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Russians Asked For Accounting

MISSING POWs

Washington, Jan. 9. The State Department disclosed today that it had asked Russia for an ar. counting of prisoners of

war.

ઈં The request was made in formal

the note handed (Russian Foreign Office A: Moscow yesterday

to

The United States formally called upon Russia to seni representatives the forth- coming meeting of the United Nations Commission on Prisoners of War to bang about a return of all those still alive and lo

for those who account died."

thousands

hove

The note said that the human the con- Tragedy involved in tinued detention of hundreds of

of

prisoners, war including Japanese nationals, Laken into Sovie! custody in the course of the war and who bad been neither repatriated

accounted

Dor

needed elaboration.

for,

hardly

Grave Wheat

Shortage

Melbourne, Jan. 9. Australia is faced with the greatest wheat short

since the disastrous drought of 1914, Sir John Teasdale, Chairman of the Wheat Board, said lonight.

age

Wheat to be sown in the next five months would scarcely fill Australia's own needs.

Commonwealth and State Agricultural Ministers will discuss the decline in Aur- tralla's wheat acreage at a meeting of the Agriculture Board on February 15 and 18. Reuter.

Independence

For Trust

Territories

On Rights Of Press Assembly's Suppression Order

London, Jan. 9.

The Empire's oldest colonial Assembly, Bermuda, has set a problem for Britain's lawyer M.P.s. Trouble has arisen because The Royal Gazette, a newspaper in Bermuda, published a report of a debate held in public, but which the Assembly later decided, by a vote of eight to seven, should be suppressed.

The suppression order also banned any mention of the fact that the debate had taken place or of the Ass rably's action in stopping its publica- tion.

Israeli Warning

On

The

Situation In

Middle East

Paris, Jan. 9.

Israel's Abba Eban warned today that a change in the present territorial structure of Arab States might necessitate a revision of existing armistice agreements in the Middle East.

He told a Press conference that the creation of would change the greater unity among Arab States balance of power and military strength on which the current armistice was based.

thesponsible, whom I presume

to

A select committee of Assembly is now investigating be the editor. In order that he the action of The Royal Gazette and is expected to re- port in the New Year

no

man

may know that this House is not to be lightly valued."

The The House then burred Royal Gazette reporters,

This Royal Gazette, in front-page editorial on the day that after its disbarment, said of the points to be de- it Was not challenging

But until the report is made,

The from

Royal is allowed to report

Gazette

debates.

One

cided

of

"the

2

the

A

2

is what Westminster Assembly's right to hold secret would do in similar circum-sessions. It added:- stances. since one of the "The freedom of the Press Assembly's regulations states which is not a privilege re- that in cases not provided for served to newspapers, but in its own rules,

rules, right of the community In Lisages, and the forms of the which the newspaper serves- House

without Commons of the has not been won United Kingdom of Great Bri- struggle. The House of Com- tain and Northern Ireland will mons, indeed, committed men

to be followed."

prison

its for reporting There are other constitutional proceeding. but not in this on- issues involved which presum-lightened age. ably will be investigated by the "Parliaments have duties and

μετ determine the responsibilities. So, too, has Assembly's powers.

free Press a duty and re- Meanwhile, Whitehall officials sponsibility to keep the public are understood to be consulting

informed as fairly and objec

of the with experts

tively

possible about the powers of Britain's Parliament in such activities of admittedly public circumstances.

bodies." London Express Ser- vice.

Committee

NEVER ENFORCED The position. Is that all re- porting of Parliament here is a breach of privilege, but that this is never enforced except when a secret session is declared.

Provision is made in the House of Commons for nearly 300 reporters from all parts of the world.

There is doubt whether it is possible to enforce

secret session in peacetime. Mr Churchill recently abandoned a secret session.on defence when Geoffrey Bing contended

Mr

that

only under wartime defence powers was it possible to punish with fine or impri- sonment the revelation of any-

thing said at a sitting of Parlia- ment

So

far ag

authorities know,

porliamentary

as

Arrest Of Plotters In Lisbon

RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS

a

Lisbon, Jan. 9. The police tonight an- nounced the arrest of nine men, including five retired Army officers and a retired there has naval officer, on charges of never been a case

in Britain plotting against the State. with comparable

Eaid the The announcement Bermuda, and the Bermudan arrests took place on Monday at Assembly will be told so.

noon in Lisbon. Cables from Bermuda say The police said the arrest took that the debate which started place at the offices of a group the trouble was in public, with called the "National Civic Or-

thai in

At present, he said, armistice meulete plans to bring the issue visitors in the gallery and re-ganisation" which allegedly em-

Securityporters present.

to

the

appeared

before be again agreements functioning satisfactorily and Council-United Press.

some

to be secure and there was no reason to anticipate a break- down. The situation would be changed, however, if Arab Stales decided to merge because i1 would create and military political new

that periodic París, Jan. 9. moves, for instance, for a merger with hope which fervently shared by the families the United Nations to hasten Jordan

Five countries today called on between Iraq or Syria

were, being closely

*

"The

earnest hope of the United States Government-

know is we

aspects.

Mr

Eban said

of these unfortunate individuals the independence of trust ter watched. A union between --is that the Soviet Union will ritories by asking administering Iraq and Jordan would bring; powers to announce target dates Iraq, with whom Israel has no by which territories In their armistice agreement, into care would be ready for free-immediate neighbourhood. dom.

join other interested nations in affording the Commission every assistance," the note said.

300,000 JAPANESE

Russia has failed to

There were no prospects

at

Planes May

Join Hunt

For Ores

braces

of elements mixture a NO POWERS

hostile to the regime. After The Royal Gazette

Brigadier Antonio de Sousa fier now retired came out with its report, Sir Mala, former John Cox, the Assembly and in his sixties, was one of the

alleged plotters, the police said. Speaker, told members:-

"The House of Commons can Luis Gonzaga Tadcu, a re-

the High Court

sit as Parliament

action.

and take

of

tired infantry colonel, was an- other of the army men named punitive

the in the plot.

I do not believe

legislature of this colony has at

this time similar powers.

The others included a retired major and two captains. The "We can bar a representative naval officer involved was said from entering the bar of the by the police to be Commander House, we can prevent a repre- Joso Morea de Campos, retired. The activities of three civilians sentative from attending

arrested with the officers: were House precincts,

being

investigated but their The names were not disclosed. communique said the Govern-

he

"But that would, defeat what to achieve-keeping the pubile fully informed."

Mr James Pearman, a lawyer ment met late yesterday and was member--he is a director of Informed of the arrests by the The Royal Gazette-moved that Interior Ministry United Press. a select committee be appointed the case. Mr Investigate Pearman said:

London, Jan. 9. Å British expedition which her has just set out to explore un-

charted African jungles for we wish radio-active ores may be joined Inter this year by aircraft In a joint resolution to the present for a peace settlement atted with special detectors. account Trusteeship Council, India, the between Israel and the Arabs for at least 300,000 Japanese Philippines, the Lebanon, the because the latter had refused taken during ber brief Involve-Yemen and Haiti asked the to negotiate. ment in the war against Japan. General Assembly to invite ad- It has also failed to account for ministering powers to thousands of German prisoners.

this information in their annual The United Nations Commie- reports.

B1X1

Was

[K

include

A BARRIER

Arab He charged that the

New US

Grant

To India

"FLAGRANT BREACH" "In my opinion, it comprises

Washington, Jan. 9. of the House and a contempt of fagrant breach of the privilege

The Mutual Security Agency an order of the House, the like of which has not been seen here today made available to India for many years if at all.” $271,000,000 for the

purchase of Quoting May's Parliamentary wheat. In the United States, Practice, Mr Pearman said that The authorisation was in line the House of Commons had the with the American economic ald right to impose or fine at its programme to help India

The ground expedition are

Gold Coast to working in the and Sierra Leone.

Experiments in airborne pro- Sites tad put up a psychologi- specting have been carried out Prisoners of War The resolution affects nine cal barrier to a settlement and there.

at Hamxell atomie Te Testa established in December, tru territories, excluding there were no indications that

search station show that or 1950, to investigate what had Somaliland, for which a 10-year this could be surmounted. happened to World War 11 time limit for freedom had si- POWs and to do what it can to

The ready

fixed by been

the

United Nations would can be detected from 500ft. by

and aircraft flying at 120 m.ph, have facilitate repatriation.

to decide whether General Assembly.

Geologists hope to get valu- Britain and other administer- how his paychology of negotia- The Soviet Union has been

able information for the search invited to attend the forthcoming ing power told the Committee tion could be tackled.

that sympathised with the

Mr Eban said that as a resuit from an aerial survey of Africa Pleasure people holding it in come the food onounced. those resolution but con The also

meither useful nór | been forced to build up her own fliers from Benson, Oxfordshire, whether the Assembly had TODO for technical assistance t sidered possible

time strength.

Jsrael's right He reiterated limits by which the people of the territories would be ready to use the Buez Canal but

led that there

were 70 for freedomRuler.

meeting of the Commission, but so far it has not indicated whether it will attend-United Pres.

Philippines To Increase Army

Mando, Jan. 9.

A Defence Department source sald today that the Army would ael Congress for funds to put an additioned 10,000 men into the field gem the Communist- leil Huks

The Department world re- quest Congress to increase Budget for the fiscal year be zining July1 by 20,000,000 pesos of 290,000.00000

POP

to announce

KATTER

power.

Thousands of photographs.

brought back add-have been

Im-London Express Service.

authorisations

over-

to Indonesia of

"But if it has the power, then projects and $1,000 to Burms one of those sanctions should for the purchase of scientific be exercised on the person re- publicationsUnited Press.

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