BIG FOUR
TALKS MAY INCLUDE FAR EAST
London, Jan. 15. Informed sources said to- day that the three Western powers had mapped plans to include the Far East in the agenda of the proposed four- power meeting with Russia.
llowever, the United States, Britain and France would in- of the sist that the arenda Foreign Ministers' talks should not be limited to German de- militarisation
New French Strategy In
Effort To Foil
Tonkin Attack
Knocking Vietminh Army Off
Balance
Hanoi, Jan. 15.
French Union forces, poised on the lip of this rich "rice-bowl" delta, are hitting out with a new issues behind the current ten- "defensive-offensive" against the Communist-led
sion in Europe,
bu: cover
uli
the United The reply by States, Britain and France to Museow was expected before the end of the week. The British draft of the proposed note of answer to the Soviet
to
Washing on
during
the
New Year's Eve was dispatched week-end, with suggestions for
of mod!Reations the minor American draft received cariler fast week.
The Western pected early
IC-
diplomats ex- co-ordination of the three Western draft plies to Moscow and a meeting of the four Foreign Ministers' deputies next month, probably in Europe.
Extension
the of
Vietminh rebels.
Usually reliable military observers in this anxious capital, fast becoming a "ghost city" for all but the Vietnamese, say that the French aim is to keep knocking the increasing number of China- equipped Vietminh battalions off-balance so that they cannot mount a possible all-round attack on the delta.
Observers here believe that it will at least temporarily wrest the Initiative from the rebels, who failed quickly to follow up their successes against the French in their recent costly evacuation of their outposts on the China border.
do If
£
Everywhere, French officers Observers think that though more confident the bulk of the Vietnamese aro growing are that they can hold the Vietminh. by no means Communist, they
their would reluctantly accept shrug French But
just they
But they British-American-Russian con-shoulders and throw up their Vietminh invasion.
asked:
"What will was hands
really fear the arrival of the ference to the Far East
China sends her you proving increasingly impractic-
Nevertheless, Vietnamese For one thing, most West-
Chinese Communists. morale remains good, though ern officials realise that the Far
forces few even in official places know Eastern situation cannot be pro- fitably discussed without China, are getting some, reinforcements the details of the actual military France to replace seven situation. A check of the but inclusion of China would from
military Vietnamese-in-the-street here in automatically rate the issue of lost
United Hanol showed that no man ques- who should represent her,
expects
able.
American Tribute To
De Gasperi
Itailan
New York, Jan. 16.
armies to help the Vietminh
well-known Although it is that the French
Union
and
battalious,
the trom
equipment Stutes to
to
stand
their
to fight ди-
KOREA LESSON
Central Vietnam,
in
The Dancing Refugees
TO-DAY
ONLY
Bine's
Groups of refugees from Communist-invaded Tibet are dancing and begging their way through India. Here are seen members of one such group of Tibetans dancing in a street in New Delhi. They had trekked from western Tibet, dancing
their way for daily bread-AP Picture.
+
ILSE KOCH TO
SERVE IMPRISONMENT
LIFE
Augsburg, Jan. 15.
who, as
Labour Group Attacks MacA
The
London, Jan. 15. Labour
Party of the Gloucester villages of Stroud and Thornbury lo- day Dassed a resolution calling for the dismissal of General Dougins Mac- Arthur. The
also resolution called
on Britain's Labour Government to use all lis influence to stop the pro- posed meeting of the Big Four powers
as the first step to fores General Mac- Arthur's dimlasa)—United Press.
MR LIE IN HOPEFUL
MOOD
Geneva, Jan. 15.. Mr Trygve Lie, the the Secretary-General of
said here United Nations,
icularly on the northern sector frontline here, which is import- guilty on one charge of integelf before the prisoners, lash- today that he was convinced |
of
and tin.
Ilse Koch, the "Red Witch of Buchenwald,” increase their fre- tioned knew how close the was sentenced to life imprisonment here today Vietminh were to the city. for crimes in the horror camp of which her hus- Furthermore, proposals for a power, no one really
French conference the
The French outpost for the separate big power
and be
overrun if ett
city in the south-west is at Xuan band was Commandant. She was also sentenced on the Far East have been made ground
Communist Mai, 35 kellometres (about 22 to loss of civic rights. by the Commonwealth Prime hordes of Chinese
miles) from Hanol. Due north Ministers and may develop into "volunteers" come.
This is the maximum sentence in West Ger- It has something concrete,
Military observers here think they hold Phulo, about 45 kilo- be only logical metres (28 miles) from Hanoi. therefore been tacitly agreed to that it would
the to shrink of the pro- for them
big But the main Vietminh concen- many, where the death sentence has been abolish- narrow the scope
cast towards thetrations are farther back at ed. But Koch was not in Court to hear it possd four-power meeting to bridgehead
Thainguyen and beyond Phu
both about 6s passed. Following a fit on Saturday, a Court doctor European issues and such gen-coast of the Tonkin Guit
In this langthuong, that, They belleve
simulating eral issues as control of atomic
event, France could do no more kilometres (41 miles) from the said today that she was deliberately energy.--United Press
to fulfil ber international obil- capital.
In French circles, mention is mental aberration. She was unfit to appear, he than con- Kations in Tonkin tinue
the to employ Loughest sometimes made uncmcially of said.
the possibility of having to fall while
In the early stages of the trial effects of detention in the horror delaying tactics suring that her valuable Euro-bacit to the 16th Parallel
Koch was charged with 38 camp-told of the satanie whims pean forces live
murders, complicity in 146 more of the arrogant, vicious "Mis- other day.
PRIMARY TASK
and one attempted murder, all tress of Buchenwald," the cases being concerned with the Commandant's wife, had no Some Frenchmen think that deaths in the Buchenwald camp. official authority, over the pri- it is not too late for the United The charges were considerably soners. They regard the present
out of Korea reduced as the trial proceeded, They described how Koch, swift lows dealt at known Nations to pull
reinforce this strategic and today Koch was
found wearing a bathing suit or other Vietminh concentrations, parti- 2nd
scanty garb, would preen her- the defence of South-ment to murder, one
of incite- of the present 600-kilometre (ant to
of its valuable ment to attempted murder, five ing out with her riding crop at
D general war would be (360-mile) bridgehead periphery East Asia and
this resources of tice, rubber, oil of incitement to severe physical the swine" who dared to look de las Alcide Premier
the spearhead
Incite at her and noting their names avoided.. mishandling and two of These French strategy in Tonkin.
zee France's task in ment to physical midhandling.
that the SS guards..could This strategy, observers ar- Indo-Chino today the lessons
Today the as primarily
"punish" them.-Reuter. Public Prosecutor country's re-announced that.
hat he had with- gue, icarnt in Korea and conforms to prevent the with the general principles of sources from falling under the drawn five charges, at the last
moment. Details
these Western policy in the Far East control of Russia's satellites.
But some accuse the French charges were not given. of not committing
Government of being afraid of the with too deoply
The presiding Judge, giving forces
United Nations political solu~ lion in Indo-China if the United the Court's Andings, stated that Koch had been acquitted on the vice to Nations milltary forces **French
official armies of Russia's satellites.
other charges, but the number and foreign French evacuate French
and details of these charges
New York, Jan. 15. from the sought, women and children
Some, too, question the deci- were not stated in Court.
Four trans-Atlantic liners of the "because
sions of such vitally affected is
Immediately after the verdict secu
Australla, Britain, had been announced, Dr. Alfred radiced that they would arrive international situation, would be
France countries us as evidence th
'that
Malaya, Siam
and the Philip Seidl, the Defence Counsel, said in New York 24 hours late be- wrong to take the Italian res-:
"I am convinced that a gen- troops to Korea that
he would appeal to the cause of a huge storm circling
the North Atlantic. in
The ponse to the North Atlantic de- now sees Indo-China as part
their own front West German
be avoided and eral war will Supreme a wider Allied global strategy pines to send with while leaving
vessels are the Cunard liner familiar
that the good sense of the fence as simply rhetoric.
Frenchmen,
door La Indo-China poorly on Koch's behalf.
Mauretania with 813 passen- her
going so, mainly agree dissenters, what "Italy has doubters and obst, uctionists....! with the way the Tonkin policy guarded.—Reuter.
But it
gers, the Norwegian American leaders of the world will pre- liner Oslo Fjord with 504 pos- One cannot doubt, however, that appears to be shaping.
sengers, and the Navy trans- Mr Lie, who was leaving for prevailing opinion among those could be perturbing to the big
port S. D. Sturgis with 1,300 Parls by train tonight, has been population Vietnamese
from Germany, all in Geneva studying the pos- who concern themselves with national policies is in favour of
have remained loya!
passengers
the sixth albilities of holding due to arrive today. French, and the Western democracies and of
The Cunard liner Scythia, session of the General Assern- playing an active role in defence
due Tuesday,
United said she would bly
Nations' at the dock Wednesday morning. European headquartors here. Seven trans-Atlantic Inbound freighters also were delayed by the storm.-United Press.
The Times said today that Gasperi has been giving proof that he deserves to rank among the greatest premiers Italy has produced since 1870.
The editorial, commenting on Mr de Gasperi's Senate speech on Saturday said: "The Western cause was championed with im pressive success by Mr Altide that remarkable de Gasperi, statesman.'
tits in with
It was a formidable display of Tonkin delta, leadership but It
who have
valuable
who
to the little
of the West. Italy after all is chance to evacuate because ni
the cradle of Western civilisa- the cost and transport limita-
she tions, Inconceivable tion; it is
Many of these are now tend- sit-on-the-fence and are direct avold to
should choose to throw open the gates to another barbarian I-10 vasion from the East."-United attempting Press.
involvement.
Surprise Challenge
Over
New
Guinea
1, 1952, "if the Indonesian people are really united.'
The talks at The Hague on the future of Western New Guinea, part of an island 90 miles north of Australia, broke down last month.
were
Court
Koch is to be informed of the sentence in writing, probably to morrow. The sentence is to be served in Alchach Frison.
IN BED Today she was in a hospital Prison, near bed in Aichach With Augsburg. She was taken there
Meeting Of
Envoy's
Mr. Nehru
The
Paris, Jan 15. Indian Prime Minister, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, will hold
conference with Indian
on Saturday after throwing aft which doctors sald was "another case of play acting."
Was
Ilse Koch, who 10 years ago proud and beautiful, flaunt ing her face and Agure before thousands of
of concentration camp sour and prisoners, is today a slovenly woman of 44. Am- Looking at the dropping, bor bassadors and diplomatle heads ed gure sitting in Court, it was of hard to imagine the vigorous business-like ex-typist from Dresden
who, according prisoners' testimony, personified both beauty and the beast.
Koch never had any
in Europe at the residence Sardar Hardit Singh Malik, the Ambassador to France, here on Wednesday, the Indian Embassy stated today.
Indian
dor' Mr
10
K0
VIOLENT GALE proposing a cease-fire in Korea
IN ATLANTIC
Greece
Pledges
To Fight
Boston, Jan. 1s. The Greek ambassador, M.
Monday Athanase Folitis, on pledged that Greece will fight
Sision at any cost.
intellec-
M. Politis made this state-
mutual
democratic
crews
to
He said he strongly support- ed the resolution passed by the Political Committee of the United Nations on Saturday
be followed by six-power talks on Far Eastern problems.
that the earnestly hope Government of the People's Republic of China will find it possible
to co-operate within
tion," he said. the framework of that resolu
זיי
vall."
He said that a decision would be taken in New York after he had visited Paris and London to view the facilities there.- Reuter.
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phong 03 n
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Indian diplomats stated to be tual interests. In prison sheon against Communist aggres-17, Hankow Road, Kowloon. Djakarta, Jan. 15. in Paris for the meeting Include sits around and occasionally The Indonesian President, Dr I. R. Sockarno, Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, the fingers a magazine. She has al- ment in a speech accepting for Ambassador to thembit entirely ceased correspon the Greek Government two
Dr Sorvapell! United States, in an unexpected speech tonight, declared that he Indian
other relatives. two chil- Cor Mohan was convinced that Dutch New Guinea would be Radhakrishnan, the Ambassador once with her we call destroyer escorts turned over
Singh to Russla,
defence assistance programine. 11, live near Stuttgart with her returned to Indonesia before sunrise on January tu, the Ambassador to The dren, one aged 12 and the other to Greece under the
Mr N. Raghavan,
Van sister-in-law, Frau Erne Raible, He pledged the ships will "be to Belgian, Mr
As long as all in the common effort of the school there. Mr D
Minister B. R. Sen, Ambassador to Italy, and go to the State primary put to good and effective use
D. S. Desai,
the world lones to They are said to be pretty United Nations and all peace- pleasant chilldren. Ilse loving people to build up the
of the Switzerland, Mr D. P. A. Menon, and Minister of Portugal, Mr Nehru, Koch has not been on speaking forces
la lover this Mr Minister to Sweden, and
terms with Frau Raible since world." head of the Indian 1943.
The destroyer escorts will Kishen, Prem
bo manned
by, Greek who
NOTORIOUS WOMAN Mission in Berlin was, cause otherwise we will never President,
will live! The
a dinner to local fulfil our political wishes."
Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai, the speaking at
Shortly after her trial before here.United, Press. President Soekarno said that Secretary-General of the Indian an American Court at Dachau Journalists, said: "The situation
of loyally as Pre- External Netherlands his pledge
Department, Affairs that the now is occupies part of our country, cident bound him to the Indo- who has been in London for the in 1847, Koch had an legitimate
Constitution, which
Commonwealth Prime Ministers child by another prisoner in we have to neston This means that
that the independent Conference, will accompany the Landsberg Prison, Bavaria. This
Lives in
Munich revise our co-operation with the
to Paris on child Indonesia should Prime. ot
orphanage. Dutch"!
Ilse's old mother in Berlin, This made the situation for consist of the whole of the for- Wednesday-Reuter.
East Indies
Frau
Kochler, gave up S.C.M.POST,LTD. Anna himself "very difficult because mer Netherlands
daughter in despair many he was one of the defenders of (which included Western New
Guinea).
Arab Meeting years ago. Even in her Buchen- co-operation with the Nether-
He added: "I am lied to a
wald heyday, Ilso neglected her lands, he added.
Baghdad, Jan; 18. Heal: "Every demand of Parliamentary system and be-
The Iraqi delegation to the mother completely.
She became notorious in post- with cause of that I have to remair be coupled
Political Com- ours must
meeting of the
war years as "the woman with This does not mean in certain bounds." pressure.
made of human lampshade Reasserting that New Guinea raltter of the Arab League on
Witch of that we have to start an armed Invasion of New Guinea. The was still a national claim, Pre-January, 20 will leave here do skin," the Red
and "one of the said that he Calro by air tomorrow.
Buchenwald" Indonesian people do not wantsident Boelcamo
was disappointed, and so wéré The plane will pick up the worst
war.
the Indonesian
Minister
people, at the Trigt Prime Minister, Güneral know, "men the world has over
Citizens of Augsburg who where he has been picked the Court every day talks with King throughout the trial had their the near future. They have to Guinea since The Hague talks Abdullah and the Jordan 11 of sensation Witnessch-after witnesses many showing tho Premier-Reuter, lead the people to this and be ended--Beuter.
"The Indonesian people must bo roorganised to become breakdown in The Hogue talks. Nur es-Said Pasha, at Amman. powerful This is the fank of This was President Sockarno's Jordan, itle Government and leaders, in first public statement on New baring
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