SCANDINAVIAN
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1949.
COUNTRIES' SINO-BRITISH ISSUES
CONFERENCE ON DEFENCE DISCUSSED IN CANTON
Russians Outvoted In Tokyo
Washington, January 7. Russin was outvoted 9-1 yr. terday on a Soviet zove th condemn General Douglas Mac- Arthur's no strik ortier for government worker in dapun.
The etion ental a heuted session of the 1-4700 Enstern Comunksion,
Russia vadkert General Arthur's Rellon anti-Throneratie
Ambassador Charles
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NORWAY'S THREAT War Games In
TO JOIN WEST
Stockholm, January 6,
The three Scandinavian Prime Ministers, with their Foreign and Defence Ministers, have discussed conditions for collaboration in the defance policias of the Scondinavian countries. They held a secret two-day meeting at Karlstad, near the Norwegian frontier, says an official an-
nouncement.
A Swedish Foreign Office communique announced: "A now meeting of the Ministers is planned in Copenhagen after the conclusion of the work of the Scandinavian Joint Defence Committee. A Seaadhimav
Defence 1 Computter with foar metnbers from each of the three couß-
Norway and Sweden - was set up last Octo- by The thare Defence
Dale
The Philippines retorted R
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Hem of the ease and ask to m ploit the Cotutruismaoin a Board to projturundi.
Only the Soviet Ambastudar Alexander 8. Panyushkin, valed
The Russian
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resolution
Ching aintained.
Seven memyloop Any in Ivately that they evasader Bursin e tenka H: to make empttol
London is watching the re sults of the Scandinavian con. ference with the greatest atten 1/on.
*•$!&jn[hwant! observers in Scandiuvia say that the bald official communique means that | Ministers meeting in
the jaint defence talks were restakes a joint survey of defence deadlocked because the Narwes ! problems.
guans and the Swedes differ over den palled aud. [the ubijectives of any Seundina.. rivi: dive last vent' datement vian military bựt the Morayaan Fra * Muria té, M. Halva; Lange that Mor- par marly t
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London, January 4,
The Admiralty announcpa that the America and West Indies Squadron, now back
to
full etrength, how mattert on Ri winter cruise. The whole quadron will ron. dezvous off Trinidad at the end of March for 14 days of combined #quadron exerclucu with nitz of the Royal Canadian Navy off Equim and Halifax.
Intensive exerclecs, which will include Those for 1ke protection of convoys at kaa against air and wubmarino attacks, will be sarried out. On the conclusion of the exercises, Admiral Sir Wil Ilam Tennant will be sue- cooded by Rear Admiral Symonds Taylor-Reuter,
HARDER TERMS FOR RAPE
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rape
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The Norwegians today main-
Moscow, January 6, tain their earlier standpoint. They The Praesidium of the Sup- fare prepared, most reluctantly,,reme Soviet of the USSR today to abandon the idea of a closely decreed
severe prison welded Scandinavian loc if it sentences for rape remiuns completely neutral iza
Ordinary
will now adfough pever and way, with “our guns Band joint mill-pointing in all directions,“
punishable by imprisonment in Jepatiene:
as the Iubiti -cathing legislation. Theary defence, Swerden Wans any Swisdlsh Föreign Minister,
corrective labour M.
camp for view was rested by the hig Seasonmoitas bloe to renam out- | Unden, phrased it last year.
period of 10 to 15 years, com- ple and New Zeadused my wis sauds The palvert qoupaik.
The Swedes are believedl
pared to the previous maximum Agroented Proge
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of ve years' imprisonment.
The ruping of juvenile girls or ༄:་,
raping which leis to specially raping by a group of persons on
will br
U.S. Survey Mission For Japan
Washington, duamry 7 Secretary of Commerce, pl. Sawyer, anbotines. Pool a foot man mission will go to Japani next week to survey Japan': serap and steel industry
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.. W. Lipkewea the have reiterated their view that Jan Pan Tên getanas, walk |a Scandinavian bloc linked with to recunek the Western powers might pro- in toulay voke Busstan action in Finland Lange her mitmat- and even lend to the Russian Cat No tog would | Army
abuse on the Sam blo Anland islands, about 30 miles
ted from off the Swedish with the worle be
accepting pointed at Staelcholin.
U.S. Invitation Denmark, which of the three Countries is the most exponert to attack.
jaint In enger for Scandinavian defence. But if Horway Jalna the Western powers. Denmark in expected to he forced to follow cuit bai
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severe
consequences
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The maximun sentence for any offence, including murder, in the Soviet Union is 25 years --but in quol and not in curvee- tive labour camps.--Reuter,
SOLD CHILDREN INTO SLAVERY
The mealon, formulated by the
new meeting in Copen- tagen after
Tokyo, Junulary 7. Army and Navy, will make the
Defence Japanese who acted us broker Committee has finished its work in the purchase and sale of school study with a view to rem rupa- dation, on how much serap dapare
will give Sweden and Norway a fchildren 1 jutan! inertrag of they
Into slavery has been requires, few nurch can be chip beanutinavian Misters now
breathing spuce in which to try arrested, and the buthorities are ged to the United Stude, and also at Kalatand is though again to reconcile their views. on the track of 15 more. how Jupan rany increase the en
Suzuki, of Wakamatsu city, was ichey of the sleel inhæsteg,
The meeting was kept highly arrested yesterday on suspicion States thvila-secret. It was hell in the seclu of selling ve boys and nine guris The tour will levs San Franej w to all of the Sean- sion of the Provincial Governor's since last June to farmers In risco by air on duruary 1 and cari: peters to take port residenes in Karlstad. The three Techigi Prefecture. arrive in Japan tanuary 1. Atlanta Union Cupierence,
Donish Ministers crossed on the Menteri, il claustatie in - State Unavtan erries in London train ferry to Sweden in rat-that a child was bought for 50 In one case, evidence indicates vate Juchi tay
misku not expreted the meeting to class compartment marked "Re-pounds of sweet potatoes,-Ben- George Sturn everlive Vice-i 16 Ja president of Duva J Joseperi
served for Ladles." The Ministers ter. Beuter diplomatic contrapoll- Company. Cheinitiali
returned home tonight-Reuter, Marshall rastit writer, dat apart from the Shapiro, president of Calforttia, Serdmav Metal: Corporetku,
1995, 1, vilations Chaklal; are thought to have gone to Por-
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WRlinn G. Walk, operating export; fed and feeland, where Minis of Carmestie Hr. Steel Cof-teral direte stuns poratius, Pittsburgh, and Ronald Sent Caller, aperating expert od Bethichent Steet
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Deadlocked?
The position of Haly and Eire a rousidered less certam.
QUAKE DISASTER FALSE PROPHECY
Rome, January 6,
Several more vory faint earthquake tremors have been recorded in the Rivodutri area about 65 kilometros North of Rome, but up to tonight the prophesied "big disaster" had not hop- poned.
townspeople
“SECURITY ZONES"
Paris, January 6.
The Atlantic Pact linking the United States and Canada in a military defence alliance with the five Brussels treaty powers will be signed by the end of January.
Canton, January 7.
Several outstanding Sine-British problems are among
matters raised at the sassion of the Kwangtung Provincial People's Assembly.
They include the Kowloon City Incident of 1946, the Sino-British Anti-Smuggling Pact and the "unauthorised flight of foreign aircraft over
Chinese territory.
The questions were answered
by Mr. Sham King-yung of Mr. T. W. Kwok's office of Kwang- turg
Kwangsl Foreign Affairs.
and
Regarding the Kowloon City case, Mr. Shum soid
that 110 instructions have been
recolved 1rom the Centrul authorities to pursue the matter further,
MD-
As regards the anti-smuggling Pari, ita
implementation And brought results,
On the third point. Mr. Shum pict thut the fight nuthorbed foreign planes over Chinese territory can be ward aginst by registering formal protest in accordance with Inter
national law,
The lieved
H.K. Aircraft
third question is ba. to be connected with the reported flight of Hong Kong-based Britleh aircraft over Chinese territory in re cent exercters. An curlier session of Councilors heard a report
00 bandit sup pression *-ak jn Kwangiung} Province.
The report says that some 10,- QOU banaits have hee11 Bilder. wounded or emptured in hundreds. of engagements.
He Wants
To Reach
200 Years
London, January 7.
Dr. Maurice Emest, a biolo- gist who has studied longevity for 46 years, said today that people should live to be 200 years old and he alms to bo one of them,
He has 123 years to go yet to ranch his goal.
GET A
Five times as many women as men want to live to le 100 ur oirier, he said, arguing that most men belleve in a short life and a
merry one,
and
Hin recipe
for attaining old age is moderation in everything
a placid temperament.
In addition, large quantities of
You can eat ment, take a drink arms and ammunition have also] në smoke-if you do it in moitern- servation Corps nuen. been raptured by Pence Prebon.
The are 10,000 doer not toke Also, you have to keep an eye into account a large number of on every one of the vital organss bandits alo killed or menpact-
-theart, brain, nerves, lungs,
ver and
Kands.-Associntel Presk
tated by self-protection untis Bruler
The
Massacre During Church Service
Karen Nationalist Union said today that 200
Rangoon, January 7.
Karen men and women wore massacred while attending church services on Christmas Evo. Saw Thra Sto, Secretary of the Separatist group, said mili tury pulice attacked churches with hand grenades in nine villnges.
The massneTCE,
he said, touk place in the Mergul district of Southern Burma.
The survivors relate that their villages were burnoc, forging those who were not killed in the church attacks is Leek sanctuary In the jungle, where they faced starvation.
Burmese Government spokcu- men say there have been distur Langes between the Karens and Burmese on the Southern Buma coast, but detalls are not avail- able.-Associated Press.
The Karen National Union has advocated a separate state of Karcu-to be called Karenistan- outside the Burma Union, Karen is a rich delta area in Eastern Burma known as Burma's gran-
Saw Tara Sto
DO YOU KNOW demanded a Government inquity into the YOUR HONG KONG?
INN.
massacres.
The draft pact defines the American and Canadian rati First reports of the inckienta "Atlantle 'Security Zone" us--in-cation will go far to ressure the reached -KNU-headquarters "here" luding Iceland, Norway and other participants that the mutual on Wednesday with the arrival defence obligations they under- of two survivors who inade the Denmark, these sources snid. but it will remain for
took by the Brussels treaty has trip on foot. these
the practical backing countries to accept or reject the United States. obligations
proposed in pact.
the
An
ot
the
authoritative Belgian spokesman disclosed in Brussel The Atlantic defence pact, tonight that Denmark, Norway, which has been the subject of Portugal, Eire and leelanti have protracted negotiations in been approached to join the At Washington, will need ratification tantic Union pact from its in-
ception.
by the Parliaments of the States concerned.
The Belgion Government has These comprise Britain, France, suggested to the other signatories theirond the Benelux
groups--Bel-jof the pact that the next meel- glum, Holland and Luxembourging of the five-power Committee (
in addition to Canada and the be held in Paris on January 17, United States.
Reuter,
Other isint tremors were re-quake shocks, the ported in the Santa Teresa and practically alanduned Trinita arear of Sardinia, homes for the night and took to
the hits and open fields.
An they flecked out, refugees from the nearby village Rivedutri, thattered in yester. day's tremors, began straggling Into the town seeking shelter. Thousands of Italians all over
The prediction of Mr. William Wheeler, of Loution, that big upheaval would take place to- day or tomorrow in either Italy ur Japan sunt thousands Italians into the open country.
In the Italian
soune of several
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