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VOL. I NO. 32

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1946.

PARIS TALKS HAVE COMPLICATED

BIG FOUR CHANCES

OF SUCCESS

Little Prospect

Of Football

EVERY OUTLET FOR Strike In Britain COMPROMISE SEEMS

TO BE BLOCKED

SPANISH ISSUE BEFORE

THE SECURITY COUNCIL

NEW YORK, NOV. 4. THE BIG FOUR

FOREIGN MINISTERS BEGAN THEIR THIRD CONFERENCE IN THE WALDORF- ASTORIA HOTEL TO-DAY IN AN ATMO- SPHERE IN WHICH THE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN THE SOVIET UNION AND THE WESTERN POWERS HAVE BEEN SHARPENED RATHER THAN EASED BY THE RECENT PARIS CONFERENCE.

To-day's meeting, intended to begin the final phase in the drafting of the five peace treaties, finds the Big Four placed squarely before a series of problems in which every normal outlet for diplomatic compromise is apparently blocked in advance by the policy statements made in Paris.

London, Nov. 4.-Though no agreement was reached on the maximum wage question at to- day's four-hour meeting be- tween the Football League re- presentatives and the Players Union, it is understood that the latter's representatives were well antisfied with the negotia- tions.

Jimmy Guthrie said afterwards: "Everything went all right," while R. Stuart said: "We think we will get what wo want from January 1, but what has been decided has to go be-

2013 EKSYARAT PRINTERNACIONALNEGO

PEDESTRIAN STONED

TO DEATH

Bombay, Nov. 4.—A pedestrian was stoned to death in communal disturbances in Bombay city to- day. There were 17-knife attacks In various parts of the city including three in European business quarter, but none was

A message from Bangalore, My- sore, says two persons LUTIO killed and four injured in a clash between "Communists" and scheduled casto workers al Kolar Gold fields. Order was restored by the polloe-Reuter.

If the Counell decided to delete the Spanish question, Dr Lange said, if would not affect in any way Security Council rights andi privileges. "Whenever any member of the Coun-

wants to raise the matter, he will transfers to players cli always be free to do so," he said.

Brazil and Australin declared they would vote in favour of the Polish resolution.

The League is prepared to discuss the implications of granting free

not offered

PRINCESA DOCKS: 15 IN IRONS

VESSEL OBSOLETE SAYS COUNSEL

The Princesa, at Avonmouth after she had docked on October 18 with 15 men in irons. Police were on duty on the dockside und the men were removed.

Soviet Plan For

Jap Reparations.

Rejected By U.S.

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Private Trading In Rubber Restored By British Government

LONDON, Nov. 4The Government has decided to restore private trading in rubber and permit the re-establishment of London rubber market, it was announced in the House of Commons to-day by the Secretary for Overseas Trade, Pro- fessor Marquand.

to

The market will be free to resume its normal activities on November 18. This will enable private traders Import rubber as from January 1, at which date the Board of Trade will cease to purchase rubber.

The text of the Minister's! brpe that formast will be correct." When he was asked if, in view statement rends: "The Gov-l ernment have given careful of the sharp fall in prices of row

cotton, he would immediately го consideration to the future move all controls from manufactur purchasing arrangements for ed cotton goods and allow the law rubber in accordance with the of supplies and demand freely to statement of the Lord President operate both in cash and in futures on March 28, in the course of dealings, the Minister replied briefly,

"No". a debate on the closing of the Professor Marquand told the House Liverpool Cotton Market, that that talks for an expansion of trade the case of each primary pro- between the Soviet Union and Dri- duct would be examined on its tain have opened.-Reuler. merit.

"The main world market for rub- ber was, before the war, in London. The rubber In which it dealt was largely from sterling sources, the greater part of its transactions

but

People Honouring

related to rubber for consumption Italian War Dead

elsewhere than in this country. At the same time the sales in this coun- ry were distributed over many different industries.

"After considering all the circum- stances the Government have decid- ed to restore private trade in rubber and to permit the re-establishment of the London rubber market."

Itapld Improvement

Attacked

Trieste, Nov. 4 (UP).—A train returning from Italian memorial day ceremonieg nt "These decisions follow on the the Redi Puglia National rapid Improvement in natural rub Memorin), which commemorates- ber supplies during the past few World War I dead, WAS the months. Supplies in the Far East

The defence attorney for the seven West African negroes ac- cused of disobeying commands The Paris Conference merely jell, Dr Oscar Lange, proposing to them

aboard the refrigerated freight- demonstrated the Western and Coungit to-night that the Spanish

er sa Princesa between Buenos

have exceeded all expectations and target to-day of nine rifle shota Aires and England said in the

In particular It is encouraging the and two hand-grenades. Eastern ideas for post-war question should be deleted from the fore the League clubs for ratification.” agenda, said a number of records on A statement issued after the meet-

Malayan rubber industry has grown rapidly, despite several years of Five persons Europe ware based on clearly the subject had been necumulated and ing set out the Players' claims and Magistrate's Court at Bristol

were injured one defined and fundamental dif- suggested all such documents be the League's views on the claims, yesterday that the crew's com-

Japanese occupation. Consequently, seriously as the result of the attack ferent policies. The Conference placed at the disposal of the General whtel, according to League represen-plaints were legitimate because

Washington Nov. 4 (UP), the period of continuing shortage of which was attributed to pro-Sloveno latives, was sympathetic to the In the vessel was obsolete. further complicated the chances Assembly.

The United States Government natural rubber has not been as pro- elements. stitution of a minimum wage and to

generally longed as was

The civil authorities have made expected of compromise by forcing the

the dating of agreements from August The hearing against the negroes has rejected a Russian move to and at their meeting in Washington no announcement of any arrests. Great Powers to state their

to August.

began on Saturday. They had been eliminate from the Japanese in October the Combined Rubber The memorial is situated on the views with rigidity, which

arrested after the ship's captain sum reparations settlement millions Cunumittee agreed that International highway between Trieste and Adine makes,any withdrawal from the

moned assistance from British naval of dollars in industrial facilities allocation should cease as from the 20 miles north of here. It consists

end of this year.

There have been of a bare rocky hill on the top of positions adopted publicly at

units while on the high seas to fore-seized by the Soviets in Man-discussions between appropriate de- which is a stone altar reached by the Paris Conference-extremely

living wage and on the transfer Uststall a threatened uprising.

partments and the RubberTrade road- and a long white stone stair-.. difficult.

receiving some payment for periods

Mr H. S. Cox, attorney for the ne- when unsigned,

Association of London so as to allow case up the slope of the hill.. cused, said the condition of the sa The breakdown of the suggested effcetive functioning of the market

All day to-day there, have been reparations The Union Committee asked for a Princesa was so bad that the Cap compromise on

once under conditions of exchange con- small sporadic pro-Italian demon- The meeting of the League clubs before win had thought of communicating more has deadlocked efforts of the trol and so as to limit as far as pos- strations throughout, Trieste. the end of January, 1947, to consider with the owners to ask tugs to be Far Eastern Commission to reach, an sible unreliable speculative financial demonstrators

agreement on calling a Japanese 're- transactions under

live Italy." of cover the questions so that decisions should sent to bring him home. Spanksh

parations conference.

the and shouted. "Long patriolic songs operate us from January 1, but the "These men were working under

market."

No one was injured on the train, Officials said the Commission has expressed the opinion that s appalling condillons and there was League

When it was suggested that this but 20 Venezia Giulia civil policemen postponed further consideration, for the mist will serve as a pal who were tropelling in the train xt- any decisions then be operative from cesa operated on three boilers from United States by direct negotiations February, but agreed to recommend it," said Mr Cox. He said the Prin- the gap between Russle and

the diere, Proteaor Maiquant replies: five, one critically, according to Reu January 1.

St. Vincent. “

"We shall which the development of [ter. Seven persons have been arrest between the governments concerned the schome, with great interest and ed and are being held at Monfalcone. The effect of the meeting and its The men complained they were in the reparations settlement, dections is that there will be noted and forced to work in boller football strike, for all points at rooms without proper precautions for issue were hammered out in a their safety. friendly atmosphere,

now

The dilemma, which has emerged, is that several major ques

tions remain unsolved and nobody

seems to know how to solve them in a way acceptable to the Big Four.

The main problems now ore:-1, The statute for the free territory of

Trieste: 2,

2, free navigation on the

The United States, France, Russia, Mexico and Britain also supported it. The Connell finally unanimously agreed to delete the question from its upenda, Unul this had been done

the

-churia.--

Danube: 3. the brinciple of free tradu/ General Assembly had been unable meeting be called before the end of nothing done by the officers about i at least 10 days, in an effort to bridge teris in due course for other commo- turned the attackers' fire, wounding-

In the Binlions; 4. reparations clauses;

5, Greek frontiera.

and

Spala.

to take any oction on resolutions to break

off diplomatic relations with Finally, one must anphasise that

The Steering Committee to-day ference apparently ready to accept held one of the shortest meetings in 118 history-22 minutes becausa only those recommendations of the

Conference which she herself members complained they had not received the documents relating to

the Soviet Union arrived at the con.

Paris

voted.

a Meanwhile, Mr James Byrues had the subjects to be discussed.

The commillee had before it a This meeting had been sponsored request for eight additional items to in the interests of industrial peace be included in the General Assembly by the Minister of Labour and both agenda. They dealt with such parties approached it in a concilia-

as the proposal to Increase tory spirit.

matters

Britain Denies

meeting to-day with Mr Ernest Bevin at the Waldort-Astoria Hotel, this being their first consultation in New York.

ville, French representative. The Secretary of State was endeavouring the proposal concerning the crime of said it was a ment harmonious meet to meet Mr V. Molotov, Soviet For-extermination of, racial and national ing conducted in eign Minister, before the formal groups. opening of the Foreign Ministers' Conference.

Mr Byrnes algs saw Couro de Mure the Economic and Social Council and Mr F. Howarth, League Secretary, Rumanian Charge

*.

The Spanish Question At Lake Success, the Polish delegato to the United Nations Security Coun-

Only Two Documents When the meeting opened, the Soviet representative, Mr Andrel Gromyko, said he had not received (Continued on Pagu 4)

JEW TERRORISTS ADMIT ROME EMBASSY BOMBING

Rome, Nov. 4 (UP)—A communique bearing the name and insignia of the militant Jewish nationalist organisation Irgun Zval Leumi said to-day that its "soldiers carried out the bombing of the British Embassy on October 31,"

friendly spirit. while Mr James Fay, the Players Union secretary. sald the greatest progress had been made and the Union representatives feel it had been well worth while.

Of Interference

"An agreement was reached on all London. Nov. 4 (UP)—A, but four main points, including Foreign Office spokesman to-day: maximum wage. They are now reharp! rejected the Rumanian commending £12 maximum, will go before the clubs. point was getting them to recommend to

To London-

bul

It was leamed the Russians offered to proceed with a reparations confer- ence if other

nations dropped for good the question of what the Soviet The forces took out of Manchuria, United States refused and insisted that what the Russian Army took out deducted of Manchuria should bo from the reparations eventually to be paid the Soviet Union by Japan. Russia contended it was legitimate war spoils and should not be deduct-

ed.

Ultimatum To

Manila Strikers

One big declaration that Britain sought Manila, Nov. 4 (UP)—Moyor Val interfere in Rumania's riano Fugoso to-day gave an ultima £7 winter and 20 summer minimum domestic affairs and charged tum to 9,600 striking city employees that they must return to work within for players over 20 years," he said that the current Rumaninn 24 hours or will be considered as dis-

political campaign was character. missed. ised by the persecution of The workers walked out yesterday Opposition parties, '

afler failure to get restoration in the recent reduction in bonuses, The A Little Sun

spokesman acknowledged The mayor proclaimed the strike receipt of the note from Bucharest in illogal. London, Nov. 4 (UP)-Following which the Communiat-dominated two weeks of chilly, overenst weather Government insisted that Britain had the sun

unsea Rumanian polities and 'that bny, re- reported an sonal boom.

presentations concerning the election said: "On the sixth day of the month their bases with their armns,”

Brighton reported a temperature

campaign were invalid unless signed of Chessuan 5707 (Hebrew calendar

001 by all the three Blg PowerS. October 31) troops of Irgun Zvai tims among the Italian population of 70 degrees with sun bathers Leumi attacked the offices of the our troops used special precaution the beach but no swimmers except- British Embassy in Rome, which is ary means: the attack was carried ing for children playing along one of the centres of anti-Jewish out in the night at a suitable hour. water's edge.,, intrigues and the principal executor On all approaches to the block of

The communique, which came to The building with its offices,col-

the United Press office by messenger, lapsed. All our soldiers returned to bench The to-day in London while no right to "Interfere" in.domestic!

"In order to avoid causing vic-

of operations to strangle the repatria- the Embasy warning notices tion of Jew

In a separate letter to Premier Alcido de Gasperi, which come in

wero

placed and the few passersby who

Pred to appear were

warned

tho

RAILWAY TRAGEDY

Commons Statement On Communal Riots In India

London, Nov. 4-Mr Arthur Henderson, the Under Secretary for India, told the House of Commons to-day that the total number of persons killed and injured in communal riots between July 1 and October 30 in India was estimated at 5,018 and 13,320 respectively, exclusive of the casualties in the recent disturbances in Eastern Bengal.

He said the major part of both, north, in which two persons were

to killed and three houses burned and, these Andres was attributable

The alluation, was disturbances in Colcutta, including five looted.

under control by the palice brought undo the very serious riots last August, the figures for which, he cald, were reinforcements but tension is high of troops" and 50 armed admittedly only approximate.

No estimate was yet available for police have been sent to to ret

the

company

the riots in Eastern Bengal but it The number of troops now operat was thought the number killed ing is 1,800 and there are also 629 would be in three figures,

armed police in addition to armed Since October 30 there had been police belonging to the stations in further rioting in Bihar where the the affected areas. total death roll since the riots began on October 23 Golam Sarwar,

was estimated at, 279. the ex-member of the Bengal Legis ... 25th, was

to Mr Richard Butler, Replying who asked for a

were believed to have been one of the causes of the outbreak, :- was Henderson, replied that he had re-arrested. A total of 254 hooligans ceived further.

the from: reports Governor of Bengal the substance of filled in action by the police and which he said was as follows:

the riots in Esate Inture whose indammatory speeches |

ligan

Mr

have been arrested; 31 have been

in

London, Nov. 4 (UP)-The London "The Rumanian Government gave commuter train slithered to a stop

The general situation in Eastern 30 injured certain assurances to His Majesty's to-day between West Norwood and

Bengal is under control in both The trea affected by the disturb Government concerning the conduct, Streatham Hill, In South London.

An unidentified body of a woman Noakhall and Tippera districts and pores is approximately 100. square. of free elections and freedom of

square miles speech. Brlush, ricognition of the was 1pmmed between the conductor reports do not indicate that the hop-miles in Tippera district, and not VICTORIOUS' SCHEDULE Rumian Government was given in ball and the running rall

No

serious

Incident has been Noakhali district, Full Information on Noakhall mainland as to what occurred in this area is virtuo of théso - assurances. In our/ YA station foreman, W. J. Ingram, ing bands are any longer operat- more then 300

not yet available.The collection of. view these assurances have not been rushed to investigate. He saw the reported "The attack against, the British It was announced by Mackinnon,

now been body, collapsed and died a short time since October 10, nor in Tippera not

" district since October 20. Some accurate information has been hit- later at a nearby hospital.

dered Sandwip.

by the fact that thousands of the envelope with the communique, Embassy in Rome is a symbol of Mackenzie and Co this morning that carried out," he said."

on trouble developed The spokesmant ilkened the Irgun Zval Leumi apologised to the the Jewish military front. We have the aircraft carrier Victorious left

island between October 19 and 23 persons have left their homes and Rumanian

that campaign with Italian Government for bombing the declared a war of extermination. Let Flymouth to-day

with cases of arach, looting and others are as yet too nervous

Some

developed como forward with information.) British Embassy and explained

The Victorious will call at Gibraltar recently completed in Bulgaria which felt then the Briton who occupies OUT

panio

and troops. Two senior judicial- oflcers of the the Italian people why they

country know that the. armed on November 0; Malta, November 11; was the subject of British denuncia Hamburg, Nov. 4The Berlin murder. forced to take terroristic action. strength of our eternal people will Port Sald, November 18; Suez, Navern- tlon Inst week. In particular, he police are investigating the disappear among the population

puted to visit the areas affected and The cominunique to the press from answer will war every move to theirs ber 16 Aden, Novembar, 19; Colombo, sald, reports indicated the Governance of Fritz Hartmann, head of the were sent to the laland. The situa- Indian civil service have been de-

There was recently a communal to report on what has occurred. the "supreme command of Irgun and wo will uno all possible means November 25; Singapore, December ment sought to prevent Opposition Berlin de-Nazification Commission, tion there, has since improved.

our enslaved country

is 1; and will arrive in Hongkong-on parties from conducting political Harlmann and his wife have been

missing for one week-Reuter.

riot in Mymensingh district, further Reuter, Zval Leumi after taking respon until

meetings. December 5. sibility for the bombing, continued liberated and the people fees.”

to

for Hongkong.

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