c Australian the overseasP.O. Box 38 Telephone 23ost Offlce, Sydney, as a newspaper.TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1946Published Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Subscription G/- a quarter On ndvanco), '//- bookedERKOR OF MALTAs noughts. M.P., has heen appointed hier of Malta in succession to l.ieutcnniit-?chrciber. K.C.B., D.S.O., who recently r. Douglas was born in Canada in 1889. University. Hr has been a Member of since 194U. He served as Parliamentary amentary Secretary, Ministry of Kdura. lias since l.een Parliamentary Private r.v. lie lias served a» a member of the the Anglo-SrotUsh Railway Assessment rks Loan Board, nntl alsn as- Chairman ie London County Council. Hi* Is Chair-ns Select Committee on the Estimates. II entail i\lr. Douglas* resignation of hiss Douglas with Ins Scots wife, in theirfr'tn Canaday Attache Seated,CR£T ORGANISATIONcreis” ObtaisiedOTTAWA, Tuesday, sought and obtained top secret pol-y to British and American policies, I the final report pf the Royal Colliding that there exists in Canada a and directed by Russian agents in. in-falsethe ioni-:ther any ‘ the iIKZn-ssian I fi-icva-thafc erfitl /oral isted r tho stii:inv.il lisod. ry atecrctpilotticnlcamefairstheucr’s,inm-ough dies of in-as-civll rship ssen-:tivc, ts ofCCIlS-[jhoreoublothatpost-,vocU.rtlingccessJann-tholr(•Thought for To-dayGive every man thine ear, but few thy voice.Take each man's censure but reserve thy judgment,Krr=aVxQr£America Signs British Loan BillWASHING TON. Tuesday.President Truman has signed the Briti*.]i Loan /Till. Ho said, “Tho loan yoos far to remove the danger of rival antagonistic economic b ocs. Tho Aiijlo-Anie.ricau agreement is not directed against any oth°r country. The trade system we sock is open to the snmc lair terms to all the United Nations.'' jTho sign in £ ceremony was n(tended by n large Catherine: o. potables. In eluding the British AKibassauor (Lord Iuvorchitpel) and the Secretary of .Sint1’ (iVr. Byrnes).JVlr. Truman uncd i!u pens to sign the measure and handed them to the principal visitors ns souvenirs.HOSPiTA L BENEFIT FUNDLast OpportunityIn the advertising section of this issue, persons who contribute u any local hospital fund, or to the Hospitals Benefits Association with headquarters at Orange, arc informed that they may arrange lo transfer to the Hospitals Conlribution Fund of N.SAV. (which operates Stete-wide) without loss of benefits.The H.B.A., and nil local contributory fluids, were compelled iiy legislation 10 lorminate at HOth June, hut. during July only, members are given the opportunity of linking up with the State-wide Piuid through which benefits may be obtained by the contributor, and by each dependent in any public nr licensed private hospital in N-S.W.. for a period of 10 weeks; in each year.Member; who are not paid up tlt;i the end of ’June should send (he membership book, with amount owing, ulus x payment toward advance membership, to tho secretary of ihc local public hospital, or the Hospitals Benefits Association. Box 1ST), Orange.Those members who wo to paid in advance a I the end of Juno should send the membership book, with letter applying for transfer, to either tho secretary of the local hospital or the Hospital Benefits Association.Under no circumstances will a transfer be considered after 31st July; a matter of particular interest to persons (he age of 60 or over, who will not be accepted as new members to tnc State Fund./Tho rate of contribution as from July 1 is fxl per week only, for a family (Husband, wife and children up to thoa RecRIGHTS AS As Fight ForQGiitioniLEADING BELLIGERENTThe Question of Peace TreatiesNEW YORK, Tuesday.“Although it is nearly a year since the Pacific fighting ended the first peace treaty has not yet been effected. We arc between two worlds, one dead and the othrir powerless to be born,” declared Dr. Evatt in a broadcast last night.“One result of this uncertainly and instability, is that the United Nations, formed lo maintain pence, do not know what pence it has io maintain, nor whether Justice and democracy are to i»c its guiding principles.If justice is sacrifiecd the seeds for a new armed conflict will be sown. The world needs an orderly structure in which ti: carry on peaceful pursuits; but even order and .'.lability are not enough. /.AUSTRALIA'S MIGHTSFrom the beginning, Austra'ia has Insisted upon its right, as one of five leading belligerents, particularly, thal the nations which had borne the brunt of the fighting, arc absolutely entitled to a corresponding share in the peacemaking.‘•Australia, at every stage, has tried to insure that democratic procedures arc adopted. While the war was still waging, Australia, like other belligerents, acquiesced that the Powers with the largest iorces were entitled to play the dominant role in war strategy; but Australia ha*; ci.nsistently protested against action lioing token prejudicial lo a settlement in accordance with tho principles and procedures of justice and democracy.THE GREAT POWERSWo regarded with great and growing concern, tho gradual revelation or Great Power understandings and commitments which have decisive bearing on questions which should be taken up by tlic belligerents as a whole; but the Big Throe has not consulted other belligerents regarding them.CONCUSSIONS TO RUSSIAFor example, there was tho granting of territorial concessions in tho North-west Pacific *o Russia. Suchauthority which has never been granted. |The major Powcirfi purported to act in the interests of all other belligerents.T1IE .JAPANESE SURRENDERA similar attempt to brush Australasia aside was mads in the Japanese surrender instrument, which at first pro; oscd to mention wily four Power*), one of which was Russia, a nation which only participated in the pacific war for a very few days.It was only after ctroug protest by Australia that we and other Pacific belligerents were graciously permitted t.o sign tho surrender instrument.Small belli^or'-nts also were excluded from adniiv^rrativc agencies and jurisdictions administering enemy territories in Europe.Dr. Evatt expressed the opinion that most of the trouble »;i tho post-armistice administration in Europe would have been avoided if all activc belligerent:- linrl been consulted.Bidaul\rucorgc 1 unit, Fre Itcpubl i c leader, cently clci Chief State, made m lt;projrr css French pc cal c i r c t li a n n observers believed sible.ARMFIThe stage armed conflict fore a pclittca o eel a rod llie P inr, on the an and Indian ti drawn from 1 East Indies e: the Rliio Arch Sjuhrit* add* AUiecl-co nf roll Sumatra, in I presenting the boach heads t lie said tho b additional Du Sumatra was ihc perimeter:TWO MMA pejst-mor bodies of Wil ost Frederick in the rivor n that they had liift been shot Dew Was sli and Shcargokl bead.age of 17 years) or male adult: anti, prior bargains almost hopelessly plead for females of any age, and persons Judicocl final settlements, under 21 years of age. \ Despite Australian and Nev.- Zun-Matennty benefits are available to 1 land protests, scant consideration wasthose who pay Gd per week.I given to smaller beliggorcnts. even in diseases,CHILDREN MURDERED IN “To Improve the GermanDOCTOR AND ASSISTANTS 0!r ^ ViA doctor and two women assistants are Austrian Court on charges of the maj children.The doctor is Ernest Illing (-12), * psychiatrist, and his assistants, women doctors Marianna Tnork (32) and Mar-garcthc Heubsch (13).Tho hospital where the children died was used for children up tn 18 years afllicted with mental, lung, and otherTho Secretary of the II.B.A. is uego- | the European armistice arrangements, tiating with the new Fund to keep the The names of lessor belligerent:! have Ornngo office open as the Central and not. oven been mentioned spocificially Western branch office of the Hospitals in the armistice term*, where tho Pow-Contribution Fund of N.S.W. ers are conferring upon themselves anSENTENCED TO DEATH 'Gen. Mikhailovich and ChetniksBELGRADE, Tuesday.Gene nil Ml Ic hollo vitch and other Chetniks sentenced to death yesterday, were given eight and a half hours in which to appeal. They were lold that they had the rigiht' to appeal to the Presidium of the Yugoslav Parliament, but bccatisc of shortness of time for appeals, rumors spread (hat the executions might be carried out quickly. There were unconihmed reports that, the executions would Uikc place in private. «vCOURT PRESIDENT BITTERAn attack on British nnd American QITirors in Liaison will; Mikliailovltcli, was delivered by tho president i»f Ihc Court (Djortljcvi:ch before sentencing the Chctulk leader to death.“Theso British ui d American officers were constantly pushing Mikhnilovltch to fight against the Ociumunlsts. and in reality inducing him lo collaborate with the invader In the struggle again,■st wi uprising of the people. They were an expression of ceriain rrircles abroad which wanted to further their |own Interests In tho Balkans nnd not I the linteresls of the Balkan, peoples,” lie added.OFFICERS ART NAMEDDJordJftvitch nnmed Major Hudson,Colonel Bailey. Hrigadier M. Mattor-pon nnd Colonel MeDowell as in-rilvidunily'* rcsponsli.1 e.An Amovlcan j*.ur»,-ilist. Hay Brooke, was held responsible for the dissemination of false nropopanda praising and explaining Mihhalli'Vilcli'fi treach- | crous work,African Contingent Arrives in England for Victory ParadeAfter two years fighting iu liinnia, lUti .uldierh from the USnd West African Hi vision were called away from their jungle plilrols and brought straight to England on the Mauretania for the Victory Parade. Nearly all these men were decorated, and most had. fought in the Abyssinian campaign. This Division became one oi the finest Ughliug forces in Burma, and suffered heavy casualties.Picturc shows: A group of West Africans resting ill the sun. They have come straight from rounUi«g-up patrols in Burma. Most of them have either the Military Medal or the British Empire Medal.ATOMIC SECRETS TO BE WITHHELDIWorld-Confrol System Must be First CreatedWASHINGTON, Tuesday.The United States will not destroy its atomic bombs nor yield atomic secrets, until an effective world-control system is created, declared John Hancock, member of the American delegation of United States Atomic Commission, addressing the Institute on atomic information.lie said that at least the United States must insist lhai violations be pimhdiod swiftly and certainly, and operations of ihc atomic authority must not be Interfered with by the veto device.. JAPANESE SCIENTISTSJapanese scientists knew more about atomic energy at tho time Hiroshima was bombod than the Americans tie-lioved, Dr. Philip Morrison, of tho Los Alamos atom project, told tho institute on world control of atomic enorgy.Dr. Morrison said he and OliverAmericans talked wltn ProfonBor Ni-shina. one of Japan’u foremost physicist.1;, about n month after Hiroshima was bombed. They wore amazed at tho professor's intelligent questions on the bomb, indicating his awareness. Obviously the bomb was no secret to Nish inn. iSIAM’S APPEALNEW YORK. Tuesday. Slam has formally asked the Security Council lo intervene iu tho border dispute .with French Indo-Chlna.The ehaiges allege that defendants gave tho children an overdose of veronal, luininol and morphine.MERCi* KILLINGS”Illing admitted killing a “certain number of children. He clninied he was shown, in lfJ42, in Berlin, a letter ordering the mercy killing” of men-tally-deficicnt children.Illing said ho was informed thal thin order could not be published as law “for foreign political reasons.’'All tho accused claimed that the alleged murders were ordcrod by Berlin to purify and improve the physical standards rf the Gorman race.Two doctors, Jckclius and Hydo, who woro allegedly implicated in the masr, killings of children at Stelnhof Hospital, near Vienna, arc missing. Jckclius, who allegedly killed thousands of mentally-doficient adults, was oncu reported engaged to Paula Hitler, tho Fnhror’s .vister and housekeeper.Dinny Pails Criticises WimbledonInsolent And UnnecessaryMELBOURNE. Tuesday.Dinny Pails’ criticism of tho umpiring at Wimbledon, and his statement that, to get on. players bad to bow to pettifogging officials, wore considered as insolent and unnecessary by Lhc Lawn Tennis Association last r.it'ht.Mr. H. A. Pitt, senior vice-president, said the statements wcro lo bo rogretted. •Sir Norman Brookes (president) staled that as Palls had not boon sponsored by tbo L.T.A.A. no action could bo taken at present.It was pointed out by Gordon Rennick. N.S.W. dolegato, that N-S.W. bad takon liotico of the report and would deal, with the matter when Pails returned.It was niado known at the meeting that tho Yugoslavian players arc anxious, lo play tho intervene final of tho Davis Cup hi Sydney. That being no. there may be a complcto alteration of the dates of the interstate tournaments. Howovcr, it was dccidcd to await word from Yugoslavia before making any alteration.ATOMIC BOMB FORECASTMELBOURNE. Tuesday.Dr. Karl Compton, chairman of President Truman’s ovalnntion committee on atomic energy, when addressing a meeting at Sydney University last night, said atomic bombs in another war would fall like raids of incendiaries. He added that he hoped that the next atomic bomb to be oxplodcd would be tho last.GIRL’SPolice have old girl wlto a man had alu bush at Pagev had admitted true.Last night j accompanied H*l3 at Pagev baa been cli nal knowledgEnglishforAll ilifiiculti way dr the li. tour of Austr and the team August by no press’’ cricke At the begii not just clca travc], althmi phaiic that iIdea nf air ti Australia, i ed the Bom transrort. A last night st: ing at tho ei ister of Tran the day and assured theyitUnliiMR. CHU^' LU Unlimited t were Advocfti Churchill in r. ber of Deput'd Mr. Church lire live lore*, t world centre, fall powrrlcss would resitjiu Europe, in '.hi 'so that noiu enough to mrRISE irDue prinia in operating paper-: and in likely (■* rise tho Now VortDROBNIn the trin tween Auslra slavin, Drobi Pails iAuslra aarper beat • Yugoslavia' suited iu a ti