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WUHU ST DISASTER: 19 CASUALTIES
Japan 7 Dead, 12 In
American net
Tapanese Governments
And themselves in an old situation. In the eyes of many Americans Japan is the most desirable partner In Asia, just as Germany seems tu be in Europe. America IN therefore 'anxious to преед up Japanese rearmainent; one of its motives is the laud.
able one of getting Ameri-
can troops put ot Japan
Hospital
RESCUE WORK
GOES
ON
BY NOON TODAY THE OFFICIAL
and replacing them by DEATH TOLL IN THE WUHU STREET Japanese. To hasten this
change America would like
DISASTER HAD REACHED SEVEN,
to give Japan a substantial WHILE 12 OTHER VICTIMS OF THE atd in dollara under the BUILDING. COLLAPSE WERE IN HOS- muluni security seneme.
PITAL, SEVERAL OF THEM SERIOUSLY way is the Constitution of INJURED.
What chiefly stands in the
Japan, which was imposed 011 the country by tbu Americans during the
occupation. Artiets v of the
ConstitutiCATE 19 emphatic. LIL The Japanese people Buy's) fur ever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation und the threat
ur use of force as a means settling international uspites. Lang, sea am air forces as well as other war potential will never be
The right of. mantamed. beingerency of the State is 10 recognised. Even Mr Gamini could hardly have
tu wanted paciflctam more categorical, Of course the Constitution
success.
The
Shortly after 3 o'clock this morning a work- man was dug, out of the rubble, but he died soon after admission to hospital, this making the seventh fatality.
Red China And
Hongkong
London Officials' Appraisal
BY HAROLD GUARD
London, Sept. 8. The possibility of Com- munist China laying claim
Shits of coolles and other belpe:s worked throughout thei night removing rubble in n. cadeavour to locate victims of the disaster, and the task continued this morning.
PWD officials took away re- ples of the reinforced lor tests.
concrete
this
The matary authorities morning sent a 7-ton crane 10 the scene where it was utilised to romove heavy girders and large block of concrete under which it Is feared other workmen are buried.
Salvage From Flying Enterprise
TUC Urges
Better Working
Conditions
It is still impossible to obtam on accurate
of how estimate workers were in the many building when it collapsed Britain's
Paid
of
the
Rain Causes Museum To
men.
Douglas, Isle
con-
work-
Thousands nt
Dollar
£1 and notes are dried on the stoves of the kitchen of the Banque de Bruxelles. They are part of the many
thousands
of currency
worth from
of pounds
salvaged Captain Carlsen's Flying Enterprise-by the Italian salvage vessel Rostro in the Channel. The Flying Enter- prize is the
which vessel thrilled the world for thirteen days, 19 months ago as sho wallowed. Hating and storm- tossed with only her explain, Kurt Carlsen, aboard.-Lou- 'don Express,
Reconstruction Of Korea
Britain To Pay Share
GROUNDED
FRENCH
LINER
More British Warships To Patrol Formosa Straits
London, Sept. 8.
More British naval ships have been released for anti-pirate patrol duties in the straits of For- mosa since the Korean armistice, it was stated in London today.
Commander Allan Noble, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, gave the news to a press conference today on his return from a 25,000-mile Inspection tour of British naval units and stations in the Far East.
Many ships freed from the
Korean operational aren WEDG
Joning units operating from Food Relief
Hongkong, he said. Their pre- sence in the Formosa traits had greatly increased, chances of intercepting raiders and im- shipping ac- proved merchant tivity in the area.
to
"The Navy has always con- sidered It part of its duly protect ships on the high se19--- where particularly out there
have вечеть два Muny vessels tacked in recent months without Noble Commander warning."
I sold.
New
REFLOATED Canadian, Pakistan:
of
Promise
Ends Siege
Calcutta, Sept. 8.
thousand hungry Five men and women today lifted a 24-hour slege they had laid to the office and resi- British Commonwealth naval dence of the government forces were enjoying extremely officer at Tamluk in the high prestige in the For Fast. West Bengal district of Mid- From what he had seen napur, on the assurance that Australan,
Zealand, and Mula- their demands for special were "first food relief would be met. yan stips, they
lass in very way."
Reports received here by the Britain now had over 10,000 West Bengal Government sald Le Havre, Sept. 8.
naval officers and men serving the crowd had refused to allow The French liner Liberte, on
Far Enst stations and the officer to leave his residence grounded on a sandbank morale was very high. Naval or the members of his staff to with 1,075
office since Monday passengers forces were being employed to leave their
the limit aboard
morning. on her way to
British and French mine-
Monday night Throughout Southampton
this after-
¿weepers were taking part m they chanted slogans. When- noon, was dragged clear combined naval manoeuvres ever the officer appeared on by tugs this evening.
OIT Indo-China and there was the verandah, they patted their close alson between the two stomachs to signify that they Six tugs pulled the 51,800- countries in tho operational were facing starvation becauso ton ship, France's largest liner, field Commander Noble added. of the high price of foodstuffs,
sandbank half a mile-Reuter.
of the outside Le Havre.
Gen Keightley's
Appointment
been
10
especially rice.
The
rice has reports said been selling in the Midnapur district at about £1, 148. for 80 lb. The demonstrators de- wanded that it should be reduced to £1, 28.
The reports said the siege and the subsequent demonstration were organised by three West Bengal leftist pärlies.—Reuter.
Cinema Disaster
Madrid, Sept. 8. Six people were killed and many injured when the gallery # einemn at Torrecilla de Camcros ricar Logrono, in Northern Spain, to-
No deci. First reporta renching Madrid was feared more bodies reached said it General would be recovered from the wreckage later.—Reuter,
of Man Sept. 8.
eight, million yesterday afternoon, but a near member Trade Union Con- by shopkeeper said today that
60 gress today backed, calls normally between 60 and could be changed. But the
and for
better working persons, including masons procedure IA ditncult. Changes must be initiated
carpenters, were engaged on the ditions for British building. by a two-thirds majority in
The insk The
of removing, the of the Diet; to Hongkong in any forth-debris, which consists of sub- The each House
delegates representing they must then be referred coming political conference stantial blocks
concrete. 183 trade unionis gave unanim- girders, to a plebiscite or else the on the Far East
heavy timber and rub-jous support to Lakers, who want be- was
blc proving extremely ar-no
more baking in the' night, Diet must be dissolved and Heved by officials here today
duous.
to clerical workers, who want a general election be fought to be less likely than it was
She ran aground it thick fog Large numbers of coolies are better
offices, and to farm
shortly after leaving here this specifically on the proposed three years ago.
engaged on the work with the workers who want safety rules
afternoon for New York via changes, The present
This conclusion was based on assistance of Bremen and pot to be applied to farm machinery.
London, Sept. 8.
Southampton. Japanese Government, even the conviction that Red China Police have corduned off the They also approved the set- Britain is paying £8,000,- As the ship lurched off the if it wanted rearmamont wants an expansion of trade with urea, keeping onlookers at a ting up of more rest homes for 000 towards the United Captain signalled "Full traffic.
steam urgently, is not at present the West and recognises Hong-distance, and controlling, trame old people, usked for more Nations £46 million pro- --ahead-for-Southampton:"-
Divisional Officer
schools for children, and
have The ship appeared to in a position to risk akong as an outlet and inlet for
London, Sept. 8. mour of the Fire Brigade this condemned aims of "brutality gramme for the reconstruc- suffered no significant damage. The Chinese commerce.
The War Отсе announced referendum. Among
Three years ago, having con- morning
to tribute
tion of Korea. Hand violence,“
Sir The sea wos calm.
Conight that General muss of people puerism is
cluded the Sino-Soviet treaty, stolcism of the injured and the
G. The passengers, mostly Ameri- Cameron
G. Nicholson, as strong today in Japan as the Chinese Communist leader, fact that they did everything allow the 1,000 delegates to get But a crowded agenda did not
This was disclosed here today I can, were at the ship's cinema, commander-in-chief of Middle it Was in the Weimar Mao Tse-tung, said he intended possible to assist their rescuers.
the bar or East Land
been that had been by Sir Arthur Rucker, Deputy playing cards in
Forces, had to the motion Republic in the twenties to scrap "all treacherous treaties Among officials at the scene.
Adjutant General the ship shud- | appointed. United sleeping when to climax the day's Agent General of the when Erich Remarque's that have been effected with of the disaster today was Mr expected
Nations Korea seÚvities—a demand
Reconstruction dered off the treacherous wall to the Forces. that a K. S. Robertson, Acting Chief
Agency.
of the channel Into deeper He will be succeeded by book won such a striking imperialist nations".
national minumum wage should It was anticipated then that he Building Surveyor.
Sir Arthur Rücker
General Sir Charles F. Keight-collapsed is visit-water. be fixen to the plebiscite
cost of living would at least seek revision of
countries to ask The accident, which
took icy, commander-in-chief of Far would probably go against the convention signed at Peking
Index. This was held over lig various
their governments for financial place ten minutes after the ship East Land Forces. rearmament. Nor can the in 1898 by which China leased to
lomorrow,
support for the scheme which left harbour, was in a spot about Both appointments are routine, day, xoma .380 Government rink a general Britain for 99 years
-COMMUNISTS JEER
ends In June 30 next year, one sea mile from shore. During the. War Ofice said.
om the Promises of aid have come from afternoon local peoplesion has yet election. It did badly at the square miles of territory on the
Chinese mainland
Communist trade unionists last election because the
are caught glimpses of the stranded about a successor LEAST LIKELY ACTION
feered and cat-called the 28 governments, which public resented two resorts Anticipation that Red China
American Federation of Labour members of the United Nations, vessel for short moments when Keightley.Reuter.
and Ave which are not.
the dense fog-unusual' for the to the poll in quick
(AFL) delegate, Mr J. Scott
He told a press succession. Caught in this might move against Hongkong
conference season lifted, Milne, when he addressed the hest that the United States caused Britain in 1950 to in-
WAR PRIZE SHIP tangle, the Japanese crease the defence forces there
Congress.
was expected to raise the bulk The Liberic, a war prize, Government seems to be to about 40,000 strong. Today
Mr Mind Was bringing of the money but it was hoped formerly the German, liner finding some satisfaction it has been noted here that that
"fraternal greetings" to the to get about $50 million from Europa, hag twico before Karachi, Sept. 8. in teasing the Americans, nu
grounded in Le Havre roads. Part of a museum containing British trade unionists from the other nations. the belief prevails among off- It says that it wants
AFL
Sir Arthur Rucker said the The former Blue Riband holder cial quarters that a Red military priceless relies of one of the oblige but points to the
His references to Communist cheme at the present time was was stranded in December, 1946 move against the Colony is the world's earliest civilizations has Constitution and
policy
Interrupted the least likely action. to
collapsed because of mains.
by for the reconstruction of South and again, on its second voyage
after its new fitting out in 1850, traditional stress by It has been noted that, despile' The museum is at Mohenjodaro, shouts and cries of "nonsense" Korea.
"If the political conference is After the ship had been pull- America on the inviolability allegations by the Soviet press site of the Indus Valley civilisa-and "rubbish" from Communist
delegates and their sympathis a success and Korea is united ed off French no com- of constitutional law. It is and radio, Mao Tse-tung has tim of 5,000 years ago.
The southern room of the era.
then the programme will have munique said the accident was the kind of situation which not responded to charges that be
At one point, when Mr Milne to be greatly enlarged," ho due entirely to "bad visibility" appeals to the humour of is countenancing the presence of museum collapsed on August 20.
Expurs from the
The Pakistani sald
American people added.
and the ship would continue its Imperialism on Chinese soll, Asian peoples.
department are have a great many faults," a Furthermore, from the drastic archaeological
Such an enlarged programme voyage at once.
presumably have the The Liberte last eight hours nl-out
of the 1,000 million through the grounding and will benefit Mr Mine paused for a mo- roubles (about £100 million) cut its stay at Southampton by ment and added quietly "Just which Russia had offered for six hours. It will make up the the reconstruction at North other two hours en route.s The Communists were silent | Korea,
Reuter, Hongkong. United began in the early 1920s. The and Moderate delegales cheered He said that 200 million dol-
nome Mohenjoduro means Mr Milne.
Jars (about £71 million) voted "Mound of the Dead",
Mr "Milne declared in his by the United States for rollet The excavations showed the
address "so long as there is a in South Korea would be used well-tald
city out
complete citizen on earth whose freedom directly for relief. with advanced drainage system and security was threatened, Answering
Sir questions and the signs of a well develop there looms a danger
to our Arthur Rucker sald that the ed civilisation. China Meil
Food situation in South Koren own peace and freedom.” Special.
He said the Americans and was not too bad but the hous-
position was terrible.. British together with the other ing free peoples of the world were Reuter. trying to map a way to world peace and freedom.-Reuter.
to
number has been reduced and
Collapse
were
BECAUSE of the Japanese de culs brought about by Red what has been lost or destroy loud roar of "hear hear" went would
"anti-foreign" lost or destroyed, up from the Communists.
China's
It is understood the room
American trenty of defence | drive at the end of 1951 and America is responsible for the first half of 1952, Melals contained many carvings
and
the security of Japan, and here have noted no intensifica- pieces of ivory work.
Excavations at Mohenjodaroke any other people,"
because of the Constitution tlon of the cold war by Chino
it seems that it cannot now gainal
shift any of this responsi
bility upon the Japanese.
Press,
Mr Dulles said recently Red Union's
that he would like to see a
Japanese army of 350,000 Strike Threat
mon, but while the Constitu
was
tion is unchanged he must whistle for them. Indeed in Budget which the passed a few days ago the Diet actually cut down the amount nilotted to security,
London, Sept. 8. With more than 4,500 Bri tish electricians already out on
the strike,
Communist-led Electrical Trades Union (ETU) threatened to call out today
It is only 18 per cent of 20,000 men if the dispute was
rol settled.
30-Day National Mourning
Denver, Sept. ¿. President Elsenhower today a 30-day period of mourning for the
the total expenditure. The Electricians working for decreed Japanese are able to indulgo contractors on
new
buildings national in criticism of the presence throughout England, Wales and Chief Justice, Mr Fred Vinson,
have been of the of American forces while Northern Ireland knowing that they are safe on strike for two weeks back of he halled
whom Ing the ETU's demands for
US Supreme
.
Prison Sentences
450,000 Human 'Guinea Pigs'
Johannesburg, "Sept. 8.
The Institute of Medical Re- search.
for hero arrange! Johannesbuuinea pigs in a
Body Found After to act as
47 Years
who
from Amorica forcing a thres pence more: for its mem-standing citizen' with a nation-band today to prison for Mau Mau scharien glacier in the Gross- gluckner district, police said
check
450,000 Africans
Incidence the various kinds of cancer.
all Africon, cancer
Balzburg, Sept. 8. The scheme, which is being The perfectly preserved by tlonal Cancer Institute, consists subsidised by the American No-
or For 3 Kikuyu
on Austrian gulde plunged to his death- in
essentially of compiling a de-
Court.
Mombasa, Sept. 8. glacier 47 years ago has been talled register of the develop- Three Kikuyus were serkenced round at the base of the Plendi-mont as an "out-
Cases reported for the next three years. crisis by removing thom.
Scientists believe that the al service record of "efficiency, offences. lightly
dignity and integrity".
Africans offer unique opportun!- They сап express
The the less elsewhere,
guide
Herries for cancer research because The chief executive, in sentiments of nationalism Employers in Scotland
many of
of them are comparatively With while keeping the economic today warned the strike formal mourning proclamation, ach received a seven-year sen- Schweighofer.
him he had an public be extended north of the ber ordered flags on
old primitive people living close to Another man was sent to prison fashioned leather hurdon of Japan's dofones
United States
for thron years for being prezent full of coins and on old pair of can closely study
monoybag modern hospital services which der unless an agreement weg buildings of the
how their firmly upon America. It will reached. There are 40,000 con- here and abroad to be flown at at the oath taking ceremony,
their Mail conditions affect
cancer be interesting to see how tracting electricians in the ETU, half must for a period of 30 The trial was held in camara-foldglasses, long the situation lasts, China Mail Special.
days,--Unlied Press.
rato-China Mall: Special.
bers in London and
vero
all
Two men found guilty of today, administering the Mau Mau cath
Router
Special.
was
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