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Look Out Mr GOLD DOLLARS

Molotov!

London, Sept.. * 16. Thirteen British husbands of Russian wives in Russia plan to meet in London in No- vember in an attempt to see Mr Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, when he attends the meeting

of Foreign Ministers here.

"We are optimistic that this time we shall be able to do something," Mr A. C. Hall, one of the husbands, said. Hall's son, whom he has never seen, is one year On old on November 18. that day he has arranged to celebrate the event by tele- phoning to his wife. The cost of the ten-minute birth- day treat will be £3.- Router.

American Demands 'Shock'U.K.

Imperial Proferences

Geneva, Sept. 16.-The Unit- ed States request to Common- wealth-countries for conecesions

FOR BRITAIN

International Fund Gives Assistance

SNYDER AND BEVIN MEET

London, Sept. 16.-The International Monetary Fund had agreed to provide $60,000,000 in exchange for sterling within the next few days, the Treasury. · announced tonight.

Meanwhile, the International Bank and Inter- national Monetary Fund, comprising more than 350 experts on high finance from 45 different countries, have made such headway during the past few days that their second annual meeting, scheduled to last two weeks, ends here tomorrow after only seven days' deliberations.

The Commonwealth and colonial delegates, however, are to remain behind in London for informal dollar talks with Treasury offelals.

They hope to eliminate much of the preliminary ground work in pre-

industrial and agricultural organien- tions be selected to form

the ad- visory Council of the Bank to serve as councillors for a period of two

yesi.

They included Sir C. V. Jann,

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1947.

SHARING OUT THE BOOTY

Tokyo, Sept. 16-Allied G.H.Q. officials announced today that four nations will receive a total of 19,561 items of machine tools and secondary metal working equipment In the first allocation of reparations.

The machinery, from 17 government-owned arsenals, will represent about 28 per cent of the arsenal items set asido as part of the interim Reparations programme for advance transfer.

China will receive one half and the Philippines, the Dutch and the United Kingdom will receive one-sixth of these advance allotments.

This will leave a total of 50,092 machines of similar type from 74 other arsenals and dispersal areas which are carmarked for reparations. They will be allocated to seven nations which are not sharing in the advance transfers or will be used for additional claims by the four powers recolving the first shipments.-Associated Press.

NEW DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS

Ministers To Ex-Enemy Countries

London, Sept, 16.-Included in the important

group of changes in the diplomatic service announced tonight were appointments which follow the official the Allies and ending of the state of war between former Nazi satellites.

Ministers were appointed to four

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Flushing Meadows, New York, Sept. 16.- Opening the second regular session of the United Nations General Assembly here today, Senor Oswaldo Aranha, Brazil's senior delegate, who was elected' President of the Assembly after two secret ballots, expressing the "world wide misgivings and perplexities," said:

"The truth is that the United Na- tions has been able to do very little;

since the last session. The agenda Latest Sports Items contains a great many items, but it Burrows down to the question whe- ther the road selected will lead to peace or strife.

"It is not enough to ban the use of weapons such 13 gas, atomic bombs and the means of masa destruction.

Richards? 200th Winner

Leicester, Sept. 16-Riding "WC must condemn not anty arms but the very thought of war. Mrs Gwyn, a five to four on "Strife, which is feature of this favourite, in a desperate finish stwar period; can and must be to win the Regworth Nursery terminated by ideas, never by force Handicap Plate at Leicester to- of arms. We cannot believe, day by a hend, Gordon Richards, world of suicide peoples."

THE ONLY WAY

champion jockey, scored his 200th winner of the season on the course where he rode his

paration for the full round table of India and Dr S. K. Alfred Sze, or the ex-enemy countries Austria, TROUBLE IN therefore, at this time is to impart first winner.

talks which are expected to be held in November when Empire statesmen will be here for the Royal wedding. Observers who, in view of the worsening of the world position, had experied

of China.-Restér,

DOLLAR CRISIS MOVES

London,

16-Important Sept. economic dollar crisis" moves began to- dramatic diy

United States which tho Secretary of the Treasury, Mr John W. Snyder, called at the Foreign Once for his arst "face-to-face" talk with the Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin.

In the

merely For it resulted formal ratification of a number of outstanding items.

on Imperial preferences, pre- developments from the conference of sented at the meeting yester-the two Bretton Woods institutions, day, Included demands for total were disappointed. elimination of preferences for some hundred items and reduc- tion of preferential margins by up to 50 percent for another hundred items, the United Press learned from informed · British sources today.

The sources said the United States demand had come as a "shock" 10 the whole Commonwealth group and to the United Kingdum in particular.

described The request was "fantastic" and "out of proportion."

GLOOMY VIEW

There, were mainly:

The meeting took place under the shadow of yesterday's announcement that the Bank of England has rold

Hungary, Bulgaria Finland.

Sir Victor Mallet is to be Ambas- nador to Rome in succession to Sir the who becomes Noel Charles, British deputy for Italian colonies,

Sir Neville Bland, Ambassador to The Netherlands, ls to be succeeded

SOLOMONS

London, Sept. 16A British air-

at The Hague by Sir Phillip Nichols, craft, carrier, escorted by a des the present Ambassador to Czecho-troyer, has salled from New Zealand 1 Guadalcanal, in the Solomon slovakia.

Mr Plerson Dixon, Principal Pri-Islands, to "assist the local autho- vate Secretary to the Foreign Secre-rities in handling an uneasy situa- Lary, Mr Ernest Bevin, replaces Sir tion" the Colonial Omee disclosed

tonight. Ralph Nicols ni Prague.

Mr Oswald Scott of the Foreign

Following disturbances

there,

Dr Aranha said: "The problem, to all peoples and all men in all regins the thorough confidence in our organisations.

"Only thus can we disarm them for war and equip them for peace.

"Never before in history have an many material and spritual forces the greatest ever gathered together in the world, been dedicated task of such magnitule.

and

to

Richards has topped the 200 mark six times previously and has ridden well over 3,000 winners during his. career. lils record for a conson is 259 winners, which ha rode in, 1039, breaking Fred Archer's total of 248 winners, which had stood for 48 years-Reuter. in A

London,

SELLING OUT

1-The admission of Finland as to the United States-the first £20,- Omice Information Department, Hossoveral arrests had been made, but be met that the world may not perish, and 23 yearlings and 40 brood mares

000,000 of Britain's reported £600,- the 48th member nation of both the International Bank and the Inter-000,000 gold reserves. national Monetary Fund;

2-A decision

and

to increase

to elect

a 14th 3. A decision Executive Director to vote on behalf of Australia, Syria, the Lebanon, and Finland.

British sources took a gloomy vic'v

SUCCESSFUL DISCUSSIONS of the possiblity of compromise on the basis of the United Slotes request

et which Tomorrow's meeting, and feared danger to the conference

John J. unless there was a certain readiness delegates will hear Mr on the United States side to reduce McCoy, the Bank President, and M. that the Camillo Gult, the Managing Direc- demands. They opined United States attitude at Geneva had tor of the Fund, wind up the in- undergone cerian rhanges in the stitutions first full working year, past week and had stiffened sudden-marks the end of what have been ly, but added that they were unable described as "highly successful dis- to see the reasons for this change. cussions".

to Helsink as

as Minister,

Mr Alexander Knex Helm, poli-

Mr

J

world

expectations.

always-toward-

The Maharajah, who never leaves India, has had little success with his horses since he started racing here He won only two small in 1040. races last year and his only win this sinson was when Cider Apple won ot Leicester yesterday.

Third Division Northern:- Oldham Athictic 0 Hartlepool 2.

Irish League, Gold Cup final: Bel- fast Calle 2 Distillery 0.

Sept. · 10-It- was "I do not know of any greater

learned

Ma- that the today harajah of Gwalior. is, giving up challenge to wisdom and intelligence the goodwill of governmonía

his extensive racing interests in of the world. and the peoples

"Nevertheless, the challenge must England and his horses in training

at Newmarket, sales "Europe is an economie, tragedy are to be offered at the Arst October Mr Thomas Cecil Rapp, until the latest reports showed the situa cently deputy to the Economie Mis-tion to be completely under control,

"In Asia, the ilde of blood which This sale represents only about sign to Gr

to Greece,

will be Ambassador to the Clonial Office spokesman added and a military question mark

Though no direct punitive action the war swept in has not ebbed away the two weeks of British requirements Mexico in succession to Mr Charles

by the British warships was con- Bateman.

TASK IS CLEAR Sir Henry

the United templated, the spokesman siúl i quotas payable by Egypt and Iran; to finance dollar purchases.

repe

to the was thought that "a show of force The danger of Britain's final re-

Kingdom

would ald

"The task is clear and irrefutable, be to the restive natives" Government, will. before the Austrian

The world which is present here can the local authorities. serves being exhausted

His horses in England have been become divided only through a lack Marshall plan gets under way, the Minister to Austria.

A movement

trained by Mr C. Halsey, Mr T. E. calling itself the of understanding Among

Leader and Mr H. Wragg-Reuter. cost of feeding the Germans in the British Zone of Germany and the Ucal representative in Hungary, ie "Marching Rule", had been defying through

the misgovernment of cost of maintaining 100,000 British to be Minister to Hungary.

Soccer Results Mr. John Sterndale Bennett, poli- the authorities and provoking did peoples, or through fallure on our

there had been part to meet troops in Palestine are assumed to

London, Sept. 16-The results of be among the many problems con-

lical representative in Bulgaria, be- turbances, though

no bloodshed and none was expect-

atural and historic trend in football games played tonight were:

16 fronting the British and American comes" "Minister to Bulgaria.

destinies ed, he said. leaders.

MIDDLE EAST OFFICE

solidarity." unity and WOB B *Marching Rule" been The John Troutbeck, has

In the election 1 Senor Aranka Mr Snyder arrived here last week

nationalist movement

to the presidency, two ballots were taken, the first giving Senor Aranha for the second annual meetings of appointed hond of the Middle East primitive

and the Interna-office at Calro in succession to Sir seeking semi-autonomous

Herbert tment for the islands.

26 votes, Australia's Dr the World Bank

Mr Troutbeck, in Assistant Responsible British opinion was Evatt 23, and Czechoslovakia's Air

on-Islanders were not tional Monetary Fund. He has al- Arnold Overton.

had a conference with Mr

the that the Solomon Isl ready Hugh Dalion, the Chancellor of the Under-Secretary of State In

two-thirds majority, the second boi- Exchequer, and meetings with other Foreign Office, was seconded to the yet fit for self-government, he said. Jan Masaryk six. As this was not a

In the Ministry of Economic Warfare dur-

the war and has long been asso- ! Residentporary absence of a lot was taken,

Commissioner, the Solo- The Luxembourg representative, Ministers will follow,

ing clated with the direction of econo-mons Protectorate was administered M. Joseph Brch, was elected chair by Mr J. F. Nicholl, the Colonial

man of the influential Political Com- Roberts, Secretary for Fi

mittee of the United Nations Alten- mic affairs in the Foreign Office.

from It was reported

Australia Minister at Moscow,

bly here today. In July that Guadalcanal Island, the Private Secre- Dixon as Principal

secne of the famed attack by Ameri-Russia Behind closely guarded doors, the

Sir Noci can "eathernecks" during the war. various technical ɛub-committees of

appointment of

been "Invaded" by natives, Ernest Buvin's specta" had the International Bank have been Charles as Mr battling for nearly a week with a deputy for discussions on the future armed with spears and blowpipes, of the Italian colonial empire who crossed the 80 miles strait from host of world Ananelal problems.

Today

they

their dicates that Britain expects a co- the archipelago. presented

of ference of

deputies Jor special Bank's Board

(This report was later officially Andings to the Governors. The International Mone- Italian colonies to be convened in denied).-Reuter. Lary Fund

will

consider the report the inmediate future, it was consi

dered in diplomatic quarters in Lon- of its committees tomorrow.

Secrecy no enshrouds the talks dun.

Such: i71

尥 move should now bt understood to be

progress here between British and Commonwealth possible without objection from any

Without prejudicing the official

It is stressed, however, that they reply from Landon, the sources said

have merely opened the door to all it was difficult to see how the United nations who need financial aid and Staths request could be met with that it is up to the nations them- out serious consequences to United selves to bring about the necessary

The Kingdom

internal скопоту.

ce improvement claimed that never in the last Ave economy. months of negotiations in Geneva had the United States made such The Bank Advisory Council today that nine persons far-reaching requests on Britain.-recommended

International representing various United Press.

EDITORIAL

THE

sources

inn their

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Hongkong's Airfield

to

ir

VIE visit of Lord Nathan, Éri. tish Minister for Civil Avia. tien reawakens in the pubile con- aclouess the subject of a future Other airport for Hongkong. masters of moment had contrived. to push this question Into the background for several months. past, and the adrelt silence both on the part of the Ministry and the Hongkong

sleepius dora encouraged the wovernment has lle.. we would be doing, Lord

however, Nathan a disservice, we permitted him to leave the Colony under the misapprehension that all Interest in a modern air- field has evaporated, and that wo are content to log elong with the futile little Kai Tak aerodrome. There is a general awareness here: that unless, Hongkulls can in the near futura offer modern and adequate facllliles for Interna.. tlonial aircraft, the Colony is

of being aeronautically by hand.chat, inxtent of libo- most Important

-the

coming terminal L the Far East, it will drirs

the status of 3.1 Inta emergency refuelling slution, Un- doubtedly Lord Nathan is aware that before the war Hongkong bad developed into the central con- verging terminal for elvil air lines from all points of the globe, and Way that plans were well under for linking the Colony with atr services that would permit pas. sengers to make complete round-

the-world trips. The rapid devc. lopment of long-distance aircraft today makes this even more practicable than I was 10 years

by the same

token larger airfields are required to accoming. date

four-engined

tha

giant

"les employed in distance

only chance of

in

Hongkong's the der

velopment of international civil aviation li to

to be in

in a position to offer the fullest and latest facilities for this traffic.. The procrastina- ffon which has marked the British Government's handling of Her

Hong- kong's airport problem leaves. A feeling of frustration and disillu- sionment. The hurry and bustle to forge ahead with the Ping Shan schemo is still remembered; so also the energetic manner in which the experts came out, to condemn that site and to select an alter- native. Since then the subject of a Hongkong altport has been official- tys taboo, Wo hope Lord Nathan, as a result of his visit, wylit change this; that he will hot only see Drep Bay, the proposed site for the new airfield, for himself, but wil, be fore, he leaves us, rive an en»- uraging sign that kalno fort of action will be taken before long Luto being. to bring the airport The Hongkong Government Is scared to say anything; perhaps the Minister of Civil Aviation will break the silence, and tel tho Colony know Just where it slande with regard tó future ale facfiltirs,

Two other important "behind the scenes" developments in fighting the international economie crisis are re- ported today.

Mr Frank Kery eceeds

taryt to the Foreign Secretary.

The

experts to save dollars by stepping up of the four powers,

Mr

following the

govern-

He was proposed by Britain, while proposed Poland's Foreign Minister, Dr Zygmunt Modzelewski.

Six countries were elected to.pro- vide Vice-Presidents: China, Britain, the United States, France and Soviet

Russia-Reuter.

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Rugby Union: Redruth 0 Swansea

Rugy League: Yorkshire Cup, first round socond leg: Paley 3 Hull 6 (Botley eliminated). Keighley 8 Hunslet 13 (Hunslel siminated).- Reuter.

Stymio Rule To Stay

London, Sept. 10-The slymle rule in golf is neither to be altered or abolished. This was decided at the autumn business meeting of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrew's today.

The meeting arrived at this de- of the cision.

after consideration

the Dominion Kolf replies from

Advisory authorities the Juint

Council and the Golf Unions in this

RATINGSRESCUED country, which had been requested

after

express their views.

by

the Americans

Champions Winning

NO SHORTAGE OF

It was announced that the rulcs SHIPPING

Paris, Sept. 18.-Fourteen French of the Golf Commitice were now Melbourne, Sept. 15-Viscount

naval ratings were rescued today engaged in revising and re-drafting coast from the rules of golf and the committee trade within the Commonwealth, but coming into force yesterday of the Addison, Minister for Commonwealth off the bleak Brittany

relations decured that shipping could

wiridswept, wave-buffeted rock to considered the grouping together of observers noted with interest the Italian peace treaty.

and would be provided to transport which they had been clinging for the rules for buth match and medal SIGNIFICANT TRANSFER

of wheat

Found.- such develop- forthright demand

the.

their ship-a | play 60,000,000 bushels ments by Mr Harold Wilson, the

The transfer of Sir Victor Mallet, promised by Australia to Britain Ihres urs Secretary for Overseas Trade and Ambassador to Spain, who was with the harvest came up to expectation. Frenelt naval tur based ca Brest-Reuter, chairman of the new "gufiling com- drawn last December following the Speaking at a State Government on aground and sank.

Their strength had almost given

Lendon, Sept. 10.--The close of mittee for the intensified export move of the United Nations to call luncheon he said, "I want to make

first-class Australin out when they were seen by two

play stores in the last home the heads of diplomatic mis- it clear that any food drive,

cricket match of the season 'nt Kon- Speaking at Birmingham yester-stons accredited to the Government wishes to send to Britain will not trawlers which had put out from the

nington Oval were: day, he said that this was for Bri- of General France, is Rome strong-be delayed because of lack of ship-small Brittany Bring village of

Kerity-Penmarch.

Middlesex 543 for nine declared. tain a matter of stork economic

ly suggests that the Government sces ping."

Onc trawler took thirteen men The Rest 248 (Emmett 09, Evans 70. necessity."Reuter.

He said there seemed to be a mis- an prospect of normalising diploma-

relations with Spain in the near conception that lack of shipping was aboard, and the other saved the petty Gruy four for 47 Compton four for NON-CONVERTIBILITY TALKS future.

bottleneck-Associated fleer who had captained the tug-57) and 300 for eight (Yardley 71.

| Reuter.

Washbrookt 01)--Neuter, The same is true of the transfer Press. London, Sept 16-Four European of Mr Thomas-Rapp, Minister- countries are already or soon will designate in Tirana, to Mexico Clly, be-engaged In financial negotiations Mr Rapp never reached his post. here regarding the problems of ster-in Tirana because Britain's decision ling's non-convertibility.

to resume diplomatic relations with Besides the talks will Italy which Albania was cancelled, following re- opened today, talks with Sweden are ports of the unsatisfactory treat-

I.

causing

ANYWAY, IT'S AN AMUSING STORY

one

When the conductor has been) had to ask the conductor Ignaz expected to be resumed on October ment of the Brilish military mission Amsterdam, Sept. 16.-This

the Neufnark, point out her place in the 1. With Switzerland in mid-October, last year.

story, attested to by many stolid soothed and has departed,

stranger says it really is nothing score. and with Portugal "cometime. In Mr Rapp's appointment indientes Dutch burghers, begins in at all, that for a bet of, say, 500 The flest oboe said he felt "some→ October."

that, as in the case of Franco Spain,

the air" during The

nego expected

with Denmark little hope is entertained in London railway train running from Rot-guilders, he will disrupt an entire thing strange in which were

ution of a resumption of relations with terdam to Dordrecht last week. symphony concert by working his the concert.

from a seat audience,

The stranger collected his bois. in One of the passengers--DO have been postponed until a dead- Albania in the near future, lock over prices in the Anglo- Tonight's list of appointments also seems able to give an exact descrip- The bot is covered and the Hague a nearby cafe, so the story goes, Con Danish food talks has been settled announces the formal change in ten-mentioned rather idly that he Orchestra concert at Scheveningen ductor Neumark said he thought do

con- selected,

poor performances, while unusual, one way or the other.

Atalus

to the normal diplomatic rank could force anyone by sheer

The man was in the audience wren had a normal explanation since over Preliminary Anglo-Swedish dis of political representatives in nil centration to do his bidding. Pull

of the train, the solo violinist, Sam Swap, be the greatest artists were sometimes cussions which, took pince in Lon-ex-enemy states, except Rumania. the emergency.cord

gan to play. This much in truo: erratic. The Dutch psychologist, Dr an The

example. don

ago reached

appointment of the existing for

Bucharest, Discreet Dutch

Inughter af that critica wondered about Swanp's poor W. C. II. Tenneff, said it waN DOE- to cover about political representative in interim

weeks, and the October, dia- Mr Adriane 3 of the Ru- gera

Colman, has not yet re--but suddenly, one of the pussen-Angering and his astonishing un-sible for a hypnotist or telepathist

as though in

Applause was mild.to wield auch influence, but he would ncertainty. arisco and, ceived the cussions are expected to reach

Then Janine Well, the French like to meet the man first. and

Dghting wil Government manlan final agreement.

con- dream, an though

own, does pull plantst, began to fumble in the midat But the airanger had disappeared. The financial talica with Egypt are sequently was not included in the stronger than his

of a Saint-Sacus, concerto. She, even United Press. proceeding in Cairo.-Router.

announcement-Reuler.

the emergency cord.

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