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VOL. IV NOẠ 254

PLAN TO MAKE NEHRU EAST-WEST TOP MEDIATOR

Lake Success, Oct. 27. — A group of United Nations diplomats is said to be secretly exploring a plan to appoint Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, as supreme mediator between East and West, the magazine United Nations World, reported today.

The magazine, which has no connection with the United Nations Organisation, said the plan would endow Pandit Nehru with full powers to organise his mediation in whatever way he felt best to ensure success.

FAR EAST AIR CHIEF'S NEW JOB

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"His

from instructions the General Assembly," it ! added. "would merely call for an effort to convince not The Governmenta of Washington and Moscow. but also the allies of both.

if the that

whole United Nations concept is to sucį London. Oct. 27. The reed, It must achieve con- chief of the Royal Air Force structive co-operation be in the Far East

tween East and West." is læring recalled to become Com- mander-in-Chief of the British Bomber Command,

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According to the plan United Nations would accord to the Indian Prime Minister the the Air Ministry announced with an authorisation to choose broadcast personal nuthority. today.

Among

the wtatesmen Df the

He is Air Marshal Sir Hugh world the assistanco he would Bloyd, whose present command | Uke, from headquarters in Singapore Includes the air unita sent to strengthen the defence of Hong-

PUBLIC SUPPORT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1919.

London Hunt For Wild Cats

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Czechs Accuse French Attache Of Espionage

Prague, Oct. 27. The Czechoslovak Foreign Office,

in a note to the Franch Embassy today, accused the French Military Attacho horo, M. Georges Holliot, and his pssistant,

A hunt for wild cats lurking in bombed build- 'ings near the Tower of London is on. In the picture Yeoman Quarter- master II. T. Johns is seen going

out with baited cages to try and trap them, Tic wild cats have been attacking the tame members

the species living at the Tower.

o

M. Marcel Salabort, of having obtained a quantity of CHINA'S KAN

uronium ore and sought to get details of Cxech uranium mines. The note damanded that the two mon foavo the country within 12 hours,

The note accused them of | French Embassy and also Ger- espionage on uranium pro-

kong.

It would also place at his dis. Sir Hugh's successor in No- pogal aspectul secretariat to vember will be Air Vies Marshal help him to implement his task. He would make a survey of Francis Joseph Fogarty, an RAF offfeer since Britain's Indepen the outstanding differences dent air force was created in and arane of potential agreement 1018. He will take over between East and West, analyse various proposals by each side. Singapore with the acting rank of Air Marshal,

and try to work out a minimum duction and said that they The new RAF

programme of accorda pen had had help of Czech sub- chief was born

Kamme which, It was felt.jecia.

stated that 1899, in Fulkertone

world opinion would retively

French diplomatic courier cated

support.

four kilo- of transported Sponsore

Far Eastern

la January and edu- In Ireland. He was

Staff Omeer The diplomatie formerly Senior

Air Lunion

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vais Garcette, now under arrest with obtaining important atato secrets concerning the mining of uranitan ore.

The French Military Attache, M. Helliot, received a sample of approximately four kilogrammes of uranium ore from Garcette, who had obtained it for him with his knowledge and at his request on three various open- sons from Maran," the note

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Commons Rejects Conservative

Censure Motion

ATTLEE ON CHURCHILL'S

RESORT TO

SOCIALISM

London, Oct. 27.-The House of Commons tonight reject- ed by 353 votes to 222 the Conservativo Opposition's motion censuring the Government's post-devaluation economy measures as inadequate. The vote was taken after the end of the second day's debate on the measures which were announced by the Prime Minister, Mr Clomont Attlee, on Monday.

earlier

We

settle-

Today's debate was open- "We haped that ed by Sir John Anderson, would have reached who was Chancellor of the ment. But in the case of India,

for instance, I do not think this Exchequer in the wartime the kind of matter that We Cabinet hended by Mr can have settled without regard the views of the Indlan Winston Churchill.

people."

SPOTS OF COMEDY Mr Herbert Marrison, Deputy that Prime Minister,, declared the Labour Government was A

Sir John described devalun- tion as a "trigle necessity" and In:asure of the fallure of economic planning.

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Mr Herbert Morrison, Deputy Prime Minister, declared that The Labour Government was n stable one.

He accused Con- servative governments of having upart and interrupted industry The country was still suffering from this, he said.

The present Instalment of cuts in expenditure, J added. showed that the Government meant business about economy. CHURCHILL WINDS UP

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DENFELD SACKED BY TRUMAN

stable one which kept Industry Washington, Oct. 27.-

Conservative President Harry Truman

Under going. governments, largely because of the activities of Mr Winston today sacked Admiral. Louis been E. Denfeld as Chief of Churchill, industry had upset and interrupted, he said. Naval Operations. and the country was still suffer Ing from this.

"President Truman sald Ad- There were several spots of miral Denfeld was being trans-

during Mr Morrison's comedy

ferred "to other duties" for the Sir John Anderson had com- good of the country," mented that he never wanted' to see repeated in Britain what had happened after the First World War.

speech.

Mr Morrison

Lake Success, Oct. 27.— China fold the United Nations today

The action was expected Do- its that Nationalist

muse of Admim) Denteld's cri- Government

ticism Mr Churchill, winding up the

of the present military "cannot fight a world con-

debate for the Opposition, sald

seized on this policies of the United States. mueror single-handed".

to say: "I was that

glad that Sir the violent

o! Assault The Chinese delegate, Dr Kan Socialism upon the Intriente and

John made such a specific re Admiral Denfeld had charged Chich-hion, speaking ira

of *** pudlation

The Ananclai the artificial economy of Britain, n

that the Navy's offensive power Polkical Committee's debate on

policy followed by Mr Chur- i was being ruined under the new it was inument when therer, cald his country had hausted and quivering from

Chin

unified defence organisation. Even subjected to "even more ordeal of total war, had so far This brusNSİ Mr Churchill

then horrible and tragic imperialism"

of the Training Command, Ris the plan to seek Air Nehru's| grammes (about nine foreign dgnments Included mediation have decided not pounds weight) of uranium duty

เค the Mediterranent approurt Washington or Moreow Middle East, commanding for the tune belegt, fencing that ore from Prague to France. officer of the RAP in Italy and] the conueni of day before the

Да LUTIACI employee of the service In Canada with the other might endanger the sur-French Embassy, Gervais Gar- United Kingdoni

eng of the whole project. The art (wo French eltams,

ተኾነ “ ነ Mission.

prefer simultaneous Chusias Maro

Oldrich 311 Air Marshal Sir Hugh Lloyd jnegotiations in dye course, the Adamek, wet under ariel, the will in February replac Aara gazie sand, and limiting the note sad

E been ascertained that Marshal Sir Aubrey B Ellwood! k. ferm tren

The tote saad that M Helint, at of His ore was sent away 19 Mote Nobons who have who cajend diplomatie privi through the diplomatic courter ver rearent to deve thrt. leges, soud BI Sałaby pi, who did

e French Embassy." at the rievous diver Regens heren Ext and West, a fu

Gustav Marangarofthy amount of 20,000 crowna Creilhard on Page 3)

US$420) and $25 do be v te the

as Cominatider-in-Chief If the Bomber Command, The latter is has beeo promoted to Deputy Chief of the Air Staff AM ciated Press.

EDITORIAL

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When

Inter-Service Rivalry

FE biler dispute between the United

Free,

recently broke inta the open, might appear in non-Amerlenn eyes to be merely an unseemly wrangle between officers of high enough rant to know beiter. But the arguments of both sides regardless of the unorthodox way in which they have : been propounded are important to Britain for two reasung; American and British defence is so closely linked that any major decision made by one partner must "affect the other, and the strategleni questions involved in the American dispute, nre, similar to those which face Britain. The American controversy dates back to July, 1917, when the National Security Act was passed. This Act was designed to co-ordinate, though not to merge, the armed services under a single Secretary of Defence. Until then the American Air Force had been a part of the Army, but the effect of the Act waS to raise it to the same státus as the „ather two services as Britain had done with the old Royal Flying Corps many yenta before. Unfortunately, this attempt at unification produced a struggle between the three services which has gradually ‚become more, and more bitter. Thers were many reasons, supposed or real, for this inter-Service suspicion. The Air Force felt that the Navy, with its plans. for a super-carrier, was trying to assume responsibility for strategic bombing. The Nuvy feared for the fate of the marines the pride of America's fighting men and for Its carrier-based' aircraft. The Army-an old complaint--bclløved · ¿that too much concentration on air and

sca power would obscure the Importance, of having a man on the ground with a bayonet. The quarrelling recently conched such a pitch that, the House Armed Services Committee opened an inquiry into the whole organisation of

the country's defences. The princip disagreements which emerged concern the Navy's super-carrier, and the Air Force's monster 11-36 bomber. Mr Johnson, the

af Secretary

Defence, stopped the construction of the super-carrier soon after the keel was laid, in the belief that it was impracticable. His bellef seemed justified: the carrier, which was to have been big enough to launch heavy bombers, would have cost $190 million, and would have been a tremendous Hability in action because of the task of escorting it and providing it with cover. The Air Force's 'case la that the 3-36 is big enough, and has a long enough range, to carry out decisive atom bomb attacks; but here. again, the opponents of this plan point out the comparatively low speed of the B-36 (about 360 mph) and the difficulty of getting it through to its objective. The controversy stilkes at the whole concept of strategy in a future war. Fortunately, thero are signs that America is not --placing all her hopea on either of these two projects. From Britain's point of low, the considerations are similar. Experience has shown' that, bombing alone is a slow and expensive way of winning a war, and with the British Isles such a small and vulnerable aren, it might ∙not pay Britain to initiate large-scale

attacks. Britain is bombing

still primarily a maritimo Power, and every effort must be made to safeguard her sen lines of supply and communication. Without seg mastery. Britain's position in any war 18 precarious. These problems ara, of the first importance. Britain's future existence might depend on strategic préparations being made now, and if there is in Britain any sort of inter Service disagreement, Immediate and strenuous efforts must be made to reanive it."

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been fatal to the country's res covery.

other Countries surg

and Sir John to their feet, amid loud laughter, to explain away the reference.

MIXING UP

President Truman cald he did 101 know whother Admirał Denfeld would accept the trans- fer to other dulles or would resign. Admiral Denfeld had no immellate statement.

The Secretary mis.

The Russian Foreign Minister,

Un the subject of Sterling i Mr. Andrej Vyshinsky, Jibed balances he said it was a scandal back that the Chinese delegate that Britan should be made tu

Mr Churchill Fili Lai Bir Was afraid that when we come repay to ludia, Egypt and some was deliberately mix.

Be Chiuve Item

for the ing up two different periods.

Sir John pard through Garectie, Monds he will have no opper-supplies for the armies by

was being to the ore as well as for future unity to talk about In the which they were protected from

our Com- German, Italian report which were demanded United Nations or

nud Japanese fan Maran, the note said,

mitter because of the course of were fully

world events." The facts

debate, Mr Aeplying to the Tumed by "irrefutable evidence",

said that during the wor form t

ir Churchill bud un written state- ile the

every biente made by Gurodie, Maran

Mr Kan mpiled: "I mentioned occasion to resort to Socialist

im- In new type of horrible and Adunek,

insures to get production go- Faid the nute. I was obvious that this activity of the French Military Attactic the Soviet Union. and his assistant was tantamount

CO-

SPEED OF AID

| perialism I did not inentioning.

I am

sur-

air Attlee said that the Ster. brised that the Soviet delegate ng balances could not be re- to degantsing espionage against subsct. How long I sit here putilated, though they would the Czechoslovak Republic, the depends upon the speed of the nave to be cut down as much as

the Soviet Government possible. note added.

vives the Chinese Communists, French Embassy offelals to-The Soviet Union gave all the night refused any information Japanese arms to the Chinese about the Carch demands and Communists and they occupied In his reference to Sterling would not say when the note | Manchuria. Now, if the Soviel balances. Mr Churchill also said, whs delivered or give even per- Government gives the Commu- had always considered that conal information about the nists all they need, of course we should olivers concerned.Reuter.

NOBEL

PRIZE IS SHARED

we cannot prolong the war.

"We cannot fight a world conqueror single-handed,

"A nervous man stole $200 from his neighbour. He WIS

COUNTER-CLAIM

make a counter- claim for Barvices to them and one could be set off against the

other.

"The United States are re-

afraid to keep it at home, so he peatedly reminded by us how

buried it in his backyard. The

we fought alone for two years

police announced they would before they came in. search the houses and yards of

nervous

"The United States has ac-

the robbed man's neighbours, knowledged this and treated not So this sensitive,

only the wartime expenditure criminal set up a poster say these subsequent vast loans and but made under Lend-Leuse ing, $200 not buried here. and thought he was safe.

HIS CONSCIENCE

Stockholm, Oct. 27.The Nobel Prize for physiology "Mr Vyshinsky has put his

gifts which we have spent so

of the Navy, Mr Matthews, had written to Prezident that Admiral the

was vital, Denfeld's removal because "a military establish- incnt is not a political de- and there must bo literinoersey,"

loyalty to superiors and respect

I present d if he was said to be reflecting upon the decision to return to the Gold Stndard in 1925, when Mr Churchill was the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There were rears of laughter Mr Churchill and Sir John consulted

whispers while Mr Morrison looked on quizzi- cally. Then Sir John rose to say that he was referring merely 10 what happened within my knowldze at the beginning of the postwar clump in the early 20's."Reuter.

for authority."

Some Congressmen had de- manded that Admiral Denfeld

be retained in his post. Others had said his dismissal would be necessary in view of the inter- Service quarrelling--Associated Press

POMMERY

freely during these four profil- CHAMPAGNE POMMERY & GRENO - REIMS

goto

years.

Our

"More than that, United States and medicine was tonight poster not in his backyard but opinion has been that we had

at his front awarded jointly to Dr

door. I can under no right to take steps to deal #Lanci

he is disturbed by with why Hess

the Walter Rudolf

of a

war debts to Zurich University Institute conscience at all. How long 1 Sterling

I ho his conscience,

countries we had defended--

balances

they of Physiology, and Prosit here is a question because called while uppealing to them

the world continually for further aid. fessor Emeritus Antonio we must see what

tainks about, it If disguised I was glad to hear Egas Moniz of Lisbon Uni-

aggression against Greace had

cellor of

of the Exchequer yester versity.

not been checked, and Grecce day, for the first time, speaking Profesor Moniz, world famous had not been supported by world of the need to curtall on a far neurologist, was the first man to public opinion, the Greek delo-

scale unrequited ex- responsible than he to for the

the Chan-

cure a mental disorder by rurglaste probably would not be here greater But no ond la' more

cal operation. In 1927 he in- either. ventex cerebral angiography".

my presence hore

porta.

a method of visualising the depends upon the action of the vast and accelerating scale on blood vessels of the brain and Soviet Government." United which they have been pro- making it possibla to diagnoosi Press.

VOTE FOR BIDAULT

ceeding."

⚫ CLOSE DISCUSSION

and locato cerebral tumoUTS,

Professor Moniz, who is 75, is a former Portugues Minis“

Mr Attlee, in his reply, sald tor of Foreign Affairs and o

that the Sterling balances were former, Minister to Mudrid. »

o great, strain, but Britain' could, Dr Heas, 88-year-old eye

not clog them down"right away, and brain specialist, has been Paris, Oct. 27.-The French

Britain, he said,; had a great Director of the Physiological Popular Republican leader. M interest in trying to preserve | Institute at Zurich since 101 Georges Bidault, tonight secured peace and stablilly, especially

In 1930 be presided over a vote of confidence in the in Southeast Asian

16th International Con National Assembly as Premier of The matter had been under

an Physiology-Heuter. Franco-Reuter,

the

close discussion, he said,

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