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Bevan's Future
THE British Labour Party
T
"disowned" Mr
for
Тобы
open
un
Aneurin Bevin general rebelliousness preifically for his challenge to Mr Attlee
the Il-Bomb in the Llo fence debate in the House of Cummons a fortnight ago. But the act of disowning ur withdrawing the whip"
WHA
the most drastic netim that could have been? taken. Perhaps the most damning would have been the recommendation for his
- expulsion by the
Party Nationni
Labor
Executive.
It wouki then have [
tiffeatt for the Executive
to have done otherwise than
to reply.
The
taken stand
by the Shadow Cabinet anther mug-i gested that they wanted to) take only nominal yet apparently severe disciplin
tiper BY MASUPER
against
rebel leader by excluding him from the Labour ranks for a period of months, as it did in 1939 when he openly. urged a combined Socialist- Communist front against Fascism. Undoubtedly, un- ter the influence of Mr Autler, the right-wing Party
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FRIDAY,
New Labour
Crisis Threat
42 Slain In
Ambush
Djakarta, Mar. 17. Forly policemen and two women were killed in the South Celebes on Tuesday last when their truck WIL ambusbed by nome 100 arms inen. it was stated here today.
Two other women were wounded, it was mulded.
The police truck was al- tacked at close range while on its way from Parepart fo Enrekang about 100 miles north of Macassar, il
reported. -France-
WHA Frease.
Larry Adler Coming To Hongkong
Paris, Mar. 17.
left
Iraders realised the possible American mouth organ consequences of recommend. virtuoso Larry Adler ing any extreme action. Mhere today for his London Bevan's fate will now. be
headquarters to pick up 150 National decided by the
will Executive. The next ques-harmonicas which be tion therefore is: Will Mr take with him on a three- Bevan be expelled?
month concert tour of the Far East beginning in Kara chi on April 1.
some
MR BEVAN'S LIEUTENANTS MAY QUIT
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Why There Was No Top-Level Meeting
Moscow Blames Churchill
Moscow, Mar. 17.
Russła tonight accused Sir Winston Churchill of having "himself renounced the proposals he had made" last year for a two-power meeting between Britain and the Soviet Union. Mustry of Foreign Affairs, wh exchanged between the British Prime Min
T charge was made by the
which published seven letters
and the Soviet
Foreign Minister, for a possible
110 Jevel omference.
A fresh crisis threatened the Labour Party tonight with the expectation that of left-winger Aneurin Bevan's lieutenants on its governing caucus, the National Executive Committee, may resign in protest if he is sacked from the Party.
Parliamentary opinion hardened tonight that the fiery Welshman, who was yesterday excluded The Ministry said the letters were being published in con- from the parliamentary section of the Party by a
nection with Sir Winston statement to the 141-112 vote for defiance of its rules, will be recom-Churchill'y
House
three days mended for expulsion next Wednesday when the ино
"In that statement he said he executive considers his case.
Mr Bevan, though now an independent Social- Mr Molotov in July of last year ist MP barred from taking part in the Parlia-n two-power meeting in
neutral capital, but his sugges mentary Labour group's activities is still a member tion had been superseded by the of the 6,400,000 strong Labour movement in the Russian note of July 24 augɛest- country.
If the 57-year-old left winger is thrown out, five of the 28-member executive, who are his lieutenants, will decide whether to resign in protest.
hu
of Commons
twice communicated with
H
ing an All-European Conference on collective security.
"NOT EXACT TEXT" The Soviet statement said Sir Winston Churchill had giver: They have taken no decision ahead of the event but one of the five admitted tonight that if their cham-the content of conadential ex- change of letters" between him- of the five self and Mr Molotov but had not pion goes the possibility of at least some
given "the exact text" "walking out" of the executive is "not excluded."
Tho
Announcement said it But some parliamentary sources prophesied this action long may be forestalled by a move from a section of Labour's "Old was clear from the exchanges the creation not of a splin tour in various climates which Guard" on the executive to extend the proposed expulsion of that Mr Churchill "himself re-
ANY attemtp to eradicate
Q
Mr Adler said he anticipated
serious exCEAS vir
baggage
of the problem because
Bevaniam from the Labour Party could possibly lend to
already required a large stock of spure group that exists!-but the disastrous | instruments. division of Labour into two and separate
ter
Bevan melal
ruste-an
New Formosa Formula Said Worked Out
Mr Bevan to some of his lcuding adherents-not necessarily said, "The tropics He
are all or any of those on the governing committee-Reuter, distinct murder
harmonicas — the } parties; for it is hard to wood swells, glue meils, and alculate I Mr imagine that
150 of them in would forsake politics mere may wear out ly because of his expulsion, three months in the Far East."
From Karachi, Mr Adler will And he knows that many of
fly lo India to give reeltals in the loval constituency Bombay,
Calcutta, And New are in sym- | Delhi, His tour will also in- Labour purties pathy with him.
These clude Tokyo, Singapore, Hong- considerations would there-kong. Manila, New Zealand, and fore tend to militate against Australia. nny move to cleanse the of the dis- party ranks sidents.
In Tokyo, where he appeared three years ago, after a tour of he will the Korean war front, Rive a
with Rive
concert
Washington, Mar. 17.
Mr Robert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, will present his Cabinet with important recommenda- tions about Formosa and a bigger role for Australia in Western Pacific defence strategy when he returns after Orchestra) i conferences with United States leaders, according to
includo informed sources here.
It may thus be found that the Symphony of the Air (former
right-wing will "scotch the NDC Symplexy snake, but kill it." Political | May, considerations
His here dictat
tactics.
IT is
adopt #teamroderi
repertoire will
Gershwin, and his own compost-i
paranoust in the
present-day
that obedience
-France-Presse,
A source in close touch with for
ragarded
party system INCIDENT AT *t
be
he
I
Was
had
the proposals which he IT This
done under the pretext that the Soviet Govern maik In its note of July 24. concerning the convening of an Ail-European
Conference collective security in Europe. substituted the proposal of Mr Churchill in the eyes of the two Kovertemebla,
"The
on
absence of foundation for this retrom is evident from the fact that after the British Prime Minister had renounced a meeting of the heads of gov- ernments of Britain ond the USSR, the British government also refused
to participate in the All-European Conference."
"NO REASON“ The announcement
said that
Gives Big Order
SIR MILES THOMAS
Why Were The Yalta Secrets Divulged ?
THE STATE
DEPT NOT
TALKING
Washington, Mar, 17,
譬
Airliner
B.O.A.C.
ORDER
TWENTY
Able To Fly 2,870 Miles Non-Stop
London, Mar. 17.
The De Havilland Aircraft Company today an- nounced their programme for the Comet airliner following statements made by the British govern- ment on February 16, and the deliberations which have been proceeding concerning the requirements of BOAC and the world operators.
Sir Miles Thomas has informed the Company that for their main operations of jet airliners, BOAC have decided to order a fleet of 20 of the new
Mark 4 Comet aircraft, a development beyond the earlier versions, having an improved type of the Rolls Royce Avon jet engines, a redesigned fuse- lage, great fuel capacity and other refinements.
'This is a very fast airliner of The State Department spokes-long runge with a universal man today refused to explain suitability. why the United States had e- The engine to be atted in the leased the Yalla documents al
this time.
Correspondents at a press con- ference protested vigorously about arrangements made for the release of the documents and pressed Mr Suydum strongly for an explanation of the timing.
In reply. Mr. Suydum said: "I think the action of the De- partment of State in making the Yata documents public will have to speak for itself."
One correspondent protested ummediately that the release of the documents did not speak for
Itself.
Mark 4 Comet shows a nine per cent improvement in specifie consumption and a
500-b crease in tako-off thrust.
in-
The Mark 4 Comet will carry 58 first-class passenget 02 a stage-length of 2,870 milos against a 50 mph head wind. In effect this means that BOAC will be able to fly to Johannesburg with traffic
2, improved in accordance with the knowledge gained in the extensive work that has been done by De Havilland
during the past year is now for those medium-stage
offered
inter-
continental operations for which it is eminently suited, and will bo available at an earlier date than the Mark 4 Comet.
bas
The Royal Alr Force dovided to
to acquire Comet 2's for the high-speed operations will be a single specification for Transport Command, and there
pur
of
stops at Cairo and Naltabi. the HAP and for other
This will embody in- chasers. formation gained during, and
There will be direct services from London to the East, Beirut thence to Karachi, thence
to Bangkok, Okinawa and Tokyo,
المدرج
LONDON NEW YORK
be subjected to
to repeatedly load- ng tekis in the water tank and will, of course, be backed by a civil certificate of air-
since the recent Inquiry. It will
worthiness.
On the North Atlantic-routs the Mark 4 Comet will carry ite
capacity
payload
from full this Parrying
further London 10 Gander in Newfound- questions on
the same subject lax, with full reserves, thus Mr Suydan said: "I can make making ite
the application to no further comment,"
London-New York service
and
REFUSES TO ANSWER
sald Mr Suydam
embassies."
economic possibility.
an
The BOAC decision to con-
WELL ADVANCED The plun, now decided upon gives British civil aviation and the De Havilland Company the best possible opportunity in that
of
a limited centrate on this model is made advanced designs con bo. offered number of copies of the docu-in the interesis of standardisation at attractive dates, yet with da
unrivalled
background ments was still available and and for the timing of the Cor- un
traffic would bo sent to "interested poration's
development positive experience. and fleet requirements. It also The Mark 4 Comet being a facilitates the De Havilland pro- straightforward projection of the He refused to say whether the gramme because it permite en Comet 3, is well advanced in the Formosa, in his letters, Mr Molotov de-nopies released to the press at a cartier Introduction OK! the design. Already the considerable a solution of that the party machine Bach. Eneseu, Debussy, Albenla,
amount of ground test work and the flight trials which have con- buns from the film, "Genevieve.", the condevemos and Mr Menzies | crai from this formula. But it clared that there was no reason | moment's notice last night, when advanced version of the Comet. delicate te mika two-power meeting the New York Times bad pro- It makes possible the avail- his Washington talk would require further
the Soviet pro- gotiations in private with dependent in
cured a copy from some surec, ability of a large world airliner tinued unremittingly since the as of such importance" that
were the copies which had been with jet propulsion at an adven- Comet 3 first flow in July of last lo confer thought it necsITY
other interestes parties before posal for an All-European Con-
ference.
designated for confidential dis- tageous date and with a long-year have enabled the perform- Immediately with all members details could be divulged,
ance of the Mark 4 to be estab- It said that the results already tribution to Congressmen,
career ilte. hud
AUSTRALIA'S ROLE his Cabinet. So
achieved
con- at the Geneva
This version interests carriers, Lished, and its aerodynamle and Mr Menzies had reached very
to contribute
those who
been. had handling qualities have i selected March 20-the next day
Correspondents demanded to including substantial agreement with the ference "should
of other ques- knW after his return to Canberra.
Tow whether the State De- ordered the Comot 8. It super-largely proved.-A Special Cor- the the regulations States leaders O
The Comet respondent Mr Menzies
pariment would conduct an ipodes that model. saw Mr Claries United
Lactical uses of atomic weapons tions as well."
"From the contents of this vestigation into the "Icak" of San Paolo, Mar. 17. Wilson, Secretary of Defence, to-
In the event of open aggression I was leanadi. The day and discussed the military
use pepectul
of atomic In Asia,
Australia
in his letter of July United States und the "Cherry
Suicide Club" and Tree
proposal energy. modern were in gaol here today as a re-
Matesmen also had agreed that 27 declined his own The Formosa recommenda-
Australia's chief value to a of a moeting of the heads party system as an essential suit of smashing furniture and
typewriters yesterday in the tions were a closely guarded
strong co-operative defence in government of Britain and the prerequisite to stability.
stores, but I wan learned
Asia was Australia's physical USSR which he had suggested Japanese Consulate,
on July 4", the announcemeta t that they represented a com-
size and political stability. pletely new formula to end
Australia, according to the sald,
the the Formosa crisis and case
trend of present things would be the threat of war over the
the prime supply centre and dis- offshore balands.
persal area in the conduct of an Asian campaign should a global war occur.--Router.
virtually absolute
the
mist for sake of survival. Only B small degree of flexibility in
CONSULATE
permissible. This has come | Ten members of the Japanese
to
in be accepted evolution
of the
#
About 20 members of this The iden that a party is bound
catted on the con- fanatical sect together by an extremely Aul asked that 200 of their
ank high sense fif
individual members shoukl be granted loyalty and very large facilities to return to Japan.
the consul said this was When degree of unanimous agree- ment can be accepted only impossible, trouble started which where the principle of strict was only quelled by the arrival obedience within the party of the police,
is itself accepted.
"regimentation" of
This
Plans called for consultations with other nations in addition Australia and tho United
to
States.
Two members of the consulate It was understood that both staff were slugged and injured Mr Menzies and Mr John Foster Dulles, entertained great hopes major in the fray-France-Presse,
party groups In recognised
[S
an essential feature of
Parliamentary systems the *||-| world over. It is the founda-
tion of political unity and solidity. In n
Democracy,
the degree of regimentation
any time, however,
be
Are Women A Wash-out?
mothers?
In
that should be applied at Are women a wash-out? Is their proper place in the difficult to assess. And this home? Is the best service they can render the community to Labour's that of slicking to the task of being good wives and appears problem at the present.
this week's Saturday Mail, Robert Pitman Cortainly it may be argued
that the Party has left its sets out to answer these questions this is one bold and disciplinary action against provocative page of reading. And there are many others Mr Bovan far too late. And in the 20-page Saturday edition, filled with the latest and the Party in being shaken best features avaliable-bright and light reading for your very severely by the stresses week-end leisure hours. that have divided ft again' and again' in recent months.
Even though Mr Bovan may
bo disowned or ostracised
if he is allowed to remain
within the party, at best the right-wing can claim
that a major crisis has been
Here are some other highlights:.
A famous "Barts” psychiatrist debunks faith heating; Why American servicemen want to be discharged in Europe;
[
Hitler crack down, on the Cloak and Dagger Squadron.
Valuable Catch
London, Mar. 17.
Church it is seen that
of
This was done under excuse that the proposal of the Soviet government of July 24, calling for a general European conference on collection security in Europe alingedly took pince
of the meeting. pro- posed by Churchill,
NO FOUNDATION The lack of foundation for the this is clearly seen from
that after the
British
of
that the
the Yalta documents to the press but again Mr Saydam gave the questioners oo satisfaction.
He sald additional copies which would be made available to Congressmen were now being prepared and would bo avail- ablo in three or four weeks. --Reuter.
"Mrs Marriage"
Sued
London, Mar. 17. London's "Mrs Marriage", 40- year-old Heather Cox, whose marriage bureau has helped to turn 5,000 spinsters into brides, is being med for divorce, it was learned today.
A female adult coelacanth was fact caught for the first time off the Premier's refusal, the Britian Hittle island of Anjouan in the government refused to take part the All-European Con- Comoro archipelago to the north in
Lorence. of Madagascar today.
Scientists will welcome this "In Mr Molotov's replies
as giving them the op- July 31 and August 11, it was
Mrs Cox, better known us many out clearly pointed out standing questions about this question of a meeting of heads Mas Heather. Henne, has been arranging - mariages -lov, more portunity to solve "living fossil", particularly re of the two governments should than 10 years sund claims that of
not be tied to the Soviet pro- the thousands garding its methods of reproduce pole to call an All-European which were made, not in heaven of marriages tion.
About 60 eggs were removed Conference. The success at that but in her office above a Bond about six feet in length and conference should help in settling "have become unstuck" from the fish, which measures time achieved at the Geneva Street to mom, only which has been sent in perfect other problems-Heuter. condition to the research station at Tananarive.
This is the Afth coelacanth caught off Anjouan. France- Presse
Eden Recovering...
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