THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1948.
US STARTED COLD WAR, SAYS SCIENTIST
London, October 14.
One of Britain's best known scientists accused tho United States today of being guilty of starting the cold war with Russia. Professor P.M.S. Blockett, of the University of Man- chester, asserted in a new book that the present world tension grew out of American use of the atom bomb against Japan for political rather than military purposes.
Paris Taxis Back Again
Paris, October 14.
Taxis appeared again on the streets of Paris tonight after) the signing of an agreement which ended their eight-day! strike for bigger petrol and | tyre allowances.. The 11-day
old coal strike continued.
Both Fear of the atom bomb and
freight passenger American "sensitivity" "to war, trains were rugning again this
han casualties
Ind to some evening on the eastern sections of apitation in the United States the French rallway system--the
most affected
local that it would be better to give up Atomic
Imic energy rather than rink war horrora. But, Pro- fessor Blackelt points out, cam. Backward Ausola paratively
At atomic scientist himself, its own bombs eventually would Professor Blackett cites the be destroyed, dropping of the bomb on Japan two days before the planned start of the Soviet offensive and analysis of American reports 40 show this timing was appar entry intentional.
Professor Blackett snid It kept Rasmin out of Japan for olle thing. He added his British and American cullengues suffered In- tense inner conflict when they realised their brilliant research had gone not to save American lives as they believed but to win a diplomate victory in post-war power politics,
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book, "Military and In his Political Consequences of Atonle Energy," Professor Blackett Js often strongly
The Amerlean atomle policy and cons rends Russia is right to Feject the "precious" American pin of control.
But he credits the United States with a considerable diplo
needs this energy far more than the Anglo-Americane.
region strikes,
by
The 40,000 steel workers in Lorraine who have been out for weeks are expected to go back to work tomorrow after the agreement (signed Jast night.
Professor Binckett Raid Runala certainly does not have n big A separaté agreement Riven stockpile of atom bombs, if it has iron miners in the same region any at all, but there is no reason a five per cent bonus resulting wiry it stuk not have the even fram their improved output, deadlier germ bombs-United which has reached 95.5 per cent
of the 1938 level,-Beuter.
Press.
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RN Ships Refitted To Standardise With USN?
London, October 14.
matle triumphs in getting so many The Daily Express said on Thursday the British
people to regard its plan as wise and generous mud that
A
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actually
dintin-
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The
Cabinct has approved refitting overy British fighting ship to standardise .power plants with those of the United States Navy.
purpose,
appears to be blocking pence be cause it fails to agree with pro-
which pona la
were agnlust its own interests,
Professor Blackett,
the Express plerite of the American type as a guished experimental physicist said, is to enable the Ray a shell propellant instead of cordite, and pioneer in the study of Navy to use American "radar which reveals a ship's position by cosmic rays and atomic particles, and secret devices which will its flash.
An Admiralty spokesman den. cycle
Churchills In Belgium
Brussels, Qotaber
The British opposition lender, Mr. Winston Chur- chill and his wife, paying a
private visit to Belgium the guests of Prince CharieL arrived here today aboard the Regent's personal plane.
They are to stay in Bṛus-, sels' Royal Palace.
Mr. Churchill la expected to travel to Bruges, where he intends to finish paintings cf the ancient city's ploturez. que
former Bites the Beguinage Monuatory and the famous Lac d'Amour-which he started two years ago—-— Rauter.
YOSHIDA
BACK AS
PREMIER
COUNTER BLOCKADE OF SOVIET-HELD GERMANY
Frankfurt, October 14.
The United States and Britain today put tooth into ́their counter blockade of Soviet-occupied Ger. many by ordering the confiscation of all un- documented goods headed from Bizonia to the Russian xono.
Shipments which reach the border even with proper shipping documents will be sent back to the shipper, an Anglo-American order ruled; The confiscation order was, permits, are to be intercepted and only, a new feature in today's turned back to the consignor."
(3) Shipments and vehicles document issued by the Bipar
arriving at the Bixdne-Soviet zone border, accompanied by
trade the Interzonal
permita are to be salzed, the shipper prossouted and the goods dia.
Its
tite Control Office here.
consolidated other provisions parlier measures in Western embargo on shipments to the Soviet area.
The confiscation order was clr- culated among German officials and ruled:
tions of the court."
of In accordance with the
"The international trade permit which provides legal au- thority for interzonal commodity In (1) "Until further notice, the transfer and legal movement
trado from tho interzonal trade permit will not international be issued for commodity move-Bizonal arch to the Soviet zóno er Soviet sector, of Berlin, is no, meats to the Soviet zone or to
All longer possible. the Soviet sector of Berlin. international
permit Issued The only
exemptions prior to the issuance instructions, the following items: Newspapers, will automatically be invalidat-authorised cargoes via the Anglo- /merican airlift and properly
Tokyo, October 14: Shigeru Yoshida, the former Minister and Japanese Prime
was again Foreign Minister, elected Prime Minister tonight by the Japanese Diet.
Seventy-year-old Shigeru Yosed,"
permits
hilo wan first appointed Prime (2) "Shipments arriving at the documented relief and gilt parcels Minister in May 1948 but his Blzone-Sovjet zone borilor, ac- and welfare shipments-United
inforzonal trade Press. companied by Cabinet resigned a year lates in conformily with the new sitution.
con-
He will succeed Mr. Hitoshi Ashidin, whose government resigne el on October 7 after accepting "moral responsibility" for the re- You block ernl 2,000,000,000 markel scandal involving the Showa Denko Fertiliser Com- ADDY.
Yoshida is expected to try to form Cabinet from the right Liberals and wing Democratic
wone shipporters from the Demo- cratic Party,
He has indented his intention
te dissolve the Diet and hold a general election, and the Cabinet, it formed in time, will presilo only over the current emergency "There have been informal ex-session of the Dlet ut which the of British ships. U.S. changes of view from tinte La principal legislation to be enacted
In a veteran of the First World not operate on the 50 War whose scientific achieve frequency gendrating machined the report yesterday.
ment, helped beat the Germans
In the last war. He holds a Galty
Medal of the Royal Society and Navy generators work at 00 tine in efforts to achieve economy will be the National Public Ser- the American Medal of Merit. cycles.
Iis book ridicules the idea that
Chapman Pincher,
and efficiency. 11 is hoped that vice Law, drafted on Instructions will of General MacArthur, to prohi- such informed exchanges
Express
Press,
one,"
the atom bomb could win an over-Science corespondent, wrote that night war against Russin, He esti-
the Cabinet approved the ston- mates Germany doubted it pro dardising move so the Admiralty duction o ordinary bombs equal In destructive power to 400 atom might "buy freely in the Aineri
arinament market in
bombs and that its people were c withstanding the equivalent of emergency."
150 atom bombs a month in the last months of the way,
The Professar cites long orgu- ments to show an offensive war by Russia against the United Statos was impossible at least fot five years and probably till 1960. But the United States, he says, could mount an offensive war be fore that time,
US Obsessed Professor Blackett, who is at present evaluating an important theory on the earth's magnetic: feld, holds the United States is obsessed with search for the Impossible complete security trom the atom bomb—although already outstripped -as--0 it 15: deadly weapon by radioactive polsane and germ bombs.
This obsesion, he says, la res
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"Bist orders," he wrote. have airendy been placed.
The preparedness plan and the reported standardisation mave fail into the brosder rearmament pattern set by a slowdown of demobilisation in the Armed Forces.
Forces, A
new re-
cruiting sampaign, and a 100 percent increase in jet fighter plane production,
Pincher wrote thul British Navy ships will in future use nonflash
Sylvester
he satd.-Associated bit strikes of government work- crs. Reuter.
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Jerusalem, October 14.
ponsible for the Baruch and other Frederick Sylvester, the Briton American
years' Atom plans which sentenced here to seven
for broadcasting would force Russia to open her imprisonment
the enemies country to Inspection and possible information useful
will appeal in the military plonage with only the of fernel. word of the United States that Israel Supreme Court sitting as a Court of Appeal, on November
ECA FUNDS
The
FOR CHINA
the The appeal claims that Jerusalem district court which sentenced him had no jurisdiction to convict him on count I (broad- rasting milltary information).
It has been reported that Syl- vwter had been removed from to a prison "Bome-
Washington, October 15,
Economic Co-operation Jerusalem Administration on Thursday ap-where in Israel."Reuter. proved another US$09,000,000 in recovery funda jor China,
Indonesia
nations.
and nine European
for
China was allocated US$7,005,- 000, largely for fertilisers.
It Included US$1,100,000 nitrogen fertiliser from Belgium on US$420,000 for ammonlum sulfate from Canada. The bal- ance was for fertilisers from the US and for freight costa.~~~Asso- ciated Press.
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