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CHURCHILL CRITICISES HANDLING Scotland Yard Search

OF PALESTINE PROBLEM

DETERIORATION Albania Sends Shanghai Resident

OF ANGLO-SOVIET RELATIONS

ATTLEE ANNOUNCES NEW PLAN FOR COMPULSORY NATIONAL SERVICE

LONDON, NOV. 12.-

1:

Warning To

Britain.

Belgrade, Nov. 12. The Albanian Government has warned Britain that any attempt to clear Albanian territorial waters of mines will be regarded as "premeditated Violation of Albanian sovereignty," the Yugo-Sav New Agency, quoting

the

Albanian Legation in Belgrade, said to-day.

Britain-sent-a-note-to-Albania on Sunday saying she would begin to day to clear the mines from the Corta Straits where two British destroyers, the Saumarez and the Volage, struck mines, losing 43 dead, on October 22.

Protesting against "he unilateral

Subject Of Heated

No Fundamental

For Jewish Terror Girl"

Change In China SECURITY PRECAUTIONS CONTINUE

Situation

Nanking, Nov. 12.-The Gov-

Debate In Greek ernment's postponement of the

Parliament

Athens, Nov. 12 (UP).-The Greek Parliament had a heated debate on Monday night over the citizenship status of a Shanghai resident alleged to be on the black list of the United States and British secret ser- viceB

The deputy leader of the Opposi- Lion, M. Alexander, Costopoulos, raised the issue in asking a question about a man with the Greek name Nikolaos Rehizinls. M Costopoulos

of

Baid

National Assembly until No-1 vember 15 is not expected to produce any improvement in the deadlocked political situa tion.

A Communist spokesman said: we demand the Assembly to be call- "Three days makes no difference. ed off at least until the Political Consultative Council resolutions are put into effect.”

The Government's postponement announcement said their decision was taken in response to the minor- fty partics earnest request for “a of the delegates to the Assembly. margin of time to submit the lists

A later Reuter report stated that despite another 24

Hours with important meetings and con- crowded

London, Nov. 12.-The British press to-day continued their bannerline treatment of the threats. said to have been made against the lives of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, First Lord of the Admiralty, Viscount Alexander and several other Government officials.

Scotland Yard still took no chances Inspecting Government mail, screening visitors to Government, offices, checking all vehicles approaching Parliament Square, keep- ing the massive,iron gates of Scotland, Yard itself licked As much as possible and pursuing a citywide hunt for the Jewish "terror `girl"

The girl is known to have entered Britain at Liverpool several days ago and to have come to a West End hotel where she stayed one night.

The Evening Standard reported- watch on a house where the Jewish that Scotland Yard was keeping

They thought that any terrorists who might have reached the country would be likely to attempt to con- tact her.

decision of the British Government in Shanghe secret service agents ferences, there was no fundamental | terror girl is believed to be staying.i

with regard to Albanian territorial

Reisic,

knew the man as Isaac

M Castopoulos said the Minister of Public Works and leader of the Na-. tional Liberals, M Stianos Gonatas,

change in the situation--the Can- munists

and Democratic League, members still determined to boycott

Chapters

Another Jewish Outrage In Palestine

Jerusalem, Nov. 12. A score

FRENCH TRAIN TRAGEDY while he was acting Premier a few CEASE-FIRE' IN SHANTUNG East End and its Jewish quarter men scampered out of a brothel

Paris, Nov. 12.--Thirty people were killed and over 70 injured when freight train ran into the back of a passenger train carly to-day at Revigny · · Sur Ornain. 10 miles west of Bar le Duc, mid-way between Farts and Strasbour

months ago, granted Greek nation- ality to Rehizinis,

The Opposition deputy leader charged that M Gonatas provided Rehizinis with a special service pass- port to the United States as econo- mic counsellor to the Greek Govern- ment.

M Costopoulos read a letter from

Tringtao, Nov. 1-La com pliance with President Chiang Kalithek's case-fire order, which became effective at noon yester, day, all Government troops on the Shantung front havo ceased military actions, it is learned from military circles here to-day. -Central News,

MR WINSTON .. CHURCHILL, THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION, DECLARING IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS TO-DAY THAT THE WORLD SITUATION HAD NOT IMPROVED, SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THE COUNTRY HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT THE... SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT WOULD GET ON SPECIALLY WELL WITH THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, RELATIONS HAD STEADILY DETERIORATED. British and American forces in Europe had melted away.

The Russian armies had been maintained in Europe in vast strength and largely on a war footing. More than one third of Europe was held under Soviet control, The Soviet military frontier was on the Elbe and it was impossible to forecast what the future and fate of France would be. Mr Churchill added that if havoc and hatred to run rlot waters

in these Straits," Albania Britain could not fulfil her pro- throughout Palestine for more than replied proposing the setting up of a mise to the Zionists, she should year and "no one knows where we joint commission to discuss the without delay, place the man-

are to-day;"

question and asked Britain mean- date for Palestine at the feet Zionist movement, though many of part of the

"I have always supported the

while to limit their operations to the said alas, answering the charges, perhaps, until the 12th of Decem-

straits outside the of the United Nations and give my friends have taken a different territorial waters.

view. notice of pending evacuation.

I cannot in any way recede Mr Churchill,

from

the advice I ventured to give, who was speaking in the debate on the King's speech, namely, that as we cannot and if we

cannot fulfil our which outlined the Government's Zionists, we should, without delay,

promise to policy for the new session of Parlin place our mandate for Palestine at ment, had ment, begun by speaking 'a favour of a United States of Europe.

feet of the United Nations and He said that the regional conscious-give our notice of pending evacua- neds of Europe was a fundamental ion of that territory.

. The passenger was xiand- ing in a stälfon when the nociā-- ent occured-Reuter.

The Prime Minister, M. Enver Hodja, has sent a telegram to Dr Trygve Lie, the Secretary-General of the British note and Albania's the of the United Nations, informing bir

reply-Reuter.

Minesweepers Arrive Athens, Nov. 12-British sources in Athens to-day denied press reports

"If this offer

is accepted, the organisation and the burden which has become too heavy that "thirty British warships sudden- and too invidious for us to bearly arrived at the port of Argostoli in the Greek island of Cephalonia." sweepers had been concentrated at Argostoli for the clearance of the 50 Corfu channel-Reuter.

"If the United States, which is sa Interested in Jewish immigration,

LOCOMOTIVE

BOILER

EXPLOSION

pillar of world United Nationa

Referring to the Socialist assurance alone, will have been lifted from our of relations with Russia, he said it shoulders and placed in the inter. They explained that British Mine- was inevitable in the case of Gov-national "safe-keep." ernment regling upon popular will after a great victory that British and Americans in Europe should have should deprecate this it would be melted away,

for them to help us in every way, Ho added:. "The United not only with money, but with men. Nations, as the Prime Minister has I am not at all deterred from com- so forcibly pointed out, has not mending this course by the fact that far. Fulled our hopes. It still, it has been recommended by however,

remains a cifadel Bad Soviet Government we are all in full accord with the Government

"I am rather glad to find that our in their loyal and minds

Tucson, Nov. 12. The faithful support of the institution. direction in, at any rate, one respect on the Southern Pacific exploded are flowing in the

boiler same locomotive of an eastbound freight melancholy facts of international affairs...

as the locomotive, helped by a die- "I am convinced that this pro-sel, was pulling the heavy train cedure, would relieve us of the over the mountaina. most thanklem of all human tasks, The explosion killed the engineer of reproach which attends our H1- and the fireman-United, Press. success, of reproach of infirmity of purpose and at the physical and

UTO

around us t

is not

Gover

To record the which we see necessarily to blame the ment. Dificulties have been enor mous and the forces which confront them are intractable. British in- Buence abroad has greatly diminish. ed since the war-time days.

"It is not to attack the Govern- ment that I mentioned those facis but in order to survey our whole position. The Foreign Secretary has done his best and we on this side have given him whatever support is in our power, even sometimes to the extent of causing embarrassment in other countries.

་

the

Greek Consul at Tientsin who re- ported that Rehizinis is a White Russian Jew from Harbin. The Consul said the American Secret Service had advised him that Rehd zinis collaborated with the Japanese the war and before the war been imprisoned in connection obscure international bust-

nesses. M

the

Rehizinis was a genuine Greek, although he does not speak language, He said Rehizinis was appointed to obtain commercial in- formation for the Greek Government and had no other capacity.

factories in Shanghat, two coal mines He said Rehizinis owned two sugar in -Manchuria and was associated with three passenger plane factories. He also owned a big fur factory in the United States.

RIOTING IN BIHAR PROVINCE SUBSIDES

until the

the Assembly formation reorganizition of the Government was carried out.

There is a strong feeling that the Assembly may be postponed agala ber.

A report from Yenan, meanwhile, stated that two Kuomintang aircraft reconnoitred the city yesterday, ac- cording to official Communist sources which claimed that the Nationalists "spectacular suffered 87,540 casualties in their mad victories fast month."--Reuter,

Peace Deunnstration

Tientsin, Nov. 12.—A gigantic de- monstration of more than 50,000 in- habitants of Tientsin took place to- day in which civil war was denounc ed and the people unanimously ask- ed for peace in the country.

The search centred about London's of women and a sprinkling of despite the disaffection of British in Jaffa late yesterday just Jewry for Irgun Zval Leumi and the before explosives placed around Stern GangPalestine's two

terrorist organisations. The special the house by the Arab Army's branch also was checking reports Najada Youths were set ou that men resembling Stern Gang No one was injured and there lenders have been seen in London in was little damage to the house.

technique,

the last 24 hours. One report, taken

concerned

Following the Irgun milkman's description of three men in the khakht clad youths of the Arab features seen acting mysteriously late Array personally, notifed occupants of the brothel to leave the building, One

night near the Warm/They set out the bombe which went

was said to resemble Sternist

long wanted.

for terrorism. Normal security precautions were The bombing of the brothal was taken this afternoon when a large followed by pamphlet distribution King's Cross station for a short stay selling their land to Jews would be crowd saw the King and Queen leave in Jata warning, Arabs that "traitors at Sandringham. The two Princesses shot without trial" and urging Arabs are remaining in London.

to supply to the Army, Information on such sales.

Buckingham Palace sources said Meanwhile the Haganah's "educa, the King was not going to Sandring tonal measures against the Ingund ham as a precaution. They said the Zval Leumi and the Stern Gang visit had been arranged for some were in hull swing? Police sources time and that the King was going for confirmed with satisfaction" that a few days of shooting.-united several cases of Haganah raids on

Irgun ammunition dumps had re Prescr

When the King drove through sulted in either the taking, away of London to Parliament this morning ammunition or the blowing up of the route was protected by thou caches.

Following its policy of not sur- sands of uniformed police, armed Special branch men and plain rendering Irganists or Stern Gang men to the police or supplying the clothes officers specially briefed to authorities with the names of the with any attempt by Jewish terrorists, the Haganah is pursuing a terrorists to carry out their threat

destruction

deat

ters.

Germans Are Only

"confirmation"

10

Wmmunition; (2) sabotaging organisations ambotage bro obstacles in their operations; and (3) informing prospective victims of their possible danger

The Haganah campaign is also designed to influences Urgun-end Stern Gadg sympathiser: 16. HAI IR A

Sorry For Errors flow of funds to the organisations

to spread the anti-British campaign three-fold programme: (1) the After the demonstration, a mant- to the United Kingdom, adds Re-Irgun and Stern Gang mms and festo was issued to the nation

calling Calcutta, Nov. 12 (UP) Mob vio-for support to their resolution against lence which has gripped districts of civil war, while a telegram was sent Binar Province since October 25 now to the Communist leader, Gen Mao has subsided, it was reported reliably Tse-tung, urging him to halt the to-day.

Communist offensive and submit his Gandhi's Tour

List of Communist delegates to attend Chammuhani via Bombay, Nov. the National Assembly, 12.-Mahatma Gandhi, after view-

The meeting also sent telegrams and Sonachaka, returned here ing in grim silence the carpse to leaders of China's third parties. ittered ruins of villages in Noakhall and to Gen George C. Marshall and

Haganah aroadcasts are being de- voted to systematic condemnation of the extremists methods. In fact Monday night, and requested ther Leighton Stuart, American Am- New York, Nov. 11.-Mr the Haghnal is doing everything to Moslems to assure Hindu

bessador

spader to China. The Third Party

destroy the extremists except in- against further riot outbreaks in sembly. In their message

security lenders are asked to attend the As- / Hugh Baillie, President of the torming the police or engaging East Bengal

the United Press, returning from them in open fighting American leaders in China the meet-Europe, said Germany felt she Gandhi, observing his traditional ing profoundly thanked them for

Neither the Irgun or the Sternists -in-a written statement read at the internal peace in

day of silence, delivered his pleas their untiring efforts to bring about lost the war because she start has provided any reaction to the

Haganah campaign--United PIPOS. Prayer meeting by his secretary.

China Centraled it ahead of schedule. "The News Throughout the day he made his

lesson learned from losing the

Transfer iFrom Oppres way through villages in a first hand

war is that the next time she

Jerusalem, Nov, 12 (UP) The survey of burned out homes littered

High must be better prepared." with the corpses of murdered vic Foot And Mouth

Commissioner, Sir Alan Cunningham, announced to-night tims. He listened with revered Canberra, Nov. 12 (UP) The attitude, without comment, to Use

Nobody in Europe wanted the that 300 Jews would be transferred Disease Outbreak American occupation troops to pull from the Internment camp on Cyyzzis Government disclosed to-day that it sordid tales of survivors-United was continuing the rationing of but- Press.

out except the Germans. The Gerto Palestine as legal immigrants ter, meat and clothing.

Was were keenly aware of the under the 1,500 quota for the period contest between East and West for November 15 through December 10. their favour, Mr. Baillies continued. Eight hundred and forty-three un- and undoubtedly hoped that it would certified

Jews interned

inside result in the best possible deal for Palestine also will be released under

the Germany.

new quota. The balance of quota certificates will be issued to cannot recover. One of her greatest Palestine.

"Without outside ald Germany relatives of Jews already needs is heavy fonchinery to clear Sir Alan zaid: 750 certificates away ruins and rubble,

would be allocated among Jews The Germans are sore at the crowd interned in Cyprus for the period who they feel let them down those beginning December 15,

IN AUSTRALIA

practical difficulties of the task. RATIONING TO CONTINUE We shall have relief or it will secure the support which necessary from Jewish and Ameri- can sources by which alone our work can be accomplished and cur mission fulfilled.”

as a result, of the drought here and

The butter rationing is continuing

The Opposition leader continued "The Nuremberg trials are over and "We cannot charge the Govern- the guilty leaders of the Nazi ment with being responsible for all regime have been hanged by the con- the evils of the situation" abroad. querora." They were told They have certainly not been guilty thousands yet remained to be that the intense shortage of fats in PARTY CLASH IN TEHERAN aut-af a herd of 46 at a farmy, neat of any wrongful or provocative and vast categories of Germans are only approximately 88,000 tons of England. It was announced that action: We readily believe

that classed their motives are as innocent and of their associations with the Nazi sugar were exported. this year.

virtuous as those which are set out

as potentially guilty because

regime.

"But I think some con-

Not All Martyrs Everyone was not a martyr, When

although it may be our misfortune, regimentation posed and enforced take place at the Mohammedan Democrat: Party, in which, BC

.is

ANDES EARTHQUAKE -

They are looking for

lead them out of the

to

be

it a nation of on!

are

Asked

about the likelihood other war Mr Balille sald, who going to fight whom and with what?" Contrasting the postwar attitudes

IRISH SOCCER TEAM AGAINST

SCOTLAND

in

London, Nov. 12. (UP)-Oncial sources said to-day that four cattle Saxmundham had foot and mouth disease and that a standstill order has been issued prohibiting the ex Teheran, Nov. 12-Members of the port of cattle except under special Teheran Workers Union went on a licence from a 15-mile radius. in mellifluous language of the grace-sideration should always be given to LOCAL RESIDENT DIES the removal of the newly-appointed served by the Ipswick livestock

24-hours strike to-day demanding ous speech, with a large part of the ordinary people."

Sæmundham

territory which we are in full agreement.

Director-General of Railways, market which is affected by the or "It was the duty of the Socialist

Khosrow Heydayat, a member of the der. The Government to take office when the ordinary people were hurled this

Just Democrat Party.

foot and mouth who were hanged at Nuremberg. called upon to do so, decided by way and that and when the cruel Alarakia occurred at his residence, herin's railway station between the

The death of Mr Cassim Mahomed

disease wave war in 1942. Earlier there were clashes at Te the electors. It is not their fault hands of tyrants and dictators were. No. 4 Tai Yuen Street, Wanchal, et Left-wing Tudeh Parly workers and if they are not equal to the job laid on them and the vile systems of 2.35 am to-day. The funeral will It cannot be claimed, however, by espionage and other forms

cording to the Left-wing papers, one of Cemetery, Happy Valley, at 330 pman was killed and 14 were injured. even the national coalition crue

have encoeds cruelty, there were a great number to-day,

-Reuter. of people who would succumb. I Mr Alarakin, who was 58, retired all the adverse thank God that in this. Island home from the Naval Yard a few months

Lima, Nov. 12The death toll in that have been howing.

the Andes earthquake rose swiftly Turning to Palestine, Mr Churchlist we have not bees put to the ago owing to ill-health. He held the

to-day as "runners brought reports it is impossible to avoid ex-

test that many of the people of position of senior writer at the time

TO VISIT AMERICA

widespread destruction, pressing deep regret at the many Europe have had to

10 undergo, ht of his retirement, and had been.com-

he

The epicentre of the quake was changes of tactics and methods; at "We have not been informed of

nectad with the Yard- •·LOT 27 years.

northern Peru where 40 were Shanghal, Nov. 12-Gen Wei killed in the almost total destrue the needless disappointment created

Before joining the Admirally, Mr

Mr Lih-huang, former throughout the whole Jewry by the any attempts to forecast the form Alarakia was with the Handmann of the Chihere Expeditionary Force in Mollebamba. Twelve other vill- Commander tion of Sihu Thirty were killed. failure to fulfil the hopes which the of the peace treaty with Germany: Opera Company for 10 years as in Western Yunnan, and Gen Lakes and hamlets are known to lavi France had party opposite excited by the pro

but aprely it is urgent to make the secretary to the manager, Mr JR. Han-huah, former Governor mises made of the General Election Peace with the German people ar as Smith The Company toured Use Kwanguing accompanied by their mache vieties, alcore In

In ment until January of many places the lack of any policy words must be an end in vengeance, and When it came to Hongkong 1464 General Minks on an investigation · cases' rising from the fissures Saturday that the French Government from the side that was beaten · by!

Eye-witnesses reported Ministers, - red here ing great successes at; each port. States on November 16 aboard the This absence of any policy or de- retribution. I was told that Company played to full houses at this real was reonin cisiont in these matters, which have Germany must be punishad, and the old City Hall Theatre, got more and more complicated as I asked "When does the punishment Me Alarakia is survived by

General they have proceeded, has allowed

that

KONCITment

fully surm

said.

of the Japanese and the Germans,

London, Nov, 12 The Trish acce

Mr Baille said that after his return team for the international pa from Japan last year he felt the Scotland at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Japanese were further away from on November 27 was announced, to their wartime ambitions, but "on the day...

to me many other hand, it Germans are

The players Are Hinton Prem

ham) Gorman (Brentford), Keeney (Linfield); New York, Nov. 11-Reports that United); Vernon (Belfast Celtic): Carey A. (Manchester. asked

a postpone-Farrell (Everton); Cochrane (Leeds Stevenson (Everton); (West Bromwich); Doherty, (Derby) and **Eglington team shows five changes

for

discussions on

tor open ont

and,'ábove all, to express regret many as lie within our scheme, of Far East; From: India to Japan, stor-/ wived, will leave for the United the fissures torn gleanported in the German problem by the Counch op ton)TY

namend

of the responsibility, he declared: "There ing

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widow, and four daughters.

The

America for six mont News.

earth

dustcloud

due It was reported from Faria on TH

20 were officially denind

Others tell of an enormous in over Matamon River, indicating did not want fundamental discussion England last September. Hinton, Central the quaker caused -Indalldes -- to start tmntil the new French Gover-Farrell and Eglington are new cape.

United Press

ment was in the saddle-Reiter.

Reuter.