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rr BOOTHS 21 if in AM Boal Race 27lh March WH YOUNGERS AUS MAXIMUM PRICES JO Dr bottle 15 9 hjit bottle f- ret the- i do not a rr in ft- No 28923 LONDON SATURDAY MARCH 6 1948 and iHoroin JJoat Printed in LONDON and MANCHESTER PRICE ll4d CALL TO OUST CIVIL SERVICE COMMUNISTS IIMS NIGERIA ANCHORS OFF DECEPTION Is FINNS AGREE TO OPEN TALKS WITH RUSSIA POWERS TO HOLD TALKS ON PALESTINE 50 CZECH MEs WILL BE EXPELLED COMMUNIST PLAN TO PACK PARLIAMENT PROTEST HANDED OVER REPORT TO UN IN 10 DAYS Majority Object To Military Pact ROYAL VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA KING QUEEN AND PRINCESS MARGARET GO NEXT YEAR The King and Queen and Princess Margaret are to visit New Zealand and Australia early next year Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh will not accompany them News of the Royal tour was given last night in an announcement from Buckingham Palace it CU 1 UN CiLA) 1 Hfcjo read RATION: TWO STATEMENTS In response to a suggestion made by his Prime Ministers in New Zealand and Australia the SOVIET ENVOY SEES MINISTER DNI0N 0R0UP WARNS SEC0RITY RRANCH By III (ill CIIKV1S8 Hally Telegraph Industrial Correspondent A group of Civil Servants to-dav publicly draws the attention of 15 the security service to Communists in Government departments Their action follows th speech of Mr Brown (Ind Rugby) In the House of Commons re ported In The Daily Telegraph yesterday 1 In which he said that a Communist was serving In the Air Ministry and another was private secretary to a Cabinet Minister The group known as the Confer- ROM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Aboard HMS NIGERIA Friday Formal protests were exchanged both by Mr Miles Clifford Governor of the Falkland Islands and Lt Roberto Cabrera of the Argentine Navy when the British cruiser Nigeria carrying the Governor on a tour of the Falkland Islands Dependencies arrived at Deception Island to-day The protest signed by CaPU Moore of the Nigeria was against unauthorised occupation of British territory The Argentine protest was against what It described as TRIAL ON OF OPPONENTS BLACK LIST US RESOLUTION ADOPTED From Our SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT LAKE SUCCESS New York Friday The United Nations Security Council to-night adopted the United States resolution calling for flve-Power talks on the situation In Palestine The Powers are to report within 10 days Britain has already refused to Join in the talks A statement to this effect was made here by Mr Creech Jones Colonial Secretary on Tuesday Representatives of the other four Powers Russia the United States France and China will from OurSPIK lALt OKKENPONIU- VI HELSINKI Friday The Finnish Parliament tonight agreed by a small majority to open negotiations with Russia for a pact of friendship mutual assistance The Foreign Affairs Committee of the Cabinet will meet to-ence Campaign Committee consists morrow to discuss the Finnish of members of the Civil Service reply to Marshal Stalin vhich Clerical Association the largest Wlll be drafted by President Whitehall trade union Paasikivl during the week-end In of committee's six and! hv Vr a i waiwor Pnrptiru ruui muniucct a King has graciously consented DtILY TELEGRAPH REPORTER Mr Edwards Parliamentary jwilf be accompanied by the tlle With guns trained fore and aft the i Queen and the Princess uaoour stated at a rress con- Commission and Mr Charles members belong to parties Margaret I ihedoUiff Minictrw Af 17 1 iaI n4 Pau- op favouring negotiations I SSSSMJ Ministrv of Fuel and Power chair- favouring negotiations Opinions on whether preliminary bv Mr Chiliev and Mr Fraser the coupons a month for the last meet on Monday morning at the Tj Falklaivo Prime Mmsters The invitations garter of this i year We have were tendered a lew weeks ago already decided that the clothing i It will bo the first visit to the two ration for the last quarter of this Dominions bv a reigning British monarch The King and Queen as Duke and Duchess of York visited the Commonwealth in 1927 for the opening of the Federal Parliament in Canberra VOYAGE IN BATTLESHIP Neither the departure date nor the length of the tour have been officially decided It is learned on good authority that the Journey will be by sea and that subject to nava! requirements the battleship Vanguard will carry the Royal party The tour will probably last four months The King and Queen will arrive in Australia in the late southern summer and return early in the English summer If the Vanguard is chosen she may travel via the Panama Canal because of the difficulty the battleship would experience in navigating the Suez Canal The Journey to the West seaboard of Australia via Suez is approximately the same stance as to New Zealand via roughly 11500 miles in each case Though all such details are still onlv in the vaguest discussion stages it is almost certain that the King's man and secretary of the committee respectively thev declare: Com discussions should take place in munis is have no place the British Helsinki or Moscow are still divide Civil Service and we sav Get out But there is no longer any doubt still Get out of the negotiations will take place Leaders of the Agrarian Conserva- RKSPONSIBILITY OF M15 ng 86 of Parliaments 200 members Thev continue Government De-1 t0day advLsed Paasikivi that partment M15 has a special respon- their parties had decided that Fin-sibility in this matter and we land which did not feel herself earnestly express the hope a hope menaced by any other foreign State which springs from mil tons of i need not even discuss a military Brtish hearts that they are fully pact with Russia She should stand awauf 9 Prescnt posit firmly on the existing peace treaty About Mr White general of September 1947 and continue to secretary of the Civil Service Clerical i maintain her present policy of strict Association they say he is a member neutrality of the editorial board of the Dally Earlier to-dav leaders of the three worker remaining parties the Democratic Alt hough Mr White" they pro-1 Union I Communists and Socialist ceed has proved himself a good Union partvl the Social Democrats general secretary 4c we are pro- and the Swedish party re-fomidlv disturbed on account of his presenting 113 seats in Parliament political affiliations To Mr White had informed the president that they we ask the direct question Are vou agreed to negotiations with Russia a Communist and a supporter of the being opened The 49 Social Demo-aims and objects of the Communist crat members had stated that they party of Great The mem- were opposed to a military pact i VISIT TO MINISTER mimitr This afnoon Lt -Gen Savo- 1 nenlcov the Russian Minister here Association the commttee urges a 1 1 vt irneUaii uQ iti that delegates to the forthcoming fved for relrTv an annual conference should be In- our Im ediateW a terwards structed not to vote for named mem- Enrkellf? therdent bers who mav stand for re-election to knight the Xfithat flS CANDIDATES FOR OF! ICE voting of the Parliamentary group The named members headed to-day may in the long run lead to a to our information the Cabinet crisis and the fall of the Communist-inspired short-list for present coalition Government the 1947 elections" included Mr Ten of the 18 members of the Hicks Air Ministry president Cabinet five Social Democrats and and the following members of the five Agrarians belong to parties executive: which have declared opposition to Mr Chains Ministry of Supp'v any military pact with Russia (since appointed a full-time officer of the Association! Miss A George Ministry of Education Mr Redding L-TYNAfl-i C' I Ministry of Supply- Miss Keeling lJVxvl I War Office Miss Ministry of year is to be he said and lt will divert supplies from some soft currency areas to the Canadian market" When he was asked if this was a new announcement he said I think it has already been Answering a further Question he stated we shall have difficulty in maintaining the present clothing rate dropped from four to 3L Our great problem is to maintain Last night the Board of Trade issued a statement saying tht although several Ministers including Mr Wilson President of the Board of Trade had already given warnings tnat the ration would have to be cut unless production is considerably increased the Government had so far not taken any decision about a cut ELECTIONS LIKELY TO BE INDEFINITELY POSTPONED From CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Daily Telegraph Special Correspondent PRAGUE Friday hen the National Assembly meets next week it is likely that a number of who do not find themselves in entire agreement with the dominant Communist bloc will be expelled This will have the convenient effect of prodding the Communists with the requisite three-fifths majority necessary to prolong the life of the present Parliament and postpone the elections indefinitely At present the Communists (114 seats) together with the Social Democrats (37 seats) command a bare 151 seats out of a Chamber of 300 Pravo Lidu (Social Democratic) forecasts that seven Deputies will be expelled from the Social Democratic party 13 from the party and at least 30 from Dr Czech Socialist party It may safely be assumed that their places will be filled by obedient Government supporters and that large sections of the party and of the Czech Socialists will adhere to the Communist-dominated Government fifths majority wi US SUGGESTS A Government newspaper AID CABINET that the Action Com- ninrkiin tees are at present deciding hi IK Kl i Kl Irk rich Deputies are to be black- jsted These Deputies Will be By Our Diplomatic Correspondent of Parliamentary im- The private talks In London sanity and handed over for among Britain the United rial States France Belgium the These changes will be carried Netherlands and Luxembourg on the authority of the self- about the future of Germany are ippointed Action Committees to end to-day The purged Parliament can be A joint communiau on their resiled on for uncritical support suits is to be issued I understand the Government in accord- tx thp Annfnvpri should ftLnd Uw 16-nations conference opening in iiels the new people on March 15 on the European democracies Recovery Programme About 60 Deputies however It A Paris it will be urged that a 1j suggested will remain outside permanent Economic Cabinet be tbe boa-constrictor embrace of established I to help to administer aid tie National Front They will under the Marah Pjim The Unaed law the alternative of main- the Ger- nf hpUnennlp 13 exPrclel that the joint com-nnis the demands of the people nuniqu6 will embody reoommenda- of venting ther spleen In uoos about the future of the Ruhr Bay Major Wilson Royal Marines went ashore in a cutter and met Lt Cabrera on the Jetty He gave him Capt compliments and informed him that the captain had instructions to assist British bases and hand protests to people of other countries who were in British territorial waters without proper notification Iifc LL Cabrera invited MaJ Wilson to FLght which under its captain Air the wardroom of the Argentine shore Cmdre Fielden went to South base where the Major handed over Africa will again be used for cover-the protest Lt Cabrera the vast distances in Australia said he had expected it and im- New Zeaand mediately took from his pocket the COUNCIL OF STATE Argentine protest The absence of the King wtll in- RUM SERVED volve the setting up of a Council of The Lieutenant then introduced State to act for him while he is his officers and refreshments includ- away Pr ncess Elizabeth and the This would be made up of at least ng cana (Argentine rum were Duke of Edinburgh will be members 20000 foreign workers 10000 from served MaJ Wilson was shown This will be the second occasion on other Industries and another 10000 round the base which Princess Elizabeth has acted mainlv women Day nurseries would Later Lt Cabrera was pined as a member of the Council The be provided aboard the Nigeria and introduced to first was when three months after Capt Moore Thev talked chiefly her 18th birthday she was one of the about the weather Afterwards five counsellors appointed to act in Lt Cabrera was entertained in theuhe absence in Italy in July wardroom 1944 The other four were: The Half an hour later the Ngera Queen the Duke of Gloucester arrived at Bay where the Princess Roval and Princess Arthur Governor landed was given a 17- of Connaught -ii When tne Royal family visited An official of the Board added that it would be unusual to impose a cut for a quarter of the vear Clothes rationing was arranged in periods usually of six months COTTON DRIVE Summer Overtime Plan Mr Edward also stated that the total man-Dower figure for the cotton industry was being raised from 265000 to 325000 by the end of the vear He had proposed to employers that organised overtime should be worked by the whole industry from April 5 to Sept 25 The spinning and weaving section had been set a target of 40000 workers within the next six months is give jun salute and inspected the British 1 When the Royal family SEARCH FOR GANG Russian delegation's offices in Park-avenue Sir Alexander Cadogan British representative on the Security Council will not attend but will be ready to provide any information The American resolution which was agreed to between the United States and Russia during the lunchtime adjournment to-day commits the Security Council to very little It leaves the Powers to try to find a way out of the dilemma TASK It calls on them to consult and inform the Security Council on the situation ir Palestine and make recommendations to the Council on guidance and instructions which might usefully be given to the Palestine Commission to implement the resolution of the General Assembly" Overriding a Jomt suggestion from the United States and Russia the Council refused by two votes to endorse partition It left the door open for approval of the plan later The Council then adjourned until next week when it will again discuss the Kashmir dispute Mr Creech Jones who is flying to London tonight had to leave here before the Council resumed its talks At this morning's meeting of the Security Council Dr Silver chairman of the United States section of the Jewish Agency for Palestine said that the Jews would set up an independent State in Palestine if the United Nations tried to change or abandon the partition scheme He accused the British Government of having refused to honour a single one of its promises on Palestine The Labour Darty had endorsed extensive Jewish immigration and a Jewish national home during campaigns before it came to power Parodi the French delegate announced his country's support for a Belgian amendment which requested the Security Council to refrain at this stage from endorsing partition Mr Warren Austin the United States delegate warned the Council that the growing move to delav formal endorsement of the partition plan might lead to permanent failure to impemem PLEA FOR UN SAFETY From Our Special Correspondent JERUSALEM Friday The High Commissioner Gen Sir Alan Cunningham issued an appeal this evening for the safety of the members of the United Nations Secretariat now in Jerusalem This appeal reflects the anxiety felt in official circles here for the security of the United Nations team The appeal says A party from the Secretariat of the United Nations has arrived in Palestine to study the economic political and security situation The High Commissioner calls on all peoples in Palestine to respect their high international status and accord to them immunity" CONTROL PLAN National Insurance Miss Unwin Board of Trade Miss Jones GPO Telephones Miss Mercer Ministry of rood Mr Parine War Office (since resigned full-time officer Civil Service Union): Mr A Ryalls PO (since appointed fulMlme officer of the Assocfatl Minis' to examine means of controlling war office (consumption of electricity for It is understood that Mr Hcfcs is domestic purposes the Air Ministry official and Miss xh committee which is to report George the Cabinet Minister's pri- within three vate secretary referred to by Mr months will Brown In his House of Commons consider the speech practicability of The General Purposes Committee installing any in-of the Civil Service Clerical Associa- strument tion is to meet today to discuss the measure and base on Deception Island He then South Africa last spring a Council of received Lt Cabrera and they had State consisting of three members tea with Lt-Comdr Scaddmg who was appointed They were: The men were searching the recently arrived with lour others to Duke or Gloucester the Princess Channel ports of Kent lastnight man the base Daily Telegraph Reporter Police coastguards and Cus- Royal and Viscount La see lies for a gang who between Thurs- At 6 the Governor boarded the 6ther occasions on which councils day evening and Friday morning Nigeria which sailed for another of State have been appointed during base On the way we passed the the present reign were in 1943 when Argentine minesweeper Parker the king went to North Africa and steaming at great speed towards (Continued on 4 CoL 51 Deception Island No greetings were position of Mr Hicks fruitless the dismantling of German indus- NATIONALISATION DRIVE exchanged but both ships asked each tdtt dt other "Where are you going? in iVliMjr JY1 lUllAiliLi Reuter UNION BACKS MR DEAKIN broke Into a bonded store in Military road Ramsgate and removed seven vats containing more than 300 gallons of Scotch whisky valued at £7500 The whisky belonged to Truman Hanbury Buxton 4 Co the London brewers Efforts are being made to trace a lorry seen by a number of people as it drove along Ramsgate Quay A man aged about 40 and dressed in brown overalls dark overcoat and brown shoes was seen near the lorry and the police wish to question him refused to give his dispensation The thieves removed a Customs for the marriage of Princess padlock from the store and fixed Another Protest The Admiralty announced yesterday that the cruiser Nigeria and the sloop Snipe after leaving Deception Island were proceeding to Pourquoi Pas Bay to serve a protest on the Argentine authorities Anne of Bourbon-Parma to ei-! wines and raw spirit King Michael of Rumania Queen ftntochedjr 8th DAY OF FOG IN BRITAIN The talks are be iieved to have removed some difficul- Tls morning the a enen zone in Oerniinv un De arg the CabSe: After British and American zones he customary references to the STRONG CENTRAL BODY of the past two weeks and the it was reported from Washington Kitement that the Ministers now last night that the United States before clean desks and would Government has instructed Mr tot abuse the confidence of the Douglas Ambassador to Britain to peope the Cabinet passed to tne ndicate if his advice is sought that MCjJeraion of the address to be favours the establishment of a ifWEted to Parliament next week strong continuing central organisa- The new Board of Trustees for tion to supervise measures for the Sovara was approved It was economic recovery of Western ttreeti that the nationalisation pro- Europe x-arruno should be pushed forward The State Department in giving r-Ji redoubled vigour that measures these instructions to Mr Douglas has noud be taun to complete the land 1 rejected expressions of fear that a rrirm and that the purge of reac- closely knit economic union of the otare- should continue 16 nations might lead to restrictive It was further decided that the trade practices of the character of a frtad raton should be increased by super cartel i Llogramme (2ilbl per month and 3: increases of pay should be made all Senan a well-timed finaior of bread and potential cir-rise calculated to endear the new control demand and consumption at different times of the dav bv domestic and non- industrial users and the possibility of reducing demand instruments alterations tariff combination those chairman of the committee is Clow 57 who was of Assam from 1942 lo other members of the are: Dunskiath chief engineer of Henley's Telegraph Ltd Edwards Reader in Commerce the London School of Leach chief engineer of Area Electricity Board Lewis a member of the Peattie 57 deputy chief (transmission) of the British Authority Dickson Scott 41 former managing director of Tatlor representative of quantises rt Helen mother of the ex-Kmg has written to the Pope asking ni i him to reconsider his decison PLANES Dl lirv 1 fcLJ The reason for the veto I under-Yesterday was the eighth day stand is that Queen Helen when fog In some central parts of Enable to on her A man likes to work under good conditions COMMUNIST REVERSE The General Executive Council of the Transport and General Union yesterday defeated a resolution of censure on the general secretary Mr Arthur Deakin In a speech at Nottingham in December he had called on members to deal effectively with Communist infiltration and attempted domination The resolution was submitted from the Scottish area The union stated last night that as only nine out of a total council of 38 voted in favour of the resolution the result could be taken as clearly indicating the policy of the 4 in relation to Communist The resolution read That the Qeneral Executive Council directs Mr attention to the fact that the membership of the union would rather see him devote his ener-1 xY gies to fighting the Federation of British Industries for better con sp dissension In the working-class movement by declaring war on the Com munist members" peak bv by in the or by a of methods Tne Sir Andrew Governor 1947 The committee Dr and director Works Co Mr at Economics Mr the London Mrs VS Mr engineer Electricity Mr assistant tbe TUC Mr dttions than causing splits and Genera: Mr manager Authority to the public Th 'aere are inuicaions Unwin a member of ihe Keep the factory fresh and clean with the IZAL System of Industrial Hygiene wa promise England It has also oeeri wiae son-s fUn guarantee that all spread over large areas of Eng- children of the marriage would be: land East Wales and East Scot- educated in the Catholic faith land on each of the last six days she asked that reservation should Such a persistent spell is uncom- be allowed in respect of a first-born mnn in March lson who might be the Dretender to! th vis hilitv leas than 150 yards the throne of Rumania where Ortho-London Sort wS idox Christianity is the State religion closed yesterday morning and even-! The Pope attitude has probabh There were diversions to Hum been influenced by the precedence of and Northolt In the afternoon 14 a similar marriage between Princess planes landed bv ground control ap- Oiovanna of Savoy- and King Boris nrnach and 16 left lof Bulgaria Dispensation was Along the South and West coasts granted by Pius XI but despite and over mast of Wales there was undertakings given by the couple sunshine It amounted to 9 6 hours their son Prince Simeon was brought at Jersey and Scilly Isles and there up in the Orthodox faith were temperatures of 62deg in Anglesey The temperature on the roof of the Meteorological Office in London at I am was 36deg Near-ground temperatures at the same hour included Scilly Isles 46 Plymouth 45 Pembroke 39 Lvmpne Hum Glasgow 34 Carlisle Stornowav Mildenhall Birmingham 33 Leeds 32 Aberdeen Manchester 31 OPPOSITION MOVE Bv Our Political Correspondent The Opposition vesterdav tabled 21 amenamerts to the Representation of the People Bill These are Electric Co Ltd and Wilkinson commercial of the British Electricity MEETING POSTPONED From Our Special Correspondent BRUSSELS Friday The second meeting of the five-Power conference which was to have been held this morning to consider the Anglo-French draft agreement for Western unity had to be postponed until to-morrow Thick fog in the North Sea delayed Mr Gladwyn Jebb Assistant Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office and Chauvel Permanent of some con-ni at HQ regarding the un-simpered activities of local action wnmttees The Central Action Committee has ordered all other wmmttees to refrain from inter-jftng me cleansing of the army Henceforth all purge cases will Ue to oe referred directly to the Ministry of National Defence GENERALS LEAVE English School Dismissal I am I am formed that the following LADY MEGAN LLOYD-GEORGE Write to NEWTON CHAMBERS A Co Ltd Thorncliffe Sheffield and ask for a specialist to call and discuss the system It can be planned without extra labour and will help to keep your workers healthy 8ecrejary at llie Qua! Jfnera have been sent upon indefl- Mr jbb and chauvel -e leave have been conferring in I have been conferring in VOTE LOSES RAIL BOARD £63000 Stockholders of the LNER yesterday defeated by 55 votes to 38 the proposal to pav £63000 to directors as compensation for loss of office following nationalisation As a resut the dvidend on the 5 per cent Preferred stock will be 19s 2d 16s 2d One stockholder said that he would demand a poll instead of a vote by show of hands Sir Ronald Matthews who presided announced POST RESIGNED Megan Lloyd George MP for Anglesey an-yesterday that she had as president of the Inter-Womens Day movement because lt has increasingly come undfr extreme Left and Communist In a letter to Mrs Leah Manning Lady Liberal nounced resigned national in a lcl'w'r who London arnved later in the day They brought th them the Anglo-French proposals which will be discussed to-morrow These proposals and the observations of the British and French Governments on the Benelux draft designed to restore to the Bill the business premises franchise the Citv of London constituency and the University constituencies The amendments propose to in- elude in the City of London tuenev the Inner and Middle Temple Thev stand in the names of Mr Churchill Mr Eden Mr Os belt Peake Capt Crookhank Mr James Kalla military attach In Britain before and during the war Jakovcek chief of the Czech Air Porce in Britain during the war Sen Mopavek chief of the Czech intelligence service In Britain during the war 'Ja Pika formerly head of the Czech military mission to Moscow CARDIFF WEEK OF WALK-TO-WORK (nrw rvi vpterdav I the Intention to renounce aprTiln ght bemg stud'M bv Socialist MP for Epping chairman the proposed gift even if a poll were Ambassador of the International Women Day taken "We should not be governed Amo-11 t) have been La rvmnt Jem de committee Lady Megan says bv the result of a poll he said but Xer em- HaufeXfue' Liberal Federation Execu- bv the vote already taken in this yiptlv drmisspd from their em tive has sent on to me a letter BUS STRIKE BEGINS From Our Own Correspondent CARDIFF Friday INVEST IN NATIONAL SAVINGS THROUGH YOUR BANK SAVE The Bank Way ASK YOUR BANK MANAGER Issued by the Notional Savings Committee room Cltv Comment P2 pfffment curing the past few davs been Dr Ressler head of the This in Enuliah Grammar School addressed to you in which they their intention of withdrawing from International A amid1 SiDavid MaxwellFvfe? Sir iff1 'Andrew Duncan Mr Assheton night to-night Twelve hundred bus M0tTiS0n ir Butler And tram drivers and cotidjctors arc Fickthorn to In effect these amendments call for a return to the recommendations of the Speaker's Conference of 1944 author jSehers SE alwi POISON WARNING 12 BY FOOD J-- Daily Telegraph Reporter 1 An official statement last night said The Ministry of Food war ns the public tihat the packeted product labelk-d Stafford Concentrated and manufactured by Best-Pax Ltd must on no account be used in food of any kind Con-f the product at intimate conducts all its classes in was founded in 1927 It been regarded as one of 1 channels for fostering cl friendship Pr was summoned bv tele-Ministry of Education isis and was informed of sideiable quantities received associations many started women charter Pnrcnal Re' to Urmg -h unm- ctioti facial no boated Dr Rf involved The strike which is unofficial is in protest against delay in meeting the demand for an increase of £1 a week A spokesman of the strike committee stated We have been negotiating since last December We believe the Government through our emplovers is keeping down the cost of living at our expense After stoppages drivers receive £4 11s 8d and conductors £4 7s 8d a week We cannot live on that" Shipyard Men Returning The 11000 Merseyside ship repairers who have been on strike for nearly a month have decided to return to work on Tuesday The strikers had complained about the action of the employers in giving notice that payment by results would end on March 29 The status quo will be maintained until negotiations are completed ret to say that I too have a growing number of botn from Liberal and from individuals in parts of the country that International Women's Day which as a non-political body of basing their activities on the to which we pledged ourselves at the Albert Hall meeting in 1945 has increasingly come under extreme Left and Communist innu-ence It has become indeed evident that International Women's Day can no longer claim to be non-political A I NET MEETING Bv Our Political Correspondent The Cabinet metyesterday in addition to the usual Thursday meeting to complete a long agenda I understand that there was a discussion of the European situation which embraced possible eventualities In Finland as well as recent events In Czechoslovakia NOTE TO GUATEMALA From Our Own Correspondent WASHINGTON Fndav The State Department disclosed to-dav that the United States had sent a Note to Guatemala It expressed the confident hope that the Governments of Guatemala and Britain would soon find means of bringing the long-standing British Honduras controversy to a mutually satisfactory settlement Border Closed The Guatemalan Government announced yesterday that the frontier between Guatemala and British Honduras had been closed as a precaution against possible incidents present on sale contain a dangerous poison introduced InauvertenUy during manufacture" The presence of the poison was discovered after a woman had used ome of the product to make icing for a cake She tasted the icing and became violently ill but recovered after treatment The preparation was sent to an analyst who found it contained barium carbonate LATE NEWS LESNEVTJCH WINS New York Frida1 fius Les-nevicta World Light iJ? eight Champion knocked out ttiilv Fox in first round at Ma tson Square Garden here to-night Eeuter CIO DISMISSES WALLACE Washington rida Congress of Industrial Organisations today dismissed Australian-born Mr Harry Bridges from office as its Northern California regional director because he supports Mr Henry Wallace Third Party candidate for Presidency ASSEMBLY REJECTS COMMLMST MOTION Paris Saturday French National Assembly to-day rejected by 301 to 28 communist demand that forced loan plan be abrogated Schuman Prime Minister had warned Assembly that his Government could not remain in power if demand was approseJ 5 arut Aunt Jbi a 5fw and lecaituie the i having a ften fiftieth on the tiii ite dismissal from the of Ministry of Edu-hin 48 hours he received ce that he had been ibour in a mine 6LM on Hollywood Stars Whf -oas iasl it was football Jwh required a wholesome purge 2 fiim industry Ail films Eg-Ayna Adolphe Menjou Gary Robert Montgomery Robert and Ginger Rogers have been 'indrawn from Czech cinemas Thei actors are described as taken part In a campaign Jht progressively disposed per-in the United 'States (They an- Communist evidence at the Congressional inquiry into in-A can arfi to he purge goes on officials Judges Journalists school all are employment and often m- 0f livelihood Thev may (Continued on 4 CoL 5) Weather MR EDEN RETURNS Mr Eden arrived at Northolt Alr- Kart last night from ad been leading the British Parliamentary delegation on a visit to France NEW POTATOES New potatoes whether homegrown or imported are subject to the ration of 31b a head a week the Ministry of Food stated last night At present they are free from price control BULGARIAN REvSIGNS From Our Own Correspondent BRUSSELS Friday Youroukov Bulgarian Minister in Brussels has sent in his resignation to his Government In a statement issued here he said that his country was under Russian domination and that the liberties of the people were no longer respected OtNSRAL iNFtRtNCi Extensive fog morning and night fine and mild away from Coast In afternoon All England except Llgnt to moderate winds temperature a hove bOdeg inland In afternoon English Channel Llgnt to moderate winds fine thick haze visibility poor with log patches near coast early and late sea smooth To-morrow's Outlook Fair or line less fog milder LORD CLYDESMU1R Sir John Colville who received a baronv in the New Year Honours has chosen the title of Baron Clydesmuir of Bradwood in the County of Lanark the London Gazette announced last night Sir John was Governor of Bombay from 11943 until January this year Sid Irrcr nd If veriest from tt- to so- purchase tax Showroom 6t Servue Depot no New Bond Street Lon da WS TODD St CO LTD 4 HUH LONDON Wtg Broadcasting: Page 4 Column 6.