Czechoslovakia.
Pacific Tribune of December 5.

Here Sam Russell, correspondent for the London Daily
Worker, is shown interviewing Dr. Gustav Sichi, Chief Rabbi of

A full report of the interview was' carried in the

BUCHAREST
_ ,. The Chief Rabbi of Rumania, Dr.
™Oses Rosen. has joined his col-
league, Dr. Gustav Sichi, Chief
Rabbi of Czechoslovakia, in de-
Nouncing as “an abominable lie” the
Story that the People’s Democracies
te pursuing an anti-Semitic policy.
N a speech to the National Con-
ference of Defenders of Peace in
Ucharest, Dr. Rosen denounced the
faders of the Israeli government as
* menace to the peace of working-
“lass Jews, who, he said, were de-
*tmined to intensify their struggle
*eainst the nationalist creed of
lonism, :
P He declared that the’ Rumanian
ones Republic was the one and
Ny motherland of the Rumanian

jerking people, both Gentiles and
ews,

| Chief Rabbi of Rumania:
‘Czechoslovak trial
was not anti - Semitic’

“In our country all are treated
alike and all must work for the
peace and the prosperity of the
peopie,” he added. .

¥t was an “abominable lie” that
the People’s Democracies were pur-
suing an anti-Semitic policy or prac-
tising discrimination against their
Jewish citizens and hindering the
free exercise of the Jewish faith. |

Dr. jRosen pledged himself and
peace-loving Rumanian rabbis to
redouble. their efforts “in urging
the Jewish masses of Rumania to
carry on the sacred struggle for

peace and democracy together with
their fellow citizens of other de-
nominations.”

use of Commons last week.

am informed that the s.s. (Rosi-

Was intercepted near Foochow

my armed vessels, one of which

afte; ® Series of machine-gun bursts
T the vessel had stopped.

i
rian master was killed. The
‘and ts then boarded the Rosita
an j ’ppeared to be sailing her to
Sland near Foochow which was
ara Nationalist control, but on
they ‘ng of the death of the master
V left the vessel, which returned
°ngkong.”

va Labor member, Arthur Hender-
the “Cclared that the action of

Sunboats constituted piracy.
Satio, Ing if a claim for compen-
Suryi, Would be made (Adam is
childs . PY his wife and two
Vatiy ©n in Montreal), a Conser-

eg member, Air Commodore
heay ey, said, “Will he (Nutting)
Senos mind that whatever the
‘sh; Says, the master of this
P Was. murdered.” '

abyitting replied: “If we can est-
the - responsibility in this matter
est ee ent will take the strong-
ton to demand and receive
€nsation,” .

om»

Cmadian captain —
murdered by Chiang

forces, MP charges:

fri The recent attack by Chiang Kai-shek’s gunboats on a British
_ ighter, the 700-ton Rosita, and killing of her Canadian.captain, 53-
Rio Robert Adam of Montreal, was denounced as piracy and
Hott by both Labor and Conservative members in the British

fo H. ‘A. Nutting, joint parliamentary ‘under-secretary of state
T foreign affairs, in a statement to the House said:

(

Lower standards, more
sacrifices plan of
Commonwealth parley

BY PETER ZINKIN

LONDON

The British Empire can only be saved by the intensified robbery of the
workers and the colonial peoples.
This the basic policy buried in the wordy communique issued by the Com-
monwealth Economic Conference last week.
For Britain, the other Commonwealth countries and the colonies a con-

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tinuance of the dear money policy is suggested.
The personal consumption of the people is to be held down
and public expenditure (that is social service expenditure) is to be cut.
The development schemes to be undertaken in the empire
must be such as will earn foreign currency, and that means dollars.
They must be concentrated on engineering products, food, and
industrial raw materials and minerals.
The aim is to build up a strong gold and dollar reserve. Im-
provements in the standard of life must wait, the communique hints.
Ani endeavor is made to convince the Commonwealth countries
that British capitalism can find more money for commonwealth and

colonial development.

A private enterprise financial cor-
poration is to be formed to lend
money for suitable development
schemes, provided the local govern-
ments and capitalists risk their
money also.

In order to encourage foreign
(mainly U.S.) investment in the
empire, the foreign investor will be
able to draw his profits without be-
ing subject to control restrictions.

The U:S. is assured that the Com-
monwealth countries “have no in-
tention of seeking the creation of a
discriminatory economic bloc.”

At the same time it is emphasis-
ed that the British Empire cannot
agree to the convertibility of the
pound and to freer trade unless (1)
the U..S is prepared to revise its
trade policy and (2) is prepared to
give financial backing to convert-
ibility.

Three conditions were laid down
before sterling could be freely con-
vertible to other currencies. which
are unlikely to materialise.

These were U.S. financial guar-
antees through the International
Monetary Fund, more liberal trade
policies toward the West by the
U.S.. and success in the fulfilment
of the conference decisions.

As a bait to entice the Americans

to give a dollar loan and to invest
in the commonwealth’s planned pro-
jects, a decision to allaw them to
take out their capital profits is an-
nounced.

“Tt is proposed to seek acceptance
of this plan by governments of the
United States and of European
countries, whose cooperation is es-
sential, says the communique.

An agreement to work together to
achieve three main “principles” was
concluded.

1 “Internal economic policies de-

signed to curb~ inflation and
rises in the cost of living should be
steadily followed.

“Sound economic development

should be encouraged with the
object of increasing productive
strength and competitive power,
providing employment and raising
the standards of life.

“A multilateral trade and pay-
ment system should be extend-
ed over the widest possible area.”

Each government is to be left to
work out for itself how it will reach
these objectives.

LONDON

In Hongkong last week, a coro-
ner’s jury ruled that Adam was
murdered by “a person or persons
unknown.”

Whatever political caution dic-
tated this verdict, no doubt was
left as to the identity of the mur-
derers. ..Eric Makeshaft, the Rosi-
ta’s 29-year old first mate, named
them as belonging to Chiang Kai-
shek’s forces. And the coroner,
James Wicks, pointed out that the
men who boarded the Rosita wore
Chiang Kai-shek’s emblem on their
caps, a white sun on a blue sky.

Telling how men carrying sub-
machine guns boarded the unarmed
freighter after firing upon her and
killing her captain, Makeshaft said

“J though at first they were
pirates. Then I saw soldiers in
uniform behind a man in civilian
clothes. They gave me the im-
pression of being a well-organized

Million Awah re

fugees

body and I would say that there
were people with authority among
them.” z

The Rosita was en route to Hong-
kong after unloading a cargo of
fertilizer at a Chinese port. \

An estimated one million Arab refugees are living in appalling
poverty and misery in tent camps like this in the Middle East. A
majority of them are Arabs made homeless in the struggle with
Israel. The camp shown here in the Jordan has 25,000 such refugees,

poorly clothed and ill-fed.

W armonger

Extension of the Korean war is
the demand of Joseph W. Martin Jr.
(above). The Massachusetts Repub-
lican who is in line to be House
speaker in the new U.S. Congress
last week called for immediate arm-
ing of Chiang Kai-shek’s troops on
Formosa “to start a new threat to
the Reds on the Chinese 'mainland.”

Opposition
walks out of
Indian House

NEW DELHI

Fifty Communists and other op-
position members walked out of the
Indian parliament here last week
in protest against the speaker’s re-
fusal to allow discussion of a
“death fast” by an old disciple of
Mahatma Gandhi.

Poti Sriramulu has been fasting
for 51 days in support of the de-
mand for the formation of a sep-
arate Andhra state in Southern
India.

Cormmunist speakers said he was
on his deathbed (he died this week)
and demanded that the government
should urgently consider the issue.

After a stormy shouting scene, in
which the Opposition accused the
government of “callousness,” the
speaker refused to allow an ad-
journment motion for discussion
of the issue and almost the entire
Opposition, including Socialists.
Communists and Independents walk-
ed out.

Franco plans
mass trial

; LONDON

‘The trial of the 38 Spanish youth
leaders is expected to open shortly.
They have been held in Franco’s
jails since December, 1949.

The British consul-general’s of-
fice in Barcelona has been told by
one of the defense lawyers that the
trial will be before a military court.

Among the accused, all members ~

of the United Socialist Youth of
Catalonia, are Jose Maria Sendros,
Jorge Torres and Diego Armengol.
The prosecution is demanding sen-
tences up to 15 years.

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