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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953.
Coronation Troops' Tour French Reds Seeking
Servicemen and women from Commonwealth Coronation contingents pictured aboard the pleasure craft Viscountess of Tower Pler, London, as they were about to set out for a trip the British Empire Service on the Thames arranged by
League-Roulerphoto.
Mr Dulles Confers
With Greek Leaders
Athens, May 27.
Secretary of Foster Dulles, American Mr John State, today met Greek Cabinet Ministers to discuss the nation's defensive and economic problems.
He was accompanied by Mr Harold Stassen, chief of the Mutual Security Agency.
To
"Enrol" Rabelais
Party Member!
As A Party
Paris, May 27.
The French Communist party, which last year claimed Victor Hugo as its spiritual member, is this year trying to "enrol" a still greater name in literature: that of Francois Rabelais.
The anniversary of the great satirist's birth cannot be celebrated for the very good reason that it is not known. The literary histories give the date of his birth as "about 1494",
of
But experts are agreed that Shakespeare as the twin Rabelala very probably dled In Falstaff. It has been entirely 1553, and 1 is therefore this discredited by much serlous and year that the fourth centenary scholarly research.
emerges...
·
IN MONASTERY
་
life
He was born near Chinon, in Touraine, possibly at la De- viniere, his father's country
of his death will be celebrated. This research, however, has rather more Thin latest venture in "literary to far destroyed corpse-snatching", as anti-Com than it has built. Only the out-
of the salirist's munists have called it; began linc late last
last year with the publica- tion in the oflelal Communist
"Humanite" of newspaper, version of one of Rabelais's works, the early "Gargantua"", In the form of a strip-cartoon.
Since then, regular articles on estate. In his twenties, he en Rabelals have appeared in the tered a monastery, and became Communist press, lectures on a great Latin and Greek scholar. But the Franciscan Order, of his work have been given in
a member, con- party study groups, and meetings which he was
sidered the
Greek of have been held in his honour.
study
were In all these demonstrations, dangerous and his books Rabelais is presented +14 a confisented.
and partisan"
the "Peace
He obtained papal_permission popular nature of his work is to transfer to the Benedictine
left: the stressed.
Jater Examples are taken Order.
lay to become -almost exclusively from "Gar-monastery
gantus", in which the legendary brother, and studied at Paris giant
hero of University and probably in many of that name, book, and his father the others. In 1530, he went to the glant Grandgousler repel the University of Montpellier, where as a Bachelor of invading armies of the wicked he quaiifled
Medicine. King Pierochole.
Rabelais literary career be- 1532 with the appearance
The
ment
curly
Me
wise and benevolent Grandgouster tries to settle an in
at the Lyons fair of "the Horrible the conflict-a stupid war caused by the just chastise and Frightful Deeds and Prow-
the
Greatly Renowned of some of Pierochole's Csses of henchmen of Grand-Pantagrule, King of the Greatly Renowned Pantagrule, King of gousier's land-by peaceful
There is every Earlier both
nt Bore
means. But the aggressor inter-the Dipsodes".
Rabelais wrote "strictly business" luncheon at prets this wisdom as weakness indication that
this boolt merely to make money. at- and continues the war, which Router. the American Embassy
the defent ol armles .nsid 'his
л
Weather Expert tended by the American mill- results In mission Plerochole's economic
tary
and heads in Greece.
Prophesies Field Marshal Alexander
Premier, Papagon,
Severe Drought Stephen
Melbourne, May 27. Australia en expect one of Its worst-ever droughts in the next three years, Melbourne weather expert II.E. Camm predicted.
ale Comm, after 43 years of forecasting, was speak- ing on his retirement from
Weather
the post of Deputy Direc- tor
Melbourne of the
Bureau. "I won't say the drought will be worse than the catastrophes of 1902, and 1014 but will be pretty bad." he said.
would farmers to advine
begin laying in fodder immediate-
Mr Camm said the kell- hood of the drought wan comman knowledge among meteorologists "though wo could be wrong."-Reuler.
LANCASHIRE
REMAINS
SCEPTICAL
Not Impressed By Yoshida Remarks
Manchester. May 27. Doubt was expressed in Lan- circles cashire textile industry
statement today regarding the mode by
Yoshida, the Mr
that Japanese Prime Minister,
arc Japan's production costs higher
than the
International
ignominious light.
was himself a
Recognition Of Peking Not Solution
Madras, May 21. Mr George V. Allen, United States Ambassador to
India.
HATED TYRANNY and Mr
Rabelais himself detested Stephanopoulod.
He compared Foreign Minister, represented commentaries,
of Greek after-editions the Greek side at this
authors containing the com- noon's "informal" talks.
mentaries of mediaeval scholars Besides discussing Greece's to "fair robes embroidered with own needs they reviewed the dung"
dung and made fun in pre- whole Balkan and Middle faces of those who sought an Eastern siluation.
inner meaning-the "substan- tious marrow"-in his works. This is Mr Dulles' lost
but lous
But Rabciais DOL one visit of the Middle East
wise
and just mun, and his emphatically declared today that and Asian tour before return-
treatment of the tyrant be in- recognition of Communist China ing. to the United States.
vented certainly represents his by the United States would not POLICE ESCORTS
own feelings towards tyranny. in itself solve the Korean prob-
What would have been his at-lem. Police escorts
accor- titude, however, to his adoption ponied Mr Duiles and Mr by the
He pointed out that the re Communista us "our Stassen in their movements Rabelais" can only be a matter cognition of Communist China through the, capital.
62
by India and Britain had not speculation for those who know, the works of this great helped to solve the Korea issue. Security measurės, were in-mocker, the non-doctor-scholar creased after
Mr Allen sald that the United Communists on who hated all bigotry, all affec- Tuesday night threw a home- tion. and most deeply of Stales was anxious, as a member
made bomb
have
containing
Dulles leaflets.
A statement issued by Dulles just before he
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all hated all restrictions on freedom of the United Nations, to settle the question of the presence of of expression.
Rabelais today is read deeply Chinese Nationalist guerillas in Mr
Burma and added that his left rather than
His widely. Ankara said he would stress strangely-spell, fantastical works country would contribute all it to President Elsenbower the are not easy to read. The could to affect the withdrawal "atmosphere of common
pur-language is at least as difcuit, of these forces. pose" he found during his and perhaps even more so, for a He made it clear at the same Turkish visit,
modern Frenchman as the Eng-time that the United States did He would "emphasise
the lish of
of Chaucer for ú
#twentieth-not have any responsibility for strength of Turkey's democracy century Englishman.
the troops being fi Burma. and the capacities of the
in modern paraphrase he He agreed with the view Turkish economy," adding that is heavy going; and those who that Communist China might the future of Turkey was one are tempted to read his works interfere with Burmo if Chlang of great promise.-Reuter, by his reputation as a "naughty" Kai-shek's forces continued to writer are entirely disappointed. remain in that country and said
Rabelais is obscene at worst, that this was one of the rear HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER DAY BY SPECIAL REQUESTI hearly and vulgar at best, but sons why the withdrawal of forces should be he is never tillating, there is Chiang's
in his effected at the earliest moment. writing. In all his outspoken-France-Presse. ners, there is an innocence and a total absence of self-conscious- ness which disarms all but the prudish.
Eisenhower At nothing pornographic
The Pentagon
Washington, May 27. President Dwight Elenberver I was the 'guest of honour at a level and that the days of cheap Pentagon luncheon which was Japanese labour are gone.
also a farewell and welcome
, UNREASONABLE VIEW
Of the life of Rabelais very 1tle is known. Until the bes
Mr F. S. Winterbottom, Chair-party for the United States our ginning of this century, he was
traditionally identifed with his
Red Diplomat's Departure
·
man of the Colton and Rayon going and incoming Chiefs of chief creation,-the-sharp-witted today it was expected that Mr
Rumanian
Washington, May 27. State Department cources sold
Merchants Association, sold al* | Stall. though Japanete.costs had been
of trying to In all, 20 high-ranking civilian companion of Pantagruel, giant blackmail an American citizent
half buffoon Panurge, inseparable Christache Zambetl,
diplomat accused rising in the past year there was and mlikary officiais tended
difference in their the lunch, given by Defence son of
of Gargantua.
into
as a Communist serving not much prices for grey cloth from those Secretary Charica Wilson to Because Panurgo is a great epy, would leave the. United of Lancashire's,
enable President Eisenhower to trencherman and wine-blbber, Sintes today or tomorrow,
was considered Finished goods were cheaper 61 goodbye to the retiring Rabelais
State Department de- because of lower charges for Chiefs of Staff,
glutton and a drunkard. Because clarci Mr Zambeti passoun nut Elsen- the character This was President
lecher, grata yesterday for "attempting packing and making up and
visit were in lower's first
to the Rabelais was accused of lechery, to subvert" Me V. C. Georgescu, also Japanese, prints
U.S. citizen naturalisca loose colours whereas Lan Pentagon reb his election to The author, too, was .credited cashire's colours were fast. the White House. Earlier, Mr with Panurge's love of malicious Rumanian descent, into spying
Mr J. Greenhouse, Secretary Elsenhower had a two-hour talk practical Jokes, of the International Federation with members of the National This iraditional view of in return for the release of his at Textile Workers of Manches-Security
two sons who are in Rumania.
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The
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for the Rumanian Govertiment
ter, fald he was telegraphing senior offelais-France-Presse. able as it would be to picture-Reuter.
Mr Takita, President of the Japanese Teally Workers Asso- clation, which has a member-
WAS
COSTS-
ship of 200,000 for a clarifien- Lion of Mr Yoshida's statement.
Mr Greenhouse end it dimcult to make a true parison ofactum wages and the
could do was most they ascertain
the proportion wages the Japanese spent th maintain a reasonable standard of living-Reuter.
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Washington, May 27.
The Mutual. Security Agency told Congress today that the Eisenhower Administratiori wouht cut the proposed now Foreign Aid Programma-by at
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