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THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948.

Palestine Truce Buried Alive But Survives AUSTRALIAN MPS MEET

Must And Will Be Observed

-COUNT BERNADOTTE

Rhodes, July 21.-The United Nations mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte, said today that the truce "will and must continue until there is peaceful adjustment in Palestine."

He conferred with his observers in the large hall of the hotel Destroses and briefed them on their imminent assignments. He said that they would Nineteen proceed to their posts on Thursday. American and 25 Belgian officer observers were present.

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his observors: previous

In the meantime, four Arab complaints of Jewish Count's truce violations have been received by the office here. Count Bernadote told "The difference in truce now arranged for four weeks, but this one will and must

adjustment peaceful continue until there is a Palestine."

Philip Takes His Seat In Lords

London, July 21,-Princess Elizabeth watched her husband being introduced in the House of Lords today as the Duke of Edinburgh. She was accom- panied by Lady Mountbatten. whose husband, the Earl of Mountbatton, former Governor General of India and uncle of the Duke, took his seat as Eur) Mountbatten of Burma.

The Duke of Edinburgh's sors were

the premier Peer,

spon-

the

one

in

Each observer groups to different armies and key points, will have a radlo set with which to keep in ench touch with headquarters and

the other. The communications of network are being organised by Frank Stone, Chief United Nations sald Communications officer, who powerful radio sets are being sent from the United States and commer

coming to the cial operators are Middle East.

He said that the United Nations

establish telephone Com would

Rhodes munications between

between New Lake Success and York and Tel-Aviv.

TASK IS TO STOP WAR

The United Nations Chlef Scere- fary, Air Bunche, then told observers that "your work is to stop a war which could possibly, be large and dangerous, not only for Uils area but for

greater one. Maintaining than peace is often more dimealt lighting a war."

He said that this truce differs frože!

Fire Capt. Arthur Moran bandages a broken finger for Donald Cooper, 22, Council Bluffs, In, while fellow workmen clear the dirt that piled five feet over his head in an earth bank cave-in. An estimated 30 tons of dirt covered Cooper, but his only injury was apparently

fractured finger—AP Picture.

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Yugoslavia's Communism Defended By Tito

Duke of Norfolk, and the Duke of the lant because "it is being ordered SAYS IT'S STRONG & SUCCESSFUL

Beaufort.

Lord Mountbatten was sponsored by Livo former. Viceroys of. India- Earl Wavell and Earl Halifax. Friends of his India days were pre- seni, among them the Dominion of Minister. India's first woman Rajkumari Amrit Faur.

KING'S GREETINGS

The Duke of Edinburgh was the Arst introduced, and, on bended knee, he presented his warrant and patent to the Lord Chancellor. The Clerk then read out the King's pro- clamation, giving the King's greet- ings to "our most dear and entirely beloved son-in-law" and creating Sir Philip Mounbatten" not only Duke of Edinburgh but Baron Greenwich and Earl of Merioneth.

The Clerk placed a little red bible in the Duke's band, and Prince Philip swore on the book "to be faithful and bear true allegiance to King George, his Heirs and Sue cessors, according to low, so help me God."

by the Securlly Council and not by agreement."

Court Bernadotte told observers that his Orst objective is to demilt- He said that Jerusalem. tarice Rhodes will be the observers' head- for a few days, then the quarters

Haifa at to focus will shift

at least for the time being. He said that within the next few days, 300 observers will be briefed ot Rhodes and then sent to Palestine and the neighbouring Arab countries-125 will be Ameri- cans, 125 French and 50 Bolglana. --- United Press.

ESTIMATED ARAB LOSSES Tel-Aviv, July 21-The Israeli Army Chief of Operations estimated today that the Arab armies lost 5,- 000 killed, wounded, captured or deserted during the nine days of the "Second Palestine War."

Belgrade, July 21.-Premier Marshal Tito told 2,000 cheering: Yugoslav 'Communists today their party had become the "strongest and most successful Marxist-Leninist movement" in the nation's history.

This apparently was his answer to charges from the Soviet Union and the Cominform that Tito and other Yugo- slav Communist leaders had deviated from the Marxist line and were pursuing an anti-Russian policy.

EMPEROR HIROHITO

Tokyo, July 21.-Seven members of the Australian Parliament spent 20 minutes with Emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace this afternoon, and said the visit would help them in deciding whether the Mikado has been shorn of his pre-surrender power,

Sack For Genoa's Prefect

The seven visitors-the first Aus tralian officials to pay a formal call en Hirohito, since the war-indica- ted they had not yet made up their mind about the emperor's status and his role in postwar Japan...

The parliamentary delegation is here for a four weeks tour of Japan at the invitation of Cen: Douglas MacArthur to report-on progress of

Spasicso democracy..

party entered the palace grounds at 2.53 pm, and left at

3.35 p.m.

The group is headed by Leslie C. Haylen, Labour Party member - for

HANDLED GENERAL Parkes, New South Wales.

STRIKE BADLY

PERSONAL PLEA

Rome, Italian Government fired the personal

The Press July 21.

Australian

4

Japanese sources told the United

that the emperor mado

pica for Japanese- Prefect of Genoa today for his the Australians that Japan has no friendship and basured handling of the general strike aggressive Intentions against any and the Communist show of nation. armed strength in the port Australians were briefed on intelli- Before going on to the paince, the city last week.

It

Austr

gence and security aspects of the

debate on the occupation by Gen MacArthur's GZ, continued its

Maj-Gen Charles Willoughby. They Communist motion of no confidence lunched at the British Embassy as and demand for resignation guests of the acting head of the Premier de Gasperi,

United Kingdom linison mission, Mr T. T. M. Pink,

of

A vote is expected tonight after

After the meeting with the Premier de Gasperi replies to the emperor, which was arranged for charges of "leading the country the Australians by Gen. MacArthur's toward civil war." by his anti-Com-headquarters without prior

know- mimist policy.

ledge of the visitors. Mr. Lesile Haylen said that the delegation The Communist meanwhile aro felt they would not have been prepared for mass demonstration carrying out their mission com- in Rome tonight at the funeral of a

plotely if they had not taken the worker killed in the strike opportunity of seeing for themselves disorders.

the man who was the figurehead of the Japanese nation.

TOGLIATTI LATEST

the pre-surrender power of the emperor has been shorn from him.

"What we saw today will help us in reaching our final conclusions." United Press.

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PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS

"We have spent some consider- able time since our arrival in Tokyo A morning bulletin on Palmiro investigating and

discussing Togliatti's condition said: "Progres-aspects of the new Japanese con- sive improvement of general condi- stitution."

Bold Mr Haylen. "We Interested in elevation main-ascertaining for ligist oscillations on which the emperor now holds around 38 degrees. Local survient in the Japanese state and assuring by the South China Morning

tion. Basilary inflammation tends to have been ourselves the post-

disappear. Fever tained with

condition remains of the best,"

tol-

top

the Jevel

.of # monarch In a democratic state such as our own.

Copies of photographs taken

purselves

Ives on behalf of the Aus tralian people that the authority of The Communist newspaper, Unita, the emperor has been reduced to Post and Hong Kong Telegraph said today that the disorders

constitutional Staff Photographers aro on viow lowing the shooting of Togliatti a week ago today were a warning. But this warning - even in its "We feet we should be able to

and seriousness

its powerful report to the people at home that strength is not cnough to

stop workers to go forward then with the decision on the road of struggle.

the

To enlarge a field of battle for “DEV" NERVOUS liberty and bread. To carry it to

all fields where liberty and peace

most

con-

and

Marshal Tito, addressing the Yugo-to radio broadcasts of the speech. slav Party's Congress, was expected Loudspeakers were placed in the

Dublin, July 21-Spying that to speak all of the eight hours in central parts of the city. Large threatened. To demonstrate against

in the opinion of. To unmask"war, a massive exposition of the history crowds stood in the hot July sun to the savage reprisals.

the traitors of the union solidarity." people. is inevitable in a few years." of the Commmunist movement in his listen.

Mr Eamon de Valera, former country. He was delivering it In

Premier of, Eire, asked in the Dail It was not

NOT CLOSING BATTLE holiday. 2

All sections of two hours or moto.

today if our people" in Britain workers were pledged by trada

The editorial concluded: "Let the could be conscripted If the Brillsh WONDERFUL OVATION unions to increase their output In

honour of the fifth Congress of the Government understand and think Nationality Bill became law.

If it is still capable--the general well

He asked the Government to was expected to Communist party. The CongreRI

not pledge

strike was not a closing battle. It make it clear that they were him unanimous support.

The heroic bloc which satisfied with, the Bill. (which This loss, he said, was about 30 This will stamp it as a renegado The people's uprising in Yugo-began t.. percent of the total strength of the from the Cominform, the Moscow sinvia was "organised and led only gave life to the powerful protest of tains provisions worked out in co- new, British Governments). The Ex- Transjardan. Egyptian, Iraq, Syrlan, directed Association of Nations in by our Communist party," Tito sald. July 14 is on its feot. Not weak, operation between the Eire

Irregular armies. the Soviet orbit.

That uprising had as its abn not but capable of deciding on Lebanese

only the struggle for our liberation struggles even larger and even more ternal Minister, Mr Sean MacBride. He said the greatest Toss was in-

Elre nationals curred by the Egyptians In the Marshal Tito was given tremen- but also to assist the heroic struggle strenuous until this Government of said he understood.

and Assassination, thecould not be conscripted, arid

added: mounted the of the peoples of the Soviet Union hunger Then he signed the Roll of the south and Fawzi Pasha Kauk'a dous ovation as he

shouted who, at that time, were completely Togliatti's shooting) renounces its I hope no member of this Govern Government of July 14 (date of "If there should be a war tomorrow. House of Lords.

Irregular "Yarmuk" Army in the Rostrum. His supporters

lis Nazareth area.

name in rhythm for five alone."

mad policy of civil war and hate to- ment will try to bring this country The Duke and his sponsors sat

minutes.

Into it on the side of Britain"-· Tito's recounting of Yugoslayla's ward the people."-United Prees.

Reuter, down on the front bench, then rose The Egyptians lost 1,150 and three times, raised their hats to-Yarmuk Army 1,500 of which a At the outset Tito pointed up the Oght against the Nazis wards the Lord Chancellor, and third deserted en mosse, he said. deficiencies and failures of the Parently in reply to criticism from Cominform countries charging him Lord Chancellor TCS-

Socialist bowed, the

original

movement ponding.

Material losses included 20 Egyp-Yugoslavia which, he said, emerged with over-emphasising the herole struggle of the Yugoslavs and ain the early 1880's. Almost year by belting the role played by the ceremony was carried out for Lord | full squadron of Arab Legion armouryear he carried the history of this Soviet Army In winning the war,"

and 12 Egyptian or Iraq aircraft. movement which he described ng Associated Press.

As the Duke retired, a similar

Mountbatten.-Neuter.

Air Exercises

In England

London, July 21.The Air Mini- try today ordered large scale Royal Air Force exercises over. Southern England for this Sunday. A test of war-time air raid observation nervices will also be held.

and

tlan fanles and armoured cars,

Reviewing the progress of the Oghting in the second phase of

wor,

son

the

non-Marxist.

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Marshal Tito aid the Socialista The operations chief, Vigal were influenced by German Social Yadin.

Shlomo of Professor

Democrats and petty middle class Sukenin

Hebrew Univeralty

thinkers until the first Socialist archocologist, sald the Israel Army Workers' party

of Yugoslavia-the has captured 1,207 square kilo- metres of Arab territory and 331 Communist-was founded in 1916. square kilometres of Iarnell terri toryAssociated Press.

Lost Working Days

CONSTANT CHANGE

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Murderer's Highway Code

Tudor 2

Planes To Be Discarded

London, July 21.-The British

Government today announced

that it has abandoned the use of London, July 21-A statement is British Tudor-2. planes and This party, he said, was founded expecled in the House of Commons would buy Canadair-4 airliners tomorrow on the Government's in an effort to cut down losses and Leninist lines attitude to the House of Lords' re- on Marxist Through purges, strikes and

Jection by 99 votes to 19 last night on the Government-owned air- stant change, the organisation

lines. reached its climax in the revolution of the compromise murder penalty Labour London, July 21.-Tho

Wis made The liberation Cause which the House of Commons national

announcement during

had agreed to last week.

simultaneously Minister Mr Isaacs, disclosed in the struggle. Thus, the party finally

in the House of It is likely that the back-House of Commons today that about arrived at "this strongest and most

Government Lords by Lord Pakenham and In The move came against a

tost successful Marxist-Leninist move will accept the House of Lords' the House of Commons by Mr G. S. ground of intensified training activi-8,500,000 working days were

declalon rather than delay many Lindgren, ly for military aircraft here and on through strikes in Britain between ment," Tito declared,

Every coffee house in Belgrade other reforms In the Criminal the continent by both Britoin and V-E Day and June 30 this year.

with people listening Justice Bill: was jammed

Lord Pakenham faid that it the the United States.

Government did not revise the In this case, the Government policy, British lincs might as well The Air Ministry sak that pp.

100

could produce a separate Bill: deal-be driven out of business and would proximately

RAF ubout half of them Vampire Jet-fighters-will

could be forced through under the subsidy yearly allowed by Parliament Bill.

Government. pate In the day-long Sunday exer- cises. More than 3,000 members of the air raid observation corps' will man their stations in six Southern England centres,

uircraft- Meteor audi partiel-

Meanwhile, in Central England some of the 00 United States Super- fortresses, which arrived here last twock, took off for "local fights" over England.

Reuter.

India To Seek Seat On The ing with the death penalty which certainly lose more than £8,000,000

Security Council

Lake Success, July 21.—Indin appeared today usa. candidate for the United Nations Security Council →→→ a place she gave up last autumn in a battle with the Soviet Ukraine.

tho

Last night, about 150 Peers He said that the BOAC and the

heard the Lord Chief Justice,. Lord BSAA were at very serious com Goddard, say that the clause would, petitive disadvantages on many of If put on the Statute Book, reduce ileir main, routes, both in payload Dritain's murder law to n laughing they can carry and in attractiveness

to the public. stock.

Lord Pakenham said: "Wherever

This is murderer's highway

Viscount

Dr P. P. Pillal, Indian represen-¡ glum. Those, three retired Decode," declared Lord Llewellin after they are competing on equal terms as on the North Atlantic with tho tative to the United Nations, raised cember 31 after two-year terms. the Lord Chancellor,

Constellations, they are doing at The London press gave front the question of the Security Coun-Three other members, Canada, Jawitt, had agreed in answer to a page play to the announcement that ell seats in a letter to the Unlled Argentina and the Soviet Ukraine, question by Viscount Samuel that, least as well as their competitors. 6 United States jet fighters will Nations Secretary-General, Mr do not retire until December, a year under the clause, an assassin could United Press.

Llo. He asked the United later, Five members France; kill a politician and not be hanged craft carrier Sicily carly. In August. They will fly to Germany to bolster the American Air Forces, there on September 21 to consider the Russia-will alt permanently Associated Press.

arrive in Scotland aboard the air: Tony Assembly meeting in Paris China, United States, Britain and he used a. guns

the

The Peor did not challenge the NEW AIR ROUTE geographical distribution of seats os

in the

Norway, Cuba and Iran are re.'abolition of birching and did not specified

POSSIBLE United Nations charter. He claimed the past clec-ported in the running for the three to reinsert their previous

amendment giving "power to flons did not follow the principle of pince, pen on the Council but the Court of Criminal Appeal to order

no country has

come geographical distribution.

-new,” triafs.---Reuter? - Houl for the race. Recommends Reprieve

spokesman for the Indian AX

Iridin and the Soviet Ukraine London July 21The Homo delegation said his Government has Secretary, Mr James Chuter Ede, not decided whether to make the became deadlocked in thorace last has recommended a reprieve for race again for the council; but in- fall when 11 ballots failed to pro- George Cyril Epton, 41, of Kensing formed sources here speculated that duce a decisión, Russia 'contended

sho way dug one seat for. fort sentenced to death on June 17 Mr Pillar's move showed India Europa, India cinimed the vast areas for the murder of Winifred Mul would be in the running..

of the Indian Ocean and South holand at his flat

Tha Assembly: must choose by easter Aala would not be repre- He is the 20th murderer to be two-thirds voto new members to sented without her, India Inter reprieved this year. Reuter, replace Byria, Colombia and Belwithdrew-Associated Press,

Eastern

Melbourne, July 21-Air Marshal Richard Williams, the Australian Director-General of Civil Aviation, promised today to consider a new

way of Africa. POSITIONS VACANT Indian Ocean air route to Britain by

London, July 21-The Labour

Earlier today, a deputation from Minister, Mr, George Isaacs, states the Western Australia. Premier Mr that there are more, thun: 112,000 Duncan McLarty, urged on alterna jobs waiting to be filled. In the cost,tlye.route in este of developments agriculture, textile and engineering in Malaya prevented the use of Industries. Heuter.

Singapore.-Reuter,

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