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Legal action taken against UK strikers

London, October 2.

Tho Government 1 day started legal action against certain leaders of North Lon. don's 17-day-old gas workers' strike.

Applications for summonses have been granted against 10 men fending 1,500 mainten- ance men in their strike for athroo pence an hour pay Increase.

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POUND REVALUATION? Finnish strikes

Anglo-American talks result in rumours

GAITSKELL TO VISIT

U.S.

London, October 2.

next week sharpened Surprise Anglo-American monoy talks called for criminal

rumours today that Britain may soon raise the dollar value of the Pound.

The order undor which they were granted states that any porson employed by an authority supplying ga water (electricity was added later) committed offenes if he wilfully and maliciously breaks his con tract of service "knowing it deprive Inhabitants will wholly or to a great extent .of their supply of gas

water,"

or

is

The Act provides for maximum fine in conviction

of £20 or three months' goat.

Reuter,

The country's acting Treasury chief, Hugh Gaits kell, announced unexpect- edly that he will fly to the United States and Canada for a one-week visit beginning October 8 to discuss mutual economic problems. Government spokesmen said the talks would be informativo. He will meet

the American Secretary for the Treasury, Mr John Snyder.

Brilliant French coup in

Tonkin

Saigon, October 2.

In a daring 36-mile dash from the Uanoi delta area up through the rugged Tonkinese moun- tains, French Union troops on Sunday seized Thainguyon, principal stronghold of the Com. munist-led. Vietminh.

Overnight the French recaptured the initiative in

the crucial struggle for North Indo-China. French troops slogged up Delayed frontline reports sald the typhoon rain-swept Colo- that French troops were still nial Route-No, 3 and broke into mopping up scattered resistance

In the Thainguyen aren. the mountain communications hub at 5 p.m. local time on Sunday.

and Two Banking colunitis paratrooper units dropped North of the city joined in the final suc- cessful assault:

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Mr. Gaitskell's flying visit-com- } ** Ing soon after Canada freed its dollar was linked immediately In financial clrcles with persisting speculation that a boost of the British Pound Is near. Parallel moves by Australia and Pakistan were' similarly rumoured,

Informed sources reported that In a top subject for discussion Washington will be the conflict between Britain's recovery and defence spending programmes. This country has asked the Unit- ed States for about US$1,500,000,- 000 worth of help to finance n proposed three-year rearmament programme. So far the United States has not formally answered the request.

A

Treasury announcement stressed the visit will not be the occasion for formal negotiations of any kind.

Denial of revaluation

rumours

New York, October 2. British officials here today danied rumours that Mr. Hugh Galtskell, Minister' for Economic Affairs, would dis. cuss the revaluation of ster. iing during tla visit to the United States,

Mr. Gaitske!! is visiting the country and Canada from October 8 to 14.-Reuter.

spread rapidly

Helsinki, October 2. The number of striking Finns soared to 115,000 today as Finland neared tho ond of hor two- day nation-wido local Government elections. The strikes are sponsored by the Socialists who appear likely to use any gains at the polls to enforce the wage demands of the strikers.

The current elections do not- affect Parliamentary scata, but the minority coalition Govern- ment of Dr. Urho Kekkonen is nevertheless in n delicate position. Out of Parliament's 200 seats, the Government coalition parties command only

75.

Even before the closing of the polls there were reports of

SHOW OF FORCE IN GERMANY

Dortmund, October 2. Over 1,200 Coinmunist youth: were arrested in all parts of Socialist attempt to forge new Western Gerinany today 11.3

coalition to defeat the Kekkonen

Cabinet, which is firmly opposed police everywhere smashed at

to stage "peace" de. to any large-scale wage increases. Lempts

monstration: in

of defiance

A reliable Informant said this bans, afternoon that the Socialists had opened negotiations with the The strong show of force by Conservative Party and also almost 100.000 police, some hoped to win over the Liberals them ormed with Sten guns and and the Swedish People's Party. rifies for the first time, prevented The Liberals and the Swedes are violent countrywide demonstra- both in the current coalition. tions.

What is being envisaged, the Several short clushes between, intermunt sald, is either an all-communist youths and police Socialist minority government in were reported from different parts close co-operation with Conser- of the country, the most serious vatives. Liberuls and Swedes or being in the large harbour of a confition Cabinet Including ail

Hamburg,

four parties.

The Agrarlan Party of Dr. Kekkonen, and the Communists, would be left outside, he added.

Success doubtful

Although a Sociallat minority government headed by Mr. K A. Fagerholm had ruled for several years with the backing of these parties, political ox- perts were doubtful of the out. come of the Bocialist scheme.

months,

Non-Socialist parties are be- reser-lieved to be very reluctant to em- bark on any new venture that might mean future inflation.

30 per cent on September 18, 1949. A spokesman explained that The Minister is expected to tell Mr. Gaitskell, who is depuising the country it has gained between said for alling Sir Stafford Cripps, US$400,000,000 and US$500,000,- French military sources

the Exchequer, 000 in the past three late tonight that the Vietminh re-Chancellor of

hod probably already needs to have the fullest possible bringing the gold-dollar sistance

understanding of the American ves to around US$2,850,000,000. ender.

Neutra! military observers said view of global finance policy. He the brilliantly executed French has not visited North America

trenche- operations through the rous mountain country must have eaught the Vietminh unprepared,

Quite unexpected

before.

Canada's decision

It is pretty certain, the infor- mants reported, that the Minister will discuss the effects on British economy of Canada's decision to Britain buys a Int-of wheat and raw materials of all kinds among other things from her Commonwealth partner. An increase in the value of the Canadian dollar will impose a greater strain on Britain's dollar reserves-unless she too increases French occupation of Thaingu- the value of Sterling from Its yen has cancelled out several present rate of US$2,80 to the times over the Vietminh capture Pound. of the frontier post of Dongkhe

Ho Chi Minh's farces had been massed on the North Indo-China frontier threatening French post-free the dollar. tions.

The French thrust into the core of the mountainous Vietminh position came unexpectedly from the South.

and the recent evacuation of A Treasury spokesman refuserl Pakha on the Western end of the to say directly whether Mr. Gall- Frontier defence lue.

skell would discuss Sterling re- valuution with U. S. leaders.

The main body of Vietminh forces remains in North Indo- Chian, however. There was only sporadic resistance along the route

of advance.

Combined ops

Some 40,000 of an estimated 100,000 regular Vietminh troops are believed to be concentrated in North Indo-China. They are bet- ter trained and equipped and more carefully Communist-indoc- uniis trinated thần Vicminh operating in the Southern part of

the country

All he would say in reply to a reporter's question was that Mr. Gaitskell is going over purely for Informative and informal talks.

The Treasury deliberately avoids commenting on the reva Buation rumours even though the most qualified Government Infor- manis here dismiss the talk as

an premature.

One reason is that the rumour in fact helps to strengthen Sterling. The result has been the value of the Pound has been going up on the world's free money markets. A sustained rise in confidence in the The attack on Thainguyen was long run could lead to a success

combined operation, Frenchful revaluation. paratroopers, Foreign Legionnal- res, North Africans and Victon- mese troops took part. The French Air Force gave close support and small Naval gunboats were operating on

a

the

rivers. In Thainguyen the French hold road positions dominating the and canal network which could have been the Vietminh invasion highway to the rich and densely- populated Red River Delta where Hanol and Haiphong are situated.

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BRITISH TRIBUTE TO TITO

Belgrade, October 2. Yugoslavia is one of the world's most completely inde pendent countries, according to Lord Boyd Orr, President of the Council of the World Move- ment for Federal Governmen. wh recently visited it.

He was today reported by Tan- jug, the official news agency, AE saylug here that Yugoslavia had refused to be exploited by one Sig Power and simultaneously refused to scli herself to another.

"I have travelled freely in many parts of Yugoslavia and i was impressed by the enthusiasm of the people in the factories and the freedom of discussion and criticism

"If the Yugoslav Government A second reason is that this succeeds, as I believe it will, the Government, like any govern-standard of living will rise more the next few years ment, would want to keep its rapidly in revaluation intentions secret as thor in the developed countries of long as possible to avoid wide. West Europe", Lord Boya Or

financial dislocation suid. spread fin through speculation.

Mr. Gaitskell is due to announce

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There. several policemen were injured and 86 blur-shirted Com- murist youths were arrested when the Communists stoned police as they broke un n demonstration by 2,000 perSONS.

Karl Arnold. Vice-Chairman of the "key" Puhr State of North Rhine-Weduhalia, fold the Ger- man pollee that they had won their "nest success" yesterday in thwarting Communist youth at- temnts to stage "nence" demian- strattons in defiance of bans.

More than 1.200 Communisis.

of mostly members the blue shirted Free German Youth Or

arrested were

The current strikes are causingganisation,

of millions of various parts of Wes! German employers losses marks a day.

in minor clashes between the As from today, Finland will police and Blue Shirts yesterday have to pay indemnities to Russia when they tried to demonstrate. for delays in her war reparation deliveries to the Soviet Union -Soecial precautions were taken caused by the walk-outs, accord-in the Ruhr area, where the Com- ing to Mr. Ilmari Harki, chief of munists are strongest, and Herr the Department for War Repara- Arnold. in his message today, tion Deliveries.

thanked the pollee for their ex- emplars attitude and indefatig- able efficiency yesterday.

Voting was low today because of heavy rains in most of Finland, This was believed to favour the Leflists and the Swedish People's which are generally re-

About 600 Communists were arrested

• as having the best elee-phalia-

tion machinery in the country.

Polls closed at 8 p.m. local

in North Rhine-West-

The Hamburg police announced

time. Because of slow tabulation tonight that they had arrested methods preliminary results are Friedrich Dettmann, the leader not expected until tomorrow afternoon.Associated Press.

WESTERN WARNING TO COMMUNISTS

Lake Success, October 201 The Western nutions Loday admitted the inability of the Unit- ed Nations to enforce the obser- vance of human rights behind the Iron Curtain, but warned Com- munist officials in the Cominforin mun countries that they might be the next victims of terror.

the

of the Communist faction In Hamburg Parliament, on suspl.. cion of having participated in in- citing public disorder,

of

Herr Dettmann, a member the local Communist Party Exe- cutive, is alleged to have assister in organising yesterday's "peace demonstrations" in which police were injured.-Reuter.

WAR GAMES IN MEDITERRANEAN

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Valetta, October 2. Warships of four nations were converging on Malta today for an In speeches before the Assemb-exercise by the Mediterranean ly's ad hoc Political Committee, Fleet to test anti-submarine, anti- the Australian Foreign Minister, aircraft and other defences.

The

manoeuvres, which Mr. Percy Spender, and Mr. Ben- jamin Cohen of the Unlied States being watched by Service chiefs charged Bulgaria, Hungary and from the United States, Italy and Rumania with violation of their France, began at Cagliarl, Sar- peace treatles and called on the dinin. They end tomorrow.

During Assembly to condemn formally

the "attack" Corsair a United the three Governments for deny-fighter planes from ing fundamental human rights to States aircraft carrier will fly their citizens.-United Press. over the island.-Reuter.

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