1951-11-13 — Page 1

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Polish Reply To Eden

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Today's weather: Moderate ENE winds fresh in places. Partly cloudy with some frolated

of light drizzle. Bright Intervals this afternoon.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1951.

Gesture

RUSSIA STRIVING TO Eden Makes

GET HANDS

ON IRAN OIL

(From ARTHUR COOK)

Teheran, Nov. 12.

Russia is trying to get her hands on Persian oil before any agreement can be made with the West.

Through the Russian Embassy here and the Russian trade delegation which has been in Teheran for the past few weeks, the Soviet is woo- ing Persia with such ardour that she is now sug- gesting that she will overlook Persian trade deficiencies if the difference is made up with oil.

But the Pers an Cabinet, too northern oll which at the same grated to mov, during Messader's time stepping up her inadequate absence in case he brings back a refining facilities last minute promise of new o Russians Baku ollfelds, nego.ions with Brain, is sign- ing nothing yet.

for the

Even if Russia does not move me gallon of oli from Abadan

Only their signature is nee. is thought here her main ob- sary to complete the new Russian-ject in getting to sign an agree- Persian trade agreement, worth ment in those terms will ensure £35,000,000. Last year's agree that Persian oil does not go to the West.-London Express Service.

men for third of that amount expred yesterday and Persia has na fulfilled all he. part of the barga.c The

agie ment representwice Persia's yearly exports even if the maximum effort is m

is made.

At the same

new

1me

NO BREAKDOWN

London, Nov. 12. Persian Premier Mohammed

10 Mossadeq's return

Tcheran Είχε is at the despera thy short of 80,000 tons of not mean the breakdown of ou!

end of this week does badly needed sugar and Russia

States, negotiations in the United

as a "gesture of friendship" has promised to deliver

ration within a month and leave payment to be discussed later.

Hussein Ali, Cour!

û Sugar Minis.er, said in Teneran today, according to a Persiar. Govern- rent broadcast heard in Lon- con.

COA.

FIPELINE SCHEME Russia sees no difficulty

Dr Mossadeq bad made all Belling Abadan oil to Caspian

porsible efforts in Washington. ports. the Russians here have and it

was necessary for him: pointed out 10 the Persians. turn to Teheran to Under long-term plan und tinue negotiations from there, with Russian supervision a nine-

the Minister said. inch pipeline could be laid from Abadau to the Caspian.

Pumping difficulties would

pipeline

፡፡

was

Jald

Over

the

(Dr Mossade has been hay- informal discussions on the ing which Persian

oll situation with be encountered if the United States

Assistant Secre- tary of State George McGhee in mountains can be overcome by Washington for three weeks.)- laying the pipeline alongside Reuter. the railway line from Abidan EMBOLDENED and through the mountain tummels

A srecnd plen

OPPONENTS Teheran, Nov. 12. Premier Mossadegh, apparent- that Russia ly returning from Washington with emply hands, faces an em- plete dismantling of the Abadan boldened opposition and grow- refinery and setting it up again! Ing economic difficulties in his

of homeland. ports

is putting forward is the com-

певт

Caspian ibe Puhlevi or Astara

About 700 heavily

armed

By doing this, Russia points troops and police, with tear gas out, she can refine Persia's (Contd on back page, col. 2)

COMMENT OF THE DAY

The new British Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, makes a gesture as he talks with M. Schuman (French Foreign Minister) at the UN Assembly. Yes- terday Mr Eden made a powerful bid for East-West co-operation. (Central Press)

Bulk

To

Buying Stay

London, Nov. 12.

Major Gwilym Lloyd George, Food Minister. reaffinned today that Bri- tain would not̃ câïcel Gov- ernment bulk buying agree- ments.

Asked in the House of Commons today which bulk purchase agreements he was cancelling, he re- plied briefly "None, sir."

He told another ques- toner: "I hope to extend the scope of private trad- 26 general ing 28 soon conditions permit."-Rev-

ter.

A Call For Statesmanship

MR Eden's calmly impressive and

mce.

conciliatory speech in the U.N. General Assembly, urging a truce to abuse and fresh bid for better under- standing between East and West, does not obviate the necessity for the new British Government of defining for themselves their foreign policy. The sense of urgency might diminish with the slightest hint of reciprocal feelings in Kremlin quarters, but the prospects are slim indeed, and meanwhile the problems of Egypt, Middle East defence and Feraia do not grow less in impor- Minds have to be made up quickly with readiness for the required action giving no room for misunder- standing. The issues are not really obscure but they are in danger of being obscured it

does Mr Eden

not disentangle them. The first point to be stressed is British determination to defend the Suez Canal in the face of the aggressive menace to the tempting oilfields of the Middle East. The second is that Egypt herself is The quite incapable of its defence. recent showing of the Egyptian forces in the Palestine. war left nothing unsaid. The third point is that Egypt has rejected for the present the Four Power proposal for an international defence force with an Egyptian contingent and until she reconsiders this attitude this. essential part of the Western world's defence problem can be met only by Britain's insistence on acting under her Treaty rights. These rights cannot be. abrogated by unilateral action. As a mattor of Justice and International law our position cannot be seriously impugned. Only one thing can save the altuation display of willingness to use force if compelled, in defence of our position in the Suez Canal. On the other hand, it is desirable not to embitter the Egyptians any more than

can

be avoided, because Cairo's eventual co-operation in the overall Middle East defence system might well be the key to efficiency. Against that, it is plain that unless the Egyptians are convinced that they must abandon their intransigence, they are not likely to show any change of heart. Influenced by the first consideration only, we might adopt a purely defensive policy, leaving the initiative entirely to the Egyptians and contenting ourselves with parrying one by one the different forms of attack that they may develop against Britain's position. But this would be fatal. Conflicts can never or seldom be won by defence alone, A policy of mere parrying would encourage the Egyptians to explore the efficacy of one offensive tactic after another, until they found some which could not be parried by negative action. To boast that at a pinch we can do without Egyptian labour, organise canal traffic, hold our lines against any direct assault, is neither here nor there. By the method of multiplying occasions when British troops had to fire on Egyptian crowds, Cairo would rapidly put us in a highly invidious position. But campaign can only threaten when antagonism has been sharpened to an extreme point and weakness is detected on the other side. Things have not reached that point in Egypt and states- manship should aim to ensure that they do not. The doctrine of "pence through strength", also applies to the situation in the Egyptian boll-up. Promptitude similarly, is three parts of the affair. If we had remembered that in Persis, the trouble there might never have passed out of control. Needed for an amicable agreement in Egypt is full realisation in Cairo that Britain and the United States will stand no

11.

Battle Through

A Drizzle

in

an

H.Q., Koi, Nov. 13. Attacking

all-day drizzio, United Nations soldiers advanced three quarters of a mile оп Monday and seized Iwo slippery hills southwest of Kumsong on the Korean Central front.

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Stand-By Warning To British Naval Units At Malta Missing Youths

EGYPTIAN GARRISON EXPELLED

FROM ABADIA PORT

(From CHARLES ARCACHE)

Alexandria, Nov. 12. When the Canal Zone woke today the walls were found plastered with placards saying, “Tomorrow the Egyptian Com- mandos are beginning work. We are dying so that Égypt lives."

The Azhar religious university decided after a meeting of its dignitaries to invite all Moslems to boycott the British and added it was legal for anyone attacked to defend himself and that Egypt had been attacked by the British.

BRITON

LIKELY TO HEAD

COMMAND

Iems.

This decision is law for Mos- Xeuter's correspondent aboard the cruiser Gambia, off Port Said, reported today that 100 sators from the cruiser would be standing by In case of trouble tomorrow when

The Custorns decided that no arms for the British forces will be cleared unless the Ministry of Interior permits delivery

four

the

Never Born!

Sydney, Nov. 12. Commonwealth employ- ment officers in Sydney have solved the mystery of the thousand 18-year-old New South Wales youths they belloved daiged the second call-up for national service training.

The

"missing" youths

were never börn.

Birthrate for the second half of 1939 had been estl- mated at 9,000; actually it was a thousand less-the lowest on record in New South Wales-Reuter,

Jerusalem Hunger March

even if Customs duties are paid. Egyptians make mass "silent de-

"Al Ahram" reports that all nionstrations."

British soldiers wounded

Jerusalem, Nov. 12. By today the Gambia's crew last Saturday in the Canal Zone had helped to

Israel had to contend with moor 505 ships a Communist-led anti-American hospital, but that the since Egyptian boatmen British are not publishing the on strike.

went "hunger murch" and threatened strikes by butchers and ship news in order to avoid a feeling

workers today.

died in

General

Erskine, British

of depression among the troops.

I could get no confirmation of Commander, suld at a Press this report.

conference today

that he was

Canal

preventing the

Paris, Nov. 12. French souLTCES said tonight The strong Moslem Brother-satisfied that British security that General Sir Brian Robert-hood Association has asked the precautions in the Suez son of Britain probably would Government to cut

were diplomatic Zone head the new Middle East de- relations with Britain and other organisation fence command although no "imperialist" countries. The-Reuter. format decision had been Government was also asked to reached.

give Mossadegh's name to the at Calro &rees in which the Shell

General

Robertson

present the military chlet In Company building stands,

Europe.

Agreement

ABADIA SEIZED

on a four-power of the command composed

France, Britain announced was Since Turkey has took entire

United States,

and Turkey

yesterday.

not been taken

the North

I learn from * reliable that the British today source

control of Abadia

of terrorist forces.

Several hundred Communists and members

of the Leftist Mapan (United Workers Party) demonstrated

趄

in Jerusalem's King George Avenue In warmup for the hunger march" to the Knesset (Parliament), two blocks away.

was

"Food for the people instead SUEZ SABOTAGE

of bases for Americans," Cairo, Nov. 12. one slogan on banners printed The British authorities report- with big red Hebrew letters. A ed today that the water pipe comparatively small crowd which supplies the town of listened to loud-speakers carry- Suez was cabotaged last night. ing speeches demanding "food A spokesman sald, however, for the nation and gaol for pro- that such incidents were com-fiteers."

The Leftist demonstration was

mon before the flare-up. Britisa officially into Port and expelled the Egyptian officials said also that about 80 denounced by

Attontic Pact yet, Garrison there.

The British Admiralty is now informed quarters said, no

yet possible on giving clearing permits to all decision was General Robertson. United British ships in the Canal Zone because the Egyptian Customs are refusing to deliver them.

The British authorities returned

Press.

SOUTH AFRICA IN

Pretoria, Nov. 12. to the Port Said Customs an

A.

the Histrabut, her ten of the 3,500 Egyptians General Federation of Jewish employed by NAAFI had quaLabour. their jobs-United Press.

Histrabut leaders

said the "hunger_march" was senseless though the demand for a crack- down on black marketing was justified.

STERLING BALANCES AS REPARATIONS?

London, Nov. 12,

A Conservative Member of Butchers decided to have a

The dismal weather held the rembership of the Middle East Arable with the notice, "We do Parliament, Sir Herbert Wil-country-wide strike on the con-

The Union Government of

Africa has accepted Egyptian protest note written in South

Please Diams, suggested today that tention that they could not meet Command and has undertaken not understand Arable.

Britain should consider deduct-expenses

under to send ground and air forces write in English."

The British are allowing the ing from Egypt's Sterling price controls. in the event East to the Middle

compensation to Press.

US Fifth Air Force to its war. slowest day of the entire Only six effective sorties were

of war, the Department of Ex-transport of oil from the Canal balances the rain, reported aş

heavy

ternal Affairs cald in a state-10 Cairo un condition that they British personal losses sustained clouds and fog shrouded Northment issued here tonight

inspect all cars and are given 24 through looting in Egypt The statement said, "In ac-curs notice-London Express The Allied ground attack cordance

with its declared Service. jumped off at dawn, accomplish-policy of assisting in the de-

Korea.

ing its limited objective by A tence of the Middle East and

p.m.

On the Eastern front, two company-sized Red attacks were repulsed northwest of Yanggu.

In that same sector the Reds failed in six altacks on Sunday when the weather was good.

The Eighth Army reported that elsewhere across Korea, the war was confined to routine small patrols and minor adjust ments of positions Associated

of

of the

continent African against Communist aggression,

The Prime Minister, Mr

government Associated

Winston Churchill, to whom the Wanchai Traffic suggestion was made in the House of Commons, reply.

did

not

Snarls

STAND-BY WARNING

London, Nov. 12. Several ships of the British Mr Church had earlier said

Fleet were that Britain had told Egypt Continual traffle snarls in the the Government has undertaken Mediterranean

at Malta that she held her accountable Queen's Road East as the result in time of war to send ground warned to stand by forces and air crews to the today for possible service in for any damage of life or of extensive road repair work property which might result compelled Government to action Middle East, but this undertak- the Suez Canal Zone.

this morning. The aircraft carrier Ocean from civil disturbances, ing is without prejudice to the

Without

dice to those prejudice

For the time being, Queen's right of Parliament to decide entered Valetta harbour, Malta,

or. to the today and stood by after picking rights

uitimate Road East is to become a one- on participation in war.

"In pursuance

The cruiser presentation of British claims, way street, with traffic travelling nce of this ander-up an air group.

and the frigate it had been decided that British West only. taking the Union has accepted Liverpool

Numerous bus diversions are membership of the Middle East Mermaid put to see after the Service personnel affected could Command

submit claims for loss of per- detalled in at advertisement in and will be represented alert.

Page Eight, The aircraft carrier Triumphsonal belongings.—Reuter, its headquarters when set up. "It wa

was intended that the Union, arrived at the Cyprus port of with

Australia and New Zealand, Famagusta with reinforcements. should be an

an original signatory of With 2,000 others who arrived Thai Admiral the declaration on the establish- last night on the carrier Flus- ment of the Command, but the trious, they will be available to Egreement of the other Common reinforce British troops in the wealth members could not be Strez Zone if the situation de- obtained in time and the declara-teriorates Hon was issued in the name cl Both aircraft carriers, after Great Britain, the United States, completing landing operations, France and Turkey only are returning to England bring more men, to Cyprus. Reuter,

Press.

Decides On Priesthood

Bangkok Nov. 12. Rear

Admiral Luang Nava Vichitr, former Admiral of the Thai Fleet, who was detained in connection with the abortive coup d'etat in June and later released, has been ordained to the priesthood.

Before the ordination ceremonies, Luang Nava sald that it was not customary to enter the priesthood so soon be- fore the end of Buddhist Lent. He added that, following the advice of high priests, he had not waited because he feared that the present tense world situation might take a turn 'for the worse andids services would then be required by the nation-Router

in

to

U.S. Seeks Mediation

In Egyptian Clash

ed

Paris, Nov. 12.

The United States was authoritatively report-

between Britain and Egypt.

Moday to be seeking ways to mediate the differ-

MacArthur Not For President

Indianapolis, No. 12, General Douglas MacArthur turned down an offer to run for President of the Prohibition,

The American effort is being carried out quietly, behind-the-scenes at the UN General As- sembly here, with the sanction of Secretary of State Dean Acheson.

Contacts on a lower inve; be said to have been mittated by

tween the American and Egypt- | Iraq's Premier Nurt Said Pastin,: Ish delegates are already be who arrived in Paris on Friday Loved to have been made, and has been in conference with Action is said to be offering Arab lenders over the Middle the Egyptians a new formula East Bluation Blace that the

which would

Gen. MacArthur was ap

recognise and Arabs states themselves bave de trenched by Prohibition Party guarantee Egypt's nationalist elded they will pursue Individual Keep course of action regarding the ofolate last month on the eve aspirations.

of the party national hominat Ahese repreliminary ex-proposed new Middle East tion conventioner am not changes are cavourable, Achon Command, Sypt haka benins candidate for the office of humou President and have no

trying without success for the sary past four days to get the Ambe ho to my phobičky, they rejout the Idee of the Commend and will

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