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MR. NEHRU'S FORMULA:
British
Protest Possible
New York, Apr. 9. The possibility of a Bri- tish Government protest to the United States over General Douglas Mac- Arthur's recent statement on Korea was suggested by the New York Herald Tri-
bune today.
In an editorial, the Herold Tribune said: "The prospect of a forinal British protest to Washington over General Mac- Arthur's latest utterances brings into the open a situation which the has long been sapping foundations of any attempt to form
workable coalition against Communist aggression.
almosphere which has Sil
THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951.
FRIENDLINESS BUT
NO APPEASEMENT
New York, Apr. 9.
The Prime Minister of India, Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, told a United States editor that he favoured firmness tempered with friendliness but no appeasement of evil as a basis for approaches to settle international disputes..
His views were set out in recorded "reflective" conversations with Mr Norman Cousines, editor of the "Saturday Review of Literature," when the latter was recently visiting New Delhi.
Israeli Air
Raid On
Border
It is typical of the curious
rounded the whole. Korean affair, however, that the British
Damascus, Apr. 9. objections should be levelled
Foreign correspondents al- against the proposal to slowed to visit the area of the Chinese Nationalist troops against Syrian-Israeli dispute at the Mao regime a matter which
Hommch and Houtch today at most is a corollary of General MacArthur's main thesis, and had dropped 72 bombs -
found the Israell Air Force 500 around which a great many and 250 pounders. confusions have arisen In this country as well as abroad.
"The
entry of Nationalist China into the present nighting would mean an extension, not a contraction, of
the present American responsibilities. It cannot be considered as a casual phase of the Korean war but as
of
The Interview is to be pub- lished in this week's issue of the magazine.
Mr Nehru did not think there was any hostility in India he against any country. But, added, certain things and policies which might not be clear or fit into India's policy might create criticism.
Mr Nehru said that the basic threat today in the world was fear.
"And, fear," he added" "is the most dangerous companion for any individual or for any coun- try to posses. Fear clogs the mind and fear leads often to impassioned action."
Of the United Nations, Mr Also allowed to visit the dis- Nehru
said that it had been purled region were foreign mili- created as an instrument for tary observers although Israel
peace but refused to
he believed ito allow her foreign
effectiveness spiritual
Was counterparts the same privile-growing less.
Ages.
the
no
"It Its peace structure is changed." Tho bombs were dropped
he said, "and if i a part of the total conflict in the from a low altitude because of becomes an instrument for war, Far East.
"Since the
absence of anti-aircraft then it does not function as lalter is, un artillery,
but
casunities the United Nations but as some- happily
distinct possibility,
may were reported except for one thing else which
really the United States cannot adopt wom and one
not be necessary." child at Micowberish attitude the
Hemmch village. Two military the British, in merely hoping tents were burned at the Syrian that something will turn up.
It must
Army post at Hemmeh and a take into account inilitary ambulance destroyed. all the forées that may come
The incident followed a into play should the war be ex- test by Syrin to the Joint Syrian tended.
Israell Armistice "On the other hand, so long us America holds to the policy
against Israel's of limited warfare in Koren It should state that policy clearly and firmly, allowing neither diplomats nor generals to ob scure it," the paper added.
Reuter.
Malta Club Gesture To
Princess
Malta
Valetta, Apr, 0.
Polo Club this after-
noon staged
"Operation Poto
Lament" 45 a farewell
Princess Elizabeth.
drainage
Dancing Girls Are Not All Young
A Westerner's idea of dancing girls includes a group of scantily clad beauties in their teens but in Bundi (central India) the picture is different. This photo of a group of dancing girls includes an 82-year-old woman... (centro), —AP Photo,
Red Cross President Eisenhower In Reports On Mission
To Communist China
Geneva, Apr. 9.
Mr Paul Ruegger, President of the Interna- tional Committee of the Red Cross, announced today that he had asked the Chinese Communist Red Cross to act for his Committee in North out Korea. The Committee's repeated requests to the
RIGHT DENIED
The original
United Nations idea, he said, was that every country in the world should be a member and hamuner Commission solutions instead of fighting on
age works at Houleh Lake, which consti- fell a good
f the battlefelds. But now he North Korean government to permit a Red Cross tutes part of the natural barrier
part of the world mission to enter its territory have been refused. bot
was not there. between Israel and Syria and is
of the demill said,
"The United Nations," he at present part
"by keeping out such tarized zone where neither of countries the two parties is allowed
10 achieve any gain or make any in a sense denies itself the sortie.
A U.N. General Assembly memo dated March 5 ordered the Immediate cessation of these works but Israel rejected this memorandum completely. As sociatd Press.
Accusation
Ignored
X
to
Rome, Apr. 9. Italy will probably not even
At the end of the last chukka
two
squadrons of mounted pelo reply to un Albanian protest that Italian planes have violated
players escorted the Princess and the Duke
of Edinburgh, Albanian territory, a Foreign
Ministry spokesman said
who was at the wheel of their own coupe, half a mile across night the
ground -to thoroughfare.
Thes
the public
the command of the General
E.
to-
He described the protest, handed to the Italian Minister at 28-just- -another-of-the
Mr Ruegger, who recently conferred with
as China or Ceylon Chinese Government and Red Cross officials in (both I think are really wrong) Peking, told a Press conference the Chinese Com- moral right to deal with that munist Red Cross Society had officially informed country.
For that country it is a sim- the International Committee "it wishes our Com- ple reply that you do not re-mittee to exercise as soon as possible its traditional cognise. us for this purpose; duties and activities." therefore we have nothing to
do with you.'
War
The United Nations puts it- He said the Chinese group the Swiss Government) which self in
in a wrong position there-informed him, however, that it Mr Ruegger left in Hongkong. by. If you cannot deal with a could not exercise pressure on These are to be shared equally country within the form of the North Korea,, United Nations, then the only In the meantime, Mr Ruegger alternative is to deal with it continued, he had asked the outside, ultimately by force of Peking organisation to: arms"-Reuter.
1. Distribute supplies (from
Liner Incident: Official Protests From Philippines
quadrons-were-under -Tirana, Albanian propaganda: Omeer Commanding troops, statements. Major-General Q. W.
The complaint, he declared, is Heath, and the Flag Officer, untrue.
Yers, Vice-Admiral P. B. The spokesman understood
Powlell.
that other Albanian protests were made. against Yugoslavia i and Greece, and added: “Wel sticks and cheered. Associated attach no importance to them." French steamer Felix Roussel on Sunday night brought Alleged discrimination against Filipinos on board the -Associated Press.
official protests from the Philippines Foreign Office and Congressmen.
As the Duke drove off the squadrons raised their polo
Press.
A British Crossword Puzzle
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12
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127
19
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ACROSS
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7 Ship.
8 Retammend.
:10 Calumniate.
19 Exalt.
15 Little drink.
17.State.
10 Accurate.
20 Strikes with foar,
21 Violent hurricane.
20 Jucket.
27. Plays,
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29 Subterranean cells.
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Manila, Apr. 10.
Acting Foreign Secretary Felino Neri said a report that a ship's barman refused to serve drinks to Filipinos with the statement “only whites are served" will probably be discussed.in a note to the French Government.
Despite the fact that the Mas-dent occurred as reported. He tor of the Felix Roussel apolo-caid that if the Filipinos were gised for the crewman's action, not promptly served it was Mr Neri last night wrote letters because the bar was crowded to the Commissioner of Customs and other persons were order and the Director of Commerce ing drinks-Associated Press. suggesting that pending receipt
of an official apology no more ships of the Messageries Mari- times, operators of the Felix Roussel, should be allowed to dock here, and that the licence of Everett
Steamship Com-
Pressing
pany, local agents, should be Ahead On
suspended.
Salvandor Zamora,
5. trade assistant attached to the Philip-. pine Embassy in Madrid and a passenger on the ship, reported to Mr Neri that when Filipino friends came on board shortly after the ship docked, ho took them into the bar and ordered ù round of drinka,
Jap Treaty
London, Apr, 0. Britain is pressing ahead with preparations for a peace treaty with Japan,..the Minister of
Mr Zamora said the barman State, Mr Kenneth Younger, told first demanded advance pay the House of Commons today. ment in dollars but when
2:
the money
DOWN
1 Dashing fellow.
2 Cutting instrument.
3 Stogo.play.
4 Musical Instrument.
& Poor.
6 Reveries.
Spot.
11. Joint.
10Asserts.
10
10. Apart.
10 Frank.
19 Mollys.
22. Reposes. 29-Dlosing: 124, System.
STERDAY'S & CROSSWO ED
18 Detail/ 10-Clour -11°
T
nad
among
prisoners civilians in North Korea.
2. Assist in the transmission of correspondence of war vie
times in North Korea,
3. Act for the International Committee in searching for off- elal and private persons missing in North Korea. These include the British Minister
and
Anglican Bishop in Seoul and
the
French Charge d'Affaires "and" "his" assistant:
4,
Assist in the transmission
Germany
Frankfurt, Apr. 9. General Dwight E Elsenhower, Atlantio Pact Supreme Commander, ar- rived at Rhein Main air- base, near here today, to- bogin an inspection tour of the Allied forces in Ger. many.
Mr John McCloy, United States High Commissioner in Germany,
and General Thomas Handy, American.
Commander Army Europe, welcomed him. He was accompanied by his wife and British, French and Belgian officers attach- ed to his Headquarters. General Eisenhower
at
in
left once by car for Heidel- berg, American Army Headquarters in Europe, where be will spendi the night,
He will leave to. morrow morning for Ben- nolager,
the British Zone, where he will attend British Army exercises. Reuter,
Japanese Fishermen
A Danger
CANADIAN FEARS
The
Ottawa, Apr.-9. Government was
of food parcels.to prisoners of today-urged-to-keep
war in North Korea.
Mr Ruegger said the proposals
under
consideration by
were
Japanese fishermen from
the
Canadian west coast Chinese officials. He repeated because they could vir« that the Chinese Foreign Minister, Mr Chou En-lal, ad tually destroy the nation's
fisheries. shown the "fullest understanding entirely independent of the neutral, impartial and International Committee in Geneva."
tho
In a resolution passed by here, the Government was ask- the Fisheries Council of Canada
ed to conclude a fishing treaty Mr Ruegger also said the
with Japan which would pro- honorary Red Cross delegation their nets in areas adjacent to vent Japanese from casting in Shanghai had been allowed
the Canadian shores. The to keep its office open and he
Council said that resumption of was sure a request by the Com-
off mittee to send a delegation to
pre-war Japanese fistring the west coast could "virtually Peking would meet a sympathetic He disclosed that the
destroy our salmon, and other central agency for prisoners of heries with resultant disast war, in Geneva,
rous effects to the had received 82,000 names of prisoners of war economy." fram United Nations forces while
national
The fishermen also expressed the North Korean government fisheries of hydroelectric deve
concern over possible effects on had sent only two lists totalling lapment in British Columbia. 110 names.
V
Mr Ruegger mid he had been The industry, which said it informed the Chinese Committee supported a polley of conserva- wants to establish temporary tion of all natural resources, relay station ino mon-bel- pointed out that the tremendous ligerent point in the Far East, amount of potential horsepower for instance in Macau, where was available on streams and It might be possible to centralise rivers which were not essential and exchange the messages of for
for the migration prisoners of war and civilians,pagation of fish end asked that coming from South Korea and where possible power agencies Japan on one hand and through keep off fish streams, the intermediary of the Chinese Red Cross from North Korea on the other.
JAPANESE REQUEST Ho termed "erroneous and reports regrettable"
that his mission had been a failure and said the Chinese officials had
a.
дя BOOK
Mr Edward Davies, Labour, formally expressed a desire that was produced, re had asked the Foreign Secretary the "Geneva Conventions_ros fused to serve the drinks with what representations he had celve
possible the
remark, "Only whites
and are received about ́n ponce trouty universal approval. carved."
The frate Filipinos are
with Japan, what salion was plication an. ported to have chased the barred and when he could Mr Ruegger also disclosed
make a statement
that, during his stay in Peking, into his cabix Later the Captain of the ship, notified of
Mr Younger replied that the head the Chinese Red Cross this incident, apologised to the Government had readved com agreed to strengthen der be Filipinos, according to the remunications from the United port to Me Neri,
States and all the Common-
and
pro
Another resolution passed by the Council, asked the Govern ment to give high priority to materials required in the pro- duction and marketing of fish in tho event of institution of priority controls-United Press.
Papal Nuncio Appointed
Vatican City, Apr. 9. Pope Plus KII today appointed Egidio
Vagnozzi, Monsignor Nuncio do the Philippines, following the recent establish- mant of diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the the Chinese society,
official to the senior
Monsignor Vagnozzi, titular ite Bishop of Mirs and heretofore (mp) apostolla, delegate In the Philips er gold bo zo Bueger wold zoondved pines, is at present in Manila, condemnation of The Government had for a quest from the Japaners Red dor to the Vatican. In expected sympathetic hearing of a re- The first Philippines Ambasmi the House of an act of racial time been urging other Koreen 'discrimination Filipinos.
The resolution - En
committed against meats the acellus very early Cross for early repatriation of to be appointed shartly-unded quests the Government to bar
Theralded. It was some 300Topanero women Prom
with pro nurses still in China mlthough from Philippines watera the
Consulting the Chinese fold him “shipwof- any - national, which
to remains working 11 practices racial decrimination
charitable? mroups. 113- The resolution was 301 d
COMPANY'S DENIAL
by force.
been. In touch with the, French, Just: Netherlands, and other interested Turce Congressman night filed a resolution «x«.
governments.
send a Gezova
Mr
pressing tho
* Chiro
added that he remainka Cross and the Chi ment of the quest
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