the Australian is the overseasAND MACQUARIE ADVOCATEP.O. Box 38 Telephone 23LC34 •Post omcc. Sydney, ;t as a newspaper.TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1946Published Tuesday, Thursday. Saturday Subscription G/- a quarter (In advance), 7/- bookedVERKOR OF MALTAtoss Douglas. M.P., has been appointed 'Chief nf Malta in succession to l.icutenniit-Sclirrihcr. K.C.B., D.S.O., who recently Air. Douglas was born in Canada in 1889. w University. He has been ;i Member of ca .since 191U. He served as Parliamentary rliumentary Secretary, Ministry of ICiluea. ut has since been Parliamentary Private :tary. He has served n» a member of the y, the Anglo-SrolUsh It ail Wily Assessment Forks Loan Hoard. »ml nisi as Chairman the London County CniinelL lie is Ci.air-mns Select Committee on the Estimates, will entail Mr. Dougins* resignation of hisDouglas with his Scots wife, in llicirIn Canadary Attache plicatedIECRET ORGANISATIONsecrets” Obtained-OTTAWA, Tt s sought and obtained top seci ing to British and American lid the final report of the Royal adding that there exists in Canada a 1 and directed by Russian agents ingS. in-*re falsefurther fy any of thecm:Ini Zn-tusaian nd ft-opcra-I Thought for To-day fCxivo every man lliitic ear, lew thy voice.Take each man'a cciuniro reserve lliy judgment,mmun-; hroughto di-yjies o* hie, filial ns-id civil bcrship i cssou-foctlve,rests ofSENTENCED TO DEATHGen. Mikhailovitch and Chetniksuccus-oaphorodoubletarUing success t Cann-iy lliolrBELG RADK, Tuesday.General Mlkhollovitch and other Chetniku sentenced to death yest.erdny, were given eight and a half hours in which to appeal. They were tuld that they had the right' to appeal to the Presidium of the Yugoslav Parliament, but because of shortness uf time for appeals, rumors spread (hat. the executions might be carried out quickly. There were unconfirmed reports that the executions would take place in private.COURT PRESIDENT BITTERAm attack on British mid American Officers in Liaison will; Mikhailov Itch, was delivered by the president uf the Court (DjorcljevVch) before sentencing the Chelulk leader to death,These British ai cl American officers were constantly pushing Mikhnilovltch to field, against the Ccmiminl.sts. and in reality inducing him Llt;. collaborate with the iiivnder it: the struggle against an uprising of the people They were an expression of cor in In nircles abroad which wanted io further their own Interests In the Balkans nod notthe Hnterests of the Balkaui peoples. lie added.OFFICERS ARE NAMEDDJordJrvHch named Major Hudson, Colonel Bailey. Brigadier M. Mnttor-r.on and Colonel McDowell as individually responsible.An American j».ur«,ilist. Hay was held responsible for the •nation of false propaganda and cxplniniii;; Mihhall' Vilcli's crous work.BROADCAST BY DR. EVATTAmerica Signs British Loan BillWASHINGTON. Tuesday.President Truman has signed the British Loan Till. Ho said, ••The loan goes far to remove the danger of rival antagonistic economic b ocs. The Anglo-American agreement is not directed against any •thnr country. Thetrado system wo seek is open to the rnmc niv tornis to all the Unit?d Nations.’• iThe sign ins; ceremony was n Bonded by n large gnthcrinK o. i-otnbies. in eluding the British Ambassador (Lord Iuvurchujicl) and the Secretary of Slate (Mr. Byrnes).Mr. Truman iircd SKI pens to sign the measure and handed them to the principal visitors ns souvenirs.Australia's Fight For RecognitionRIGHTS AS A LEADING BELLIGERENTThe Queslien of Peace TreatiesHOSPITAL BENEFIT FUNDLast Opportunity“Although it Is nearly a the first peace treaty has two worlds, one dead declared Dr. Evatt in aIn the advertising section uf this issue, persons who contribute to any local hospital fund, or to I Benefits Association with at Orange, arc informed that arrange lo transfer to the Contribution Fund of N.S.W. operates state-wide) without loss of benefits.The K.B.A., and all local contributory fluids, were compelled by legislation to terminate at BOtU June, hut. during July only, members are given the opportunity of linking up with the State-wide Fund through which benefits may be obtained by the contributor, and by each dependent in any public or licensed private hospital in N.S.W.. for a period of 10 weeks In each year.Member; who are not. paid up to tlin end of June should send the membership book, with amount owing, phis a. payment toward advance membership, to the secretary ol the local public hospital, or the Hospitals Benefits Association. Box 125, Orange.Those members who woro paid in advance nf the end of Juno should send the membership book, with letter applying for transfer, to elthor the secretary of the local Uar.pitnl or the Hospital Benefits Association.Under no circumstance* will a transfer be considered after 31st July; a mnltor or particular interest to persons the age of GO or over, who will not be accepted as: new members to tnc State Fund./NiQ rate of contribution as from July 1 is Gd per week only, lor a family (Husband, wife nml children up to the age of 17 years) or male adult; and , 3d for females of any age, nml persons under 21 years ol age.Maternity benefits aro available to i these wlio pay Gd per week.The Secretary of Uio H.B.A. is uego- | tinting with the new Fund to keep the Orango office open as the Central and Western branch office of the Hospitals Contribution Fund of N.S.W.“One result ol 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 be its guiding principles.“If justice ir; sacrificed tlm seeds for a new armed conflict will be world needs an orderly which to carry on pnacofi but even order ami Liability arc enough. IG HI-AT POWERS“Wo regarded wit.li great and growing concern, the gradual revelation of Great Power understandings and commitments which have decisive on questions which should blt; by the belligerents as n whole; 1 Big Three has not consulted belligerents regarding them.CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA “For example, there was tlio granting of territorial concessions in tlio North-west Pacific *o Russia. Such prior bargains almost hopelessly prejudiced final settlements.“Despite Australian and Nev.* Zua-laud protests, scant consideration was given to smaller bcligjjercnts. even in the European armistice arrangements. The names of lessor belligerents have not oven been mentioned speclficially in the armistice term;, where the Powers arc conferring upon themselves anAfrican Contingent Arrives in England for Victory ParadeAfter two years lighting In Burma, 130 soldiers from the 82ml West African Division were called away from iJirir jungle patrols and brought straight to England un the •■Mauretania for the Victory Parade. Nearly all these men were decorated, and must had fonghl in the Abyssinian campaign. This Division became one ol the finest lighting forces m Burma, and suffered heavy casualties.Picture shows: A group ni West Africans resting in the sun. They have conic straight from roumling-up patrols in Burma. A lost of them have either the Military Medal or the British Empire Medal.ATOMIC SECRETS TO BE WITHHELDWorld-Conlrol System Must be First CreatedWASHINGTON, Tuesday.The United Stales 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 Uu; States must insist that violations punished swiftly and certainly, operations of the atomic authority » net be interfered with by the veto vice. .JA PANESK SCIENTISTSJapanese scientists knew inoro about atomic energy at tho time Hiroshima was bonibod than the Americans bo-licvod, Dr. Philip Morrison, of tho Lok Alamos atom project, fold the institute on world control of atomic enorgy.said he and oilierAmericans talked wltu Profo«Bor Ni-shina. one of Japan's foremost physicists. about n month after Hiroshima was bombed. They wore amazed at tho professor's intelligent questions on the In mb, indicating his awareness. Obviously the bomb was no secret to Nl-sfclna.SIAM’S APPEALNEW YORK. Tuesday,. 51am has formally asked the Security Council lo intervene in tho border dispute .with French Indo-Chlnn.NEW YORK, Tuesday.the Pacific fighting not yet been effected. We arc and the other powerless to be last night..AUSTRALIA'S RIGHTS“From the beginning, Austra’in has insisted upon its right, as one of five leading belligerents, particularly, tliM the nations which had borne the brunt of tho fighting, arc aosohitcly entitled to a corresponding share In the peacemaking.“Australia, at, every stage, has tried to insure that dcinocratio procedures arc adopted. While The war was still raging, Australia, like cither belligerents, acquiesced that the Powers with the largest lnrccs were entitled to piny the dominant role in war strategy; hut AiiBtmlin ha-; consistently protested against action being Inker, prejudicial In a settlement in accordance with tho principles and procedures nf justice and democracy.whichnevergrant-“T1'lie major Powers purported to act in Hie interests of all other belligerents. TIIE JAPANESE SURRENDERBid aid t Inwoorgc Bill milt, Frenclltopubl i c u i leader, recently electee Chief o State, In made m o r • progress n French politi cal c i r cIc than man observers bn-believed pos si hie.ARMEDFOE1A Kimtlnr attempt to brush Austra-la.-ia aside was made in the Japanese surrender instrument, which at first pro; oscd to mention i nly four Powers, one of which was Russia, a nation which only participated in Hie Pacific war for a very few days.“It was only after itrong protest by Australia that we and other Pacific belligerents were graciously permitted to sign the surrender Instrument.“Small belligor'Tits also were excluded from ndr.iiivwrntivo agencies and Jurisdictions administering enemy territories in Europe.Dr. Evatt expressed the opinion that most of the trouble \:\ tho post-armistice administration in Europe would have been avoided if ait active balligcr-cntr, had been consulted.“The stage in armed conflict if fore n political sc ucclmed the Pren ing on the anmr and Indian troo drawn from the East Indies exec tho Rbio Arcliipe SJuhrlr added. Allied-co id rolled Sumatra, in Dut presenting the Dboach heads thrc He said the ban additional Dutch Sumatra was css Iho perimeters.TWO MErMEL A post-molten bodies of Willfnr cst Frederick Dr in I lie rivor at t that they had bee mg been shot in Dew was shot ami Shcarguld Hi head.CHILDREN MURDERED IN“To Improve the GermanDOCTOR AND ASSISTANTS ONf ' VIEiA doctor and two women assistants are on Austrian Court on charges of the mass children.The doctor is Ernest Illing psychiatrist, and his assistants, wt doctors Marianna Tnork (32) and 1 garcthe Heubsch (13).Tho hospital where the children was used lor children up to 18 ?with mental, lung, and iy. clmges allege that defendants tho children an overdose of vcr-himinol and morphine,MERCi* KILLINGSGIRL’S F.Illing admitted killing a “certain numbor of children. He claimed he was shown, in 1942, In Berlin, a letter ordering the “mercy killing of mcn-taljy-deficicnt children.Illing said lie was informed that thin order could not be published as law “for foreign political reasons.’'All tho accused claimed that the alleged murders wore ordered by Berlin to “purify and improve the physical standards cf the German race.Two doctors, Jekclius and Hyde, who woro allegedly implicated in the mass killings of children at Steinhof Hospital, near Vienna, arc missing. Jckellus, who allegedly killed thousands of mentally-doficlcnt adults, wax oncu engaged to Paula Hitler, thePolice have rev old girl who allej man had almost bush at Page woo had admitted 111 true.Last night she accompanied a 1 M'l3 at Pagcwoo baa been clinrg nal knowledge uEnglish i for .All difficu) »y oi the nr of Alt*.'Dinny Pails Criticises WimbledonInsolent And UnnecessaryMELBOURNE. Tuesday.Dinny Pails' criticism of tho umpiring at Wimbledon, and Ida statement that, to get on. players had to bow to pettifogging officials, were conaldcrorl an insolent and unnecessary by the Lawn Tennis Association Inst night.Mr. H. A. Pitt, senior vlco-prcal-dcnt, said the statement:! were to ha regretted. •Sir Nonnan Brookes (president) stated that as Palls had not boon sponsored by tJio L.T.A.A. no action could bo taken at present.It was pointed out by Gordon Rennick. N.S.W. delegate, that N.S.W. had taken notice of the report and would deal, with the matter when Palis relumed.by crick At the bet not just cli travel, althi phatic thatIdea nf air Australia, cd the Do: transport. . last night 5 ing at the istcr of Trr the clay and assured llto;“UnlimiFiMR. CHURC1It wasthe meetingthat tho Yugoslavian players are anxious lo play ' Davis Cup in there may be a the dates of the it wasfinalthotat being so. alteration of tonrnnmonts. to await wordfrom Yugoslavia before making any al-ATOMIC BOMB FORECASTMELBOURNE. Tuesday. Dr. Karl Compton, eh airman of President Truman's evaluation committee on atomic energy, when addressing a at Sydnoy University last said atomic bombs in . uihl fall Jiko raids of He added that he hop :l atomic bomb to biLUXE Unlimited am were advocated Churchill in nn her of Deputies.Mr. Chiirchii] lective forci: cxc world centre, s» fall powerless, would resonu It: Europe, in the fc 'so that none o enough to menu-RISE IN rNIDue primarily in opera I ing c papers nml 11nisi likely (■« rise m the Now York JiDROBNYIn the trimii'i tween Australia slnvin, Drobny Pails i Australia Harper bent V« • Yugoslavia' G Lsuited in a tie. i