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DE the report that
Man Mau fighters have oren advised by their chief to lay down their orms, there is little or no concrete evidence pointing to any quick end to the trouble in Kenya, London's ЦЕНСКА-
est of the situation is manifested in the announcement that another Brigade of troops is being despatched to the colony to bolster General Festing's present forces, it being recognised that until the hardened Mau Mau com- butants have been smashed, law and order (cannot be. restored in Kenya. The. Army is now tackling thin task in three ways. British troops
are being used to penetral the forests, hunt
out the terrarigt bands, and destroy their positions: an altempt is to be made to starve them out of the forests by denying them access to food, especially ment; and terrorists are to
CHINA
No. 35602
Established 1845
MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1953.
Trieste Latest: Troops Lined Up On The Border
ITALIAN TANKS
PARADE
Prompt Reaction
Wins Approval
Trieste, Aug. 30.
Italian and Yugoslav troops glared at each other across the border as the Italian Government waited for any sign that Marshal Tito plans to annex the part of Trieste territory occupied by his army.
The Defence Ministry would neither 'con- firm nor deny that it had redeployed troops to the touchy zone. But last night, Italian tanks and he harried so incegantly troops of the Gorizia garrison paraded in the border town within plain sight of Yugoslav
that their positions come
untenable. The operation is
fur more difficult than it sentries. scumds. The forests are vast
Reports from Venice said that call papers for re- and not easy to penotŕate, Į serve army officers, non-coma and carabinieri were while the loopholes on the waiting in the Central Post Office. Post officials said fringe of the forests are the papers would go cut tomorrow.
numerous, therefore,
are
Quick results, unlikely.
con-
Nevertheless #igns are gratulated the government on were receiving
visible that many Mau Mau
On all sides, Italians
State Department authorities reports on the Its prompt reaction to a state- į situation from 'United States ment by the semi-oMelul Yugo Embassies in ttoslavia and and their sympathisers, who press Agency that set of the Italy. Spokesmen were reluctant
forests furore. It said Yugoslavin was ure hiding in the are begiming to suffer considering
heavy rains,
changing
its
from the elements, particu-moderate tolerant attitude to
ward the Trieste problem. larly the
The official view was that is discernible if the Yugopress
report wis
back
and there
a
the mountains
slow movement from intended as a trial balloon to to test Italian reaction, the balloon the Kikuyu reserve. And had been pricked. this is where the loyal Kikuyu Guards are able to strike hard and
nchieved
NUCECHBES
Authoritative
.
sources
said
that whatever happened Iinly have had shown the Western Altics the biggest that public opinion here would
of
recent
most important development, however, is
operations. THE
the fact that the Kikuyu
not stund for any concersivis to Marshal Titu
United Press.
on Tricate.---
STRONG ACTION DEMAND Rome, Aug. 30. Demands for strong arm ad- 10 meet any Yugoslav
tribes are slowly turning tion
against the Mau Mau. On challenge over the free territory the other hand, it is prub-of Trieste swept Italy able the process could be amid unconfirmed press reports
today
to make any comment, pending thorough study of these reports, except to say it was the Depart-
ment's hope that "cool would prevail-Reuter.
Several Cabinet
heads"
Changes Likely
London, Aug. 30. Political sources here ex-
hastened by the Иво of of Italian troop movements to-pect Sir Winston Churchill intelligent psychological
ful
1
are
newspaper In
ward the frontier, Almost every
to retire some of his older Italy, joined the demands..
ministers and reshuffle his Italy is claiming the whole of Cabinet by the time Parlia-
territory,
tvns
the
"13".
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Of York Comet's New
Wants China Admitted
To United
Nations
London, Aug. 31..
The Archbishop of York, Dr Cyril-Garbett, today called for Communist China's admission to the United Nations and for "high level personal contact" with Russia.
In his monthly letter to the York Diocese, Dr Garbett said: "The sooner the Government which represents the vast majority of the Chinese people is admitted to membership of the United Nations the more hope there will be of a permanent settlement, though it is very
.
Record
Britain's
London, Aug. 20:
Jet airliner Camel It tonight flew from Zurich to London in the record time of 78 minutes. Sir Alice Thomas, pre- sident
Convertibility
Of Sterling
"Proper Circumstances"
Condition
Washington, Aug. 30. Informed sources said today that the United States Government probably would be willing "under the proper circumstances" to back a $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000 fund to help make the British. £ sterling freely exchangeable again. The proper circumstances, as outlined by Administration sources, would include:
1. Participation by the Inter- Informed officials here sold [national Monelticy Fund.
that British policy must pro- 2. Success by tho B:kish ducen “hard £” at homo, be- Government in halting inflation fore It can again be made and increasing production in the "hard currency" internationally. British Idles and the Common, wealth.
3. British agreement to lith, at loost in large part, present trade and monetary restrictions.
4. Indications that the United States Congress was willing to liberalise tariff policy.
In the past year officials here said Britain had gone ter 10 checking inllallan at home and in the Commonwealth. British production had increased, too.
TIME ELEMENT The officials sald, another right.
5. Prospects that the Dutch, to ten months must pass before Belgian, West
German, and
it can be determined how last-
improvements,
Probably the Frenchs Governing are the British, economie merris "would move with Britain, or soon after, to make their cur- oncles convertible and free their | trade of most restaleitons.
FACTORS' DISCUSSED
000.
It proj
progress continued, they said, and other conditions were satisfied, the United States would probably be willing to licip underwrite a Sterling Stabilisa- These factors were discursed tlon Fund as high as $5,000,000,- by Administrations officials with
of this, About $2,000,000,000 reporters, following the reicans, loat work, by President Elsen they said, should come from the hower of a report
on dollar international Monetary Fund,
The United States Government sterling relations by
Mr Lewis Dougins, former United would then ask Congress is ap
Ambassador to Britain. ticipation of $2,000,000,000 to
Word 13,000,000,000 by giving
to borrow uthor Stabilisatio
ber
prove
-direct
American
54-nation that much for the
WA States The Douglas report of British Overseas
longed only fortnight before 3, Airways Corporation who the mooting here from Septent accoury authorit was aboard the plane, said the record was ""only"tem-
· The Comet · IZ porary", will make a transallantio crossing 'to South Americ on September 15-France- Presse.
Rigden Has
difficult to admit a state as long as, by the persecution Talk
of religion, it denies a fundamental right.
Salvaged Money Dried On Hotplate
"But it is inconceivable that His
China should be permanently excluded from the UN if she wishes
to become one of its members."
Dr Garbett Bald a resentful isolation would
be fostered while China was excluded.
Ho atided: "If war should
weapons there might be no need
attacked.
as soon
114
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9 to 17
directorate the
things
por
the
Fund if and when needed. The money would not be borrowed the or used unless called for, Bri-
Fund and World Among other Douglas report stressed that tain would borrow from it if her convertibility to foreign curren- particularly of the pound sterling, must be nought because free trade, could not exist apat from free currencies.
The British Government on-
4 -
gold reserves run too low in
Not the toast of the question marks is the attitude of Congress toward lowering United States. tariffs-Reuder.
nounced after last year's Com Forest Fires
Out Of Control
hoped to move With
Parents
London, Aug. 30.
monwealth conference that it
towards con- vertibility of the pound.. Two basic conditions for that were enunciated:
Toronto, Aug. 30. More than 1,000 fire fighters 1. Freer United States tarift using planes, helicopters and policies to allow the corning of bulldozers fought 115 forest fres more dollars.
raging in Northern Ontario to
Io:
started by careless campest
Officials said
at
Continental
TYRES
2. Some protection cushionCorest oilclair said 22 of the warfare. So fur little
Mr and Mrs Rigden this under the sterling as if ven- appears to have been done
afternoon had an hour alone tured-out-into-convertibility fires were out of control. Three to win over the moral
A Stabilisation Fund cushion persons have been killed fight- 4cluding Yugoslav- i ment
with their lendership. To be success- | occupied
son, Leading would give the British Governing the outbreaks, The of Western powers in 1948
ofi- October campaign
break out, probably it would be Aircraftman Anthony ment ready dollars to borrow
Hot dry weather and a series cially psychological warfare must claims on
supported
Italian earlier.
due to a state anxious to strike | Rigden, whose dis, in freeing, the pound from of lightning storme are blamed that the grounds induce the smaller fry to Yugoslavia
The switch of offices may in-
the first blow--and with nuclear appearance
in the Suez current restrictiona, so many for the majority of blazes, but
officials said "too high a num denying the volve 12 to 15 senior and junior
were exchanged Prinds surrender without running population of Zone "" basic ministers, these sources said, the risk of being harshly human rights.
Brussels, Aug. 30.
of a second blow-before it was Canal Zone on July 9 caused dollars that the British Treasury ber" of the fires had been Sir Winston Churchill's plans
an Anglo-Egyptian incident, ran out of dollars. Dollars and pound sterling treated.
-general⠀⠀.forest Britain To date only 15
It is of vital importance that
has reserves Italian hopes that Yugoslavia ere reported to be only at dril
the
conditions in the districts had They said afterwards: "Tony present Mau Mau activists have was backing down in ront of ang stage, but it is widely assum- notes salvaged from
possible personal
of about is very cheerful. He is being what she had in gold and dollar hours, but that it would be one-third Improved during the last 24; voluntarily surrendered, No Iuty's betermined reaction were ed they are based on his con-wreck of the United States contact on the highest level
kept at the camp for, security action
reserves in 1937, when the three or four days" before the has been taken not so bright last night when inuing as Prime Minister with freighter Flying Enterprise should be made with Rusais. reasons.
Mr Anthony Edeo the deputy and dried on the kitchen
No against them, but at the Belgrade Hadio broadcast a Prime Minister as
charge has been The advantage of the pro- made against him.
was a free currency.
danger would be past-Router. bj same time the Authorities editor
his personal Communist
Sir Winston hotplate in the "Brussels Posal! made by Party o gan, Borba, stating flatly
Churchill on this matter cannot make up their minds that the whole of Trieste should
was Mr Rigden sald he had been The process of zooming Mr Bank" here lay tonight in that it envisaged a meeting bo troubled by reports that his son whother publicity should be be Yugoslav. This included Esen for his eventual takeover sorted bundles in the Bank's tween the beads of the states was under close arrest. Ho given to this policy. Trieste city and the rest of zone of the rebus of Government will strong room.
which would be informal with- asked the commanding oficer Mau Mau terrorism "A" which are occupied by 5,000 continue.
sot agenda, Dr Garbett of the Royal Air Force station out a may or may not collapse American and
They were brought ashore atald. 6,000 Brillah The Prime Minister will not
In West London-where Air- relax his recent close perional Ostend last-week by the 530-ton
NOT SUCCESSFUL overnight, but the indicn- troops-United Press.
craftman Rigden ic being tiona
that the
attention to foreign policy issues. Italian salvage vessel Rostro, "Long range diplomacy by detained-what his son was
Sir Winston Churchill is said which is trying to recover the lengthy and controversial dis- doing in the detention block. toughened fighters of this
Ilmelight con- thinking of reducing his cargo of the Flying Enterprise. officials much Department
criticised system of She sank somo 40 miles off the patches and
"He told me it was just an- make a desperate attempt/ were today following with the cabinet "overlords"-senior peers | Cornish court in about 240 foot ferences which are broadest to
the world have not so far been | other way closest
of being held for of
year latest who take responsibility for the of water in January last developments in the long stand- co-ordination of several depart-after her captain, Kurt Carlos,
conspicuously successful.
security reasons," Mr Rigden devastating blows before
"There must be frank re-sold, ing dispute between they allow themselves to be Yugoslavia over Trieste.
Italy and
had made n 13-day bid to save conlilon on both sides that be It may deatroyed. What the Kenya
replaced by after.
io exist for Reports reaching Rome from scheme giving the responsible
will have
"My son was very guarded-In Authorities have to try and Belgrade on Friday night said
The Restro is now back on many years very different what he had to tell my wife and a senior deputy.
the scene of the wreck
and economle me about his experiences, calculate is whether the that Marshal Tito might employ
and la political, social This system already works at expected to return to Ostend in systems.”
He would only say that he Mau Mau will spend them-force to annox the Yugoslay the Foreign Ofes where in about 12 days' time.
Dr Garbett sald "solated bad been held by the French selves by making all-out occupied Zone B of the free addition to the Foreign Secretary M. Theordere Simoens, a bank actlan" by the United States in police in Parle, handed over to attacks against the territory of Trieste,
there is a Minister of State-Mr official concerned in the note United States
breaking
the the British authorities and wat away from "disloyal" among their own
newspapers and
Selwyn Lloyd.
drying operations, fiatly refused Korean peace conference table mediately flown to this coun Tadlo reports stated that all
Several
ministers junior
to comment today on people (who have been the
troops on the Italian side of the
West Drayton." co-operation. main target in the past) or Italo-Yugoslav border' had been Parliamentary under – secretaries that Mr Jakob Isbrandisen, Pro would be a fatal blow to world and then taken by
cennay be stepped up to such aident of the shipping company whether they will
Unless China takes open ag- Mr Rigden added: "He expects con-put on the alert and that some offices.
which owned the Flying Enter gressive action, centrate their Intimida-units of the Italian
this country to be interrogated tomorrow.*** navy had
The Prime Minister gave aprise, had expressed surprise would
explanation has tions against the isolated been ordered into the Adriatic house party this week-end at his about the money being found in against her. It is hoped that be forthcoming so do not 20 homesteads of white Mr Guiseppe Pella, the
allan oficial
country houIC, Che the wreck
this is clearly understood in the airman, orginally alleged settlers and Asian shop Premier was said to have warn- quers, Buckinghamshire. Guest Bank officials were sworn to
United States, Dr. Garbettve been leidnapped by Egyp!" Mau Mau. Ised the United States, British Included Sir Walter Monckton secrecy about the
amount of added.-Reuter.
lars, got lo Frencs-China Mail and French Governments through and Mr Patrick" Buchan-
Special completely unpredictable, their embassies in Rome that
chlot Hepburn, and it is virtually impossituation of the utmost gravity whip, who ible to guess how the end would develop if Marshal Tito when the Prime Minister makes will come, when it finally were to attempt any coup of Ministerial changes. - China does.
secret society are likely to
to strike
keepers.
number
attention
the nature Indicated.
ments. It
Mail Special.
Government will bo consulted
Retaliation Against Food Seekers
Berlin, Aug. 30.
-
a report
Involved. These officials said the money being carried by the Flying Enterprise for the Swiss No- tional Bank. It was now being held at the disposal of various insurance companies who had already paid compensation to the Swiss Bank.--Reuter, raz
Meat Prices : Cut
there
refuse to make war
3,000 Africans
Screened
Hitherto, no
"
car
to
Foreign Ministers
To Meet
** London, Aug. 30, Nairobi, Aug. 30.
The three-Western Foreign Over 3,000 Africans were Ministries: dealing with the screened in large-scale opera- Austrian state treaty will meet Lions by pollon, and troops in In London tomorrow Nairobi and the surrounding according
morting Paris, Aug. 31.
to well-informed district this week-end,
sources in London to discuss The Government today: an-
Fifty auspects were detained. They are exported nounced a 10 per cent reduction In one operation ten miles Russia's rejection of the Western in medt prices, effective
on from here troops of the Blacknote,, but these sources do not
East German Communists today fired from their jobs and evicted from their homes hungry food seekers who went west for Eisenhower food packages,
At the same time, the Mayor for the Communists as the June employees campaigning for September 3, in an effort to Watch fired mortare into a think they will take, any action better working conditions and improve living standards and swamp to prevent the rape of other than to refer the matter ordered those who go to the West for free avoid new labour; trouble suspects who had been surround to the council of foreign munte- programme as prest at detent Soviet Zone Industries to Sre American food.--United Press United Press.
|ed near some quarries--Reuter, | tera-France-Preme,
of West, Berlin, Ernst Reuter, 17 revolt,
hiniled the American food relief. The Communier
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