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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948.

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London, Nov. 18-Mr Winston Churchill- supported by loud booing from the Opposition— today protested against the inclusion of the Chan- cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Dr Hugh Dalton, among the British members of the United Europe Committee.

Mr Churchill retorted that when

flee accused him of partisanship, did he realise that all other Govern- ments under the Brussels Treaty and agreements had sent all-party delega- tions?

The Committee was set up at a mecting of the Brussels Treaty powers in Paris last month to con- to the various sider and report governments on the steps to be taken towards securing a greater measure

The French in particular had sent of unity between European countries.

and M. Educard Blr Charelili asserted mt Dr Mt. Leon Blum Dalton "did his utmost to prevent or lerriot and three other eminent re- The Hauge Conference on presentatives of the chief Opposition spoil"

was parties-the Communists and General European unity and that he

A pro- de Gaulle, "every where regarded as lagonist against a policy of a Uni ed n Socialist Europe except upon busis,

Mr. Attire réplied that Dr Dalton had eer ain views about-the-lingue Conference but he had always been a strong supporter of the idea Western Union.

"UNFAIR" CHOICE

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When Mr Churchill also protested against the inclusion of Sir Edward Bridges on the ground that it was "unfair. to involve the permanent hear of the British Civil Service in partisan politics," the Prime Minis- controversial ler replied: "The politica entirely

from Mr Churchill because of his curious prejudice that if there happens to

Government It be partisan but if it is a Conservative

government i Government,

not headed by himself, it is partisan." This remark drew loud

the from cheers benches.

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"Therefore, Mr Churchill is quite wrong to think that this is an all- party delegation," remarked the Prime Minister.Reuter.

Development

Of More Food

Areas Urged

Washington,

FRENCH INDOCHINA

aval Base

ghải

EAST CHINA

SEAT

FORMOSA

HOKKAIDO

JAPAN

HONSHU

Tokyo

United Yates occupation

Recent Fall

of Mukden makes Manchuria Russia's key

to the East

Nationalist Goyt Kony headquarters

Manilo

Airlift Plane Crashes

Russia's

Key

To

The East

Manchuria, his- torically linked with China, then by 11:0 overrun Japanese und - vaded in the war's clocing days by the tussins, who How dominate this fand of 40,000,000 Inhabitanis, le treasure house of timber, farm pro- ducts, coal and iron.

A

Now the capture

of Mukden by the

Communista s

A

the

Isl

threat to Power sel-up Postwar Asta,

Sinklang, whose corner northwest

has been shaved

off by rebel Turki forces, i the Tower flank of

f an expected pro- Soviet border belt north- extending castward through Outer Mongolla Red-held and Manchuria to the Sea of Okhotsk.'

The leaders of the "El Turkes- tan Republic" ap- pear to favour the Ruslan

of

It may be that Chiang's defeat In Manchuria means that he will the war in the rest of Chin, In that ezar, the extabl[1-

Com Dient munison in all of hina would make inevitable the Bol- shrvisation of all Asia.

Naturally the Hatje Communists intend

PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Berlin, Nov. 18.-Two people were understood, to have been killed in a British airlift Dakota which crashed in the Russian Zone of Ger- many last night, a Royal Air Force spokesman said in Berlin tonight.

He added they were be- lieved to be the pilot and a The Soviet con- passenger. troller at the Berlin air safety centre told his British opposite number carlier to- day that the pilot was killed and another crew member injured.

The Russians told the British here that they in. the tended to operate on injured alrman.-Reuter.--

Limitation Of Death Penalty Investigation

Home

18. The Nov. Chinese and Indian delegates to

London, Nov. 18-A Royal the fourth annual conference of

Agricultural Or- Commission is to investigate the Fand and

there the whether

are practical Eaniston have urged that

should devote more

of limiting the death organisation

means relatively ⚫ attention

to the

penalty in Britain, the developed areas of the world.

Secretary, Mr James Chuter Hsieh Chen-Pene, of the Chinese Ede. announced in Parliament Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, declared: "The Far East, the Near today. Enst and Latin Amerlea en for greater efforts and larger appropriu- tions for their regional scl-up and regional activities."

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Britain Proposes

Adoption Of The Bernadotte Plan

Paris, Nov. 18. Britain today proposed that Arab Palestine should be handed to Transjordan, and that the Bernadotte Plan should be adopted-giving, the Negev to the Arabs, Western Galilee to the Jews, and putting Jerusalem under international control.

In a long resolution put before the treaty with Britain and the United United Nations Political Committee, Stales. Britain also proposed:

The Egyptian Government today

out carry

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1. A three-nation conciliation informed the Acting Mediator. Dr the Balph Bunche. that it has appointed commission 10 Bernadolte Plan and to take over General Ahmed Fuad Snder Boy, by the South China Morning of the Post and Hong Kong Telegraph Mediator's Commander-in-Chief Nations

Egyptian forces in Palesline, Halson

the United functions.

2. A technical boundaries con-officer to discuss the demarcation of Staff Photographers are on view mission to help to draw up frontiers armistice boundaries in the Negev. without aitering

"general the

The Teracl reply is expected equilibrium" of the Bernadotte Plan.shortly-Reuler.

of цве to make Manchuria ns with its many Iron Sr, what and steel works, huge iron fields. plus the vast ferille farm and of Manchurla's expansive central pialu.

great coal reserves,

Remember the Japanese trialised Manchuria heavily.

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habitants of Palestine.

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A British spokesman emphasised that Britain had prepared her reso lution in close consultation with the American and French delegations.

It was learned from normally reliable sources tonight that the United States, whose altitude to the Bernadotte Plan for Palestine has heen the big mystery of the United support Nations Paris Assembly, will the plan with certain modifications.

It is understood that the full United Indus-States position' will not be revealed

Wis

An

Remember, Mukden arsel for tanks, trucks, cuns, am- munition and planes.

why Man- There is no reason

with churia will not be joined

which Stalin's Communist empire, Includes a large area of Europe.

Truman

Forrestal Talks

POLICY PROBLEMS.

DISCUSSED

until Mr Geroge Marshall has been to see President Truman on Monday, It is further understood that the American delegation will support, In principle, the British resolution Introduced today, though claiming the right to amend it as regards the Negev.

The United States would give the of the Negev, Jews at least part while handing over most of the rest to Transjordan.

Full American support would be forthcoming for the British proposal in set up two commissions, one for conciliation and the other to deter- mine boundaries.

that the Duvid

NO WITHDRAWAL. Tel-Aviv reports sald Israel Prime Minister, Mr Ben-Gurion, told the Israeli State Council tonight that Jewish troops will not wi

withdraw to new lines in

Negev.

the Ne

The additional troops brought to

were

The Negev to help to break through to the outlying settlements plready withdrawn, but troops who were in the Negev before October 14 will continue to guard the Negev gainst aggression from Egypt and also

ogains! to defend Jerusalem Egyptian attack," he said.

In Damascus, thre Egyption

Dr Minister, Foreign

that Syrla and refused 10 Barazi, declared other Arab countries

Jews,

Mohsen

either

Key West, Florida, Nov. 18.-President Truman today interrupted his vacation here briefly for a conference with negotiate with the the Defence Secretary (Mr directly or through the United Na- He denier reports that the Arab James Forrestal) on what was tions. described officially as national League had agreed to negotiate a security and European policy problems.

Mr Forrestal flew here from Washington at his own sugges tion and headed right back for the capital after spending less than an hour in private with the President.

It would consider whether liability

Despite the apparent urgency of tho visit, the Presidential Press under criminal law in Britain suffer capital punishment for murier Secretary (Mr Charles Ross) insisted or modified or that the conference had been limited The need of should be limited

to a report on Mr Forrestal's recent said the and FAO asalstance in these areas was whether an alternative punishment

trip European urgent because of their undevelop could be substituted,

also consider what would

Secretary gave Mr Truman a ten- changes in the law or prison-system

page written memorandum and an alternative were involved by any

oral report. : punishment, he said.

ment.

Mr

The Chinese Food Minister, Liu, complained that undue em phosis was still being rected to ward the so-called paper work" in

field work contrast to actual regions where FAO assistanco most needed.

In

WOB

The Commission would be invited to take account of the experience Last April, the of other countries. House of Commons, on a fren (non- party) vole, carried a motion sus- pending the death penalty for mur- but der in Britain for five years, this was rejected by the House of Lorris.

Mr Ede proposed a compromise which would limit the death penalty and to certain categories of murder, but this too was rejected by the House of Lords,

RURAL WELFARE He said that while basle information FAO was a necessary part of the ormation he thought much of this type of activity might possibly be

conjunction carried out in co-oparation with existing United Nation's specialised agencies. as well as by existing member governments' organizations.

Mr Lt noted with dismay" what ho described as the meagre amount of money set aside for rural wel ure "an item which strikes at the very root of improvement in the life of the farmer"

Ile urged an early appointment of the regional representatives for the Ful Et mit noped that a tintinua. from the particular region would bo appolated to all this key posi- tlan. A local expert would know the condition' and

and sympathetically

understand the

re-

Mr Ross said Mr Forrestal's signation plans, were not discussed. nor did they talk about the criticni situation in China in the past few days which had led to a secret ex- change of letters between President Truman and President Chiang Kai- direct seat a shek. Mr Truman reply to the Chinese leader, but the contents were an official secret.

CHINA NOT ON AGENDA

:

It had been expected that China would be high on the agenda of Finally, Mr Ede decided to return

today's conterence, but Mr Ross sad to the old system of considering and

he had been "categorically informed making recommendations for a re- prieve in each case. Since the "no by the President and Mr Forrest 1" anging motion was carried, there that the question of China did not

Brise. have been 10 reprieves, but no exc

arrived shortly culins. until today when Joseph

Forrestnt. Mr Stanley Clark was hanged for the

after noon and was driven to the to lunch temporary White House murder of a chambermaid-Router,

with the President. He sold only that for "encra! here he had come discussion" of many things.

Prior to his conference with the Defence Secretary, President Truman

Nationalist Wins

Senbosch. Nov. 18.-The Na- won the Stel- tionalist candidate

needs of the region more. Intimately lenbych byo-olaction today, ret in

than an out- in the seat for the South African by Mr P. Deshmukh of India 'drew Government attention to the undeveloped areas

ider.

The Nationalist candidate. Mr

of the Far East and to the necessity A. Loubser, resolved 6 254 votes, the

of locating more funus for Workt

Unite

Parly candidate. Mr L

In that region. He also urged that Itofmeyr, 4.104 votes. The bye- now. posts in the Secretariat in the election

was the first to be con-

Organisation should be found for bestad since the general election on cations; May 20 and w's caused by the representatives of member

death of Mr Paul Itoos-Reuter. from the Far East-Heuter.

reaffirmed bipartisan foreign policy appointing Republlenn John Foster Dulles acting chairman of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations meeting in Paris. Mr Dulles will servo in Me Marshall's place of State is 113 while the Beeretary Washington.

Mr Marshall will hold a full-dress review with the foreign policy President on Monday-United Praes

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