1950-09-20 — Page 9

GOVERNMENT DECISION

ON MACHINE-TOOL EXPORTS TO RUSSIA

London, Septembar 18.

The British Government ennounced today that it would halt the shipment of machine tools to Russia and her iron curtain alllos until it it determined whother the tools ara needed in the rearmament of Britain and hor allios.

Mr. Harold Wilson, President of the Board of Trade, told the House of Com- mons that about 30 firms were making machine tools for Eastern Euro- pean nations, but that no tools would be sent pending a check of the re- quirements of Britain and the Atlantic Pact and Commonwealth na- tions.

JAMMING ENDS WAR GAMES

Heidelberg. September 18. The American, British and French mmock war in Germany ended at noon today in a real breakdown of radio com- munications caused by jam

ming.

transmitter

Two unidentified

A were responsible, estions officer sald that they were not Russian.

that could be used for war

of

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1950.”

UK troops airlifted to Japan

Bingapore, September, 10.

Substantial numbere

of

British troops are being air. lifted to Japan for Kursa, A For East Alr Foron upɔkes- man wald, here today.

Royal Air Force ground crew left, Bingapore for Ja pan today to pave the

way for the last lap of the. 11,- 250-mlles airlift, the longest over undertaken by the RAF. -Beuter.

LONDON'S GAS MAY BE CUT

Atlantic Council welcomes plan on European defence

New York, September 18.

The North Atlantic Council today warmly wel- comed the proposal to create in the shortost possible time, an integrated military force adequate to defend Europe.

The 12 Foreign Ministers, then adjourned to con- sult their Governments on mearis of forming an International army, having decided to meet again within two weeks.

A Communique, sald that the, Foreign Ministers, after Is three-day discussion of the col-

lective Winston

The announcement Wha greeted with cheers from the Opposition. Mr. Churchill had pressed the war goods to Russia issue in a no- tional radio address, and Con- servative Oliver Lyttelton told the House earlier that among the items due to go, to Russia

were

huge metal-turning luthes used in the manufacture of heavy cannon.

.

Mr. Wilson said if the machine touls were not required by Bri- tal or her friends he could not give the pledge that they would still be kept from Soviet Russia and her Alice, since Britain sign ed a trade pact in 1948 and did dry up all trade with not wish to Eastern Europe.

The

Government could not, short of complete blockade, stop all shipments of raw materials usable for military purposes. He doubted whether the Conserva- tives wanted to put complete con- intelli-trols on the shipment of wool and rubber which he said have been the items Russin has concentrated on in the past two years.

He urged that some kind clearing house among rearming countries should be sat, tup prevent D scramble for raw materials.

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defence of Europe, would consult thair. Govern- in which the plan for an in- ments promptly as to the way

tegrated army could be put into effect.

London, September 18. The Labour Government' get tough potley with the Com munists brought a sudden end to the bus strike today, but The President of the Board of nearly 1,000 gas workers wali Trade, Mr. Harold Wilson gave ed out and fuel cuis wer an assurance that the Government threatened in the London area, would again study the question Gas maintenance men in fourt did not refer specifically to the Council's discussion of the of

plants struck for particular

higher wages problem of whether Germany by Mr. Lyttleton which were not and a company spokesman said should be permitted to send con- on the prohibited list for export, that if the walk-out continued, tingents for integration into this Mr. Churchill immediately rose gas cuts would be ordered, army but it stated that many of and naked "Can you not give us

the problems involved consider- a plain answer? Are these tools

ations of .character which going out of the country to arm

made, consultation. necessary to the war potential of others, or they going to be kept in this country?"

machines mentioned

Seventeen thousand busmen called off their strike lem than, 13 hours after the Government

had threatened to clamp down on Communist underground agents trying to paralyse the nation's Mr. Wilson said that communi

with after economy

wildcat walk- technical study it had been de-outs. cided that it was unnecessary to The Communists did not ap prohibit the export of these items pear to have led the bus strike, domocratic labour leaders but he would review the matter but again.

sald the Reds had confused the Mr. Wilson said that the Gov-issue. ernment would requisition any Busmen voted to press theli capital equipment on order here demands for wage, increases normal channels of for Eastern Europe if needed for Britain's rearinsment programme. mediation.Unlled Press.

Mimeographed leaflets were ciropped by plane to tell troops thai exercise "Rainbow," the American autumn manoeuvres, had ended.

through and

Communications gence experts remundet at work to investigate the jaruming.

The headquarters of Major-

The Government had in effert to Mr. Churchill's demands

Mr.

General J. D. White, Commander bo act on the matter of send- Churchill should have advertised Gospels, and

of the ground forces in the exer- cise, said that the two

went on the air'at 1 am

stations

local A

As

time on the same frequency

They sent a General White's, continuous trasmission of morse code

mornin. wat late this blotting out all radio orders to troopa.

The General's communulcations officer said that they had not discovered whether the frans- missions were deliberate attempts to Jam, or whether they WOTE simply routine commercial radio transmissions.

The exercise ended with 48,000 Allied troops considerably. In ad- vance of the objectives set for

ing war goods to Russia and it was not expected that

the Op- position would. force a vote.

Supply Ministor's

statement

.

The Gupply Minister,

Mr. George Strauss, told Parliament

that he was sure па Rusulan representativs or agent had

een inside any fastery carry- out secret work for the Gov-

ernment.

Mr. Strouss answered Conser- vative charges-first put forward hy Mr. Winston Churchill in a

their counter-offensive begun broadcast that a Arm on Govern- four days ago against the "Estern Aggressor."

They recaptured Nuremberg and other centres of communication in the Nuremberg area.

"Aggressor" resistance, a com- munique said, had been almost entirely reduced to a propaganda genture

With "aggressor" troops in 1 theoretient, headlong retreat. United States headquarters inter cepted un "order of the day" say- ing that the. "aggressora" morale was high as we advanced-to- wards our homeland."

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mont contract Was making machine tools for Iron Curtain The countries and that Russian spector had been allowed into the plant.

Russians in works

was surprised that

the location of 1 factory (Craven's) doing important Gov-nochrome and

erninent work.

Mr. Churchill: "Are you not aware that there are two Russian with the right to go inspectors into these works?".

Mr. Wilson sald that

ir the

changed circumstances the Anglo- Polish trade agreement

of 1949 would now be reviewed.

He was obtaining Information about particular orders and de- livery dates from 30 British Arms who export goods to Eastern Еигоре.

items not wanted by Britain, would be offerèd to other At- lantic Treaty countries and the Commonwealth. Meanwhile they would not be exported,

Mr. Wilson said that this pro- cedure would apply to outstand-

orders for machine tools tram Poland and Russia.

Wing-Commander Hulberting (Conservative) urged that the Supply Ministry check the petivi- tits and visits of Russia's "alleged trude delegation".

These

time

exchanges at question preluded a debate on Conservative motion urging the Government to suspend the ex port to "possible aggressDIS”

Is" of machine tools and strategic raw materials needed by Britain and her allies for their own defence. General White's headquarters The Government had put down disclosed that Germans had led an amendment asking for the more than 700 claims for damages approval of its policy in stopping alleged to have. been suffere1 during the manoeuvres, which port of began on September 7-Reuter.

UN'S STRENGTH

New York, September 18.. Mr. Warm Austin, the Ame- rican delegate to the Security Council, sald here that the United Nations had grown in influence und self-confidence and will be

the ultimate victor in the war of

Ideas.

"Every conceivable obstacle

in all rate cases the ex-

likely to be needed for the defence pro- gromme, while at the same time maintaining the mutual benefit of trade between ' Britain and Eastern Europe!

Assurance givan

·

Mr. Oliver Lyttleton, Mr. Churchill's wartime Conservative Minister of Production, said that

One order which was to have. gone to East Europe would be retained here. A second,

which would not be ready for 18 months. would be offered to Allied coun- tries

The Government. was watching for evidence of abnormal orders of materials, particularly those which might be re-shipped Korea.

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There was evidence B few weeks ago of abnormal orders for copper. wires.

Mr. Strauss added that the United States and other Atlantle Pact countries had already reach- ed substantial agreement on the strategie items which should not be exported to Russia. —United Press and Neuter.

SKYMASTER SAFE

Reykjavik, September 18. missing since

An Icelandic Skymaster, plone, Thursday was found today on Vatna Jokull

it appeared from the Government Glacier, in South East Iceland. amendment that only export All the crew were alive, would be stopped which were (The United States Coast

has been placed in its way needed by Britain for her allies Guard said in New York

'cluding armed attack, Mr. Austin said, at a dinner jast night held by the Americon. As-. sociation for the United Nations, He said the United Nations had an appeal for the masses "greater than many of us have realised

-Reuter.

for the defence programme.

today

that a plane today picked up an

He agreed with the Govern- SOS, signed with the Skymaster's ment that trade between Brital call letters, saying "All alive." and Eastern Europe of mutual (The Coast Guard said that the benefit should, continue-provided plane, on its way, from Luxema- that. there

safeguardsbourg to Reykjavils, had seven were against the expert of materials men on board)-Reuter.

MICROSCOPES!

(Manufactured by Messrs Steindorff & Co1, of Berlin)

Mikepakep

The British Counell has lent St. John's Cathedral for a week, two volumes,

The Lindisfarne The Canterbury Psalter, containing numerous mid- colour plates of mediaeval manuscript, illumina - tan, and illustration.

The volumes ara open to ex- hibition to the public In the Cathedral Library between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. dally.

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enable definite decisions, to be take promptly.

receive further instructions from their home governments:

Indications were that BDMO

ση the compromize

German' pro. armament question, as posed by the U.; Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Acheson, might ba,worked out in the interim ported,

A Frich source said there was [a jiossibility, that an agreement of some kind could be worked Mr. Acheson has been out. pressing for agreement in prinel- ple at this series of meetings, on tncluding Germans in the unified force, but, the. Europeans, :led, by France, complained that tho American proposal, had caught them almost unawares.

If the Council adjourned by The communique added that mid-afternoon, plaas, were for, the the Council would adjourn · sub- ·Big Three Foreign. Minsters, to

in- ject to recall by the Chairman, go to work immediately. on during the next two weeks. ternal German problems, they The decision to postpone action ince as representatives of the oc

and on German participation was not cupying powers-Reuter unexpected. The French Foreign United Press. Minister, M. Robert Schuman, had voléed serious' doubts about arming the Germans and he re- ceived instructions. from Parla last night to eland Arm in op- posing their rearmament.

ARP CALL

New York, September 18. General Lucius D. Clay, Chair man of the Now York Stato Civil: The Council failure to agree on Defence Commission and former

United

in States Commander arming the Germans during the

defence Germany, has called for the first three days of the

than Ameri- training of more

400,000 talks was confirmed by can, British and French sources people at least half. at: them who attended the morning meet- women--for air-raid warden:ge ing at the Waldraf Astoria Hotel, tivities in: "bomb target areas.

A Commission

announcement said that all city and county directors of civil defence had been urgently, instructed; to, ors ganise and train them-Router.

A compromiso? These sources said the Council had agreed, to adjourn meetings order that the delegates might

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