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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1947.

Dalton Presents

Menacing Anti-Inflationary

France

De Gaulle's Warning

Paris, Nov, 12.-General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the anti-Communist Rally of the French People, declared today that France was menac. od by Russia-"an enormous power more fearful than any in European power history, including Hitler's Reich."

Speaking at his first press confer- ence since the founding at his move." ment last April, General de Gaulle compared its success in the recent

municipal elections with n kal

wave which would "engulf the whale

France

of

Jes

"Much is sald about two campa the Soviet and the American." declared. Then, raising his voice to

a shout, he cried:

comp-France.

"There

a third

perhaps

Autumn Budget

INCREASED LUXURY TAXES

London, Nov. 12.-Luxurios rather than necessities are hit by the emergency anti-inflation budget announced in Parliament tonight by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh Dalton, when he intro- duced big new taxes on gambling on football matches and dog races, raised, the taxes on spirits and wines and boosted the taxes on goods bought in the shops-in some cases by as much as 50 per cent.

All this is interpreted by trade unionists as a move to make it easier for them voluntarily to stop demands for high wages during the present crisis.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer estimated an additional yield of new taxes of £208,000,000 in a full year, while cuts of £200,000,000 in capital expendi- ture have already been announced, but, in some financial quarters, the new measures were being openly described as hopelessly inadequate.

on

"France is the country most menaced in the world,

"From the outside, she is menaced

beer of "average latterday" Mr Dalton announced the doubling on This special crisis budget, to pre-1

und by an enormous power, more fearful

proportionately vent Zuropean power in

Inflationary pressure which, of the profits tax on all profits as strength than any in

follav Hitler's Reich. | might

the Government's from January 1-an increase from stronger brew. Including history,

The articles uiready placed on the This power in more fearful because efforts to raise exports at the ex- 12-1/2 per cent to 25 per cent on in ndition to its own strength, pense of the home maritel. featured, distributed profits and five to 10 free list would not be placed on the purchase tax list, but those on the has groups of supporters Inside our however, no change in the income per cent on anticipated profits.

Dalton said that during

purchase tax 1st rates of taxes would the winter, months he would ex-

be raised as follows: 16-2/3 tax to through amine the alternatives to the present

33-1/3 and 33-1/3 to 50 per cent, the Marshall plan for nid to Europe system of collection to readjust and

608-2/3 tax to 70 per cunt, and 100 should be viewed as a common de-lighten the taxpayers' burden.

tax to 125 per cent. fence against a common menace.

country,

General de Gaulle said that France- American co-operation

19

WAR 15 POSSIBLE

"Wor Later be asserted: possible. That is saying enough:."

Speaking of the possibility of aul- Jawing the French Communist Party. General de Gaulle said that the measures which should be taken by the French Government would de- Com- pend on the actions of the munists and not those of the Gov- minent. ernment.

10-

"I do not believe that the feeling of this country is directed towards violence," he said when asked if he

France was heading thought

civil war. words a

"But it this misfortune should overtake us, the law must remain supreme,"

tax. Mr

Food subsidies estimated in the last budget in April to total £302.- 090,000 would be found, but further increases would not be possible.

There would be no increase in the tobacco duty. In the Inst budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer raised the price of cigarettes to 3/4d for 20, and there had been apprehension that he might raiso the duty fur-. ther.

Mr Dalton stated that there would be an increase of one penny per pint

Duties on heavy wines would be raised by 10: a gallon and on light by 5/- a gallon. would be a corresponding rise on British vines.

wines

Impost On Greyhound Betting

A tax of 10 percent would be im- posed on greyhound betting by the totalisafor, but none on horse racing. Football pools would be subject

tax of 10 percent. Tutics on whisky, rum and other spirits would be raised by £1.13.4 a proof callon. This meant that the price of a bottle of whisky of standard brand bought outside the

|

too

Football pools, he declared, hud | reached the

dimen- grown to most formidable

much sions, absorbing far Jabour.

They would be brought under the new betting duty in the same way as dog lotes-10 per cent.

Mr. Dalton added: "Not only will the taxes bring in additional Anan- ela? revenue and so diminish In-

"

increase Any further

In

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Songgram Asks Siamese King

To Return

Bangkok, Nov. 12.-Prince Chakraphan Pensiri will fly to Switzerland on Friday to invite 19-year-old King Phumiphon Aduldet to return immediately and assume the Siamese throne.

An announcement said the Prince was making the trip at the behest of Field Marshal Phibun Songgràm, Siam's now strongman who overthrow the government on Sunday.

40-Year Disarmament Treaty Demand

ANGLO-FRENCH BACKING FOR U.S.

London, Nov. 12.-Great Britain and France today demanded that the American proposal for a 40-year treaty on disarmament and demilitarisation of Germany be placed before the forthcoming meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council.

The treaty proposal, first advanced by the former Secretary of State, Mr James Byrnes, was Included in the British and French draft agendas for the CFM which were introduced at today's meeting of the Foreign Ministers' deputies hera

The British deputy, Mr Patrick Dean, said, "His Majesty's Govern- inent feels that conclusion of such a treaty is of the utmost importance and probably the best guarantee that Germany never world."

will be-

Jacques deputy,

of

the

on the heavy varieties and 5/- on reckoned to raise only £ 48,000,000 | the Austrian trem at the forth-

io-

D

COMMUNISTS

WIN CITY

Shihkiachwang. Falls

(Prasert Maltri, private secretary to the King, said in Lausanne, Switzerland, it was too early to say whether the King would agree to return to Slam immediately. A dis- patch from Saigon quoted the official radio and pross of the Viet Nam Republic which is battling the French in the colony for autonomy, as praising the new Siamese govern- ment as a defender of liberties of oppressed peoples... ready to sup- port the Viet Nam and create a

front

the Siamese Escond

frontier.)

on

Increasing evidence, There was meanwhile, that Sunday's bloodless coup was achieved by a military and Royalist party alliance aimed at austing the so-called People's Party. which has been accused of extreme corruption.

Informed chiservers believe Song- the gram would not have dared. coup in the face of foreign oppo- sition without the help of the Royalists. The question being ask- whether ed by most Siamese was Songgrom would step aside In the returns from the King Lausanne. They expect this ques- tion to be answered soon with the appointment of 00 new members of the Senate, as provided in the new

event

Peiping. Nov. 13.-OMelal pri- constitution. vate messages reaching Pelping reported the Chinese Communists had completed the

Shihkiachwang, Junction 172 miles here.

Even

If Songrram puts his own adher- ents in eordrol of the Senate, o13- of conquest

believe Aphaiwongse will Important

rat servers

quit as Premier.--Associated Press.

southwest

of

Force reconnaissance showed the

their booty.

Shihkiachwang presumably will be. come an essential. link in the corri der the Rods are trying to establish

Northern

Shantung

and

come menace to the

French The

suid the American trealy crushing level of

Hardouin, £392,000,000 a year.

proposal was "one of the most im-

of the question. Since it was economically impera-portant aspects tive to reduce these, and politically security for Europe." He urged that impossible to do so, the Chancellor it be considered jointly with

These dispatches said the Com- of the Exchequer took the obvious French proposals for the establish-

the munists suxished the last core of sepurate regimes in and expected course of "binding" ment of

Shihldachwang_reshfance-a rlag, of Ruhr and the thineland. them at their present level.

tankes inside which a group of last SOVIETS WILL SAY, NO

defenders fought to the end. di food An American spokesman suid

before the conquest avas will prices will thus be passed on to strong Soviet, opposition 10 the

messages it completed, the

reported, curtail various forms of expendi- consumers instead of being absorbed treaty proposal was expected.

Adr strongly supported a federated / blackmarket would go up to about flationary pressure, but they

ture which we cannot afford in this by further increase in subsidi was not-included-in-the-Soviet Communists had begur moving out "Germany must be asso30/~-compared-wity 23/..

The betting tax will come into

And subsidies on leather, cotton and

CFM the for agenda

submitted clated in the common effort

time of emergency.

£33,000,000

a year, yesterday. humanity to build Europe and the force in January 4 next and was

On the duties on British wines, wool, costing

will disappear. to expected to yield £15,000,000 in a

that

The United States, United King- world. But it is unthinkable

Mr Daiton stated

the duties full year.

would rise correspondingly by 10/- allow Germany again to become a

don and France argued today that taxes Since the additional

be settled before The new taxes generally should power, unified and organised around a central government which-would bring in £48,000,000 this financial the lighter types.

for the remainder of this fiscal year the German andi endy In April, inevitably tend to expand by force.

year, which

1lc also promised, as from full finan- -Reuter.

sum of £208,000,000 in

morrow to raise the duty on beer (up to the end of March) and since coming Big Four meeting.

Russia's Mr Smirnov insisted that the cuts in capital expenditure are clal year.

by the equivalent of one penny also being applied only gradually, the Austrian treaty be the last liem Amid Labour cheers, Mr Dalton

Bint on beer .of "average latterday" said

had that he had

eccond

is clearly small. thoughts about betting since his last strength, which evoked laughter, and the immediate anti-inflationary effect of the Big Four agenda,

proportionately more on stronger This might be criticised as inade- budget. There

need to

brew "if there be any still."

quale. fortify the revenue and prevent

to very confident pre- Contrary misuse of rescurecs.

MINIMUM BUDGET There had been a great increase

Reuter's financial editor writes: diction, the Chancellor of the Exche- the tote turnover, especially don The autumn budget of the Chancel-quer did not take the opportunity to a large proper-lar of the Exchequer, Mr Hugh deny the recent rumours about ex- be described as a change rates. He did not mention surrounding a coastal plain house, tion of total

A tax of 10 per cent would be minimum budget-n minimum anti- the subject at all. suspected of being an underground

reference only situation Almost his hideout. Ten placed on all money wagered on dog inflationary effect on Irgun Zvai, Leumi

was difficultios could possibly be regarded as foreign exchange other young Jews were wounded in totes and would be deducted

pald over

the proprietors, but by the encounter.

finen! changes when be said that the shortage of be there would be no levy of this kind that would justify solemnity as a dollars is now much more serious he than it was last April, when horse Lates

racecourses Brilish budget day.

Within his self-imposed limits, the raized the tobacco

save were not for private proft and an improvement of horsebreeding (Chancellor set out only to absorb dollars, and that nobody can tell how resulted in the export.

the additional Inflationary pressure long it will be before Britain can created by import cuts and intensi-restart buying American tobacco.

when asked ted

Yesterday, however, exports.

that standpoint, the budget, whether he would "umpeg" exchange is not a light measure. A sum of rates and let the sterling, find its

he own level. £208,000,000 of additional taxes in

full year, added to £200,000,000 of Reuter.- already announced cuts in capital expenditure. takes a big bile into spending

Four Killed In Gun Battle

Jerusalem, Nov. 12.-Three Jewish girls and a youth were killed today

Wits

in a fun battle with British troops | totes, represenditure.

Military sources al Tel Aviv said

11 Jews were captured in a rald on the Isolated house where the Army was conducting "urmed exercises."- Associated Press.

EDITORIAL

on

expen

for

ዜ

An Injudicious Strike

THE strike

weapon

Is again Indiscriminately being used and injudiciously by trade union Without leaders In Hongkong. any Justification nearly 300 em- ployees of the Fisheries Market Ing Bection have followed the advice of their Unlou and walked out: service employees of many leading hotels and rest

restaurants are threatening to take similar action, and presumably will do, so unless somehody can convince them of the stupidity of such a move. So` far as the fish market workers Government has are concerned, followed

nly togical coures the only and has given the strikers 24 hours which to return

wark, to by or see their jolis filled others. The fisheries employees have no legitimate grievance and clearly have allowed themselves to be- come the pawns of agitator who seek to impose their will. Govern ment" would invite the critjobsm of the public even to parier wit fhem. It has

been observed

the

fero, and must be repeated. union leaders carry responsibili- lies which cannot bo treated lightly. It is a violation of their position

trust to imagine of grievances and think up faney

Dalton, might

anding, minimum

out

demands

and then call workers

they because

are not met. Economie tawa cannat. be set aside to satisfy the whim of A fair Irresponsibles. A few day's pay for a fair day's work ly

the

axlom which must employers-workers rela Rovern Honships, and attempts to "chisel" excessive and uneconomie wages out of employers are to be de- plored as much as exploitation of The facts show that workers. the fisheries marketing employees enjoy reasonable working condl-

which tions for labour

is not onerous. Naturally they have to work harder during seasonal fish catches, but they also have long perleds of cumparative Idle- ness-without any loss of pay or Their original de- privileges, manis

were unreasonable; their action

i striking foolhardy. If they have any sense, these men will accept Government's ultimatum, return to work today and then set about electing unlon traders who can faithfully repro- sent their interests. The alterna- tive is loss of comfortable and remuntralive work ni a lime when the labour market has little room for new recruits.

From

ta

The decision was deferred until tomorrow, when the United States' Robert Murphy will present the United States' detailed proposal on the agenda.

THREE MAIN POINTS Presenting the British proposal on the agenda for the Big Four

Dean meeting, Mr Patrick

said, "The Austrian treaty can and must settled before the German problem."

The second point of the proposed economic agenda should deal with principles pertaining to Germany- evel of industry and reparations, Including Saar problems. The third point is to deal with form and struc- ture of the provisional German government. answered "No."

tnx to

Vice-Regal Visit To Canton

But Mr

"'come Dalton detected aigns" that inflationary pressure has been relaxed in recent weeks. Ac- cordingly he foreshadowed that, an- like recent years, no increase' would

It is officially announced that His be required in the "fiduciary issue" (authorised maximum circulation of Excellency the Governor and Lady banknotes) for Christmas, and after Grantham will visit Canton by air Christrass he hoped to reduce it for on Friday, November 21. to see Dr the first time since the outbreak of V. Soung. Governor of Kwangtung.

the They will funch with Dr Soong und Within the limits of the Treasury's return to Hongkong the same day. own accountancy, this is, of course, an extremely strong budget. Even

additional without

the taxes, Chand for of the Exchequer dis- closed

that budgetary surplus 19 already uprecedented. for the time of The year..

the war.

Playboy Peers

Immune

London, Nov. 10.-Playboy peers will escape Britain's first peacetime. Industrin conscription after all.

peers

officials

A high goverment source sald today that most peers could avoid between

registration in the industrial draft Northern Shemsi provinces. It was by clakning Parliamentary immunity sub- Labour Ministry rich in weapons, Industrial maciny Members of the House of Lords.

erred nery, cotton, loather and other goods

they had sequently conceded which the conquerors vitally needed. when they ruled yesterday, that all But it was the city's strategie value,

"not gatrifully employed" on the Peiping-Hankow railroad, would come under the new decrees that prompted Generallssimo Chlang designed to draft labour for essential agriculture. Kal-shek urgently to appeal to the

Industries, particularly defenders to hold out until he could textiles and coal mining. send reinforcements,

Nearly 900 peers are eligible to sit With Shinkiachwang in their in the flouse of hands, the Communist are in o

de more than to Lards, but seldem upear at a session. position seriously to threaten two Only Irish peers and a limited num North China provincial capitals--ber of Scottish peers are ineligible Paoting in Hopch on the north and for the Upper House and thus might

the unkier Taiyuam in Shansi in the

new decrce.~~~ Associated Press.

United Press.

west.-

came

Wales Beat Scotland 2-1

At Hampden Park

SWEDEN'S TEAM

Glasgow, Nov. 12.-A great, crowd of over 70,000 saw Wales Stuckholm, Nov, 12, Sweden's

a deserved two to onc

team to meet England in the Inter- national soccer match at Highbury. score

win over Scotland in the Inter-Landon, on November 19, was an- national soccer match at Hamp acunced today as follows: den Park Stadium here today.

All the goals came in the first half.

It was the first Welsh victory on this ground and it took them into third place in the International championship table.

Tursten Lindberg, Knut Nordahl, Nilsson, Anderson, Bertle Nordahl, rosen, Maertensson, Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl, Nils Liedholm, Nystrum.

The team which consiste wholly of amateurs, gathered at. Blandaas, near Gothenburg today for special, training.

The United Kingdom proposat did not include the frontier question, which might, however, be linked ni a later stage with security aspects, Mr Dean added.

for The French

the proposal

meeting agenda of the Big Four

on Ger- suggested that discussion

with consideration of the many open German

frontiers, to be followed by that of economic principles, putting procedural questions at the tail of the agenda.

Mr Murphy, supporting the Bri-

of tho Uish and French proposals for putting

The remarkable feature Austrian treaty on the top of Scotland have yet to score in the

team is that three brothers. Nordahl, and while England

have the Big Four agenda, orgued that competition,

gained a re-election. Their the lead

ench with it had been agreed Austria should Ireland share

most difficult task will probably fall to Bertie who will be opposed to be treated as a liberated country three points. but after two years she was still

Scotland opened the scoring in Tonimy Lawton.

The average go of the side is 28, without a peace treaty.

Russia contested the Western stand the ninth minute when, catching the

(39 and 85 respectively). with the argument that the Big Welsh defence right out of position, the eldest boing Nilsson and Maar Washington, Nov. 12-The Com Four meeting was designed chiefly the right-winger Gordon Smith, sent lensson

the German problem, over a perfect centre for his inside They have 125 International cop

between them.-Router. merce Department revealed today to consider Controversy has all along inged

Russia and cr saleilles wherefore Austria should be. dis- partner. McLaren, to head the ball and wat continue to rage, not on that that

into the far corner of the net.

RUGBY RESULTS 110 part

the cussed only at the end of the meet- point, but on whether it is adequate will

barrels of gasoline ing United Press.

Gradually Wales gained the supre London, Nov. 12-The Rugby for the country's general economic 12,000,000

macy and following an attack the League results are as follows: Leeds other petroleum pro- and

Centre-forward Ford ran the ball 16; New Zealand Tourists 23; County 22- Beaten To Death

from close range to through

Champlonchips Lancashiro "HOPELESSLY INADEQUATE" ducts the United States will ship to foreign countries during the remain-

equalire in the 37th minute.

Yorkshire 18. The Rugby Union re- and der of the year because they refused

Guam, Nov. 12-Pic Herbert Just on the interval, the inside sults are as follows: County Cham- to namwer questions about their

home what pionship: Middlesex 20, Oxfordshire and consump Gilver, of the 1st Marine Brigade, left Lawrie, drove ly describing the budget as "hope- domestic production

Counties 11; Surrey 1; was beaten to death on Saturday proved to be the winning goal with a ; Eastern Jessly inadequate."

Hon.

Club great shot from 30 yards.

Suserx B, Berkshire 18; The absence of any cuts in ex- The pilocations Included 40,000 night in a fight between two Marines

Although the Welsh forwards con- Matches: Guy's Hospital 15, Cam- penditure, other than those already barrels of aviation gasoline, 300,000 and 20 Filipino labourers in a tavern, announced, drew

17, Royal Naval particularly day | motor gasoline, 200,000 kerosene, the Navy said today. Four Filipinos 'nued to press strongly after the bridge University 12; United Ser- verse comment, The crux of these 64,050 gas and distillite and 100,000 are being held by the. Gusm police. In'erval, the Scottish defence holdvice Portsmouth

College Greenwich 13-Reuter. was food subsidies

Reuter. qvhich have fuel oil for China United Press,

uituation,

Many serious economists inancial writers were tonight open-

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