THE CHINA MAIL,” WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1932.
Islamic Leader Calls
Opposition To Bonn Treaties
Luebeck, Dec. 16. Copies of. iho 1045 Potsdam agreement and of the proposed German- Allied peace contract were burned at Luebeck today
torch-light demonstra tion of the extreme Right Wing German Bloc.
About 100 followers of Dhe nailonalist movement gathered
ered around bonfires
in defiance of a police ban on demonstrations.
Kari Meissner, Chairman Luebeck
of the Bloc, told a meeting last night that
neither the Bonn Govern- ment nor the leaders of the Boviel Zane could sign treaties with foreign coun- tries because they could not speak for all the Ger- man people, — Associated I'ress.
Gottwald
Attacks Zionism
London, Dee, 16.
The President of Czechoslova-
For Boycott
Of France
Cairo, Dec. 16.
'Sheikh Hussein el Khadm el Khadr, Rector of Al Azhar foremost Islamic University-today denounced French "aggression" in North Africa and urged Moslem countries to stop trading with
France.
Sheikh Hussein urged all Moslem countries, including Egypt, to "boycott French trade and culture:" He also called for contributions to a fund to aid "North African patriots,"
Sheikh Hussein, 78, born in | Tuesday next to consider the Tunisia, was naturalised Egypt-latest developments In.
the
lan in 1938. He was admitted North African situation.-Reu-
to the Grand Ulema (Supremeter. Body) of Al Azhar, the oldest sent of Moslem learning in the world in 1950.
He was appointed Rector and heud of the Grand Ulema last September after the dismissal of Sheikh Abdel Meguid Selim, ex- King Farouk's Eppointer, Rector.
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The Grand Ulema council met this morning to discuss the Moslem attitude to "French im- perialism" in the sister alumic States of Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria.
CAIRO PROTEST
Cairo, Dec. 10. Nine Moslem political or- have protested animations
In ainst the recent deaths North Africa,
Their action preceded today's denunciation of French "ng- grçesion" in North Africa by Sheikh Humein El Khadm El Khadr, Rector of the Islamic University of Al Azhar,
The organisations included the Mestem Brotherhood Asso-" ciation, the Egyptian Labour The council reviewed "repeat-party and the Daughters of the kia, Mr Clement Gottwald, salded acts of aggression by France" Isile. today that the "Stansky gong" in these States. remained unnoticed for so long "because they had collaborators everywhere, especially in Ministry of Internal Security
a
The Grand Ulema the resolved:
CONDEMNATION
They resolved is frat protest to all international organisa- council tions "against the murder of
Prague radio tonight broadcast speech by the President to the
1. To condemn the present Czech Communist
Party Con- acts of French imperialism, In- in Prague in which he cluding suppression of freedom, gress disclosed the case of Rudolph blood-shedding and assassina- Slansky, whose trial last month tien of freedom-loving people was given wide publicity.
fighting Who ETC
for natural Slansky and 13 other Czech
human rights in
their
and
oficials pleaded guilty to trea-countries. son, spying, sabotage and other charges.
Slansky and 10 others were
2. To convey this condemna- tion to all Arab States and communicate it to representa- executed, and three were sen ilves of foreign powers in tenced to life imprisonment, | 1963
world Seven of the accused, including Egypt, to all Mr Slansky, were said to be of tions and the world in Jewish origin
The President said the "gang" had escaped notice because there had not been "consistent everyday control of the sclivity Communist in Czecho-
ot
3. To call on Egypt and other Islarnie States to boycott In her trade and France educational institutions, in ac- cordance with Moslem religious and humanitarian duty against the "oppressive" France and
"aggressive her
policy" in 100 North Africa.
"Too much attention was paid| to what they spoke and little to what they did," the 4: To call on the Arab people
President said.
and Islamic
governments to
In spite of its collaborators, boycott France politically and the gang had been unmasked stop French imports. "comparatively quickly after
the first arrests in 1948.
Mr Gottwald said the had
uncovered
Casc channel"
through which Jews infiltrated into the party, and added: "That channel Is Zionism.' Reuter,
WORLDWIDE CALL
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5. Form benevolent organisa-
victims aid the lous to French aggression.
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Ferhat Hached, the Tunisian labour leader, and other victims in Tunisia, Morocco pad Algeria."
Secondly to appeal to ali Arab, Islamic and friendly countries to boycolt France politically and economically, culturally in order to fight her imperialistic policy-Reuter,
Queen's Route Christmas
In Replica
Fare For The Troops
Seoul, 'Dec. 17.
British Commonwealth troops in Korea will all ent Ja Christmas dinner of tur- key and plam pudding. But hot all of them will get it | on Christmas Day,
* If they are holding United Nations frontline trenches, wind- ing through the bushy Korean hills, they will have to stay there keeping a walchful eye un the Chinese · Communists until they are relieved.
A model of the entire route to be taken by the Queen' between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey on her Coronation procession, complete in every detail, is being made to a scale of by Ministry of Works members. The model, 1/16, Includes replicas of every building on the route and of the official stands which are to be erected. -- Central Press Photo.
America Better
Prepared Today,
Backs U.N. Says Mr Truman
Seat
For Japan
Pakistan Argument United Nations, Dec. 16.
The Pakistan delegate de- clared today that it would be a tragedy if Japan were barred from the United Na- tions as a member.
Hat Hussain of Pakistan said
Washington, Dec. 16. President Truman said in a speech today that the United States is better prepared at present to face any eventuality that may confront it than it was two years ago.-
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But then they will be able to retire to their, baltalion rear areas, get warm and deon and celebrate in safety.
Septs of the 1st Battalion Black Watch may choose to save their extra
rations for a big Hogmanay feast on New Year's day.
Besides stocking up with food and elgarettes for Christmas, the NAAFT canteen service here. has shipped out supplies of beer brewed and bottled in Britain to add to the normal ration
anese light ale.. Japanese
included in the extra supplies are American turkey, Australian plum pudding and Canadian, and Scotch whisky,
Recently. NAAFI mobile gift shops have been touring the battle front in specially designed vans so that men in action may
home sond presents
to their families.
CHRISTMAS TREES Enterprising Australians have organised a squad of Koreans to cut them Christmas trees from the hillsides. At Army post offices here a big rush of mall in being handled, both in and out.
Commonwealth, For American
Allied troops, and however, there will be no parcels from home this year. They are the prisoners of war in Communist camps in North Kores. Despite the long efforts of. Allied peace negotiators at Communists Par nunjom, have refused to allow the pri parcels or even newspapers from
the
BÜDCYS to receive Christmas
He warned against any attempt to reduce its pro-hat the Chinese Communists
gramme of building for defence.
President Truman acknow-basic industrial capacity at a rate ledged that the nation's milliary greater than at any time in production had not been as rapid history-a rate of $27,000,000,000 as had been expected. However a year. The gross national pro- he argued that it was better to duct, after adjusting for price
high
to changes, has gone up by $45,000,- than targets sot
what was 000,000 or 15 per cent. Over a attempt to do only
portod of three or four years clearly feasible.
beginning with 1050 we will have But while military production that his country would support was less than planned, he said, increased our aluminium capacity Β. Το call оп Moslems Japan's application for member-production for civilian uses was. by 100 per cent, our electric: throughout the world to con- ship along with those of Viet-better during the past two years power capacity by 50 per cent
He than had been expected,
and even our steel industry by tribute to a public fund in aid nam, Laos and Cambodia,
20 per cent."-United Press. debate on now of the North African fighter-spoke during a
"But now," he said, "we are the Ad Hoc well
our along on
defence Rome, Dec. 10. patriots and alleviate their suf-members before the
Political Committee.
mobilisation
programme. Our Farouk
Narriman, exierings.
would be He said, "It wo
a produ of military hard sovereigns of Egypt-were-in a-The Rector. of Al Azhar to
Moslems to doj Tragedy it h car accident last night but did
from this organisa-what it was at the time of the not get hurt,
The car in which they were African brethren riding collided with another on a sent circumstances.
Grand The Rome street. The cars were slight-
and
their duty towards their North) were barrect sountry like Japan] goods has risen to seven timeA
open to all
ly damaged-Associated Press. session
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Ulema
open
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in the pre- tion. It is one of, if not the must, Korean invasion. Even 50 CX- imperlant nations in Aria. We pension has not been quite de council can learn much from them."
The Committee is in the third day of a
of a debate on the admission of members. Nineteen States have pending applications which have been blocked by the Soviet vele in the Security Council
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Mr Hussain backed up the stand taken by the United States
resolution
rapid- As we had hoped. Pro- curement officers and their con- tractors turned out to be over- optimistic in predicting how fast they could bring models of equipment into pro. duction
which yesterdaying "peace-loving Sting her a embarrassing,
application and
new
ALWAYS WISE submitted a "While falling behind bur
Japan's
schedules may sometimes prove believe is al- ways wire to set high targets. They act as a spur to everyone. concerned and I think you ac- complish more that way in the long run than if you never set out to anything more than la clearly feasible.
Mr Hussain sald, "We are just where we were six years ago."
He argued that the deadlock OVCT membership could be broken only in keeping, with the United Nations' Charter provisions and that the setting up of a committee proposed by a group of Central American States to study the question would only be a waste of time,
Referring to Russia's BO called pacliage proposal for ad- miting 14 applicants, Mr Hussain suggested that they be considered Individually merits as a posible way ot. breaking the deadlock.
"I belleve that all 14
should qualified and
mitted," he
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Dismissals In
East Germany
Berlin, Dec. 10, The East Gorman Cabinet an- nounced tonight the dismissal of the former Supply Minister, Dr Karl Hamann, and his State Secretary for Food, Herr Rudolf Albrecht, the Bast Corman nowa agency, A.D.N. report ed.
Both had been suspended from office a fortnight.
The Cabinet did, not confirm recent West Berlin.. reports that Dr Hamann bad been ar-
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"Because millary production has not been as rapid expected we have done even better than we had expected on the civilian side.....During this period we have expanded our
A General
Admonished
Washington, Dec. 16. The American Secretary of the Army, Mr Frank Pace, "ad- monished" Lieutenant-General Lowbs A. Pick, Chief of the Army Engineers, in connection with the construction multi-
afr million dollar
bases in North Africa...?
Mr Paco advised the Senate Preparedness Sub-committee of this in a letter made public to- da Committee, after an in-
of
the
The. vestigation
projects earlier this year, charged that widespread waste,
there was
building of the bases,
corruption and confusion® in the
It had urged Mr Paco to take appropriate action against General Fick, whom it accused of having fallet to give the rested was dismisgod as story about Co-Chairman · of the Liberal basca, Democratic Party in Dast: Gor- A Defetos Headquarter many after his suspension was spokegras definedi
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promised to give, Christmas present to the British troops, They recently told the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Re- giment) over a loud-speaker stu
Christmas tem that your ut on the wire
on year the Chinese. left decorated Christmas tree loaded with small gifts on
presents will be put
Last
the barbed wire defences of the Welch Re- giment.
Some troops will hold Christ- mas services in little shell-proof chapels which they have dug into the hillsides,-Reider,
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