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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1953.

The coffin of Her Majesty the late Queen Mary being borne in procession from the queen's Chapel, Marlborough House, to Westminster Hall for the Lying-In-State. The gun carriage was followed by the four Royal Dukes on foot. Here is a general view of the scene as the cortege passed from The Mail into Approach Road,

GENERAL UNEASINESS

IN

PARIS ABOUT PROSPECTS

United Nations

May Debate

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United Nations, Apr. 7. The United Nations will elect

the.

Swedish

economist Dog

as the

new

Hammarskjold, Secretary-General today, at the alart of a week's debate during to which the Communist offer resume fullscale ⚫armistice negotiations in Korea may brought up by Mr V, K. Krishna Menon, of India.

„VIRGINIA

MAYO

WARNER BROS: be

Mr Menon told Reuler yes- terday that he would ask today elther in the Committee or the Assembly when it was proposed that the Assembly should dis- cuss the Communist offer on the Korean prisoner exchange lasuc.

The Indian delegate is keen that the Assembly should take full note of the statement made last week by the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr Chou Ea-lal, and to be in position to discuss

A it whenever necessary.

The Western powers are not should anxious that the offer

be debated at United Nations headquarters at this stage and belleve that the Issue should not be rushed until the negotia- tors at Panmunjom have had a chance to work out something.

Before the Assembly meets in plenary session, the Political Committee will take up again the request of the United States that a special commission be established to investigato charges of the Soviet Union and that United Its supportera Nations forces in Korea have used germ warfare.

electing Mr After mirakjoeld, Vie Assembly will turn to the question of disarma- ment. It will have before it resolution from the Politienl Committee recommending that the United Nations Disarma- ment Commission continue Ita studies along broad Beneral lines laid down the West.

by

Hom-

The Soviet Union has sub- mitted an amendment to the resolution suggesting some com- paratively minor changes but apparently expressing a willing- ness to accept the Western plan of work-Router,

OF THE FRANC Hearing Denied American

Paris, Apr. 6

:

To Chiang's

The French National Assembly was disagree- ably surprised to learn on March 24, the eve of the departure of Rene Mayer, the Prime Minister, for Air Washington, that the government was short of cash and wanted authority to borrow 80 milliard Francs from the Bank of France.

The surprise was all the more unpleasant since the budget for the current year was only voted a few weeks earlier and was "triumphantly stated by the government to be balanced."

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Washington, April 0. The Supreme Court today

Belgrade, Apr. 0. dented a hearing to two former

The United States today an Chinese Air Force officers from

Yugoslavia who's government seeks at of an additional

Generalissimo Chiang nounced a grant to

$11,000,000 in In emergency drought ald reites: accounting of US$49,000,000

funds in the hope it wil tide procurement funds,

over until The brief order leaves in the country effect a lower court require- year's crops are harvested.

The new grant brings the NOTE: Tram service of cast and west directions is available mont that they give in

of relief ald total This state of affairs was re- Franes loan, people should be counting.

at the end of every mid-night performance. Aceted in the money market, reminded before they ask for The men are L-Gen P, T. United States since the begin- where steady gold prices and government assistance that the Mow, who formerly headed the ning of the fiscal year, exchange actes registered the morley they want has to be Chinese Nationalist Air Force US$31,000,000. Other assistance Anancial stability obtaken out of their pockets before office in this country, and his during that period, chiefly for defence purposes, has swollen talnext last year under the "no it can be put back into them associate Col, V. S. Shiang,

French more taxes" policy of the then

American programand to commentators hava They charged tha: Federal courts Prime Minister,

US$107,000,000. Mr Antoine taken this occasion to emphasise have no furisdiction over a suit

With a big "If," Jartos Killen, Pins, and

and in appearance en- that the real difference between by a foreign nation against Its

of the Mutual Security Mr in the 1933 budget. tax

resources and projected own nationals. This was the Chief

the Mayer himself,

expenditure is such that only enly issue taken to the high Mission here, expressed however, made it clear in the revolution in the tax system and bench after two lower courts hope that Yugoslavia will be debate on the new loan from an increase in the all-over bur- decided against them.

able to land on its own feet the

Bank of France, which den og taxation on the one hand, The officers were Ared teorn economically by mid-1954, means in effect printing money

The big condition depends up- 10 meet current debts, that al- or very considerable cuts in their jobs but refused to o

aily in 50-

back to Formosa as they were on what kind of crop the cour expenditure, especially though the current budget was vernment services, could bring

ordered to

to do. Gen. Mow fled try produces this year and that, balanced on paper, the estimated about a healthy financial situato Mexico where he is now in

in turn depends on rain soon. excess of expenditure over anti-ten and put en sad to ine the federal penitentiary fighting Lack of it over the past month cipated revenue for this year dronic cause of inflation.

extradition to Formosu. Col. has caused mounting concern- was in the neighbourhood of 500 This is generally recognised Shiang is still in this country, Associated Press. millard Francs.

by all parties. General unenalness about the it comes to authorising the gov

But every time his lawyers said-United Press. prospects of the Frane was ermeni to enforce big promptly generated in financial economies, the requisite clrcles, and gold prices showed jority in the National Assembly o renewed tendency to ease. is conspicuous by its absence.

Since the end of the war, French

bodica

made economy has

considerable strides,

FLAGRANT EXAMPLE

A flagrant example of

this

Italians Loading More Persian Oil

Duchess Of Kent

Teheran, Apt. d. To Attend

Reconstruction of war damage, was given within a few hours of The Italian tanker Pica today building of electricity power the angry debate on the Bank of began loading 5,000 tons of stations, which add greatly to France loan. All speakers de Persian crude oil at the port of

of taxation.

FINANCIAL STRAIN

1

Malayan Ball

London, Apr. 6. The Duchess of Kent has secopied an invitation to attend a Coronation Ball arranged by tho Malayan Students' Union vr

the future potential wealth of notinced the conditions making Bander Mashoor, it was fearned the country, and modernisation this inflationary measure sieces-

here tonight. had I basic industries have been sary, but no sooner

the The tanker is owned by the successfully undertaken

amount been voted, to cover, be Emts Petrolifero CITI

Italia Medi big scale, largely financed out noted, current obligations of criente (EPIM). The Arm's

the government,

the Assembly managing director, Count Ettore voted an entirely fresh. Item of della Zonca, left for Mashoor expenditure not provided for in yesterday to arrange for the and the Malay Society the fovestment's calculations. shipment.. He has bern in Great Britain et, the Dorchester This consisted of a credit of Teheran for several days. Hotel, London, on Monday, 300,000,000 Franca to assist Reuter.

June 20. farmers to pay for compulsory To this burdon, must be

vaccination of cattle against added tho semi-permanent we the danger

But this has, at the same time, pul a great strain on the contemporary finances of the country.

In Indo-China which is costing disease.

Invitations have also been

of foot and mouth only had about one-quarter of accepted by the Sultan and Sultma of Johore, the Sultan of that Agure.

of Perak the country one milliard Franc "If you make it compulsory." Municipal elections are duo Selangor, the Sultan 4-day, or nearly one-third ofóne Deputy exclaimed, "you to take place in the last week and the Sultan of Kelantan..

Malay A cabaret including the total national state expendare also responsible for paying of April," and Treasury officials

of Indian and Chinese dances and fure, and the greatly increased for it." So, while at midnight are now breathing a sigh

will be presented by cost of social services, compared the government thought that it relief that Parliament adjourned tableaux with before the war.

had procured its 20 milliard for seven weeks at the end of the Malayan students On an average, every salary francs, by two am it already March,autor.

how in Britain.-France-Pressq.

40 per cent in contributions to

costs an employer an additional

social welfare funds. ***

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Another drain, is tho ministration of some of the in dustries nutionalised co the business-like where means of, finance and id-| minis.rutice cas not yet always upplied and where deficits have then to be covered by the

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of a political or social. problem than a financial ones one of the coming young men to the Trench National Assembly, Mr Diomede Catroux, stressed during the on the now Bank of

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