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Washington, March 13.
Dacca, Pakistan, March 14,
A well-informed neutral source in the capital of East Bengal said today that India and Pakistań ara about as close to conflagration as they have ever baan.
The problem of averting war and the settlement of current. Hindu-Moslem and economic troubles will require wise statesmanship, he said.
One of the original mem-
The possibility of war-dis- The general opinion of Mostems bers of the United Statesi
cussed for months by some in East Pakistan, is that the pre- Atomic Energy Commission, sections of the public appear-sent disturbances are part of an Mr. Lewis L. Strauss, does ed to move nearer reality when Pakistanis my, would be to divert Indian plan. One objective. not think that there is any the Indian Prime
Minister the
United
altention from the
basis to fear that hydrogen Jawaharlal Nehru, declared last Council's Nations Security bomb warfare would destroy month that if his suggestions Kashmir question. Associated the world.
for settling differences between Press, the two countries were rejected by Pakistan "other methods" would be necessary.
Although Mr. Nehru denied
Mr. Sirauss, who is to retire from the Commission on May 15, expressed this opinion in a copy- right interview In "United this was a war threat, it excited States News Add World Report,” fecting in both East and West an independent weekly
newa Bengal, magazine.
Mr. Strauss said that H-bomb could devastate the size of cities-perhaps the kind of territory that be occupied by
Arriving in Calcutta, West
Bengal, last week, Mr. Nehru was of Bengal are ready to die tɔ save greeted by banners reading "Sens de- Bengal Hindus," and "Bengal
QUIRINO ON ASIAN TREATY
Manila, March 14. President Elpidio Quirino
no
"I do not think that there is any basis to fear that." he said when asked if he agreed with the theory that the world coulet destroy itself with the hydrogenmanda immediate armed interven-today praised a statement at- bomb.
tributed to the U.S. Ambas- tion to save East Bengal Hindus.
Since then, some leading polisador-at-large, Philip C. "Pollution of the world-to-such-ticians of India have joined in
Jessup, that the security of a point would entail an effort belligerent demands. far beyond that needed to wire n The most responsible leaders, the Atlantic and Pacific na- war between major Powers," he in both India and Pakistan, how-tions is indivisible. said.
ever, are scornful of wor ad- But the Philippines President vocates.
states that his proposed South the They know that war would only East Asia Union will have areas complicate the issues between the rallitary provisions. Many South even Moslems of Pakistan and the East Asla nations will refuse to could Hindus of India, and that both join any pact having as its pur- mobilised army countries would probably be pose a military alliance, he said. but he added that atomic weap- plunged into religious fighting for The "Manila Chronicle" quoted Mr. Quirino, who is resting at the over Official sources in New Delhi mountain resort of Bagulo,
sald today that 3,500 persons saying the Filipinos are a peace- have been killed in recent Mosful people and do not want to lem-Hindu disturbances in East fight.
"We will fight if comered," Bengal, the Moslem part of the
in the Mr.
Quirino than added province, 130,000 Hindus have fled. They
"Chronicle" report.
Other correspondents of Manila estimate
imate property damage at 0, 000,000 rupees.
newspapers covering the Presi- dent's daily reas
Press conferences at Bagulo gave similar reports, but He used by the
"Chronicle" article.
ons are not the only ones which behind the lines, bre modern threats to life
considerable areas. Man-made plagues and diseases are no less terrible to contemplate.
те
"It would not surprise to learn that there is a rela tionship between the
atomie explosion produced by Russia
last year and the secret atomia Information which Dr. Kinus
and that
more
These figures contrast
with
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European union a necessity
New York, March 13, Lord Layton, Vice-Presi dent of the European Assam - bly, declared here today that some form of politiani and economia union in Europe la _of_the_utmost urgency_and_ stressed that the problem of a united Europe had its ropor- cussions in Aalk.
"For example, France is in the first rank of the anti- Communist front in Europa and in Asia where, for the last last five years, she has been fighting in Indo-China for the common cause of the democracies," Lord Layton, who is touring America, told journalists.
"-bollave that at this mo. ment, when the question arises whether or not the Bo- viots, now dominating half of Europe, dominate all of Asia,
greater measure of unity in thought and action in the military and economia apheras becomes Imperative for the Atlantic peoples."
Lord Laylon is the Chair- man of the London Liberal papora, the "News Chronicle" and "Star."-Router.
SECRET MEETING OF SCIENTISTS
Ottawa, March 13. Latest Canadian developments in bacterial, chemical and Arctic will be dis- warfare and radar
three-day closed at a secret meeting of Canadian, American and British scientists here on Wednesday,
opening
None of the information will be made publle. Even if it were, one official said, it would be RO technical that the newspapers Probably would not print it.
The meeting is the second scientific conference sponsored by the defence departments and the three-year-old Research
Fuchs confessed he sent to the those given by East Bengal's Pre-without quoting the language Board. The first was held
Soviet Union" he said.
He estimates that a
prototype atomic power unit for ships will be completed within a few years, but it be considerably longer he- fore an atomic-powered plane can be produced,
acro-
can-
Aircraft at the moment not bear the weight of the thick, henvy barriers required to pro- tect the atomic power unit, said. Reuter.
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Mr. Quirino said plans for con- voking South East Asia Union conference to seitle de- tails of the Pakistanis hers talk war too
and it still i are progressing --but fron the standpoint of defence, the neutral source obBagulo within
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After that, Mr. Quirino sald, he that if India marches on Paki-will probably visit many South stan, the latter will march on East Asia nations, both to repay India
visits of their representatives here The East Bengal Premier de- and to stimulate interest in an clared last week that Pakistan exchange of cultural, economic does not want war "but if India and political ideals of mutual wants war she will and us fully benefit to this area. Associated
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