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CANADIAN MPs CONCERNED
Ill-Feeling Over
Gouzenko And
Dexter
White
Cases
Ottawa, Doc. 13.
THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1953.
Many veteran Canadian Members of Parliament are deeply concerned over the sharp words and ill-feeling which have spread both ways across the Canada-United States border as a result of the Igor Gouzenko and Harry Dexter White controversies.
They are convinced that, despite all the very pleasant sentiments uttered by President Eisenhower during his recent visit here, official relations between the two countries are at their lowest ebb in decades.
There can be little doubt that the incidents have caused quite a sharp drop in President Eisenhower's prestige among Canadians. Liberal governments here have usually had their most friendly relations with De- inocratic regimes in Washington. Canadian-American goodwill reached its highest levels during the Roosevelt and Truman eras and there were some misgivings at the thought of a Republican in the White House.
could
When General Eisenhower won: Government, which has hitched/ the Niepublican nomination, how-Canadian policy closely to that ever, there was the comforting of the United States, against the thought in most places that, if warnings of Opposition parties the Republicous should win, at that there
be danger in least there would be a strong loosening too much the tradi man with a a reputation for proved tional ties with Britain' and other Internationalism and leadership members of the Commonwealth. in the White House.
A good number of 170-odd
The recent outbreak of mud-members of the Liberal Party, ⚫alinging came at particularly Including those of Cabinet status.
time,
Inappropriate
of Canadian
opinion of
to
IRRITATION
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FEASIBLE
The
Mon Only Hour
For Nylons.
Gallsbury, 8. Rhodesia,
Dec. 18,
A "men only” hour han Introduced la
been
#
em-
Gallabury stocking shop.
"Men
Are
barrassed
often buying nylons,"
says the propriairess, Mrs Dorothy Bullard.
"We are having a men's hour from nine to ten every morning--so that the Kiri asistanle them
special
can give attention
when they come into buy Christmas gifts for their wives or 'giri · friends.”— China Mall Special.
Prices In France Stable
Paris, Dec. 13. For the first time since the end of World War II prices in Franco have remained stable, with a tendency toward deelin- ing in the past 18 months, a report published by the Or- ganisation for European Econo- mic Co-operation said tonight.
The data for the repart was furnished by France in
the summer
this
year. Harvests have been very good, the current doffelt in France's balanço of payments has been reduced, and certain symptoms
to in- dicate that France may be ap- proaching the point where she can effect a substantial economic recovery. It was said.
and
веста
Washington, Dec. 13. stumbling block of the are known to have been culraged
to an in- Members by the efforts in some quarters in Soviet sensitiveness
The disparity between French of Parliament. There had been the United States to link Mrernal Inspection system
had
foreign prices and the avoided by the Bains made Pearson with espionage activity. disquiet over
President special measures taken to com- Eisenhower in his call for an bat It-such as assistance to ex- by protectionist interests in the
States in United
respect
atomic energy pool, according
restrictions on im- curbing imports from Canada. This was closely followed by the A measure of the irritation the former Chairman of the porters and
United States Atomie Energy ports have created an artificial French hastening shock caused by United Sintes felt in Canada over the whole Commission, Mir Gordon Dean, situation
afful is to be found in allow
development, tho Canada's
ceonomic the tonight. national airline to stop at speech in Parliament by Mr
Mr Dean, speaking during a OEEC report said. David Croll, Tampa, Florida, In a new Mon- for Toronto, who told the House that
Liberal Member television programme here, sald trent to Mexico. City service.
President Eisenhower's The persisting, though reduc- Even Canadians who never that it was time Canada served plan was perfectly feasible beed French deficit in the balance
"hand-oft notice to cause it would hope to travel in a commercial
-not be too of payments, the report said, McCarthyism." airline plane, felt this was an
difficult to take the precautions was covery J by France's His speech was punctuated all affront. There were calls from
against
through with why all sides for reprisals
ex United States aircraft operating within Canada, The und "blackmall."
refusal
to
first steps in such have, indeed, taken.
the
neccesary to national under the
security
abundant
and
currency
of
building up reserves.--
increasing report lines pressions like "political smes by the President vullined resources In dollara
regretted, however, that these In any case, said Mr Dean, resources were not utilised for Mr Croll's speech reprisals
denowxed the nmount of
and expansion Assionable financing been the "circus tactics" of the United material aequired by any given production already
or for States Congressional Committees nation under the scheme could France's and demanded that the a tacks not be sufficient to cause France-Presse. on Mr Pearson should
any pudiated by no less an authority make three or four atom bombs. real danger not enough to than President Eisenhower, His remarks
If the Soviet Union rejected Vaduz, Lichtenstein, Dec. 13. In vehemence anything that has the plan, however, he hoped The oldest inhabitant of the bean
that sald by
Ammies would go ahead, Principality of Lichtenstein, Mrs responsible Canadians
unilaterally, with other countries Katsarina Nigg, dled here today Russian institutions and methods in re in the Western world, Mr Dean at the age of 102.- France-
DAZED SLIGHTLY
cent years.
Then came the Gouzenko in- cident with charges in the United States that Canada's Minister for External Affairs, Mr Lester Pearson, was sabotaging efforts to root out Soviet intrigue in Washington and Ottawa,
The average Canadian said silgh ly dazed by it all. "What in the world has got into the Americans?" is a question heard, un til sides,
Responsible Canadian leaders American rela
and editorial, writers
fa
make
about
be re-
One prominent Liberal official that there was no doubt hot the storm would eventually ile down but that it was bound
leave scars 10
relationa.
on Canadian-
"It has been our habit in the past to look upon anything the
efforts to point out that one Americans have done as, being of the trouble stems from any right. Now I am sure events direct action of the Eisenhower administration. This is difficult south of
the border will
be
for Canadlang to understand watched-with-more-critical and the retort usually is: “Well, | eye, It will be n long time why does not Ike do something before we can work our way ubout it?"
back to the stage of implicit con- The whole affair is extremely [fidence that prevailed a year embarrassing for the Canadian logo."-Reuter,
A British Crossword Puzzle
CARESS EHTI
CABL10
concluded.-France-Presse.
Presse.
.
Mounting Feeling Against Britain In Italy
Rome, Dec. 13.
Mounting feeling against Britain threatens the bitterest attack of Anglophobia among Italians since the League of Nations imposed sanctions on Italy during the Abyssinian war of 1935-36.
FOCUS
BERMUDA
TRIESTE
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
UK.
ON
THE WORLD
GERMANY & AUSTRIA A
TURKEY.
The Comment
world
World problem spots. (arrowed)
EGYPT
ISRAEL
KOREA
PERSIA
KASHMIR
CHINA
SUDAN
KENYA
· INDIAN OCEAN
#VESH trouble-spots of half a
world, with the wings of Cozimanist-run peoples si the centre-mapped by arlist John
Bodie-have been
'PAKISTAN
SE ASIA MALAYA
the multiple problem of the Big Three talks at Bermuda.
FORMOSA
INDO-CHINA
Germany, which will soon be the subject of East-West talks, At the two extremes are the Midway between: Far East,
question-mark. where a changing
What wi · defence policy is the issue, and Premier Malenkár do ?
Attempt To Form Commonwealth Pressure Groups
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT)
London, Dec. 12.
Pare
Driving - Down
The Americas
The
London, Dec. 18.
British expedition which is to try to 'drive down holl continents of Amories in a car is to leave England for the New World next week, it was fearned tonight.
The three-man team led by B. 0. Acworth 'will try In
Bunbeam Talbot Alpino" to drive from Fairbanks, Alaska to Punta Arenas in Chilo and
will
take with them. A rubber. Inflatabia' rufi to cross waterways, of which there will be
great nume
ber during their trip Franco-Presso..
Jewish Congress Resolution
London, Dec. 18. The European, Executive of the World Jewish Con- gross, meeting in London today, passed resolution welcoming "with hope the prospect that the four great world powers will be meet- ing in Berlin in January to discuss the problems which so far, have given rise to tension between the states and anxiety among the peoples of the world?”
The resolution re-affirmed. the solemn appeal which the third of the World plenary session Jewish Congress at Geneva, in August, 1959 addressed to statesmen and governments.
of
The appeal called for the exercise of "every effort and the of every opportunity to bring the present situation International tensiotis, with the burden of buffering and in- accurity it imposed of the peoples of the world, to an
end,"
The resolution today recalled the mass murder of European Jewry at the hands of Hitler's Germany and expressed the earnest hope that the proposed conference would find a moans of reducing the international strésies Incidental armament,
to
Not the least of these, the re- solution nilded, was that crest- od by the project of German re-armament, both East and often- more closely with tho_Com- | West,
In the Way of the World monwealth and Western Europe, declared without going as far as full Jewish Congress, contained alo- A new attempt will be made by the United And in order to do this, it feels
economic integration with them, ments of grave tlanger:
Tho
concluded: resolution Kingdom Government at next month's Common-t must be allowed
tha .pra- to dis "Accordingly, : it le wealth Economic Conference in Sydney to form a ports from those areas,
tavour of im-
found hope of the European Executive that the
great powerM solid Commonwealth pressure group for the aboli-
will be able to And com-
the effort mon ground in tion for the rule in General Agreement on Tariffs
wards the building of a struc and Trade (GATT) which forbids any strengthen probably be the last opportunity
kuru of international relations ing or extension of Imperial Preferences.
based on mutual understanding and
and on the principles France Presse. purposes of the United Nations.”
arminate In
The
LAST OPPORTUNITY
Sydney meeting will
that the Commonwealth Finance
There is little-likelihood,however, that GATT before it comes up for Ministers have of discussing Finance Ministers will be any more kindly disreview. Other tariff problems posed towards the United Kingdom's request than are, therefore, likely to bo were the Commonwealth Prime Ministers when examined. the same topic was discussed at their London Con- that is bound to
ference last year.
sources
Franco-Soviét Treaty Commemoration
the
MARID "A" of Trieste to Italy, the Italian Prime Minister, mull-lateral world trade." BAR31 -
One of these is the difficulty that is bound to ariso unless
for negotiat ling tariff reductions is revised. Low tafift members aré now in On that occasion the United It hing been suggested by the position Kingdom Government asked well
of having no informed
in further other Commonwealth countries Britain
for" "tarlix- margin that a move
may be
bargaining.
Paris. Dec. 18. And now, in 1953, the feeling springs once to join in seeking a release from made when GATT is reviewed GATT's "no new preference" to divide member countries into
The French proposal to get Ameeting comthemorating again from what Italians regard as an unjustified rule. The attempt falled be- "developed", and
over this difficulty by an all the ninth anniversary of the "under de- interference with their national aspirations.
cause the majority of Common-veloped", categories,
Those in
round tariff reduction of ten per signing of the French-Soviet wealth members "felt such an the former group
cent will be Two days before the Allied declaration of October
discussed by Treaty of 1944 brought ever. would then approach would not advance continue to
Commonwealth Ministers. One flowing crowds tonight to 8, 1983, in which Britain and America promised Zone the agreed object of restoring provisions
apply
the likely objection to this proce. "Palais des Congress here. of the agreement; dure is that it would strike a In the latter would be death. blow at what lille r 12060
The hall, with a seating Signor Giuseppe Pella, summed up the state of his At the recent GATT Con-free to contract out of certain mains of the Imperial Preference capacity of 5,000, could
not country's relations with other nations.
forence in Geneva, however, the obligations if these were con→
accommodate all the persons entire Commonwealth Group sidered
be impeding their system.
seeking admission to the theat- When he came to Britain, Embassy officials cautiously supported the United Kingdom's economic development dis-
ing, which was sponsored by unid: "Our political relaput their cars in the garage and plou for the conditional release couraging foreign investment. tions are those of Allies work took taxis to work. Hotel pro- from the rule to enable it to Another GATT tople that will ing within the Atlantic priclors with names dating from cole tariffs on certain foreign no doubt be venulates Alliance; our economic relations the heyday of Anglo-Italia prejudice to existing arrango-
horticultural products without Sydney is the question of dis
criminatory import
MEDICO CLUDES M
NEG L NAP A 2760L D MACAU KURUN DERRED R D SAUNE SENGES LEB
ACROSS
1 Fondle (8).
5 Baptér (5).
8. Hiding place (8).
10
Gregarious (0).
Pungent
(5).
11 Break open (5).
12 Girl's name (4).
13 Sorts out (0),
10 Doctor
18 Avglas
20 leida (3),
1.22 Break of (4).
25
Dance (8)
26 Container for soup
Wont Bakery (8).
28 (Stupefles (5),
29 Feels (0),
DOWN
1 Beauty preparation (8).
2 Withdrew a statement (8).
9 Blackleg (4).
4 Greeted ceremonicusiy (7).
R
Motor-body (7).
0 Feverish (6).
7 Hard substance (52.
14
down (8).
15 Hangs (8)
18 Assembles (7),
17 Expungos (7),
19 Diminish (8),
21 Elevato (07.
24 Boorish N
he
Ero
to
rules
all
at
Weeping Madonua the France-USSR Association."
Confirmed
Among those sitting on the platform were Soviet Ambas- depend on
collaboration in the friendship (about 1900), serious-
sador Payel Vinogradov, leaders quotas and European Recovery
ety Programme, ly considered changing them, menia whereby similar Com-
Under thi
Palermo, Dec. 13. of the French Communist Party present common interest in the Such were the "Eden", "Inghil-monwealth products pro ad- GATT and a
The Bishops of Sicily, today and
Communist-led. members
of the 170 growth of European unity,
Kerra,"
and Anglo-Americano" mitted duty free-in effect a allowed to discriminate against confirmed the miracle of the General Confederation of Labour "There
difficulties which is resigned to having strengthening of Imperial Pre-Imports from many
countries
Lapeyric, with "Weeping Madonna" of Sy- (C.G.T.) and Emile bo overcome before we can its windows broken whenever forence on those items.
whom they have
racuse, balance of
Honorary governor of the Bank fully revive the amity whichi Trieste is in question,
Problems,
The Bishops of the Romanof France. used to exist between us, but
Catholic Church nheounced that Mesanges were United Kingdom - Govern-
read from wo for our part wish to create
had unanimously con- Jacques Boultelle, parliamentary they an atmosphere in which we und
Now, having won its case for ment feels, however,
that the cluded, after hearing witness leader of the URAS (former British troops marched to the partial exemption from the rufe, question of whether to dis- Britain can pursue, to
in the enec, that there could be Gaullist group) and Philippe our music
of cat-calls and jeerathe United
criminate Kingdom GoverII- mutual Interest, a constructive
Heriat of the Goncourt Academy. policy of reciprocal co-operation DAH solidarity"
civil police after the last Trieste abolished altogether when to balance of payments. riots.
GATT is reviewed towards the
LITTLE CONFIDENCE end of next year,
CAT-CALLS
SOME SUPPORT
ar
not cannot be
doubt that "lacrihauda" France-Presse,
when they took over from the ment would like to sce it answered simply. by reference 150
from a status of.
吧
Mary had actually occurred
This briet statement reflected
Syracuse on four oconuine and the general coolness towards A few newspapers restrained
that they hoped a sanctuary but Language,
most Britain among Italians. It was ther
No doubt this vlow will bo Thore is little confidence in would be bulli shortly to com- the offieini statement of a scrgimed for revenge when supported by Australia and London that the present enquiry memorate the occasion--Franco- formal alliance, in which there police opened fire in Trieste, possibly
other into Ceylon, but
American foreign trade Presse, was Utile enthusiasm on eliner Tito has done most in the last par to be antisled with that as-will lead to a Ingling solution of British support of Marshal Commonwealla countries ap-policy by the Randall Commission aldo,
Thirty days later, whom the year to block the progress of pect of GATT as it is.
OF EUROPE: At least two of them, India Commission makes recommends- first Italian demonstrator tell to Anglo-Italian friendship. a policeman's bullet in Trieste,
Mady plans, like and Paklatan, oro those who the latent antagonism came intaring round a foreista journalist's | ef undeveloped countries aren't opposition would have to be
a protective ecracd to see that the interests policies.
HOW EASY
the dollar problem. Even if the
for more more con- tions
the open.
car when it was attacked by overlooked in the GATT review, overcome
the whole question The three days which followed Roman hooligans, believe that for them
their country is succeeded in tariffs is
bound
British, feeling could be aroused,
atrons
liberal trade
Congersalanal
INTEGRATION
Hungarian Farm Daliverióz
Veda, Doc. 13. Hungarian farmerw · dhilvery quotaal "for, the next three years will be cut by tento fiky: per 'cond of lost your Aguren, Budapest Radio announced to-
ין
Bonn, Dec, 18 Herr Jakob Kajser, the West before they could be German Minister for All Gør- man" Affairs, said here today
Lauryn iandownwo" and "oth West Germany's Integration In | ¿xplodnart will have to délly does not mean, however, Europe
could only by ra Kingdom
herent danger so long,
seted upon. of in the
In that
upin
This
tho Government is 1
United
showed the extent to which arti“ i forming a democracy, probidth of
& terms of
permanking la temporary Wolution füill: of:Iba | Kve par- test, kapsz & de ME
diachenina-
dis- tion by the sterling Common many was not uniteds
would
Ulko
only
But they are hurt because the dustrial growth at and how easily.
feel that Thousands of schoolboys and rich still think of titan as they seemed in the last dow years student-children When Mus before World War II and it does criminates in
presently avour of
Herr Kallery addressing salini died, and now his most not help them to like. Britain
from the Congress of East German, free and daivORRY WOR Importa which ardent admirers-deinonstrated (better when some, newspapers Kio of economia develop
have reached a United
But what fugees, sal
It
Agentiine. Socurity. ail over
ver Italy against
the say that Tilo would chase the wet, Tor
to sen is á þevliton
could
come fram
a united radio waki "nithy British,
one the assassins, the Italian smny kute Biolly If there would k
Mould Mice: roštelis they of the GATT clauks which'i SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD.—Across: 1 Socure, & Barks, colonialists.**.
30 Germany. Freedom svero a war in Trieste.
to bldg groupe'of countries to dis West Germany wo Ajar, B Epraga, 11 Inter, 13 Procls, 14 Begs, 10 Least, 10 Crudo,
They overturned care for Botomy Britaing who most mortemonaci red criminal loanst other members take part in the
manufactured unless they intend to form four-power / meeting, Rage, & Ejects, E. Kristio, & Re-attacked Deliah citizens, Temple, Down: 1 Soft, 2 Carp
and ano vation in the last century, is
to protect thembelves into Customs, but would the Present: front; 7. Blredts, 10 Armed, 13 Scandal, 14 Bustard, 16 Germany, tried to break into the Bellich now the bulk of law worst,
11 the arth power,, 17 Error, 19 Femmity at Rilo, 22 Rasp, 23 Mare.
Berbukay in Roize.
the nood" dirlier, to Align itself 'nouter,"
10 Fert, 20 Mirror, 24 Dramā,'25 Mirage, 20 Nail, 27. Ládlo, 28 down algia written" Iri "English,{encotarged”ibo-Timlings-to-Tonya broad mistries in the barly, union. I wishes to be froCORT