MIXED PRESS COMMENT

Chronicle (Levin), 17 June 1947, Page 5

MIXED PRESS COMMENT

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Received Tuesday, ;10.3O -a.m. •LONDON, June 16. A statement . issued. In .official quarters in London about the coming to Brltaiin ;of ^-dfane Reron, wife of Oqiqnel Pero.n, PrSswiq&t ?otf Ar-gqrttina, land •ajbout* "^rtiqies whiQh have ^ppeared dn & ssmajH juumber of newsiRapers lA ©ratahi," PQints out that Madame, Peron is the. wife :qf . the Presi-; •dent of a "country with which Bri-i tain ha^ had Jong tiqs ahd •fri-endlyi-relatibns. "She is aqcordingly 'amost -weloome yisitor to Britain." '• Reuter 's "says that Madame. Peron is making a private and not: ,1 S Trade vdsit. The S.unday Pictarial yesterday: published on t,he frpnt page, under' ■the headline, "President's Wife. Isn't Welcdme," an, article statingdhat there were four reasons, whyi Sva -Peron, who is a former actress, -is not welcome. Firstly, she is the »vife of a Fascist. Secondly, des-j pite Britain's food shortages,: Ar'gentina has co.nsistently de-, manded "pistol-point prices formeat that' has often proved of appalling quality." Thirdly, she vill reach Britain soon a-fter hertriumphant reception- in Spain, a' country- of oppressiqn , which; Me United Nations denounqedJ Fourthly, the Senor-a's favourite paroy trick -is to produce the Fas-, cist salute on the slightest pre-tex-t.