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Pleven Wins His Vote
Becomes France's
Now Premier
Paris, Aug. 8.
M. Reno Pleven ότι Wednesday won confirma- Na- tion by the French tional Assembly As next Premier of France, to end the political crisis lasting since July 10.
Two previous candidates, M. Rene Mayer and M. Maurice Peischs, had been defeated similar votes. Four other candi- dates called on by President Vincent Auriol did not even gel so far as a vote on investitur.
The vote in M. Pleven's favour was unofficially put at 391 to 102. The Communists voted against him. Deputies of Gen. Charles de Gaulle's Rally for the French People abstained. M. Pieven's support came from the middle- of-the-road parties that have been governing France for the past four years.
Now M, Pleven faces the job of putting together a cabinet that will bring together the parties that supported him on Wednesday. His task will be complicated the Socialists say they will continue to vote for him but will not be members his government. Such an ar- rangement always leads shaky cabinets.
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New Comet Spotted
Cambridge, Aug, 82-
A new comet too small to be teen with the naked ́eya has been discovered by Mount Palomar observatory in California, the Harvard Observatory announced to- DAY.
be
The comet yelwed with a six-inch cope in Constellation in the southern
sky. "It was spoiled
Monday
by astronomers through · 200-inch tela- scope the largest
In the world atop Mount Palomar, A spokesman for Harvard enstorn clearing house
Bentory.
for astronomical Informa tion, said the comet was of the 10th magnitudo and would appear as a "fumy” object through the tele scope. The comet's tall is less than one degree long.
United Fress.
Truman's
Aid Plan
For Chiang
to
in
Washington, Aug. §. President Truman wants invest $307,000,000 Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shck and his Nationalist Chinese on Formosa, It was learned on Wed- nesday from Senate Rources,
The Senate Foreign Re- M. Pleven, 50, was Premier
Iationa and Armed Services for seven months last year and
committees have been asked to has served in several cabinets as Minister of Defence or Deputy approve $217,000,000 in mill- for the Nationalists tory ald and $90,000,000 in economic
Premier.
Was
proposals
which started July 1.
It
was during his term 45 assistance during fiscal Premier that the known DS the Pleven Plan, for creation of a European Army, first put forward. Experts and high-level politicians from Western Germany, France, Italy, Beiglum and Luxembourg still are working on the Associated Prem,
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1951.
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Ridgway's Note Acknowledged By Reds
BUT STILL NO
HINT OF
MEETING RESUMING
Tokyo, Aug. 9..
The New China News Agency this morning admitted for the first time receipt of General Ridgway's August 7 message at 2.30 p.m., North Korea time the same day.
The New China News Agency dispatch from Kaesong, broadcast by Peking radio, referred to the "satisfactory reply" made by the Communists to General Ridgway's August 5th note protesting against security violations at the conference site.
The dispatch said that General Ridgway "sent a reply to our note as late as 2.30 p.m., on August 7th and still did not fix a date for resuming the meetings."
Council Meeting To Discuss Canal Blockade Cancelled
United Nations, Aug--8--- The Security Council meeting due for to- morrow on the Suez Canal blockade question has been cancelled, it was learned today,
1952,
Tho
Administration has in- 500,000,000 milltary and econo clued the amounts in its $8,- mic, aid programme now being considered the committees.
by planetar Alexander, Smith,
New Jersey
Republican, who favours the idea, said the money would be used to strengthen Formosa's defences rather than to prepare the Na- tionalists for an aggressive war United Nations, Aug. 8..
Communists who against the Blam informed the United have taken over China proper. Nations today that it had
Smith said President banned the shipment of arms Truman's decision to help the and strategic materials to Nationalists represents "quite a China and North Korea,
change in the Administration's The materiala include tin, thinking from the time, iron, wolfram, antimony,, lead, months ago, when the President postponement rubber, castor oil and ica pole. announced there would be no Arms, ammunition and other strategic materials were banned In an earlier decree,
18
more military ald for Chiang Kai-shiel's forocs," Associated Rueter, Press,
COMMENT OF THE DAY
Tempers Rising AMERICAN intervention, expressing
room
near
The cancellation was made by the President of the Council, Mr Warren Austin (United States), at the request of several Council members.
Neither the United States, for more time
France nor
were Governments. understood to have requested a of the debate.
Britain
Diplomatic sources thought that
some of the other Council mem- bers, such as India, Yugoslavia land Turkey, might have asked
Dangerously
arbitration. It is partly: Pakistan's
deep concern. over the mounting
feeling of frustration and helplessness tension between India, and Pakistan
that has again brought tempers to the over Kashmir, reflects growing anxiety
boll. Liaquat All Khan is so sure that lest a trifling incident should precipitate
all the Moslem inhabitants of Kashmir open war and a repetition of the wild
would vote for Pakistan in a plebiscite, The massacres of three years ago,
but the UN cannot enforce its decision. situation is grim enough to allow no
for misunderstanding, and It iB not surprising, in the circumstances, to find talk of a 'holy practice black-outs in Pakistan towns not
war' in hot-tempered political quarters. the disputed frontier are
India clings to the legalistic arguments calculated to ease matters. Direct cause of the renewed flare-up is not clearly -Pakistan's original aggression and apparent. Peaceful declarations' come
the Maharajah's choice. It is difficult from the lips of both parties. Nonethe-
to separate cause and effect in this less, In a few weeks-parallel with the mutual raising of tension--to say activities of the UN mediator, and an whether Press campaigns and troop
the exchange of messages between
movements and frontier incidents and Pandit Nehru and Mr Linquat Ali Khán
inflammatory speeches have given rise on renewed negotiations-tension has to one another or resulted from one risen perilously near danger-point. To- another. But in/an, ungovernable_way day It is at the stage where it is only "the temperature has gone up and up, just under control where any trivial feeding on itself, multiplying the clash could set off the fighting. One tissues of open conflict like a cancer. third of Kashmir is occupied by India, certainly, moved: an armoured Pakistan and two-thirds by India. This division and other troops in such a way line-up has held good since January, as to give Pakistan good ground for 1949, when the Security Council were
alarm. India's excuse was alarm given able then to calm the storm and deep- by Fakistan's "provocative actions and freeze the front line across the area.
bellicosa propaganda." The net result But the salient.fact remains: Both
is sharp suspicion on both sides. Things sides passionately desire the whole of. have become so tangled and delicate Kashmir to be included in their terri that it is doubtful whether they are any
longer entirely under anyone's control.- tory. From the moment the Raj withdrew from India trouble was The tendency naturally is to be a little Inevitable in Kashmir. Four inhabitants blased in Pakistan's favour, for she is out of five were Moslems, but the
still ready to accept the Security Maharajah was a Hindu, and he
Council's ruling, and India is not. But purported to surrender his rights to noither record is perfect and, anyway, New Delhi. For fifteen months before
that is beside the point. The task is the UN became involved; there was to provent bloodshed, not to apportion bloodshed, hatred and chaos. Un- the blame for it. The presence on the fortunately, no obvious solution spot of the UN mediator, Dr Frank prosented itself. The United Nations
Graham, provides the main Immediate did not settle the matter outright in hope. But time is of the essence favour of alther India or Pakistan, but time for tampers to cool and reason'
plebiscite. India (who had? | revive, and time for the
the first place); rojected world, and Britalo saal, would have nothim"..|"everything - possible
tell
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This falluto 10 set อ
time
for the next cease-fire. sessión, stated the broadcasi, causes the world to doubt the sincerity of the Americans,
Although the broadcast did not inform listeners of the con- General Ridgway's
tents of
second note, it said the cor munists had made a "sincere reply to the first one and gave "guarantees with regard to the question of a number of our guards straying into the meeting ares by mistake." — United Prasa
EARLIER BROADCAST
London, Aug. 9. Peking Radio cald early today that the, Korean armistice nego |tations had been suspended for another day as the result of the American
falling delegates without justification to come to Kaesong
The broadcast, which to consult their
quoting a special correspondent's despatch dafclined Kacsong. .com- August 8, repeated the munist contention that General Matthew B. Ridgway broke off the meetings three days ago on the pretext that a number of Communist guards had "stroyed into the meeting area."
After consultations with other delegations, then I set the next
Council Security meeting of the Council for Thursday, August 15.
The Counell had been CX-
The broadcast made no bard pected to call on Egypt tomorrow to lift the blockade on Israeli-suggestions as to when the talks bound goods passing through should be resumed.. the Suez Canal.
Observers here, considered it the most aggressive talk from Peking Radio since the peace negotiations began..
Egyptian circles here stated today that Egypt hoped to ar- rive at a "constructive and reasonable settlement” of the dispute, which has prevented crude oli from reaching the Brtlish-owned refinery at Haifa
No concrete proposals for
such a settlement had been put, forward to the Council delegates by the chief Egyptian delegate, Mahmoud Fawzi Bey, within
the last 24 hours.
The British,
American and
"The great peoples of Korea and China con never be in. timidated by Imperialist bluff and threats, -nor can their mighty forces be intimidated by Imperialist naval and air forces, the Radio said.
The
broadcast said that the Korean and Chinese
people's forces ranked among the most powerful ground forces in the world.
also possess powerful French delegations were said, I are units which havo not
therefore, to feel that the Coun- yet been used and a fairly ell could do no less than pass a powerful air force. Such power- Egypt to ful forces cannot be defeated by resolution calling on
any enemy." the Radio lift the blockade.
clared. Router.
VOTING DOUBTS Voting in the Council.on a proposed draft resolution cir- culated by Britain, France, and the Unlied States was a matter for speculation here today.............
It
learned on good- authority that. India, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia would |abstain." It was not certain whether Turkey would vote in favour or abstain. However the motion appeared certain to ro ceive the required soven out of 11 votes required to make effective.
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Pacific Pact To Signed On Sept
Be
Washington, Aug. 8.
1
The United States, Australia and New Zealand will sign a mutual security treaty guard ing against Pacific aggression in San Francisco on September 1, the State Department announced officially tonight. This had been forecast un- officially earlier.
was
Three members of the „UN... truce' delegation, Headed by the senior officer, Vice Admiral Turner Joy, leave a recent meeting in Kae- song. Admiral Joy (left- foreground) is followed by Major-General LG.. Craigie and Major-General Henry Hodes. Cease-fire talka with the Com munists are at present In suspension.AP_Picture.
River Bursts
Its Banks
The pact provides that each ters Council that, would be country would meet common "able to meet at any time. It danger in accordance with its suggests that later a three-way own constitutional processes in treaty could be developed into the event of an armed attack a more comprehensiya, system in the Pacific area. The treaty of regional security in the
Geneva, Aug: 8. developed to meet Pacific, area.”
child was carried"; Australian and New Zealand
The Pacific pact is not as termos would require collective action nations. North Atlanile Pact roaring torrents hit two fears of Japan, but its
12-away by the flood when 'strongly-worded as the In the event of aggression from which states that an attack on cars and a tourist bus," on any quarter against the three any one nation would be re- the Italian side of the
Pacifie countries
garded as an attack on possessions, their
The pact will be signed in advance of the Japanese peace treaty conference, which begins in San Francisco on Septem
The floods caused by the ber 4. The two treaties will be
Truman has said, Lovere River bursting Its banke followed by the alming of a defence pict between Japan and that the Pacific treaty is one of smashed the Italian frontier
or
the United States.
*
all
members, but officials said the border at Castasegan on the treaty to be signed in San St Moritz-Chiavenna Road, Francisco would be brought into action just as quickly in the it was learned here tonight. event of aggression.
President
"In
a series of arrangements "to outpost in the region as well as The pact also provides forwards strengthening the fabric the cottage of the Italian Auto- the creation of a Foreign Minis- of peace the Pacife." The moblie Club.
was Initialled by
The flood, waters caught a representatives of the thres av tourist bus with 10 passengers ernments, who met at the State and dragged it along, for 500 Department on July 12. Officials
Mountain Conquered A
Third Time
draft
Pact
said further study of the treaty yards before leaving it in a bog had not resulted in any changes three feet deep.
The mass of water, mud and since that time.
American delegation detached rocks then hit two scheduled to attend the signing cars and swept them down wo
A child was lost from of the tripartite treaty will be road. composed of the Secretary of one of the
le, Mr Dean - Acheson; Mr grown-ups escape while! two.
Foster Dulles, Semtor Tom
chairman of':
Connally
the
the
ather car
The fate of the occupants at car la not known, but ...New Delhi, Aug. 8. MA 24-year-old British Senate Foreign Relations Com-a search is being made.
Senator Alexander
St Moritz-Chiavenna mountaineer Mr R. D.mittee and
Wiley (Republican), United Rond will be closed for at least Greenwood, claimed today Press.
three or four days-Reuter,
to have climbed the 28,860-|-· foot Trisul Peak during a summer expedition to the lower Himalayan ranges.
Trisul, in the Western United climbed Provinces, has been twice befors by Dr Longstaff in 1907 and by Feler Oliver in 1933; bath British officers.
Mr. Greenwood, who comes from
Kent, is an Sevenoaks, Instructor in the Indian National Defence Academy at Debradun.
In an interview here, he said he reached the summit on June an Indian mountaineer, Gurdial Singh, The day was cloudiens ood they could see the snowy peaks of Tibet and Nepal in the far distance.
Later Mr Greenwood, added, The Senate Internal Security he made for 27,400-foot Mount Mrigtum! alone, reaching within sub-Committee today announced 000 feet of the summit before that Maj-Gen. Charles Willough cold winds and snow forced him by, former Far Eastern Anny to return.
Officer To Be 25 together with
Questioned
Washington, Aug, 0.
inton open.
unf
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"The resolution, calling on Egypt elligence chief, wring unconquered, but, in Mr. Green. to end the blockade, challenged quuraday
espionage in the
the Egyptian claim that the on |country find the legal right), "to Impore restrictions on Suez Cans) traffle to Israel
on
Russian Eastwood a
able w
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Commas efore teltirning to Debradun |
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Dr Pat McCallast week-ma, Greenwood also i
open
tho hearing as the climbed the 20,000-foot Mount The Egyptian delegale was sub-Commities met to question Relaber, remaining on the suri- known to have hated to various General Willoughby today be- mitzór, six hours, despite the key delegations that his Govern hind clored doces Senator Me-freezing weather and blizzards. ment was prepared to arrive at Carran said General Willoughby, Rafaban was last.scairit by a
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London, Aug 8. 12 Hoa OMinister
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