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VOL. IV NO. 231

CONFIDENCE VOTE FOR ATTLEE GOVERNMENT

London, Sept. 29. The British Government secured a vote of confidence for its devaluation policy in the House of Commons tonight.

An Opposition motion amounting to one of censure of its economic policy was defeated by 350 votes to 212,

The Government motion asking for approval was then carried by 342 to five.

The smallness of the be created to give a greater second vote was because the freedom of movement to trade

within that very large ares. Opposition abstained.

European reaction to

the announcement manner of had been serious, Mr Eden con- tinued.

This is customary when the feeling of the House has already been expressed.

the

The French Government had Informed tho Chancellor In

But a group of Labour Mem- Lets recently expelled from the good time of their proposals to Labour Party and two Com-devalue the franc last munisio insisted on a vote. What was sauce for the goose

ut

year.

The voting. came at the end should be sauce for the gander.

three-day

debato which

European co-operation produced lively exchanges of mean anything at all it Porty polemics and rumours of means that the partners in li a funeral election.

aro normally consulted before The Government vole was great financial decisiona 01 about 40 below maximum, but this character are taken", in bly debates 23 to 30 votes are Eden declared. imausity lost through the absence of Members because of lineos or travel,

The Opposition vote of 212-in which Liberala Joined--was ono of the three largest of this Parliament, equalling that Logminst the Iron and Steel Na-

tionalisation Bill,

EDEN'S SPEECH

Mr Anthony

Tender of the Opposition, sak

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BROKEN CROCKERY

Mr

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1949.

WESTERN GERMANY'S

Russian-Yugoslav

Diplomatic Break Considered Likely

Belgrado, Sept. 29.—Cratos were being packed in the Soviet Embassy here today, and Wostorn diplomatic "If we are going to co-operate observors considered the possibility of a full diplomatic in Western Union we cannot merely co-operate on a political

broak between the Cominform nations and Yugoslavia. lovel and not on the economic According to or financial level."

usually, denunciation, I was sald hero,. Appealing to tho

reliable sources, the Polish was that Russia was now re- Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, to Ambassador and the Hun-leased from any obligation to

whether

500

Prime

party attack whether from the

The reference by

ent speech to the United

of cut

London

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Dr Theodor Heuss (left), President of new Western German Repub- lic, and his Chancellor, Dr Konrad Adenauer,

discuss stato affairs at Bonn, western capital.

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Nationalist Navy Detains Three American Ships

ISBRANDTSEN VESSELS HELD NEAR SHANGHAI

Washington, Sept. 29.-The State Department announced today that three American merchant ships-the Flying Trader, the Flying Independent and the Flying Clipper-aro being de- tained near Shanghai'by Chinese Nationalist blockade forços.

(AP Picture). Fourth Day

HUNT FOR Of Violence

AIRMEN ABANDONED Coalfields

New York, Sept. 29.-The.

The Flying Trader was en

The Department's announce- route from Hongkong to ment said the Nationlist forces Shanghai, and the Flying that officers from Ute warships had advised the ships' skippers Independent and Flying would board and inspect the Clipper were outward bound vessels. from Shanghai. All aro operated by the Isbrandtsen Company of New York.

In U.S.

The United States does recognisa legality of the blockade declared by the Na tionalists for Shanghal and other China port cities. New York, Sept. 29 State Department said it

reports froin

nal

The

has

our minds we are going from what the French Finance Minis-Yugoslavia for some time, So Soviet Government was contem-"ll authorities regard the case Kentucky.

and

was

Prime Minister, Mr Attlee, al-newspaper, Borba, described as was still hoped that the Soviet / dlenting that the Italians weto | Ivanin,necording-to- Mr.

WAS

KNEW MOVEMENTS On board the Flying Indepen- dent, the report

sald, Andrew Prinkley,

Lsbrandtson Line Far Eastern representative,

The Nationalists

proclaimed the blockade last June:as part of their campaign against Com- armica who seized

Shanghal and other ports.

The Flying Independent and the Flying Clipper went into

something could garian Minister left Bel-usist Yugoslavia against third United States Coast Guard Riflemen ambushed a convoy asked for full not be done to "patch up the grade today for homo coin-regular or guerilla forces of announced tonight that a of 14 trucks transporting American authorities in Shang Shanghal carlier this month, Eden, deputy uroken crockery," Mr Eden soldcidently with the Moscow any neighbouring coun Ernest.organised for the two misa-tain, in Central PennsyPropriate course of action.""

widespread hunt which was coal on Snow Shoe Moun-hal before deciding on without interference from block- that such amcoting could-en- during the debate that devalua sura-that as Mille confusion as denunciation of the Russo Bavin; the Furelor Minister, ing Italian fliers, Giovanni ! ¡vania, today, firing a dozen

ado craft tion could not possibly be the possible was created by the new.Yugoslav Friendship Pact. his recent

Press Oficer Michaci In New York a spokesman concern only of Britain. ****range of prices.

These departures left in Bel-Nations General It could also

Assembly to Brondella and Camilo shots at the non-union for the shipping company said. McDermott said the State. De- "It is the infirnate concern of try to make use of the oppor- grade only the Rumanian. Am the concentrations of troops near Barioglio, has been called drivers. No one was reported it had received word the vespartment was familiar with the the Commonwealth and of every unity to prove mutual trade. brand the envoys of the conko, the Yugoslav frontier in recent off.

zels had been held up since movement of the ships but did single country.

Devaluation had Western

to have been hurt. created an of all the-envoys the Comin-the

not advise the line whether to go carly this morning. entirely new trade situation. All form

He refused to weeks was considered in nations. Europe," he said.

09 ain indication that the a press Interview.

The Coast Guard sold thut

On board the Flying Indepen- into Shanghal in defiance of the were trying to increase sales in give

Earlier, dynamite "Unless wo get that fixed in the American market. That was The

blast dent, he said, are 120 Korean blockade. other Cominform coun-

British Government did not rule the Italian Embassy. in wrecked non-union mine-head refugees bound

the possibility that the Washington had reported that machinery in Pennsylvania and to Korea. The

from Shanghai tries' envoya have been out

U.S. NOTICE disaster to disaster," he added.

ships Carry

The U.S. served notico on the ter meant when he spoke of a

Echeral cargo for the United Nationallet Goverment on June He suggested that it would be trade rate wor." Such a state- for, there has been no omelal plating either direct or guerilla

as a hoax."

It was the fourth successive States, Korea, Japan, Hongkong 29 that it could not recognise the wise for Britain to get together ment from the French was "a Yugoslav reaction to today's military action against Marshal

day of violent outbreaks in tho and other points. with the Commonwealth

Mr Eden news from Moscow.

Tito. pretty serious one",

An air search was instituted coalfielda. Sabotage by pickets

legality of any closing of the Western European countries to

suid.

Reports of heavy_military But the inclination remained (after the Trans-World Airlines | was responsible for the dy ASKED FOR ESCORTS

Chins ports and adjacent watera discuss the prospective trade

equipment arriving in Rumanian | here to consider even Uila latest had reported receiving a des-namite blasts at a non-union

to foreign vessels "unices the situation. A new stability might ATTLEE WINDS up

declares Winding up the debate the ports reached here as Yugoslav step simply as a form of mount patch from its Paris office in-raine at Grass Flats, Pennsy The spokesman said: "We are Chinese Government

| troops-carried----out-what- the ing diplomatic-pressuro-alnce it.)

Man a regular--round-the-world- and maintains an_effeciva for "trying to impugn the in-the biggest-ever manoeuvres." Government realised that in the adrift in their plane sear the Smith, President of the June-schedule on legitimate business blockade of them." It said the parts. We have American attitude was based on -Reuter

words of one of its own famous

asked for escorts in the pastr

international Low and egrity of Sir Stafford Cripps,

pre- statesmen, LONDON REACTION

Maxim Livinov, Chancellor of the Exchequer,

we trust the State Department cedent "Peace is indivisible."-Reuter,

protection in the will provide Mr Attlee denied that

Reporters asked Mr McDer London, the

Sept. 29.-Oficial London, Sept. 20-A Colonial

mott whether the detention of future." manner in which devaluation of quarters here, commenting Office spokesman said today the Pound had been announced today's Soviet denunciation

the three ships did not consti- The company, he said, was tule there was no truth in reports showed a lack of regard

an "effective

blockade." for the Yugoslav friendship pact,

"now in touch with the State He replied this was part of tho .from Calro that a revolt had the interests of Britain's Euro-considered that only one more

Department" adding two of whole issue to be taken up broken out among African

enpean partners,

ships-the The miners leader, Mr John the

Flying In under atudy-Associated Press, Lewis, said that it was a dependent and the Flying The two Italians left Lisbon L

NO NEWS HERE. on September 11 to fly to New spontaneous demonstration-not Clipper-recently entered Shang-

I strike.

hat with Nationalist permission.

The Hongkong agents of the York to raise money for a Doys"

The mine workers were angry The Town in Italy. They were at the cutting off of welfare and came from the American Con- this morning that they had no report of the incident brandtsen line, Messrs A, P. Pattison and Company, stated reported to be overdue at New

New pension benents, he added-sulate-Gentral at Shanghai It Information on the detention of York

on September 16,

Router.

said the three ships were inter their shiping Trader is of 7.807 Bags of rice which fell on United States Coast Guard cut-

cepled by Chinese naval cfaft to the lines were reported ters and aircraft began a wide-

off the mouth for them. The

of the Yangtse tons, the Flying Independent to have been responsible for search

sprend search

abandoned

River was

"requested", to 0,711 tons and the Flying Clip- anchor. yesterday's tragic train de-September, 19-Router.

per 0,102 ions. railment between Lum Tsun and Tong Tau Ha, across the

KENYA REVOLT

DENIED

lucked. Mr Winston

Churchill

on

of

tribesmen in Kenya colony, "I cannot find

step was now possible In the anybody ac- strictly diplomatic field-the He said the report" "possibly

quainted with these was based on the fact that ex- who would

affairs brending off of diplomatic rela- that suggest

ations tensivo

miktary change in the exchange

rate The treaty bad, in any case, operations were held in Kenya could have been discussed at a become a dead letter, it was

ago."-United mass meeting long ahead," he said.

aniq.-Reuter.

One concrete result of the

somo I'ress.

་

combined

weeks

EDITORIAL

Progress In Malaya

THE Hlow, stendy, struggle against Tbandite In the Jungles of Malays drags on. It has. In recent months been largely eclipsed by the dramatic sweep south of the Chinese Communists, and sithe potential threat involved to Hongkong. Bat Malayn has lost none of its Importance in the Commonwealth defenco ́scheme: particularly ominous have been the recent assurances of support for the . terrorists - by Peking Radlo. Combined police and military operations have done much to combat the terrorists' depreda tlong-although regular reports are still received of outrages perpetrated by the rebel bande-and an encouraging sign is the Increasing support of the ordinary' citizens of Malaya for the forces of law. and order. This lessening fear of terrorist retaliation reflects the success of the campaign. Side by side with this gradual:: Improvement in the military situation, there goes an improvement In the internal political situation. The people are becoming more confident in the now federal constitution, and, despite. the efforts of the Communists to sabotage orderly development, Malaya and Chinese "are" showing more disposition to co- operate with each other. This is by no menns easy. There are many differences between the two races: temperamentally,

RICE BAGS CAUSED RAIL SMASH

Bahamas Islands.

dale

Coal Company, tonight" Another

occurred at Butler County, Kentucky, where the countryside was rocked for "Alive, reveral miles around

IA-

According to the Coast Guard, the

said: message drifting near Bahamas.

The walk-out of 480,000 mine! sumclent food. Radio

in-workers was in its 11th day to operative. No search planes day, sighted."

first

when

border in Chinese territory.Gun-running

The

crow of a rellet train which went to the scene of the | smash said on return to Kowloon ! that they were told bags of rice i fell from a freight wagon and the following cars jumped the baga und tumbled 15 feet down an embankment,

Latest

Into Malaya

on

To Be Probed

next

STEEL SHUT-DOWN

Pittsburg, SepL 20,- Two major steel producers broke of negotiations with the Congress Industrial Organisations United Steel-workers today and und Joulinity was shutting down as the Friday midnight deadline approached.

of

strice

Steel plants across the country are putting into effect plans for an orderly shutdown, which takes from 24 to 28 hours" bank- ing of furnaces. These are re ported to bo under way.--

to Malaya, and little interest in the country apart from their desire to exploit It. The Chinese, on their part, consider the Malays an inferior race, and resent the polllical control the federal constitu- tion has given them. This fundamental antipathy, and the dangers it presents to Malayan development, are understood by Hume, at least, of the leaders of the two communities. These leaders bellove that the only solution is for the Malays to share their political power and the Chinese their economic power; In this way, they feel, Malaya can be welded into one nation. This conviction resulted some time ago in the establishment of an unofficial body representing · all races-s the Communities Linigon committee-- which is now seeking to build up Malayan nationality, to

sabotaged by guerillas. embrace all the races in the Federation. The aim of both

Mr Trevor also said it was General Ramos emphasised 10 weeks. Chinese and Malay leaders la self- government and sovereign status, and the committee is urging that as soon as conditions permit, legislation should be Introduced for the election of members. to the several legislatures within the Federation. The Malayan citizenship mentioned above fu envisaged as the voting qualification. This "blueprint for Malaya", as It has been described, deserves success. Its practical realign

report of casunities

Manila, Sept. 90-Brig. Reuter, received by Mr L. B. Trevor, Manager of the British Section General Alberto Ramos, TEAR GAS USED of the Kowloon-Canton Rail chief of the Constabulary, ways, is that 10 persons wero indicated that his

Buffalo, New York, Sept. 20.--- killed

Deputy sheriffo hurled tear gas and 30 injured. He got this Information last move in the current investi bombs today to break up a rock night by phone from the Lum gation of gun-running from throwing crowd of striking Uni- station master, and has Manila to Malaya would be ted Auto Union workers of the wired the Chinese authorities to determine the source of nations and sympathisers.

Congress of Industrial Organi- for further information

religiously and economically. The Malayetion would bon great step forward for the are ani dasy-going race who resent.. among other things, the fact that most of the terrorlátë ato "Chinese. They foul that the Chinese merchanis, having their rools outside the country, have no loyalty

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Federation, and a great example for other countries. It would make a valuable centribution to the stability of the area, and would be a most powerful antidote to Commuulat ngitation..

....

NO SABOTAGE.

arms here and how they They were trying to block Mr Trevor sold it was most were acquired and shipped the entrance of non-strikers to unlikely that the

the Bell aircraft plant,

plant, where a was out.

strike has been in progress for

train

motor

gate.

unlikely the

The deputies, numbering over rails were at that importers of fireaims 10 fault, when asked about reports Malaya operated, as shown by across the road to stop the crowd

100, had

ranged themselves that lengths of rail: had been Ucences now in the hands of the of nearly 200 demonstrators thrown yards away.

Constabulary, and he pointed from reaching cavalcade of He said rails were inspected out that what was illegal was company buses and workers' regularly. The fores of the the shipment of arms from the wagons

care turning into the thrown of

the rails Philippines, would tear them up.

The Kowloon-bound train loft Among arms traffic papers

The incident happened about Canton about 9.40 .m. yester the Constabulary obtained from 10 minutes after an outbreak of violence as thro non-strikers day, and jumped the rails about trade was climbed off a bus at the same p.m. Most of the injured Murray, who allegedly wasgate and attempted to cross an were

Laken back to Canton, but leading member of the gun-all-woman picket line, 17, including seven badly hurt issued by the Malayan Folles broke up the brawl-Reuter,

running syndicate, was, a licence Club-wielding depuy sheriffs were brought to the Kowloon

and Kwong Wah Hospitals. to import arme into the Malayan

The engine and first carrinze

Union from Manlia.

high

of the tral stayed oa the tracks, the second, third, and said it was probable that Mur

Intelligence source fourth plunged down to em- ray had used his yacht, the

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