Tragedy of the
Korean war
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1950.
Bouth Korean Refugees, laden with all the belongings they can salvage, crowd the rond as Note adult they flee a front line town threatened by approaching North Korean forces. and child, at right helping cart on uphill Journey. Note man in road (right) carrying rifle and buckets on back. (AP Photo).
Pandit Nehru accuses Pakistan on Kashmir
New Delhi, August 24.
With the failure of Sir Owen Dixon, the United Nations Mediator, to sottle the Indo-Pakistan dispute over Kashmir, the time had come to go back to some fundamental realitios, Pandit Nohru, the In- dian Prime Minister, said here today.
Indla had accused Pakistan of aggression in her original complaint to the Security Council, "but our trouble has been the avoidance by the Council of considering this very basic question," he said.
મ Efforts
A- settlement, tion of equality with India, and therefore, had right from the feven of predominance.
ON beginning proceeded from TALKS ON
RICE SHORTAGE
London, August 24. Britain has called an inter- national conference to consider measures for meeting a serious rice shortage expected in Asta next year.
4 are India, Pakistan. the Malayan Federation, Ceylon. Singapore Colony, Mauritius, the Seychelles Islands and SCAP, re-
American ob presenting Japan.
Completely wrong ・・
No Government of India could wrong premises, which could only lead to wrong conclus-agree to proposals for pushing out the present Kashmir Government jons.
"Just to please Pakistan." Pandit Nehru, addressing A Pandit Nehru sald that the Minister, Mr. us Pakistan Prime Press conference, condemned "appeasement of the aggressor" Linquat Ali Khan, was complete- the Mediator's condition for his ly wrong in alleging that India proposed partial plebiscite that was going back on something to the Kashmir Government should which she had previously agreed. be replaced by an United Nations authority.
The Indian Prime Minister sald he had laid the greatest stress throughout
over
two
ΟΙ years
of
"There is nothing that we have agreed to for the past two or three years that we are not pre- pared to honour," he declareda
Pandit Nehru made the follow
other than Kashmir:
DON
NEW YORK, TUESDAY. Everywhere I have gone this week people have handed raa pamphlets. Jehovah's Witnes- sca stand at the street cornera
white, distributing red,
and blue strips of paper which Bay. "Can you live for ever in happiness on earth,"
Youths and girls at Columbus Circle and Grand Central Station thrust "peace petitions" into my hands.
Messages about mediation are pushed under my office door, and with my mall is loaded down brochures about Korea,
There has never been such a paper-chase. The skies have opened and showered New York with a mowstorm of tracts, trea-
IDDON'S
DIARY
ighting the Russian-sponsored ing as it tomorrow were Dooms-
...day... North Korean army,
MacArthur is supposed to ro- port to the UN, he is expected in send memoranda to, Malik.
Judic Could anything be more rous?
I tell you, the Russians are making monkeys of us at Success.
ako
You can ignore, our. Vttle vic- torles in the voting. It is Mallk who is chalking up the triumphs. In propaganda, in geting Asia's cor, in posing as the peace- maker.
Wille We coo pleasantries, Malik wields a bludgeon. He is banging our delegates' heads withi
knuckleduster.
The difference America's Warren Austin tises, and assorted propaganda. fumes, Britain's Bir Gladwyn
We are being deluged with words, And the chief manufac-Jebb flourishes the fine-edge of turing plant of all this talk, sarcasm. But Malik thumps the printed and spoken, is the United bounding-board, Nations headquarters at Lake Success,
have spent considerable time there during the past few days, and been almost stunred by the flow of oratory and swamped by the oceans of mimeographer!
sheets.
Today Americans are saying' "Let's stop acting the little gentleman and send in our frol team, Dispatch Dean Acheson to Lake Success and fly over Ernest Bevia or Hartley Shawcross."
are
At last the British are gotting little credit, though nothing like enough for the aid we sending. Newsweek magazina says: "The least reported phase of the Korean war has been part played by the British Navy,"
Why do diplomats have to talk so much and say so luc,
The time-wasting at Lake Sue- cess is colossal, The Fancy Dan delegates cannot dare to be silent.True. It is more like a staga play than actuality. Everyone has to shoot his mouth elf for Interminably hours. No one can ray Yes or No.
Double-talk
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Prices inevitably have soared, and the bright blue sky is the Umit,
For the past fortnight my bills for keeping body and soul to- gether have gone up about 10 per
Ny rent has increased 20- cent.
has my food bill per cent, climbed five per cent, my drlak blil four. per cent.
Inflation? Why, this is an ex-
The run on goods 1 plosion. almost as ferocious and hysterical as was the run on money in 1932 and early 1933.
Then, the banks were cleaned out of money. Now, the stores are being cleaned out of goods, and under, the bods and in the basements of a million houses the stuff piles up. The old hoardar changeth yielding, place to now. And who is going to have
effort? pay increased taxes for the war who The little fellow earns less than £30 per week. Mr. Truman, this is no way to get your party re-elected. In Novem- bar.
to
The politicians humn and how that practically everyone is hav ing income-tax trouble. They are-ask Joe Louis.
Poor Joe, who has earned bê- tween two and three million dol- lars with his fists, is now com- thepelled to try a comeback to pay
the Internal Revenue men..
The New York Post says: "Bri- taln is making tremendous sacrifice, Will the Britain-haters be quiet now?" Maybe.
1 will not be too gloomy. There is good news, American business men tell me: "You can forgot about your dollar. famine. The U.S. will now have to buy to many raw materials from the sterling area that you will be up to your necks in dollars."
It could be, and Wall Street in sista it is so.
It is apparently necessary International negotiations to mouth double-talk about the agenda, the procedure, the sub. stance, the precedent, before anything. there can be action.
The American public, and cer- tainly
welcome myself, would
hope our commercial travel- some blunt talk from our sidelers and industrialists will not We would like to see someon cancel their trips here,
Americans today are clamour- shatter the gigantic hypocrisy.
Here sits Russia's Jakob Mallking for goods. See to it that they
get plenty of British goods, with his gavel, presiding over the Security Council of the United we cannot sell now we never will Nations, And half the
be able to sell. earth com- away General MacArthur
mands United Nations
Because everyone litterall forces everyone is in the market, buy-
Nehru praised for
his peace
London, August 24. The attitude of the Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Nehru. towards the Korean problem team of light against a deplor was today considered to be one
was to derive his authority fron may take placeminary talks and Nation."
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Among countries summoned to negotiations on the sovereignty of ing poin india had made no de- talks in Singapore on September the Government of Kashmir over
the whole State, and this position marche to Peking but had in- was accepted by the United Na- formally pointed out the desireable background by the left tions Kashmir Commission.
bility of settling the Tibeton ques-wing review, "New Statesman The plebiscite administratortion
peacefully.
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New Delhi be- servers are expected to attend. this Government, and to
to report to tween Chinese representatives and Aim of the conference will be it. If his Government were to go, a Tibetan delegation, but India administrator would not be directly concerned. plebiscite of and the to regulate the distribution
Bombing in Korea: India was hing rice which is the staple diet of became the Government, it would most Asians during the coming be like the upside-down world of opposed to large-scale bombing, which killed innocent people and year. In the past this was done by an International---Emergency Food Committee,
WAS
"Alice in Wonahi Pandit scarcely produced any military re
India Was
Nehru said, to having any number sults. "But we cannot control the of United Nations observers military operations of the parties Å factor named by some during the plebiscite, but to concerned,"-Reuter. officials here as likely to compli- change the Government cate the whole Astan food situa-create conditions which
would
would
tion is a possible SCAP move to make the plebiscite completely WORLD SHORTAGE
buy up u 1,000,000 tons of South unfair and unreal. East Asian rice for Japan. This
amount would exceed SCAP's Pakistan to blame
1050 purchase by 700,000 tons.
SCAP's. apparent purpose in making the purchase is explaineri here as a move to save dollars.- *Associated Press,
AUSTRALIAN. POUND
Canberra, August 24.
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The Australian Federal Trea- surer, Mr. Arthur Fadden, sald
elte.
1
OF PETROLEUM
Birraingham, August 24. Acceptance. of Sir Owen
A British fuel expert asserted Dixon's conditions would have been a 90 per cent victory for tonight that the world's petro- Pakistan, apart from the plebis-leum reserve is down to about 50-year supply at present production rates. One could very well imagine Dr. Alexander Parker of the the kind of advantage Pakistan British Department of Scientific would get. Pakistan would say; and Industrial Research made that "We have kicked out India," and
utatement in a lecture sponsored the whole atmosphere woul
by the British Association for the change,
Advancement of Science.
resources
The present Government of today that he "known nothing" Kashmir, Mr. Nehru said, was not about a Cabinet meeting which a Labour Member, Mr. Arthur put down there from the air but Caldwell, sald was being held represented popular organisation today to decide whether to de- and remained there because of its and not because of preciate the Australian Pound
alone, although Important. Pandit Nehru sald
At present 25 Australian shill❤ ings make one. Pound Sterling.
Caldwell seemed to think
ha
ownctions legal
there
were
that
Even with which will almost certainly be dis- covered it will probably be diff cult to meet world demands," he said.
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Dr. Parker said the outlook for cool and ligailte was much better. He estimated both the United he States and Soviet Russia have re- serves of fossil fuels to last at Joust 2,000 years. Britain's re-. serves can be mined economically for only 200 to 300 years more, he said.Associated Press.
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Mr. Fadden added that Mr. would put the blame 100 per cent was still in the Cabinet, (Mon Pakistan for the whole of Caldwell, was Minister of Immi- Kashmir trouble. gration in the Chifley Labour Pakistan, although the aggres Government.)-Router.
aor in Kashmir, had sought a post-
War emergency bill approved
by Appropriations Committee
Washington, August 21.
quested but no reductions have
remaining $34,000,000.000 1. In a general appropriation mea. AUTO on which Benate-Hause conferece hoped to reach finial
• agreement during the day, The defence funds the new Bill contains are. in addition to general appropriations measure.
Pines and for Southern more than $14,000,000,000 · in the
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The House Appropriations been made in military items. Committee. today passed a War The money for foreign arms Emergency Bill providing $10,-old provides $3,504,000,000 for 771,084,470 for the expansion of the North Atlantic treaty, nations, '$193,000,000 for Greece, Turkey America's armed night and ['$19% and
and $303,000,000 for the arming of friendly nations.
the The Bill included $4,000,000,000 and Eastern Asia.
The foreign arma ald honey The emergency · mearute · In- for arms aid to foreign countries.
It provides cash for. 5,333 new augments, the $4,599,973,729 voled cludes $200,000,000 for work on warplanes and other equipment by the Senate for such military atomic research, Including the for this country's growing war and economie assistance in the hydrogen bomb, and $398,000,000
General Appropriation Bill. The for stockpiling of machine, disp
In Bending the Bill to the House did not consider the far terials. House
floor tho wrota United Kramme:
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Commities sail that by Commitico eign aid when it passed the Genext June 30 the Army's fighting -this-sharp: criticism of "the "Tera). Bill last"Maitl~/strength would: "be: 84,000 man
States: defence "pro- „ Than Loralgia!" 100,000,000" ad- instead of the
the estimated recent weeks have culare made it crystal clear that the vance to Spain, voled by the now in Unterested Neve
Senate are holding up the The bulk of the military planning and thinking General Appropriation Bill in the emergency measure would in key posidong not a clear Conferees hoped ther equld reach be devoted to acquire 2,377 now warplanes and buld tha: Navy
share
and accurate as could be dealt a final decision today, ar arm up to 7.335 planes Ated, but lists, not the purpose of
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This simple fact weomed to be in danger of being forgotten in the United States, the journal added.
In New York, the Scripps- Howard newspapers quoted the delegate to the United
Indian
writer,
Nations, Sir Benegal Rau, as say- ing that one of the main motives of India's Korea's proposal was "speedy revelation of the United "Though unable to accept the Nations war aims in Korea to
case Asiatic fears",
The Scripps-Howard ed to him by Madame Sun Yat- Lavitation to visit Peking, extend- sen, Pandit Nehru can be relied Delos Lovelace, said that Sir Benegal, in an interview, ex- upon to hold firmly, and to im
pressed the hope that if not the press on the conscience of the world the convletion that the war Council then the General As in Korea will settle nothing, andsembly session, set for Septem- will degenerate into an increas- bor 10 would give his plan Ingly bestial and savage butchery enough attention to clear up the on both sides unless it is made current puzzle of the United Na- clear that its conclusion is to be tions' ultimate aims." followed by a political settlement acceptable in Asia," it wrote.
"This is the lead which Britain should be reinforcing with every ounce of energy at her diaposal.” said that war The review
peoples against Insurgent-led might destroy much of Asia but The aim of the United Nations, only increase Communism. whose resolution aanctioned mill- tary action taken by the United States for the specific and proper purpose of curbing an act of age gression, was to restore peace and not to spread the war.-
He quoted Sir Benegal as say- ing.
"The difficulty today is that Asla is totally ignorant of the United Nations anal intentions and total ignorance increases sus- picion. Only a full United Nations statement can lessen this sus- picion."
Sir Benegal said he had recely- ed letters and telegrams by the hundreds from Americans and all approve of what India is trying to do. "They all beg me to carry on against the threat of another worldwide explosion." Router and United Press.
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It is the Joe Louis Aght and other diversions which New Yorkers are talking about us pleasant change from the Korean Cassandras,
There is a strange new Brazo here called dlanetics: Dianetics is a new type of thought-reading part analytical, part reactive. It is supposed to give peace of mind, and its "discoverer," Mr. Ron Hubbard, says modestly:
"The creation of dianetics is a milestone for man, comparable to the discovery of fire or the in- the and vention of the wheel arch." Will it drive back the North Koreans Ronald?
of
Anyway, dianetics has become the big parlour game, the fashion comparable with Canasta, mahjongs, etc. Almost as impa - tant is a now kind of hair colour- Now ing or, to be blunt, dye. women can become blondes, red- heads, or brunettes with a specia! tinting process in a matter minutes, and it leaves the hair soft, pliable, and natural-looking. It is the big beauty sensation, and women tell me it is tool- proot.
Vivien In entertainment Leigh captures all the headilnes, She's loveller than ever, and the Danny Kayes' party for har in Hollywood will be colossal-saya Kayc.
our
Margaret Leighton,, wlio decor- ated Noel Coward's "The As- tonished Heart," will co-star with Walter Pidgeon in "Calling
in England. Bulldog Drummond," to be made
Noel, who cabled me the other day, is due here soon. I am get- ting out the red, white, and blus carpet,
•
Red-hot Momma
Sophie Tucker, now 86 or more, denies she plans to retire, "I'm the last of the Red-hot Mominas, and I intend to stay that way.""
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