THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1953.
Proposals For Liberalising BALKANS Trade In Far East
TREATY SIGNED
Athens, Feb. 25.
A Treaty of Friendship between Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia WIS initialled here today following nego- tlutions between the Foreign Ministers of the three coun 1rics.
The realy is to be formally signed next Friday in AnKGI,
While the lex has not yet been nude pibile, it was upater- slood that the tremp contained · a preamble slysshy; that it was of a purely defenzive nature anul came within the tramework of the United Nations Charter,
It was also provided that the freaty would lie open to all.
Its main features were cul- tural and economic since the military features were drafie.1 in very vague terins, contrary to the reported desire of Yugo-
lavia.
In this connection, it was in- elerulood that Yugoslavia con- stituted the chief
drafting the treaty's military provisions because one of the! objectives sought had been to integrate Yugoslavia -- not a member of NATO — into the Westem defence system with two NATO members —–—– Greece and Turkey.
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The present treaty failed to volve this problem and observers | believed real military pack would be necessary to achieve this purpose unless Yugoslavia i Joined NATO which does not seem likely for the time being.- France-Presse.
Likes Aly Very
Much
London, Feb. 25. Hollywood movie star Gene Tierney flew into London today and déclared she likes Prince Aly Khan very much.
Advanced At Manila
PLAN FOR A PAYMENTS UNION
Manila, Feb. 25.
Asian countries today advanced six proposals to ease commercial difficulties as the trade promotion meeting of the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East ended its third session of the current con- ference.
The proposals were put forward by Thailand, Japan, India and Indo-China in a lively debate of Committee "B" under the chairmanship of the delegate from Malaya and British North Borneo, Mr P. G. Yap.
Unique Gift For Queen
Palermo, Sicily, Feb, 25.
Sielan peasant crafts- nion are working on a Coronation present for Queen Elizabeth—a 33-foot hand-carved Meitlan fshing smack, which will sail to England with cargo of gifs for the Royal Family.
The smack, called "Sun of Sielly", has a Paladin as its figurehead and will be équipped with mator and sali,
Fillo
the will mail up Thames in June when her
Italian tricolour and Bicilian bicolour flags will be flown and a Union Jack Rown at the most-Reu- ter.
Asks Lifting
Of Barriers
Tokyo, Feb, 25, Japan has started talks with India and Australa to relax im- port restrictions un Japanese goods, the Foreign Once said through Ita spokesman, Mitsuo Tanaka, today-
Japan has already rule such
Mr
The Prince is 2 former a request to Brital but she has
husband of Rita Hayworth.
at
Gene arrived from France. where she has been visiting friends since September, to start work
Britain's Pinewood Studios on a new picture.
Asked by reporters about rumours that she has been seeing a lot of the Price recently, she said: "But of course I've a lot of hn. I am a slagle girt and I go out with lots of men, like him very much."-Associat- eel Prest
100,000-1 Chance
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Thailand proposed that a system of price stabilisation be adopted in order to stimulate pro- duction in the ECAFE region, The plan was strongly supported by France.
Japan urged the establish- | tions of rubber prices as dan- ment of a payments agrevinent gorous to that economy. among the various ecuntries to "I propose to overcome the oversiune currency problems, dificulties we have by letting
Indonesia proposed
the there be free competition be- establishment of a free rubber tween natural rubber and syn- market open for anyone who thetic rubber," he said. wunts to buy..
"There is now no free rubber Tadla proposed barter agree-market for anybody who wants
Aslan payments to buy ments,
lower ocean freight thin and
Ibrahim said after the Com- mittee's session that the United Lalong Thavil States had ceased stockpiling of said that in natural rubber, resulting in a secking
stabilisation, decline price
of indonesia's rubber minimum and maxinum levels vales. could be fixed in which prices might be allowed to selllate.
It had been done largely in the ease of rice and there was
BARTER SUGGESTED
India's K. J. Clectus, advocal- ing barter agreements to in-
no reason why it could not be erense trade, said, "Multilateral done in the case of other com-j trade agreements have been suggested but that will take time to achieve because we don't have the basis for them in this region nt present.
modities,
What was needed, he said, Was an
between agreement sellers and buyers,
that a
"One way to solve our troubles Iles in barter agreements. This may be considered primitive but are sometimes primitive encans useful. There is nothing wrong promote obstacles with barter agreements between countries of this region and countries of Europe."
FREE COMPETITION Japan's Next Kanokogi said multilateral payments arrangement would trade by removing created by the "Inconvertibility of currencies."
Mr Clectus said: "Indian ex-
He called for the submission perience in barter agreements has to the ECAFE Secretariat of been encouraging and we have data on foreign trude
that delegations so could be undertaken.
Indonesia's
called
by
E
all entered into a large number survey of barter agreements -with European countries. These ar- Ibrahimrangements Tesher
arc working out attention to the im-well. nol y received any reply, portance of subber to Indonesian "There is no reason why com- Air Tanaka told a Press con-economy and branded fluctua-modities cannot be exchanged it ference that sin
similar would soon be made to Pakistan and later to New Zealand.
requests
The Japanese Government blames import restrictions of
for starting Starling countries the down-trend in Japanese ex- ports Last July-United Press.
To Admit Libya?
Cairo, Feb. 25. The Cairo newspaper AL Alfram sald tuklay that the Arab States-had agreed - to Newark, NJ, Feb. 25. adinit the NICW kingdom of A cow here produced three Libya into the Arab League. Mr Naguib El Rawl, healthy calves, despite odds of 1 quoted 100,000 to one against Triplets. Iraqi Ambassador here.--Reu- Router.
ter.
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GROCERY
CONTROLS
LIFTED
American Action
as
payments in currencies are dim- cult. It is up to individual coun-
tries to get together. Payment difficulties are hindering trade. There are not enough dollars."
PAYMENTS UNION
Mr Cleetus then advocated an "Asian Payments Union" which,
would co-operate with payment the
unions in other parts of world. He said that this called
for a pool of certain currencies by the countries of one region
for the
of making purpose payments.
The British-delegnic,- Mr-A Percival, took issue with Mr barter Cleetus
He defended the
at the
Ex
advocacy
of
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Flowers For NAVAL WAR GAMES A
Captain
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The wife of the Teanian Ambassador to Rome shown presenting a bouquet of flowers to Captain Amilcaro Mazzeo,
delivered commupder of the oil tanker Miricila which consignment of oil from Abadan to Voulet. The cargo was Impounded by order of the Venice Tribunal on application from the Anglo-Iranian Oll Company pending a decision on its ownership.-Express Photo.
Pyrrhic Victory
For The West In Iraq?
Baghdad, Feb. 25.
Pro-Western forces rolled up a big majority
in Iraq's general elections last month, but many observers here believe the West won a pyrrhic victory.
TEST FOR MOUNTBATTEN
First Exercises Under A Unified Command
(By HAROLD GUARD)
Malta, Feb, 25. NATO's first unified Mediterranean exercise
· “Operation Rendezvous” — will be held under Admiral Lord Mountbatten's command late in March, starting what will be an interesting experi- ment in the co-operation of Allied navies,
Admiral Mountbatten's leadership will be under close watch by many nations.
There is parallel here to the, but Admiral Mountbatten's op- Mitution in the last war when pointment has knocked out that Admiral Mountbatten become idea. Commander in South-East Asia More responsible Malteso point clashed with American out that it would be unconstitu- idcns of strategy.
tional for any British possession A
that time be flow to to receive foreign aid which, in Ottawa and promised the lote any case, was being received in- President Roosevelt that he directly from Britain. would be a "good American."
for
Another Maltese consideration
That clash might come again, is whether the pending United Mountbatten got States agreement with Spain for
his al
new NATO
command only as Mediterranean naval and aerial base faciliter
much pull- would affect Malta's NATO posi- ' ing and pushing regarding the
British officers'discard this but against Americans here are not so sure.
who
candidacy, which
want Admiral Robert Carney,
tion.
now has almost a rival base at-United Press. Naples and whose Sixth Fleet actually Independent of Admiral Mou
Mountbatten.
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AK
Americans
ans put first priority on employing the Mediterranean an operating theatre for carriers capable of striking atomic blows in the Balkans, Midle East and south-western Russia.
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Britain sees the primary job to be one of defending life-
nes" to the Middle East and
Asia
WORKING SMOOTHLY
No Secret
Clauses In
Army Pact
Paris, Feb. 25. The French Defence Minister, M. Rene Pleven, today denied National Assembly But American Commander before the
National Defence Committer W. D. Bonvillian, Chief Ofleer
that there of the United States Naval Air clauses in the European Defence Any secret Squadron
here, is working Community Treaty.
were
closely and smoothly with the
the texts of the protocols sug- British.
Malta's Air Offer Command discussed in Rome had not yet gested by France and now being Vice-Marshal B. V. been definitely worded. It would kg Air
said that thus far be improper to divulge their Britain's technique of... de exact wording until the end of centralising the command systefa | the Foreign Ministers' meeting in and giving each NATO country Rome.
Reynolds,
In the first direct elections in Iraq's history, included in the mutual security
a defence fortress should be means of furnishing national
for
command of an individual de- No one nation could stand the fenor zone
zone had been accepteri Anancial burden of rearmament, by all the participants.
he said. Watching
with
General Charles de Gaulle considerable
leader of the French uncasiness this new prominence
People's thrust on Malta are its people.
Rally, denemeed the proposed There is widespread feeling European Army as a "camouflage that If Malta murt again become of itional abdication" and as a
contingents
American
Speaking at a Press conference, General de Gaulle sak the European Army Treaty would France's
while independence ranean Command would be giving no cuarantee by the American, there was belief that Americans that France would be the island would get dollar aid defended.
programmes which tha strategy. NATO members. United
States extending to
supporters of General Nuri Es Said and In-a
a smashing dependents friendly to him won triumph. Members of dissolved opposition parties took only 20 seats and Nuri Es Said emerged once again as Iraq's dominating political figure.
This means, for one thing, the A more extreme position would British-dominated Iraq Petroleum be antagonistle to the West. Company is free from the na- tonalisation th:cat for the Salch Jabr, leader of the
National
Socialist Minister when the latest IPC Party and former Prima
cereals-cigarettes, | price system and said that barter moment. Nuri Es Said 'was Prime dissolved
"sap away which agreement was signed which/Minister, is a good example. In
Washington. Feb. 25. Tho United States Govern- ment today ufted price controls from nearly all dry groceries- such copper and aluminium,
agreements foundation of The Controls which were ted we all know to be the best" from aluminium
Barler and
agreements had discri-
which also apply to all products made ninatory aspects from these metals.
Price against the system of fair play officials said they felt Impelled In International trade. to lift copper controls because scrap copper has not moved to the market level as they hoped
it would
copper
were
Mr Cleetus then proposed the lowering of ocean freight rates which, he said, had been rising steadily in recent years. "High ocean freight rates," ho sale, Scrap copper eclling prices | "have hindered the movement Euro- Then, however, pump prices have pean countries adapan, for gone up but dealers continued | instance,
sernp
SPANISH BASES
likely that the NATO Mediter
Last year, when it appeared | mean the disappearance of
Inventors To
"The institutions of the Euro- pean defence community, bor their maturo and by their or
Toganisation, will be incapable of
Give Show
•
gave Iraq oil revenues to reach the past, Salch Jabr has been 50,000,000 Ingi Dinars by 1955
1055 friendly to the West. When ha Ca Dinar equals
was Prime Minister in 1948, he Sterling). Nuri Es Said argues signed the Portsmout Treaty Iraqi oil already is "nationalised with Ernest Bevin, revising the
Brussels, Feb. 25. and the
Some 500 Inventors from 11 He Government simply Anglo-Iraqi treaty,
15
different countries will present market the oil for Inq. permits. IPC to produce and bein labelled "pro-American." their brain-waves at the second
his
show
coping with the defonce of the Continent and, in particular, of our
- Reuter and country. France-Presse.
POINT FOUR DISCUSSION
New Delhi, Feb. 21 Twenty top American Point Four Air omteers from six Aszin countries will
Theet in the tomorrow to discuss the ed work
*Congo,
In the January elections, international. Inventors A wave of pubile clamour for however, Salch Jebr complained bere, reform has swept Iraq in recent his Party was crushed by un- Taking part will be repre- months, and IPC revenues give constitutional methods and 105 stateswitzerland, Gerany. the Government a chance to of 115 of followers with- are screaming for
provide them.
Luxembourg, A Board
drow of
their candidates before Morocco, to hang on to scrap, a Govern-scrap. There is plenty of scrap
Belgian the Netherlands, believes Ho ment spokesman said
in the
but shipping Economic Development has been the voting. region
Spain and Belgium. set up to invest oil revenues. West- including America costs are too high and it is, no
Record man of the exhibition This situation. he added. longer profitable
handic
has given at least tocit support to
With immense natural
to forced them to remove primary scrop."
what Jabr considers an un-will be a German Inventor who sources, ample capital and democratic regime. The result intends to present at least 50 copper price restrictions now, He urged that the plan be instead of trying to hold them considered by ECAFE with a have all the answers
April
to its intensively nationalistic until
originally vicw 39
secking the reduction
Many lon economic problems. planned.
of shipping
rates United
Western observers regard this Presa.
country as the Arab world's first The Price Stabiliser said that
Ure of defence against Com- the copper picture is confused
munist at the moment. There probably will be increases but it is diff- cult to predlet how much, he said
In the major metals "controls were retained only on the price of steel and nickel.
The Price Stabiilser said con- trola were retained only of coffco and coffee concentrates among the dry groceries.
The removal of ceilings from cigarettes also applies to other tobacco products, though cigare have been free for some time. Router.
FUTURE OF WAR CRIMINALS
Canberra, Feb. 25.
un
Egyptian Pact With
E. Germany
sparse population, Iraq seems to has been to drive him into an different Inventions. France gramme in
also look
BEST CHANCE
an bo
ing of the American Aj Programme la Asia.
They are experts respormibia werking of the mid pros India, Pakistan. will
be represented by 150 in Burma, Indonesia, Afghanistan
and Nepal.
Afterwards they will attend ionophane, a device giving the conference in Bangalore South highest quality available sound India, with 10 ald oficiala trom
Dosi-
ventions,
production.
amongst
them
the
curasi-Reuter.
Saleh Jabr's best chance for a The show will be open Washington at which the whale
between March 6 and 15 at the range of Paint Four Ald prob On the political level things political comeback appears to
Asia will be To allinnco with such Brussels Filal d'EnontAsso- 37 West. good for the Nuri Es Said favours revision extremis parties as the Na- clated Prest.
but not abrogation of the tional Democratle Union and Anglo-Iraqi treaty of 1930, the Independence Party. Both which permits Britain to keep these parties favour nationalisa- of the Iraq Petroleum bases in the country. So Company and abrogation of the long as Nuci Es Sald remains Anglo-Iraqi treaty.
air
in pover, Iraq will lend a willing ear to regional defence plans, if Egypt and other Arab States agree.
J
THE OTHER SIDE
tion
If this coalition materialists, the real opposition to Iraq's Cairo, Feb, 25,
few Government in the next Egypt and East Germany to-
months will be not to the Parlin- night agreed on the exchange of
ment but in the streets.
When £4,000,000 worth of goods, A spokesman of the East German On the other side of the coin martial law is lifted, political trade delegation, sald the two things don't look so bright. The agitation almost certainly will countries would sign a trade pact-Western majority of the new increase. The opposition conll- Parliament was elected while tion is not above working with on Saturday,
The question of payment was martial law was in force, after the underground Iraqi Left Wing. the last obstacle in the fortnight-political parties had been dis-|
Such political agitation may solved and practically all party long talles.
tho Government Into The spokesman refused to give newspapers had en suppressed. force
Kamal any further details pending the Socialist
Chaderchi, making a fatal mistake-dlver- The future of Japanese warfomal signing of the past. leader of the National Democra-alan of oil revenues from the Board to the criminals crying sentences
An Egyptian Foreign Ometic Union, was released from Development Manus Island is under con-source confirmed that agreement prison only three days before current budget in an effort to
the election. Supporters of the provide superficial alderation by the Australlon hatt been reached. Government, the Prime Minis- Under the terms of the agree-dissolved
opposition partiet demanded by the opposition, ter, Mr Robert Menzies, told ment, Egypt will send East entered only limited list of
or calidates.
The big political test in Iraq the House of Representatives Germany cotton, manganese ore
the next few months will bo today.
and phosphates in exchange
potentially progressive whether a pro-Western regkne group of iraq political leaders cat cesist the templation to pro- machinery
printing
machines feel they were not given a vide superficial reforms at the
chanco to guccood 21 Sheer, 22 Prey, 23 Speed, 20 Data, 29 Ensured, 30 Blas, 31 ment that all war criminals and card board.
through expense of long-range prosperi- B, 32 Sopla, 33 Else. Down:.1 Flaga, 2 Imitate, 4 Sinew, & Sape, there would be sent back to Last year's trade between democratic peocrops. The net. That test, and not martial 6 Gang, Stow, 11 Avers, 13 Away, 14 Sped, 10 Stres, 17 Japan this year whether they Egypt and East Germany was result may be to forco these law election, will be the reat Used, 18 Sent, 20 Reduces, 32 Pens, 24 Peals, 25 Peril, 27. Acid, had completed their sentences worth £250,000 (about £250,-groups into more extrema posle datamining factor for Iraq's 28 Abla..A
or not--Hautai,«
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