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MORE BRITISH TROOPS FOR KOREA

Commonwealth

Div. Of 20,000 To Be Established

London, Apr. 12.

A military source said on Thursday Britain plans to increase her armed forces in Korea by several thousand men, possibly 6,000.

The British now have approximately 12,000 men in Korea.

Plans are underway to establish a full division of Commonwealth troops, which could number more than 20,000 men, this official said. It was under. stood Canada would contribute to the Commonwealth division with considerably more men than the esti- mated 1,000 she now has in Korea.

Australia has one battalion, | Nations supreme commander, and New Zealand has one field Britain has two brigades in artillery regiment.

SQ

the

Korea, the Twenty-seventh and

Plans for the establishment the Twentynineth. The of a Commonwealth division Twenty-seventh shortly will be have not yet been completed replaced by the Twenty-eighth among the nationa concerned, from Hongkong.

that the timing of

NEARLY COMPLETE noi yet

Preparations are nearly com. plete for the formation of a The proposal to increase the Commonwealth division which British contribution was under would Include troops from consideration for some time before the recent dismissal of General MacArthur as United

reinforcements known.

Anti-Truman Reactions

Washington, Apr. 12. Representative Leonard W. Hall, a New York Republican, today that a check of

sald

Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. A military BOUTEC said the setting up of such an Independent division would re- quire several thousand addi-

Vice-President Alben Barkley, who, according to a United Press message from Washington, has been advocated 118 鼈 successor to President Truman. The

proposal was made in the Senate yesterday by Senator Herman Walker (Re- publican) who said that Mr Truman should "restore unity and confi- dence" by resigning and handing over the reigns of government 10 Mr Barkley.

tional troops, most of them Wants Court

engineers, arullery, sigualmen and headquarters personnel. It is expected most of them will; come directly from the United Kingdom,

new

over-

38th

Order On

Royalties

Established 1845

FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1951.

MacArthur Leaving Tokyo On Monday

STRONG AGITATION FOR HIS

BEFORE

APPEARANCE

CONGRESS

Washington, Apr. 12.

General MacArthur said today that he would leave Tokyo next Monday but did not say whether he would return to the United States. The in- formation was contained in a 'telegram received, at the State Department by Mr John Foster Dulles, who is going to Tokyo next week.

Mr Dulles had informed General MacArthur he was going to Tokyo next week and hoped to confer there with the general, who was abruptly dismissed from his post by President Truman on Wednesday. The Department spokesman said MacArthur's telegram said he was leaving Tokyo on Monday..

Price 20 Cents

Britons Slain

In Riots

Teheran, Apr. 12, Three Britons wero "eliber killed or injured” In rioting today In the Abadan oll region Southern Persia, the Prime Minister, Husain Als, an. nounced tonight,

Premier Hussain that

in

mid

a Persian woman had also been killed In the rioting for which-Com- munists were 'blamed.

Mr Georgo Northeroft,

general

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An Iranian of

Company here, · ssid that one Briton had been in- jured and two were missing-Reuter,

Queuille's Threat To Resign

Submits Measures To Assembly

One Republican leader såld General MacArthur was being urged to hurry his homecoming in order to have his say while the issue is still hot. This Re-threatened today to resign publican, who asked not to be identified by name, said if General MacArthur walta three weeks to come back, the tide of public opinion may swing in favour of Mr Truman.

It also was learned Republicans are confident that Democratic leaders would raise no serious objections to a joint meeting of House and Senate to hear General. MacArthur,

Mr Joseph Martin, House Republican leader, told report ers the "Joint meeting" would be a more or less informal affair that would not have the off- cial status of a "joint session" of House and Senate.

Mr. Mariin later told a news

company pays Iraq the conference he understood Gen- equivalent at six gold shillings eral ManArthur's plans for his 蟲 ton the oil produced from return

on her fields.

Longshoremen Bitter

Formation ot Common- wealth Division also would re- ; quire the dispatch of an officer of major-general rank, probably

London, Apr. 12. British, to the Korean front. A public reaction received by 238 military source

admitted tha Iraq announced today she Republican Senators and Represo far there were no indications would ask British courts to sentatives of the Truman-Mac-of the Communists agreeing to rule whether royalties paid Arthur controversy showed:

in a ceasefire

Korea, 1.-Telegrams received were metals

Other

for her oil by the Iraq said there should not 0,038 to 47 in favour of Gen-be much delay now in the Petroleum Company should

MacArthur.

tee of issue of 4 declamation of be based on the free market 2-Telephone calls were 1,481 alms Korca, probably

in

to be or the official price of gold. to nil,

followed by a a diplomatic 3-Messages "asking for the

Under the contract with the to the

Communists. It Impeachment of the President"

was understood no clear de Middle East nation, the Ameri- can-British-French-Dutch own- were 5,178, ·

Mr Hall said that the check/claration was envisioned as 10

how far north of

ΟΙ the

of Lt-Gen. Parallel the troops Matthew Ridgway would ad- The general expecta- Mr Joseph Short, the white tion was that the United Na- House Press Secretary, said to- tions with troops in Korca day that the majority of the would press for a ceasefire on 4,000 telegrams received at the the basis of

lines in White

House

Gince

General Korea, which are roughly along gold which she claims ad appear before the House Rules MacArthur's dismiscal

were the Parallel. critical of President Truman.

higher than 18 shillings Committee on Friday and ask Lord Pakenham, the Labour

Announcement of dispute was In New York, the head office peer, announced in the Lords made here today when it was for

clearance of his speedy the Western Union Telegraph today

commands. that the question of served on the petroleum com- resolution inviting General Mac- Company said that 75,000 tele-"amalgamation" of Common-

to address a joint pany. No dale has been set for Arthur grams have been delivered to wealth forces in Korea into a the hearings. the White House and Members Commonwealth Division under of Congress in connection with its own commander was under what the dismissal since Mr Tru-consideration and he hoped to thought the man's announcement was made. announce the outcome "vVCTY amount to On B free market -Reuter,

soan". United Press.

price basis.-Associated Press.

was made yesterday by the staff of the Republican Congressional Committee, at his request.

of

vance.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

present

Britain's Record

the United to

States

were being worked out now in At omoial gold prices today Toluyo.

the royalty is worth about 18

"I think he probably will fly, chillings (US$2.52) a ton. Iraq contends the payment should but there is no definite agree- be on the free market price of ment," he added.

He told newsmen he

Et

would

mesting of the House and

The writ did not indicate Sale, Mr Martin changed the the Iraqi government wording of his resolution from royalty should "joint cession" to "joint meeting" so the appearance of MacArthur before Congress would have an unofficial rather than

oficial Πηνου flavour. Mr Marlin did not think the Democrats would ob- ject to General MacArthur ad- said the Congress dressing HOVEG

Speaker, Representative Sam Rayburn, had suggested the change in wording from "session" to "meeting" but this did not necessarily mean, Mr Martin added, that Mr Rayburn endorsed the meeting,

Budget

MR Churchill's generous tribute to towards checking inflation. Mr Gait-

skell's aim; therefore, was to curb spending power and resultant increases in income tax, plus further substantial inroads into the profits field, and the "luxury" market offered the easiest path, despite the danger of provoking charges of throwing the weight on the middle and upper classes. Ever 80, opportunities for a concerted onslaught on the proposals by the Conservative Party are notably slim, considering the problems to be faced. The principal line of attack, as indicated by Mr Winston Churchill in a short contribu- tion to the debate, is certain to be based on the assertion that the Government has paid no attention to a search for economies in civil expenditure. No-one can be very happy about the high cost of administrative services, and the fact that the massive defence vote of £1,497 millions is exceeded by welfare provisions by $125,000,000 gives plenty of ammunition. Social services and food subsidies cost more than all other Government commitments put together. Minor variations designed to reduce outgoings on the health service have not provented an overall increase in welfare items by £26 millions as com- pared with last year. Until Labour can make a better showing of evidence, it can expect the Tory reaction to steadily increasing budgets, year after year, to be highly critical and even blindly hostile. Nevertheless, Mr Churchill's tributo to Mr Gaitskell remains good. While nobody likes large budgets and now taxes, all must accept that issuch have been forced by gravo international tensions, and that the Chancellor has mado a sincere effort in this budget to grapple with a |"most dificult situation with a minimum ́of flamago-- to the internh inancia

structure. He earns. coNKY

Britain's youthful Chancellor of his first the Exchequer, describing Budget as an honest attempt to solve current problems, does not alter the severity of strain on national resources, vary the burden of sweeping now taxes or the jeopardising effect of mounting defence coats on a balanced economy. If the Budget afforded any measure of relief to an already grimly taxed coun- try, it arose from the fact that while the fresh impositions were bad enough, they fell short of the worst expecta- to scared tions. Expenditure has £4,197 millions, an increase of £939 millions compared with 1950-51, an upward surge almost wholly attribut- able to the rapid speed-up of the rearmament programme. That this did not automatically involve shatteringly heavy new demanda on the British tax- payer was no special compliment to Mr Hugh Gaitskell's skill or resourceful- ness. The cause of relative..mildness was the remarkably high. buoyancy of revenue (carning a surplus of £800 millions last year), or alternatively, it could be interpreted as demonstrating severe over-taxation as a result of the Cripps austerity schedule. in former years. Whatever the individual view about this perhaps minor distinction," there can be no question that super- austerity has paid dividends in a year saddled with expensive new commit mente, calling for a boost of £600' millions in direct defence expenditure, £147 millions in defence stockpiling, and similar advances of the same order so that to close the gup between revenue and expenditure Mr Gaitskoll had to look for no more than $150 millions from new taxation. His cholco of shoulders on, which to place the burden was dictated by two primary factors his Party's natural insistence on a Labour Budget in what could sally, be an election year, and the sbvious need

nting them dons, not abadl

Mr Rayburn thus for has de- clined to say whether he had

Job Ready For Him

New York, Apr. 12, General MacArthur bas

* $100,000 per year job walling for

with him Remington Raid Incor

whenever porated

ho wants to work as a divi- Han.

James Band, President and chairman of the board of the Arm, said. today the offer was made late

In 1949 and "we will still be very happy to hayo, Gen. MacArthur become a member of the Board of Directors and, escame an ... active

position

affairs of the company.”

A firm spokesman said there had been no dis-

cussion of the offer will

Gotters MacArthur, since - the "goñoral:: was? fred ‚on Wednesday, however, m United Press.

New York, Apr. 12. Over 3,600 Longshorèmen walked off their Manhattan waterfront joba for two hours today In protest against General Dougins MacArthur's dismiami,

marcbied to park and roared ap- proval of a telegram to be sent to President Truman asking him to restore General MacArthur to his

The demonstrators car- ried signs, saying: ------- "Who ̈ rumIS the USA-s - Harry or Atilen?" and "He I not selling shirts, and ties-ho Is selling tis" (Mr Truman was önce haberdasher). ----- Associated Prem.

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Jewish Soldiers

Cross Borders Of Jordan

Farmers Machinegunned,

Amman, Apr. 12.

The government today announced that 60 armed Jews, believed to be soldiers, smashed three miles across the Jordan border and entered the village of Adha near Hebron on Wednesday.

A communique id they machinegunned farmers working in the fields at Adna. Members of the Arab Legion and the National Guard ex- changed fire with the Israelites, the latter "retir- ing and experiencing heavy losses after a bitter battle which lasted a few hours," the communique added.

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wcro

sald four Arab farmers cus to discuss with the Syrians wounded and taken to the possibility of reconvening the Hebron hospital. It did not the Mixed Armistice Commis say whether any were killed, alon." Following the battle, it added, No date had yet been fixed- all was quiet."United Press for the meeting, he said. He

OFFICIAL STORY

refused to say whether an'

The

Amuman, Apr: 12. agreement had been reached on

official Jor

Jordan version the agenda for the proposed

af last night's Isract frontier meeting, though he said a chal clash at Bolth Jibrin said that man had been agreed on-Rou- Israell soldiers tried to raid the fer.

border village of Idna.

They were probably counting

A

Tories Hold Their Horses

Paris, Apr. 12. Premier Henri Queuille on the depletion of the guards

along

the frontler because of the big military parade at and dissolve his month-old Amman yesterday for Arab middle-of-the-road Cabinet Legion Day, the Jordan account unless the National

As Boid.

The Israelis made an armed sembly votes support of his sortie into Jordan territory in

and election an tax raising

estimated force of two policies.

platoons and advanced towards Idna, the statement said. We cannot continue to as-detachment of Arab National

London, Apr. 12. sume the responsibilities of

Guards (Home Guards).

The Conservative Opposi power" the Premier told the the attackers immediately and in will not press the

engaged Deputies in a quiet speech, "un were later supported by Arab Foreign Secretary, Mr Her- less, the measures we Judge Legion units in the vicinity.bert Morrison, for a debate- noccssary-are-adopted

added, The first vote

next cames

on Egypt during the present After an engagement lasting Tuesday on a technical point several hours, the Israelis with talks for revision of the whether the Assembly should drew to their base at Beith 1986 Anglo-Egyptian treaty, debate M. Queuille's new pro- Jibrin, Four civilian posals for higher taxes and a who were caught in the cross-tive source said today.

Arabs, an authoritative Conserva- national election June 10. The are, were injured, one of them.

seriously, the Arab

government has asked that the debate not take place just now. Should the Assembly Insist on discussion right away M.

have to Kucuille would

no- sign. But most observers give him a good chance to squeak

through.

FOUR PROPOSALS The measures M. Queuille is demanding are:

General elections for the Assembly June 10,

2.

About

62,000,000,000 france in additional taxES-

3. Subsidies on goods bought by farmers especially fertiliser

The British Ambassador, Sir statement Ralph Stevenson, is having dis cussions in Cairo on Egyptian demands for the evacuation of British troops

from the Suez of Egypt and the Sudan under Canal zone, and for the union the Egyptian Crown,

• | said,~Router,

**SETTLEMENT SOUGHT

Tel-Aviv, Apr. 12. The United Chief of Staff, Colonel Bennet Nations Acting Derider (Belgium), held a two- hour meeting

with Israeli officials today for a settlement of Israel's dispute with Syria.

Afarcup

countries

between the

two

Mr Winston Churchill and were satisfied his colleagues that Mar Morrison went a long began last week when way yesterday in promising to Israeli planes bomber the zonal bring the question before the village of El Hamma after seven House of Commons for debate Israeli-policemen-

new treaty was signed, had been shot before. a) Colonel Derider

today saw

source added. the Director-General of tho

the

In the opinion of some Con-

to prevent rises in the cost of Israell Foreign Office, Dr Walter servative members the Foreign lving.

4. About. 20,000,000,000 the franco moro

French Army

after Secretary might have gone too Eylan. He told Reuter

meeting: "I am satisfied far in surrendering the Govern→ funds for the with the outcome of the talks ment's right to mako treaties

debate. These

the source said, expected to take over the British Government in the

fighting the land I am. now going to Damas without parlezza šives,

Communists in Indo-China,

The vote Tuesday will not be

on any of these measures.

But

Gen-after that, the chute on the MASKED GUNMEN near future, and felt that it

ROB CHILDREN

auch R

precedent were establish- ed it might hamper them when they came to office. But this did not

mean that the Conservatices were satisfied

attain peace or wage war. President's dismissal of oral MacArthur and 60,000 taxes and subsidies will start American casualties in Korea

rea and the Cabinet may find itself | further evidence of that in serious trouble.

Lansing, Michigan, Apr. 123. fact. It is essential

to the

The question of the date of The police reported today that security of our country and to the election will become im- masked gunmen robbed Shirley the

peace of the world that mediate only when action is Miller, 16, and her six-year-old with Congress have immediately the

a bin

cut down

Mr Morrison's

policy in

full facts as to our foreign and completed on the new election nephew Paul Demare as they regard to Earpl

law. The Assembly has al- walked down a lonely street. "If he proposes to withdraw military policy. One Munich

approved ready

from the Suez designed Shirley handed over her purse British troops brought a terrible World War. to

will be a Communist containing 15 cents. The robber Canal zone there A super-Munich may bring

a sirength.

swore when he found Paur did major clash," the source said....... holocaust that will end civili-

The Council of the Republic not have a cent-United Press. Reuter. sation as we know it."

advisory' 'Upper House of The chairman of the Sonate Parliament---starts debate Judiciary Committee, Mr Pat the bil next week and may de- McCarran, today joined Conny it considerably-Associated gressional Republicans seeking Press,

a Congressional appearance for

General MacArthur, Senator Mc- Carron was the Arst prominent Democrat to

stop.

favour

such a

He told reporters: "It was short-sighted for the Democrats

and

to oppose It. It is absurd. Не is our greatest general should be accorded an oppor tunity to state his views."

on

Sought Death Ray: Found

Radar

London, Apr. 12.

On the House side, Represen- Lotive Jacob Javits (ROTM publican) propos Commit

that the The "magic-eye" that seeks House Foreign

out ships and aircraft through

tee invite General MacArthur to log sixi clouds was born out of appear at a

a Committee hearing a wartime research, by British The chairman, Mr. John Kee scientists for a death may to (Democrat), wild the

matter

was mentioned” in a closed session but no action was taken of

Mr Javits, however, predicted" today... zoom 2:

Find

imock the Nazi Air Force out

sky. This was revealed in London when seven of Britain's "early approval" by the Com

boyg elaimed mittee of his plan, with the awards for inventing support of Democratie members, developing radar before the The

Democratie Committed Royal Commission on Awards any objections to the Republican members, Representatives Frank-to Inventors.

Indications havelin D. Roosevelt, A. A, Tubicoff proposal trut been the Democrats will not and Laurie Battle, said they was Big Robert Watsons-Watt, a oppose it. Mr Marlin did not liked the idea-United Press anticipate much opposition. He maid. "Even-, (bo? / Demberate might want to gain some know- Jedge."

ho

REPUBLICANS” “ NUTATEMENT

He also said there had been ussions", emona

US CASUALTIES

A spokesman for the group

brillant Scottish scientist often known as the "Marconi of Radar Sir, Robert told the Comminton that during his wartime research work ashod to investigate, a death Washington, Apr. 12.

couki either Announced American cause dout for in

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