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Cripps Planning Further Cuts In Dollar Imports

London, July 11.-Political quarters here expect the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Cripps, to announce cuts in British dollar imports-probably at the start of Parliament's economic crisis debate on Thurs- day.

The cuts are expected to affect tobacco, petrol, processed canned food and newsprint imports. They would be distinct from the present three months' standstill arrangement on British imports of dollar commodities already announced by the Chancellor.

The cuts would not affect]tain had been compelled by oxisting

and events to instruct purchasing -contracts,

posipone new would not come into force departments to

dollar purchases to maximum extent practicable,

SHORT-TERM

TERM NECESSITY Commonwealth

the

bafore the nutumn quarter- It is believed that the Chan- cellor had not yet decided tho

Tho

con- time for the announcement.

ference is expected to discuss thought he the short-term necessity of cuts Some, quarters would wait until the Common in the Sterling Area's dollar im- wealth Finance Afinisters' con- ference-opening here on Wed-parts ahd how they could nesday-had discussed the dol lar import question from the overall aspect.

distributed among such coun». tries as decide upon them.

Observers continued to treat: with caution earlier speculation Others considered he might that the new British cuts would given iend to the

Common be of a sweeping nature, wealth and also ask the Finance

They pointed out that the real to consider Minister

the problem was that of ending the nuguration

dollar unbalance of the sterling and at new austerly mensures in their own dollar economies and that cuts countries.

could be only one Immediatel To conserve stocks, the Co-

way of slowing down the draini may decide to re- vernment

on reserves.-Reuter, strict domestic supplies cigarettes and tobacco in Sep- tember.

FALLING RESERVES

ان

CRIPPS MEETS TUC London, July 11--Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, tonight met representa-

The whole field of dollar im- ports is expected to form niver of the 0,000,000-strong important part of the dollar British Trade Union Congress to

which hear their sterling deadlock talks

views that tite nct more the economie "Big Three"-Sir Government should

(Britain), Mr boldly to cut their cost of living. Stafford Crippa Jolin

Snyder W

(United Though no statement on the States) and Mr Douglass Ab. talks was issued, it was general- bott (Canada)--will continue by belleved that the trade union at Washington In September. lenders also heard at length Sir They held two-day secret talks Stafford's view that the econo on the subject here last week mie difficuties of the country

Sir Stafford, in the Interval.

rule out any big concessions to will have learned the reaction

tion organised labour. of all the Sterling Common-

The wealth countries to the Sterling Aren's immediate dilemma of falling old and dollar reserves. The British Chancellor told Parilement last week that the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1949.

MacArthur Reviews Troops

TAFT OPPOSES ATLANTIC PACT

Washington, July 11.-The Republican lea- der in the Senate, Mr Robert A. Taft, told the Senate today that he would vote against the North Atlantic Treaty. Senator Taft gave thee reasons for his decision:

1. He thought the Pact;

RUMANIA'S carried with it an obligation

ADMISSION

TO UN.

**Political Extortion” Charge By Russia

to assist in arming Western Europe at American ex- pense.

2. That obligation, he be loved, would promote war in the world rather than pence.

3. With the arms plan, he thought the Pact was contrary to the spirit of the obligations that the United States had Rs- sumed in the Charter of the United Nations.

BTms,"

sold

Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, Supreme Com- mander of Allied Occu pation Forces in Japan, reviews moro than 15,000 troops partici- pating in a Fourth of July parade in Tokyo. He Is flanked by mill- tary men of the several Allied nations. The troops represented units assigned to various oc- cupation areas of Japan.

(AP Photo)

French India

Delegation On Way To Paris

Czechs Intensify Fight Against Catholic Church

Prague, July. 11.--A warning to rural Com- munists that the Roman Catholic Church-"the enemy"—is "nested among our peasant people" was contained in a Czech Communist Party directive to Party officials, the toxt of which bo- camo available here today.

The directive said, "It is necessary to fight with the Church because it is our) most dangerous enemy."

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A reporter who attended the lender, according to the spokes if reservation

Bombay, July 11-The Velehrad were adopted

Has coremonies noted

already left for Lake Success, July 11. denying any legal or moral three-man French India that the speaker was surround-

Tripoli, where he will board the Russia today accused the Senator Taft added. He

obligation to provide

British municipal delegation to ed by people wearing Com-

battleship Vanguard. TUC delegation was

munist Party badges

vessel is to take him put three United States of "political that the Atlantic Treaty

Paris hopes to secure was understood to have

Defining Government polley, Marsellles. From the Freach proposals to the Chancellor.

extortion in opposing the obviously a defensive military solution of the future of the directivo said: "Wo.do not port he will travel overland These proposals were: admission of Albania, Bul-alliance, and appeared to con- the four French settlements want to liquidate the Falth. He is due to arrive in London OLDE MIL A distinctiva 1. That he should consider

template a war with Russia.

We want to tear all the threads in South India without the between the

on July 15 for Important and made stationery. In bozar 23 Vatican and the political the possibility of reducing In-garia, Hungary, Mongolia,

sheets motopaper, 25 envelopen. $3.40 bitterness of a referendum.

affecting the Czechoslovak and Rumania to the United

por box from South Calas "Morning had dropped from direct laxation. reserves

blcrarchy. We future of his The delegation, bended by M. must build a strong dam against cociated Press. Nations." £471,000,000 ns at March 31 to

territory-As- | Post. E. Goubert, Minister for General the Bishops and the Acrn £400,000,000 at June 30,

the French bishops. Administration in India Government, left Bombay "It is necessary to put the for Paris tonight. It will return Catholics against Beran (the POCKET CARTOON South China Morning Post. to Delhi on July 22 and will sco Archbishop of Prague, Dr Josef Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to Beran). secure a clarification from the "It is necessary to win people

before for the

Sir Stafford disclosed that before the middle of June Bri-

No Rain In

France For

IMPOSSIBILITY.

"It appears to contemplate an invasion along the lines which Napoleon and Hitler found to be impossible," he sald. "It asserts clearly that the nations which signed it expect us to send American troops to defend their frontiers,

tor.

That he should not make in the amounts any changes

to hold granted as subsidies

The Soviet delegate, Samyon down food prices without first consulting the TUC General Tsarapkin, referred to a state Council.

ment by Mr Warren Austin, 3. That

the Government permanent American delegate to should Co-operate with the the United Nations, that the TUC in an Inquiry to see United States objected to the "If this is their expectation. Indion Government

Catholic Action (a whether distribution costa can

we are promising something we returning to Pondicherry at the which is organized to direct the Government-sponsored body) policies of the five Russlan be reduced.

cannot do. I see no way in end of the month. It will report Church to Observers forecast that only satellite states but would wel- which we could defend Italy the to

other felda."-Reu- the Convention of on the third point was there come them as members of the for

permitted is not even

Municipal Mayors, whose dect- any chance of a Government world organisation they have an army of its own.

slons, Goubert

reflect the concession.

"The defence of Norway and opinion of Frenc

OM sold, changed their objectionable poli-

India. Cuts in distribution

costs, cles.

would probably he jm- Denmark

seok in Paris, July 11.-Today substantial decrease in the cost however, could not produce any

possible, and if we are bound he delegation will

clarification of the consecutive of living here, it is held United States does not "object

to do it, it may result in the loss Paris was the 34th

The Soviet delegate said the of thousands of American lives settlements' status, both if they vote for merger with the In- day without rain in most Reuter.

"I woukl voto for the Pact dian Union at the referendum because these countries are not ir a parts of France, as the heat

reservation were adopted on December 11, or if they fuifling the provisions of the denying

any legal or moral voto against. wave, which had abated 0

arms," little at the end of last

United Nations Charter but be-obligation to provide

States cause United

does not Senator Taft added. week, returned in full force.

ke their policies and does not Experts were beginning to lear "serious" effects of the prolonged

like-the-interior-structures-of these states." drought and all bathing places were crowded,

34 Days

The temperature at Cognac.. the highest in the country-was $3.2 degrees Fahrenheit.

In Paris yesterday, it was 04 degrees Fahrenheit.

DEATH IN

POLISH

SPY CASE

Warsaw,

U.S. POLICY

"I do not see any reason why a referendum should be held al all," Goubert declared in Madras carlier today, adding

Drive Against

Transatlantic

Drug Traffic

"The purpose of American that the delegation would Rome, July 11-A Rome foreign policy is to maintain the merely discuss with the French newspaper speculated today freedom of the people of this Overseas Ministry "how" the country and, insofar as con-frauto could be decided diplo. that police gaoled Charles sistent with that

"Lucky" Luciano, one-time

was this country at peak pose, keepmatically,

two resolutions. One WGS

TWO RESOLUTIONS

The Security Council

The other members of the de- New York vice king, as considering applications of

that thelegation are Karunendra Muda- "smokescreen" Senator Taft said

for their July 11-A several nations for United Na-

Atlantic Treaty, as it was liar, Socialist Minister of the Agricultural reports said that Warsaw military court to tons membership. It had before l

no improvement French India Government, and drive against the inter- it grass was badly scorched and day condemned to death submitted by argentina's

ddafted, was Dr over the United Nations Chur-Balasubramaniam Pallal, Prest national drug traffic between together with the low level of Adum Doboszynski, a right Arce, recommending the ad-e

The Past was obviously dent of the French India Repre- Italy and the United States. the rivers and the drying up of wing Polish nationalist, for mission of Austria, Ceylon, Fin- defensive military alliance, the sentative Assembly.-Associated i

land, Italy, Tranzjordan and essence of which collaboration with Nazi Ger- Portugal. The other subraitted gallon to go to war if necessary many before and during the by Tsurapkin called for the c-with any nation which attacked war, and with the American ceptance of Albania, Bulgaria. Intelligence after the war.

water holes, made a falling off

in the milk production and shortage of winter fodder stocks

probable.

The rich wheat area in the Paris basin la showing mediocre crops at the start of the early harvest. A modloero potato crop Is expected, but there should be bumper crops of wine, fruit and vegetables due to the sunshine. -Reuter.

RAF TRAINING FLIGHT

charges.

flod

Hungary, Mongolia Rumania.

ала

was an ob- Press.

ang one of the signatories.

Senator Taft said that it had

become increasingly apparent that Britain, at least, intended

#io.

CUT IN ECA

the

Il Momento del Lunedì.

also 'newspaper,

quoted an Italian police officer as pro- dicling sensational develop- ments within a few days.

Sicilian-born Luciano has lved in Italy since his deport- ation from the V. S. three years ago. He has been held, for

since questioning

Jast Thursday.

FUNDS Mr Tsarapkin accused Augin to trade extensively with Rus-

same thing

i than was naked by the initiated the present Investiga

Is three weeks' trial was the biggest spy case in Poland since the war. He pleaded noi. guilty to treason and espionage of laying down his own pre- "Inevitably,, the

requisites for membership of would be true of the other Washington, July 11- The newspaper report could Deboszynski, described

as a the Balkan countries and Western European nations," he

be checked Immediately. Fascist organiser,

to Mongolia. He said that member- added. "The more wo take off The Senate Appropriations not

the burden of Committee today approved Luciano was still in goal with Police would say only that Portugal and then to Britain on ship was governed only by their shoulders the outbreak of the war in Article Four of the Charter

own defence, US$8,778,880,000 for the three of the nine other persons providing their 1030. From London and Parls which states that membership is the more free they will be to Economic Co-operation Ad-rounded up the same day. ho was alleged to have sent open to "peace loving states ship steel and heavy machinery ministration (ECA), which Tho arrest of Charles Vin- Fshire, Scotland. The first regular reports to German which accept the obligations to the East"-Reuter. of six Royal Air Force Coastal agents during the war.

is about 10 percent less 15 pounds in weight of cocainu cent Trupla and the seizure of contained in the present Char- Command Lancasters, which are He was also alleged to have ter and, in the Judgment of the to make a goodwill and training organized sabotage against the Organisation, ore abido and visit to Canada, left here today Red Army from Britain, and to willing

have plotted against Accompanied by an aircraft

the Polish obligations." Transport Command, it was fly-General, Vindislav Sikorski,

Prime Minister ing via Iceland, Goose Bay (Lù. i wartime

and He said: "The representative brador) and Greenwood (Nova Commander-in-Chief in London. of the United States said he had Scotia to mak。"refuelling and After the war he returned to the right to receive convincing Bervicing arrangements for the Polard and, It was alleged, evidence their desire to eriter Chicago, July 11-Americans ollier planes which leave next fought from underground against the unit of Nations What does on the Pacific Coast and in the for Monday-Reuter.

the new regime-Reuter.

that mean? Does he wish to thickly populated belt from the create here an investigation or Upper Mississippi eastward to something of the kind?"

Allanile enjoyed the most pleasant weather of summer" today. Most of the ront of the nation was like a furnace

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FORCEFUL ANSWER

the

Summer

Mr Austin, in a forceful an- The Federal forecaster in Chi- swer to Tsarapkin, quoted vari-engo said that for once "it's just

tion. Trupla was arrested [et] A member of the Committes Rome's Clampino Airport as he |revealed this rifter a closed Com- was about to board t

mittes meeting.

atlantic airliner, Associated Ile said the Committed agreed Press.

to cut US$420,020,000 from the ECA estimate of funds needed:

current year. Mr Hoffman had requested US$4, 198,000,000.

The House has appoved US$3, 608,170,000, but agreed to per mit ECA to spend it in ten and a half months if necessary instead of 13 months, starting July 1

1940.

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