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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1950.
Students from Hong Kong, India, Blam, Israel, Mexico and countries in Europe, attending the London University Bum. mer School in London, visit the London Airport and inspect DOAC planes and maintenance sections.
of the party at London Airport. A BOAC Constellation they viewed to in the background.
SUCCESSFUL REVOLT AGAINST PROPOSAL FOR EUROPEAN ARMY
Strasbourg, August 16.
British Labour and Scandinavian representatives to the Council of Europe today revolted successfully against a proposal to discuss Mr. Wins- ton Churchill's call for a European army.
Mr. Churchill's son-in-law, Mr. Duncan Sandys (Conservative), withdrew a 20-point plan he had submitted only 24 hours earlier for putting Mr. Churchill's idea into operation.
EXILES SIGN A PACT
London, August 16. Exiled Czechs and Sudeten Germans expelled from Czecho- slovakia today announced their intention of working together to "liberate" Czechoslovakia | and secure the return of the Germans to the Sudetenland.
They advocated the formation of a Central European Federa- tion.
Representatives of the two groups here announced that they had agreed to form a Czech-Sudeten German Federal Committer and that political agreement had been signed between the Czech National
Committee in London
and the Joint Committee for the German protection of Sudeten interosts, in Munich.
The representatives said that members of the West German Government in Bonn had uneffi- cially offered support.
The agreement was signed on August 4 in Munich. It stipulates a "firm stand against any totali- tarian regime"; the establishment of a democratic order-in-Bohc- mla, Moravia and Silesia, based on the right of national self- į determination"; and "voluntary co-operation of both nations on a federative basis after the Czech nation is liberated and the ex- pelled Sudeten Gormans returned to their Motherland.”
I also declared that #the theory of collective guilt and vengeance is mutually rejected, but the segregation of the authors #nd perpetrators of crimes against each of the said nations is claimed by both parties."-Reu-
ter.
MOVE TO END THE WAR OFFICIALLY Strasbourg, August 16. France today moved to end the technical "state of war" Germany.
with
The French delegate, M. Jac- ques Bardoux, Inld a resolution before the European Assembly calling on the Committee of Ministers of the Council Europe to draw up a peace treaty between the Western nations and the West German Republic.
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The resolution will go to the Assembly's General Affairs Com- milice.
It declared that "uncertainties and manoeuvres", due to the ab- sence of a treaty, were dangerous to European peace-Neuter.
Opposition
to
ti detailed study of the plan was led by the British official Labour re- presentatives-Mr. James Cal- Inghan and Mr. Ronald Mac- Kay at a secret meeting of the Assembly's General At- Fairs Committee.
Both argued that discussion of defence Was contrary to thu Council's statute.
the
They were supported by Scandinavian representatives- Norwegian, Danish and Icelandis who announced thut they would boycott any such debate and take to part in a
vote.
Mr. Churchill's proposal for European army had already been adopted, by the Assembly which now has an understanding with the Committee of Ministers-ihe "Cabinet" of the Council-thal political aspects of defence can be discussed, though defence proper 15 barred
the under statute.
Withdrawing his 20-point plan, M. Sandys submitted three sub. stitute points which were also opposed as stili involving detailed defence matters.
Then he put forward yet an- other proposal in more general terms in an attempt to meet the objections.
Finally, the Committee decided to call upon its Sub-Committee to draw up a fresh compromise text for submission to the full Com millee tomorrow,
Human liberties charter
joined forces in the Assembly to demand a policy of full employ- ment in all member countries.
Weapon against Communism
representa-
The chief British tive. Mr. Hugh Dalton, said that such a policy, successfully carried out, was the best weapon against Communism,
The leading German Social- ist Dr. Erle Wilhem Nolting, supported this, saying that un- employment WAS At present undermining the very existence of West Germany.
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Myrna Loy files suit for divorcé
Mexico City, August 16. The film star, Myrna Loy," has filed an application for divorce from her producer. husband, Gono Markey, in Guornavaca Court, her lawyer announced toda
today,
The
lawyer. Francisco
Lopez Fioleroa, bald she filed the application personally, charging mental cruelty.
Markey la not contesting the divorce, acasrding to an Informed person, Uncontest- ad divorces are usually grant. ed in about a fortnight Mexico,
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Myrna Loy and Markey were married on January 3, 1046. They have no children. -Associated Press.
DOCTORS STRIKE
How Science saves lives in the Tropics
People In Jamaica in the West Indies today live on the average* 16 years longer than they did in the 1020's. The same is true in Trinidad and British: Gulana. In Singapore, where 30 years ago malaria carried off two or three thousand every year, the death-rate la now as low as that of the United King- dom; while Cyprus hiqa one of the lowest death-rates in the world. These are some of the practical results of the advance of medical science and its op- |plication in the British Colonicu,
Malaria is the most widespread of all tropical diseases; yet BO years ago virtually nothing was known of its nature. In 1880 a French doctor, Laveran, proved that the Infection was due to a parasite in the blood; and in 1894 Ronald (later Sir Ronald) Ross In India showed how this parasite was spread by a species of mos- quito,
New Insecticidas
It followed from Ross's work that, where the mosquito could be cradicated, malaria could be
now
stamped out. Today, close study of the insect and the invention of and powerful insecticides have made this a practical possi- bility. Cyprus in 1949 announced the total eradication of the mala- rini mosquito, Mauritius, where a malaria epidemic the 1860's killed one in four of the popula- tion, is now waging a campaign aimed at eventually freeing the island from malaria. Throughout the Colonial territories anti-mos- quito measures and the wide availability of effective new drugs have given protection to all who can be brought within the scope of regular health services.
Leprosy is another terrible scourge in tropical countries: recent survey in Africà showed that sufferers arc even more numerous than was thought. Results obtained from use of the new.-sulphone drugs seem to jus- tify hopes that a new era is be- ginning in the treatment of this disease.
Sulphetrone, discovered In Santiago, August 16. Britain just before World War II, Doctors called a 24-hour strike can effect a more rapid ameliora- today in sympathy with the Chi-tion of the signs and symptons of lean National Health Service's leprosy than any previous drug; bid for better conditions.
but its cost is high. Use of the crude sulphones has enabled Emergency
will be these costs (D reduced by more maintained at first-aid stations than half. Early cases can now and hospitals to attend to urgent hope for cure, and the dreadful
A British Conservative Mem-cases-Reuter. ber of Parliament, Mr. Robert Boothby, said that the best way
to economic stability would be to create a new pattern of recipro- cal, multilateral trade by means of trade and payment agreements and preferential arrangements,
An extension of the Sterling Arca would be the most obvious and easiest way of achieving
this.
Mr. Frank Alken (Eire) sug-
gested that the European Pay-
inents Union should be extended to include any other country pre- pared to accept the responsibili- tles attached to t-Reuter.
BIG CANADIAN. WHEAT SURPLUS
Toronto, August 16. Canada this year expects wheat crop of 544 million bushels as against 367 million bushels last year, according to official estimates.
ollier crops
The estimates of criticism
The 15-nation European As sembly today heard
of the Charter of Human Libat. ties as altered by the Council of Ministers and by the Assam- bly itself.
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squads
which formerly caused so much suffering can pow be obviated. The great value of the sulphones; Including aulphotrone, Is that against the infectious they are particularly effective leprosy.
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who were handing the meagre world supplies of the drug, were Malaya. Results were spectacular. Invited to send research unit to
Whereas normally the fever in- days, patients treated with chlo- ercased in severity for about 15
romycetin had normal tempera- tures within two days, and were soon convalescent. The United States company can now synthe- also the drug, and experiments are being made with it as a pro- phylactic.
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RIOT IN KARACHI
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Now York, August 16. ́
The "New York Post" said in an editorial today, "The moment is approaching when the Unit- od States must finally choose between Pandit Nehru and Gonoratissimo Chiang,
.or
"Mr. Nehru is the most in- United Nations who support the fluential - democratic voice in Security Councli's condemnation Asla...Chlang is kept alive of the Communist aggression and only by the feverish press re-
defence of the Korean Republle. lations corps in the United India criticisod States and the blindness of some unreconstructed isola- He criticised the reported In- tionists."
dian plans to Introduce a plan Urging approval of the Indian formally without any reference "Council's Korean re- United Nations plan on Korea to the despite opposition of Americans salutions
anything announced were:
cisc Oats-433 million
who would consider it a betrayal which might offend Stalin. against 317 million last year;
as of Nationalist China, the "Post" "This is not the first move by
concluded, Burley-184 inillion
"We have already India to appease Moscow. Mr. bushels paid on incalculable price for our Nehru's initial proposal could not against 120 million last year; and fruitless investment in Chiang. have been more acceptable to Rye-15 million bushels against We dare not let him drive a Moscow if Stalin himself had 10 million
last year.
wedge between America and in- made it. After allowing for Canadian dia from which only Stalin can "Mr. Nehru then ignored the home consumption to
and for an prot." adequate stock in Canada
Council's ultimatum to the Reds next The Scripps-Howard writer, to cease fire and withdraw and summer, it was calculated that Rudwell Denny, reported from suggested instead that the admis- Canada-if she can find markets Washington that the probable sion of Communist China to the could export during the com- result of the Indian proposal for Council membership be the basis ing year almost twice as much a settlement of Korea would be of Korean peace negotiations." (2) The right to own
wheat as last year.-Reuter. private
to split the 53 members of the United Press. property: this had been deleted by the Assembly because {t threatened a split between So- cialists and the rest. (3) The setting
à Euro- up of court to which persons could appeal for their rights.
The Ministers had made ac- ceptance of the court optional.
At the end of the debate the truncated Charter was sent to n committee for consideration with several amending resolutions,
and
Criticism was focussed on three omisalons from the orginal drat: charter:
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Bixteen rioters were arrested, and all meetings and processions in the city have been banned for a month.
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