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COMMENT OF THE DAY
Agreement At Last
NENERAL satisfaction will
be folt in the free world over the agreement reached In Parla by the six European Army nations on Germinny's contribution to the defence of Western Europe. Fifteen months of difficult negotia- tlonu, marked by mutual suspicions and recrimina tions, have not provided an cdifying spectacle, and those
wondered who
If the
oft-
- European nations were able or willing to cast of their antagonisms and combine in golf-defence measures could be forgiven their expressed doubts. All out- atanding differences between the six nationemve been resolved and the only tivo unsettled questions-the duration of the European Army Trenty which is to be signed and the rights of European Army troops when stationed abroad-are not expected to presont any dimculties when, they are discussed today. Though the imminent signing of the European Army Treaty is now assured, the agreement requires ratification. The International situation that demands generally
speed considerably more Be
this shown in
⚫been procesa than has demonstrated in the shame fully drawn-out negotiations.
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European Unity
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
ON THE
THE “EDEN
"EDEN PLAN"
Conference At Strasbourg
Strasbourg, May 22.
European unity took another step forward in Strasbourg tonight. Ministers of 15 nations reached tentative agreement on the next stage of what has been.called the "Eden Plan."
The Plan proposes that the Strasbourg. Assembly members of Parliament from most nations of Free Europe should be linked with the European army and the coal-steel pool. The main objection has come frem neutral Sweden.
Meeting in the glass and concrete headquarters of the Council of Europe, the Ministers gave a cautious blessing to the principle of the scheme, but decided to make no formal statement" until Friday. It was believed tonight they would place Mr Eden's proposals before the six countries participating in the army and coal-steel pool, and also ask the Assembly itself to vote on them.
The Turkish representative today put forward a resolution supporting the They British plan, which the Committee of Ministers agreed to accept as a basis. appointed a sub-committee which will meet on Friday morning to put this decision into formal wording.
The Turkish amedment to the plan proposed that the six na- tions of the European army and the Schuman Plan and the Con- sultative Assembly should all be anted to give their views of the British proposal and give it their co-operation.
Mr Eden told his colleagues that the essence of the British plan was that the Council of Europe should make certain the available to facilities European
i
The basis of today's talk was, the "Eden plan"a proposal by the British Foreign Secretary to knit the Strasbourg Body with schemes for European two unification: the Schuman coal and steel pool and the European
Defence Community.
Mr Eden went into the meet- to give a full ing prepared
account of his "go of
with the European Army negotia- tlons are the discussions at Big the Bonn between Three Western powers and Western Germany over the Allied German treaties. Dag Hammerskjol, today made These talks have virtually clear that Sweden, was "pre reached a conclusion, and parod to explore ways out signature of the contrac- the defence dicunt tual agreemente, granting would remain in the Council,"
Sevon Foreign Ministers, with Western Germany virtual independence, is expected members of eight other. European next week. The two agree- governments, sat down in Stras
plan to give tonight, with
the Swed unityntative nations
and the
universities in another member country of the Council of Europe
Conference quarters, here do not exclude the possibility that the German delegation, headed by the Secretary of State, Mr. Walter Hallstein, would object to the convention being signed by the representative of the Soar-Reuter,
the The
GERMAN TREATY
Bonn, May 22: West German Chan
Both the coal army pool cover
In the Strasbourg cellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer,
Gemary, and the Allied High Commi Council France,
约翰 tonight reached Italy and Belgium, the Nether sloners
on the 400-page Mands "andi.it, Lavxembourg/)-ngreement:
Ultimately, 11 is
expected that treaty system which will end
sentatives nations. bodies
atk
The
presentation. regimo
Gerinbny
ments will align the policy new lite to the struggling Council the should be drawn from they cleared up the outstanding
AS
of
bourg
op
of
the division Germany's Anancial contribution between the Ger- man forces in the European Do- fence Community and the up- keep of Allied troops in Ger-
many.
The
on
Mock War
Mortars-fire rope lad ders to the top of the cliffs
ready for scaling by Royal Nationwide
Marine Commandos in Exercise Runaground,
held at Culver Cliff in the Isle of Wight, More than
Search Fo
800 servicemen took part Mail Theves
in this exercise; the blé, gest amphibious and cliff assault "demonstration since the war. London Express.
US Soldier
Scotland Yard Has Three Clues
London, May 22. The Postmaster General, Earl de la Warr, told the House of Lords today that
Sentenced 200,000 was involved in
To Death
yesterday's ambush of ha Post Office. van in a-London street by seven masked and armed raiders.
Own Guards
Preventing Captives From Escaping
own
Koje Island, May 22. | Defiant Communist pri- soners of war posted their
guards Inside tur bulent Koje compounds to- day, apparently to prevent pro-Allied follow captives from escaping.
The hard core of incorrigible Reds wearing uniforms and arm bands but without "wen- pons alood at posts 50rect apart in notorious Compound 76 where more
than 9,000 Com- munists hold Brigadier-General- Francis Dodd hostage for 78' hours.
Unconfined reports sild that the Communist sentries grabbed ene prisoner who tried to escape this evening.
The Reds appeared determined that none of their fellow, Įprisoners who have becofne anti-
Police Hunt For Stolen
Poison
London, May 22. After all night efforts.- Glasgow police are still trying today to find a box containing eight ounces of ** potassium ` cyanide, enough to kill 200 people.
With two coats, the box was stolen from a parked
car
One sniff from the box could prove fatal. Reuter..
Briton's
42
Years In
Soviet Gaol
Bad Oeynhausen, May 22. Communists, would escape t to A British
soldier, Denis
the outside and pass on informa. Eggleton, 25, who said the tiền to alled
Russians gacled him for four prison officials United
Nations authorities and a half years after he left. Be that the Red leaders were his regiment in October, 1947, concethed aver possible escapes was sentenced by a court mar... brequse then Communist riot tia! here today to 147 daya' plans and the details of their | detention for absence without prisoner organisation set-up leave. might fall into Allled hands,
Any
also escape wonken the strict discipline under which the Red leader keep their fellow prisoners,
United Nations" offlcers" and an guards Andicated that
they would welcome the extape of
She fold, the court," "If the. any prisoner elementer friendly escape attempt. Bad failed I to the Alles.
would
Among those giving_evidency
his favour was an East Ger man girl, Anneliese Falk,, who helped Eggleton to escape from,
East German work party and is now engaged to him.
would have gone to prison for The presence of the Red 2 years and my fiance would
noted whch have gone for good.”
sentries was first
the Eighth Army Commander,
James General
Van
Fleet,
Eggleton card six and a half
visited Koje Island foday months of his imprisonment was United Press.
In solitary confinement, He was "some of uny kolf starved and companions went nearly mad, in gool" he said.
WO
Cripps Memorial Service
originally
with desertion, but the the convicted hinn charge of absence withour. and counted only the period from February 18 this
Cante
London May 22. Scores of British ond foreigy statesmen, including representa But it is reported that 100,000tives from India, were among the was still in the van when it was 1,500 people who attended April 10, when he gave him- found abandoned.
they will ench have a small
and bring "parliament of elected repre-
the member into European defence. from The Idea is that theso Dr Adenauer announced that boung
of the
Stras- membeby of the Bonn Government of Europe.
Discussion among the Minis- with that of the West; they
The 15-nation body, composed
was expected to also serve as a reminder, if of most of the countries on the ters today one were needed, that the "Western" side of the Iron Cur-range round the objections Russian tacties of intimida- tain, has reached the crux of its points of detali svhich the plan
is thought to have aroused.
SUSPICIOUS tion over Germany have three years of attempts to undie
"Dr Adenauer, beaming visibly, has non-Communist Europe. failed. Whether,
An authoritative comment to- On the one hand, Sweden I said after the last meeting to- been suggested, the new day was, "This may be one of the believed to view with suspicion night-the 33rd in nine months agreements will result in shortest, but it will also be the any scheme which would give-We have reached complete Russia
the denouncing
agreement the most important, of the Ministers the Council of Europe any say general
in the matters of defence,
Anance division," Potsdam Agreement meeting that the Council
Sweden, following a policy of
agreement was being put coupled with a demand for Europe has ever known."
neutrality, only joined the As on paper by experts and would Western. evacuation
MINISTERS' AIM
sembly on the understanding be submitted to all four negoti Berlin, remains to be seen. The Ministers' aim is to find that defence would not be men-ators on Friday, The Western Powers, how- ever, must be ready to meet some useful work for the 133-toned.
Parliament, due to Norway and Denmark would required, he said. member new provocative, perhaps open their new session on be influenced by any opinion
It had originally been said to death for the highway perilous, Russian tactics. Monday.
of Sweden about membership of that the Chancellor and the Highmurder of two Germans. Meanwhile, the Police mobilised at the same time having as So far the governments have
the Council.
Commissioners would have to
a Pvt. John F. Vigneault of throughout Britain today in It was believed in Strasbourg leave this wicky point over the failed to agree on giving the
to Goffs Falls,
N.Herbed men-hunt for the seven masked of
power tonight that these objections the Foreign Ministele, who ar by the defence as a tempera- Assembly any other
bands be
overcome free, beyond that of the right to make would
rive in Bonn on Friday.
too barloward child
They ambushed the van in decision to "wait and sco. speeches.
oven to be allowed at target The European defence treaty
practice with his fellow Gls Central London, attacked is a long way from being put
three Post Office personnel and the sentence with no drove off with the vaIK, ́ ́ into operation, and in the mean-
took
of emotion. time plan can go ahead with
The Polloe met in a con- He broke into achs after he the coal-steel
.1. The position of French pool.
ference at Scotland Yard sn.d There is
and Belgian troops in Germany was led from the court room, opinion in the Assembly, Itself
Vigneault believed to be considered a plan to arm Post the Eden plan does not go
their supreme eventual Germany na Democratic State.
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Nuremberg, May 22.
Westminster Abbey service at A US Army Court Martial
A reward of £14300 has been today in memory of Sir Stafford Cripps, former British Chancellor on Thursday, sentenced a offered for information leading
money.
No further meeting would be 19.vear-old American soldier to the recovery of the stolen of the Exchequer d
The only points now left for
deci the Foreign Minister'
on, according to Chancellor Adenauer, were:
mental
show,
its
Is a strong body of where the end of the Occupa” the first "American to be sen-"Office employees with a wedrooms
tion.
death for killing a
a fire-arm-which, 31 for enough in Jutegraling the 2. The possibility of putting tenced to political structure of Europe, certain parts of the treaty sys-German since the end of the riderstood, would hurt attackers Fat a range of between 15 and 18 They regard the Eden scheme as tem Into operation before rati-war.
Although the 10-officer court feet. It ja ajrendy carried by a poor substitate for the close fication is completed. federation they want.
3. Giving the treaty system a did not specify, the usual army-security officers in charge of While this feeling was not ex-name plus a few lesser points method of carrying out the large sums of money taken to
death sentence le on the gal London banks. lows. As in all military court cases, however, the sentence is subject to review by higher
pected to be a serious hindrance/described by. It version
to
X
A
.
combed London's
Adenauer B
COMB UNDERWORLD agreement by the Ministers, "trivialities."
BOYCOTT OPPOSTMO they would be bottnd to take account of the reception which „*
Bonn, May 22.
Today, Scotland Yard's Fly- the plan will get when. It
The Social Democratic Op- authorities and confirmation by ing Squad Дося before the Assembly next pooltion Party will boycott the the President of the United underworld searching for clues. week,
expected signing on Monday of States.
They seek a link between the The two murderett Germansn Leaders of the European the treaty ending the Occupa
Germany the were Karl Eckart, business gang and a Post Office Informer who may have helped time the Movement, the unofficial body tion of West
rald. which is pressing for quick ac party's Press Chier, Fritz Heine, man and Lothar Schlosser, 20.
They were shot to death with Ud, have been conferring in said tonight.
As they no Social an army carbine early la the
searched, reports Luxemburg on the tactics they He told Reuter
10 after drink- morning of April
bags Jak came, that thros with registered parcels had been tampered with aboard a:mail Vigneault and another soldier.
* Many Germans listened silently train from London as the sentence was rend. Many | chester, of thom were neighboure and friends of Schlosser-Associated Further
will follow when the Assembly Democrat would attend the sighing beer at a tavern opcus on Minklay.
ing ceremony, not even Heinrich Kopf, the Social Democrat Pre- REALISTIC VIEW seems that A Peul-Henri sident of the Bundesrat (upper Spank (Belgium), who resigned house),
the where
signing the Chair of the Assembly last ceremony is due to take place. December, is likely to take a He sad Kopf had assured him strictly realistic view of Its of this in a telephone con- chances of re-forming the pre-versation from Hanover, where sont set-up.
he lives-Router;
According to his friends here, Mr Spank will urge the A sembly to stop wasting time over its own organisation, and leave such talk to those mem bers who are willing to co- operate,
.
Injured RAF Sgt Improving
Press.
L
detalls
of
to Man-
were.not
Jnown immediately.
In the House of Lords today, Bari de la Warr refuted earlier reports that the haul in the London van robbery included £45,000 in Jewellery. He also revealed that an alarm bell in had been. tamperad
the van.
The Police bellove
Police Ready' For Reds
Paris, May 22 Para today alerted 15,000 riot Police under orders to math
that This attitude, would lead to The condition of Sat Wolters, tan against General Matthew B carried out by the same gang
any violance in masa demonstras | yesterday's raid may have been separate meetings of the of the RAF, who was found in
new "Allled »Supreme which last week rolded a locked delegates of the Assembly from the bathroom of his room in the mander in Europe called mail department of a train and the six Federal", nations for Prince Ilotel, Kowloon, fast for tomorrow by the Comstole £11,000 whom M. Spaak proposes to evening with severe wounds in muni is.
Detectives
"have
new Vireo Work out
provisional hir t
throat, wrists, and abdomen; The city authorities are pre- clues raincoat, a pair of stect Constitution.
Also, on the Ministra prenda apparently caused by a lito, pared to mass Pollée quel at cutters and a wooden Ppilce
was mid to be improving this strategic points throughout the stylo trunchBos morning, when enquiries were city, rondy to move to any sector The raincoat bears a cleanor's made. He is under treatment at where a violence, threatens humber sencilled in black- Kowloon Hospital
Unlied: Fres,
Router,
is the signing of a convention embling students with diplomas in one country to enter
year, when he was released from his East German prison to
British military au- thorities
true to rem
In his final speech, defending Sir Stafford died in Zurich on officer Major G Badham picad- ed that Eggleton was "empera- April 21.
Queen Elizabeth II was repre- mentally unsuited to serve in a sented and among those who peacetime army and he asked a-half years. In attended were Prime Minister the court to take into account Winston Churchill and leader of his four and
circumstances where the Opposition Clement Attlee-gantin
other men went mad."--Reuter. Reuter.
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