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YUGOSLAV APPROVAL Piccard's Good-Bye SUIYUAN BATTLE OPENS
OF RUSSIA'S POLICY West Accused Of Trying
To Wreck United Nations
RED SURPRISE SEEN
Paris, September 29,
Yugoslavia's Mr. Eduard Kardelj, who was ex-communicated along with Marshal Tito by the Cominform, today fervently support- ed the Soviet policy in the United Nations and accused the West of trying to wreck the United Nations as it now exists, Mr. Kardelj's address before the General Assembly gave not even the slightest hint of a serious break between Marshal Tito and Premler Stalin.
He adhered strictly to the Soviet line of attacking the West and appealed for adoption of Russia's proposal that the Big Five cut their armed forcos by one-third.
Mr. Kardelj eulogised Russia and its Communist system os the world's best and greatest hope.
He spoke a tee hours before) The UnRed States, Britain and France will deliver to the United Nations formal complaints against Russia in the Berlin crisis ac- cusing her of threatening pence.
documenta Those
may Le considered eventually
the death warrants of the United Nations as it row exista on Olg Four unity because, barring a quick
Soviet change in the
1
polloy, they fermally signal a complete brea netwoen Rusola
and the three western Powers
Mr. Kardel's address was not
□ surprise to the rest of the flete- gales. While goufinuing tools
little battle with the Kremlin behind The Iron Curtain, ine Yugoslavs tried to maintain in the view of the Western world? the etion of solularily with the
Hurstans.
Major Attack
Asks For Leave From Navy
London, September 29, The Duke of Edinburgh has asked to be placed on hal!
pay with the Royal Navy.
When the King and Queen Margaret aro Australian
and Princess
*way
their от
*u* year,
Int
duties
for
for alx months nax! additional
wit upon Princess Elizabeth who will have to undertake engagements
Their Majesties
A Princess Elizabeth will siro have the
of her care baby to add to her many obtics, the Duke believes he should be with. hér ́at muaḥ as possible during this period, Being placed on half pay
is the naval term for apply. Ling for compassionate leave.
-United Prass.
His major attack was the
Meanwhile, the possibility that leged deliberate uftenipt of the Russia might spring some sur West, the United States especial-prise when the Berlin situation 1y, In transform the UN into comes before the United Nations an instrument of polley of a cer- Security Council shares interest in group of plates or even of here with what appears to be one single sale.
general concern over an extreme- ly-grave work'i altuation. --------.
Attacking the attempts of the West to mit the ure of the veto, he alleged, "We cannot quality these attempts otherwise than as or abandonment of the policy of international co-operation and col-
lective
tive security and the gradual sliding down to pavilions of pulley of bloes and of inquishment of the system
ens of the United Nations." He accused the United States of seeking the collapse of the whole post-war aystem of later. national collaboration and to re- place it with a full hegemony of the United States,
the
still ballove there
J
war this year and probably not avon next year, the people are displaying little faith in the long-range future of Europe, There is still no good reason believe that the United Nations will not survive the testa to which the next few it will be put in weeks, but there is also no ten- dency 10 minimize the great strain.
Overall Issue
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Professor Augusta Piccard, 82-year old scientist and in- venter, gets a farewell hug from his litte grand-daughter at Antwerp, In Belgium, before leaving for the Gulf of Guines. Professor Plocard will attempt the deepest dive in history. In en endeavour to plumb the secrets of the, ocean bed at 13,000
fest below the surface,AP Photo.
America Not To Discard Principles
Missoula, Montana, September 28.
Mr. Thomas Dewey today doclared that Americans
would not compromise their principles in at-: tempts for a peaceful settlement of the Berlin crisis.
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sald
AMID HEAVY SNOWFALL
Shanghai, September 29,
Amid heavy showfall-Inner Mongolia's first this season-the battle for Kweisui, capital of Suiyuan province, opened today with a clash between two Communist armies, under General Niah Yung-cheng and Government garrison forces at a point five miles south of the city, according to Chinese war dispatches. General Nieh's 40,000-strong column is only one
of-four Red prongs closing in on Kweisul, where rifle and gun-fire was clearly audible last night, and where all able-bodied persons have been mobilised for war service. Others are advancing on the capital from the cast, south and west. At the same time, an un- disclosed number of Communist troops aro said to be threatening the Pactow terminus of the Palping-Suiyuan railway, '90 miles wost of 'Kweisui, from which foreign residents— mostly missionaries—are hastily evacuating.
In order to prevent Government forces from reinforcing the south Sulyuan front, Communist units In south Chahar have started concerted attacks against Govern. ment positions cast, north northwest of Kalgan.
and
General Fu Ta-yl, Nationalist Commander-in-Chief in North China, made a flying visit to Kalgan yesterday for an urgent conference with, the local milk. tary, authorities, returning to Palping the same evening.
Manchurian War
Airspeed Exceeds
1,000mph
Cleveland, September 28, The Cleveland Press claimed it learned that an
today.
to more
Trawler Feared Lost
The Chung Yu II, one "of the two Japanese deep- sea fishing trawlers ac- quired from Talwan ro- cently, is overdue and be- lieved to have. boen lost during Sunday's typhoon, some 100 miles south east of Hong Kong.
Four ships are under- stood to have been cir. culated by the Marine De- partment to keep a look- out for the missing trawl- er, which was last seen on Sunday,
The Chung Yu II had been out on fishing assign- ments several times and had brought in consider. able catches of deep-sea fish.
Her
sistorship- Chung Yu Ina believed
In the Manchurian corridor. American rocket plane had General Lin Piso's Red armies been flown by four different continued their attacks
safe. today pilots at speeds ranging from against Government hill positions 800 miles per hour guarding, the approaches to Chiathan 1,000 miles per hour. chow airfield, but failed
make
The fact that sich 'speed had progress in. face stubborn been attained was first hinted at Nationalist resistance.
last Saturday in a speech in New Southwest of" Chinchow, how York by the Alr Secretary (Mr.)
of
4
Yuan
Chief
ever, the Communists succeeded w. S. Symington), who said that Deplores
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The
UN Weakness
In addition to Berlin, the West-
in cutting the 25-mile long rallan Amorlean plane had town er Powers appear to be deter-
way linking the olty with Chinsi.several hundred miles faster than mined to thresh over the whole
In his most solemn discussion ground for agreement or conse Against
ainst this, Government troops the speed of sound-703 m.p.h at There is a East-West conflict.
to pray for Just and peacefụi \north- of Chinchow-claimed, to sea level, developing split over Palestine, of the critical world situation,
Nanking, September 29. Republican
solution." Presidential The Western Powers have largely the
have recovered several Important Mr. Dewey
it was a strongholds
In a counter-attack,
nowapapar guld the Dr. Wang Chung-hul, Pre- healed their un rift and sup-candidate said the threat of
which
Warplanes plus
speeds were definitely estab-sident, of the Judicial Yuan? part the Bernadotte proposal. war hung, ominously over the tragedy the nation was still un
ished at the annual Inspection and former Foreign Minister, thig war, to xleyote all of its per-Meanwhile, a tart United States must hot give up gles.to development of it' re-is
Ibaring-in, south is reported to
Committee for Aeronautics of Nations lahan organisation so hone for a peaceful solution sources for economic progress Shantung, where strong Govern-
the laboratory, at, Cleveland weak in moral strength, that who has bean United Press. Mr. Dewey,
Airport. ment force originally intended keeping in touch with the Parls
it cannot even compare with Tsinan- as reinforcements for negotiations on the Berlin crisis
have
evyerging, on the begun through the U.S. delegate, Mr.
Tientsin-Pukow ra John Foster Dulles, said," "Ruth-
rallway city less aggression, that has man- kind's enslavement as Its goal, is abroad in the world."
Now the Russians are giving future of America,, but the able, three years after the end of decisive roletartovschla battle tour-by the Nationa{' Advisory [tosiny deplored, that, the United
indications that they wit attempt to stick by the outdated UN partition decision of last autumn. If they fight the Bemadotis plan destruction of the agreement at any Russia and the
It will mean
can be no Press and Associated Press.
"In-Berlin, where by solamen agreement we have every right to be, wa`aré Bonfronting that
· sgprešelve power face to fade, "În Paris,, at the meeting of
of
It added that the information the League of Nations in the was not officially announced, but early twenties. "
Czech Food Yenchaw, 75 miles south of the the facts of the inan-piloted tests Dr. Wang, a recomised author-,
Pact With Soviet Union
Shantung capital.
at Lake Muroc, California, were ity on International affairs and Red confirmed by officials present who once a judge at the Permanent
had refused the use responsible
Court of International Justice at
General Chen Yi, whose troops were mainly for the recent Tainan victory in namer reported to have shifted several
to meet Nationalist
armies southward advancing Reuter.
units
of their
manufactured by
The plane was the Army XS-The Hague, said that one of the
reasons for the confused situa Bell Aircraft
tion facing the world at present Corporation. It has been under is that different courtrics are going testa since last November giving different Interpretations to and is still being perfected. It is the United Nation charter, thus Launched from the belly of causing divergat views on topics B-29 bomber at altitudes of about under discussions. 140,000-feat.--United Press.
last bridge of point between U.S.
The Assembly, which last week
to freeze seemed inclined
out Russia as far as possible, agreed willingly yesterday to take up: the Soviet disarmament proposal. No one expected any sort of agreement, but they were ready to go through another battle of
Prague, September 28. recriinination-rather than lel if the United Nations, our represen-- The Czechoslovak President,- Dr. be said that any avenue of peacetatives are standing shoulder to Klement Gottwald stated when Although export observara remain tinexplored. United shoulder with representatives of he returned today from a visit to
other free
labouring the Crimea that he nations,
bad met mightily against great odds to Soviet leaders and had reached an bring about peaceful settlement agreement for Soviet food de
hour late even at this
liveries to Czechoslovakin 1949, [!!As a united · people. Wo Dr. Gottwald said that under atend shoulder to shoulder, with the agreement, the Soviet Union them. We will not compromiso, pur principles........ There peace in that and we will not of animal fats, 300,000 tons of Press reports today said today asked the Security Counci endanger our freedom. White wheat and 10,000 tons of cotton Constabulary forces occupied to postpone consideration of its war 1 inevitable; Dr. Wang said thera la hope, we will not ralax next year..
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all islets on the 40-kilometre-request for membership in the that all necessary preparations. The President's statement made long Candaba Swamps and United Nations no further reference to the talks. found them. littered with the applied for admission—United | therein les the only hope of
He is understood to have visited bodies of Hukbalahap, but en- the Ukraine on his return journey countered not a single living.
Five West Powers
Make Defence Plan
Paris, September 28." -
He said America was urging The Defence Ministers of five Western powers have
your
the rest of the world: "Abondon
sovereignty,
our accept hegemony and all that is connect- ed with it, and you will be saved from war and the atomic bomb,"
In other worlds: "Denido your- selves whether you will willingly submit
American to
world domination or whether you will prefer to be subdued by force."
Flays Majority
A
agreed to establish a permanent military staff to plan strategy and tactics for the defence of Western Europe.
communique issued after the two-day meeting said the permanent `organisation “would con- sist of Army, Navy and Air Force commanders with a permanent military, chairman," "The Alve Ministers have. It was reported that Britain,
our
efforts to "find
would
end
to Czechoslovakia no 25,000 tons of meat, 25,000 tons
Common
NEW HIGH IN GY CONVERSION
The
Bodies Of Huks Litter Swampland
Deputy Prime Minister, M.
*****Huk. Vilem Stroky, sold today that i
Manila, September 29,
Dr. Gottwald would shortly re- quoted as saying the Huk chief, One "Constabulary officer was the Central Committee of Shanghal, September 29. port to
IP: Luis Tarue, either had been Czechoslovak Communist With only one more day left the
willed in the swamps or had and Party on the problems of trun escaped encirclement. A high- for the conversion of gold allver bullion
sition from and foreign cur
to Capitalism
ranking officer said it would be rencies before the deadline of Socialism,
almost impossible to say what had September 30, the Central Bank
M.
agreed on a common defence which alone of the fiva. powers and its authorised agents reported / Siroky's statement-made to happened to Taruc or where he
the Slovak Communist Party's might be. In today that conversion amounts Central Committee was linked A Huk force, variously which will set the pattern for has an effective armaments
dustry, might be called individual national
on to had reached all-time highs,
here with speculation, about the estimated at from 30 to, over military Mr. Karde bitterly denounced efforts," said the communique. ing the other four countries,
carry &ʊme of the lad
rearm- Transactions yesterday were possible political importance of 100 men early yesterday blocked
national reported to have sky-rocketed to a Dr. Gottwald's visit to the Soviet the
highway near. the Western majority in the UN This policy of defence, enter- The talks are expected to con- total of 27,875,000 gold yuan, or Union at a time when other Calamba In Laguna province, and accused it uf deliberately
Wednesday-United equivalent on
Communist leaders US$0,865,000/- to
also stopped seven vehicles, beat and seeking the collapse of the Uniteding into the framework of the tinue
Reuter,
reported to be there.-Router. kidnapped an unidetitiffed Con- stabulary officer and malreated other passengers, who were robbed of their cash, and valu- ables.
UN P.CAS
Shanghai:
were
City Without Blackmarket
be
Ing shipped. illegally to other cities in China as well as Hong blackmarket Kong where operations are still being car- ried out.
Operations against the Huks continued on an increasing scola In both Central and Bouthern Luzon. —United Press.
THE WEATHER
tho Brussels treaty and Nations os
an organisation forCharter, looks towards insur- international co-operation,
of all Rive "They are on the way to ilqui-ing the security dating the United Nations Or- signatory powers.". ganisation," he told.
Nations which sent Defence He deplored the panicky man- Ministers to the meeting were ner with which the previous Britain, France, Belgium, be speakers spoke of the threat of Netherlands and Luxembourg. war. He blamed it on the war- The United States. and Canada inciting atmosphere created by sent top-ranking military obser- reactionary propaganda...to sup-vors.
Shanghal, September 28.. isliquld serve as a warning to' the 'port the so-called get tough polley
talks Blackmarket operations in general publie Close secrecy about the
"Alf convicted, blackmarketeers. against the Soviet Union and the was maintained at the French United States currency and
War Ministry, but it was learned gold bars in Shanghalan severely dealt with," Colonel
Axception will -without people's democracies,
the chief item on the programme open secret and a flourishing Cheng told newspaper repro- was examination of reports on trade less than two months ago Isentative. "Whether the case 10-" kuo, Deputy Kronemic Supervišo, ja deprmalon" has moved, westward in the. standardization of arms and the Western Union strategle plan pre have been completely wiped volvon large amounts or just potty to, the Shanghai oreg, has issued pared by. the permanent com- out today as a result of drastic transactions, it will be handled Instructions that rigid scorches be fresh, at times, Fale apart from slate alven Before Mr.mittee of experts.
economic control measures. Wicka in Rental Cang.
ing by air, sen or land.
"Testerday's Trasiri von Apply To USA
Small-time trained chief of the economic
- who operatore
Numerous large hoards of gold maximumt 35.3 de policy here, sold that big-time handle petty amounts of US$5 or bullion and foreign currency have Minimai TEB 40. Tibe According to reports here, the operators ho made a regular US$10. ure known to bestill beag confiscated, as they were. Bunshiner 10 hours, Jeha five power nisu were considering business of dealing in black- operating in the city's port ares, about to be Amuggled out of the Rainfall W. Tetal since Jan. Grippe Malls ERP "Key To noplying to the United States for market foreign currency and gold but all inrge dels have ceased, elty, Colonel Cheng stated, addins
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