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HIGH PRAISE FOR NEHRU
Viscount Mountbatten, London, Nov. 14, Governor-General of India, speaking in London today of the disorder which, he said, reigned when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and his Government took over on the transfer of power, declared: "It was enough to try any new government, but Mr Nehru and his Government rose above it."
Was
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1947.
un- where life and communication's hind been brought very nearly to a stand-
Lord Mountbatten velling a portrait of Mr Nehru at India House: the headquar- ters of the High Commissioner in London.
Only three percent of India's 400,000,000 people, sald Lord Mount- Batten, were Involved in the trouble spots, the remaining 97 percent avero living in peace and quietness.
still.
One of Greatest Mon
"The massacres have been bad cnough, and it would be. foolish to try to pretend otherwise. But we are now starting to compute the ac tunt figures. We have the official the Indian and reports of both Pakistan Governments and the totals are kept correctly and being added
"But that is not news, the news is not my place to try to pre- Es not what is going well. Nowa is what is going very badly, low much fudice what the final figures will be, do you read about those living in but I have no hesitation peace and happiness and content ment? I ask you to bear that mind when you think of these two struggling new nations".
Within three weeks
that they will not only be fur less than anyone else
thinks at the
moment, but will be a small fraction of the large figures which have been nustel,"
declared that Lord Montbatten of taking
office. Lord Mountbatten continued, Mir Nehru found himself at the head a government in a capital city
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Rumours About Philip Mountbatten's Last Bachelor Party
King Michael
London, Nov. 14.-Tho Rumanian Embassy today denied press reports that King Michael of Rumania would not return home after next week's royal wedding in London,
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"Soon after the wedding, King Michael will go to Switzerland
short holiday," the spokesman of the Embassy said, adding: "From there he will fly back to Bucharest.”
King Michael is piloting his own plane from Paris Lo London tomorrow. — Reuter,
MOLOTOV
AGAIN BEING
DIFFICULT
London, Nov. 14. Thirty of Lleut Philip Mount-.. batten's best friends met tonight in an exclusive London club for a party which will be his lust fling as a bachelor. Antique silver and crystal The Embassy did not say whether glasses glittered on the linen- any other Soviet personalities would covered U-shaped table. It was set in the third floor belfry of the club, which used to be «a spiritualist temple: Called "The Belfry," it is in the Embassy studded district of Belgravia.
The party was organised by the young Marquess of Milford Haven, who la to be Phillp's best man,
A 19th Century loving cup of 22 carat gold sent by a friend held the Loast Napoleon liquid for the last brundy specially bought in France- Associated Press,
Rocoption Of Royalty
London, Nov. 14-Buckingham Palace and London luxury hotels were today. making last-minute preparations for foreign royal guests arriving over the week-end to nt- wedding tend Princess Elizabeth's next Thursday.
The wedding has provided the for a London, Nov. 14-The Soviet first postwar opportunity
refused to Foreign Minister, Mr Vyache-gathering of European royalty.
The 30-year-old Queen Frederikia slav Molotov, has agree to a British proposal de-of Greece, who is expected to arrive at night, will lay Mr Nehru was a man of the high-signed to prevent a breakdown on Sunday
King Haakon, of Norway, who est imaginable Integrity, a man whs of the forthcoming Council of Buckingham Palace.
lands
Newenstle, will be a had never, at any time, in any Foreign Ministers meeting, an
American spokesman said fol- Palace policy
guest with King Frederik stages, suggested any
en Ingrid, of Der
Denmark who action of which he or his country-lowing a meeting of the Minis- and Queen on Sunday, men would ever need he ashamed ters deputies here today.
are expected old King Michael of when history came to be written.
Ly 2013 to- Romania is expected mergy from Paris and will slay Claridges Hotel. His mother, Queen Helen, is nant, the Duchess of Horta, and their staff will stay at the rame king's hotel. It is the Roinnin
Great Internationalist The Secretory of State for Com- monwealth. Relations Mr Philip Noot-Tinitev, snid that the secret of Me Nenu's hỉu was that be won the vehicir of
which Wats it power
himself. J greater 1931 2
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Soviet The spokesman said the position apparently was an effort to block the Western powers attempts to give priority to the Austrian treats when the Counelt mects on November 25
lfe described the arguments ari- vaneet by the Soviet deputy, Mr A. Smirnov, as evasive and fruitless." The proposal was sulenitted by Mfr Brest Bevin (Britain) to his three entieagues by wire on November 6.
Mr Bevin asked Mr Molotov, Mr George Marshall (United
Bidoult M. Georges agree that the deputies settle
the under- Big Four agent with
when and if the standing that Council reached an Impasse on any one item, they would "pass at sure to the discussion of the next item on the list",
The
Arst visit to London June 1937, when
Caroi, on state business. he accompanied his father, ex-King
110T
MI Noel-Baker fald 17:1 Mr Nehru had been
Claridges over the week-end a great nationalist, but he had become a great inter- nationalist as well.
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He had largely made the forces controlling Asm, forces which could turn the continent from the follies to which Europe had so often fallen during the last decade.
It was fortunate that India, in
Her
crisis, ha
had had such & 201 who would load not only India but Asia, not by military but by meral forces. He hoped that both Britain and India would honour Bir Nehru and work for the common happiness of mankind.
the
expressed Mr Noel-Baker Government's gratitude to Lord Mountbatten for what he had done in India-Reuter.
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AWARDS
Ex-Ring Peter and Queen Alex- andra of Yugoslavia are arriving at Paris.
Princess Jullann and Prince Ber- uf the Netherlands, who Tonard the arrived on Sunday, will stay with the Duke and Duchess of Glouces- ter at their London home.
to
Diplomatic Representatives
Mr Georgi Zarubin, Soviet Am- Mr Marshall and M. Eldnult ue-bassador in London, and Mrs Zaru- cepted, but Mr Smirnov said today bin, will represent the Soviet Union lo discuss at the royal wedding, the Soviet that he was instructed
agenda Home" Embassy in London said today. only the "order of the American source stad.
No Flexible Agonda
The source said that the American Three Dances
deputy, Mr Robert Murphy, "spent the better part of a two-hour session trying to get a direct reply from Mr Smirnov" on the question, but) without suCCOLS.
At KCC
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Mr Smirnov not only refused to days and Thursdays. A well-cared
to the "flexible agenda" pro- for a dance band to attend the Kow- agrec for complexion of a well-groomexl
posal, but also stood firm woman or man naturally takes time
London. Nov.
14-The Royal the demand of the three Western loon Cricket Club tonight, after the and regular working out. The latest
scientife
tente Interport lawn bowls dinner, to- Austrian, treaty Society. Britain's oldest
powers that the
morrow evening - after the cricket way to naturai skin beauty has a body, today bestowed the Copley should be first on the agenda. He the directions ready for you to ac-
Medal. its highest award, complish the results you want just a Professor Godfrey Harold the Council first take up the highly the Shanghai
on 70-insisted on the Soviet proposal that match between a Kowloon XI and Interport side, and for his outstanding part in the controversial issue, of "procedure for again on Monday, following the lawn
mathematical the of
bowls match between Shanghai and preparation of
German the
The KCC. analysis in England during the last treaty". 30 years.
The deputies Tinally agreed that) ither award- were:
the Davy Medal
the Austrian treaty and the question invited to attend the clubhouse on American chemist An
af "economic principles relating to these three occasions. Line Carl Pouling.
Pasadena, Germany should be included in Calforma, for his di linguished "con-
the Council agenda, but they din butions to the theory of valency
not agree on the artier in which they and for their application to systein would be disled.—United Press.
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