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Empire's

Aims

Of Empire Conference

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View On "Fate Of Humanity Itself Resting In The Balance"

Japan

NEW SITUATION CREATED

London, Dec. 31.

All aspects of a Japan- CHC treaty, including the possibility of rearming Japan for self-defence, im. plied in General Douglas MacArthur's New Year message to Japan, will be discussed by the Common- wealth Prime Ministers who meet in London next Thurs- day, it was authoritatively learned here.

Until then, there will be no

British comment official General MacArthur's messaffe, a Foreign Office spokesman said today.

years Britain has for three been anxious for an early peace treaty with Japan.

The

Commonwealth

AS a

whole has opposed any revival of Japanese military power, Australia and New Zealand with

particular vigour.

New Delhi, Dec. 31.

The Prime Minister of India, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, in a broadcast'

to the Indian people tonight, said that the Commonwealth Prime Minis- ters' Conference, opening next Thursday, might help in showing a, way which might lead to peace.

Mr Nehru, speaking on the eve of the New Year as well as on the eve of his departure for London to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, said: "Big issues are at stake in the world to- day and, indeed, the fate of humanity itself is in the balance.

New Zealanders Land In Korea

Tokyo, Dec. 31, New Zealand's Ørst troops for Korea, artillery- men who disembarked at a port in the South, were led by a veteran gunnery officer, Brigadier Donald 5. Park, and included sprinkling of Australians and a number of British migranta.

An officer said that the force was the best equip- ped ever to leave New Zealand. Zeal

It would be equipped entirely with British Commonwealth equipment and re-

would cat British and New Zealand food.

Their position.may be com- pared to that of France and the Western continental powers in Europe in respect of German rearmament.

But it is cognised here that a new situa tion has been created by the Chinese Communist ithervention in Korca, making it necessary entire review the urgently to defence problem in the light of strategic realities.

to

would not be surprising if It

by Washington any move permit Japanese rearmament provoked Soviet diplomatic re-. action sballar 10 the recent notes from Moscow to the three) Western oncupying powers in Germany, protesting against their decision to enlist & West German military contribution to the collective defence of Western Europe.

If a similar decision is taken!

to allow Japan armed forces,

ington and by

Any stores obtained from the United States Army would be paid for in dol- lars-Reuter.

Australia

Warned To

Prepare

of

Sydney, Dec. 31.

Mr W. M. Hughes, the only Australia's first it would be justilled in Wash- Member

the Western Federal Parliament still active Powers

similar OR

grounds, in polllies, warned Australia to- namely, that any measures are night to prepare against the purely defensive and the result threat of war. of the aggressive attitude of the Communist powers-Reuter,

VIEWS NOT ASKED

Washington, Dec. 31.

Both Britain and America had compulsory military train- ing schemes. he said in a national broadcast, but Aus- tralia's scheme

would not operate until next March. A source in close touch with

"We are not ready," he de Far Eastern developments saidclared. "In 1944 with a populo- today that the United States had tion of 5,000,000 we had 4 not asked the Western Allies militia of 89,000; today, with a for their views on Japanese re- population of 8,500,000 we have

a militla of only 19,

19,000."

armament.

General MacArthur's hint yes terday that he would favour the Japanese re-arming to repel aggression.

"I do not suggest that the London Conference will decide any of those issues, or will finally avert the grave danger of war that confronts us," he declared.

"But it is possible that the conference may help in lessening the gloom somewhat, and in showing a way which might lead to penco."

Mr Nehru added that be thought it necessary "in this grave emergency" to travel to London and take counsel with others **who have also to shoulder heavy burdens and who are trying to and some light In the prevailing darkness,**

"If we take even a small step in the right direction, then

оп

British officials here hope that | the difference of approach this question will be reconciled before the conference begins.

Commonwealth quarters hero declined to comment on reports from Karachi that the Pakistan Prime Minister had changed his plans to leave for London by air from Karachi on Dec. 31.

These quarters said that they that Mr Liaquat Ali Khan

the conference will have dono attend the confer-

The

well," Mr Nehru declared, He thought it was widely realisedence. now that the dominant urge that governed India's actions was a desire to help in the main tenance of world peace.

The "temper of peace-the but un- of peaceful yielding approach,

which charac-the terised the Indian struggle for freedom under

Mahatma Gandhi's guidance, was соп pletely absent today.

nicthod

Today, if we talk of peace, sometimes people mistake it for an appeasement of evil," Mr Nehru sald The only alter- native to surrender appears to many people to be war, with all its consequences,

latest Press reports in

London suggest that Mr Liaquat Ali Khan is awaiting a further communication from the United Government before Kingdom deciding whether he will attend

conference or not.

DEFENCE SCHEME On defence, the conference might mainly devote itself get acquainted with the various countries' views and difficulties, rather than to discuss strictly maltary aspects. of a defence

to

scheme.

One of the difficulties of dis

defence cussing

on anything but broad lines mentioned by several newspapers today, not- OTHER METHODS

ably the Sunday Times Band "Surely there are other alter-The Observer, is India's reluc- natives which are far removed tanco to commit herself to any from surrender and yet lead to joint defence scheme. the objective aimed at," Mr The Observer's political cor- Nehru said. "It is in this spirit respondent said that there was that we have tried to approach no sign at the moment that the world problems.

India would agree to her troops being sent out of the country or would take on any hypothetical

"Wo are not pacifists. We keep an army, a havy and an air force, and if danger threa

tens us we shall use them commitments, he said.

But tion

WC

seek

domina по other people.

Rajah, the African lion star of the world-famous Bertram Mills Circus, sits up on his perch as though he has been doing it all his life. Actually the feat is the culmination of hard work and hours of rehear- sal on the part of Rajah and his trainer, Alex Kerr. -London Express Ser- vice.

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A Lion Star

Poses

Soviet Winds Up Another 5-Year-Plan

Moscow, Dec. 31.

The Soviet Union wound up its fourth five-year-plan today and with the advent looked forward to

MadameSunmbarking on a fifth one.

Statement Broadcast

ANTI-AMERICAN SPEECH

Premier V. M. Molo-

toy announced last March that another five-year plan would be undertaken 'in 1951, The main Outlines may be An nounced publicly early in 1951 at the meeting of the Supreme Soviet (Parliament),

The goals of the fourth five- year plan have already been declared as fuißiled. In such vital Iines of

0.3 production steel, oil, coal, machinery and

"Even if Me Nehru held dif- maferent views and there la no

Our

San Francisco, Dec. 31. sole object is to be left in peace reason to suppose that he does Madame Sun Yat-sen, widow

-Indian public opinion would of the Chinese ourselves to solve our problems, he violently against helping Bri-founder and long used by the accounts have said.

Republic's

and where possible help and co- operate with others,

"In doing so we try not to be swept away by passion and dan

He wus commenting on Communism continues to ex-ger and to maintain that tem-

pand while Australia remains per of peaceful approach. defenceless, vulnerable ond-in- "It is in this spirit and with viting, he added. Associated

all humility, and prayerfulness, Press.

that I have endeavoured to guide India's policy in the present

The source also pointed to the recent vigorous

American

denial of Communist allegations Five Dead In Crash juncture Reuter,

that General MacArthur had asked the Japanese to draw up plans for an army.

after-

electric power these goals have been more than met, newspaper

tain in Malaya for instance, or Chinese Communists for the Economic observers In the in Hongkong.

prestige value of her famous Western Embassies are not in-: "For anybody to suggest this name, today added her voice to clined to discount Soviet ac- at the conference, or to try to the Red clamour against complishments during the Last call a defence meeting

American "Imperialism."

Ove years. Firstly, the Soviet wards, would almost certainly The Pelting Radlo, heard by Union has succeeded in vastly create a crisis within the Com- the Associated Press in San increasing its military econo- monwealth."-Reuter.

Francisco, broadcast o state-mical potential. These ob- ment in her name supporting servers say Russia emerges at LIAQUAT ALI'S PLANS

the Red seizure of American the end of the fourth five-year Karachi, Dec. 31 property in China.

plan without dispute as the KASHMIR DISPUTE

Mr Liaquat All Khan, the

Madarne Sun, born Soong second Industrial power in the London, Dec. 31,

sister of world far ahead of Britain, Prime Minister of Pakistan, is Ching-ling, British polical circles today awaiting a further communicn-

Madame Chiang Kai-shek, wife The General's statement did any sensation here

cplored that differences should ton from London before decid- of the Nationalist Generalissimo. Germany and France. not cause

According to the Soviet Press, have arisen within the Com- this holiday week-end.

ing finally

whether he will Although not known to be a

here are other things which the attend the

herself, Commonwealth Communist

Madame The United States has stated the Sunland area several timesmonwealth on the eve of that the new Japanese police before ramming into a hillside Prime Ministers' Conference in Prime Ministers Conference Sun is chairman of the Red Re-have been done:

Wounds of the second world force now being created is for near busy highway. The London, over the inclusion

4

of starting in London on Jan. 4. Hef Administration.

Her sold

statement sought to war have been healed, war-hit reliable sources purely internal security-Reu-plane burst into flames. Reuthe Kashmir dispute between usually

of the Justify the fre

Ukraine, and seizure industries Pakistan on and

the here today.

freeze praised

Central Russia They added that Mr Liaquat

the "brilliant" Western and of Chairman Mao have been rebuilt, and the last and tung

expressed the three years since currency re- view that the

Communist re-form have seen a steady and

ter.

Sunland, California, Dec. 31.

Three men and two women were killed here yesterday when plane

a private single-engine crashed. Eye-witnesses said that

the aircraft circled low

iter.

"Oh! You Great Big Beautiful Doll”

over

Ind.'a agenda.

Political observers here polat Al Khan had been in touch/ordest p

Clement Attlee, the Tse-t dif- with Mr

Prime Minister of Britain, on

talks.

For

out that Commonwealth ferences have never before discussed such inter-Dominion the question of having Kashmir gime has "adegate strength" to appreciable improvement in the and Tibet, standard of living-Associated disputes at the open table and discussed at the Commonwealth berate" Formoss

and to defend peace in China, Fress. It would be setting up a pre- An authoritative source said Asia and the world." cedent to include Kashmir .at that following the cancellation

"Although there have been this Conference.

kind-hearted Americans It was generally thought that All Khan and his party to dy

of seats booked for Mr Liaquat some

who sincerely wished to aid the several of the delegates would | tö London today,

Chinese people,” she said, "they other ΠΟ be against turning themselves bookings had been made.

have been directly or indirectly made use of into a kind of tribunal to`give Beyond the

American im- announcement mad

perialists." сап- Madame Sun

a ruling on Kashmir, as such that bookings had been a precedent might now or at celled, no authoritative state- some later time be quoted for ment on the conference Issue

by..

Petrol

Germany

La Pallce, Dec. 31.

bringing before the full Prime has been made in Karachi, but production for self-support" } this morning incident.

of

Commun belug

to

The unloading of 10,000 tona all of petrol in cans from the first urged Chinese rellot and welfare American Victory ship to reach workers to carry out a new La Pallice with military sup- which includes measures plics for Germany began here Ministers' Conference other speculative reports made head-

and went on all Inter-Dominion questions like lines in the Pakistan Press to-

and "utuni relief" with the day today without the treatment of Indians in doy.

ald of Government subsidy

Dockero

the South Africa and elsewhere.

The influential daily news Associated Press.

French Secondly, India has before paper, Dawn, wrote: "Mr

General Confederation of now held the view that the Liaquat Ali Khan has post-

Labour had decided not to un- Kashmir dispute before the poned (cancelled would per-

load any American arms ships, haps be the more United Nations and is not

appropriate East ay

and strict security measures by subject for Commonwealth dia word) his departure for Lon-

the port authorities screened don at the last moment. The

the unloading Prime Minister is to be warm- Britain ly congratulated on his deci-

nation sion. The

will fully East

cussion.

For these TERSONS, has not suggested putting the dispute on the Conference agen-endorse fit.

other

Germany's Objectives

Berlin, Dec. 31. Germany's two main

to bring about all-German unity

A strong force of police pre-

unauthorised vented all

ap proach to the ship-Reuter.

da and wanted it to bo.dis- "Mr Liaquat Ali Khan's political objectives in 1951 are cussed privately at informal solution action in refusing to and sign a peace treaty with the meetings between the

Prime have anything to do with the four Occupying Powers, accord- DESK DIARIES Ministers concerned with the confabulations in London un-ing to statements today by Farty good offices of the British and less the Kashmir issue was leader,

Commonwealth delo firmly tackled by his Common- In the economie sphere the Leather Bound Visitors gates.

wealth. colleagues 19-so the year will be marked as the first Even K

it were not found nation hopes the beginning of of the five-year economie plan Books possible to reach a settlement, a chapter of deeds.

"There has been enough talk-trebling industrial output mainly Address Books.

which aims at British quarters feel that these

doubling and Informal meetings would helping."Reuter.

In the heavy Industries to bring the two Prime Minis-

CABINET MEETING

On the homo political front the tors together and create a more

London, Dec. 31, conducive atmosphere to Д The Cabinet will devote its tation of

main task will be the implemen- Ends, Inkstands, British

the Sociallst Unity realistic discussion of the prob- Brat meating of 1051--to be held (Communist) Party's biggest Icm.

tomorrow or Tuesday-10 the purge-Router...

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The situation in the For

It was understord-from usual- Commonwealth Prime Ministers' ly reliable

that an Conference opening here, an elastic draft agenda has beon Thursday. framed for the Conference on the broadest lines.

Fast, It is thought litely. that economie questions (particularly aspects of defence might be dip the supply of raw materials) and cussed as part of the broad gut-Commonwealth defence as ex- lines like the North Atlante pected to be the main nibjects på Allance and European rearma- the Commonwealth Conference, affairs, "In- The Cabinst will defer con• cloding a Japanese pence treaty, sideration of the latest rearmor- and the pooling, and distribu- mont quelong untli after the tion of raw materials within the Commonwealth Pelmo, Ministers "Commonwealth

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