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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1951.
Police And Bandit Gangs Fight Sapphire Meteor Wins Four
Pope Calls For Unity
Vatican City, Sept. 12.
Pope Pius XII today appealed to all the Chris- tians of the world to unlio "to ghi under one flag against the assaults of the Infernal enemy.”
The Pope made his ap- peal in a long Encyclical Letter addressed to all the bishops and prelatos of the Roman Catholic Church-Reuter.
SECRET WEAPON
UNDER TEST
Washington, Sept. 12.
secret
A weapon
that scarcely anyone in Korea knew how to use it has become one of the most important in the United Nations arsenal,
Dr Louis N. Ridenour, n. civi- Ulan physicist,
wondered why the proximity fuse developed In the second World War and a deadly weapon in the Ardennes "Battle of the Bulge" was not being more used in Korea.
Pitched Battle
In South Siam
MORTARS, GRENADES &
MACHINE-GUNS
Bangkok, Sept. 12.
Police and bandit gangs are fighting a pitched battle with mortars, machine guns and grenades in the South Thailand Province of Prachuakirik- hand, according to wounded policemen returning here for medical attention.
The bandits retreated from a mountain stronghold they had been holding against the Police for nearly three weeks and took up new positions from which they were still resisting, a wounded Police lieutenant said.
it
rebels are dacolts who ind
political convenient to wear a label.
a superstitious Dacolls are people They wear un osiort- ment
off of charms to word myatic signs upon their boules "od luck" and nearly all tattoo to make them "bullet-proof".
The fact that the tattoo
do
Vie not 'keep
The Police stormed the ban- blis stronghold last Sunday, he sald, but were driven back by a rain of fire from machine gaps, grenades mortar fire and hand
bombarded The Police then the mountain with mortars and Bren guns. Later they reached mountain peak but found the that the bandits had fled, taking He asked joint mission ammunition, weapons and food markings
題 which went to Korea las De- but leaving behind medical sup-bullets cut does not discourage cember, and discovered that this plies, Including Penicillin. fuse had become so enmeshed in military secrecy that compara- tively few people, could use it, and stayed two months showing them how,
Now the army is using 17 times as many proximity-fused shells.
hand
The Air Force, which used none, is using hundred in anti-personnel bombs.
The fuse is
He said that the gangs were "common bandits" who had been pillaging the Province, Reuter,
A murder is committed every 20 minutes in post-war Burma, according to statistics available here,
Most
killings are done by
them.
Soothsayers are consulted in fixing an "auspicious day for a bandit operation. On D-Day, firearms, food and liquor are placed upon a sacrificial altor and prayers are offered for success.
Despite fully completed plans,
of the liquor spills or a gua
"dacoits" or bandits, a tradition-ofit will be called out if some ally Burmese type of criminal.
in the days of British an electronic device that can cause artillery they roamed the countryside in 10 ranging from three anti-aircraft shells, rockets bands
within en, armed elticfly with or bombs to explode
on knives-the few feet of their target-Renat
Burmese dah. ter.
and
Finland Seeks New Govt
Helsinki, Sept. 12. Finland's Agrarian-led coali- tion Government resigned this afternoon.
A
falls off the altar during the rulc prayer period. Such a happen- ing is taken as a sign that the operation will prove disastrous if pursued. Associated Press.
notorious
Since then they have come on, They have obtained a variety of firearms, some of them automatic, from dumps hidden in the
War
Criminal
jungles by Allled soldiers during To Be
war or cast off by retreating Japanese.
Some were wartime guerilla Aghters and know all the both In attack and angles escape.
The bands have grown in number 100 and today they hunt in packs often up to 300,
..
Given
Public Honour
Tokyo, Sept. 12,
known General Yamashita,
public honoured In Japanese buddhist
ak ceremony
Records For Britain.
Four avlation records for speed of climb have been won for Britain by the Hawker Siddeley Sapphire Meteor piloted by Fit Lieutenant R, B. Prickett. From a standing start, the aircraft reached 39,370 feet in 3 minutes 7 seconds. Photo shows the take-off.
Soaring Prices
Ring French Inflation Alarm
Paris, Sept. 12.
Rearmament has given a new fillip to inflation in France. Estimates made by some financial and other French newspapers even go so far as to suggest that its effect upon prices has been greater in France than almost anywhere else in the world.
Starting with the initial "Korea" price-jump
at the end of last summer, prices had risen by 17.5 per cent in France by the end of April-compared with 14.5 per cent in Spain, 8.6 per cent in Italy and 8.3 per cent in the United States.
The price-rise since January their prices, and instead of the last year
was estimated by usual summer full in food Anancial' papers at at least 30 prices, food lo dearer this month than it was in mid-
per cent up to July.aving winter. Only perishable foods
A HEADACHE
Burmese officials say the dacoits are a bigger headache here on September 15, it was age
This disclosed yesterday." to them than the rebels,
to
ofter the British annexed the country in 1885,
Informed "sources say that at feast 10,000 of Burma's 20,000
British Crossword
Puzzle
13
14
115
7
ban
on
the
It bas bcen arranged by
tile
adviser to
in South-
East Asla-Reuter,
The Frenchman's
For
British Assets To Be Restored
Washington, Sept, 12.
Mr Sigart, Symington, Administrator of the Re- construction Finance Cor- 'poration, announced today that the United States was transferring 10 Belialo more than $500 miillon in British assets held here as .security on A warlime Joan.
on
Another $500 million would be transferreti October 1 when Britain was to make the final re- payment of the loan, he said.
- The British assels were
• posted as security for 425 million loan in 1941.
Earnings from
asveta since then had been used to repay interest and priu- elpal on the loan and a final payment to clear the debt was scheduled to be matis on October 1. About half of the assels, now
about $1,000 million uld be transferred to Britalu in advance of final payment and the remain- der when the loan cleared-Beuler.
In order to buy a pound of awith francs on January 1, 1950, food Narrow
to
raise
Nationalism Still Rules
Was
The resignation, handed in to
av "The Tiger of Malaya" who power has therefore fallen con- ko. soft fruit have found their was executed as a war criminal siderably. Statistics show that own value, and these are about President Paasikivi by the
alter World War 11, is to be an average worker has to work the only foods whose prices Agrorlan Prime Minister, Dr
alone hour and 40 minutes today have dropped. Urho Kekkonen, does not incan
a price index of 100 cut ment-compared a political crisis in Finland.
one hour and 14 minutes in Ger- was at 116 in June this year It was made to enable the Cabinet to be reformed after the general election 1st July. is because they owe allegiance The ceremony was arranged many, 45 minutes in Britain and and manufactured goods and nobody, often hire them within 24 hours of the signing 25 minutes in the United States. services at 107, making a total In these elections, the
Italy, where meat only forms cost-of-living increase of about mer- of the Japanese peace treaty
c.nl. Paris transport the selves out to rebels as Democrat; ousted
a small part of national dishes. 30 per Social
San Francisco when
is one of the few Western Euro- has risen by 100 per cent, Agrarians as the first party in cenaries and fade into the back- in
Government lifted Parliament. The Agrarians are ground with the case of a Japanese
the
Budpean countries where meat s funerals
BUSINESS RINGS The chief weapon to fight now the second party, followed chamelon.
Similar statistics for brend by the People's Democrats, a Dacoits have been part of the memorial services for the war dearer than in France.
Burmese scene from the days of dead.
show that the Frenchman work-flation-is-an-anti-trust- and merger of Communists and lett-
Bonn, Sept. 12. agreements bill now tabled in the Burmese kings. It took wing Socialists,
The West German delegation
the pound leaf, compared with six the Chamber by several parties, Despite this slight shift in the 30,000 British soldiers five years the former "purged" politicinned for 10 minutes to buy a one-
inter-Parliamentary of the parties,
Dr 10 subdue them-temporarily Shigemas Sunuda, at one imminutes in the United States This bill is aimed at numerous to strength
business groups
who join to Union's conference in Istanbul supreme
and five minutes in Britain.. Kokkonan is expected to hrad a
gether
prices as found their experience most Japanese
army new Coalition which the parties
Only in Italy, Denmark and
and reduce valuable, but came away with demand goes up have already been discussing-
East Asia. He secured preia Sweden, whose bread is in each production of articles for which certain regrets, Dr Hermann permission from the Allied
ulled case much better than French the demand has fallen. Reuter:
Ehlers, President of the Bun- authorities, to include General bread, is this basle commodity They exist principally in the destag (Lower House) sald here Yamashita's name in the lis! more expensive. of the "honoured" which in- Housewives are Anding it food business, where companies today. cludes over 100 executed wardimcult to make ends meet and controlling chains of groceries,
and chirles Dr Ehlers, who returned Jast criminals and another 600,000 in the cafes French people are gen-groceries Japanese war dead in South-grumbling that retail prices are agree to keep prices at a very week at the head of the all- Party delegation of 18, sald he that it distressing rising at the same time as cost profitable level.
Businesses
to thought which try
of many prices fall.
fight members of this ring by Parliamentarians undercutting risk being unable nations had been unable to get to buy stocks from the middle-away from narrow nationalism. Markets, For instance, the Irish dele- men at the Central where the "agreement" system gation brought up Irish unity, also in operation and where and the Egyptians the Sucz profits in the food business are
Canal.
"It was dimeult to find a who finds, every day, that the
is usually blamed by told Reuter, price of something or other has who
Parisinns when food "goes up," because nearly all really sees ittle of the profits
He regretted that nationalism that Parliamentarians Paris, Sept. 12.
manufacturers raise made from his labours.
His meant Gaulle French General Charles de
seemed unable to. build up ". anticipation"
own industry is unorganised
International or European unity fcalled today for a more effective prices
row material with immediately
and individualist.
themselves Alantic defence system attack instead of defence planned prices rise or a new wage agree-
ment is signed.
He also regretted that the in case of Soviet aggression.
General De Gaulle said that But they do not lower them
have attacked the Israeli dolegation objected to Atlantic defences did not until long after the effects of
of Hody the West Germans' presence.
This 18 eve: France effectively against a falling raw material prices, or short-sighted attitude
almost a routine Gascual, increased productivity, have employers. Jacques
said. It happened potential invasion,
He told a meeting of the begun to tell on pronte--if thea, the economic correspondent
In the World at UNESCO "France Soir" Anglo-American Press Association Another cause of Inflation ; the right-wing
Dr Ehlers salda Turkish "would cost France, which would price-rite system practised by four-point plan to halt inflation. Parliamentary delegation would
income visit vasily
Bonn in constitute the front in the wider industrialists has
exienzling Router.. strategy, very dearly"
power by the buying power of buying
arrangemenu. Hire- He said that Allantle defence industrialists and shareholders. eredit plans must be drawn up with
If the workman is poorer than purchase is still very undevelop- the participation and approval of
the ed in France.
2.-Raise taxes on liigher in- France. She cannot delegate to at any time since the war, the anybody the supreme responsibi privileged consumer have pui
demand on increased an Ilty
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ACROSS
5 Competitor (5).
2 "Cushy job (8),
1 Longing (6).
B Pass in (6),
D Barbarian (6).
10 Plunders (8),
111 Couch (5),
Roguish (4). 13 Diadem (5).
Fault (8). Destroyed (6). Judges
10
18
20
(6)
42 Scholar (6).
13
29 Bird (6).
20 Simpleton (C).
27 Insurgent (0),
20 Mount (5),
RO Slips along (0),
1 Went off course
3 Study (4).
4 Makes brighter (7).
Connected (7),
Sauric (0),
7 Player (6)
14 Pald heed (8).
14.
15 Lightness (8).
16 Obsolete (.
17 Cats (7)
10 Arbitor (0); 2k Elevato (6).
24 Loungo (4).
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Cinema, 5 Sider,
B Kait, O Doomed, 21 Arson 12 Noting, 14 Dott. 16 Erase, 18 Rowe, 19 Fray, 20 Mallow, 24 Sabro, 20 Lining, 20 Nook, 27 Bont, 18 Welded,, Downs 1 Code, 2 Noon, Meet, Stagmer: 0.Display, 7 Singiel 10. Modes: 13 Frees, 143OH 16, Forment, 1 Rayon, 1 "Fellow, a LAN, AL
Attack Not Defence-If
Soviet Begins
For
row
"ANTICIPATION" although world material prices began in March 10 even off and then drop, the effects of this have not yet
reached the French consumer chest.ch-maligned peasant; common plan to work on," he
gone up.
This is
FOUR POINT PLAN. Newspapers of all political colours
of governmWithout the action
of affair
that Immobility in a future war France is that the immediate recently proposed the following/Health and
Reuter.
Melbourne Uproar
Bydney, Sept. 12.
proved
In many cases,
HEAVY DEMAND
lower 1.--Increase
а
spends 14,000
November
Back
the come groups and subsidine food Not Keen To Go of defence of her country retail market, absorbing the 12 prices. Frince except at the price of ceasing to be a Sute at all," he added, cent production increase ret million franes (about £14 mil- corded during the first quarter on) year on food subsidies, of 1951 and exceeding, supplice
with £40 million in
Vienna; Sept. 12. Five members or the and reduce
Ballet Company mporarily "flooding" Yugoslav Derraad in excem of supply is ponts,
to which has just returned from visit to Edinburgh, told another reason for French in the homie market in order
bust high profit-making flaties. Thus, although... more
4.Outlaw agreements" and Reuters that they did not in
The and it washing refrigeratory'
tend
return home. members other
the 40-mem- of. The Prime Minister, Mr machines are available than last monopolies and thereby nor
and encourage | Que prices mallee Robert G. Menzies, tought had a 60 per cdot dearor, there and although they are
competition and pro- ber strong Company loft for
Yugoslavia Tast thenolatest meeting of his anti-about
night, remaining avera Communist referendum
slur compara-hak Price, soloist of the paign ins the Melbourne Hall 10 persons, in
Similarly, though delays in tively low in France, but it is 40
Belgrado
ada Opera Ballet, Franco sated
car deliveries have not peg ht higher than in 1930 and new #Police cluding two who tossedVisadets changed since last your an old 10 per cent higher than in 1928, Jolfachlich, a from bakedby onto the crowd. 1930 car worth about 150,000 the previous record, ye fish the Engrob Opera, Jovan
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