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London, Dec. 19.

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The debate, which was held at one of the most critical periods of post-war history, while the United Nations forces in Korea were suffer- ing a severe military reverse, showed both a remarkable solidarity between the Government and the Opposition and a common failure to hit on a solution of the Korean problem.

The Government came under bench acquiesced when the fire chiefly on the ground that debate it had. "underplayed its hand" in its relations with the United States.

the

Of the obvious channels,.

was wound up by Peking and the Chinese Gov- Prime Minister, Mir ernment delegation at Lake Clement Attlee, appeared as Success did not, in the early á mixture of determination to stages, prove very promising.. fight off Chinese attacks, com- a wish to find a bined with negotiated settlement.

Its main points appeared to be that:

1-War with China must be avoided if conceivably possible.

3. The atom bomb must not be used unless some unforeseen and overwhelming argument were to arise,

The view voiced by a former Conservative Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, Mr R. A. Butler, who closed the debate for the Opposition, was based on the current fear that Britain might be dragged into a war with China without being ade- quately consulted and without

of conciliation every means having been explored.

Since it was throughout this

3. No action by air power or period of the Korean crisis in

must be taken more than daily contact with other means the United States Administra- against Chinese territory.

4.The United Nations must Government tion, the British was not in a position to disclose stabilise and hold a military line the extent of any pressure or in Korea. Influence which it had exercised In Washington.

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At the time of the House of Commons debate, the British. Governinent was clearly still seeking for some means of test- ing China's real intentions with..

established having

any out common ground.-Reuter.

Shah's Fiancee Stricken

Teheran, Dec. 19. Beautiful 18-year-old Soraya Esfandiari stricken with fever on Tuesday, during the last week before her scheduled marriage to the Shah of Persia.

Court circles said Miss Esfandiari contracted ty, phold shortly after she arrived here last month but that she recovered. It was feared she had suffer- ed a relapse. V with the

5. They must then seek con- But the strength of the feel-tact with the Chinese Govern- ing, on both sides of the House ment with a view to negotiat- of Commons, that British ing terms for a political settle- Mirüsters must see that the ment. British view was heard in the handling of the Korean crisis, enormous resulted in an strengthening of the British Government in its dealings with the United States,

MIXED POLICY.

NO GUIDANCE

The House as a whole ran out of ideas when it faced the ques- tion, raised by one of two back- benchers, of what could be done to get into contact Chinese Government and what During the debate, the House would have to be done if it be- an in-came clear that China wanted of Commons provided teresting glimpse of the work- to fight the Korean campaign to ing of the British Constitution.a finish and would For the Opposition, in fact, negotiate.

refuse to

aided the Government by say- On these vital questions,

ing constructively

and yet

critically a number of things there was no guidance from the about Britain's relations with Government benches. It was foreign countries which could clear that they were the essen not be said by British Minis-tial problems for top level dis- cussions between London, ters.

Washington and other interested governments.

became

• Once said they factor of which the Ministers Must

Korean

If the military situation were

bilised, the first nece

De to

~Court afroles said Shah Reza Pahlevi

Mohsemely upset over

was

his bride-to-be's Ratest Illness and was ready to postpone the elaborate for ceremony pending Deo. 27, if -NGOOSE) United Press.

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