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Bevin Going To Hospital

London, Mar. 10-The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Ernest Bevin, is to culer hospital for rest and treatment this week-end, it was learned here tonight,

He will be back at work next week.

Mr Bevin, who was 09 yesterday, went into hos-

for pital

a few days - fortnight age.

A Foreign Office spokes- nan tonight said that fo was returning for a further course of the same treat- ment this week-end-Reu- ter.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950.

Assault On

Ex-Nazi Deputy In Parliament

KICKED BY SOCIALISTS

Bonn, Mar. 10. Socialists threw Wolfgang Hedler, ex-Nazi deputy out of the Parliament building this afternoon and then kicked him.

Hedler was sitting with two press correspon- dents in the lobby when some Socialist deputies

Fighting In surrounded him and told him to get out. Berlin

He did not do so. One deputy pulled him up by his cont collar and the group then threw him out into the street.

face.

When he fell he was kicked.

Hedler, who is 51, suffered three big cuts in the

sald that the situation

Berlin, Mar. 10.-Socialist and Communist youths exchanged volleys of bricks and one shot was fired this evening Izza

Helder had entered the Cham- her opponent", elash between demonstrators on

ber almost unnoticed and gat agreements created the border of the Saylet and

the Right-wing that practically could not bo American sectors.

No Injuries alongside

П future changed by benches.

peace were reported.

Shouts of "Gel out" came treaty. The clash occurred Just In-from Sotini Democratic

All parties in the House ap- the American Keetor,

by several plauded when he declared, "In wal bers-p8, followed where a Social Democratic loud-other light-wing deputies, he no circumstances may the Saar speaker was trying to

shout down Herr Gerhart Eisler, the Anally walked out of the As-question disturb

sembly.

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Some members had moved to

who was addressing come 2.000 attack him but were warned by Herlinera at # ma meeting 200 yards away on the Soviet the Speaker Dr Erich Kochler, side of the boundary.

the relations between France and Germany and baulk the construction of a united Western Europe."

In contrast, only the Right- wing tpported him when he reiterated his offer of a union Inade first in a press Interview this week.

"It is an audacious offer," he declared, "but only rapid and

can offers

LOVO nudacious Europe today".

without The debate ended any formal motion or decision had all Party leaders spoken.-Reuter.

and returned to their seats,

Dr Kochiler suspended the Fist fights broke out round the

a West Bundestag (Lower House) sit- with France loudspeaker and

ing for an hour. tr Berlin policeman, who had been amid cheers, that it would have lle declared, knocked down in a confused seule, fired the shot into the been better if Hedler had stay

decision had until n Com-beca made on the appeal against members of the

recent acquittal of dorminted Free German Hedler's

nation Youth rushed to

making inflammatory the Social Democratle youths greet-list and anti-Semitic speeches. after

air.

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ed them with a shower of bricks from

bomb-damaged building just on the American side of the line.

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EDITORIAL

China Put Behind Iron

co-operated to clear the street, tory's coal mines by new agree- Curtain

which was littered with hun-ments with the Saur Govern- dreds of bricks and the rest of ment, he maintained.

the meeting passed off peace- fully-Reuter.

Dr Adenauer, appealing to France as "her friend, not a

Questions For The Unofficials

WE

what do not pretend to know sort of questions the Unofficials intend to ask the Finoncial Secretary when the debate on the Budget takes place, nor the line of criticism (if any) which they will follow. All that, naturally, rests with our unelected representatives. But we believe that the taxpayer would like further enlighten- ment on certain points. One is, in view of the Financial Secretary's statement last Wednesday, whether it is Govern- continue ment's intended policy to building up an accumulated surplus until it equals one year's revenue, irrespective of what this demands in the way of additional direct and indirect taxation? There was a distinct Inference in Mr Follows speech that such was the objec- tive. It in a novel form of budgetting, though precisely how it can be justified is another matter. When the Financial Secretary declares that he regards it as essential to have an accumulated surplus equal, at least, to one year's revenue, he painstakingly avoids suggesting what particular year should be taken as the basis. As the Colony, for years past, has been steadily increasing its annual revenue and expenditure, it would appear to be impossible to reach a total surplus sufficient to satisfy Mr Follows' yardstick. Therefore, even if we go so far as to concede the wisdom of the Financial Secretory's proposition (which we do not) we have still to be presented with a base year, so that finally the Colony can, with a deep sigh of entisfac- tion, preen itself on the fact that the Impossible hay been achieved. It understood, only too well, how seductive can be

accumulation of surplus funds. 'It CAN have one of two effects: either to entice the

posats. sor to become spendthrift, or obversely, to encourage miserliness. Present-day pointers, so far as Hong- kong's finances are concerned, are that Government intends to grab all it can in order to preservo intact all it has managed to collect, irrespective of how

an

Un

this affects the people who provide the wherewithal, We certainly think this Accumulated surplus complex which Government has developed calls for close investigation

the part of the Unofficials, and the public would undoubtedly apprecinte Hume rather more persuasive explanation of this state of mind. We hope too, that the Unofficials will not rest cosily content with the vaguo reference in the Financin! Secretary's speech about the unknown, but threatened commitment regarding

the Colony's contribution to the cost of the reinforced garrison. We welcomed at the time, and the feeling remains, the strengthening of the Colony's military defence, IL permits, as Mr Malcolm Macdonald has emphasised, Hongkong to become a "stone wall which will hurt the attackers more than the attacked." But it must not be forgotten that Hong- hong's defence is part of the defence of the British Commonwealth. The Colony figures in the overall

defence pattern woven by the War Office, which is not something crented exclusively for the benefit of Hongkong's inhabitants. The cust of this defence plan, therefore, must be equally distributed, for it cannot be regarded as a responsibility solely to he debited to Hongkong. We are willing to pay our share, but it must be a fair onc, and must not be such that it will impair our domestic economy. There are other questions arising from the Budget, and we suggest some of them should be directed by the Unofficials at themselves. They have received the thanks of the Financial Secretary for glving him advice over the Estimates; doen, this

the mean that Unofficials subscribe to Mir Follows' estimate of the revenue for 1950-517 And if so, do they seriously believe that it is a well-founded forecast? Do they honestly consider that, without additional direct taxation, we shall

end the year with deficit? Their non-enfranchised "constituenta" will await the with interest, amounting almost to anxiety.

Answers

Effect Of Latest US. Ban

(Our Own Correspondent)

London, Mar. 10. The decision of the American Commerce Department to tighten export controls on 600 strategic commodities means, in effect, that Chin has now become one of the "iron curtain" countries to which such exports are vir- tually banned.

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Japanese Peace

The British destroyer, HMS Wessex has been sold to the South African Navy, at, it is understood, a cost of less than £500,000. This picture shows the forward gun turrets of the Wessex. The ship is due to be handed over to the S.A.N.F. next month. —London Ex- press Service.

On

Plebiscite Leopold's Return Causes Tension

Treaty Parleys

SOVIET MAY TRY TO BEAT GUN

Washington, Mar. 10-Diplomats of several British Commonwealth countries said today that there was some reason to believe that Russia and Communist China might be preparing shortly to call a Japanese peace conference before the United States was ready to do so.

could

They said the Sino-Russian negotiations in Moscow and recently the more friendly attitude of Soviet off- cials in Tokyo. and Washington toward the press gave credence to the belief that Russia was preparing a new political move and most likely it was that of trying to show the Asiatic countries that Russia, in partnership with Communist Chinn, Js ready to wrest political leadership from the Western countries as regards Japan. The Moscow conference of clause to be inserted in the Chinese and Russian officiala | peuce treaty, They said a. press would appear to have changed report dispatch from London to the former Soviet attitude that this effect, published in Japanese only a four-power conference newspapers, gave a distorted

deal with the

viewpoint of the actual thinking репсо treaty. the diplom

of Commonwealth countries on continued.

speculated the treaty. that, as a result, Russia and

The sources

said what the Communist China may now be Commonwealth countries would prepared to invite all Interested Insist on in the peace treaty

a peace conference was not

punitive clauzes but security clauses to prevent any sources Bald Britain.)

Japancre Australia and New Zealand Possibility of future

oggression. They asserted that were anxious to hold a Japanese all the Commonwealth countles peace,

conference 43 3000

were agreed that tho To far the postible, but

Stute

must have

a stable Department

in

United Including shipping sufficient for States had given no indication

that that

that purpose. However, it was ready to do so. They expected these countries would it was claimed this was because the request restrictions on Japanese State Department had not been shipping abova what WA1 able to arrive at on agreed necessary for her economy- polier with other U.S. govern- United Press.

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powers to These

They

the

ment departments as to what

| the treaty draft should contain.

VIEWS EXCHANGED.

The diplomants said that at the recent Colombo Cominon-

Churchill's

Commonwealth New

{countrica were agreed on the

Challenge

advicability of holding a patton Churchill, leader of the

most dispatch,

and

to

Brussels, Mar. 10. — Belgium's Coalition weath conference, representa- Government today appealed to five million excited tives of all electors for "calm and order" after they vote on Sunday on the future of exiled King Leopold. trealy

A Cabinet communique urged all political parties and private bodies to refrain from demonstrations after the plebiscite so that the people's decision on whether or not Leopold shall be invited back to the throne can be studied in an atmosphere of calm."

11

of

peace London, Mar. 10.- Mr Wind- Op- facilitate the task of co-ordina- mons, today threw down an- help pusition in the House of Com- ting the viewpoints of Common Government only a few hours on- other challenge to the Labour wealth countries on the peace treaty it was agreed to Get danger by n

atter it had scraped out of mere 14 votes on working

party in London of representatives

Common-the nationalisation of steel. The King's daughter, 23-year- Apart from the party divi-

countries. They added This time the Conservative old Princess Josephone Char-alons; the nation 13 racially has slready some exchanges of lender nimed at the £

£100,000, lalle, was arriving in Brussels divided into two halves on the views had been held in London 000 which the Government is tonight as the opposing parties' question, Most of the Walloons since the Colombo conference asking to balance the overspent This is not a new order, but campaigns reached their height, are opposed to the King. The and the full working party was accounts of its departments, merely an extension of one Leopold supporters threw

expected 10 begin operating

As with steel last night which has been in force

shortly for tear gas bombs into a ceung Flemings want him back

Government will regard some time. The original order at Antwerp last night, where

Diplomats said there was not Conservative attack on its fin to prevent exports 13,000 people were latening

aneer as an issue of "confidence," une Commonwealth country to- from America of materials anti-Leopold speeches by three Most Belguns are convinced day that was in favour of ad- If defeated, the Prime Minis-. which could increase a coun- former Socialist Premilers-M. that whether It is "yes", or vocating reparations out of curter, Mr Clement Attlee, will re- try's war potential, and was Paul Henri Spaak, M. Achille "no". the referendum willrent Japanese production as a sign. Reuter. designed to exclude Russia and Van Acker and M. Camile Tuss-divide the country. Both sides battler may

was made

her satelilles from supplies of mans. vital raw materials. A similar

BAN EXTENDED

Previously the

American

to

the

BLOODSHED FEARED

Lear that bloody In Liege, Leopoldisis-wear-yet be fought after the result le ban un exports of war-like Ing American

Army uniforms known. materials from the Sterling and steel helmet-according The Socialist. dominated Area countries is also in force. to the police, circled the town General Federation of Labour-

Carly thi

morning pasting up

country's largest trade propaganda notices and clasti-union-has called on worker ed

in to do all in their power to op- wish anti-Leopoldists one city street.

pose the return of the King. order controlling such exports Both parties fled when the Thele plans include n series uf applied to the Europe and

nationwide strikes, "We will adjacent areas, but

the police appeared. now

rabotage the national economy "ban" has been extended to all

just as we did when the Ger- arcas outside the Western On Sunday every Belgian mans were here," one leader re- hemisphere.

over the age of 21, making on cently declared. electorate of 5,600,000, must co

Secret orders have been given Or Incur a neto key workers to put the strike Even If the voting wire favour-

to the King.

on Monday who Wag

MUST VOTE

China now becomes one of the countries cut off from such to the polls supplies.

plan into effect

The chief purpose behind the able decision to tighten exports con-provisionally cxled for five should the referendum show a trola is to prevent strategio years, he could not return to majority for the King.

The country is disrupted even materials being cent to "iron la country until a joint session curtain"

countries by round of both Houses of Parliament in the pre-referendum period. about means,

repeated the legislation passed Close friends have become foes Announcing

decision, in July, 1945, prolonging the in cafe arguments. Family the Offico

quarrels have developed as a re- International of

Regency. Trade, which is п

or the main political partes cult for the Royal argumenL- branch of the Commerce Department, Gold only the Social Christians Reuler.

country's "export controls are revamped (Catholics) — the

the

as necessary to keep them con- strongest singlo political group sistent with the world politicntaro wholly in favour of the

King's return. situation and with current

." economic realities."

The Liberals, their partners

Three-Power Talks

for in the Government, are divided, Parls, Mar. 10-The news- The Hat of commodities

Leading Liberal Cabinet Mini- | paper Le Monde reported today which export licences aro re- quired include some materials ters have proclaimed that the that the London talks between solution for them 12 M. Robert Schuman, the French which have been imported into only the United States from the King Leopold's "effacement" or Foreign Minister, and Mr Ernest

voluntary abd

the abdication in favour Bevin,

British Foreign Sterling Area. Tin comes high en of his 10-year-old son, Prince Minister, would be followed by this list.

Baudouin

three-Power talics. Besides the 600 commodities

Of the Opposition parties, the named in the Office of Interna: Socialists the country's second proposals made by Mr Bean, These talks might cover the tional Trade order, there OTO

mort numerous party--also Acheson, United States Seero- further 571 strategie which cannot be exported [any country except Canada.

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