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Pompey explosion damage

This general vlow shows the extensiva damage in the area of the Bedenham Fler at Portsmouth harbour where eight ammunition barges exploded. Admiralty men hint at the pro- bability of sabotage.

(Associated Press Photo),

Washington worried over possible entry of China into war

Washington, July 26.

The United States High Command is worried lost Soviot-trained Chinese

Communist hordes onter the Korean war, Senators disclosed today. The Defence Secretary, Louis Johnson, and General Omar Bradley, chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, voiced this concern at a Senate Ap- propriations Committee hearing.

TRUMAN'S ECONOMIC REPORT

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GROWING DISCONTENT IN BELGIUM OVER RETURN OF LEOPOLD

Brussols, July 26, Socialists and Liborals today walked out of the Bolgian Chambor of Do- putios, refusing to give the all-Catholic Gov ornment, supporting the newly-restored King Leopold, a vote of confi donco.

Each of the anti-Leopold parties left two "observers" behind them in the Chamber, and the vote was 106 to two, with the two Liberal "obser- vers" abstaining.

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The Belgian Communist Party's official newspaper, "Le Drapeau Rouge," condemned the acts of sabotage blasting railway lines throughout the country us totally unjustified the present circumstances.

The vote followed on the fcially stated, to be unimportant. request by the newly-restored | monarch that the Prime Minis- M. Jean Duvicusart's Government remain in power. From the Belgian General We deration of Labour came a threat to bring the nation out on a general #trike unless King Leopold abdicates.

An offelal of the Federation

to said: "Our plans are order strikes of unlimited duration in various provinces. We will grn- lunlly aprend to a nationwide strike unless King Leopold ab- dicates beforehand."

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In anti-Leopold Walionis, Southern Belgium, some 150,000 workers walked out.

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Liege, the centre of Wallonia, was in the grip of

general strike.

Obeying a General Federation of Labour call for a general strike, miners, metal workers and buliding workmen all downer 10015. A few sets of sabotage occurred.

Workers leaving coal mines flooded pits and pit ponies were trapped by the rising waters. Foundry workers damped down furnaces.

Owners were reported to have appealed to the Government to Issue a decree mobilising labour,

Rovolution

Truth cars were off the streets. Department stores were

Communist Party members participating would be subject to severe sanctions, It added,

A general strike has been or- dered in Charlerol for tomorrow, but today workers had downeu tools in an electrient factory, an aviation plant and a metal worits, and several mines in the grant Industrial basin were lule.

King booed

Workers leaving the electrical works tried to wreck machinery. In Mons, some 1,200 miners downed tools. In the Flemish half of the province of Brabant, 20,000 workers who began anti-Leopold strikte yesterday were still out today,

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SENATORS CRY FOR MORE

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Washington, July 26. Senators were reported today to have pressed the Secretary of Defence, Mr. Louis Johnson, for a speed-up in rearmament beyond the $10,500,000,000 in- crease asked by President Tru-

man.

Senator Milton R. Young, North Dakota Republican, tokt reporters that it was the altitude of the Senate Appropriations Committed that even greater strides ought to be made rearming than proposed by the President.

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Ile said this attitude developed at a closed hearing at which Mr. Johnson, General Omar Bradley. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stall, and heads of the armed services testified.

For the first time an act of sabotage Was reported from mainly pro-Leopold Flanders. A bomb exploded on the rallway line between Brussels and Ghent. Bombs also blasted two tram- way tracks leading out

of the

Senolar Kenneth S. Whorry, capital

another committee Associated Press says that last Republican, night in Brussels, King Leopoldinember, told reporters: was booed in two cinemas as c appeared in the newsreel show-

"This is only the first bite In

ing his well-guarded arrival at the arms programme." Associated closed. Lanken.-Reuter and

GRS and electricity workers de- elded to maintain skeleton staffs to ensure supplies to hospitals

and domestic users.

and restaurant waiters

Cafe

Mr. Johnson and General of getting under way and moving Bradley discussed reports that

downed trays though restaurants many Russian officers were The Defence Secretary said remained open with help your- training Chinese Communist that the actual manpower self" services.

Railwaymen, postmen, tole- forces in

Mr. sirength of the armed mobile Manchuria.

striking force inside the Unlted phone and telegraph workers in Johnson and General Bradley Site the general reserve-had Liege were expected to join the manifested worry lest Soviet-increased by 165 per cent be-strike tomorrow, trained Chinese troops pour tween March, 1948, and June, Riot squads of gendarmes

patrolled the streets.

across the border to join the 1950. battle against General MacAr- thur's forces.

Washington, July 26.

"In addition"; he said, "there President Truman sald today

has been a further increase aris- The Senators also reported thating out of the fact that propor- that rationing and price cell- ings may be avoided if taxes Mr. Johnson told them the mill-tlonately more men are now in tary was in the dark as to whe-combat units and proportionately are increased and he is given ther. In the event of a United less men in non-combat catego. limited powers to control pro-States victory, American troops rius." duction und credit.

would cross the 38th Parallel into North Korean Communist terri-

But he said that, if it becomes necessary, he will without hesi- tatlon ask for complete economic mobilisation.

"We must realise that the en- gagement in Korea will be costly and may not be short," the Pre- sident said, "We must be prepar ed against the possibility that other

where,"

"In the air", said the Defence tory. The Defence Secretary also Secretary, "there has been a sub- told the Committee that he did stantial increase in our actual not

"American combat potential."—United Press know whether arms aid would be given the and Reuter. Chinese Nationalist in Taiwan. The Administration's politleni officers had not given the Penta- gon their decisions on this mot- ter.

Mr. Johnson testled in the

ERP FUNDS FOR

crises may arlsc else- secret session for more than two DEFENCE NEEDS?

hours. He asked for prompt ap- proval of President" Truman's

President Truman expressed request for an extra US$10,515,-

his views, in a 7,000-word preface000,000 with which to fight the

report to Congress.

M. Andro Renard, the Na tional Secretary of the General Federation of Labour, told Router the words "revolution" and "insurrection" had entered the everyday vocabulary.

"We shall strike to the finiak," he added, "We shall not buck out We have in front of any excess, taken a decision. Leopold wanted the fight and here it is.".

Press.

Labour's warning to Communists

London, July 20.

The British Labour Party today warned Eastern Euro- Communists that they pean will be punished form crimes when against union leaders their countries are freed.

Recent

of arrests

labour lenders behind the Iron Curtain are

crime agains! the interna- tional labour movement, the Party's Executive said in a state-

Executive)

ment.

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warns the that these responsible workers of the West are watch- ing them,

General strika ?

"When liberty is restored, the Predicting that the strike oppressors will be punished for would became

M. the crimes." general, Renard added that maintenance The Executive sald 50 Social have been secretly men had agreed to leave mines, Democrats steci factories, coke ovens and imprisoned in Hungary without Kothly trial, other industries.

Kishazi; trade-union "The Government did not heeda, among them Anna

bears veterans. Washington, July 26.

our warning and it now The United States Govern the responsibility for the conge American defences against the

-Union officials reported a com- possibility of further Communistsion of Marshall Plan "counter-

part" funds in Europe froni plete stoppage in Seraing, aggression.

economic to defence purposes, side Liege,

industrial In another the Secretary of State, Mr. Charlerol, employees in an clec- Dean Acheson announced to-trical works, and miners in four day.

pits stopped work.

to a 160-page mild-year economic | Korean war und strengthen ment is considering the diver-quences," he said.

In the summed up the strength of this nation's indus- triul muscles as it readies itself

for the fight against Communistic aggression.

His conclusions:

Industry is now breaking all peacetime production records. Yet this must be stepped up at the rate of $10,000,000,000 an- nually.

Taxes must be ratsed by once with the $5,000,000,000 at likelihood that they will be rais- ed again later.

Business should be careful to keep prices down while increas-

ing its capacity to produce.

"In a statement, made pubile as he began testifying, Mr. Johnson said the new money request did not represent a call for full mo- billsation.

Building up strength "It is a call for an increase In order to enable us to support the United Nations' action in Korea and to build up our

out-

It also noted that Veltoch Dunda, 71-year-old Czech trade unlonist, has been sentenced to 15 years at hard Jabour, and Idenck Peska, Czech Social De-

has centre,mocrat,

begun

a 25-year sentence at hard labour.-Asso- ciated Press,

Brussels factory workers were Mr. Acheson announced at his weekly Press conference that the expected to walk out within 48 hours and dockers at Belgian Government had under study a

ports within three days. to proposal to ask Congress

King Primarily aimed against amend Marshall Plan legislation

were also to enable

receiving Leopold, the strikes countries Marshall Plan aid to use their being used to press the claims strength sisowhere to meet the counterpart funds for building for better wages and conditions.

threat to world peace."

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Mr. Johnson defended his policies and said the United States milltary was better

pre- pared for mobilisation than ever before.

up defence in view of the present International situation.

These are the funds in local currency which cach European government sets aside to match

received from the It was reported that the atti-the dollar value of Marshall plan

old

Labour should avold wage de-

tude of the Committee was one of States, mands that might lead to an in- dationary spiral in prices-As-complete willingness sociated Press.

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even more money than President Some European countries use Truman requested once it gets these funds for economie recovery the information it wans. It de- projects and others, such as Bri

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data. But Mr. Johnson foresees pubile debt to avoid inflation.- no further requests soon. He Reuter. made it clear the military would spend its budget us rapidly a necessary and then come back to Congress for deficioney appro- priations to carry through the fiscal year.

Mr. Johnson said that the over- all fighting potential of the United States was greater at the atart of the Korean war then at any time since after the United States demobilised after World War II.

even had before.

Battle

of supply

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Same sabotage

and

Small act of violence sabotage continued, but fewer Incidents were reported. Traffic was not stopped when a wooden read bridge over the

BRUENING MAY RETURN

Bonn, July 20. lenders opposed, to Political Chancellor Konrad Adenauer are trying to

Heinrich build up Bruening, a long-time voluntary exile in the United States, as a possible successor to the alling Dr. Adenauer.

Dr. Bruening was Chancellor from March 1930 to May 1932. He has lived in the United States

River Ourthe, near Linge, was since 1933. A professor of poll-

set ablazo bafore dawn three incendiary bombs five cans of petrol.

fromtical science at Harvard Univer- and sity, he has never given up his

German citizenship.

Oficial reports Insist that Dr. Adenauer is in excellent health, Two small bombs exploded on a railway line at Landeldes, near but reports to the contrary appear Charleroi,

causing damage of-regularly-United Press.

American military aid bill signed by President Truman

for

to

The bill would, he said, let; the Washington, July 20. The measure also authorised President Truman today ad for Greece, Turkey, Iran, United States provide some of bal- $1,222,500,000 mill-Korea, the Philippines and the the equipment and materials four algned a

European partners need for He told the Committoo that the tary aid bill with a warning to general area of China,

Only $10,000,000 le earmarked anced, collective forces," military establishment was on a those bent on aggression that

in Turkey and in "In Gree this act will por- far sounder mobilisation base freedom-loving nations will for Korea and the Philippines

Iran," ha: Jointly. than any the United States has stand togather to preserve their

This aid for Korea became mit us to continue to help these freedom.....

meaningless "when the Norths bastions, strong and determined There was now a closely knit

The bill provides help team of land, naval and air forces.

America's allies around the worldoreans launched their invasion free of allen influence, and free

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to grow and

and develop in their and particularly those in Europe Mr. Truman is also authorised own way. ads

also authorises

mill- W Atlantis treaty.

are banded together by the to extend aid to other countries*The act also

whose security is deemed importary assistance to Asia and the Far East in parts of which direct of supply. As a résult we must Mr. Trumani aigned the mestant to the United State..

conflict is now going on." and ure into law at a ceremony in.

his White House office and issued "Our għal," "Président Tru Mr. Truman noted that Con a statement saying that the event man, said, after signing the bill gress had given overwhelming marked another, step towards a Me to greats the kind of strength support to the military aid bill. which will deter potential #go Interpreted this as a mare of The House approved:

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meion in Korés, io remind those bent on aggron- "The raw aggression' in Donation Portugal (for the first

Mr. Johnson continued, "On time), Britain; France, Belgium, he added, "dboes not lessen this ion that they dare not count on Fund 202 when the Republic of Luxembourg, the Netherlands, country's concern with other areas a divisibh of opinion among our Itotal? Wan-invaded, every ship Norway Denmark and into where aggression also would are people to help?, tham gain their (in Live active, Gast) was capable were authorised to get mastalation. Í fact, the security, at Eros balions.. Lovil quirk Revier,

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Mr. Young suld Mr. Johnson and General Bradley assured committee members that every- thing possible, will be done to speed up purchases of military equipment--Assoclaled Press.

INDONESIA BANS AID. TO U.N. KOREA FORCES

Jakarta, July 20.

Foreign warships taking part in United Nations operations against were Communist North Korea bunned today from refuelling, loading or being repaired in In- donesian poris.

Captain Nazir, Maritime com- nnnder of the Sourabaya naval base, said, in making the announ- cement, that he was speaking on behalf of the Indonesian Govern- nicnt. The action was taken be- cause of the indonesians' policy of neutrality in the Korean conflict.

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