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London, Aug. 30.-Ilgh Government sources here to- day discredited reports sug gesting that there was difference of opinion be- tween Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Minister, over the British brief for the Wnah- ington economic "Big Three" talks next week.

These sources said: "No split of any kind exists between them. They will go to Washing- fon in complete nccord and with a plan backed by the Cabinet."

Minor adjustments of emphasis were understood to have been made by the Cabinet In the 15,000-word brief, but no portant culs or alterations were two houre discussion, approved the proposals put forward. Kleuter.

made. The Cabinet, after only

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VOL. IV NO. 205

Death

Admiral

Sir Andrew

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1949.

Of Russia Continues

War Of Nerves Against Tito

Chan Chak

Admiral Sir Andrew Chan Chak, KBE, died in Cantoni of age, and was predeceased last night. He was 56 years

1041.

KREMLIN ACCUSATIONS AGAINST YUGOSLAV GOVT.

London, Aug. 30.--Soviot Russia today accused Yugoslavia

of working "only on the instructions of its Western mastors." It made its charges in a note delivered on Monday and made public by Moscow Radio today. The broadcast was heard by the Soviot monitor in London. Be

re-

betrayal after the Soviet Communists

Clamp Down On News Agencies

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AUG 81 1910

Trek Into Darkest Africa, 1949

Ten Europeans and 50 natives, led by short, stocky "Pete" Rees, formerly Major-General Thomas Wynford Rees (above), commander of the 19th Indian (Dagger) Division in Burma, have blazed a new trail through the Dark Continent. They have conveyed lorryloads of urgently-needed agricultural equipment over 500 miles of lion and elephant country from Lindi, on the coast, to the northwest shores of Lake Nyası.

The Russian note was in largely inhabited by Slovenes, a

livered on August 20 accu8-tracted its support of this do reply to one Yugoslavia de-South Slav people. She charged

by Lady Chan Chak earlier Ing the Soviet Government mand at the Paris session of the this year.

of double-dealing on the Big Four Foreign Ministers last A well known political figure in South China, the late Ad-question of Yugoslav claims June in a compromise to advance

Austrian treaty negotiations. FAR EAST SITUATION

miral was China's representa- to Austrian territory.

In the latest note Russia sald Russin sald is new note, one she never made any promise to Ive in Hongkong at the time London, Auz 30-The news of the Japanese attack in De- more in a long and bitter ex-support Yugoslav demands for that Mr Maurice Denning,

cember

He escaped to change between the Kremlin and the territory. Under-Secretary for For Easter Free China In a British MTB Marshal Tito, was sent "not to

STALIN'S LETTER affairs, is leaving by air next

convince the Yugoslav Govern- on Christrans night after the convi

In her note on the lasue, which has long been Yugoslavia claimed that Prime week for Washington, is taken surrender of the Colony.

ment, an confirmation of unofficial

Hiving without

convictions and In the course of the trip, the works only on the instructions Minister Josef Stalin, in a let

Shanghai, Aug. 30.--The reports that the Foreign Secre- tary, Mr Ernest Bevin, Intends party was fired on by Japanese of its Western masters, but in ler to Austrian Chancellor Karl

outsido warships

Hongkong

promised "the Im Military Control Commis- unmask to to raise the question of Britain's waters, and in swimming

it and help the Renner,

Austrian fron- sion today people of Yugoslavia to car the mutability of

ordered all For Eastern responsibilities at wards an island

fter the ship the Anglo-American-Canadian was hit, the

tiera," Yugo- present Admiral lost his true face of the

foreign news agencies to The Russian reply sald the dollar talks.

wooden leg. The British Gov-slay Government.""

of suspend operations from The

no mention ernment made him the gift of a

sald Yugoslavia's letter mads The danger of further gains new leg when he arrived in August 20 note was "an accumu- frontiers. It quoted the letter, September 1, threatening by Communiste If the dollar Chungking.

severe punishment for any lation of fresh scandals and cent in May 1915, as saying,

"His Excellency," the Chan-violations. shortage forces cuts in wages

standerpus distortions calculated andra lower standard of living

as masking its

of Austria, K own double cellor of the State

The order, it is believed, in the Far East will be em

dealing policy and deceiving

Renner.

refers only to the distribution Ex-

For his work during the war the people of Yugoslavia." phasised, and Britain is

of foreign news in Shanghai, pected to reck agreement with in Hongkong, Admiral Chan CARINTHIA DEMAND comrade, for your message of

and will not prevent news America to stabilise prices of Chak was made a Knight Com-

You need have no The Soviet note did not cla- April 15.

Correspondenis trans- Far Easter produce, especially mander of the British Empire borte on the term western doubt that

your concern re- agency garding the independence, in mitting news from China. rubber, tin and jute, to counter by His Majesty the King.

Agence France-Presse this posalbility,

"During the war in Ching, the

But the Soviet press and radio tegrity and welfare of Austria

Any (French) and Tass (Soviet) late Admiral served his Govern- frequently has charged Tilo la cwice my concern.

by the order. Mr Bevin may also take ad- ment in various capacities. He will coming to terms with the assistance which may be necess

news agencies censed vunlogo of Mr Denung's pre- also gave assistance

U.S. and Britain, It has many cary for Austria I am prepared distributing news Rence in Washington to discus forms to refugees from Unus accused Tito of being "a to v apologise for the sume weeks ago British-owned States offices in Asia and the Western Pacific in spending American with Secretary of State Ache- | kon. son on Anglo-American policy He returned to Canton

after lool of the Western, imperialists,?, towards the Chinese Commu-the Japanese surrender as first Ru nists who will, it is belleved, postwar Mayor of that elly, shortly be in control of

the and in his official capacity paid whole of China.

a call to Hongkong in November

EDITORIAL

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gary. These reports, considered

be be reliable, spoke at first of division and parts one complete of two others with tanks in the urea of Kechskemet.

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NEWS BLACKOUT

This decision means a total black-out of foreign news in the

Congress Group To

Study Pacific Pact

Washington, Aug. 30.—A Congressional committee is going to make a study of the need and advisability of a Pacific Pact similar to the North Athntic treaty. The study will be made by five members of the House Committee on Expenditures of the Executive Department. It will be incidental to their examination of procedures followed by the United

money,

a

Wis- consin need me more than I am needed in Asin. I think Con-

Tonight,

the Russia recently accused Yuco-

lato reply."Associated Press.

morning ***** BELGRADE CALM China Daily News, announced slavis of bring an

Belgrade, Aug. 30.-Belgrade that it was suspending its threatened to take more and

the was calm tonight in the face of mon measures" against

monitored service

Chairman William Daw-| Co-operation tive

Administration; members of the group plan con- of foreign 1915.

on the possibilities of Republic, which was expelled Moscow's latest note against news from September 1 pend-son, (llinois Democrat), of work there "with Koreans and ferences

In June Premier Josip Tito's Governing clarification of the order. Maurice Denning was political Members of the late Admirat's from the Cominform

the military advisory group" in economic development, in that the Expenditures committee Seoul.

part of the world. udviser to the Southeast Asia family of Irongkong at noon 1915 on grounds, of nationalismment,

newspaper has The contents of the note have picking up Reuter's news brood-

been disclosed its interest in a In Manila, in addilon to the Supremo, Viscount Mountbatten, today.

The sub-committee ran into a by plane for Canton and anti-Sovietism.

25 Pact not yet been published here.

Pact discussions,

it Yugsolavia has been demand- after the war.-Our Own Cor- Funcrid Arrangements

aub-Pacific

started will be

the disagreement before casts since the Agency ceased Pacific Some concern has, however, direct distribution in Shanghai (committee headed by Repre- the United States and Philip Representative Alvin E. Okonski

group plans conferences with its respondent.

today. One member, nunounced later.

ing pari of Austrian Carinthia,

trip been felt here over growing on August 1.

sentative Walter B. Huber, pine officials concerning reports of Soviet troop con-

that (Wisconsin Republican), refused centrations in Southern fun-

trade Ohio Democrat, began a 40- nation's

and economie to join the party, day Pacifle tour.

programmes and veteran's ad-

"The people of ring: ' ministration activities. Principal discussions of the

DISAGREEMENT city except for radio Istening. possibilities of such pact, Mr This pursuit of information gress spends too much Hmo The Military Control Com-Dawson sald, will be with the about trade and economics also worrying about other, countries Tonight there were rumeurs mission gave, no reason for its United States and Philippine will take the group to Thalland, and not enough time for the of reinforcements.

apilon, but bluntly stated: "Any-Government officials In Manila. Burma and Indonesia. At the welfare of our own people.”—- The possibility that

these one et!1 distributing foreign

of these capitaly

countries, Associated Press. movements could be prepara- news services on

In addition to the pact and tions for an eventual attack on will be

punished accordingly."

the study of expenditures. of Yugoslavia were not altogether Though

Tass has

ravernment agencies in tho excluded by diplomatic obser- already

officially Western Pacife and Asia, Re- down, it is

As still

said the making a news service available presentative Dawson

Group also would thought more to Chinese-language newspapers

make a likely particularly a no at- and three Soviet dallies here, comprehensive study of the en- tempt has been made to hida Presumably

tire problem of overseas opera- this will ccase them that their object might under the new order.

tion and administration." to intensity tho war of

The sub-committee's schedule. Until the Communists cap calls for initial observations in norver against Yugoslavia, and tured Shanghai,

dissuade the

newspapers Alaska, where it will West from here were served by five foreign military economic aid to Tito by making agencies-Routers

Instnilations this

(British), flying to Tokyo. appear a bad risk.

Associated Press and United Another school of thought Press (American) Agence connected these movements with France-Presse (French) and possible internal developments Tass (Soviet).--Reuter, In Hungary. It was reported that the former Hungarian For- eign Minister, Laszio Rajk,

promising America's friendly co- operation in the solution of Britain's cconomic problems, comes as a welcome prelude to next week's Anglo-American- Canadian Anancial talks in Washington. His sober and renllatle evaluation of the position is a refreshing change from the petulant campaign against Britain at present being waged in some American quarters. This "get tough with Britain" campaign has reached now depths since the announcement of the Washington talks, and one big steel company recently

·Inserted, a full-page,advertisement of the "evils of Socialism" in the New York Times. Declaring that "This is Socialism In England in action", tho advertisement claimed with some relish that a British worker earning £10 a week had to work 12 weeks a year to pay his taxes. This burden was blamed on "political manage. ment", which had lost millions of pounds on the operation of mines, railways and civil-aviation.. · A series of articles in another paper, under the title "Utopia on the Rocks", offered a not very flattering "study" of British Socialism at work. The substance of most American criticism of. Britain is that she is unwilling, rather than unable, to take the steps necessary ~for her recovery. Some of the more bitter critica urge Washington to"!"write-off” Britain as an ally because, they say, she cannot stand on her own feet. The evidence of two world wars can, it seems, still go unnoticed on the far side of the Atlantic. This unfriendly agitation has not unnaturally provoked retaliatory articles' in British, newspapers,, and the effect has been na unhappy deterioration in Anglo-American relations at a crucial. period for both countries. Mr Truman's

speech shows that some Americans, at least, still have a sincere desire to under. stand Britain's plight and do what they can to help. The President admitted that the serious unbalance of world trade was a danger not only to Britain but to the whole Western world. The danger is not merely one of economic collapsė, as Mr Truman realises. "World prosperity," he said, "Is essential to world peace." Britain is not secking more American charity. It is reailsed that loans and gifts, however generous, offer at best" only a temporary alleviation of the position. The true solution lles much deeper, and will require certain concessions by America. It is agreed that Britain must carn more dollars, What seems less apparent in America is that she can only earn dollars if America buys her goods. Rubber la one commodity which leaps to notice: America's desire to safeguard her synthetic rubber industry need not pre- vent her stockpiling natural rubber from Malaya, with a resultant increase in the dollar earnings of the sterling bloc. British exporters could sell

more in Amerien if tariffs were reduced or modified, enabling British goods to

vers.

be

to

But it was

would be tried for treason in Budapest by the midde of next month-Reuter.

compete in price with home-produced Marshal Tito

were

goods. Britain could save dollars if the Anglo-American loan agreement relaxed to enable her to discriminato against the United States and buy more of her imports for sterling. These con- cessions will not be easy to make, but Mr- Truman is apparently willing to consider them. It is to be hoped that Congress, and Americans' generally, will come to share his realisation that a solution to Britain's problems is in the Interests of both countries.

Closed

FREIGHTER BEATS

BLOCKADE

1

Inspect before

INTENSIVE STUDY

In Japan, the group plans con- ferences with General Douglas MacArthur "to learn at Arst- hand his views on Far Eastern developments and the situation in China."

"Intensive study will be made of the restoration of Japanese industry and the progress of economic stabilisation and occa pation programmes," Represen- tative Dawson added.

A visit is planned to Korea Shanghai, Aug. 30.-The for the discussion of Economic British froighter, Leongbee

(1,200 tons) ran the Nation: BEM FOR TWO alist blockado and ancaked

HUSSARS

DELEGATION TO U.N. Belgrade,

30. The Aug. Yugoslav Foreign Minister, M. Edward Kardell, and the propa- gunda. chief, Loyan Djina, ac- cused by the Russians of being trallors, will lead the Yugoslav delegation to the United Nations Assembly next month, it was learned authoritatively here to-

o and into Shanghai at 6 pm. on Alexander Rankovic, Minister of Monday, The ship, char- the Interior, they were specially tered by Chinese in Hong singled out for attacks by the

London, Aug. 30. - Two Cominform resolution on Yugo-kong, brought in about 800 troopers of 4th Queen's Own alavia

tons of cargo and no pas Hussars have been awarded the Their presence. In the delega- sengers

British Empire. Meddf: for gal- tion together is unprecedented The Leongboo is the second inntry in Malaya, the London and regarded by observers here ship to run the blockade into Gazette announced tonight. no especially gnificant In view Shanghai,. The first blockade

Ivor Harold and Charice Froderick Yugoslavia.

August 2. She tried to come in Cappendale, earned their deco- antor

or members of the again last week, but was intere rations in an action when ther Yugoslav Communist Party cepted by Natorullet gun- escort party, inklog, money and Politbureau, they will presum- boats and how said to have explosives to the Sungel Lem- ably, be able to make high-loval been diverted to Tientsin. It is bing-tin mine, was ambushed-on

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(Continued on Page 5) December 14, 1940-Reuter,

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