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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1952.
Status PAINTING VENUS CALL Of Council
Of. Europe
Sepiaca
Paris, Mar. 24.
The Council of Europe may soon change its present status as Europe's unofficial Parliament to become the
political authority for the Sehuman Plan Rad
the
European defence com.. munity.
M. Cu M Bot. Chatonn the Assembly's Goutal Affai
C. malt, at that the Cha
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The Sumon Pla, which has
in bot-1 by reveal Ball-
mert aims at setting up a Wet Eur en 1 and zed.
"Russssa -defence communita"
the Sriptions turn to Allies
I of the Nuth Allens Past.
has been
A. He said that a
a delegate en oppointed to study and report back to the Committee by May 10 what changes in the Counell at Europe's statute are needed If the British proposal i endorsed,
Dy
A communique Issued the General Affairs Committer said that the British proposal, made by the Foreign Secretary. Mr Anthony Eden, at last week's Paris meeting of the Committee
of Ministers, implies acceptance of tht
responsibilities and obligations which result from
sich in association.
This
is an Indiet veference to Britain's former hesitation
full
in committing herself to co-operation in Western Euro- unity, fearing that such pean
policy mig
might reflect on her status as head of the British Commonwealth.
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The Committee added that if the proposal is accepted it will _menu_greater support from the Western Parliaments and publle uplulon when the European
amy treaty came to be ratified. --Reuter,
Embezzlement
In Soviet
Moscow, Mar, 24.
Pravdu today warned direc-
101's of Soviel enterprises against on
made sig hauls from
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OF FRANCE'
Thilda Thamar, the screen star, poses for her hus- band, the Spanish artist, Vidal Quadras. He wants the world to know that his wife is as beautiful in private life as on the films, so he has started a portrait of fer and has given his wife the name of "Venus of France."
Express Service.
Reds In America Greater Threat
Than Nazis Were
Washington, Mar. 24.
FOR QUICK ACTION IN EXTENDING AID TO SOUTHERN ASIA
Warning Of A Bleak Situation?
Karachi, Mar. 24.
Burma's Ambassador to Pakistan, U Pe Kin, warned today: “A long period of foreign domination and exploitation in South-East Asia has not only sapped our material resources but left the peoples morally bankrupt."
Unless more fortunate countrica did something quickly the outlook
is sufficiently bleak, he added when addressing a meeting of the Consulta- tive Committee of the Colombo Plan.
The plan aims at helping South and South- East Asian peoples to live a fuller life.
Burma realised that self-with," he said. His own "well- reliance was the keynote of watered country" realised the development. He called for in Pakistan, "where water is value of irrigation, especially speedy aid on terms and very life itself." conditions consistent with The Philippines delegate, Mr national sovereignty and Tagakolta Sollo, hoped that his social aspirations.
country would one day parijci- ¡pate
Plan in' the Pakistan's Princ
as a full Minister,
member Khawaja Nhalmuddin, welcomed
The Pippines had identical the delegites representing 10 souin and economie problems as Commonwealth and South Asian the Plan members and, although countries to the Committee. They receiving included the newest members, |Burno, Nepal and Indo-China,
Indonesia, Thailand and the tribute to the con
common struggle Philippines are not members but to arrest the growth of certain bave
at the insidious disruptive forces. representatives at meeting, and the American Am- bassador in Karachi, Mr Aver
United States ald, hoped to share the Plan's im- measurable benefits and to can-
Raju Coomaraswami (Ceylon); who is President of the Counci Warren, is also attending.
for Technical Co-operation in Mr Nazimuddin said,
"We South
and South-East Asia, are grateful for the
help which thanked the delegates for the has been promised and we are tributes to the Prime Minister confident that co-operation in of Ceylon, Don Senanayaka, who the field of economic develop has just died.
The
be brought to a quick decision
Plan."
and
Wa
BRITAIN'S RESOLVE
|Bombay Dockers Walk Out
Bombay, Mar. 24.
• The dock workers' union prike iles up nine food sins today at the Bombay dooks.
Fifteen Bundred workers handling grains pargo gjruck yesurday morning for an Immediate wage increase and an increase in tho rice ration—United: Press,
SERVICES
PURCHASES
ABROAD
Supplies Obtained. From Japan
ment will bring about a better
He said that the Colombo and closer re-Plan between the Colombo presalon on the people of Ceylon
had made a
great im- peoples."
Australian
Extorial
they were beginning to Affairs Minister, Mr Richard have faith In the endeavour of Casey, reaffirmed
Australia's the Plas and to gain confidence
London, Mar, 24. support for the Plan and her in the realisation of its objec The report of the Comptroller determination
end Auditor-General on to full "to the tives.
Civil extent your resources permit our
Appropriation Accounts, pub- obligations to etur neighbours Lord Reading (Britain) cald lished today, states that during within
the without the Com-
Colombo Plan
1950 it became apparent that the came intu being when a different govern- | **
Ministry of Supply could not monwealth
MOST SIGNIFICANT ment was in power in Britain meet the requirements of Ser-
| Vicu There was no reasons for dis-out the subsequent ch
change has
departments for clothing satisfaction with the Colombo hot in the
equipment from the offers siegree and our resolve to co..
of British firms. The American Communist Party's member-Plan's progress at this relative- weakened
To meet the situation authority early stage but he added, operate eagerly and vigorously embozzier who has Ship has dropped to 31,608 but many of its leaders machines may not yet have ad- in their determination to secure and February, 1931, to place respective govemmental with our friends in this region was given between August, 1950, several have gone underground and it is as much if not ajusted themselves to the types beller living standards for their orders in Europe and Japan up
to the value of £6,000,000, greater threat than the 1911 Nazi Fifth Column, or transaction that can rapidly multitudinous peoples," according to the FBI Chief, J. Edgar Hoover.
"Whilst we cordially,
To a large extent orders were and implementation under the the advent of Burma and Nepal negotiated prices which, on the great placed after singlo offers at record once thare our hope
overage,' appeared to have Mr Casey said, "I believe that that other countries in the area
been
somewhat higher than written, one of the most Britain believed that every home prices.
obtained goods
from significant developments record-phase of successful the directors in
comic Japan were for the most part by the
ed will be the emergence of the operation in this part
ultimately depend
bought through an English parts of the country,
of world must He warned that there is still, of, tup leaders, FBI arrests, Invariably afler
on the increase of food supplies firm, which was remunerated on Asia, dependent nations substantin penetration of public awareness of what Com- months he had absconded with Reds in labour groups and in munism is and purge of members. Mellraith, drew attention to clar
The Canadian delegate, Mr in general and rice in parti- commission basis.
The report also states thal 10,000 to 40,000 roubles from all industries. vital to national by the Communists themselves. the limited resources of the aren
Britain
to do the total cost of the Brabazon I plant funds,
defence.
"But", Mr Hoover added, "the
its' power, everything within
project, which originally
WIK suld that Canada's own consistent with our own grave estimated at £8,000,000, is now Communist Party today is as
and Communist activity and es-much if not a greater threat thanked to an extent that the problem and urgent problems, to main-expected to exceed £14,000,000,
was at present stretch- pionage had spurted since the
This amount includes: £8,- war. The decline in the Nazi Fifth Column was at Korean
of availability of supplies is the time of the last war."
Asian countries and
for a runway and un to put at 000,000 stubborn reality which must be their disposal the full range of assembly and flight building at Mr Hoover said that the Comtaced at munists tried to concentrate in
at every
Britain's technicu!
tho knowletige Filton, as compared with Melbraith
detailed large industrial and populated Canadian
original estimate of £3,400,- ald 10 the Plan
experience. areas where they
Lord Reading red to the 000 Router. can create countries and safe that Canada ayltation in labour situations.
and generous hoped there would also be cul- tural exchanges which would strong factor in bring-
The Nepalese delegate, Major- an ever-increasing General Vijaya Shamsher Jung between Our Bahadur Rana, said that poverty
factory offices,
Pravda printed
photographs who had secured of the m over 160,000 roubles, and of
Mr Hoover told of the drop in Communist mem- six directors of enterprises ho bership, amounting to a 27 per cent decrease from had deceived. It said that the last year, in recent testimony before the House Ap- when the history of this period will follow in their wake."
propriations Sub-Committee. The testimony was made iss public today.
an
man had criminal record and
the guise of operated in engineer who had been
a
hired
various
few a
A reprinted report from the satirical weekly journal Kro- kodil did not say what the fate of the embezzler had been, but
it advisert the credulous dire the membership of the Com- tors to get together and discuss munist Party for the third "how they became duffers." straight year had been due to Reuter.
and conviction the prosecution
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economy
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"Green Pool”
Discussions
in the said that his country had co-
Paris, Mar, 24. weakest links in this long chain. Wes Ern coal industry, in the steel inspirates in the efforts of Asian
politicians, mostly INDIA'S PROGRESS Ministers of Agriculture, dustry
from and in the rubber indus countries for economic develop try. In all industries which are ment because it believed
"I may assure you," he said, † 14 cour.rica will meat thera to that
"that there is no lack of en- mrrow energetic
to. discuss vital to national defence you only through the
a French will find Communist nitators,
thusiasm and will in my coun-¦ proposal for a thriff-free mor- development of resources can "Because of the restricte provenient of
established for the try for rapid economic develop-ket for. European farm ProTM
living levels ment which has been delayed duce. placed on the Reds they have that such an improvement for a long time for a variety of The following countries will become more security conscious.
attend this preparatory con They do not issue membership is essential cards. They hold
ference for the French-sponsored meet peace secret
"Green Pool":
Western Ger ings....in cars or in isolated world.
Holland, Denmark, many, parts of public parks to try to
Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, avoid detection. One-third of the
Mr Warren said that the role was greatly handicapped. leadership and key persons of the of private investment was at Sir Chintaman Deshmukh, said G
The Indian Finance Minister, Austria, Belgium, France, Elre, ond Greece, Brinin, Norway Communist Party today aro in
present, understandably, **
Turkey what is known as the illegal intively small. He
that India's progress in spite of suggested
Franco is in favour of a free. underground."-United Press. that fer rapid and balanced unexpected difficulties from un-
development
capital welcome international develop exchange of four commodities privato
had been due to the dairy products, wheat, sugar should be encouraged to make ments
Government and
wing as a start in the the people's and Its unique and essential button to increasing predetermination and to the generpooling of European farm pro-
educe capacity and towards improved ous assistance of governments
All the countries taking part. outside the area, are importers of living, standards.
and, peoples Pakistan's Minister of Econo-capecially the United States. of these four commodities. They mic Affairs, Fazlur
In the absence of such aid, all have in most cases said that speedy action was progress could only have been surpluses for export. farin
If the growing dis- at the expanse of current living
The Ministers will deelde the content of people in poverty and standards which were already Hate and place of the, Arst distress was to be prevented unduly low.
"Green Pool" conference-prob- Indonesian from driving them to the notion The
Charge
ably Paris or Strasbourg in that the cure for their illa was d'Affaires
Mahmud Latjubo, May
OF Juso-ana com its
Rocket Men's
Mystery Trip
Frankfurt, Mar. 24.
Necesiny
Rahman,
one or more
Dr. Walter Domberger, one of Hitler's top racket experts, and Edgar Rhodes, leading executive of the Bell Aircraft Corporation, other than in co-operation with expressed his country's Interest organisation Router, arrived here by plane today from economically advanced coun-in the Plan and hoped that the the United States.
They refused to tell reporters
in
irle,
dificulties wore
added.
conference's deliberations would be useful to his Government.--- Router. ;:"'
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Capetown,
at
Max, 24.
Shipton
Tough
On
Lawyer With Lorgnette
On a quest to recover £2,000,000, from the West German Government is-Miss Lillian Rock, a New York attorney, plump, fortyish and lavishly jewelled. She is trying to recover the estates of the Mendelssohn family who fled from Nazi Germany in 1933. The estates, she says, were looted by Hitler. - Express Service.
Rice Being Used As Political Weapon By Reds
New Delhi, Mar. 24.
The feeling is growing in India that Red China is using rice the key to political stability in large areas of South Asia as a weapon. against Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Government.
Government spokesmen are silent officially, but privately they express annoyance that China boasts publicly that she has a huge exportable food surplus, but tells an Indian purchasing mission she can spare no rice-this year.
offer
WOR
from the
This attitude coincides with a used up buying food, this made Soviet Union campaign for co good reading. The operation in the industrial deve- followed up at the Bombay lopment of India and an effort Fair with elaborate exhibits of to draw Indian delegates to the modern mesafes Moccow economic
conference "People's next week. So far, Indian busi- L, N, Balsan, Secretary of the nessmen have been taking long, Indian Federation of Chambers hard looks at the Soviet offer, of Commerce and Industry, said hut have not been biting with however, "We do not know of a a few notable exceptions, Com- single firm which has entered munist efforts to line up a dele- into any sort of discussions with gation to the Moscow meeting them, have not met much success,
"We would have to get as surances not only about India needs to import acquipment and so on; since
we feast 780,000 tons of rice this don't have it in year to food her people. She present time in existing plants," India nt the needs it so badly that Mr Nehru he explained. All that would recently declared, "We will get require a high-level agreement it from the moon if necessary." between the two governments,
She has in sight only 510,000
tons from Burma and Thailand and such a thing seems very un- and had counted on getting at likely."-Associated Press. least part of the remainder from China,
Red China, at a recent Bom bny industrial expealtion, fea tured a huge pile of rice with a sign saying, "The new China has
an exportable surplus of fooding borsted
that. It ind more
than a million, tons "of surplus food for export," sald one omelet, "but buying, mis- slong have been offered, mila (kaollang)-no rice.”.
IMPORTANT WEAPON
EMPIRE'S TROOPS
IN JAPAN
Position Discussed.
London Mar. 24. "In India rico has become
Commonwealth consultatiens an Important weapon of began here today on the post- politics," he added. "It is pos-ion of Commonwealth troops sible that "tho Chinesa ComTM | in Japan" "after the Japanese, munists: -- are: seeking › to help peace treaty comes into forec. their Left-Wing associates bi The folks proven an official South India' by doing
their Commonwealin basia only and.
there down." best to keep the rice ration are taking place at the Ministry
of Defence.ERCE
Officials from the London, It was in the rice-caling belt
of India. of South India that Left-Wing High Commissions condidates had thair greatest Canada, Australia, New Zealand success in the recent National and South Africa are attending.
the balko elections... In Travancore- and their
countries have
All thes
come.
Cochin,
in, Communists allies won almost as many. Pro- tant forces In Karea except India, which has a medical' am- vincial Assembly gents asbulance unit only, Nehru's Congress Party
Commonwealth troopy Officially, relations between continue to need Japanese taal- India and Red. China continue es so, long as the wor
continues.
will
fondly. But Mr. Nehru con- | Karca mia questionatio
Armed recently that ho hod
boen
•WA WET THE PRIMA Lments-is the payment, for fact-
He acknowledged that under the reason for their trip. They developed countries owe it to only commented, "We are here themselves and the world t strictly on business.”
make the primary effort, to Now employed by the Bell develop their economies.
But their Corporation In Buffalo, Dornber car was former chief of the Nazi well-known, he
London, Mar. 24. ni New Zealand rocket - development station at
Shipton, leader of of Industries and Commerce, grotaction, ef umanian, pen the British Hintalaya adpedi China this Peenemundo Island, now Ruslan-occupied Germany,
J. Watts,
announced that in about six weeks time, the Ministon, lett London by air for tons were. was responsible for the addition, to previous und New top of Mines, Mr Johannes India tonight to 20 Nook (0).
approved the Vion, told the South African attempt to climb development of Hiller's rocket weapons the V-1 and V-2 immediate payment of £250,000 Senate today. We went
Choo
Ovu 20,750 YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD: Across 3 Affluent, 8 En-rockets which dropped on Lon- to Pakistan for the Kucifer Production would be three world's alxth highoft peak, throughout Inila a few weeks to formulate general · Com- tire, 9 Repulsed, 11 Depicted, 12. Beau; 13 Strip, 18 Salon, 19 don in the latter part of World development of irrigation, pro- times as much i was comfom Batoro his plane took off he ago when he announced that monwealth policy in the matter Lair, 22 Postpone, 24 Convince, 20 Ardent, 26, Dilatory Downy War, 11, He also worked on Jects in Baluchistan, Ant72022) ploted whom theydrigînsă iagtoo, salt, witle our party is oppital goods for luDBES.
„to" bo`a"pretty | his country was ready to supply after (which in doint, approaché 1. Sende, 2 Stops, 3 Arrests Feet, 5 Lauil, 4 Ensues, 7 more advanced weapons which Waballove that
| mens was signs. Jekis me” nites tough evoD,
will be made by the Commitm Tedfum, 10 Perll, if Bayan, 18. Pottery, 16 Placid, 17, Signal, 20.
defenfined to climb the mount in country whermost Novel, 21 Herth, 22 Pint, 23 Sear.
24 Desert (8),
25 Avarice (6).
He
the end of the way secvibed the most sulfata! project for New Batoe and UTIERKY AY Nazis from developing-Reuter.
unable to buy rica in between Japan, and the m
although 60,000
Where terested Commonwealth Govern
lities for the troops there ofter von headlines The talks here are expected
for year. the Nawkow
The Soviet im, the posico treaty comes into force..