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Russia & Persia
HOUGH Russian tactics
of intimidation failed to prevent final agreement between the Western Allies and the Bonn Government being reached, it would not be surprising it the Kremlin continues to pursue the policy which has gained for it so much success in the "cold war." The Communist regime, from its earliest begin- nings, has recoiled where It has met determined opposition, and pressed the issue when its opponenta have weak. It is a reasonable assumption, therefore, that having been thwarted over Germany the Communist rulera (assuming that they are not ready to precipitate a world war) will continue the polley of pin-pricks in
been divided and
another quarter.
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CHINA MAIL
No. 35212
Established 1845
TUESDAY, MAY 27, 1952.
LABOUR MPS CRITICAL
OF KOJE IS. INCIDENTS "Would Not Have Happened
If British Had Been
Unionist Defies
In Control"
London, May 26.
The Opposition leader, Mr Clement Attlee,
Govt Ban said today that the trouble in the Korean prisoner-
WORKERS STRIKE IN PROTEST
He was arrested on Saturday, charged and released 01 Early today he was remanded at the Johannesburg Magistrates Court and later was arrested on the steps of the city hall after he had again addressed a meet- ing of workers. Thousands
White of
and coloured members of the Gor- ment Workers Union in the Transvaal struck today in pro- The test against the naming," The unior's national organiser, Milas Johanna Cornellus, addressing
of-war camps probably would not have happened if the British had been in control of the camps.
Mr Attlee asked in the House of Commons that the Government put out a White Paper on the situation in the Korean prisoner-of-war camps. "It appears to us that these kind of conditions would not have happened had these been under the British control," he said to loud Labour cheers.
a barrage of questions
The Government faced
about Korea, especially from the Labour rank and file, critical because Britain does not have more of a say in Korea. Criticism with its implied and open distrust of American conduct has become increasingly frequent in the House of Controns.
Mr Lloyd replied "no", since Britain had placed its troops in Korea under the UN Com
Johannesburg, May 26. Mr Solly Sacha, a veteran white trade union leader, was arrested by the police today for the second time in three days on the same charge defying a govern HINT that this may be ment order banning him Athe Russian intention is from attending public meet-
contained in the Russian | ings. note to Persia protesting Mr Sachs,
General who is of the Garment against the acceptance by Secretary
Workers Union, Teheran of United States
has been "noméd” under the South military aid and alleging African Government's Suppres- that this has violated the son of Communism Act Russo-Persian Treaty. This 1921, Treaty, signed in Was the first direct arrangement between the two governments after World War 1; under it Russia is permitted to move troops into Porsia, asa defensive measure,
if:{ Persia is unable to avert the danger of its territory being used by a third power for an nitack on the Soviet. Russian forces have entered Persia..on £1 previous occasion-in 1941, when the Red Army and the British Army occupied the
GOVT DENOUNCED country owing to Teheran's
The striking garment workers attitude. pro-German
marched through the streets of Subsequently, under дл
the cily carlier today and Anglo-Soviet-Persian treaty assembled outside the town hall of alliance, in 1942, the scene of demonstrations and
and Independence
terri police baton charges on Satur-
when
Sachs was Orst day torial integrity of Persia
arrested. wore guaranteed by Britain
Today's crowd, which WOR and the Soviet and orderly, listened to speeches
government evacuation of the country
denouncing by both
especially the Justice Minister, powers Wan
Charles Swart, and provided for within
Mr Aix
Labour
Ben Minister, months of an armistice with
Schocman, the Axia.
The crowd was about three when Sacha thousand strong arrived to a great roar of cheers. This is a struggle for liberty and justice against Fascism," he declared from the pavement,
He then walked up the town and said that unless hall steps
1
¦ the meeting at which Sache was arrested today, said: "We are going to send our call overseas of other und ask the people countries to help us fight this Faselat government,”
the
Mr
the
the police prevented him ho would make the speech he had intended to make when arrested
WOM
Reuter.
of war have
BOAC Plane Crash Lands In Sahara
Two
Dakar, May 26. French milltary
planes left hero tonight to “Join the search for a Bri- fish Overseas Airways alr- liner
have reported to ornah-landed in the Sahara Desert with 18
passengers and crew, aboard.
Reports
bero reaching Indicated that the four- engined Hermes plane, Was downed 99 miles east of Atar in the French territory of Mauritania.
No trace of the plann had been spotted by early evening and the'fate' of the 10 passengers, and .eight Crow members was not known-United Press.
38 Survivors
..
From Tanker Explosion
The
of State The Minister
for cept in cases of military emer- Foreign Affairs, Mr Selwyn genicy
Earlier tonight a Canadian Lloyd, answering questions in the absence of Foreign Secretary | Fress Agency report said that Anthony Eden told Mr Attico official circles were not happy that he would consider, the about the posting. issuting of a
White Paper On The report said that the mau, POW camps.
Toot of this feeling was the be- had The former Labour Home lief that the Americans Secretory Mr Chuter Ede, handled the Koje Island, situa- preased the Government to take ton badly and that Canada, Wilmington, Delaware,
May 26. avery active part in seeing Britain and Greece were now what orders are given to Briceing brought in to share the
American tanker tish troops" on Koje island in responsibility and the effects Michael (10,441 tons), view of the delicate situation there.
carrying oll from the Per- He asked whether Brit KANGAROO COURTS"" tain would have any part in
Koje Island, May 26. sian Gulf, and a petrol laden their orders.
Kangaroo counts, run by Com- barge exploded in flames, munist prisoners sereneed to death and executed sending crewmen diving into least 115 of their fellow the water, after colliding In mand. There have beca and yes, it was displead today, driving rain on the Dela- there are discussions betweez The disclosure coincided with Her Majesty's Government and Koje prisoners, practically.
American offlers' statement that ware River 15 miles south
all of here last night. the United States Government
wiolently in regard to these matters, but
Bre pro-Communist
Two men were reported dead troops are operationally under arming themselves for battle with the command of the United deadly collection of home and six missing today.
made weapons.
Norwegian-born crewman. Nations Commander," he said. The toll of dead from American naturalised subject,
Labourite S. T. Swingler
Kangaroo court executions sinco Sjur Tellefsen, is in hospitaj complained that Britain had no last July 2 was higher than the with injuries and shock. He is in the truce talks or, in the number of peleners killed in so far the sole survivor of the inquiry commission of the Kole clashes with United Nations 1,500-ton barge A. J. Dodd, troubles,
in three riots on Koje guards "What say have we got in and one pea Pirsan
There were 38 survivors from these affairs?" he demanded to One American soldier
and the tanker which, according to cheers from Labour MPs,
four South Korean guords were its owners, was carrying about also killed in these encounters inside the compounds,
The kangaroo courts operated
Mr Lloyd also faced question ing about the screening of pri- soners to determine whether they wanted to be repatriated.
"In view of the unsatisfied nature of screening, does not the Minister think that he should send out a British representative, Mrs Barbara Castle, follower of leader Aneurin the leftwing Bevan asked,
" do not accept the fact that the screening is unsatisfactory," Mr Lloyd said.-United Press.
·
CANADA DISFLEASED
One
water-
Una hole in the show.
40 men.
Hours after the collision mainly orange flames and thick black at night.
smoke covered the surface of Information made available the
the sley river and filled dicated that underground loan- for the first time today In-
over a wi
wide area The burning
tanker drifted garoo courts really got a grip in the cast (New Jersey) integrity and
on prison PERSIA'S
compounds about bank of the river and ran up September 10 last year, independence were further
on a beach with a EXECUTIONS protected by the declaration
United Fress tonight that there heard from
An Army spokesman told the
Several minor explosions were signed by Mr Churchill,
which the barge President Noosevelt and
were heavy executions inside Satlin at the Teheran Con
compounds on September 10, 17 split in two after the collision and was almost completely and 18. forence in 1948. United
submerged just off a beach on Oligwa, May 26. States forces (which had
The spokesman said that he the west bank, near Fort Penn, Canada has expressed. dis-had no doubt that there were Delaware.. Reuter. been sent into the country
there on Saturday. But six
pleasure and concern to the
executions going on by kangaroo to Join tho British and policemen emerged from the State Department in Washington courts almost daily but that there Russian troops) evacuated hall and said they wanted him over the sending of a Canadian was no way of checking this as
end of 1946;
questioning.
company to Koju United Nations personnel did not paratroop The crowd remained orderly faland without prior Canadian go into the compounds, troops left, moughout the acident. After-
Mr L. B. Pearson, said in organiser reading Sachs' In-
America was told in a note The meeting later passed a that the Canallan debichments Army remained and refused resolution of protest against the would carry out its duties on to allow Teheran forces to government's actions and de Koje loyally but that it was deal with the Red-clared the determination of Canada's hope that it would be
to sponsored outbrook in workers
"fight until we have reunited with the Canadian 25'h Azerbaijan province, where regained our freedom.""
Brigade as soon as possible. factories in Johannesburg
Mr Pearton told the House of an' autonomous government were closed today except for Commons that the Government Was set un Teheran office staffs. Groups of workers first heard about the move of Nations and eventually the marched off to assembly points Brigade informed his Army cuss strike action and then when the head of Canada's 25th Rusalan forces, evacuated in the city-Reuter, but the belated withdrawal
day. Inquiry
In Washington was only carried out after
confirmed that the order had
40
the
tho British
for
In accordance with the wards they listened to a union the External Affairs treaty with Russia, March 1946 but the Red tended spooch.
appealed to the United gathered outside factories to dis-
a Russo-Persian agreement
had been signed under STRONG HK
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New Friend'
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A new photograph of the Greek actress Irene Papa, whose name has been linked with that of Prince Aly Khan following her stay at Aly's villa on the Riviera: The actress has said they are "just friends" and she has denied any romance-Central Press picture.
East
German Govt
Borders
To Close
Berlin, May 26.
NEW DELHI
Armed Pickets On Patrol
New Delhi, May 26... Strong polico pickets armed with rifles patrolled New Delhi city tonight after riots becauso a Hindu society girl and a young Muslim wanted to marry.
Twenty-four persons were arrested during demonstra- tions in which 12 Muslims were hurt.
Five thousand Hindus, many of them armed with staves and stones converged on the court- house where the girl's father, a Delhi businessman,, was peti- tioning for a permanent Injunc- tion against the proposed mat- riage on the grounds that the girl was under 21 and had not obtained his consent.
Five of the injured were in hospital, two seriously hurt.
A Delhi Magistrate tonight forbade public meetings, proces sions and demonstrations for 15 days, Special police pre
precatations were being taken to prevent communal disturbances because today is the first day of the Muslim month of fasting, Rama-
dan
There was a tense atmosphere In the city tonight."
The wedding between Raj Sharma, a Hindu Brahmin, and Sikander Bakht, a young Muslim, was alopped at the last minule
on Saturday after the bride's father had obtained a
temporary injunction Sho under 21 years of age.
The Judge ruled today.” the wedding must not take
that
place within the next fortnight, Outside the court demonstra- bors s'opped buses,
cars
The East German government, in retaliation against the contractual agreement between the and made bonfire of "Gandhi Western powers and West Germany, announced caps." Hindu traders put up a one-day tonight that it was closing the borders between protest strike and joined the East and West Germany.
Following an extraordinary East German Cabinet meeting, the government announced: "The Ministry of State Security has received orders for immediate forceful measures and reinforcement of guards at the zonal line between East and West Germany to prevent further in- filtration of subversive elements, spies and terrorists into the, territory of the Republic."
the
their shutters - in
demonstrators-Reuter,
PROMOTION FOR ADMIRAL VIAN
London, May 20. Admiral Sir Philip Vian, who holds Norwegian and French The announcement did not measures against subversive decorations, is to be promoted indicate whether the measures activities," said Eisler.
Admiral, of the Fleet," "the Ad- would cut the keline super-
Those
arrested by the miralty announced today. highway to Berlin or the effect measures
his The announcement sald will receive restitu- they woukt have on air tion," he added cryptleally.
promotion was "in 'vlow of the corridors,
Western Berliners braced them-distinguished and outstanding
services during the last war,
During
the war Admiral Vian, commanding the destroyer Cos sack, boarded the German prison In Josing Flord ship Allmark and freed captive British" sca- men-Reuter,
The Communist propaganda selves for the expected reprisals chief, Gerhard Elsier, sounded and against an unprecedented a warning at a huge moss propaganda barrage. The East ally.
All East German radio German radio interrupted its stations were tled into programmes to read resolutions special network for the Eisler and protests against the Bonn broadcast, which followed the treaty,-United Press. extraordinary Cabinet Bession the leadership of held under Premier Otto Grotewohl,
Eisler shouted hoarsely: "The Western Allies smiled today. Tomorrow they will cry that the treaty backfired in their
He said counter-measures to the contractual agreement would be announced in the Communist East German press.
One captain told the United Press 'that scream were heard inside Compound 88, which con- tains North Korean omcers, late
New York, May 26, me. The list your. This was st night General Matchow Fidgway three battered bodies were laid European Army Command with
“JUST ONE TASK” following morning departed today to take over the
"From now on we have just three men had obviously been tons as a sendoff and with pro- Eenn Parliament members that out, neatly acor the gate.
good wishes of the United Na- one task: to tell each of the beaten to death, the captain
organlard Communis they do not dare ratify the con- spec.ive added,--United Press.
demonstratona facing him in tractual
If the Paris.
agreement. West Berlinors remain
passive Gon. Ridgway left La instead of helping us to clear the detachment to the Island Spring Flowers Guardia airport aboard his per out the stronghold of American ronal piano with his wife and agents, that are sent into East son, aged three, and staff mem=| Germany for subversive missions, then we will be forced The plane took off at 0.03 pm to take measures to change GMT and the flight plan was their minds”
superiors in Ottawa lest Sour For Queen Mary
London, May 25.
to
bers.
on
been given and indicated that Three-year-old Prince Charles kept secret, Ho was expected the movement had already and his little sister Princess to be in Paris some time started.
Anne went Marlborough Tuesday-United Press,
today and presented Bayk that it had long Spring bouquets to their great been Canadian military policy grandmother, Queen Mary, for that Canadian troops abroad her 15th birthday. should remain under Canadian'
Queen Mary, in a black dress
tro Government had sent a Hous
Eisler made four main points in bis 25-minute speech:
1. The border between East and West Germany was ́endan-
must be taken.
General Harding The red and protective measures
Now CIGS
Marshal
agreement was ropudiated `in 1947 by tho now Persian
Parliament. Perkia's recent seriously feeling the effects of command and that no sub-units and hatless, appeared at her
2, East Germans will launch history thus shows that the competition from footwear im- should
Bil-out action' to block, ratifica- bo dotached without balcony i The Mall to wayo country has far more, to ported from Hongkong.
Ottawa's approval,
and smile to the crowd of well
London, May 20
tion of the Bonn agreement.. fear from Russia than cald to be threatened with a While Penng's shop, business
CONCERN EXPRESSER wishers who gathered in warın
General Sir
3. Steps will be taken in John Harding; from, the Western powers. big drop because of Hongkong-
West Berlin to support these The note also made these sunrbine United Press,
Commander-in-Chief of the Bri- Moscow's - Intost protest |, made. boots and shoes,- the points:
tiels Army of the Rhine, will who have protested against the 1-Canada 'viewed with con...
Two Earthquakes succeed Field
Sir Kreement and reprisals will be against the acceptance of Deputy Controller of Labour
William Sim as Chief of the taken against those who remain American military aid in was unable to say whether cern" the fact that the Company' other parts of the Federation was dispatched to Koje without
Leghorn, May 26. Imperial General Staff from passive. based on flimsy excuses, its faced a
t-German Cabinet prior discussion.. similar situation.
WAX
4. The East- the Two noticeable earth tremors next November motive apparently, nothing
hos decided on measures to in- 2-Canada also wished to be shopk mall towns in The April faboter Report
the Offee announced here today," more than the creation of mid, anong other things that re-assured that if at any future Leghorn areas during the into N. Gale will cuccood General Western Germany and will a
night 1 Lieut-Generel - Sir Richard voke in the campaign against further worry
Fening rubber factories would time it was proposed to detach causing inhabitants to have to close this month unless part of the Brigade it would the streets. No casualties or Harding in Germany from next you will read in the papers
nounce them tomaraw. Western world. More such
of the "commodity only be done after consultation damage were reported -- United | September, how stocks
War Office tomorrow the measures, decided moves can be expected.
were received--Reuter."
and with Canada's approval ex- Press.
added.-Rétites.
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120
upon
the government-
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