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American Loan Almost Exhausted, Says Dalton

Opposition Motion On Crisis

Debate Defeated

London, Aug. 7.-The United States loan to Britain will probably be exhausted in the month of October, Mr Hugh Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer, told the House of Commons today. Is the nation. prepared to tighten its belt still further to implement the crisis measures proposed by the Cabinet?

The cuts that Mr Attlee proposed yesterday would, he hoped, somewhat extend the period, Mr Dalton added, indicating that there would still remain about $500,000,000 Canadian credit and also gold and dollar reserves standing at about £600,000,000.

Enter Mr. Churchill

Will Assail Govt On Friday

London, August 8.-Mr Winston Churchill on Thursday night offered to

Mr Dalton sold that the American loan had stalled off for over a year- the "great atorm" which now faced Britain.

In a speech of nearly two hours, opening the recond day of the debate on the economie state of the nation, Mr Dalton gave no details of the forthcoming "high level talks be tween Britain and the United States an the dollar problem, but spoke of

growth. of the rapid

dollar starvation all over the world."

He reserved Britain's right to draw on the International Mone- tary Fund, but thought the right. approach was to take up with other governments at the next annual meeting the question of whether the proposals of the Fund should not be extended and modified.

n_House of Commons mution throw out the Labour government's

One of the drawbacks about the request for almost unlimited powers advances from the Fund at present to dea! with Britain's

was that they carried with them a economic crisiz.

rate of interest, rising as the length of the advance is extended. The notion, brought forward In After the principal Opposition the former Prime Minister's absence speakers had challenged the Govern- at the height of a crucial state of the nation debate on the government's rigorous strength through sacrifice programme, look Parliament and the country by surprise.

ment on the motion for the adjourn- ment of the House of Commons, the formal motion on which the debate took-placo,the Government --avored another victory when the Opposition motion was defeated by 318 votes to

170

"INADEQUATE"

+

It was followed by the disclosure that the ailing Churchill himself, who had intended to take no active Sir John Anderson, Mr Dalton's part in Parliamentary affairs until predecessor us Chancellor of the the session which begins in October, Exchequer, declared that Mr Attlee's would assail the government per-nouncement yesterday sonally on Friday for asking for un-adequate and disappointing.

Government Attacking the limited and undefined powers.

having aggravated

the

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1947.

that the

elemed. "It is essential Chancellor of the Exchequer chauld make a determined effort to deal with the running sure of food sub- sldies the altuation de as unsound and debilitated as if we were living on charity",

It was clear, Sir John Anderson declared, that some measure of can- trolled deflation was necessary, and the therenced inflationary pressure arising out of the termination of "the

great flow of free imports" would make this even more essential, DEVALUATION

our

น

"Either the money value of production must be brought to lower level or the value of

the money paid back for our production must be reduced. We must elther have deflation or devaluation sooner

or later."

Devaluation, he warned, would be Inevitable if Britain's competitive power in foreign marketa Was Impaired by excessive costs at home.

TRAIN DISASTERS

MORE BURMA ARRESTS

Trial Postponed

· Rangoon, Aug. 7. The Asking Mr Dalton to look again Burmese authorities arrested to- at his cheap-money policy, Sir Anderson said that a good instru-day 127 policemen who took ment had been ruined because the part in the recent police strike. Governinent had been "too greedy und· trying logo too fast." -

He indicated that the Opposition did not believe the task which faced the Government, was an. Impossible

one.

Was

-

to

for

materials.

Thakin Tun, ong of the colleagues ot U-Aung-Sané assassinated leader, in the Japanese sponsored "Burma Defence Army" during the war, was also arrested together with Hla Min, a prominent Burmese communist, a Government spokesman revealed.

Artas

and

ammunition that was offeinlly reported seized in Burma districts during the past 24 hours included 17 Bren guns and 55.000 rounds of ammunition.

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No. 11 Batsman Scores

163 For Essex

Astonishing Cricket Performance

London, Aug. 7-Peter Smith, Essex all- rounder, established what is believed to be a record score in first-class cricket for a No. 11 batsman when le made 163 in the match between Essex and Derby. shire at Chesterfield today.

His last wicket stand with F. H. Vigar, of 218 set up a new record for Essex. This stand came within mensur- able distance of the record tenth wicket stand in England made by the Indians, C. Sarwate and S. Banerjee 249 against Surrey at Kennington Oval last year. Vigar made 1Ï4. not out.

The close of play scores in County Kamen are:

cycling marathon, the 103 miles from Bradford to Newcastle.

The 687 miles race ends on Satur

At Canterbury: Kent 124 for eight declared. · Middlesex 225 day.--Associated Press. (Compton 100. Wright six for 8711 and 103 for one (Robertson 70 not out).

At Manchester: Gloucestershire

Lancashire 181).

416 (Crapp

341

Win For England

Dublin, August 8-England scored her Arst success at the Dublin horse show on Thursday when the

Ambulances stand beside the (kin G2, G. A. Edrich 57, Wharton German-bred Noter, ridden by Major

Essex 417

72. Goddard six for 121), overturned carriages near the

Chesterfield: AL twisted metals of the Fast (Vigar 114 not out, Peter Smith Down Line....rescue nfen work 103). Derbyshire 223 and 209 for on the side of conch No. 1 near eight (Elliott 68); Hampshire 186

At Portsmouth the engine. This train was the and 304 for four (Arnold 67, Rogers 8.30

Euston-Liverpool 173, MeCorkell 12. not out). express which overturned near roy 138 (C. A. Bedser 51. Polseworth,

a five for 47). Warwickshire,

At Leicester: Yorkshire 541 for fortnight ago. Five people

01.11.

Sur. Herman

were killed and a number. In-nine declared. Leicestershire 204 for

Ove (Jackson 01), jured.

RIOTING IN

TEL-AVIV

Stones Thrown into

At Nottingham: Somerset 437 (Meyer 50). Nottinghamshire 430 for four (Keeton 113, Simpson 00, Hard- staff

101, Reddick 50).

At Worcester: Worcestershire 170 and 147 for two (Palmer 65 not out). Glamorgan 373 for nine declared (E. Davies 177, Muneer 62).

At Northampton: Sussex 480 for eight declared (Oakes 122 not out).

Carr, won the International Jumping trophy presented by the Irish Min

for Defence. Ister

The French horse, Nankin, ridden Fresson, was second, Ligut. by Capt. Ricel of Italy on Bella VI and Major Stewart of Britain another German-bred horse, divided · · third and fourth places.

on

Captain De Maupeou of France,' on La Forte and Lieut. Lewenhaupt of Sweden on Orfeus, divided Afth place-Associated Press.

Siam To Ship Rice Here

Northants 153 (Cornford four for 38) New Govt Organisation

and 183 for one (David 83 not out, Brookes 00).-Reuter.

Dudley Nourse,

L.J

Loc.me

on

Mr Clement Davies, lender of the Liberal Party, criticised the Govern-

Bangkok, Aug. 7-It is re- ment for lack of vision, "failure to see ahead the coming storms and

liably understood that the NOURSE 205 NOT OUT stresses", and a lack of preparation

Birmingham, Aug. 7.-Hitting with Siamese Government has com- meet them.

Shops Windows

irimendous power and purpose, pleted plans for the handling of He was disappointed

with the

Thakin Tun wus a minister in the

with a chanceless rice shipments after the tri- situation, Prime Minister's speech, which, he

war-time Burmese Government Tel-Aviv, Aug. 7-Rioting

El "ou,

ends 1st partite ..10:

agreement Parliament's adjournment for the Sir John said that the introduction thought, ought to have shown quite headed Dr Ba Maw, the leader of the broke out today in this strike African batsman to score a double August 31.

clearly how it was proposed to meet summer recess has been' pastponed of family allowances and the in-

"Independence first" movement, who

bound Jewish city and the po- the tourists gained a first innings ed between Britain,

century on the present tour when The tripartite agreement, conclud- is also under arrest.

the United from Friday until next Wednesday, pruved old age pensions had been the situation,

and to allow time for passing the crisis hasty in a period of excessivo-pur-There had been.inisuse-of-the-Z-

The man who headed the police lico were called out to deal end of 100 against Warwickshire States and Slam in May, 1040, pro- chasing power and deficient produc- sources of men bill which reinforces and extends the tion.

vided

deliver Although he had urged the removal strike movement U Wan Maung with crowds atoning shop here today, with three wickets in

that Slam would was arrested last weekend. He

hand.

1.200,000 tons of rice to famine areas government's power, retained after The raising of the school leaving of slums for the last 20 years, he

first led the police to strike in windows in protest against A1 the close South Africa had in the Far East. the war ended, to direct labour and age was reducing the labour pool. now thought that such schemes should be postponed. The country could

October 1946.

the arrest of the Jewish scored 520 for seven in reply to management alike.

he added.

not afford such" non-productive ex-

Warwickshire's 330. This is South Mayors.

Africa's

highest, score against penditure.

side. county

Especially strong on the leg skle, Nourse hit the moderate Warwick shire bowling relentlessly to become thousand runs on the present tour the third South African to score a the others being Bruce Mitchell and Alan Melville.

Conservative spokesmen said that their party would vote solidly against the measure in view of Churchill's stand, but the bill ap

certain penrod

to pass since the Labour Party majority. despite some Left Wing criticisms, WAS lined up solidly for it.

Acting Conservative lender, Mr Anthony Eden, criticised the govern- ment's now programme of military retrenchment, slashed imports fresh goods to industrial revient as a hasty improvisation Il con- Just sidered and incomplete,

and shorter Wage increases hours of work were "an offence against the State". So were holidays with pay.

He described the loan as a "gigan- te dale", and attacked the Govern- and

men for "l-considered" nationall- sation measures which made no con- tribution to the relief of the present

"In many spheres we are called on to consider not policies but hopes," he declared.Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

situation,

Among the remedies he proposed was a real balanced budget, not the "rictitious" one which, Mr Dalion

The

foreseen."

have confidenco in

pro- ng it

the former

#

the three-hour which affected

"

Ken Viljoen baited well to score 113.-Reuter.

According to information available here today, the Siamese Government will set up a new organisation called the Allocations Board to handle rico exports. This Board will work in close co-operation with the Inter- national Emergency Food Council months on available ricé exports, and advise the Council every six-

The International Emergency Coun- cil will advise Its sub-committee at Singapore monthly on the availablo supplies, and the sub-committee will advise on shipping facilities.

The strike broke

out again, with Increasing tension in Rangoon, early

when in July,

1,000 men struck HASTY-IMPROVISATION

A crowd broke into a British-owned against what they termed the "reac Mr Anthony Eden, former Foreign "All these

tionary policy" of the Anti Foscist Grocery shop and threw rocks at other things are eminently Secretary, winding up for thu

Peoples Freedom League the foy-windows. Pollee reinforcements were desirable if we can afford them": he Opposition, also expressed disappoint- ernment party of U Aung Son and the summoned by radio from campf on said. and added, in response to in- | ment with the Government's terruptions from the Government posols, which he described

other ministers who were assassinated the outskirts of the town, where they

had waited during un July 10, Improvisation, ill-considered

strike benches, that there was no question "hasty

Haganah of class involved.

and Government's

U SAW'S TRIAL

200,000 people. performance

Other than the stoning incident and The trial of U Saw. had behov inadequato", he

had stumbled unde

It is understood that the Slam rice said.

DAVIS CUP. MATCH Premier, and others arrested follow-the bobing of a police armoured car clded, unprepared and without ing the issassinations, is not expected which rolled past a crowd outside a

Montreal, Aug. 7.-Austraila swept agency will handle shipments to crisis which they had

theatre showing the Frank Buck film, to begin for another fortnight, it was plan. Into

Con- learned today on high authority. "Jungle Terror" Tel-Aviv was quict. the first two singles matches from Hongkong, Malaya, Borneo and The notre conflicting statements

com-Netherlands East Indies, the Canada in the Davis tennis

Grain Company of New. The postponement of the trial has made by Ministers, how could the been caused by the delay in gather-children, threw up a barricade at Dinny Pails first defeated Canada's York to UNRRA, the American Can

Gangs, including men, women and petitlen of the North American zone.tinental country

tanding evidence regarding the "plot to almost every street corner to stop Henri Rochon, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 and than modity Credit Corporation to the Government's ability to understand overthrow the Government" of which cars and remind the situation, or plan a way out, the assassinations were the main there was a strike on.

the drivers that Geoffery Brown defeated Canada's Philippines and Korca, and the Indian

rice syndicate to India. Brendan Macken, 0-4, 6-4, 6-1. he asked.

A shipping co-ordination com- Australla's No. 1 singica player,

Depart- He felt the country had only been

accused in connection

Haganah bicycle contrala cruised Jack Bromwich, did not play be-mittee under the Stamese the against

Government the streets, enforcing the strike, and cause he felt certain that Brown and ment of Commerce will co-ordinate is stated, expected to total "We

It is estimated that at the end of horse-drawn Pails could win the matches: Brom all shipments. one group pursued a regard this hotel quite cannot

number but the cases cart and forced the

scheduled to play the doubles passenger to wich

tons potch of certain cuts and uncertai

not val been alight.

tomorrow" with Colin Long. The August, hopes us a serious remedy for ouragainst them have

up. drawn

winner

It is also understood that negotia- ills" Mr Eden declared.

Meanwhile Burmese official and It was reported that the COG tle will meet Czechoslovakia, Euro-

quarters today political

General MacMillan, was conferring pean zone champion, for the right to tions are at present under way as The announcement that Sir Stafford in Egypt with Field Marshal Lord challenge the United States defend-to whether shipments after August few weeks time-the recess is sche-Cripps, President of the Board of Montgomery on the possibility of ing champions at Forest Hills, New are to be free, according

Trade, was to

to visit Burma,

ther they may be payable, clamping spokesman for the Government Haganah arting law un Palestine, York, on August 30-United Press. of the tripartite agreement, or whe

announced tonight that the

It was understood here that Lord for Killearn, Special Commissioner "striking

of Britain's edly refused to give evidence of London, August B-John Raine, a South East Asin, who arrived here good-will

the Burmic their alleged contacts with the Irgun London cyclist, headed the fold as yesterday, will have important talka people and the Labour Government's would not halt the organisation's 68 of the original 78 starters on with the Slam Government; on the Sir Stafford Cripps, President of

concern for the future of Burma."

war against, extremists.--Unlied Thursday rode into the fourth stige, question of rice exports from SlumR the Board of Trade, replying to the

The apolesinan was of the opinion Press..

of the six-day Brighton to Glasgow after August-Reuter. debate, said the £12,000,000 a month

that the Cripps mission would not by which the Government Intended only make a first- and

of study to buy hard currency food Imports conditions in. Burma but would also was rather less than one-sixth of the discuss with the Burmese

leaders total expenditure on food.

problems relating. to the forthcoming Touching briefly on the features of transfer of power.

The Smuggling Racket

THE plaintive wall which came

hat ho ninkes

from Mr George Yeh, Vice- Minister for Foreign. Allairs, an the subject af smuggling was singularly poor a temps to shift blame from one au- thority to another. Mr Yeh, de- plores what he regards as the co- unwillingness of Hongkong to operate with China in eradicating a serious menacé, no effort to indicate what Nanking considers to bo co-operation; especially is he reticent about the roin which the Chinese authorities are willing to assame. Smuggling în China' is no new, phenomenon, but, undoubtedly i has, today, be- China's come a grave, threat to economy. The blame for this,

liong however, rests neliher with

·kong, nor Macão. The E

prosecutions which the kong authorities have made dur- ing the past twelve months is cicar though evidence that we are doing everything possible to starup out the smuggling racket, and certainly no better example

ple of officicney of the Colony's Customs department could be found than In the Sinklang seizure, Loss Im- premive was the Fatsian Incident In which, after smuggled

cargo had been uncovered. within

The

IN

Chinese waters, part of it was allowed to be "rescued" by armed bandiis, the Chinese preventive officers seemingly offering no serious opposition. While it is truc the current large-scale smuggling Into China is having lis effect on the nation's economy, ∙14 also necessary to observe that much of is leit traffic to encouraged by China's unstable currency position anil

the restrictions which have been placed

legal com Against Bruggling merce.

bas made financially worth

while to Jusilly its attendant risks, and to be successful in a

way it re- quires some degree of connivance. Hongkong has always regarded smuggling with abhorrence and has

・bir

DO

be

never ceased to fight it with de- termination. There are, alas, few signs of the same alertness on the part of the Chinese authorities.

Moreover, lot be noted, no new Customs agreement, no maiter how advantageous Its terms be to

Chilon, call reduce the

the incidence of

smuggling unless Nanking is pro- pared to see that its officials show arealer resolution in the employ ment of proventive measures. Hongkong will always be willing to co-onerafe, but It cannot be ex harter to carry the whole respon- sibility.

given half the picture. It would not change the whole truth.

The Government must agree to re- turn from the summer Parliamentary recess to review the situation in a

duled for two months. If it did not agree, the Opposition would move an amendment to the adtournment motion.ph

.pn-Wednesday.

CRIPPS REPLIES

Senture.

The

the

plot

with

welcomed

of the Canadian-Australian outstant there will be 350,000

Party, described the visit today sa a arrest of three Mayors,, who report Cycling Marathon

indication

towards

-

Terrorists Derail Twelve Oil Wagons

Gordon

the terms

why Jerusalem, Aug. 7-Jewish mine between Ros el Ain, north of mando officer-to show cause

was they should not produce Rubowitz In the new programme, he said, they The mission, he added, appeared terrorists struck again at Pales-Tel-Aviv, and Galgllyn. had been dealing in this debate with to be that of speeding up the worktine's railways today as Lieut-

court. omeinlly atated in Jerusalem. short term plars, but "that does not of the British defence and financial

The first Palestine reflway ex-

It was stated that the youth's father mean that because we have not remissions and the other missions General

McMillan, plosion since Sunday, it followed last believed his son was still alive. capitulated in detall our general long coming to tanguon within the next British Army Chief In Pales-night's warning by the Irgun Zval Military Headquarters in Jerusalem terai programine that we have there two months to negotiate the transfer tine, was flying to Cairo with a that we

Leumi, Jewish terrorist organisation, announced today that exhaustive fore changed or abandoned that settlement.

shall strike, at British enquiries" showed that no British newgramma."

in first-hand account of the sitan military Banking and business circles

objectives with renewed troops were involved in the Tel-

Ave Jews Rangoon, however, draw

pointed tion for Field Marshal. Lord vigour. The threat was in reply to Aviv rioting in which attention to the background of the Montgomery,

the arrest of prominent Right Wing werd killed and 16,wounded on July Cripps visitBurma's

Chief of the Zionists, whom the authorities have 31, after the hanging by the Irgun

linked with the terrorists,

Zval Leumi of two British Army stringency with her need for further British Imperial General Staff.

sergeants. credit arrangements with Britain for

Court Field Marshal Montgomery, is due The Palestine Supreme

A Bucharest despatch today and the next fiscal year

beginning to leave Tayld for London tomorrow, todny deferred Judgment until it was estimated that about 50,000 September 1, the economic crisis. In according to a Reuter despatch from tomorrow on a petition by the Jews had left Rumanlu

this year. Britain with the readjustments of Cairo.

parents of Alexander Rubowitz, 17- [despite appeals from the Rumanian | Britain's economie cómmitments to The terrorists derailed twelve off year-old Jow who disappeared in Government. At least one member ald Burma, and the general situation wagons from A goods train and Jerusalem on May 6, calling on four of every Jewish family and left the In the country following last month's camaged more than 200 yards of Britone--including Major Alexander country in an “uttempt, 'to get to Dolliical assassinations.--Reuter, 'track with an electrically-detonated Roy Forran, - 20-year-old - ex-Coni- | Palestine by way of Italy-Reuter.

"We must face up to the long term measures for adjusting European economy and our own economy If we are over to free: Europe from con- tinuing dependence upon the getcro- the Western Hemisphere", Rity of Sir Stafford Cripps declared.

"We must not try to solve ¦diMculties by a permanent lowering For the standard of livinız of the British

people",

(Continued on. Pago 4)

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