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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, August 13, 1940..
LOOKING BACK TO POTSDAM: A LANDMARK IN HISTORY
THE RED
CROSS AND THE WHITE
By TOM POCOCK
A new kind of war history was published last week.. Written by Hilury St. George Saunders, the House of Commons libra- rian, tells the story of the 19:39-45 war from a new angie
that of the unhappy vidual. :
On July 17, 1945. in Pots- dam. President Truman told
the Mr. Churchill that
atom bomb had been tested success- fully in America; in the deserts of New Mexico.
By FRANCIS SULLEY
Mr. Truman came to a city which the Russians had taken. They were guarded by Russian troops und police. Even the food for the State, banquets Came Moscow.
aro
In point of fact, it's not the
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After The Balfe Under
A Mr. Burton has a notion fa try out a steel ball 6,000 feet u der the
sea. Just to find what's in an ocean?
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According to aig dravellers ar- from riving at Mantia, defence pre- putations in Hong Kong And when Stallo pake bo-feverish: Mr. Churchill and the President| illusion, strain and danger between the Conference and his agreed that I must be used tween the Western Allies and the secret billet. Mr. Ernest Bev haste, it's the humidity, oghinst the Japanese to spare the Soviet Union, years in which lie was forbidden to look out of the livos cr 500,000 Americans and of attitude of Britain to
Russia window. 260,000 British
who would
And be changed from allmilcation
Frederick The Grent's imitation i Latent reports show that foot killed if Japan had to be con- sympathy to distrust and anti- Versailles in Polacton was not prices have moved upward arain, quered by an Allied Army, Hav-pathy.
selected for the meeting place by Housewives hat already heard ing so decided filey fold Mc. The trouble khil begin earlier. lie tussians.
this fact of life from rough boys Stalin that the Japanese would In 1943 Stalin pressed for America
They chose a modern palace in the food shops. be attacked by use of an explo- | and Britain to open, a Second which the Crown Prince, "Litte sive of unexampled power,
Front in the West, disregarding Willie," had built for his wife. the For this alone
Potsdam their contribution in eliminating I looked across some lakes to Conference would be α major | 700,000 of Hitler's udit troops in Babelsberg, where the Western landinark in history. But even North Africa and tailing to com- delegations were housed in the of the prehend the difficulties which villus of Berlin profifcera whoin without the introduction
in the Russians had eléctori. stem bonib, Potsdam was a meet even in 1944 made victory
Naturally, the Conteressen was ing of unexampled drama and of Normandy precarious and slow. indi-conrequences which will perplex In 1941 Stalin istued a state chielly creupied in discussing the
mankind for flie rest of the 20th ị ment of policy which pledged the Grimugs, and how they should be There were disturbahree when relary.
Soviet Union to peaceful relations made to pay for the erlings they the Red Flag whs displayed 'in 1 with all States irrespective of lui committed or condoned, their political systems, and
Berlin during recent, sirikes.
on the. Fifteen days talk on liist sub-| am fold it all depends non-Intervention in the internal jeet bright decisions to decen point of hue. affairs of other States. Yet he trafise Getman government, break set up an alternative Government up the cartels, divide the country of a Communist character for into ones, each pecupied by un Poland.
Ally, let Russin compensate her- In Feliciary. 1945. Stalin met self in the Eastern zone and give Mr. Churchill and Mr. Hoosevelt her a share in the factory plant at Yalta in the Crimea. The to be removed from tlie Western fingers of death were on Roose- velt. With the atom bomb un- tested he feared the probable length and cost of the war against Japan.
It is called "The Red Cross and Walte," and it is the history ut the Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and The Order of St. John of Jerusa- Jeni
When M. Churchill, Mr. Eden and Mr. Attlee loft Lonton for Potsdunt the country was voting for a new House of Commons to replace the glorious but tired House, which after nine and half years of service in peace and war bad been aksolved on June Shloing through this record of 15. On July 25, with the Po prison camps and parcels, dresam Conference unfinished, these sing-stations and displaced per-tuce statesmen came back to nons in one overwhelming theme London as comrades for the de-
people are people, whichever claration of the polls. (side they took in the battle.
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On recorded incidesit took place
after the shooting Jurd With , the Australian
stopped. A colums of dispinced miners returning to work on persons were being repatriated to Monday, we can await the Russian-occupied Hungary In a lt of Mr. Calwell's de-column of about 500 horse-drawn wagons. The Red Cross welfare officer who necompanied them takes up the story:
claration that first the strike would be broken and then the Communist party in the do- "My interpreter came to me at minion would be destroyed. the head of the column with the that sonic Mongolina It is not a pledge easy to ful news fil, but the minister is known soldiers hat stolen a small calt from one of the wagona, Rus. or his implacable determina-nian officers Just laughed, but my White Russian interpreter said:
tion.
'Leave it to me."
The
Churchill Out
On July 20 an credulous world learnt that Mr. Churchill was defeated and had resigned.
On July 28, Nr. Atlee, with the newly appointed Foreign Sec- retory, Mr. Bevin, set out again for Potsdam to continue, with the equally untested Mr. Truman, the contest with Mr. Stalin,
Kanes.
Japon Gives In
10 TC- wished establish Gerinany's Industries. The American plan was to reduce her
IL purely agricultural Mr. Churchill, too, come back from
Yalta wormly defending America svou found that she Russia's good fotth, and declar need not been so considerate fr ing that the Conference iussia, for Hirohito surrendered secured the freedom, indiepen dence, integrity and sovereignty of Poland.
No one then To ensure Rusalón ük In that, he was prepared to leave unquestioned Russin's intentions in Eastern Europe.
Do August the Potsdam Con- ference closert its sittings and published an outwardly favour- able report. But on August 10, speaking in the new Parliament, which sting the Debate on the Address, Mr. Churchill
the
country.
three days after Russia took up arms against the 3npariese armies.
By September, 1945, when tho Foreign Ministers met a first time in London, the conillet between East and West was patent,
Mr. Mulatov applied himself to } emphasising this. He refused to admit Fratice and China la the talks in London. He refused even to sign the record of pro- ceedings.
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Some of our local types were advertisement intrigued by starting "The fastest racket in the world. It turned ord, how- ever, to be only about those in- play with which to plements tennis.
A Presidential Precaution My name it is Truman. Some call nie "old woman"
Hitle 1 care what is saki... And late every night
Ere I put out the light
I blways look under the bed. I like to be careful, And feel a bit fearful In ense
should find there- A RED!
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Ideus
for
Bathing
"Now Benches."
Brine-waves?
Mr. Stalin had his own inter- pretation of "Independence" and
"democratic of the
elections" Ynita Conference Bs, promised, but he did not say what said the results he meant by such words, nor did of the Potsdam Conference were his partners press him to do so. not free from disappointment and
Yet from that day to this he xfely. Tragedy, he said, was as chosen to regard the Yalta unfolding itself behind the Iron decisions, as also those of Pots-
it went on from that day
In 300 B.C. Five Genti are co- Curtam,
dam, as unchangeable, and 15 to this. Mr. Bevin went to Mos- ported to have come to Canton
eltonde capable of no interpretation save cow. Mr.
riding through space on rams 15 "Peace Conference" in Paris? found it.
Now all the great geniuses are irrational, inmovable and un-riding off through space to Tai
Werl uz Wan aid points founders,
The provisional frontier
axed
Attlee
The problem of rooting out Red influence in the trade ile called the poor woman off
wagon. She
Was crying unions is much the same
betterly. He called the Mongo for Poland was not a good augury that which Moscow puts on them. Always they found the Russions everywhere, but in a demo-an soldier who still held the live for the peace of Europe. cracy it is not easy. Britain call in his arins, and said to hini
"Your mother was a farmse. } nation is a typical case, a
expect? where, tolerance is probably the most firmly entrenched
"My mother
calves."
City of Gorama
It
Russian Illusion Such opintons were distasteful to Labout MPs. But on August The selling of the Potsdam grateful. until ni last Stalin 20 Mi. Berin also told the House Conference confirmed the Rus- tried a 12 months trial of strength that although Britain's new Glov plans in their Illusion that they in Berlin and failed to wear down farerament accepted the Potsdam had won the war single-handed either the patience of the Western
decisions, one form of totall- and that the Western Allies ap- Allies or the resolution of the Seated round the fire one San- tarianism Wus replacing another peared as supplicants or at least Berliners.
day afternoon, with old Mrs. in Bulgarin, Rumania and Hun-ns dilatory and unsuccessful col- Even how he seems unwilling | gy, and that this was not whint Infiorators who had falled to keep to come to terms or to make in Maver asleep in an armchair, wo
cessions to restore the former be- | had a the British Government under- their pledges and deserved no re-
long discussion about bred the best stood by democracy.
words.
llef of the British people in his church musle. Mrs. Stewart of the
Braon Mr. Churchill, Mr. Atilee und i good intentions,
eventually said loudly, So began four years of dis-
Itke Stalder and Parry, but I.. canna 'thole Jackson,"
Kval
*Nobody must steal one of your motiter's calves?”
"My mother was a good of all traditions. The idea mer replied the Mongolian.
**Your
mother bred that anyone should be dis-
calves"" criminaled against for hold ing political opinions has long been regarded with abhor rence, nowhere more so than in the labour movement,
Tolerance, however, has its limits, and cannot reasonably be carried to the point of self-destrucifon. An un scrupulous minority must be prevented from exploiting the "I would burn his houso agit, forebearance of the majority take two calVCB."
"Nobody dare steal eno or my Father's calves."
"What would you do if seine. body atole one of your mother's calves?"
ONE MARKET WHICH
IS
REALLY
The acute disproportion between sumption in homes and industry has meant rationing coal in 4 country where the Government
BLACK
By ALEC COOPER
1
Old
MIF
Maver suiklenly sat
up and sald, "But I like Jack-
Afterwards Mr. Stewart said, nivver kent she unnerstood onnything about mude." Nor did she-the good woman was rofer- ring to the grocer at the far end Britain and the United Macintosh In the States.
elicated her. Within two months, 40 young Turkish engineers will visit Eng-
from
anal street
list coal mines for a period of Tangled Threade extension study before taking Egypt's premier, wants Marshall delivery of mechanical equipment aid. The U.S., i not likely to to be used in their, minds.
financing a com- cottori on to Turkish coal mining
petitor. before and after fion at whe hips been in the throes of a per- petual state of financiat embaras see the Dalni Lama has been ment. It is only now that the lamaiing Into Communism, But
CH- Whit
-happen, will actually industry has launched into penditure on long-term improves Buddha only knows. ments to raise its goneral eficiency and output.
Turkish collieries, State- which invaded Anatoliu during the best methods and proptice of the village. She always sall owned like so many branches the second millennium B.C. and in order to gain the power My interpreter then turned in of industry in the country, are cultivated mining.
The State has taken the initia- which will enable its own in- the old woman and said to the ache for the Government, and plans, not only for meeting in-
developing into a minor head-
tive wild prepared extensive ialerance to be given full soldier: "This mother is crying."
are u source for criticism by ternat demund by 1932, and reign.
The Mongolian replied: "She Opposition
and population Towards the end of last must not cry: I put the calf back."like. year the General Council of starched up and down the convoy put and rapidly rising con- And then, with his comrades, he Britain's Trades Union Con-trying to find or steal another calt ress decided that the limit to give the old lady as recompense had been reached, and that for the trouble he had caused her. the time had come to take
This book maker beartening vigorous action against the reading during Cold Wartime, disruptive activities of the
(The Red Cross and the White, Communists within the trade by Hilary St. George Saunters, unions. The general secre- Hollis and Carter.) tury said then: "We have been patient, perhaps too patient. But we shall fight
Agricultural
this issue through to a finish." Experiment In
That is what is happening: the battle is on.
small but
at-
faction was thus able to cap- ture enough votes to place its own men in key positions.
North Africa
come in,
research French
to such thousands for ni- vertising, calling on the popula tion to burn coke, instead of weca and charcoal, which had become scarce owing to nisuse of the country's forest reserves.
Working three shifts and pro- ducing 4,000,000 tons, a year,
amassing reserves for emergency. but also of being able to export to neighbouring countries.
The first export experiment was to Switzerland, in 1945, but lack of coal on the home front After her experience citringi "Four torpedo type bombs give has made further exports inpos- the dark days if the Oftynan Manila workers a holiday." alble for the time being. 1
Empire, Turkey is now shying Just think what our utomic Now with the help of ERP away from thights of foreign friend could have done... compared with 500,000 bc- (around £3,000,000), funds are concerrions to raise the standard industrial fore the usuglamation of the Re-nyailable for modernisation and of her various new public,
3,500,000 before extctisión, and nationalisation, the State Is selling coal at a loss, and it further cut in the meagre ration
in sight.
and
Lack Of Equipment "When in the Sahara do as tho It was wartime conditions Romana did" appears to be the
Production is seriously held up that favoured the efforts of stoga behind a new agricultural
The Colliery Administration by the acute lock of equipment. has declared a deficit of £1,000,-
Pneumatic picks, cutler-loaders, the Communists. Many union experiment in North Africa. 000 during 1948, because an in- slobbing and stripping, and other
were poorly
Two years meetings
ago, British Im-crease in prices would influence type of power machines have not migrants were tended by workers exhausted the Sahart to new homes in South of all other commodities.
trekking across the already sky-rocketing prices yet reached Turkish collieries. Is Underground transportation by long hours of work, the Africa. To-day G.D. McCormick With the raising of the lving
silt largely confined to mulės, strain of air raids, etc. Ahas discovered that 講 steady standard of the urban population, though several flame-proof dieset
with well organised stream of French and Arab im previously satisfied
Wood
locomotives have
intra- been migranta is loving the civil and charcoal, but now glamour- duced. tion of towns and cities to set up ing for more and more coke, con The several dozen head-lampt house in the desert.
sumption has so far overstepped in the entire basin are for ex- Which
Romane output that distribution is to be clusive use the is where
of engineers Since 1945 the tendency in Sehara: is not as inhospitable as coke at triple it already which, although detecting fire-
Apparently ever the severely controlled
visiting dignitaries. The miner. But a flourishing black market still uses obsolete flame lamps, Britain has been for Com one might think. By
• By – extentİve munist influence to decline;
high offcial price of £4 the too damp, offer poor lighting, and administrators: in but the TU.C. decided to North Africa Have discovered tint und fods ready takers.
because there are too few hel Added to home confumption,mets to go round, he wears a take action in view of the the Romans grow crops succes3-
there is the modernisation and soft cap or beret. policy which the Kremlin lild fully-most parts of the desert, extension of the country's indus
Another handicap to the mining down to hamper economic the French asthorities
To make history repeat itself try and her rall and sea trans-industry is the inadequacy recovery in Western Europe couraging
the port and coaling station of at trishy people as pos
Zonguldak," "Four of the six col- and throughout the Common-sible to garm in the Sahara. Each
llory regions which make up thờ wealth. It was an insidious family of settlers will be given.
basin
on the sea, yat only 160 alive but very real form of war- among other things,
Zonguldak kas mechanical loading trees with all facilities for olive Turkish coal mining, which has equipment of low coppelty, and fare, using traitorous nation-
pressing. Subsidies will be granted a short but colourful history, this virtually no docking facilities. als in each country as its to those prepared to do their own year celebrated its centenary, and Louding of coal in the other agents.
planting.
the 120th anniversary of the dla three regions is by barges, with covery of coal on Turkish soll by almost no loading operation pos- nn ex-sallor, who went down in Turkish history by the descripserie during the stormy winter tive name of Uzun Mehmet (Meh- This situation is now being remedied; and: about: -£2,000,000 met the Tall).
Uzun Mehmet had to pay dearly as been allotted for construc for his only but important, con- tion, of a modern port. Other tribution to the rise of modern regions: West of Zonguldak withe Turkey. He was assassinated by Flinked by rail, to another new unscrupulous businessmen.
Today. Turkey's nationalised harbour, Ereğli, so that the transportation problem will, it is of her hoped, cease to be a handicap by Heighbours in the
The Five Year economic fields. ¡ Plan of 1030 four years prior to
ave on- port.
There has been incitement the settlers
Meanwhile, first: reports from indicate that the fa and support of unofficial modern pioneers vellube able to strikes which weaken the make the desert "blossom like a machinery of negotiation, an- rose" oddally as well as the couragement of any and Romans did.
every wage demand which
destroys the agreed wages within the unions to advo- policy of the trade union cafe their owri industrial movementntrepreseätation policy. There has been of the campaign for in suggestion that such activities creased productivity: imenilar, tutduld be › suppre to sabotage the
effort to stand on its
feet again
• Conservatiu
Roman Cath
some kind of
atteftibn Siri
Five-Year Plan
nominek are well 10 social and), 1985.
complete nationalisation
Collieries, provided for develop-
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