INFORMAL EMPIRE
TALKS ON
ON ISSUE OF RECOGNITION
SHAH TO ASK FOR MORE AID
Washington, November 17.
The Shah of Persia said to- day that he will certainly pro- pose to President Harry TrU- man an increase in American military aid to his country.
"Iran is important to the peace of the world and especially to the security of the Middle East,” the Shah told a Press conference his first meeting with reporters since his arrival on Wednesday on a goodwill visit
The youthful Shah said:
Iran's relations with Russia have improved a little lately.
2. Iran is interested in the Middle Eastern de- creation of fence pact similar to the North Atlantic Treaty "but that the time is slightly premature. Iran's economy should be strengthened first.
3. What impressed him about
the US. so far is the well-being of the people. "They have happy faces, are weli attired and logic friendly," he said.
4.
towards Iran's attitude Israel will be determined after discussions with other Moslem countries. Iran, over its long history, has always been tolerant to religious minorities.
5. He is rot looking for a bride during his visit here. The
London, November 17.
Informal consultations between Britain and other members of the Commonwealth are now going on for an early co-ordinated recognition of the Chinese Communist Government in' Pek- ing.
A conference of Commonwealth High Commis- sioners was held on November 15 at the For- eign Office, at which Commonwealth_repre- sentatives expressed the views of their Govern- ments on this question.
Mr.
Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, said in the House of Commons yesterday that no decision had been taken by the Government on this matter.
He added that the Govern-of American officials, particularly ment were still in consulta of Mr. Angus Ward, the Ameri- tion with friendly Govern who is still held in custody.
can Consul-General in Peking
ments and would take into ac- count all the relevant factors in reaching their conclusion
The Indian view on this ques- tion has been made clear by Pan- dit Jawaharlal Nehru not only at bis
press conference in New Delhi yesterday but also in his recent utterances in London.
He said at Delhi that a decision delayed. He also said that India -on this question cannot long be would naturally consult with other Powers on this matter but he made It clear that consultation did not was tying herself mean that India was up anyone in the matter of taking a decision
Pandit Nehru's utterances are taken
here to
mean that the India decision to recognise the new regime might come a little earlier than Britain and the other
early in January.
Grave Problem
all Powers are conscious et in
cans
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1949.
DON IDDON'S
DIARY
It Pays To Advertise
"New York, Tuesday. the American sky. No blimp Advice - to British. dollar-Boats by with its British trade seekers: Buy. blimps and hire, mark on its belly. Bing (Crosby). The only way to In presenting the argument sell goods in quatily to Ameri- | of advertising in the American is to advertise, dramatise, manner because it is plain that and publicise.
the subject has not occurred to To put over a product in the the British Treasury. American market and keep its Devaluation, which *13 sales at the peak it is necessary mean lower-priced British goods to buy radio time sign up croon here, was supposed to do the ers, comedians, and "name," | trat It won't
Fortunately, there is still hope bands; take whole-page advertise- ments in newspapers and na-here that we will get down to tional magazines; erect giant business, and there is faith that, electric sipas in Times-square; once we do so, we will solve our
skywriting planes to dollar famine.
up
to
the brand across the The sensational performance of beavens, mai hundreds of thou-Britain's De Havilland Comet bas sands of sales-postcards sad let-Americans applanding, and there ters to possible purchasers; mo is not an aircraft manufacturer bilise an army of super-saleunen har (who does not cavet this air- and door-to-door canvassers; and liner. People have harmed with trust in God.
relief from Atlee to De Bavil land
Our business men seem to be long only the last
It's not their fault,
ford Cripps and at Sir Star
son
would
undoubtedly show them the door if they requested dollar allotments to hire the ser- vices of Frank Sinatra and Jack Benny
Warning To Idlers
No American doubts British brains, skill, and character. In fact, at the moment, with steel and coal strikes tying the coux- try into knots, some citizens are warning the idlers that Britain will steal a march on the United States unless they get back to
work.
boxers could beat the current crop of American fighters? Anyway, there are none to beat at the pre-
at moment.
'And, a letter from. Johannes - burg in the same newspaper calls me "The ambassador of hate." Even the Continental Daily Mail receives its quota of insults to Iddoo, and a letter which arrived the other day denounces me for writing such venom and snake's spit"
pil Thanks, friends, for the happy birthday greetings.
It will take me some time to sort out this mass of mail, but everyone will receive a reply.
In New York the great femi- nine debate continues on the new fashion and figure dictates for
It
Womed
seems that the latest look
.back as may have them girls, with short-cropped hair and fringes, boyish figures Lat
as a board without bustles: or bosoms, dead white', skins' without rouge, and cupid bow
zxxxLbs.
But the trend is gaining.
Sounds horrible, doesn't
Flapper Returns
it?
All over town women are
shearing off their hair, wearing hats like upside-down flower pots, erasing their hips to vanish- ing point, and generally throw- ing off all excess upholstery, The
back-short- flapper is skirted, strident, and somewhat sickening.
One serious problem which
giving recognition too soon in advance of other major Powers is the official position of China as one of the "Big Five" with a permanent seat on the Security Council with the power of veto. Applications for dollars to It would be embarrassing for secure Walter Winchell's name to faced with a the world o
to be a long-term radio contract, to where the
There is gloomy talk of 10.- to bawl quire Berle (Milton) would be recognised by present delegation of China on it up Amos and Andy, to ac-
000,000 some of
unemployed by Christ- "Buy British" over his television the Powers and not by others
mas, of the worst economic para- programme would be relentlessly The official recognition of the new turned down.
lysis since the great depression. regime by one Power, like
Faced by these bleak facts by any India, for instance, who is now
Americans are saying, with chill a member of the Security Coun
How They Do it
ing maninity, that there will be cil, will immediately bring
no more free rides for European this problem before that body at
But that is the way American straphangers. The impulse has the next meeting
firms sell their goods to the Am-gune out of the Marshall Plan. It is argued, therefore, by pali.erican public.
Heard around town: The Rus-
He says
went to play observert
that recognition They spend millions of dollarssian claim that Stalia invented Hamlet. I'd love to do it with a when
the United Nations is disputed, wonderful director. Maybe less about the same time.
They will engage anyone, from but everyone admits his delega-will From most of the Powers it is a President's wife to a music
tion often acts like be owns it
wish Charles Laughton generally accepted that early in hall to sell their
goods. News from the Far East suggests would come back to the British Hong Kong may be the stage. A wonderful character death
T
....
Shah said. "I do not think this Commonwealth Powers, possibly ticat comes will come more or per year on advertising.
is part of an official visit”
The Shat is 30, and eligible since divorcing his former Queen." Fawzia, sister of Egypt's King-Associated Press,
Polio Victim Invents New
The Indian Ambassador in Nanking is now in Delhi and the Indian Government might well
reports.
Broadway is still relying on the British to bolster the season. The talented Welshman Emlyn Wil- liams is here.
I
take a decision after hearing his 1950 is the date beyond which re Nothing and no ote is sacred to that impil of Chiang. The ex- actor. We have some good young |
Nehru's Views
Pandit Nehru is known to hold the view that it would be wrong to think of the Mao Tse-tung re- gime in China as "stooge of Rus sia" or being subservient to Mos- Tse-
COW.
Iron Lung It was true that.
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Mao tung and his regime are 100 per cent Commu
munist in ideology, but Stockholm. November 17.
account the history taking into Yngve Freiberger, a Swedish structural engineer struck down and the tradition of the Chinese
same
nation,
apart
to
from its sheer by infantile paralysis at the numbers, and also studying the
time as his wife one
it would be a mistake week after they were married, count of Communism in that
country. has invented a new iron lung, think that China could not and would not follow an independent said to be cheaper, simpler and
national policy,
whatever the more efficient than the old
Details are still secret but it ideology on which it would be has been tested successfully in this atatuman's epidemic of the disease in Sweden
The inventor is still in hospital paralysed in the arms and upper part of his body. He has to use an iron tung every night. His wife is paralyzed in the legs.
Freiberger, who built the new lung with the help of Dr. Lars Rudbeck, will demonstrate at a medical congress here soon..-****
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Pandit Nehru in his London conferences stressed the point that the Chinese people have strong individuality which re- fused to submerge under any outside influence. It would be unrealistic to consider the ques tion except on the basis of the Chinese nation
cognition cannot be long post-salesmanship. poned. Reuter.
CHURCHILL SUPPORTS PEKING RECOGNITION
(Continued from Page 7)
Am
At the moment comedians, cllement in Alaska has changed people coming up in Britain clergymer. college professors, the hit tune to "Baby, It's Gold Paul Scofield and Richard Bur- Jugglers, film stars. Crooners, Outside." The latest strapless ton." commentators, boxers, strip- gown gives the appearance that Williams is starring here teasers, dress designers, and de-
its wearer hasn't her heart in it. Lilifan Heilman's "Montserrat." butantes are selling American
The British picture "Passport goods over the radio and tele-
to Pimlico" got wonderful notices vision programmes.
here. While our politicians get thumbs down, our actors get cheers.
What are we doing to sell Eri- tish goods to American custom ile added, "But must sayers? How are we going about cuite plainly, after considering the job of getting the dollars? the French position as well as I have to report, sadly, that I that of the United States, that have yet to hear the name of a
to it Beema me that no Gov- British product being shouted or ernment in this country
after whispered from my radio set. I have not seen a British slogan on
of
this one is likely to carry on the official Socialist policy my television screen.. dismantling.
been It has 25
No aeroplane writes the signa-
pursued up to the present" ture of a British manufacturer in Mr. Churchill said that the Labour Party had completely lost influence as a Party in Europe this Soviet prison camp", Mr. and was regarded in bewilder-
Churchill declared "I cannot feel ment by their own best friends.
But steady progress had been that there is any Government in made in the field of European Europe less deserving of being chosen to be on the Security being real unity, which had been his theme
Counci.” Zurich in 1946. factor in any future develop since he spoke
ment.
"Prison Camp"
Mr. Churchill urged the Gor Mr. Bevin did not deny yester-ernment to make every effort to day that the recent conference of see that no time was lost in ad British representatives in the Farmitting Germany to the Assembly East had recommended a policy of of Europe. early recognition, but he "could not guess the speed w
with which everybody will move."
According to a
to a reliable source, at Tuesday's conference of Com
representatives, the India view was in favour of an
recognition, "the sooner the
monwealth
Cariz
"I am sure that it would be of great benefit if the next meeting
Birthday Notes
The customers and clients have written in large numbers to me now that the Diary has entered
its seventh year. Most wish the
column well. Others have out- dane themselves in abuse.
Shock On The Air But the most discussed British
New York
con- Some of this vilification has personality in
tinues to be the fabulous A. E even crept into print. An edi~
starring torial from the Chicago Tribune Matthews,
in uzes, entitled "Beggars Abuse" says M'Lord"
The other night he went on a "The syndicated stories put out by the London Daily Mail-a radio programme sponsored, as Conservative newspaper, inciden- all programmes here are, by a Matthews tally, are too lengthy to be re-big commercial firm printed.
They consist in large blasted the product and staggered of part
abuse of Americans, the audience and the sponsors. American institutions, and the The slapstick American come- dians Olsen and Johnson are in- American way of life.
"Comments vary from descrip- terested in the American produc- tions of the obscene wallowing of tion of British Christmas panto the people of this country in the mime. Georgie Wood is behind Churchill said that the threatened cial breakdown to slurs at Gen-
Turning to the Balkans, Mr. facts of British Socialism's finan- the project.
raised ¦ eral MacArthur and the assertion position of Yugoslavia
that British heavy-weights can very directly that of Albania.
There certainly seemed to be a whip the current crop of Ameri- danger point at the present time, can fighters." he commented.
Now, Colonel
McCormick, whenever did I say that British
Mr. Churchill ridiculed the fact that Britain had an Ambassador of the Asserhbly could be brought in Moscow and not one in Mad- forward so that the introduction rid.
of German representatives could "The individual Spaniard has at the earliest moment become an a much happier and fuller life accomplished fact," he declared.. than the individua] Russia or Pakistan and South Africa are:
Mr. Churchill criticised the Pole or Czechoslovak”, he said, not known to have any particular support given by the Government "I don't suppose 10 members views on the question and are to candidature of Czechoslovakia of this House, if they had to de- said to be ready to fall in line, to the United Nations Semrity cide by tomorrow morning whe- with the general policy of the Council saying, “Not one of the ther they would rather live the other Powers.
French Attitude While New Zealand is said to bave expressed strong views against recognition of the "Com- munist aggression”, Australia was said to be in favour of recognition on conditions based on adequate guarantees of British interests in
Hong Kong.
The British Government's view, according to political observers here, is not said to consider any specific guarantees from the Communist Government
es the British position is well understood in international law and practice France, according to informed French opinion here, is said to be steadily moving nearer pality of recognition for Mao Tse- tung on the advice of her Am bassador in China although the French High Commissioner in Indo-China is known to
oppose such a step in view of its possible
sions 02 the Indo-China:
150 far as is known,
•vinum amorican! opinión - is said to be still hard against the Communists, Mr. Dean Acheson, the American Secretary of State, scouted the idea of the United States "recog nking the Communist Govern- ment now the grounds of the -Peking Government's treatment
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