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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE FIFTEEN Seven-Power Pact Is Signed During Year Of Upheaval Yok + plan dear to his. --. the restoration of Europe nited States aid. In léss than viding, among other things, for "collective self-defence." Britain's traditional allies in two ora wars were the other signator- France signed with alacrity. Be rg Rag Ln flog CS SCTR] of neut- rality that had twice betrayed them Joined on Jciation that promises to' steadily ho matter r did not end with pi- of good will. Before the signatires -had been dry a month, a permanent military de- committee had been,_set up up "meetings were being immediate problems. The chief difficulty was one of aupply. Canadian and United 'States obgervers attended, but their mada were 80, pre-occupied with their own defence problems that little in the .way of 'surpluses was expected from North America. . Permanent tion 'By October plans had. advanced to a point where a perivaneny. de- fence organization co set up under Feld Shall Viseouis Montgomery. Frenc! British aides he set up the struct- ure of a supreme allied: command that would begin to function im- mediately 'in eveht of war, and dealt. Wily urgent ; and immediate ¥ Technical officers of the nations concerned consulted on such mat- ters as standardization of weapons and unified training. Britain, which would bear the brunt of an air war, made aircraft' available to Jer. al- Tes. © French pride suffered when Montgomery, rather than a French- n, hig chosen for the top or- post, although Gen. de Lattre. 'de Tassigny was placed in command of land forces. Britain made dae to allay a French fear that took deep root between the wars--that Britain cannot and will not maintain in peace an edequate tionary force. One of the *irst steps was to ex- tend the 'length of service for her conscripts, Instead of re- ing numbers their was slowed and plans to limit ser- vice to 12 months were dropped. Air Force Si Simultaneously the R.AF. step- ped up recruiting, the Royal Navy began reconditioning vessels held oy reserve, civil defence plans were overhauled and a recruiting cam- paign "was latnched for the Ter- ritorial (Reserve) Army, which eventually will be sustained flow of army training of new troops was delayed by the need of sending crack form- ations to Malcya. There they were employed in slow jungle warfare stamping out guerrillas who had threatened to set up a Communist republic. The Malayan situation was re-|' garded with particular alarm by Australia and New Zealand. Al- though the destruction of Japan |' removed their immediate aggressor, both countries were strong propon- ents of .. Commonwealth defence pact that: would guarantee them aid if another enemy arose. For the immediate future it appeared as if they must rely on their own efforts. Britain's 'difficulties in offering aid were aggravated by withdraw- al of her troops from India. Some of them were transported to new bases in Bast Africa, which are rapidly being developed to pro- tect Britain's African colonies and keep her within striking-distance of the Mediterranean. One foothold in the latter area was relinquished in May when British troops were withdrawn from Palestine, ending a mandate that in its latter stages"was stained with bloodshed of Jews, Arabs and the occupying forces. « To Improve Taste of f London Water --(CP)-- Londoners learn- ed Li that the taste of their chlorinous-tasting water is to be improved. The Metropolitan Water Board gave much space in its 1947-48 re- port to explain: it is often impos- sible to produce "satisfactory" wa- ter free from objectionable taste. This, the board said, was because there is little time for the benefi- cial disinfectant action of the chlor- ine to be completed before the wa- ter is drawn by consumers. But it promised preparations now are well advanced for "contact by af: trainees. . Economic difficulties hampered. | Britain's remobilization plans, and |' = By Eugene Sheffer 7 |8 L] fie. 111 14 HORIZONTAL: 49. track 52. 1 Tale » of Wight 6. Tibetan > om . expire ~~ 54. great artery 12-9 19. spoke dully 21. definite article 22. close embrace 3. squandering 4. eagles 5. plant stock :, rasps 7. paddle National Barley Contest: Winners Clayton Valliant, of Porréster's Murray Galbraith, 'also of Renfrew County. Results' have Just. beén an- nounced. Other provincial «wi winners: are: Robert. Scott, Mono She Cartile in. Duf- ferin County, third prize; Allan Fwart, Perth, Lanark County, ; 'and T. A. Grierson, Stitts- ville, Carleton' County; fifth prize. These men. will have the tha Super tunity of" representing' Ohfario the Inter-Provinetsi - competition | between Ontario and 'Quebec next February. THe contest 15, part of the. annual convention of the On-|. terio Crop Improvement Associa- tion which will be held February 7-9 at the King Edward" Hotel n Toronto. ee a Yes In addition to prize; money", al- ready won, they will compete for an additional '$500 which is divided into four prizes of $200, $130, $100 and $50. In the. regional contacts' of On- tério, seven prizes were com for in each of ten regions. ese along with' the inter provincial money makes the tition 'high- ly profitable to the winners. Al- together a total of $4,500 is. distri- buted to winners in all 'contests. 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