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VOL. III-NO. 132

New Prime

Minister

Dr Francois Malan (above) who has formed a new government for the Union of South Africa, replacing the veteran, Marshal Jan Smuts, the former Prime Minister, who was beaten in the recent election.-AP picture.

NEW BRITISH

MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1948.

Thursday Fixed Provisionally For Palestine Truce

NEGOTIATIONS IN

IN DANGER

London, June 6.-Date for a truce in Palestine has now been fixed pro- visionally for Thursday, June 10, it was reliably reported from Amman, Trans- jordan's capital, tonight.

In the meantime, the Arab League in Cairo announced that Saudi-Arabian troops are fighting in Palestine for the first time. The League said that an un- stated number with armoured cars and tanks and, artillery were fighting with Egyptian forces.

Disclosure of a tentative truce date followed a two and a half hour flying visit by Count Folke Bernadotte to the Transjordan capital, where he conferred with King Abdullah and the Foreign Minister.

Extension of the truce date from nool tomorrow, which had earlier been decided to enable Count Ber- nadotte to obtain clarification of the conditions without which it is expected the Arabs would be un- likely to agree to a truce, has thus been effected.

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ย

The United Nations Mediator, meanwhile, has flown from Beirut, in the

the Lebanon, to Haila, for conference with Mr Moshe Shertok, Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government of Israel, on the im- migration issue which, necording to Count Bernadotte, is the only factor obstructing a truce agreement bes tween Jews and Arabs.

At the end of a 90-minute talk with the Count, Mr Sherick told the at Halfa

e

ACHIEVEMENT awaiting the Count's final summing

Liverpool, June 6—A new type of cast iron, claimed to be the most important advance in ita fold in this century, has been produced in Bri tain.

up of his various negotiations. The Count will most probably make com- munications with both partles which will probably require a straight Yes

No."

or

Mr Sheriok salt the Count's in-

the Immigration. Mr J. G. Pearce, director of the terpretation of

question during the proposed four- Research Association, Cast Iron

week truce was among the points which is supported by the Iron and

discussed at Hinifa. He declined, steel industry in this country and

the Count's this however, to indicate by the Government, disclosed

views. from the his return today

on

Philadelphia Congress of Foundry The Foreign Minister said there with Mr Heaton Morrough, thehad still not been any question of Association's research engineer. deciding the dute of the proposed

"The Americans were surprised cease-dre-Reuter.

at the progress we have made in its development," Mr Morrough said.

TALKS HIT SNAG

Catro, June 6-Negotiations for-a four week truce in Palestine hil a

"While it will not be cheaper to manufacture, it can be turned out with modifications to existing plants In 2,000, factories in this country."-snag tonight and were reported in Rcufer,

EDITORIAL

danger of falling.

The Answer To Communism

TF President Truman's "New

F

Deal" speech last Friday was designed lo arouse within the

United States a more realistic appreciation of the BO-called menaco of Communism it can

fall to succeed.

Hardly of the American situa-

flon

provided a

welcome relle from the emotional, tub-thump- Ing utterances which have

number of overwrought

from

come

political peak kers. President Truman is fully

is fully conscious of the danger of Communism finding roots In a country noted for its rurred individualism, but wisely

avoids the popular line of approach which is to imagine a gigantic conspiracy by an equally Kigantic underground organisa tlon

preparing for a coup de force

for the overthrow of the constitution; Mir warns that' Communism WHE will come to the United States If it continues to issue invita tions such as the unfulflment of promised democracy: the con tinuance of slum areas; dental to some Americans of the right to vote; Inadequate assistance in time of sickness, unemployment and old age; lack of educational

prices faciltles: If high permitted to deprive some of the from the necessities of life. These, the prob

the fundamental economic and social problems of according to Mir

де

are. living Truman, the most likely factors capable

Com- of oncouraging muntem to flourish in the United States. Many

agree with the

bumbers

of American citizens and immigrants who are being denied their rights, are homeless

unemployed, and

Communism possesses a breeding ground that may well make itselt a menace of to the accepted democralle way life. To the outalder, the relivi- ties of the Un-American investi- gating committee is the most un- of the American phenomenon

Le when Individuals can day; thrown into prison because they

disclose refuse to

to a public committee how they would vote In a secret ballot; when bellef, based on Intellectualiam, In a not entirely in social system accord with that prevailing

the the country today,

trallor person as potential saboteur; when this can happen in a country like the United States i compels the on- looker to feel that hysteria Jus been allowed to succeed reason. "You cannot," says Mir Truman, stop the spread of an idea by passing a law againat il," which might la true enough, and

11

have

ho

to

#

average cat to the

man

in

or

A

haye added you cannot stop the spread of an idea by persecution. The Fascists and the Communists have each tried that technique cemented to and they even firmer the ideals and con- Com- victions of their victims. munism, particularly the political Communism of

Kusala and her satellites is as

the average

the aver democracy; any nevertheless

Communism social and economie theory has many attractions in a man whose members of Congress' show dally life is full of misery, hard- жиноска.

concern are, in themselves.

ships and Inequalities. Free that Innocuous. comparatively

Their

life and

and he no cannot amount to any- longer requires the palliative

treatment unleas

of

Communistic a. system. President

Truman complaints on hard facts. If, in

quests (and elsewhere) the

A Now Deal for America. people enjoy economie and social depressed American classes: security. Communism eller sa a

If the

they are alven that, the Un doctrine or s

political system, can American Activities Committee make no headway). It is not can wind up forthwith. There needed. But while,

Mir will be no internal danger from Truman contends, there are large Communism.

President. The agitators, about which some of the more hysterical

Tch they can base their

thing

man from

re-

the

A dispatch from Amman where Count Folke Bernadotte conferred with King Abdullah, said the truce agreement appeared to be crackling up. It had been accepted in prin- ciple last Wednesday by both the Jews and Arabs.

The Arabs binmed the deadlock on Jewish insistence that immigra- tion into the Holy Land be allowed to continue and that the Jerusalem- Tel-Aviv Righway be kept open.

Intensive military operations were in progress while the truce negolia- tlong were being carried on,

Israeli troops forged a half circle around Arab concentrations on the Northeastern approaches of Tel-Aviv and drove wiilin three and a half miles of strategie Tulkarem, Jewish leaders sald.

Aviv

Jagt

Kidnapped

Colonel:

Tass Story

LONDON DENIAL

Moscow, June 6-Russia to day claimed that, a Soviet colonel, stated by · Britain to have sought political asylum in | England, had been kidnapped

from Germany,

PLANES IN ACTION **Israeli planes hammered Tulkarem itself. The Jewish bulletin safd large Ares were touched off in an Arab military camp in that city, the western anchor of the Arabs' Tass, the official Soviet news Tulkarem-Jenin-Nablus triangle.

According to Jewish accounts this agency, said that Colonel J. D. was the second major threat to Tel-Tassoyev was taken by British which the Jewish forces have intelligence agents from a house blunted irt the two days.

ys. The in Bremen, flown to Britain in first one--D

by Egyptian Field

Lord Mont- forces the Palestine"

up

coast-was thrown back at Yibna, 14 miles south gomery's personal plane, held in of Israel's capital,

a London flat from which. he King Abdullah's legionnaires escaped and was recaptured, hurled 100 shells today into Jewish- and eventually was returned to held districts of modern Jerusalem nfter Israeli infantry made another

Germany. unsuccessful attempt to storm the old city's Zion

Gute,

drive

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Flood Wave Threatens Portland

· Portland, Oregon, June 6.—A new flood wave was plunging toward Portland today as the Red Cross listed a total of 52 people including 45 children, missing from the small neighbouring city of Vanport, obliterated by dyko-breaking torrents last week.

Losing

The Newsprint

Olympics

Ilkley, Yorkshire, June, 6-A

Conservative Party official pointed

out today that two of Britain's wa time enemies on a percentage basis are getting much more news- print than their conqueror.“

Boat crews were probing the wreckage for victims on the last disaster. side by side. with troops and civilian teams feverishly stack-- ing sandbags along 120 miles of the Columbia river's crumbling embank- menis.

Estimating that millions of dollars of damage had already been done to the North West, engineers feared the new crest, expected to hit late tonight, would devastate the indus- trial areas of Portland.

Flood waters surround Henry Kaiser's Oregon Shipbuilding corporation in North Portland, Ore., as rampaging rivers in other sections of the Northwest crippled railroad traffic and early estimates of loss in the Columbia · River Basin alone were set at $30,000,- 000. The Kaiser shipyards have not been used since the war-AP plcture.

Gets

Truman A Big Hand

Aboard Truman Train, June G.-President Truman neared Cheyenne in his trip across the Western plains, in which ho abstained today from "Sunday politics", but he could not resist greeting the crowds that jam- med his station stops. The British Foreign Omeo

Leaks and seepages have develop- The President said he was "al- denied the Tass-story.-A-spokesman

ed along-virtually the dykes-pro-most overwhelmed" by his recep--- of the Foreign Office said that Co-

tecting North Portland. The Army tion at stations across the rolling Mr David Scott-Atkinson, Conser- lonel Tassoyev had been brought to

was standing by with barges.ready ranch country of Western Nebras- The Jewish attack was abandoned Britain as a "political refugee" after vative Information officer for the to ram them into the Arst break- ka. after three hours of close quarter he had asked for asylum

Yorkshire area told a Party meeting: through. fighting failed to dislodge the legion-

At Grand faland, Kearney, North naires from their machinegun posts own wish, he added,

He was returned to Berlin on his

and

crowds Sidney,

of Tass alle- "We in the British

The bly Isles occupy

Reynolds "aluminium several thousand turned out at sta- in the thick walls of the old city.

was the 20th place out of 21 in the plant and the Portland Count

municipal tions to greet the President.aud Bernadotte, the U. N.gation that Colonel Taasoyev

by the olympic games for newsprint. On & airport were in danger. mediator int

offer him gifts. Palestine,

beaten up, was also denied was grim

recent statement by the President of Foreign Ofee. faced and noncommittal following his talks with King Abdullah andable that the British

They described it as highly improb- the Board of Trade, we are Trans-Jordan's

Government suming 37 per cent of our pro war Foreign Min

Minister,

would have returned him to a place supplies in order to maintain four- Fawzl Pasha Malki

Amman, In

where he could make a statement on page newspapers That is an annual Ralph Bunche of the U. N. Secre- the alleged brutality bad it been consumption of 355,000 tons a year. tariat indicated that negotiations

newspaper has been were not going well when he told

by running down the have newsmen: "We still

hope."

present stocks to an almost danger level. A neutral source in Amman said

Press,

true.

A four-page maintained

con-

THE TASS VERSION the target date for getting the truce This is the Tass version of the

"It is all operative had been moved back until story: On April 23, Mr C. R. Clem,

the more remarkable Thursday, Count Bernadotte's party the American director of the Bremen like Germany should be using 72 per when one realises an enemy country left tonight for Cairo.-Associated port, invited Colonel Tassoyev to cent of her prewar newsprint while is home for supper. After supper, Italy is using 93 per cent. The the Russian, with several other United States and Canada are using guests, was invited for a car ride. 137 per cent and 142 per cent Two individuals, sitting beside the respectively, while in South Afrien Jerusalem night and day on the 24th Russian colonel, unexpectedly bound the figure is 174 per cent. Even day of shelling.. Six Jews were his hands, took him to the British Russia has 115 per cent." killed and dozens injured, according Zone and held him there, till day- to an unofficial check.

JERUSALEM REPORT

Jerusalem, June 6-Arab shell Are and mortar bombs lished Jewish

break,

Britain's 7opulation, he concluded,

Total casualties since Legion and At dawn, they pulled Tarsoyev has become "by modda standards volunteer Arab guns were trained aboard an aeroplane and took him an ill-Iņformed people,”—United on Jerusalem are now estimated, at to London. They kept trying to Press. 1,000, of which probably over 100 persuade him that he would be bet-

fare fatal

A combined Hogenah and Irgunter off than in the Soviet Union.

In London, Colonel Tassoyev was Zva! Louml force attacked the Arab taken to a fint which was a 'ren- Legion before dawn today, trying dezvous of the British Intelligence to dislodge the Arabs from positions Service

in Northern Jerusalem, but beaten off.

Was

an.

S'HAI FIRE

KILLS SIX

Russian speaking Intelligence

to per- While the Irgunists drove on the rent, Trs added, tried

"the Russian officer to remain Sheikh Jarrah quarter, two columns in London and fight tho Sovlet

Shanghai, June 7-Six out of 50 struck out at right angles to try to Government. They, it was alleged, recapture the police training billet then "resorted to threats, blackmali severely injured persons in Satur- captured froin the Jews by thig and violence__in attempt today's match godown fire and explo- Araba after the British evacuated it "extort from Tassoyev some kind of sion had died in hospital up to last

and nino corpses three weeks ago. One column was document in order to justify

the night,

hitherto trapped and the second had to dis- unprecedented violence committed uncovered from the debris by fire-"

tomen were identifled, it was learned engage its own front to rescue It. against him and in some way

BAD HEALTH CONDITIONS extricate themcelves from a scanda-this morning. This gave the Arabs time tolous affair." strengthen defences and the Jews withdrew.

COLONEL "ESCAPES"

May On

6.

This brings the death toll to 10. A total of 41 shops or firms suffered damage.

spent

Fire brigade officers yesterday considerable time studying the cause of the blaze and dis- closed that contrary to current re- ports, the chemical which caused

the warehouse, but lenking potas- sium chlorate.

Jerusalem physicians are frankly

Tass continued, concerned at health conditions in the Holy

escaped and en- City, although they are Colonel Tassoyev

of the Olympla emphatic that there is no serious tered the grounds cause for worry yet. Hot weather Exhibition and, in the presence of and dusty

winds from the desert, a large crowd, began to shout that plus the water shortage, inadequate ho was a Soviet Lieutenant-Colonel the fire was not sulphur stored in. diet and war nerves, are causing kidnapped by the Anglo-Americans widespread Illnesses. Doctors are in Bremen and asked to be put in urging cami, tea, porridge and red touch with the Soviet Embassy in wine as preventives.

Main conversation other than A policeman' took him to a police about personal troubles and dangers station, where he was kept for two Is about the ceasefire. and Its weeks. chances,

Colonel Tassoyev was "repeatedly Some are optimistic, while others beaten up" when he still refused to wish for no censere on the basis of sign a statement, the Russian agency "I've gone this far-let's fight it said.. nul."-United Press.

London.

(Continued on Page 0)

The firemen belleved the chlorate, which is subject to friction with other substances such as sulphur. exploded when it came in contact with sulphur and celluloid films, 100 reels of which were contained In the 20 drums which were being loaded into the warehouse at the time the fire broke out,-Router.

Engineers feared the gearby cm- bankments, being pounded by the rising tides and swirling flood-

waters, would not stand

flood wave.

another

Portland's huge civic auditorium, public buildings and church halls were already crowded with refugees from the inundated countryside.

An expected 10,000 persons have already been driven from homes.--Reuter.

their

To all he said he would not break his rule to avold politics on a Sun,...... day, but that he would like to "come back later" to discuss issues of the

the day.

He did, however, take several pokes at Congress. A gift of silver spurs at Grand Island prompted him to say he would use them on Congress, and when he received a gift of cowboy boots at Kearney he said he now had "both boots and spurs" to use in riding the Republi-

Congress,-United Press,

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