Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 23 September 1949, Page 6

Around The World

Von Manstein ic had completed its case.—Berlin, Sep . tember : 2r. ■ Soviet “Misrepresented?’ 'x.A HeH ' Professor J. D. Bernal,. physicist who, returned- recently, from a peace conference: in-. Moscow, told, a public meeting-last scientists “have been- victims: of & campaign of about the Soviet Union.” This.campaign, he said, had been “as freely, as, MM*- far< more, effectively conducted than, those of the late Dr Goebbels.” Professor, Bernal was defending; his- statement in. Moscow that science- was. ■ being used: in capitalist countries for- the prepiration of war. “I would,-be ashamed to havehad any part hv the schemes for. com--bining against, bur old; ally— hatched, as Mr Churchill- now/boasts, as early as the Battle of Stalingrad,” he said.— London,' September 22j. Disaffiliation From. W>F.T.U. . The Congress of the Australasian Council of Trade. Unions decided this, afternoon by. 231 votes; tp 134, to msaffiliate from the World Federation of Trade; Unions. The decision affects 85 Australian unions with a total membership exceeding- 1,000,000. The mover suggested that the rock on which, the World Federation had perished was its decision to oppose the Marshall Plan, which in, addition, to helping ,to rehabilitate Europe, provided a barrier against the extension of- Russian nnpwialism. The decision follows the Wad of 20,000,000 trade unionists, in 15 countries, including, Britain, Holland, America, Canada, New. Zealand; and most of the European countries outside the Soviet orbit.—Sydney, •. September ; 22. 1 ; ' !i . - ’ ’

Civil War in Greece The United Nations Balkan Commission called on the General Asscmblv today, to condemn Albania as the chief threat to peace in the Balkans and to renew its demand that Albania and Bulgaria “cease forthwith their aid to the Greek guerrillas. The commission's report noted that Jusp” slavia had closed its frontier with Greece. It also noted that Greek regulars had eliminated guerrilla resistance along the northern frontiers and that a largo proportion of partisans had “sought refuge in or been forcibly taken into the territory of Greece’s northern neighbours, particularly Albania. — —New York. September 21.

Mr Sevin’s Critics Tomatoes were hurled from the windows of the fashionable Waldorf Astoria Hotel tonight, 200 Irish Americans picketed the British Foreign Secretary-(Mr Ernest Bevin), who was attending a United Nations dinner there. The pickets graded•_ with placards demanding a boycott of British goods. Suddenly tomatoes thrown from upper floor windows landed among- them. The booing of the demonstrators was answered by more tomatoes.—New- York, September 20.