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GENERAL BRIGGS' POWERS IN

NEW

MALAYAN "WAR"

Singapore, Nov. 1.

Director-General Lieut.-General Sir Harold Brings has been given almost dictatorial powers as the three-year-old war against Communist terror.

fered its third phase.

An official announcement today said "Fall 4 seunite authority in all emergency matters fail- in why the sphere of the Federal Government baden delegated to the Director of Operations salon only to the overriding authority of the The volamissiomer.”

CALL FOR BIG FIVE MEETING

London, Nov. 1.

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A resolution urging A stated five-power peace pact was passed today by the Na tional Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (Communist China's) Par- jiament.

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NEW CABINET

GIVEN VOTE

Albens, Nov. 1. The Greek Parliament passed of confidence today in the Progressive Liberal Cabinet Nicholas Plustiraz of General

13 votes to i14.

Before the confidence olion. Farin

Alexander Marshal Papagos, ivader of the Greek Rally, strongest party returned

the September 9 elections. said that he agreed with the Government's foreign policy.

Greece's admission into the

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of the Virg. Mary and thesation increased her responsibi-

1,500th

adversary of

Council of Chalcedon.

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thelities, he stated, adding:

Government will have to pre- pare the nation to fukil its new Не doubted undertaking."

Coalition the whether would be able to solve the ur- Dogma of Christ's dual nature gest problems that Greece was -vine and hurtan. -Reuter, lucing today.-Reuter

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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951.

His Nomination Caused A Controversy

General Mark Clark, Chief of US Army Field Forres, whose nomination by President Truman as first U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican has caused such a controversy in the United States. He is shown here with Mes Clark and his daughter, Anne, admiring a photograph of his son, Captain Wiliam Clark, recently wounded in Korea AP Picture.

Allied Forces In

Germany To

Doubled

This

Be

Year

Frankfurt, Nov. I.

The Western Allies expect to have at least 16 divisions, including seven armoured, consisting of more than 250,000 fighting men, in West Germany by the end of this year, according to present plan. This will be about double the strength of the Allied force which General Dwight Eisenhower, the Supreme Atlantic Commander, found in Ger- many last January, when he paid his historie visit here to "let bygones be bygones" with the Germans.

Fienet:

Unite int States Army and

B Al commanders and to meet We Gelanany's post-war leaders fat the Best time. he found th eight Allied division: a ad tw independent brigades constituje the effective Allied ground for

Western Germany

The Albed armies at the end Deustu of this year will also be abou as large as the Soviet army of 300,000 operational troops when is deployed in Eastern Germany

The figure of 18 Allied divi- slona, an estimate based on re- cent statements by seniog Alled spokesmen, does

into not take account the scores of thousanna

Those wern apart fro the of Allied administrative un

Allied gawems in Bout. whee Ger- housekeeping. troops

of the Yur Wester many, par scularly in the United Sch

Pawar has the equivahu of o States doreza

Eisenhower brigade of troops. General When

to confer came here

with the

Harriman

To See

Churchill

The Allied forvos 10 Wed Germany

In January inclues isree armoured divisions. Some

these and the infantry div Jons were not at fuli sirengir,

STEADY INCREASE

Since the Supreme Com- mander's visit the Allied armies have been steadily. if slowly, reinforced.

Bush Fires A Grave Menace

10

Melbourne, Nov. 2. Australians

worried about bit burl fres Bush nud grass fires are sweep-

from far ing

Queensland well over

the New Wales burder.

Northern

areas

Sout

Many of the blazes in Central Queensland

an

on the Maranoa are out of control.

The

Queensland Bosn

Fires

689,000

aerce

destroyed in

Rural calimaid had bcen fires caused

by human agency.

Even bigger üres ate feared in the West when dry storms come later this year. Associated Press.

SPANISH

ROLE IN

DEFENCE

Madrid, Nov. 1.

!

"IKE" TO FLY TO AMERICA

Conferences With President Truman

Washington, Nov. 1. General Dwight Eisen- hower.

Atlantic Paci Commander, is re home this week-end Europe for con- venees with President

Truman and other high officials. the White House announced,

1.he

The General will leave Paris tontrrow evening and

spend week-end at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He will confer with President. Truman and other hr nisma "en leaders on Mon- day and Tuesday.

ru

pre dent Truman's Press Secretary Mr Joseph Short, told rüporters tha Genera! E enkower was coming to Washington at the President's

uzgestkın, bant sald that Aturgency was involved.

It was officially announced at SHAPE Paris, tonight that General Eisenhower, during his brief visit to Washington, will d'etes matters concerning the North Atlantic Treaty Organisa- tion end the

Suprene Head- quarters, Allied Powers, Europe. A SHAPE spokesman said that General

Eisenhower will

probably subin: Deri on SHAPE Truman.

Asked "Wil

hower pay

10L

a pngress re-

to President

General Eisen-

any political calls

nected with his reported in- tention of running as the Repub- [lican candidate for the Pre- cadency? the spokesman said

anything know about that ben

The spokesman said: "Genera Eisenhower will fly direct 10 Fort Knox, Kentucky. to visit his son and family. He then proceeds to Washington for ap- pointments

Monday and Tuesday, November 5 and 6, re- turning to Paris on Wednesday, November 7." -Reuter.

Un

Mossadegh

Loses Out

Edinburga Nov. 1, The Persian Prime Ministe D: Mohammed Mossadegh's. andidature fur the Rectorship Bar Edinburgh University was withdrawn today for what his supporters called "a trivial and unexpected technicality,

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ran

Mossadegh had telegraph - Gemini James Sory, head of ed them that he was willing to

41

election, but only The American military survey

is officially acceptance tean, flow out of here for Paris wriden

Burmitted. rlay after spending ten weeks

To obtain the acceptance of in Spain studying possible the Aga Khan, one of the eight Spanish collaboration in

candidates, his supporters tele- Western defence.

phoned him at Nice and a writ- len document was flown from there to London.

The other candidates include

Alexander Sir

Fleming, dis- coverer of penicillin, Evelyn Wugh, the novelist, and Step- hen Potter. comedian and in- ventor of the cult of "üleman- ship" (the art of making your friends feel small).-Reuter.

He is expected to ronfer with

General D1 the headquarters Dwight Eisenhower uefore gung en to Washington to report,

The Danes and Norwegians

The impression famed here is form part of the British Army

'brat the team's report of the Rhine, which Bas its

the Chiefs of Staff in Washing- London, Nov. 1. headquarters at Bad Oeynhau-ton will enable American nava!

sen, Westphalia. The United States Director of

and air forces to bi accum- Mutual Security, Mr Averell French plans for building 2modated in Spain.

with their forces in Germany are not Harriman, will have talks

the Prime Minister, Mr Winston yet clear. Ten French divisions The team arrived in Spain Churchill, the Foreign Secretary, are to go to General Eisenhower's August after Mr Anthony Eden, and the Command this year. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Richard Butler, during taking over most of the French Operations, had with General

alks which the Jate Admitial Forrest Sherman, The

United States Army is then American Chief of Naval Occupation Zone of Germany Franco, on American

brief visit to London tamorrow.

Officials here said that the between the Rhine and the buses.

talks would focus on Britain's defence and rearmament pro- gramme.

Diplomatic quarters thought that Mr Haiman-responsible

Moselle to organise a communica-

front" east of the Rhine.

use of

Fechteler In Naples

Naples, Nov. 1. Admiral Fechteler. American Chief of Naval Operations, filew tions area to suppor: the "fighting Admiral Sherman died in in here today from Villefranche,

Naples on July 22, three days France. Zonal 'boundaries between the after leaving Madrid.

He was greeted by Admiral French

Carney, Commander-in-Chier of for administering America's American, British

areas

of occupation have for The team visited northern the Atlantic Pact, Southern military and economic pro-months now been ignored for defence arcas as well as defences Section. gramme up to June 30, 1952-military purposes. Troops are in Burgos. Valladolid, Cartagena, would review the Persian dead- being stationed where they are Seville, Cordoba, Malaga and lock during his meeting with most needed for military purposes. Palina in the Balerie islands. Mr Eden.

-Reuter.

Mr Harriman used his good offices in Teheran last summer to arrange the Anglo-Persian negotiations, and called on the Persian Prime Minister, Dr Mohammed Mossadegh, in Washington shortly before leaving for Europe.

Officials

today in London not would

comment

the latest American proposals for solving the

deadlock believed to have been received through the British Embassy in Washington.

on

Mr Eden reviewed the Per

the alan crisis today with British Ambassador to Persia, Sir Francis Shopherd, whom he has recaled for consultations.

Mr. Harriman is expected by blr from Washington tomoTTOW. morning-Router.

Goats For Widows

Berne, Nov. 1.

A train loaded with 352 goals luft here today for the North of Greece, Where the goats nav to be distributed, to poor widows: with large families on behalf of the Swiss A to Bur

"Aid in Europe” Or- ganisation:

The goats, which belong to

1 the sturdy Swiss Toggenbourg

Reuter,

··

Admiral Fechteler is on a tour of inspection of the American Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean. -Reuter.

The 65th Annual Dalry - Show has just opened in London and some

and Casting sechs, are exp of Britain's finest prize stock are on exhibition. Here Judging of the Ayrshire Cowe

ka totiive in the Northern

Graj olimata -Heister.

class

shown in progress.--Loidon Express.

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