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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1952.
Canton Authorities Release
The New Three Australian
"Antis"
Is hardly imaginable that China's nannts, artisans.
mensures
factory workers and students will hail the Peking Government's new Becurity
with shouts of delight. If made effective they will eliminate the last remaining vestiges of free thought, action and speech. They ape to the point of extremity the Soviet system of mass sup- pression and regimentation.
The new measures are, in effect, an extension of and
from development
the original Ave "antis" which the Peking regime enforced with auch vigour # few months ago. They were anti-bribery, reli-tax eva- sion, anti-theft of State property, anti-failure in fullment of contracts, and
anti-theft of State economic secrots, Additionally was launched the "Anti-3 Move- ment" which aimed at anti-
corruption, anti-waste and anti-bureaucracy. The new a more measures ure of political character. The tack now to be delegated to Security Committees is Ľu promote anti-traitor, auti-spy. anti-fire, anti- bandit, and anti-subotuge
Aviators
20 MONTHS IN
CAPTIVITY
Arrive In
By.
HK
Train
Three Australian airmen Richmond and William James
Ross Bohm, Dick who were cap-
tured by Chinese Communists after their Catalina plane had made a forced landing in the sea near Macao on December 15, 1950, arrived in Hongkong from Canton last night.
For more than one and a half years little or nothing has been heard about them.
This morning, however, the Ta Kung Pao, re- were tried by a Canton ported that the three men Court yesterday, convicted, sentenced to two years' ordered to be deported im- imprisonment, and mediately..
The men arrived by train from Canton last night, and found accommodation at the Seamen's Institute.
movements throughout the Sarawak Latest whole country. Moreover there is to be a new cam-
paign
of
"re-education". 21 CHINESE
Nor Is any Rection of Society to remain immune
to this latest drive for ARRESTED
regimentation and
sup- to be
New Endeavour
of
YESTERDAY
rests
raids.)
An
This morning they received p medical examination and were interrogated by the Police.
They also saw the Australian Assistant Trade Commissioner In Hongkong.
According to the Ta Kung Pao report of the Court pro- ceedings in Canton, Bohm, Rich- mond and James were accused of trafleking in oplúm.
Children Cause 2,000 Fires
Lontion, Aug. 18-
More than 2,000 Ares were started in Britain In :1950-by children playing with matches, fire research experts said today.
At least 25,000 of the 43.- 000 fires that occurred could be considered
avoidable,
they added in a special pamphlet issued by the Government stationery office.
The chief causes of Bro 'were smoking materials, asties from open fires, Bue pipes, electrio heaters, slow combustion sloves, gas fires and candles-Beater,
Egyption Regime's New Purge Committees
Cairo, Aug. 12.
The Egyptian Govern- ment tonight formed. seven new purge committees, with power to bring accused per- sons to trial without con- sulting the Public Prose cutor as the country await ed a new 'clean-up drive and Introduction of reforms.
The new committees, which replace earlier ones, will have judicial powers of search, arrest- and indictment.
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Flying Saucers?
A United States Coastguard photographer Salem, Massachusetts, Air Station, took this phenomenal photograph. He was in the station's photo laboratory preparing to clean a camera, when he noticed several brilliant Behte in the sky. He watched them for live or six seconds, then called another coastguardsman In the nearby sick bay, to come, and see the strange sight. In these few seconds, the brilliant while of the lights had dimmed somewhat but when it suddenly brightened again, he grabbed the camera, cilcked, the shutter and this photograph is the result, Nafe the bars of light that seem to extend in front of and behind the round "objects" which appear in "y" formation. Many Americans believe them to be fly- ing saucers.-London Express.
Offer
Disarmament Talks
By Western Powers
United Nations, Aug. 12.
The three Western Powers announced today that they would agree to hold a five-Power disarmament conference if the Soviet Union and China would first agree to limit their armed forces to 1,500,000 men each. [%..
In a new plan presented to the United Nations Disarmament Commission to. day. Britain, France and the United States appeared to open the way to a new approach in the deadlocked disarmament talks.
One will deal with cotton Draft
-The allegation added that the three flyers, together with Sun
and Chung-liang, who said to have futures
the purchased
which another with plane which he was a scandals and
was sinking near Macao,
stock exchange, war Palestina a third with the
of views?
He said ho
concerning
made
Reply
To Persia
Studied
Oil Company on
They proposed that as soon as in a drati treaty, "bringing into the Communiat Powers agreed to balanced relationship all essential overall ceilings there should be components of the disarmament held a big-Power conference to programme." discuss:
1.. Distribution by sea, land and air of the armed forces that would be considered appropriate within the agreed numerical
cellings.
TWO ALTERNATIVES. Mr John, Coulson, Britain, sald there were two ways of reaching agreement on disarmament. The first was the Soviet method of a Axed formula for an overall re- duction by one-third,
.
to
The
a one-
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No US Decision On Manus Island
Washington, Aug. 12. The United States has not yet decided whether to accept. Australia's offer to use the air and naval bases on Manus Island, north of New Guinea, Mr Dean Acheson, Secretary of State, sald today.
He sold it was a military question and would be decided by the military representatives at the three Anzus Powers→→ Australia, New Zealand and the. United States.
7
A large naval base was built on 'the Island by the United States during the last war. It subsequently returned to
was
Australia,
Mr Acheson was commenting ot his weekly press conference on a statement made by the Australian Foreign Affairs Minis... ter, Mr Richard Casey, this week that he expected American ships and planes would soon be using the base again..
He said Mr Casey had raised the possibility of America's use of the base at the Anzus Council meeting in Honolulu last week.
Mr Acheson said there seem- ed to have been a lack of understanding on the true pur- pose of the Anzus Council meet- ing IMPLEMENTATION
...
It had been held to implement Tripartite Treaty with Australia and New Zealand and there was no provision in the pact for the participation
other of any dations. He said the three Governments had not been able to devisz a means as yet of broadening the Pacific relation-
ship to Include other powern.
In a prepared statement on the Honolulu meeting, Mr. Acheson sald he wished to point out again that the three powers had neither reached any dedi- stons nor undertaken anx com- mitments concerning matter of direct concern to their friends in the Pacific or elsewhere.. "The United States has mutual defence treaty with our sister Republic, the Philippines," he fold.
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"In addition, under our treaty with Japan, we have American forces stalloned in that country.
pression. About enforced is the complete subjugation of the indivi- dani
of the to the will
Kuching, Aug. 12. Sarawak police today crashed, and be Stute. And, it la to noted, the mockery of the took into custody 21 per passenger at the time, were distribution and acquisition of "People's Court" is to be sons, all Chinese, in the faken into custody by an anti- state-owned land. The others will deal with various scandals. applied in all cases where Kuching area, bringing smuggling vessel.
The committees have been the "vigilance" of the to 28 the number of ar-
work as Security Committees pro-
Sun is still being held by the asked to finish their under the recently Chinese authorities, stated the noon as possible.
2. Types, and quantities of This was unacceptable to the duces tangible results. For
Earlier the Egyptian Com-
London, Aug. 12. armaments which would be con- Western Powers, as it would the masses of Chinese the proclaimed... anti - terrorist report, for further examination,
"These treatles are all part of. "as it wns understood there mander-in-Chief, General British Cabinet Ministers to-sidered necessary to support the merely intensify the disequili-
brium of the world forces. future promises misery of
emergency regulations.
Western
our continuing efforts to strength- proposal Was more Most of the arrests were were other complications in re-Mohammed Naguib, announced day studied a draft reply to permitted anned forces.
en the peace and accurity of the mind and body, but
"complete understanding Persia's new proposal for negot!- 3. Elimination of all armed realistic as it proposed agreement effected in carly morning raids gard to his tramcking opera- that
Pacife. whether they will be con-
and full ageement
The United States has a deep tent to suffer the complete houses, or near the capital. tions."
It is recalled that the Catalina exists between him and theiations with the Anglo-Iranian forces and arimaments other than by stages.
Mr Jacch Malik, Soviet Union, and continuing interest in the Documents were also beized.
clalma and those permitted, it being under- loss of personal freedom The Acting Chief Secretary.
General Naguib, “strong man" i counter claims in the oll dispute. Blood that provision would be said that he would study the peace and security at all the free and Independence
Mr R. A. Shelus, said to-day in which the three airmen and Government of Aly Maher,
Sun were travelling arrived
The Ministers, comprising the made for the elimination of all new proposals seriously, but at nations of the Pacific area. We thought remains to be seen, that the Government was
the early of Egypt's new regime, The system which the touch with neighbouring British over Hongkong in
them as they may desire to work of December, 15, 1950 his statement to reporters after Cabinet's Persia Committee, met major weapons adaptable to mass first glance they appeared to hope to continue to work with
international control of atomie They did not agrec territories who had offered help. hours. Peking Government seeks
with each other and with us to after a fight from Chittagong. a 90-minute meeting with the at the Foreign Office with the destruction, and for the effective contain nothing new. He said equipment and arms
Premier.
had Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony'
energy to ensure the prohibition third' reduction of armaments of the end that all the nations of to impose is foreign to the
vere expected by air from Ma The plane sent a radio signal vialted Aly Maher to "reach an Eden, presiding.
of atomic weapons and the use the Big Powers to come into the Pacift may live in freedom." character of the Chinese,layn.
the
energy for peaceful force simultaneously with the
Mr Acheson said he bellaved to the Kal Tak airport that it understanding
The Ministers present were: of atomic and its enforcement may
prohibition of atomic weapons. the work of the Anzus Council (It was learned in Singapore would circle until daylight details of cerunt matter."
Headquarters the Mr R. A. Butler, Chancellor of purposes only. prove to be not only dim-today that senior police officers before attempting to land. Con-
After some procedural discus-would lead to even closer rela- Army Movement, the Exchequer, and Mr Duncan
NEW APPROACH
sion the Commission adjourned tionships with our two good cult but impossible.
will fly to Sarawak this week-
mill-Sandya, Minister of Supply, ac
until Friday-Router.
felerids down under","--Reuter, end to help with the investiga- tact was then broken and the General's
next signal the airport received which led last month's
The inclusion of the atomic tlou ino ho recent terror was to the effect that the planetary coup, had earlier presented cording to a usually well inform-
energy question in the last part Aly Maher with sweeping de-ed source,
www Seen In mands for agrarian reform. Mr Snelus sold the North had been
the These include limitation
The general British stand-of the proposal Bohm was the pilot of Borneo Government
his co-pilot, Iend ownership to 80 hectares point, it is believed here, is still asked to provide a contingent plane, Richmond
and the creation of a new class that Britain would wish of police with officers, He and James the radio officer,
negotiate on the future 'opera of smallholders, thought the new state of emer
tion of the oil industry and not which the world can begin gency would be discussed. this
At the Queen Mary Hospital" this morning the three.
on compensation claims only. disarming and atomic week at the periodic meeting of looked extremely pale and wan.
The weapons can be controlled. Southeast Asian Governors.
Aly Maher told press corres-
· main problem It would be extremely com
They refused
some time beon is believed willing to have for forting to be able to believe Mr Snelus sold the Sarawak interview or to relate their ex-pondents today that the foreign Britain and the United States, ment and its two Western Allies
policy of the new regime was which
formula to periences,
in with Britain searching for that something positive and Government had long known
based on a sound appraisal of co-operate
construe- supersede the original "Baruch making any possible tangible will emerge from of Communist activity within
international relations."
to Persia, is Plan" of international atomic He declined to discuss the five proposals the
discussions, the colony-formerly the domain current
con-energy control. and whether to make definito dispute Anglo-Egyptian but it must be admitted that
He edalons which would ease the Under this plan an inter- Middle East defence
plans.
situation of the national control agency would Russin has to date shown
kaid he hoped to be able to talk economic
Persian Government.
not as manager of processes-of them in the near future.
atomic energy production, from The question of
to The threat of Communist cols the uranium mine to the finished Egypt as an ordinary citizen was trol in Teheran is considered it up
here as very real."
Today's plan
plan, presented to the considera-
Mr Benjamin not at present under.
Comralesion by Lion, he said. The fate of theThe question is whether ex-King's wealth and lands economicald, from the West, Cohen of the United States, was would be decided in accordance even on a large scale, could a supplement to the carilor pro- with the relevant laws and re bring stabilty to Dr. Mohammed posal that the armed forces of ponola, Quite obviously from the Indonesian side of the Rio de Janeiro. Aug. 12.
The United States, the Soviet gulations,
Mossatieq's Government
Ching: should 'Union' and there is no will on the part island.
radio 'report heard here' Mustafa Nahas, leader of the of the Kromlin to help But the Indonesian Foreign satd a Douglas Dakota air linor Ward Party and ex-Predler, to The British reply to Persia's excord one to one and a half achiovo world disarma- | Minister
asked
its Consul with 24 people on board crash- ment Russia is much too General in Singapore for furthered and caught fire at Palmeiras day denied reports that he plan- note is not yet ready for trans-milliers, while, those of Britain
700,000 60 600,000. his wife on holiday in France. ter. determined to maintain her detalls of "reported terror raids on a flight, from Rio Verde toned to leave for Europe and fola mission, the source sold.-Rou- and France should be limited to
He declined to comment on own vast military machine by gongs calling themselves the Golania, capital of the State of
political to give any more than lip Sarawak Indonesian People's Golaz, today.
THE United Nations Dis- armament Commission is making yet another effort to find a common basia on
LONG KNOWN
to give
snea
any.
They did, however, cate gorically refute the allegations of the "White Rajahs" of the levelled against them by Brook family. But until now Canton Court, the Government had had
no Inclination to depart power to deal with it. from her fixed attitude to
no
The present emergency re-
the
the subject, and it is not gulations were drafted about AIR LINER likely that she will receive two years ago for enactment,
suggestions whenever necessary.
the latest
ол
No amcial Indonesian com- advanced by the Western
avallablo today powers any more favour- ment was
terrorists had in- ably than previous pro- reports that
Alirated into the British colony
Liberation Army." service to the ideal of The British
Commissioner
A
CRASHES
FOREIGN POLICY
of
Prince
/about.
Fuk's eventual return
developmenta and remarked "We are close-
No information was Imme the situ
universal reduction in arms General for Southeast Asia, Mrately available on to casualties.y
MacDonald, and weapons in a manner Malcolm
Tho report said the plane be hinted that is equitable, Mr yesterday that the instigation of lunged to the Transportes Aercos Malik received the latest the incidents might have come Nacional Limited,
afield, from, the Allied proposals coldly and from "farther
Rusala's eventual rejection Indonesian port of Borneo.
of them must be considered
forogono. The consequences
Router.
to
an indication that the Western some United Nations circles as Powers were now prepared for a now approach to the atomic control problem which has been dealdocked for five years,
The United States before
EARTH TREMOR ROCKS TOKYO.
Tokyo, Aug. 12.
Govern-
not
The new proposal suggested that
these cellings were Hal onco
enajor agreed upon the five the situation."
Powers, should proceed by the following stages: Maher stressed the new
Call, conference to policy of Art 20-
+ negotiate the principal difference recalling that he was among those who initiated the
A severo earth tremor rocked of the armed forces First reports indicated that the call for Arab unity, pla)
by vircraft caught fire in the air. He said the ab etates had Toltys and the surrounding dis type of the worst inquire
moirlets tonight. But first reports agreed Umilations crushing Immediately,The
2 Having re the Iarnell said there were no casudities..
above, to call ja! The tremor was felt for more ment on the
series of regional conferences, attended by all nations having
plane was reported to be carrY-
"
Upon common
aro inevitable: the Western Heat Wave Deaths' lag 20 passengers and a creates than ten erophes.
Mexicon officials sald today
of four.
strengthening
flo Verde and Golania are binding us to the Asiatic and dankme
and tho
within the reached
powers must proceed with Mexicali, Mexico, Aug. 12.
A Government seismologist Mizable armaments. their defensive rearmament that 30 persons died in this bor, about 165 miles apart. They Eastern word is a prominent programmies golely. and
hro approximately 600 miles and important -- part of the said the tremor centre was about 3. All the agreements.roached simply on the grounds of a result of 120-degree heat northwest of Illo de Janeiro, Government's programme," he 30 miles cast of Tokyo in the self-protection. “
der. town in the past Ave days asj
Iwave-United Press,
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Bosch Peninsulaeulor.
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