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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1950.
Mrs. Roosevelt's views on China
Lake Success, March 29.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt thinks it is futilè to argue about backing the Nationalist China government of Chiang Kai-shok.
The late President's widow contends that the Chi- nese conflict is a 'question for the Chinese people to decide.
As for Chinese representa- She stated her views at a lun- tion in the UN, she says, the cheon given by the UN Correspon- full 59-nation General Assem-dents Association and insisted that bly may have to make the de- the spoke na a private citizen, cision. Sixteen UN members now recognise Red China.
One in 20 Japanese deranged
of
Mrs. Roosevelt, Chairman the UN Commission on Human Rights and an American delegato at every UN General Assembly, did not suggest a course for the future US. polley on China, say- ing it should be carefully thought out,
the
The Soviet delegation In Human Rights Commission walked out twe days ago in protest against the continued presence of the Nationalist - Chinese,
Mrs. Roosevelt said the Russians wert glad to have an excuse to leave
Tokyo, March 30, Approximately five per cent, the Commission because they did or one out of every 20 Japanese, not want a covenant on human are 'mentally deranged, accord-rights. But she added that she did Ing to a survey recently con- not expect them walk out of dueled by the Public Health the UN for good. The Russian Bureau of the Welfare Minis- walk-out and strike has hit 17 UN try, reports a leading Tokyo organs including the three main newspaper, the "Yomiuri Shim- councils. bun" today.
Most of the 4,000,000- Japancs suffering froin mental disease are hot confined to mental institutions, There are only 121 hospitals with a total of 17,410 beds in that entire nation.
The Ministry said the Welfare Committee of the House of Coun- cillors is now preparing a mental health bill to relieve this situation,
Mrs. Roosevelt answered ques- tions at the luncheon, devoting much of her time to the Chinese issue. Several hours later, in response to queries from reporters who were in dispute as to what issued an she said exactly, "she amended statement to the Press.
Desertions
INDIAN PRESIDENT
from the APPEALS FOR
armed forces.
Londen, March 20. The Minister of National Defenca, Emanuel Shinwall oxpressed his concern today at 19,477 desertions from Bel- tain's armed forces since 1945.
He promland the House of Commons that he wit con- duat
Just an inquiry to fin the DAUSO.
At prezent, desertions are running, at the rate of 8,000 monthly, Mr. Shinwall said. Of the total number of de- serters, over 10,000 came from the felch Republio,—Associat od Prows.
TAN SAYS WAR NOT IMMINENT
Singapore, March 29. A third world war is not imminent. Friendly co-opera- tion between China and the USSR will help to maintain world peace and frustrate the designs of warmongers, de- clared Mr. Tan Kah-kee, 72- year-old millionaire. ·
CALM
Now Delhi, March 29. ›
The President of Indió, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, in his first broadcast to- night to the Indian people since his assumption of office two months ago, oxpressed the hope that the discussions of the Prime Ministers of Pakistan and India, which aro to bogin héro on April 2, will prova fruitful.
He appealed to Indians not to do or say anything which might have the
effect of poisoning the atmosphere.
:
ODDS ON RUSSIAN ATTACK
The President referred to recent events in East and West Bengal and said ho knew the terrible sufferings which all those who had had to migrato in their hundreds of thousands are undergoing. The Indian Government is! "Especially it is our responsi trying its best to render such bility to give that full sense of relief as is possible. "But," he security to minorities who dwell said. "the question is not only in this country. Every failure to one of relief, it goes very give it is a failure of the Govern- much deeper and has to be ment to that extent and no ox- tackled in such a way as to
"A distinguished make such relief unnecessary. Mr. Alexander Cameron, Presl- "India and Pakistan are two dent of the Bengal Chamber of neighbours and it is in the - Commerce, met his death at the' terests of both that friendly rela-honds of the mob in trying to tions should be maintained and protect his servant. nothing should be done on elther side of the border to inflame pas- stuns and create exeltement. by
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Wild talk
London, March 29, Lord Vansittart, former Chief Diplomatic Adviser to the Government, sald today "Many eltizens and nationals of that it is his considered judg- our country have also met their ment that the odds are on a death at the hands of the evildoers Soviet war of aggression and others who had been led rather than against it. away by passion and prejudice. in committing deeds which cannot possibly be excused.
wor
"All my life I have never seen. any nation preparing for "I should like to express our quite so overtly as the Soviet Government's deep sorrow for Union", he told the House of these unhappy and deplorable Lords.
am no less grieved therefore the frenzy which has over- taken some
of our people and which has been responsible for barbarous and unpardonable acts,
Appealing
Indions for The Overseas Chinese leader, restraint and tolerance, the rest
toured Communist dent said that Pandit Nehru, the who recently China and became a member of Indian Prime Minister, and his the People's Consultative Com- colleagues are fully conscious of mittee in Peking, addressed the the implications of the problems Commerce. It was his first public to do all in their power to restore Singapore Chinese Chamber of facing them and are determined
statement since his return.
conditions. normal The world is at present divided The people could best help that
Nehru At the luncheon she said this in into two camps the Imperialists, Government, he added, by allow
like the United States, who are ing it a free hand to deal with selfish, amblilous and warlike, and the situation in the way it con- the socialists, like Soviet Russia, siders best and by not embarrass-multitude and who are canalderate and peace-ing it by lawless activities. loving," he stated.
The Welfare Ministry consider: the problem of mental disease aber cominent on China: second in Importance to tuber- The Nationalist government eulosis from a
national health was given an opportunity to form standpoint.
a representative government. The Nationalists were given an ample opportunity to make reforms and It must choose between the two." "China cannot sit on the fence. appeal to the masses of the Chi- Mr. Tan revealed that the Chi- nese people. They did not do it,nese Communist armies, number- The Communist success cannot be ing 6,000,000 including 2,000,000 said to have been reached entire- former Nationalist soldiers, arc ly with help from Russia. They now being demobilised.
LATE are largely based on the weak-
To support the Nationalist govern- ment seems futile. It is up to the General Assembly to make the decision (on representation) and not other organisationa In the UN."
-Reuter,
VIETMINH ON MALAYAN WAR
Salgon, March 20. The Illegal Communist-con- trolled Vietminh General Work- ers' Union here has issued
a manifesto on Malayan military operations in. terms similar to British those Issued by the Communist Party.
The Vietminh statement, prin- ted secretly and distributed widely, deelured that "warkers i must refuse to unland ships ut Saigon carrying Anglo-American war materials for French and Bao Dal traitors."
It added "Our French and Anglo-Australian comrades will refuse to load war material for the Vietnam as they refused to load for the Dutch imperialists in Indonesia,
"Saigonese youth-report. for duty to
Vietminh dis- your trict headquarters. Intellectual collaborate students-refuse to with the puppet regime.
occurrences which bring dia- credit upon us."
He was urging resoluté precau- The fact that an excited and tions against Communist innitra- tion into public service and other Impassioned crowd Pandit
misbehaved. enough, but it was far worse for public life. salt, was
branches of British bad important some people, by speech or writ ing, to exelte
Lord Jowitt, the Lord Cliance)- and infame thetor, replying for the Government, Induce, them to said he strongly suspects that commit evil.
Britain is more free from Com- There had been far too much) munism than any other country. wild talk and wild writing withi- The situation in Howrah and} out thought given to what it Jie made these other points:
areas out meant and what the consequences
The membership of the Commu-
Howrah quiet
be might be. "No Government nist Party in Britain has remain-
nesses of the National government, demobiilsed and have taken to stances of assaults an individuaiement to disorder which we have no reason to think that it is in-
Seventy-four Communists and Fascists had been removed from
othér rlet-affected Ride Caloutta continues to quiet, a West Bengal Govern- worthy of its name can tolerate, cd fairly constant at about 40,000 mont communique said tonight. the public disorder and the incite for a good many years. There is numbers have been Apart from a few isolated in-
seen recently.
creasing, forming and other work. Those there has been no serious incident, "The Government of which I still in the Army have to take part but outside the elty some cases have the honour to be the Prime their posts in the Government's in some kind of production or of arson were reported and a Minister is determined not to other when not engaged in fight-strong police force had been sent tolerate this and I am sure this purge in the last two-and-a-half- ing"
to deal with the situation there. House and the country will give Mr. Tan intends to return
In a prepared slatement to the their full support and co-opera- Red China in two months. He Indian Parliament in New Delhi tion to the Government in this Mrs. Roosevelt agreed that this will remain there, two months be today, the Prime Minister, Pandit task."-Router.
fore returning. He proposes Nehru, sald there had been an regularly between improvement in the district sincè and Communist China.
was what she had sold.
non.
Futile argument Then, in the added statement, she said:
"To argue support or .support of the Nationalist gov- ernment Boems futlla. This A question for the Chinesa people to decide. It is up to the Gene- ral Assembly to make the deci. slon (on representation) if other
3
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do
work,
Associated Press.
to
were
The
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ASSASSINATION TRIAL IN SOFIA
.
1
Twenty-six
years. Reuter.
Beirut, March 29, Two harmless fireworks let off today in the street in which the British Legation here stands, led to reports that a bomb had been, thrown at the Legation building. -Reuter.
Singap
While in Peking he was offered the troops were moved in. the chairmanship of the Overseas military authorities are now in Chinese Commitice. He turned it, control of the area and the dis- down because he did not wish to trict has been quiet, become involved in administrative] „... Reviewing the position before.
the troops
Sofia, March -29. moved into Howrah, Fondit
Ald
Yugoslav and Nehru the situation there and in some Bulgarian "spics and diversion- parts of West Bengal had become ists" went on trial here today FOR GREATEST serious and on Monday the West on charges of plotting to assas- Bengal Government had asked sinate Marshal Klementi Voro- the military nuthorities' to take shilov, Soviet Vice-Premier, charge In Howrah from a law and and members of the Bulgarian order point of view.
Cabinet.
LOAN TO BURMA
CALLED WASTE
The indictment says that they were recruited by the Trotskyite
RECORDING PLEASURE
See and Hear
the Assembly could net in speelal She said at the luncheon that
Canberra, March 29, Mr. W. S. Kent-Hughes (Con- "Rather inaccurately, this has ssion or in the regular session. The next regular Assembly meets servative) told the House of been described as the promulga
September.
Representatives today that he On American policy
toward would rather see, the £6,000, promulgation has taken place and spy in Bulgaria, according to the China, she said the report of the 000 the Commonwealth is lend- therefore, technically, there is n Bulgarian newe ngency. Ambassador-at-Largo, Philip Cing to Burma thrown into the gut we have given the largest activities and planning to bomb
martial law.
They are accused of terrorist Jessup,
must be studied carefully sea than have it used to suppowers to the military and they the Dimitrov Mausoleum last Sep- He has recently returned from a
press loyal allies ke the w survey of the Far East.
more or less control the Howrah tember when Marshal Voroshilov; Karens.. "We shall 60011 drive the take in the fact that we are doing
area. We have-assured-the-West-and-Bulgarian officials reviewed a Arms and equipment bought Bengal Government of our ful-March Past on the fifth anniver French Into the sea as Chinese
what is valuable and important to with the it would only end up leat support in any action they sary of the entry of Soviet troops
may take to deal with the situn-I into Bulgario. us," she added. "I look on the by falling into Point Four programme (proposed and Burmese Government troops
Chinese Communists if Karens tion in any part of the State."
The trial is being held in publief In the Sofla Palace of Justice, and Bulgarian and foreign journalists were admitted.
More than 50 witnesses arul
tion of martial law. No such espionage centre in Yugoslavia to wire way
comrades drove American colin- borators, and on British colonial- ists will be driven out of Malaya. The day of liberation nches," Reuter.
appro-
The Hague, March 29. The Army Chiefs of Staff of the Western Union powers met here today.-Reuler.
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and continue. their fighting, he claimed. countries as humanitarion
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and
the Bur valuable, but I also know it still Hughes thought that
After uttering a warning that has value for us. It is one of mese Government should ask the martial law would be imposed if the ways of proving that demo- United Nations to appoint a me-necessary, the Prime Minister sald cracy is more valuable than Com- diator, and he suggested that the that the country had been shock- munism."-Associated Press.
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New York, March 20, American cinema come dian, Bob Hope, expects to be
than $1,000,000
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experts will be heard-Beuter.
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Rangoon, March 29. have been a a matter of the deepest
A Government spokesman sald shame and sorrow for us," Pandit today that the Communist strong- Nehru sald
hold of Pyigmana is expeeled to Pandit Nehru was cheered by fall within the next few days.
The spokesman told reporters the House when he rose to
speak and again at the end when he that two loyalist armies
Pakistan closing in on Pyinmana. The Com- announced that the year soon, according to "Variety," Frime Minister, Mr. Liaquat All munists are not expected to put the entertainment trado Journal, Khan, is expected in New Delhi up much of a fight.
Pyinmana is the lost remaining which reported today that Bob on Sunday. Hope will sign a long-term con- He had invited Mr. Liaquat All obstacle to restoration of the main tract for this amount with the Khan, he said; to discuss, the rail system linking Rangoon with National Broadcasting Company. grave development in East and North Burran.
The Bob Hope recently drew $120,- West Bengal, not only with a view
Communists took
worth more
over
000 for a fortnight's seasonal to meeting the present crisis but Pyinmana In February, 1949, and appearance in a Broadway also to find an enduring solution made it their headquarters.--As- cinema-Reuter.
of the problem.
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