Madman Hold's Korea Mediation Bid A Winston In
Police At Bay
Lisbon, Jan, 3.
A madman shot dead one of three constables who went to fetch bim for
A
medical examination
here today.
Then
onlookers watched
1,000
policemen with tear-gaa
the
bomba lay siege to firsi-floor flat, while £10
kept
them at bay for two hours, shooting out of the window with a pair pistols.
of
KAG
threw The police -bombs In at the window and eventually a big force went in to get the marks- man. Even then they had to overcome him by slicer brute force.
The man, aged 45, had lived in the flat alone since his mother died two years ago -Reuter.
Big Freeze Followed By Floods
London, Jan. 3. Thaw brought landslides, flooding and railway holdups to Western Europe today after the biggest freeze since the war. Roads were still reported to be icy and dangerous.
Definite Failure
Lake Success, Jan. 3.
The three-mon cease-fire group reported to the United Nations Political Committee today that it had failed to negotiate a cease-fire with the Chinese Communist forces in Korea.
Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, the chief Indian delegate to the United Nations and a member of the group, gave the Committee what he called a plain and unvarnished account of what the group had attempted to do since Dec. 14 of last year.
The basis for the negotiations which the group felt to be reasonable was:
1.The cessation of all acts| "If, by
there any chance, another world War. of armed force in the whole of were
history would record that we Korea.
made all efforts to avert it.
2-The establishment of a demilitarised area across Korea Fabout 20 miles in depth with the southern limill of the 38th Parallel.
mean
"A world wur would the end of the United Nations as a world organisation,
"We should go on with every
3.--All around forces to re-effort to maintain peace even if main in position or be with the first effort had failed."
Mr Jacob Malik, the chief drawn to the rear.
Soviet delegate, followed im-
be
cease-fire to
Forces, including guerillas, to
moved to the rear of the demedilately after with a long list milltarised area.
of accurations against the United 4. The
be States and Britain for allegedly supervised by a United Nations sabotaging the peace efforts in
to the whole of Commission which should have Korca. free access Korea.
5-No further reinforcements to be introduced by elther side, 6.Prisoners to be exchanged on a one for one basis,
He said: "It is quite clear from a number of official and unofficial statements in America and Britain that the United States does not really want a cessation of the hostilities in
Korea.
APPROACH MADE
"On the contrary, it is dear Thawing snow blocked railway
Two auxillary points in the that the United States intends press forward with aggression, the cense-fre lines throughout South and East
Ice breakers were programme for Belgium,
included appro- It has already categorically ro operating to open the national negotiations Canal system to navigation. priate steps to ensure the secu-jected all the resolutions which One barge, carrying 300 tons of rity of the forces, the movement would have brought the with- Octend after of refugees and the problems of drawal of troops and a peaceful coal, sank near
und policing settlement. ice. civil government block of running into a
"The true intentions
of the United ley roads caused several acei in the demilitarised zone.
It was also proposed that the ruling circles. General Assembly should con- States are to press forward with A serious epidemie of three-firm the cease-fire arrangement their hopeless adventure." day flu was reported through- which should continue in effect until superseded by further out Belgium.
thawing snow steps to be approved by the In Germany nited cable shafts
Bents,
nt one
of United Nations.
Frankfurt's biggest transformer Sir Benegal Rau reported that
United Nations
of the
Morocco
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London Express Service. of two hours to a canvas, —
Cool Reception In
West
To Answer From Kremlin
Washington, Jan. 3.
The Western Powers must have further clarification of the Soviet attitude before assuming that the Soviet Union is ready for four-power peace talks, Mr Dean Acheson, the US Secretary of State, said here today. At his weekly Press conference, Mr Acheson said that the Soviet note did not constitute an acceptance of the Western Powers' proposals for talks and they must have further clarification of the Soviet position.
He denied that there were differences of view between the United States, Britain and France regarding the inter- pretation or acceptability of the proposals in the Soviet note.
the
"ANGLO-B.S. BLOC" Mr Malik then cited a number In-
The United States had al-note calling for a discussion of of facts which, he said,
broader issues than discuss with the dented that the "ruling circles" Unised of the United States were secit-ready begun to
Britain and France the next question of Germany. ing war and not peace.
step to be taken.
further They must have Among these were the clamation of a state of emer- clarification of the Soviet post
assume The group then attempted to
in the United States' tion before they could discuss
Union ww the question with the gency
Soviet
their increase"
propo "the intensification
a four-hour the slations, causing power cut throughout the busl-Command had accepted these terms as a satisfactory basis for
cease-fire.
ness centre,
In France, herons roosting for the past few days on Notre Dame Cathedral flew off today - sign, according to Parislons, of coming warmer weather.
in the Florence area.
pro-
Chinese People's Republic remobilisation plans for a "four that the
in: military ready to accept
fold
Mr Acheson declined to com- ment on the Soviet suggestion that the meeting should be held. in London, Paris or Moscow. But he said that in the normal course, the Council of Foreign
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To Split The ROX BROADWAY
Big Three
London, Jan. 3. Russia is making a major
wus made of war hysteria and the inllitary' salg to discuss the solution of Ministers, which meets alterna- bid to divide the Anglo-
equipment, Nasrallah aggressive
plot hatched in
tative
In New York, Wu Hslu-chuan, In Italy there was again heavy
The first attempt snow in the northern part of
Mr on Dec. 16 by the country after violent snow- Entezam, the President of the Brussels," a number of "aggres- storms during the night.
The rain-swollen Rang River General Assembly and chair-sive speeches by President Truman and Mr Dean Acheson, of the group. man of
the imposition of an washed over one of its bridges. On Dec. 16 a request was and
made to the Peking Govern- economic blockade on China. In Russia the greater part of ment through the Swedish Em-
was still country
frost-basy to keep General Wu in bound and snow-storms were New York and give him powers raging in Siberia, But Spring to negotiate. weather had already resched the southern areas of the coun- try with warm rains turnng the felds green.
the
treacherous
Eastern
and
201
Southern
the States.
A total of more thon 2.5 metres of snow had fallen in Houghton, Northern Michigan, in the past 46 days.-Reuter,
was
PEKING'S REPLY
of
tively in the capitals of the four countries, would hold ito next meeting in New York-Reuter.
BIG THREE CONTER
coalition American-French against Communist aggres sion on two vital issues -- recognition of the Chinese Reds and German rearma.
outstanding problems
These included Germany, in regard to which the Soviet at- in the minds of tude had created a sense Insecurity peace-loving nations.
the Mr Acheson said that Mr Malik accused the "Anglo- United States had already be- ain
ment. with Britain American bloc" of having forced gun to discuss
and France the next
Step the United Nations to take an
attitude be taken. In the discussions and hostile" "illegal towards the Chinese People's which the three powers
already had together regarding Republic.
United the note, they had not found "It is time for the
Mr
recalled Acheson Nations to put an end to these any differences of opinion.
against
Chinese the
and Britain Insults
France,
to
London, Jan. 3. Consultations between the three Western Powers-Britain, France and the United States on
That is one important inter- the Soviet Government's reply
by Western to the proposals for a four-power Pretation placed had
meeting have taken place in diplomats today on the Russian
proposal for a Big Four Washington, a Foreign Office note replying to the Western spokesman said here today.
ference of Foreign Ministers on cold war problems,
a
that the People's Republic," he declared United States had already re-
Mr Malik reiterated that the
Council of Foreign Ministers' only possible terms for a settle-Jected any proposals for
all meeting which would take up
only the question of Germany.
ment in Kuren were:
1.-The withdrawal
of
made no
issues
The spokesman would make no comment on the Soviet note be- cause, he said, it still required further study.
Meanwhile, it was considered in Washington that consultations between the three Western powers on their replles.to the Soviet note were the next step in the move to a meeting.
On
con-
safrt
The reply from Mr Chou En- lai, the Peking Foreign Minister, Communist Στο 4,
The Americans are sceptical that 0.5 2 In Britain, overnight after a partial thaw, made roads Chinese representative had not
that the Russians really want to and the negotiate sincerely throughout the taken part in the Assembly pro-
British are more French and -country and caused the worst ceedings these were regarded as traile choos this winter. "legal and null and vold."
For this reason, the Peking
optimistic, which is bound to irritate Western relations Weather
but experts forecast
The deputies may meet, Government end of the long cold spell.
cabled that Gen- foreign troops.
to re-
NOT ACCEPTANCE. 2. Allow the Korean people
agreement for a early
Council The In America, freezing rain, cral Wu had no cause
sin in New York.
meeting scoms doubtful. main in wide
to pelted
settle their political problem sleet and snow
note The Soviet Subsequently the group re among themselves.
Russian note was prepared with with the obvious objec- areas of the Middle West, de-
subblety He then followed with a mention of the broader disrupting crived from Peking a copy of
The United States was EX- laying traffic and
a long statement, Arst issued
lengthy account of alleged which the Western Powers had power services. Comparatively
by the proposed should be explored.
pected to oppose an acceptance of tive of aggravating major exist- mild weather Was reported in by Peking Radio on Dec. 22, in atrocities committed
France and America. Mr Acheson said that the only the Soviet proposal for preling differences among Britain, which entire cease-fire ef- United Nations forces in Korca,
the
the note Chino, fort was branded as a "United quoting for this purpose from additional feature in the Sovie: minary Big Four talks in any note was the statement that prior Big Four capital except New States
a number of publications,
cussion of Far Eastern problems Sir
then reported On a British motion, the Poil-to a meeting of, the Council of York, with Germany "first and plainly that any Council dis-
the Soviet foremost" on the agends. un Foreign Ministers, that, after receiving this stale uical Committee adjourned
State Department oficials or even global issues must in- ment from Peking, the group til Friday to allow the members Union would be willing to have of the four
showed scepticism at any ap- clude Red China, On Germany, had been forced to the follow- to consult on the next measure representatives
but only to draw meet, the powers following
preciable relief in the East-Russia played up France's great taken ing conclusion:
West tension as a result of the reluctance to proceed with Ger- up an agenda. a
man rearmament and made it Mr Acheson said that this was
Soviet note. not an acceptance of the Western
The reference in the note to plain that any Big Four talks proposal for exploratory talks.
Ble Big Four ecneideration of the would be devoted for days to Mr Acheson declined to competence
of the Big Four ward the Soviet propaganda line
the
Soviet Zone of Germany speculate on the possibility of Foreign Ministers" was sten int the Soviet Union
Washington as appearing to demilitarised and the West re-
for building the Wehrmacht. of Geneva, Jan, 3.
the presence London, Jan. 3.
presenta-
foreshadow Soviet demands for
Western officials will confer The World Federalists called
His Majesty the King this tive of the Chinese
reshad Chinese Communist representa-
and decide what to do on the chiefs of state of all
tion at any meeting of the soon afternoon invested the Australian Government at any Council of
Ministers the nations of the world today
Council of Foreign Ministers to about Russia's "no objections' Prime Minister, Mr Robert G. Foreign
to a preliminary agenda" con- to proclaim emergencies and
discuss Far Eastern questions.
ference but refusal of the Menzies, with
to agree in Pressed order their parliaments to elect
further for his in- Benegal the
Such conditions would be un-
of Order of Companion
to the discussion delegates to write a global con- group's
added: "Most people will prob- Honour, awarded to him in the terpretation of the Soviet note,
acceptable to the United States, advance gald Acheson
that it was
anything except Germany. Some stitution.
it was said, feel that our report is New Year's Honours.
nor a
propose that another G.
neither an acceptance B. Devos, Belgian delegate, ably
But it
It was sold in Washington officials
to the Kremlin introduced a resolution contain little more
Later the King received Mr rejection the Western pro- that because France and Britain not be sent ing this proclamation at the first failure.
the Newposals for four-power talks.
into
discussions. Constituent Assembly called by mean that the effort was not Sidney G. Holland,
Primic Minister.t
It just did not deal with the do not want to neglect the deman
to propose we should Zealand
proceed the People's World Convention.worthwhile or that
Reuter.
maiters outlined in the Western slightest possibility of reaching plungin United Press.
not try it again.
Call
to be
In these circumstances, and group's failure to negotiate in spite of its best efforts, the cease-fire, Reuter, unable to pursue the discussion
By World group regrets that it has been Federalists
of a satisfactory cease-fire ar- rangement,
t
"It therefore feels that no re- commendation in regard to cease-fire can usefully be made by it at this time."
DID THEIR BEST the conclusion
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At
Sir
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FEAST
Menzies Decorated
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of
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Discussed Hght into the Soviet "peace"
Washington, Jan. 3.
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Mr Henry Morgenthau, for mer United States Secretary of the Treasury, said after a to the White House today that he had discussed with President Truunan several matters cerning Israel and that they "saw cyo to cye" on them,
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