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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948.
'SUICIDE SQUAD' DROPS No Xmas Lights War Of Words Staves
'ATOM BOMB' ON FLEET
Plymouth, December 11.
After being atom bombed by a lono Lancaster àir- craft with a handpicked suicide crew, the Rod- land flect, attacking Plymouth was ongagod by coastal batteries today in the last of the air exercises.
The atom bomb consisted of three flares producing a total flash of nine million candlepower and was dropped from 1,500 feet.
It was seen to explode 30 feet above the sea aster of either a heavy cruiser or a battleship.
For Manila
Manila, December 12. There'll be no cheary out. door Christmas fights for Mania this year.
The Manila Electric Com- pany notified Mayor Manuet da, in Funto that increasing demand for electric service exceeded the capsolty of the distribution system. The company said it could carry the load of Christmas lights-Associated Press.
CHAMBERS RESIGNS
FROM "TIME"
not
Off Clash On Berlin
Paris, December 12.
Tho war of words` in the United Nations Assembly is credited by some delegatas with staving off a Russian-Western power explosion over Borlin. Word-weary United Nations leaders acknowledge East-West cleavage is just as serious as when the Assembly convened on September 21, No Berlin settlement is in sight.
But they say they feel strong-I believe, staved off what would er about the chances of peace have been catastrophic for now than when they ennie,
da to consult on possibility of atomie agreement,
(4) Refusal to accept Ruzela's demand for one third cut in arm- ed, forces of the five great pow ers within a year and the pro- hibition of the atomle bomb, Instead the Assembly told the United Nations Commission fon conventional armaments to keep working on arms control.
(6) Approved the first world" the
declaration of human right- a declaration broked by morat force. The has
United Nationa will now turn to drawing up a covenant to make it binding: upon signaortics,
world.
Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, chief delegate of Philippines,
summed
up
the the
on
"The United Nations shown it own surviva in spita of cleavage between East and West."
.
Dramatic Action
Duke of York, three cruisera and four destroyera-loom out of the mist flashing their searchlights to The Lanenster also dropped an- almulate gunfire.
New York, December 12. The attackers withdrew after other pyrotechnle to simulate a
Whittaker Knaller
bomb, non-atomic
and
Chambers, al- a few hours
former some of the
Communist spy courier, announc-feeling of several delegates Ports- though in practice the first ex-large ships sailed for
ed today that he hud resigned the general worki outlook now
Too Much Tolk plosion would have pulverised the mouth, where many of their crew
'(0)' Approved a editor
convention plane.
will pay off for Christmas leave. as senior
of the Time as a result of the Assembly. He
against genocide, the snid. mogazine.
iriss Many Unlled Nations ometals
destruction of any rucial, re Bad Weather
He said: "I have offered my
say that too much talk and too ligious or national group, resignation as senior
When we met here in Sep-little action marred the session. editor of
tember the diplomatic
(7) Condemned Yugoslavia, pressure Delegates debated so long that Albania and Bulgaria for help- and sub-the Time magazine. It has been Tonight, destroyers
nccepted. Both these arts be- and political provocation were they were unable to floish the ing Greek Insurgents in marines were making a last at-came imperative when I recently cumulatively increasing to
the job and will meet again on April strongest tack on Plymouth,
nction the Assembly Most of today's exerolee, the Degan to make revelations about point where, as In Berlin, thore in New York to complete this has taken on the Balkans.
Communist espionage. When could have been an explosion. air warfare, was cancelled be.
year's regular session. Time employed me in 1030, its
(8) Approved a Mexican re- The Soviet Union and its tight solution calling on the five great cause of bad weather, and de-editors knew that I
"But the war of words in the Httle blor of adherents-Poland, powers to make new efforts at fence attacks by motor-torpedo | Communist. They did not know United Nations took the place Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, So- co-operation. That
viet Ukraine and White Russia springboard for one of the most | —use helr speaking privilega dramalle actions of the Assembly
so much that they were charg-in the Berlin cane. ed with filibustering.
The United States, Britain and One Soviet bloc source was France put the Berlin dispute asked if that really was
their before
the Security Council. inlent, He grinned and
sald: The
The Council tried to settle the "One must use what tools he differences
by negotiation but Russia's Andrei Vyshinsky would Ruela does not have a veto not debate the issue. The six
"It was worth it" commented Air Vice-Marshal Hopps, AOC of the Lauenster Group, "because I wanted to give the Red Fleet a elance lo go to atom bomb slutions and curry out practice drill. if I am criticised for drop- ping a bomb at such a low al- file, my
Answer 18 that the crew were volunteers in sui- cile squad."
(Umpires who will assess the exercise ubjectively
dis- may count the atom bomb altogether. as the rules say that it must be dropped from several thousand (est.)
Spotted By Radar
A message from the fleet, quot-
was an ex-
that 'espionago was involved."— | of diplomatic pressures and thir United Press.
political provocations and that.
boats were also called of.
off The exercise began Azorca tost Tuesday. An assCES – ment of the exerelse will be maile on Tuesday at a conference in Portsmouth between the um- pires and the opposing Chiefs of Stuff.
Defending Plymouth, in addi- tion to naval and Royal Air Force compoñenta arg Territorials,
ed by on Admiralty spokesman, drawn from coastal towns
that they
said
did not see the throughout
Southern
NATURAL RUBBER WAS CHEAPER
New York, Docembar 11.
photo-flash but a flare was drop-Normal shore defences were re-On some days late last month you could buy natural
ped near the port flank of the Inforced by the guns
England.
of HMS
feel. The nearest ships were the Vanguard and the cruiser Jamnion. cruiser Diadem, 4,000 yards of, Reuter.
and the destroyer Aisne, 4,500
yards away.
The light fleet carrier, Ven- geance, was 8,000 yards away from the flash. Further flares were dropped near the fleet ve minutes and one hour later.
The Admiralty Spokesmen could not say whether the air at tack was cffective or not.
LARGE-SCALE
THEFT FROM POLICE HQ
rubber cheaper than synthetic rubber on the New York commodity exchange.
latus,"
was
the
in the Assembly but the West-neutral members China, Cana- ern delegates say the Russiana da, Argentina, Belgium, Syria abused thoir debate rights to and Colombin-brought in n rc- deadlock the
Assembly action solution.
It was for delivery in 1949 and sources estimated, consumption land Prime Minister, Peter sold for as low as 18.4 US cents will drop to 1,080,000 tons, a pound, against 18.5 cents for synthetic.
Increased production and duced consumption are two of the main reasons
Paris, December 12. Thlaves broke into the Ac
How the world rubber situa- counts Section of the Surete
tion will be resolved is uncer- Nationale (French Police Head-lain. Consumption by the Unit- Radar spotted the enemy in quarters) and got away with five ed States, the world's largest heavy" ruin" and "then" "the" defenu={ milioni ~frúines, ̄ ̄ ̄¡£"was"Jehrnied ers saw the ships-The battleship} hero today.-Reuler.
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Fraser's, characterisation of Russian speech-has caused Trade sources sald slightly United Nations leaders to look Increased consumption of rub-
quietly for a way to streamline ber In Europe and the Far and the United Nations and cut down Middle East In connection on
talk.
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currency
ro- forma to be put into effect by November 20, and for the four- power
Forelga Ministers' Counell to meet by November
30. Mr. Vyshinsky valued the resolution,
with
various economlo 10-
Major Decisions covery programmes has not
Australia's Dr. Herbert V. been enough to offset the drop. Seventy-five items were pro Evati, Assembly President, and In American consumption. posed for the Assembly. Mr. Trygve Lis, the United Na user of natural and synthetic
Tieteer on more than 50, many of tions Secretary-General, used World production, on the other secondary importance, the major the Mexican resolution as basis rubber, dropped this year. War-hand, has continued to expand. decisions were:- time shortages and postwar de- The U.S. Department of
for an appeal to President Tru- Com- mand have been pretty well all-merce reported that in Septem-
man, Premier Stalin, Mr. Attlee (2) Palestine. ed; current demand is for
and Queuille, French Pre- record high Newber
total was automotive tyre production and reached with 145,000 tons.
(3) A directive to the United mier. Mr. Eva!t and Mr. Lic This Nations Atomic Energy Commis-asked them to take steps toward for some replacement needs.
all-time While in
peak figure 1947 the United with an average of 131,677
compares slon to keep working for world ending the Berlin crisis.
for atomic control States consumed 1,122,000 tons the three
and instructions The replies were substantially of rubber,
preceeding months.for the United States, trade Associated Press.
Britain, what the delegates had said in China, France, Russia and Cana- the Council-Associated Press,
this
year,
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