Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 14, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              Weather forecast Friday High Low conditions Tokyo. 76 60 fair Kyoto. 75 59 fair Seoul. 62 50 fair Sapporo 55 49 Cloudy St and City edition volume 4, number 241 share this paper thursday october 14, 1948 share this paper up Apins Apps wire services India exodus threat would create vital Gap in anti communist strategy by Richard Mcmillan London oct. 14 up the grave threat that India May create a vital breach in the global anti communist strategy by quitting the British common wealth became a major concern of the Commonwealth premiers today. _ while the main conferences went on with discussions. On economics Commonwealth leaders began behind the scenes negotiations aimed a putting the brakes on a plan to create an Independent Republic. Of India s 300,000,000 population. Both Australia and new zealand realizing the danger of this potential open door to communist infiltration sounded the alarm. The Issue was i recognized As so grave that it was suggested that if no com Promise were reached the ad-1 vice of the United states should n. Korea gov t gets Okay of rentier Stalin be  these talks new zealand s prime minister Peter Fraser expressed the concern of the far Eastern nations by de Claring the greatest and perhaps Only Hope of peace depends upon the Powers persuading India not to break away fro the Commonwealth and thus weaken the world anti communist Chain which the West has been so painfully building up. The new zealand prime minister claims that the con Ference can stabilize the world by working out an arrange. Ment whereby India May be preserved in association with the other nations of the British  s or. Herbert Evatt came out solidly with new zealand and stressed that every Effort would be made to keep India inside the United defense bloc. Both Fraser and Evatt had off the record conversations with India s Jawaharlal Nehru who explained that he. To some extent was a prisoner of electoral promises under which the Indian government feels it is bound to take Steps to satisfy the popular demand for Independence. He inform Assad is and also together with this to establish Corre pending economic  this Republic was set up by communists in russian occupied Northern Korea. A Dis Patch from Seoul said a spokes Man for the Republic of Korea established after United a ions sponsored elections were Leld in american occupied Southern Korea called the Forth korean bid for Recagni Ion effrontery the Southern regime soon will have repro Riesen Calives at the in toilet m Paris 6 aussie girls await decision / by int l news service six australian girls were today awaiting maj. Gen. P. J. Mueller s decision on their government s request that they be released from Scap jobs and returned Home. The Canberra government requested through the state department that Scap Dis charge All eight australian women working in America occupation offices. Scap has informed the australian Mission that it does no have jurisdiction Over two o the eight girls. They Are employees of the american rec  the chief of staff decision Are australian women who have worked for the americans from four to seven years. ,. They said they were stunned by Canberra s request am complained of discrimination Dillinger portrayed jailed for drinking Avalon calif., oct. 1film actor Lawrence Tierney who once portrayed Dillinger on the screen was jailed o Santa Catalina Island by officer who once arrested the real John Dillinger police re ported  actor was arrested yesterday for disturbing the peace and  bail when he Faile to appear later before a Justice " -. " Ali Rob i launch recruiting drive allies discuss Osman fling German plants Acme telephoto Britain s War minister Emmanuel Shinwell left and the chief of the Imperial staff Viscount Montgomery in a Happy mood in London when they appeared to launch a recruiting drive for the territorial similar to the . National guard army. Viscount Montgomery is slated to head the military forces of the Western Union Powers. Moscow oct. 14 a rime minister Stalin has in Ormed the people s democracy Republic of Korea that the Russia accused of secretly rearming Paris oct. 14 ins Britain accused Russia yesterday of hiding a 7 and one half billion Dollar Arma ment and atomic research program from the rest of the word while preaching peace in the United  Hartley Shawcross British Delegate to the United London october 14 up foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin received eco nomic cooperation administrators Paul g. Hoffman and w. Averell Harriman As Well As . Ambassador Lewis w. Douglas at an hour s meet no in which he was under Tood to have discussed the Dis mantling of German Industrial  problem of dismantling Las been discussed during the past few weeks Between the foreign office and the . Tate department. The foreign office and Bevin personally feel that the dismantling of Germany must go on for eco nomic juridical and Security soviets train s army filipino senators recalled Home Manila oct. 14 a Senate president Jose Avelin said today he has urged five philippine legislators now in he United states to return Home at once for confidential reasons. Avelino dispatched radio Grams october 12, to Liberal party senators Emiliano Tirona Prospero Sanidad and Carlos Tan and Nacion Alista party senators Tomas con lessor and Camilo Osias. All five were philippine  to inter parliamentary Union meetings in Rome. Avelino said he believes Osias and Tirona Are now in Washington Confesor in Sanfrancisco Tan in los Angeles and Sanidad in either washing ton or san Francisco. Although Avelino asked the senators to return As soon a possible he did not specifically request air travel. He declined to comment on whether International or Domestic problems prompted the recall. He stated i cannot   by Walter bundle Berlin oct. 14 up the american licensed German newspaper Tage Spiegel said that Russia has started to Gar Rison a newly organized peo ple s militia in former nazi military installations which were supposed to have been destroyed or put to other Pur  newspaper quoting Fugi Tives from the soviet zone said it was known that at least eight such Barracks were being put to use by the  reports said that the russians have trained an armed a military Force of 400, 000.former German War Pri  said that this Force is fully centralized and has no municipal or provincial Char  militia allegedly Are Given a six weeks course including training in grenade throwing automatic rifles and russian  soviet press characterized the report As part of a propaganda Campaign designed to create friction Between the East an same time the soviet press launched its own propaganda obviously aimed to create Fric Tion Between the american and French military govern ments. Chiang holds fast in anti red drive nations political committee varned that peace was solely p to Russia. He challenged the despotic ulers in the Kremlin  he ,. Iron curtain and silence communist fifth column which he said Are spreading has and trying to wreck european recovery. Sir Hartley accused the russians of juggling their Bud Petary figures to hide huge sums spent on armaments anatomic research. He assailed soviet terror tactics and said one Little word from Russia would silence communist fifth columns everywhere and be nations put their houses  Malik reaffirmed Deputy foreign minister Andrei Vish i sky s statement that Russia wants to cooperate for peace said we reached a com Promise with Roosevelt but cannot Compromise with Shaw Cross and his ilk who Don want to disarm and ban Chatom  sir Hartley took up the soviet claim of desire Fope Ace and said that s import ant and we Welcome it. Leme suggest some immediate measures. 1. Let newspaper correspondents move freely in the soviet Union. 2. Let diplomats travel Asin civilized countries. 3. Let civil aircraft Fly routes Over Russia As Over other countries. 4. Let us have consular an diplomatic missions in Minsk and Kiev. Let our newspaper be available. Let us Exchange Broad casts. 6. Let our tourists travel in each others countries and be come friends. 7. Let us Exchange  Ity  it no agreement on Union s record ban new York oct. 14 up James c. Petrillo head of the american federation of musicians and major record ing companies announced to Day that they were unable to reach an agreement on the lifting of Petrillo s ban on the making cords. Of phonograph re the ban was imposed when the Taft Hartley labor Law made it illegal for the companies to continue paying royalties from record sales to the Union s welfare fund ,. Banking oct. 14 a analysis of Chiang Kai Shek s Public statements since his returning from the North Western front indicated tha China s president has lost none of his determination to pursue the communist suppression Campaign despite the reverse in the past three months. Chiang who described the situation As serious but no helpless appears determine to. Continue his general off in Sives against the  his determination will enable the Central government to restore the peo pie s Confidence which Chian said undermined by psychological factors info Vencin communist propaganda remained great questions. Mos observers said loss of mor was a greater Barrier of the government Victory than the communists military Power. Returning aussies have pearls seized Aukland new zealand oct. 14 up in the biggest customs raid in years authorities seized hundreds of string of japanese pearls from re turning australian Soldier and Crew members aboard the transport West Ralia. At the same time author ties said there were indication that a huge Black Marke in japanese pearls was Deve Oping in the Commonwealth. Is. Awaiting estimate on West Alliance  of state George c. Marshall while not reject no Bevin s Security considerations has backed Hoffman s proposal that the dismantling should be discontinued in the interest of the european re covery program. Hoffman referred to the cooperation pact which was signed by Britain and which foresaw a revision of the. Present dismantling  exchanges of views Between Britian and the United states yielded no re sults Bevin and Marshall Dis cussed the matter in person they hoped to Hammer out a Compromise which would satisfy the countries expecting reparations goods from Ger Many and meet at the same time Hoffman s wishes. How Ever this Compromise could not be reached. Britain has been ready to Lake. Large number of plants off the dismantling list but has insisted that the dismantling should be continued in Al cases where it had already been started. Russian charge said distortion strikes charged As red inspired Rome oct. 14 ins min ister of the Interior Mario Scelba charged yesterday thai the scheduled strike of govern ment workers is part of a communist attempt to overthrow the constitutional government he warned that the last ounce of the government s Power would be used to pre vent communist seizure of the country through the strikes scheduled for today. Scelba in a speech before the chamber of deputies accused communist chief pal Miro Togliatti of laying Down directives for the strike at secret meeting of communist party leaders last july 8. The communist controlled labor confederation has ordered a million and a Quarter government workers to quit work in a 24-hour general stroke. Okinawa clearance notice until further notice Clear ances to enter Okinawa in leave status will not be granted. Clearances previously granted for leave in Oki Nawa of personnel who have not departed Are cancelled. Only personnel entering Oki Nawa on official business will be granted clearance. Ghz announced yesterday. Paris oct. 14 a spokesman for the United states delegation to the unite nations said yesterday tha the russian charge that 79 be cent of . Budget expense goes for War purposes is characteristic Vishinsky Dis  Delegate Andrei Vish Insky made the charge tues Day in the disarmament de Bate before the in Politica  american told a new conference a Large proportion of the budgetary percentage referred to by Vishinsky Goe to paying for the results o  includes he said pension Back As far As the civil War veterans benefits Relief projects contributions to the International refugee Organiza Tion and the International children s emergency fund interest on the National debt and interest on the.$ll,000,000,-000 balance of Russia s still unsettled lend lease debt to the United states. In Compromise y soviets Vishinsky demands allies withdraw charges in in Washington oct. 14 ins the United states government is awaiting precise estimates from abroad before iving final consideration to american association with Western Europe s military Al dance. Acting Secretary of state Robert Lovett told a news con Ference yesterday that even after a definite calculation of he needed United states Aid is received the venture will require a Good bit of study. Teds refuse to leave so City the information with the position coincided taken by Western diplomats Here. They recognize that it is preferable to await the outcome of next month s presidential elections before attempting an agreement. Further they know that the Congress about to be elected must pass finally on any Al Liance. N meanwhile the military experts of great Britain France and the Low countries were in continuous conference with United states and Canadian observers. This group meeting variously in Paris and London is working out what one Diplo mat described As a  observers Are generally of the opinion that America s immediate contribution to the so called Brussels defense Al Liance will be a Large scale military lend lease plan. Pentagon spokesmen joined with the state department i insisting that no Cost Esti mates or recommendations Asyet been Laid Down. Defense officials say that they have heard no figure mentioned by any responsible authority adding that the discus Sion still is in the  finance problem urgent in China altering of canal said vital to . Boston oct. 14 up Gail a. Hathaway special assistant to the . Army chief Engineer labelled As vital to United states National defense Panama canal which would be alterations the largest single construction undertaking in  told the Amer ican society of civil engineers that Congress must act Early on the proposed elimination of the canal s locks which entails a 10-years expenditure of $2,483,000,000.the locks currently Are needed to make possible traffic Between Waters of different Levels. Reds Stop rail service Rome. Oct. 14 a the communist ruled general confederation of labor called yesterday for a two hour stoppage of rail service throughout Italy today to sup port a strike of 1,040,000 government workers for higher banking oct. 14 up the government s information office said that the urgency of the National monetary problem hastened finance minister Wang Yunwu s re turn from the United states where he had been attending the annual meetings of the world Bank and the International monetary fund. A release said that the mos urgent problem awaiting settlement was How to find productive outlets for surplus capital in the people s Han resulting from the conversion move which was recently up into effect by the Nankin government. The statement said that u to the end of september 950 000,000 Gold Yuan China new currency had been is sued. This it was pointed of was approximately thre times the amount of Mone originally thought needed of retirement of the old currency the statement said measure Are now being drafted to Chan Nel surplus capital into productive enterprises. By r. H. Shackford Paris oct. 14 up Russia today closed Tho door against any Early Compromise on the Berlin crisis by demanding that the Case be withdrawn from the Security Council As the first step toward any settlement. Russia answered the Compromise proposal which Juan Ramuglia Security Council chairman took to chief soviet Delegate Andrei Vishinsky. Sources close to the big three said the soviet answer. Was not  called a Council meeting for tomorrow to re sume consideration of the Berlin  called on Vishin sky and talked with him for an hour and received the so Viet reaction to the Concilia Tion Effort undertaken by the Argentine Delegate an by Walter Rundle Berlin oct. 14 up the City Council moved its meet no place from the soviet Sec or to Western Berlin today after an ousted communist councilman refused to give up Lis seat. The 11 non communists in he 14-Man Council voted to hold further meetings in the British sector. Acting mayor Ferdinand Friedensburg said in did not know whether the group would return to the City Hall. The Council the highest Ger Man authority a Berlin thus followed the Lead of the police and the City Assembly which previously abandoned Therica quarters in russian occupied territory. Most observers believed that the action destroyed the last semblance of Unity and split Berlin in  move was precipitated by communists when the coun cil met at the City Hall to Dis cuss an Appeal to the United nations for the1 release of some 80 City employees arrested by the  the meeting opened Wal Demar Schmidt former head of the City s department of la Bor who was ousted from the Council by the City Assembly last week took his seat. Friedensburg asked him to leave. Schmidt refused on the grounds that the City Assem Bly action was  adjourned the meeting and the Council vote to resume in the British sector. The communist members said they would not  Assembly fired Schmidt because he refused to follow the orders of the qty govern ment and the Western Allied commanders in , the american licensed German newspaper Tage Spiegel said Russia has started to Garrison a newly organized Peoples militia in former nazi military install tons which were supposed to have been destroyed or put to other purposes. An Allied has. To be in France Tokyo Rose seeks admission to bail san Francisco oct. 1 ins Iva Toguri d Aquino otherwise known As Tokyo Rose sought to be admitted to bail while awaiting trial on treason charges. Attorney Wayne m. Collins filed notice in the Federal District court at san Francisco yesterday that he will move to admit the los Angeles born japanese girl to bail. The bail motion will be argued this afternoon. Collins claimed that mrs. D Aquino is a portuguese Citi zen by virtue of marriage and that her arrest by american agents in Tokyo was therefore illegal. ,. London oct. 14 a an authoritative British source said. Yesterday defense head quarters of the Western european Alliance will be some where in  informant said France was chosen before Gen. Charles de guile issued his statement october 1, calling the five nation defense pact no solution at All to defense problems of the West because it would by entered in Lon Don. Ser which doomed the undertaking since it left the East and West far apart As  made it Plain that before the soviets even would entertain the idea of a Berlin settlement the West Ern big three must cancel charges in the Security coun cil that the russians Are threatening world peace by the Berlin  russian answer resolved the indecision which had Hung Over the Council since it recessed a week ago to allow time for the mediation Effort. The Ramuglia mediation  based on the idea of simultaneously lifting the Berlin blockade and calling a meeting of the big four Council of foreign ministers to take up the entire. German  big three source in hour to hour touch with the Berlin negotiations said the soviet reply contained the following unsatisfactory conditions 1 that the Berlin Casebo withdrawn from the Security Council Agenda a condition to which the big three Neve would agree.2 that the East and West return to the situation As of August 30. That was when the big four agreed in mos cow on a combined blockade and currency formula for end ing the deadlock a formula the russians proceeded to ignore when negations shifted to  informal and unofficial but almost Complete rejection of the russian reply by the big three source sounded the death Knell of Ramuglia s Concilia Tion efforts. Argentine sources had re ported that the soviet reply created optimism but they evidently misjudged the recep Tion it would get from the big three. As soon As he got Vishinsky s report Ramuglia submitted a report to the Western Powers and then called a meeting of Neutral Council members to consider it. His summons for a Council meeting followed. Western sources said the soviet reply probably meant the stepping up at once of action to bring about a Security Council judgment of the rus Sian s in the Berlin Case. / Legal Section aide hit by Streetcar Andrew a. Adinolfi 40, of the ghz Legal Section was seriously injured at noon today when struck by a Streetcar while walking across the Street near the main Post Exchange in Tokyo. He was taken to the 49th general Hospital where attendants said his right Arm had been severely injured. Adinolfi resides at Gran Heights with his wife Patricia and two year old daughter re new amendment for commissions Given under an amendment to ar605-8, August 17, 1948, which governs the appointments of second lieutenants applicants for regular army commissions through a tour of duty May now enter Ripon such tour be fore his 30th birthday provid ing the amount of honorable Federal commissioned service during the period december 7, 1941, to september 2, 1945, plus the base age of 27 years is equal to or greater than the applicant s age at the beginning of the competitive  applicant May enter on competitive tour after attain ing his 30th birthday. Tina. Arab gov t recognize Cairo oct. 14 ins Egypt and Iraq announced tuesday the recognition of Alarab government for Palestine established at Caza. All. Arab states except trans Jordan Are expected to extend recognition