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Parliament In Capetown Dissolved
General Election In April
Capetown, Feb. 24. South Africa's 10th Par- Hament wns dissolved to- day after passing the second of two Bills nu- thorising sterner measures to deal with the defiance campaign against the Government's segregation! policy.
The General Election, one of the most critical in the history of the Union. will Lic on April 15.
THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1953.
War Minister Stresses Role Of Singapore
MAIN SUPPLY BASE
IN FAR EAST
London, Feb. 24.
The Secretary for War, Mr Anthony Head, teday stressed the importance of Singapore as Britain's main supply base in the Far East.
He wrote in a memorandum presented with the Army Estimates:
"Whilst there is little of immediate spectacular interest to report from there, much work is continuously going on in planning and organising this base and its defences to make it ready for any future require-
The Bust Iset 01 the obl F'arliament was to pass a resolution unopposed in both Noures, that the Senate und Assembly should join In sending an address to Queen Elizabeth congratulating her unments." her coming Coronation,
Law Amend-
The Criminal
ment Bill was approved by the Senate this afternoon by 34
votes to
It imprises
stvere penalties,
bcluding: Boggings, the defonce campaign.
for aiding
The other important Bill pass- ed by this session, which opened. tin January 23, was the Public Safety Bill, Reving the Govern- ment witte powers to deal with resistance
to "Apartheid" - egregation.
It enables the Government to declare, State of Emergency
and to legislate by proclamation. The United (opposition) Party gave its support in principle tu both these Billls-Reuler.
Murderess Being Sent
To U.S.
Tokyo, Feb 24.
Mrs Dorothy Krueger Smith
is en route to the U.S. today
ta begh serving a life prison term for the knife murder of Cotone) Aubrey her husband,
ទេវ
Drug Ring Smashed
Tokyo, Feb. 24. Japanese police sald 10- day that 16 Chinese nationals and nine Japanese women have been arrested after the round-up of large-scale drug smuggling ring in Yokohama,
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Reviewing the war against Ceanmessim in Mainyn ho
wrote:
"It should not be supposed that contacts with the terrorists A uze on everyday occurrence. soldier may opent ninay days on operations without any sign of terrorists,
"Such operations, thoughi necessary, tend 10 became monctonour, but l monotony must not be allowed to lead to carelesmes, for with careless- ness comes death.
"The tension of this war of nerves with an unseen enemy in the jungle should be kept in mind when thinking of our seldiers in Malaya".
Mr Head #dileet:
Princess Spends Birthday At School
To Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, her 10th birthday was just the same as any other day, for she went to school as usual, but she was surrounded by her school chums who sang songs In her honour. She is seen here, wearing a dusie coat, singing with her school friends during her birthday celebrations. — Express Photo.
"Voice Of America
Broadcast Division Chief Suspended
Washington, Feb. 24.
"
The State Department today suspended Mr Alfred H. Morton, Chief of the Voice of America Propaganda
Police said seven others were being sought by Investigators in connection withs
operations of the ring. Yokohama authorities be- lieve the
Broadcasting Division. drug smugglers had Dullets En Tokyo, Yokohama and Kobe, and paid for the drugs with pldals-Renter,
ECHO OF
"The recent improvement in the situation, shown by a de- eline in terrorist activity and a decrease in our casualties, is due in no stall part to the efforts of our troops,"
HONGKONG GARRISON
The memorandum
to say:
went
on
It said he disregarded an order forbidding the use of material from Communist writers in broadcasts to iron Curtain countries.
Mc Morton is Chief of the, immediate investigation of Mr International Broadcasting Ser- Morton's action. vice at New York.
Mr Carl McCardle, Assistant Mr McCardle said his office Secretary of State, said Mr had last week Issued the order "In Hongkong we have the Morton sent a memorandum to that material by Communist of
WESTERLING war. There, pur troops other oficials of the Voice of fellow-traveller writers must not
REVOLT
Djakarta, Feb. 24. A former Lidonesian Alinister,
have
Mr McCardle said Depart- ment afleists were beginning an
Mr Morton had
sent 13 Department saying that he dis- memorandum to the State
agreed with the order and in- dicating he would disregard it.
to be constantly on the America exprusing disagree be used under any circumstances alert, ready to deal with any ment with the order against on Volce of America pro- aggression against the Colony. using material from Communist í grammes,
They
mostly live in tem- scurces. porary camps out in the new Irrritories.
Conditions re not easy, and the Army spends its time training hard and working Sultan Hamid II, will be triedis year good progress has
ita defences.
The ex-Government official is been made in the preparation of charged with attcmpling to obstacles covering our frontier
Covernment defences."
Ending his comments on the Far East, the War Secretary wrote:
"It should be
here tomUITOW.
the the transfer
of
noted that a
D. Smith.
Mrs Smith. daughter General Walter Krueger, World Wor II commander of the U.S. Sixth Army, was put aboard a plane flight yesterday to Travis Air Force Base, Califorio.
The Army said orders were received
overthrow Washington from
following transferring Mrs Smith to cus-sovereignty. tody of the Sixth Army, San Francisco. There were no other Following Harid's arrest in details.
April 1950, a series of Govern- Mrs Smith, 40, was convicted ment communiques indicated considerable part of the Army lo the brain today serving in the Far East was by a general court martial on that. Hamid
rovoit started by under active service or near January 10 of the fatal stabbing behind the on October 3 of Col. Smith, a the former Dutch army officer, active service conditions,
"Their task is the Turko Westering:
'contain- Far East Commond
operations
of the vast forces Hamid s officer, in their Tukyo home.
Communist China which face been held in the ordered Westerling to attack a has prison ward of a Tokyo hospital, Cabinet meeting which was due them. On their success depends the security of all Southeast The defence contended her ad- to take place on January 24, diction to alcohol and sedatives 1850-one day after the Banding Asli."--Reuter. caused temporary insanity, couple" arrest at the Ministers Her children ore with General and shoot the Defence Minister Krueger, now retired, and his along with his Secretary-General wife at San Antonio, Texas.and the Chief of Staff-France- Associated Press.
Presse.
by
11.
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alleged te have ment
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Claim By Burmese Official
Who
il
of
Hyderabad, Feb. 24. The Burmese Parliamentary Secretary of the Labour Minis- try, U Shwe, declared here to- day that despite the illegal activities of Communist insur→ gents, the writ of the Burmese wns supreme Burw.
came here to attend the annual conference of the Hyderabad Labour Associa- tion, said at Press
conference that the Communist Parly in
which Burma, recognised either by Peking or the Cominform, was divided it- self and had little or no in- fluence on the masses nor was there my relation between them and their compatriots In Com- munist China or
or Indo-Ching. However, there was docu2 -- mentary evidence to show that the Chinese Kuomintang collaborating Communists.
with
was
not
VIETNAM
UNITS TO
BE
FORMED
54 Battalions In The
Next Year
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Dr Robert Li Johnson, 58- year-old President of Temple University Philadelphin, was today named Acting Chlef of the Overseas Information
Service.
Dr Johnson said in an inter- view he would make a broad study of the whole service and tell President Elsenhower "yes" or "no" is
about G month. He said he would probably accept the Job, He
Franco-publican)
for
Tax Relief
Ceylon Warned By U.S.
Dominion Troading "Dangerous Path'
Washington, Feb. 24. Informed sources said 10- day that the United States, through its Ambassador in Colombo, had warned thre Ceylon Government that it was treading a dangerous path that was bound 10 lead to trouble through its Ave-year trade contract with Communist China,
The next step would be for Communist China to demand to open an Embassy In Ceylon which would become " Comi- munist propaganda centre und might result in Colombu being the chief Communist centre in Southern Asia,
th
The sources were commenting on the reported_statement Colombo by the Ceylonese Food Minister, Sir Oliver Goodell- leke, on February 22 that Com- munist Chinn
had "saved" Ceylon from a famine.
For Companies enough rice from the Unitext
Trading Abroad?
London, Feb. 24. Tax relief for British companies trading abroad was urged in an interim report issued today by a Royal Comuniasion 011 taxation of profila and in- comes, which has been ailing for two years.
The Commission's rt- commendations would case the burden of companies resident In Britak but trading in overseas coun- trics not covered by double taxation
ment
The rested
Commission
Bug- thent these com- panies should obtain full relief from Brilish taxation on comparablo 'taxes paid abroad.
company
At present a trading in a forelen coun try with which there is no double taxation agreement rvis Briish tax rellefon only 50 per cent of the Full amount, On trade with Commonwealth countries British tax relief is 75
· per cont... Reuter.
May Not Get The Money
London, Feb. 24.
This was not a true statement as the United States believed that Ceylon could have obtained
States, Burma and other coun- tries to lide over an admittedly difficult period.
buy
They pointed out that as a result of the five-year contract with Communist Chbu ta rice from that country in ex- change for the strategic wor material of rubber, Burma was not allocating rice to Ceylon and further that a
special allocation of 50,000 tons of rice offered by the United States to Ceylon had only partially been taken up.
NO NEED
!
They said that much of this rice allocation was at present being
bought
Indonesia which does not sell ile rubber to Communist China.
The sources pointed out that The United States considered that there was no uced for
Ceylon to make the five-year agreement with Communist China to exchange rice for rub- ber to tide it over its difcult rice shortage period at present. Further, they understood that Chinese rice landed in Ceylon cost about the same as Burma' rice landed there.
They added that the United States had been informed that Britain also had mado repre sentations to Ceylon on this subject. United Press,
Investiture At
The
- Palace
He had told Mr Dulles A widow left about £50,000 he would do all he could tofor the poor of the little town Salgan, Feb. 24.
help the new Bric
Administration of Talissieu, near Artemare,
London, Feb. 24. Well-informed sources stated Senator Styles Bridges (RC- Southwest France, in her will, Servicemen from the three here today that the
today called
published today.
fighting forces, commended for Vietnam High Miltary Con- full investigation of the Voice
But the money will probably bravery in Korea and Malaya, -mittee, which-has-been meeting of America's request for $4,000,- | never reach them because of were among 100 menand at Dalat, fixed the number of 000 (about £1,425,000) 10 British currency regulations. women who went to Bucking- cxclusively Vietnamese
a ship com-requip
to brom radio If the British Treasury refuses ham Palace today to receive mendu battaitons to be formed programmes behind the Iron to let the money leave the coun-awards from the Queen. during 1953-1954, ut 54. Their Curtain.
try it will be diverted to Queen Elizabeth presented strength would total 40,000 In a letter to Republican charitable Institutions in Eng- medals and Insignia individually
Senator Joseph McCarthy; head land.
to each recipient in the white of the Senate Investigations The widow, Mrs Louise Allen, and gold ballroom at her third in- Committee, he said the Volce who died last November, aged vestiture in successive weeks.
Reuter. already had one ship equipped 83, left £224,057,-Reuter.
men.
French and Vietnam military circles consider the programme be carried out by the end of
can this year,
and stationed in the Dodecanes in addition to the 54 battalions islands in the Eastern Mediter- End other three "maintenance" rancan, ond was equipping battalions, 14 "heavy supporting another. companies including
mortar He suggested that it should
and machine-gun compantes perfect its original equipment
will be
started.
before attempting other experi. The selling up of these monts.-Reuter. battalions would not involvo France and Vietnam in addi- tional expenditure for this year
Vietnam but the
contribution for the next year would be in- croused to meet the additional expenditure.
Transfer of military authority to the Vietnam command would take place gradually and at the request of the Vietnam authorl ties,
circles hero
Getting Ready
For Everest
New Delhi, Feb. 24.
to-
The advance party of the British Everest expedition-Mr Alfred Gregory and
Dr. Military
Charles Evans-left Debi phasised that the setting-up of night for Nepal to start pro- there Vietnam battalions would parations for the 11th attack on not alter the principle of a the world's highest mountain. single command for the Indo-
All but two of the previous China war.
attempts were British.. These circles added that there last two, both in 1952, were would be no diffileulty So was
I-Swiss. for Burmese
cruiting forces
these battalions-France-Press0,
Operations of the insurgente, U Shwe added, were curbed to
great extent,
More than 18,000 of the In-
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50
TO-DAY
surgents have Gurrendered far and were now working for the Government.
Dealing with land reform, ho sald that 8,000,000 out of 13,000,000 neres of land have been "allotted to He added that the
already
tenants.
Government did not propose to nationalise the land until they had enough money to pay the landlords. France-Presse.
Manila, Feb. 24,
Six United States Navy amphiblan planes will be turned over to the Philippine Govern- ment under the mutual defence assistance programme of the U.S. Government
the tomorrow, National Defence Department announced today.
The aircraft, of the FBYS type, are the first of two groups of planes to be turned over to the "Philippines Government,-Bauter.
Tho
The expedition is expected to last four months-Reuter,
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