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THE CHINA MAIL; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1951.4

EAST GERMAN REGIME STRIKES NEW BLOW AT BERLIN'S ECONOMY

Berlin, Sept. 2. Lorries piled up on the British-Soviet zonal border today as East German, officials were halting and taxing vehicles bringing food from West Germany to the Western sector of Berlin..

The tax, which went into operátion yesterday, applies to all West, Ger- man and West Berlin vehicles using the 180-kilometre Autobahn, linking the old capital with the Western zones.

Drivers reaching Berlin reported that at least 250 vehicles, including 150 lorries, were held up at the border town of Marienborn.

City officials four that the tax | Power" ngreements on unlinder- will strike another blow against ed traffle bolween Berlin and West Berlin's export trade. West Germany-Reuter.

The West Berlin City Govern- ment in expected to cointer

* measures after consulting Western Allied trade experts.

decide tomorrow,

express

tras. Four!!.connect Berlin with Hamburg; four with

Coicane, wo with Frankfurt

and two with Munich..

the

U.S. REACTION

Frankfurt, Sept. 2. The United States High Com-fuerst, mission today condemned

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conducted from both sides, e A further, but broken, service

Nuremberg (American Zone)-Leipzig (Sɔviel Zone) route. Trains stop at Guten- in Soviet-controlled

al Hot, me and Western uflicials declared to "dogrant and discriminatory" American-controlled Bavaria,

The Germans ke that a planned retaliatory Soviet Zone tax imposed yester-

off their xation of East German and day on German vehicles bring-

trains and plod ilve miles of East Berlin vehicles, using Westing food from West Germany "No Man's Land" to catch the Berlin's streets, would be in into Berlin,

connection. suffelent-the vehicles could

ciny

nake

L detour around

Western sectors.

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"Steps will be taken to coun

the ter the new Commimist moves could

They said the only chance for effective measures would be another Western Allied state-

West. German, railway not give the exact number. of strangle Berlin," the Commis-

passengers carried in the slun sinted.

regular cross- officials in border trains but estimated nt.4 4,000 a day.

booked [

Western Allied

ment declaring that the realis Bertin said yesterday that there"All trains .are

it

was no ground yet for protest- Wan of a new East-West Germaning to the Soviel authorilles be-everal days in advance," they trade agreement would not be approved unless the East Ger- callse four-power vehicles were said. man authorities lift this latest not being taxed. interference with West Berlin's! trade.

motur

When travelling through the They told the Deputy Major Soviet Zone some of the trains of West Berlin. Dr Walther stop at the stations of such bla One Inding food buyer mid Schreiber, that the East German German towns as Erfurt,. In. that the tax would raise food aufirities were entitled to col- Thuringia, Halle, Saxen-Anholti and Magdelburg to drop off and price by at least five per cen!! Ject road taxes.

Germen border police plek Eart

up passengers, for the Western sietor's 2.250,000

Since the end of the, war. Inhabitants. He fortenst an over-ave demanding eight marks (15

shillings) from

cyclists long distance bus travelling- has all increase an food and summer gods, mostly

supplies for a one-way trip and from 10 developed widely in Germany, West German from West Germany.

to 100 marks (18 shillings to and Fast and

for inter-zo![p] The Intest

German £8. 5. 0.) for private cars and firms compete East

be- passengers. measures add several previous bust. Lorries must pay

Forty-four West and 25 East ones, hampering Wer: Berila's tween 35 and 50 marks (£3 to

and £4.5s).

German companies are today trade with Wont Germany

The tax consequently barring the exceu-

is expected to earn engaged in "specialised Iron East Germany

trafle," 03 84,000,000 Ear-West for

1,500,000 Curtain tion of a

ORC bus German trade agreement initial marks (£120,000) monthly company official puts it. led last month.

West

blocked

Beuter.

TO BALTIC LONG BLOCKADE

FRONTIER GAPS During the past month, addi-

Most buses Anglo-Soviet

linking Berlin tional Western Allied sommerela)

border, Sept. 2. with the West start from the planes have carried out over 100

The "Iron Curtain" which | British sector, About 80 leave tons of West Berlin export goda

Soviet separates West and East. Ger- there every morning at seven per day because the

legal and o'clock to reach the inter-zonal for many is riddled authorities rtfused permits

illegal gaps through which border checkpoints before noon. ground transportation..

of Germans naes Other places in East Germany to thousands Berlin's main waterway

linked by inter-zonal bus com- Germany

been dally in both directions. has

The armies of the Western panier, are Struligund, on the sinec Annuary owing

Alles and the Soviet

Union Ballie coast; Schwerin, in to the alleged 'repair" of the

watch cach other vigilantly Mecklenburg Stale: Leipzig, in Magdeburg Rothensee canal

the Inter-zonal border Saxony: and Erfurt and Jock.

very Magdeburg. Strmany's. The East German authorities

different

Buses from Berlin at present first allowed three additional

The German police in both

about 3,200 passengers a carry cont trains bound for Berlin to

#countries" face each other with day to most of the larger cities pass through the Soviet zone

apparent hostility. day as a compensallon

But the average German who West Germany. Only about for the canal blocking bu: wants to go to the East or West 1,000, however, toturn to Berlin later refused their acceptance. of the former Rech manages by this method,

in East to get there legally Recording

every

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Some West German bus com- recently complained

with panics

heavily-panther places in East

office of the American High acros the Commissioner. Mr Howard border by more than 100

and 12 Jones, tonight termed die East distance buses

express German aulobalın tax on trains evory day. Hundreds men. West German and West Ber- more travel privately by car. lin vehicles as an inexcusable The Wes at Ead. Gerinan and West Germans evade

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Rag And Bone Girl-A La Manhattan

Aerialist Marylin Rich spins and swoops from her trapeze high over the Manhattan skyscrapers in a death-defying exhibition boosting the nationwide drive for clothes för civilian victims of the Korean war-AP Pleure.

German Veterans'

Organisations Gaining Ground

Frankfurt, Sept. 2.

Hitler's old Wehrmacht veterans are banding together again to win a voice in the rebirth of the German Army and in Germany's political life.

The Allies fear that they may become a de- cisive force at a time when West Germany's con- tribution to Western defence and its integration in the Western community of nations hang in the balance.

Moscow Takes

Interest In India Election

Now ex-Servicemen's associa- tions are sprouting throughou! the country under the leadership cf officers who fought, to the las against the Ailles

Three big meetings of former soldiers were

held reenly in a single weeks in Benn, thé capital, and a scrich and Brunswick.

cx-Serviceman's groups etains to be

New Get Rich Quick Tactics

Sydney, Sept. 2.

A 39-year-old Austra- lian has been charged with persistently black- ening his own charac- ter, He earned £40 by taking jobs and imme- diately telephoning the firm, informing them that the new employee had numerous convic- tions. The employers thereupon fired him with a week's money.. He repeated his tactics about four times week

New Radio Broadcasts

To China

San Francisco, Sept. 2.

radio A privately-operated

beamed toward programme operation here on Tuesday-the Communist Asla will begin

day the Japanese peace treaty soldiers conference opens.

dedicated to improving the cx-Servicemca and war widows. Moscow, Sept. 2. Bu! Ailled officials say their Pravda, efcial organ of the political alms are cbylous--and oday German newspapers stress their Sevlet Cómununist Party, gave prominence to the Indian Pomer tank General Harro

character. Communist Party's pre-election-

Von Manteuffel, in a published caused

manifesto. the speed

Elcettons ore to take place in article, said German West German trade talks con- which he wants to go or the about the "unbalanced" traffic,

should "no India x January.

be rebuked for their The programme, Radio Free ducted here during the

new psical past mount of money in his pocket but it was acknowledged that

zetivity" forming Asin, in A first instalment of the mani-

sponsored by the Com- the difference was mainly due three weeks.

re-printed from the

leemen's

groups.

mittee for Free Asta, Incor- The Kwee-Western-deputy for the fare,

-Armed—with the necessary to the holiday season.

war generation will play porated, a non-profit anti-Com- in Berlin

More West Berliners wanted Cominform-newspaper-issued last will

inter-zenal papers, issued by

decision

on munist group.. It la patterned discuss the latest East German the respective East

3: West to go to West German seaside day, occupied a full page of a decisive role in the

Pravda-one quarter

Meon Germany's Internal and ex-after Radio Free Europe, the "move to strangle West Berlin" German authorities and counter- and mountain rests for their

ternal security," Manteuffel said. independent

now became one beamed to Crambeslis And newspaper's space. tomorrow, Allied officials an-signed by the appropriate holidays than West Germens

In it the

the Indian Communist Manteuffel, who inore Power,

than want to visit the "island city."

Party launched a violent attack of Hitler's ace. Panzer comman- Occupying

States other

behind the

Iron About 400

passengers go to carried Director of the Berlin 0,000 passengers are

against the Nehru Governinent,ders, has grabbed the lead with Curtain in Europe. Germany

Govern-farmer Gen. Bernhard Ramcke bus by

Brayton Wilbur, chairman of which it described aayal, for in organising German ex-Ser- the Committee for Free Asia, every day. Most od these are West German business inen: cr national betrayal,”.

falling is break off ties with the vicemen.

raid the broadcasts will start Hundreds of West Berliners

each day at 2.30 p.m. GMT (11 the

189 His Grossdeutschland division pum. HK Summer Time). "Iron Curtain" altogether by

million voters should clec: is the core of an cx-Service- On a seven-day week basis,. nying to and from Berlin by

Democrate Govern- "People's

'men's association launched in they wil

will be transmitted from American, British and French men" that

at would break with the May. Since then, Ramcke's here over a leased RCA short- British Empe, prance interval! air lines.

"Green Devli

parachutists, wave channel to

to Manlin and Under

ot reforms ruch 25 in Commun's Afrika Korps men, the "Yallow

0100 a four-power agree-

then shortwaved ment, no other air lines may fly China and conclude alliances with Circle elite infantrymen and allocycles to China.

of Berlin to the

Paldietan, Ceyica and Nepal. into or out

fundamental purpost West.

have

of the brandcasting effor.s

Asia will 13 When 4,000 of Rameke's Radio, Free hat the rest would follow, pe parachutists gathered in Bruns pierce the Iron Curtain of Com- haps tomorrow-Reuter,

wick, the General-long con munism in Asia with factual,

truthful, sidered a moderate-unleashed accurate and a fiery speech in which he Mr Wilbur sald.

of Ger- The broadcasts will be in

Mandarin, war criminals and said:

Cantonese and. not forget the seven English, Assoolated Proze.

In: Spandau 17. (Nazi leaders). prison, either."

Now

former Adm. Gottfried SHAWCROSS TOUR Hausen is making an ambitious

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ILLEGAL CROSSINGS Apart, however, from travel by bus, train or car, thousands of people cress the inter-zonal boundary illegally every day! They are mostly Germans from the Soviet Zone who ck what they hope will be a better life in the West.

Many sneak across to visit relatives who live near the Include: those border, Others

who have failed to get

necessary travel

the East German

the

papers from authorities.

The Communists are more, strict than the West German authorl ties in granting

passes.

inter-zonal

Anglo-American hist

suggested That

Pravda published the insint./ether

mant withou: cemment and

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THE CORE

Wehrmacht former formed associations,

demanded the 'release

Reds Only In we shall

Spirit!

London, Sept. 2.

A "World Spiritual, Com munist Congress" will open here

men

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news,"

bid to unite all ex-Service-

-Londen, Sept. 2. in one groups men's

big Si Harley Shawcicas, Pre-. Ho has founded sident of the Board of Trade, and organisation. the Deutscher Soldatenbund Lady Showeres will leave here by air. September 8 for visits

on Monday for a ono-week (German Soldiers ·Fede Vienan, Belgrade and Genova..

session to "strongthen peace

and already claims activities throughout the world"

(9110 - members..

At Belgrade, Sir Hartley

Is is expected to recommend, Legally the associations have be welcomed by the Yugoslavian also Thousands of West Gennan

among other things, complete youths got across the frontier

witidrawal

of Western no right to exist. Allied laws Lawyers Association. He has

Torbidding

the dormation of been invited to illegally in July and early,

from Asia and Africu,

Daste groups are still plavia's Navy August on their way to the establishment of a Negro, State on the books. But the official the past

States, Communist World Youth Fest-In, the United

A. Gences, Sir Hartley is

and sent

and

tion in the Middle East

man

and

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sold:

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off

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a conference called by the

SHOWING

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