THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL
Persian Police Seize Advance Big Batch Of
In Korea May Be
Near End UN Officers' Views
Tokyo, Apr. 20.
Chinese and North Korean Reds retreated slowly yes- terday
much of the Korean front under a blan- ket of rain, smoke and haze.
on
U.N. forces made limited gains * and sent aggressive
Agitators Threats Against Oilfield Workers
On The
The Increase
Abadan, Apr. 19.
Persian police in a new swoop on oilfield patróis stabbing Northward at agitators here have arrested 80 house-to-house many points. held Firth pickets in the last 24 hours. Some of these people
Bain and clouds
to only 20 carried cards showing membership of the banned Air Force fighters sorties by dusk yesterday. Communistic Tudeh Party.
since
was the lowest number
IL
Feb. 9, whoan only seven were rounted.
The
Chinese
timel
About 180 pickets are now held by the authori- North tics. The purpose of the pickets is to keep as many
Koreans pulled back deeper in-
10 North Korea with only taken oilfield employees away from work as possible.
resistance.
No further incidents have officers that been reported in the last 24
There was a growing feeling among front line
the Allied drive had pushed hours in this Persian Gulf oil- mast as far ahead
the
Rait aufely own, wiltere strikers have
production could and that the next move lashed
Oil Company's Anglo-Iranian was up to the Chinese.
refinery, the world's biggest.
But vil officials said today that the agitators', campaign of intimidation and threats against workouts is increasing in inten- sity.
However, many still believed the enemy still might Jaunch his long-awaited spring counter- offensive, with more than 600,- 000 troops massed for a major assault.
These oflcers had
felt the Reds
been waiting for spring rains to bog Korea's roads, and for Increased air and artillery
support.
They said the fact that some of the arrested pickets carried cards and Tudel menbership cards isvared by an organisa- tion known as "The Society For
Company Combating The Oli lent support to their belief that of Intimidation the campaign
Communist-Inspired and strong conceB- Communist agents
along Unitext Nations units the front have been alerted a least twice in the past two days against possible enemy air at tacks. A general black-out was ordered on Wednesday night.that there was Associated Press.
PROPOSAL
was
tration
in Abadan.
Workers threatened
were
still being today with having
ON their cars cut off and their
RED CHINA
The
throats cut if they dared to go io work. But a new type of propaganda was revealed.
Persian
ANTI-BRITISH
children
Oslo, Apr. 19.
Foreign Norwegian
buying Minister, Mr Halvard Lange, today proposed that Communist school-exorcise books in chops China be admitted to the United And that the back page bears Nations as soon as it ceased the Dove of Peace and the front page a cartoon showing a brutal acts of aggression."
He called
Bull for a negotiated | John
(national figure pence in Korea but emphasised representing Britain) crouching that he did not want "appease-menacingly over a fallen Per-
slan maiden, ment
He asserted that the majority of United Nationa members supported his view that fighting must be brought to a close by negotiations.
Press.
One phrase in the text ac- companying the cartoon roads, The Oil Company must be fought and pushed out."
Council by open ballot instead of secret ballot as in the past. Reuter.
AMERICANS LEAVE
London, Apr. 19. Four American oil specialists who operated the secret cataly- tie oll plant at Abadan, Iran- the only plant of its kind in the alr- Middle East-latt London port for New York tonight after being ordered to return by their firms.
They said that the oil refinery of Abadan was still out of ac- tion because of the strike but that the catalytic plant, which turns waste products into tigh grade gasoline arki oil by secret process, fully operated Europeans.
is still being by a staff of
tre
The Americans
Walter E. C. Aten
Harmon, J. M. Pressburg, and A. W. Cavell.
Cavell
Shah of said: "The Persia is very anxious that the 'catcracker' keeps going. It is heavily guarded by tanks and
ops. We got it into opera-] in three months. We were sent specially by oll re- fineries in the U. S. and will go back
to them." -Associated Press.
Quirino Gets Pat
On The Back
20,
Blonde Out Of Place
1951.
An eight-year-old, white-skinned, blue-eyed blonde girl, centre, was found wandering south in Korea with a group of Korean refugees. Since blonde hair is unusual among Koreans, Gls of the 1st Cavalry tried to find out who she was, but she spoke only Korean and could give them no clues. Not even GI sign language solved the mystery.
Silent
Session Of Big Four
Paris, Apr, 19.
of the Today's session deputies of the "Biz Four" Foreign
who Ministers, have been discussing an agenda for a meeting of the Ministers, lasted only 30 minutes.
the Tho session Was shorteal meeting since the deputies Orst met seven weeks ago.
the M
A Western spokesman Bald that
Soviet doputy,
Andrel Gromyko, had not received instructions from Mascow. wtro He added: "There
of about eight minutes silence because M, Gromy- ko had no instructions and the other depuilen had nothing to say.”—Henter.
Israelis
Prepared To-Talk
General MacArthur was dis-
A total of 2,630 workers and missed because there was some 230 apprentices
Washington, Apr. 19. doubt whether he was in a duty today.
reported for
The Philippine Foreign It was the
дри ment with this policy-United prenticed, of whom there
Secretary, Carlos Romulo, sald today that President Elpidio are about 2,000, who first stayed Quirino's
prestige
during recent away from work more than
months
has reached new two weeks ago and who led last.
heights-among-
Washington Thursday's riots in which 12 officialdom, and he asked the
Filipinos to give people were killed.
the chief tro- dit where credit is due. He la to leave
Friday for Manila. Ho
President
Quirinu for what measure
Spofford In Rome
Rome, Apr. 10. Mr Charles H. Spofford, American chairman of the North Allantle deputies: organi- sation, arrived here today by air from London,
Output at the refinery yester- day was 4,000,000 gallons.
The strikers have unofficially submitted four demands to the local Persian authorities. These Mr Spofford is expected to call for the abolition of martial see the Prime Minister, Signor law, the trial of Persian officers Alcide de Gasperi, and the who ordered the shooling last Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Thursday, the payment of strike Sforza, beore returning to Lon-pay and new election
д
of elon on Sunday, Reuter,
members of the local Labour
zave
on
Quirino Defends
His Policy
Manila, Apr, 10. President Elpidio Quirino today defended Philippines co- operation with the democracies and asserted present-day citizens must take sides in the divided world.
The President addressed the Far Eastern University com- mencement, where he received an honorary doctorate.
DEBATE
ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
man
Geneva, Apr. 19. The United Nations Hu- Rights Commission today adopted a French resolution to form itself into a working party to study in private six sets of proposals on, the inclusion of social, cultural and economic rights into A draft international coven-
Ant.
The voting was 14 in favour and two (the Soviet Union and the Ukimine) against.
COM-
The proposals under stdcration aro by Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Yugoslavia, the United States and Russin.
A Soviet motion that tho version should be held in public was defeated by ☐ majority vote.
The divergence of view ranged from the Soviet pro posal that these rights should bo elaborated in detail to the United States view that they should be outlined in general
ters, Tho
Max Indian delegate, Mra Hansa Mehta, pointing out that there
was no such thing as an absolute right today, put for- ward a compromise proposal which the Commission le to consider
during
its, closed
Mchta declared that while in practice even the right to life was conditional. It was even more difficult to deɑno absoluto social and economic rights which would hold good for all countries,
session.
Maru
Shou
suggested that the Comi- mission should be satisfied with a guarantee from the Govern- ments that they would promote these rights to the best of their financial abilities. Reuter.
South Korea
Appeals For More Relief
*
Mr
Eusak, Apr. 19. Mr Quirino obviously referred to Tuesday's blast by the leader Korean Foreign Minister,
The newly-appointed South of the Nacionalista Party, Claro Pyun Yung Tae, sald in Pusan M. Rectos, against the Philip today that there was little hope. pines' pro-American foreign of peace negotiations to end the policy and advocacy of staying Korean war and he made a plea aloof from the quarrels of the for more relief supplies for
powers. Mr Quirino, how-Korea.
big
ever, did not mention either the Mr Pyun said: "We want the United States or his political war ended but we want it end- opponent by name,
ed honourably. Any agree- The President said-that-undermont with the Communists present world conditions the which is dishonourable Korea Philippines, despite its limiti is also dishonourable to the tions, must think -in
global United Nations." terms.
Mr Pyun said that the Korean particularly civilians, Mr Quirino rejected neutrality people,
in the struggle between East had suffered heavily in this and West. Obviously referring war against Communist aggres- to the United States, he saidston." Ile said: "Of all the any grievances against chosen Allles South Korea has
pald and tried friends would in time most dearly in blood and ma- be settled in a spirit of under-terial. The tree nations do not
Ideals. United ness of the plight of the South Korean people."
Tel-Aviv, Apr. 19. The Israeli Foreign standing. born from identity of appreciate fully the serious-
and Office said today it was purpose Mr Romulo himself has ready to attend a meeting | Press achieved on his current military of the mixed Syrian- the United Israeli armistice commis
Only 20 per cent of the relief supplies contributed by other nations had reached Korea, Mr
ARMS NOT Pyum added. Heuten
old mission на States.
sion on their border dis- Mr Romulo said, "The Philip- pine military mission has ac-pute whenever a time is complished its task, but I can- fixed by
the
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I have reported to Pre- oldent Quiring. I can say, how- A spokesman said the
that what measure ever,
of move was up to Colonel Bennet success the mission has achieved de Ridder, the Belgian acting to the prestige chief of the United Nations
Washington, Apr. 19, President Quirino has Palestine conciliation commis- President Truman said hero succeeded in building for his alon, who conferred on Wednes last night that the free world Administration In these last
Syrian Premier, could day with the few months."
Khaled el Azem, in Damascus,
that
not depend on strong
Communism.
ho (Quirino) won Syria had accepted tre that military defences alone to stop
Colonel de for the
Mr Romulo said, "By succes
It was sive steps the respect and admiration of Ridder's prerequisites Washington. In such circums- meeting but was still asking
clarification
certain tances, it was much easier for tOT
Cairo, Apr. 10. Arab League Govern
The
Ho said America's "Point Four Programme” for aiding under-developed countries was "the best answer to the false promises of Communism,"
The
threat of Communist the free
us to accomplish our task." points-United Press.
The zeorganisation of the Cabinet was well received in Washington and so was the ments have warned the United aggression compels reorganisation of the armed Nations that the fate of the world to build strong military forces of the Philippines.
850,000 Artb refugees from defences," he said. Paldstine threatens evil -con-
"But Communism cannot be Fresident Quirino's vision in
DOQUENCES particularly during stopped by arms alone. asking for an economic survey the present international ten- "One of its most dangerous of the Philippines; his courge.
ston
weapons is its false appeal to ous acceptance of the Bell re
The Goverments also called people who are burdened with port, his entering intó agree-
and ment with the ECA Administra on the United Nations to solve hunger, disease, poverty bor, Mr William Foster, and his this "tragic problem," now en-ignorance" persistence in making
Mr Truman said that tho good tering its third year, the Liba- every commitment he made and Sue's headquarters berean-Point Four programine you
welcomed in being
the tree the general improvement of the nounced today.
The refugees are in Elyph countries of Asia, economic position of the Philip
Africa, the pines have cared for him is the Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. Middle East and Latin America. esteem and regard of ofcials in-Reuter.
He made this comment in Washington and the sympathy In Hiversum, Holland, the formal atatement after receiving Dutch Reformed (Protestant) a report from Dr. Henty Ben- nett, Administrator of tho
of the American Whenever/Council "far Church and Israel" :
Mr Romulo said,
the Administration is criticised has launched a campaign to aid Paint Four programme.
it is President Quirino who is 00,000.
Iraqi Jows. dispossessed
lows. The Jews are emigrating to
the target of criticism. It is by now only proper, therefore, when- over credit is given that credit Isruel batore the frontier is should be given to President closed on May 16. The Council and Quirino."United Press,
in appealing for money baby-clothing for the immi- granta-Reuter.
Amman Coremony TORIES' MOTION
Amman, Apr. 18.
Dr Hussch Khaildi, leader of ||
the Paletku -Arabs Retorn
Party
مه
DEFEATED
London, Apr. 10, The Government scored an
victory eight-volo
over the
He said he was pleased with the report-Reuter.
To
Stay With MacArthur
Washington," "Apr. 19. It was learned today that. Lieutenant-Colonel · Anthony Story, commander of General MacArthur's personal plane. will remain with the. Glisseral,
For. Ave yaz Colonel Story
of Gan artil MagArteryplaco. Tand General.
and former Mayor of Jerusalem, * was installed
ikh Custodian of the Holy Opposition in the House of had been commander of Plance and Gurdian of the Commons tenlucht.
Mosquò of Omer, hero today,
Diplomatic Cospa: was notre invited because ishe a0- politanerátora conidderes of Lo Interort to them, but Arab jand
The #gainw
Conservatives protested i funtor: mide was offer sconett
recent increased and toloch
charges Story lined, to remain with
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