria, Illinois, June 12. Representative Herold H. Voldo, Republican of Illinois, believes that Agnes Smedley, the writor, was "liquidated" on the ove of leaving England to testify before the House Un-Ameri- con activities Committae.

Mr. Velde told a reporter that the Committee had documents which indicated she might have made valuable disclosures on Soviet espionage in Asia,

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"Events lead me to believe that she was liquidated," Mr. Velde told a reporter.

"I would not say I am firmly convinced of it, becouse I have no evidence whatsoever. But her health apparently was good, and her death was unexpected.

"It seems to me that the Bri- tish authorities would not be wrong in making a careful inves- tigation of her death."

Miss Smedley died on May 6. Her death was not made public until two days later, and the Bri- tish Press Association said then

that she had succumbed in an Oxford nursing home. No causo of death was given.

China veteran

The Chinesa Communist radio at Poking announced on 13 that Miss Smedley willed all her possessions to General 'Chu Teh, Commander of Red China's Armies, and directed that her asher be kont to Poking,

Bione "America

nt. present

May needed commands the resourceS

development of to support the world unity in its early sluges..

"Close co-operation with Asia and Amserien vital to Europe's pence and prosperity."

The offkdals have no evidence! that the legal Ceylon stationg and the Government-supervised Russian stations exchange any

The policy statement has been issued with the authority of the Labour Party's National Executhing

It has sl to tive Committee. be endorsed in October by Party's national conference.

more

thar. the usun! technical detalls about reception The and

operation that radio "hums“ usually discuss, but none of the stations is officially listed and it is extremely dimeult to monitor them. Some muy be transmitting information which licensed sil- tlots are forbidden to handle.

At a Press conference on the

French surprise -Minister, pamphlet, Cabinet Mr. Hugh Dalton-who will tend the British delegation in bourg-declared that the phiet's reference to pubile owner- ship should be taken as applying only to Britain.

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international

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In Paris, the French Foreign Minister, M.. Robert Schuman. has expressed surprise at the terms of the policy statement iscued in London by the Na- tional Executive of the British Labour Party.

Postal officials got their Orst 1си on illegal stations when

post cards addressed to call signu nat included in the 72 licenser!

Legon

Lo M. Schuman fald, "Speaking on Ceylon transmitters the eve of the flouse of Commons arrive at the Fost Office, some debate on the steel and coul pool, of them from Russia. They were usual "ham" pe, dealing

type, I believe that I am in n position

position only with the quality of recep Lo state that neither

persons in Ceylon, believed to have contests with Russia, mey be using these illegal, transmitters.

Missouri-born Miss Smedley who was 50 at the time of her death, worked for years in China and wrote many books and artic- les on Chinese" ulfuirs.

In February, 1940, Miss Smed- ley was named in U.S. Army report as a wartime Sovie: Gov ernment-agent in Shanghai, Sho denounced this as a lie.

Later the Army. retracted the charges and said it had no proof to back up its statement.

Death fallowed operation

It was learned in London today that miss Smedley died on Ma 6. two days after an overallon for stomach ulcers.

was disclosed tonight that a medical certificate was made out

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PEANUT

SCHEME REPORT

'London, June 12,

The basic fault in Britain's vast groundnuts scheme in East Africa was the failure to realise the impracticability of the original plan, Parlia- ment's Committee of Public Accounts reported today.

The Overseas Food Corporation received £34,650,000 from public funds up to April 21 this year, the Commitice said, without any appreciable revenue from the scheme,

The Committee's report gave the reasons for the disappointing:- results as:

available for preparation

The Impossibility in the time

and planning:

2-Conditions climate which

of soil. and were far less

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(The Wakefield Mission Inves gated the original plan and re- commended that it be enlarged.)

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on in charge of the groundnuts scheme in East Africa tonight an- nounced it had appointed a work- big party to obtain advice on policy.

Members will include Dr. H. H. Storey, deputy director of the East African Research Organisa-

been evident in British Labour' ment nor the The Govern- tion but officials suspect that after a post mortem. The certi-jon, Mr. A. N, P. Hutt, Member

The pamphlet exld that

were under less Industries Btate direction a Government which had accepted certain ob-

in дл ligations

have organisation would means of carrying them out.

which have Main hesitations approach to proposals for inte-

are clearly. gration in Europe brought out in the manifestu.

They are: (1) That Britain's special re- Iationship to, and dependency the un, the Commonwealth and Sterling Area must be taken into full account,

Com- "The economies of the monwealth countries are comple- mentary to that of Britain to a degree which those of Western Europe can never equal," It said.

(2) Any schemes which would retard or reverse Socialist plan. ning or achievements in socia! welfare would be difficult to ac There were two of the decisions cept on the grounds of political Peking doctrine and would be unlikely taken at a meeting in recently representatives to bring peace or prosperity In Ching's woodlen_and_linen textile practice. Industries, zerording to Peking Hadie tonight. The decisions were aimed at the, revival and deve- lopment of the Industries.

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Will unke as negative an as that adopted by the statement of the Labour Party Executive."

A brief report of the Labour atatement was Purty's polley shown

15 M. Schuman at an inter- Ministerial inecting on the cool and steel pool talis, due to start in Paris on June 20.

"The attitude of the Labour Party Executive surprised me. I have difficulty in believing that so absolute an attitude has been definitely adopted," M, Schuman said.-Router.

The police have pointed out that a radio "hama" In Rus ala are carefully Inspected and thoroughly controlled by the

whom Government.

they mual report all contacts with foreign stations.

Some illegal Ceylon transinit- ters are believed to be

the Jaffari area in North Ceylon and are probably being used by snug- glers. The Army, RAF and Navy may be asked to assist in the hunt for them.

Several million rupees worth large number of of radio equipment, including a British Army transmitters, were sold to the public after the war by the Brilish Disposals Boord. Some of this equipment probably is being used by the illegal stations.

Benghazi, June 12. day at the opening of Cyrenaica's The Emir Sensei, speaking to-

new Parliament, said that his Government intended to raise a (3) Arbitrary- -surrender-of-60-.

national militin to help the re- vereignty to a super-national au-

gular police maintain law and thority-whether in the Schuman

order. I also intended to sup- Plan or in the political field of

port the United Nations resolu- | United Press. the Council of Europe-is

and unworkabletion to make Libya an indepen- undemocratie

dent sovereign State by 1952, without a clear definition of the been heavily dependent on Im-responsibilities of that authority. Reuter. perialist countries and that would have to turn towards this home market in Future if it was to develop," the Radio said.

The meeting "recognised that Chino's woollen Industry had

Delegates

to

the conference noted that the Indian textile in- dustry, which drew its materials from and had its market In China, had bright future and was expected to expand as soon A new available on the market-Reuter.

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Stanley's

Paris store purchase

Paris, June 12.

hemp supplies were Sidney Stanley, key figure in a 1948 British inquiry into alleged corruption of Government of- ficials, has made an offer to buy the bankrupt Bon Marche department store in Paris.

Stanley

was

to reported have made his offer in the name of a syndicate.

The official liquidating the firm for the court said that the syndi- gale which Stanley heads includes American capital, but no amplif- cation could be obtained.

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Stanley disappeared from Eng- land in the spring of 1949, a few days before he was due to appear In court in nibankruptcy case. He passed through Paris and then went to Israel.

Stanley appeared in a French enurt today in connection with a complaint he has filed against Bernard and Liebel Silverstein, accusing them of kidnapping him. on April 1, 1940 and stealing money and jewels from him.

The Silversteins countered with a complaint against Stanley alleg kg defamation of character.

The examining magistrate told. Stanley today of the result of in- vestigations In the case and Stan- loy, asked for a delay to collect his documents and English witnesses.

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When asked about the Marche offer, Stanley said, “I 'hava engaged in business denis much worse than; the Bon Marchs and I have succeeded in putting them on their foot. The Marche can become one‡of tfa þiggest department

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Reports that Stanley is con- ducting negotiations for purchas- ing the Bon Marche were carried in the U.S. paper "Women's Wear Daily" today.

The reports from a Paris cor- respondent of the paper quoted Raymond Boise, chairman of the Bon Marche's Creditors Commit- Ice.

Stanley is said to be negotiat- ing on behalf of a syndicate

BANDIT'S LETTER

TO COURT.

The

Viterbo, June 12. Sicilian bandit chief, Salvatore Giuliano, sent a letter today to a Court trying him and

ficate gave the cause of death as broncho pacumunia, acute cardiac failure and operation of partial gastrectomy,

An Informed source sald "Her death certißente was made out after a

mortem carried out post by one of the outstanding patho- logists at Oxford.

"Her friends and sollaltors here were informed and evory. thing was in order."

Miss Smedley died on a Satur- day. Her death dki not become public until Monday morning. At that time, the hospital did not announce the cause of death. Such information is usually not given out by British hospitals as t is considered private informa- tion to be given only to the next

of kin,

attending physician, but they do not give the cause of death.-As- sociated Press.

NÁZI EXECUTED

for

Tanganyika Development, Government, and Mr. J. C. Muir. Member for Agriculture, Tang- anyika Government.-Associated Press.

DUTCH AGREEMENT WITH PORTUGAL

The Hague, June 12. The Dutch and Portugues: Governments exchanged notes here today approving an ogree- ment on trade between the two countries for the period July 1, 1950, to July 1, 1951.

and

The American writer was

New lists of (goods have been cremated-by-an-Oxford under-drawn up and adapted to mea- taker who reported that the usual sures taken by the CEEC coun=" burial certificate was furnished tries to liberalise trade. and was in order. Burial certi-

It is expected that trade will

volume reach a

23,000,000 Bcates in

guilders each way annually.

cattle, Holland will supply potatoes,

milk. bulter, cheese, machines, sugar, beet sce

other 'seeds, flower bulbs, petroleum and lubricating alls, pharmaceutical pro- chemical and Rastatt, June 12. ducts, textiles, paints and enamels The former Commandant of and metal products. the Ravensbrueck concentration

import from er its colonies coffee Jabour chief, Hans Pflaum, were cocoa, pineapple, almonds, pea- dils. beeswax, executed, here today by a French nuts, vegetable firing squad, the West German resine, pori, Madeira and other news agency, DPA, reported. wines, pyrlie, chemicals an' They hart been sentenced to pharmaceutical products, skins,

for war crimes by a French tropical timber, cork and sisal Court on May 15.-Reuter. Reuter.

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murder.

Giuliano, being tried in hie absence along with nine others, sald in his letter that he hopes the Judge and Jury would re-deu frain from political bias during

the trial.

All the 37 are accused of il murders in the machine-gunning of a peasants' labour rally ut Portella Della Ginestre on May 21, 1947.

The latter from Giuliano is the first that the police have heard of him for five months, since the release of his mother from pri- son. There is some speculation that he may have fled from his

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