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WINSTON CHURCHILL King honours parachutists
ON WEST'S DEFENCE Grim outlook in Europe if war breaks out ATOM BOMB DETERRENT
London, July 27.
The veteran war loader, Mr. Winston Churchill, said today, that American superiority in atomic bombs was, still an effective. and, even: par- haps a decisive — deterrent to any major act of Russian aggression. "It is for this reason that I have ventured to express the opinion that a third world war is not imminent and I cherish the hope that it will be averted," he told the House of Commons.
But, he said, tha atomic bomb was the only weapon on land, soa
or air in which the Americans could, possibly have overwhelming superior- ity during the next two or three years.
Mr. Churchill recalled that strict Rusin control, with nf that a Soviet nilack by moder-
that the powerful party army. in 10-40 he had felt
Annised German U-boats on Brl- development of vast air power | Czechoslovakia hat another urniy tain's ocean lifoline might, per-
no less trustworthy.
haps, be far more severo than was would bring Britain out of
Hiller's. her troubles, He could no
Fortunately, there was a fourth. feel the same sense of concrete
of defence in which the sphere United States had gained a mea- issurance now.
sureless superiority-the stock
atom bombs.
"We are more defenceless than we have evige bien, and fund thon a tevrills thou. That ww But in vor degain. W must
bever give in," he declared.
Comparity:
Trussar
Ground strength with that of the Allies in now, Me. the event of a whe Churchill raid that even if half of
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The danger to Britain He acted, "The arsenals of Skoda, possibly the largest arms plant now in Europe, are stendily pouring out their weapons."
as Mr. Reynaud says, the Soviet armien could be at Calais and reach the Channel or the A-to lontie before any substantial rein forcements from the United States could arrive upon the scene, then coul
Mr. Churchill said he adhered his feeling that so far Ituskin produced very few, atomle
The extraordinary efforts they
bomba.
we ourselves, although protected were making to obtola even small
His Majesty King George Vt presented Regimental Colours for the first time to the Parachute Regiment in a ceremony at Queen's Parade, Aldershot. Eariler, accompanied by Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiment, he 'inspected datachments drawn up in parade order. After ho presented the Colours; the Regiment, marched past while, the King took the salute.
chowa! Moving, through the ranks during the inspec. tion, are right to left): the King; Field-Marshal Lord Montgomary; and unidentified unit commender (AP photo).
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REVOLUTION WARNING
BY BELGIAN LEADER
Brussels, July 27,
timated 175 Soviet divisions from stuele of the Channel uitities of uranium socmed to The Belgian Socialist loader, M. Paul Henri Spaak, today told the Cham-
aver
as med against u in Western
they could launch Europe. 20 lvi-ion upon us without any further mobilsaCon."
and storms,
from immedinte incursion by the anti- anti-tank
Lictes with its waves. would be subject to a bombard ment by market-propelled and The described the sendur of jet guided misties-1 am not speak- niretest sngines by dritsin to ing of atom bomle-incomparably nt and the Argentine more severe than anything we BRUSN of improvidence be- have endured or imagined.
1
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"un del
yond seseription" and called upon Defence Minister to whether flie sale of jets te neu- trais hari ceaseri.
Earlier, Mr. Churchill failed by only one vote to, furce the Gov femminent to hold today's session of
the debate in secrel,
Known facts
ппо
There were loud cheers rome gatas of surprise as the small margin was announced- 256 votes for the Government and 296 against.
Atr. Churchill formally de- manded the
vote on sceress in Parliament's traditional manner.
Smiling broadly as he sertinised
the public galleries, he announced,
this hopeful view,
Mr. Churchill criticlsce the cheerful view" on atomic warfare taken by a recent Government manual on civil defence. It was a He mistake in propaganda to weaken the force of this deterrent on the fussians by seeming to
suggest dreadful as
that it was not so had been thought.
"All this is true and may be near." Mr. Churchill continued, "How near no one knows for
Shinwall replies certain
dictator except the oligarchy in the Kremlin, who Mr. Shiawell, in his reply to have no moral principles as the debate, said that Mr. Chur- known to us, who are able to chill had said that he did not pursue year after year calculat. believe that war was imminent. ed plans for world conquest "But I am not prepared to take any chance," Mr. Shinell come mented,
ber of Deputies (the Lower House) that the spreading wave of anti- Leopold strikes was the beginning of a revolution, as 300,000-striking French-speaking Walloons paralysed the country's Southom provinces, warned the Catholic Prime Minister, M. Jean Duvieusart: "Revolutions always break out when men in power refuse to recognise the facts."
s
The almed
Labour,
strike in the South, The demonstration
been at forcing newly-re-banned by the City authorities. turned King Leopold from his An official of the. Socialist-led
General Federation of throne, brought train services which called the strikes, said that through almost to a standstill.
Three bombs blasted the rails they would "snowball" on the Brussels-Liege line, between Brussels and Charisrol
and
the police removed strikers lying across the tracks after they had delayed some trains up to three hours.
An
the
will gradually progress towards а nationwide general
King Leopold abdicates."
rike which will only end when
as gendarmes broke up a "re- volutionary march of thou- sands of "anti-Leopold demon. strators led by the Bacialist and former Premier, M. Pauli Henrl-9paak.
One man was killed in the overturning of a bus-load
Ghent. About 70 people were Leopold supporters arriving from
Socialist Members of Parita gashed by atones and shallored mant today fully approved the glass, including eight, gendarmes, stoppages and paid 250,000. Bel- and 18 people were taken to hos glan franes into the strike, fund, pitni.
Coal mines and other large in-
without being concerned with publle opinions, free election, or any of the scruples that rula "I proceed on the assumption
emergency meeting of the the Western and 'the Christian that anything can happen and Cabinet was called this morning world."
that trouble can break out any to study the situation arlsing where even of a major character, from the widespread anti-dustries in Wallonia were. Idle Thousands of demonstratlog So far as the West is concerned Leopold striker and to draw up today, telephone and telegraph Socialista bemn the march led we know exactly what we re-measures to ensure the operation workers joined in the stoppage, by M, Spank who, facing. the
of the essential services,
Just before noon power, gat and crowd, shouted, "To Lacken. am bound to tell the House Circles close to the Govern water suppites were cut off We shall meet Leopold on his that our present position falls ment sal that troops would though emergency measures on own doorstep if he dares to far short of our requirements," probably he called in to ensure sured supplies to hospitals.
appear." Mr. Shinwall sald,
supplies of gus and electricity Rchutting "an assumption to hospitals and domestle users.
The Belgian National Broad- underlying many of the speeches" that Britain was going to fight casting Station in Brussels went alone, the Defence Minister de-off the air without explanation chured. "We are not. expected to for three and three-quarter hours
today. fight alone."
The Radio had been attacked binsed in the anti-Leopold Press.
Mr. Churchill asked how many Gighter
hter and bomber aircraft the Russiang had in full commission on the Western front. Woukl tour, five of six thousand be too large an estimate?, he quer
queried. Strangers",
Afr. Churchill
sald
that two The Speaker (Chairman)———
Clifton
Benwn-there-years ago the Government had Colonel
agreed that the Americans should on ordered
establish a bombing bese in East Anglin from which they could use the bomb on Russian cities and
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The Liberals voted with the
Conservatives against the Gov-key points.
ernment.
Rising 10 make his major speech in the dubate, Mr. Chur-
One anxiety
That, he said, was a vital part chill raid that since the ression of the atomie bombs deterrent "on was to be publie he would con-
fine himself to stating facts which were certainly well known to Ituspin-and-to the General staffs
of Europe and America.
Russian strength
mented on the statement made
er, Mr. Emanuel Shinwall, that
Russia had 175 netivo divisions.
He said, "Even it.only half the
Shinwell had stated that one-third of those 175 divisions are mechanised or armoured,
which we are living now"]
World problem
Mr. Shinwall sald it was not But one fact made him anxious, exclusively a question of what He could not understand a policy "we have or what Franco or Bel- which could take this extraordin-gium or Holland can put into the
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Street. patrols
Trams, buses and taxis
ary risk on the one hand and, on pool. It is a question of what the off the streets of the hat
other the
of the North Atlantic cities. disperse and distribute whole
cription" and asked the Defence.
were
Liege, the centre of gan, yesterday, crippling first
/
a
Several fights
The marchers moved forward. Department stores and a few in tensa atmosphere, with squads standing small shops have been closet strong police
three deep in front of the Minis- since yesterday,
The unions atipulate that news-tries and Parliament building the must and barring the way to. papers in Llego tomorrow be only, two pages.
Palace. closed
The strike In Llogo downs, factory, manufacturing
Western small arms for the Union nations.
Police broke up fights between strikers and lorry and private car drivers, on a road leading out of Mons. Nalla.nvore strewn on the malu roads from the city.
Police were searching for three
Stones thrown
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Many of the marchers ozṛ.. ried pictures of King, Leopold shaking handa with Hitler Their way barred, they, shout- Riot squads of gendur
ed "Gestapo," and "Abdicate." so large 11 proportion of jet air-Treaty powers can contribute to mes, armed with rifles, revolvers, The veteran statesman comcratt in whose production British the defence organisation not truncheons and tear gas equip
Police patrolled the danger zone only in the West but elsewhere"mont, patrolled the strike areas. armed men in a car who cut while radio, transmitting vang yesterday by the Defence Minise genus heid the lead.
Squadis stood by in, Brussels, signal, telephone, and Ho described the
the sending of Mr. Shinwell said that the
telegraph sent continuous reports to police jet aircraft engines to
wires on the Brussels-Liege rall-beadquarters, Russle, West was vital, but one had to where the Socinists were hold- ing a "super muss demonstration" Egypt and the Argentine as on look all round.
way, line and, gagged a number. A hundred yards from, Locken to call for Leopold's abdication. "We have the Far East, the
of signal-box men.
Palacetes, with serriod ranks
the marchers The general strike, which be- 175 was use, asinat us in Wes-act of improvidenco beyond des-iddle East
In Charlerol, deputy and other parts o
station face to. tern Europe, they could launch Minister to say if the sale of jets where the danger of Infiltration
masters and police took over. of black-helmeted gendarmes, industriel over 40 divisions upon us without to neutrals had now been stopped, is very serious indeed," he said. Wallonia, then the industrial
signal boxes and M. Henri. Mel-white-helmeted, municipal police any further mobilisation".
Reverting to America's pro-
He said they were building up basing of Charlerot and Mons, is doux, the local secretary of the and mounted guards, all, strong- bable superiority in atom bombs, not only ground forces but forces expected to reach the capital to Transport Worker's Union, Mr.
armed Mr. Churchill said,
arrested ar
picketed, the "For this in the air, and material, on the morrow.
The Charleroi railway station,
and other Socialist reason I I have ventured to express basis, of a plan provided by the
An hour before the
by M. demon:
Three armed men who tried to Members of Parliament and offi the opinion that. n
stration in Brussels, was, third world Atlantic Treaty powers,
due,
block
a bridge nearby with a Turning to the Koren situation,
clob, allowed themselves to be war Is not imminent and I cherish
M. Speak told the Chamber of private car wore, also arrested as turned down a side stract, ce Minister said that
Deputies! "From the Dutast
svere, three others... carrying, ra- the no soldler under 18 would be sent
But most of the the strike movement. repre
crowd' tried revolvers. In the Mans area. sented, an insurrectional strike Strikers in Charlerol laid tanks which had been estimated atomle bomb was the only weapon there in the British contingent.
against King Leopold and will Tricolour. Bag over the hugo por- by the Chairman of the War on land, sea or air in which the This meant that National Ser-
Americans couk
be the beginning of a revolutrait of the Into King Albert Services Committee
possibly have vicemen (conscripts) would not American House of Representa the next two or three years.
overwhelming superiority during be sent except in very exception- tion.
King * Duvlousart acter, not as
Leopold's father at the Al
alrcumstances.
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foot of a First
World War He added that in addition to the head of the Government but Memorial Mr. Churchill recalled that in He declared that even
1949 he had felt that the develop-calling up reserves for the Navy, as a partisan chiol,"
In Mons strikers stormed rall-stones as the first wave of gen- important than réserves of ment of vast
nir power would announced yesterday, it might be
As M. Spaak was speaking way; tracka and chased, away men armes, on foot and with; drawn || general stocks of tanks was the bring Britain out of her troubles, necessary to take similar mea-strong, forces of gendarmes, fully who continued, working. number organised in formation, He could not feel the same sense aures for the regular reserves of equipped, converged on the Ruc and asked, "Can we be told the of concrete assurance now.
de. Jo Roj to soal of the area be-. number of Soviet innks now as-
fore the anti-Leopold march be- sembled on or near the Western
gan. front?".
"That said Mr. Churchill. ̧*
statement"
a tremehurchill compared Bri‹ |
Mr.
tnin's 6,000 tank strength with the hope that it will be averted." the Defence
the figure of 40,000 Russian
lives.
DY the
more
"In
Throat not mastered Mr. Churchill went on. Korea we have, seen, how, formid- able even a few score of tänka might be, and how tough the heavy Russian tanks are,
"Any development and im- provement in the bazookas and other mut-tank weapons would' be greatly wel
welcomed." Britain's former
Mr. Churchill said that
Terrible thought
"Vie ard more defenceless | · than we have ever been, and 1 find this a terrible thought. But we must never despair, We must never give in, he stated. Continuing, Churchill said that hope must never be
Bbandon that a peaceful settlement could be reached with Russia based upon American atomic strength,
"That is the policy which gives
|á fearful' atomic
the Con- added this threat of the enormous mies servative leader said.
gravely, ter the best chance of avoiding
"T
think
of Soviet armour is in mily way While it was painful in every mustered. Nox; for that matter, is respect to be told officially that there, anything in use and service Russia had been able to gain the at the present time, which could accret of the atomic bomb, "be cope with this array of almouted tween having the secret and avalanches we must expect
having any forge on
humber of
the outbreak of war should war interval."
bombs there is undoubtedly an
come."
Referring
He
did, not think that tho
to the French states. Russian rate of production of man, M. Paul Reynhill's state atomic bombs was at present ment that the Western allies had a total of 12 divisions, Mr. Chur-rapid, he added,
a criticism of Britain's doc chili said "On" this assumption
Churchill warned.
Western
Unlon would have :612
more than
divisions against
Of these 32 divilibris Jend. L
two wero armoured"
Kha
80
viet divisions at a
Chuphill vald
be hed
thing from 25 to 80;
there, was no equipment, in
uso at singsent which court cold "with": the Soviet dirnoured 'avalariche") which-must' - bo ox-
MESIN PAsted it.
pected it was broke out.
U-boat threat
spoken only of Soviet forces, but Mr. Churchill mid." he would
horn, was also......Pola under i not be undggerating if he' said.
the Army,
(Continued On Page 13).
to outflank the police, whom they out-numbered. by running the eight-foot high iron railings the trees and making for among the tre round
Palace park.. Some demonstrátora. threw
sabres, advanced to meet the | marchera.
March on palace
The anti-Ecopoldist leaders Blood flowed In front of the faltared at the Palace gatos ond Royal Palace at Läskën tonight then broke. Reuter.
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