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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1954,
VIETMINH FORCE NEARS Nam Russia Must
LUANG PRABANG
12,000
Rebels
Only
7 Days March Away
Vientiane, Feb. 1.
The crack Vietminh 308th Division was tonight advancing south- west through the dense jungles and high mountains of northern Laos in a three-pronged drive on the capital of Luang Prabang,
While the northernmost column of the "Iron" Division had already forced the Nam Hou river at several points south of the outpost of Mongh Khoua, a central column was marching down the Nam Hou river valley which joins the Mekong river north of Luang Prabang, and tite southernmost column was driving toward Pak Seng, north-east of the threatened capital.
Shakespeare Scores
In Moscow
Lendon, Feb. 1.
The Vakhtangov Theatre of Moscow has just given
of
Its 800th performance Shakespeare's "Much Ado Moscow About Nothing", radio reported today.
The
theatre 师 giving "Two Gentlemen of
#ax
Verona" and hearsing ..Romeo
Juliet"
And
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"Hamlet".
China Mall Special.
COALITION SOUGHT IN ITALY
gavernment crisis.
The three Vietminh columns are estimated at a been total strength of 12,000. The Division had suddenly switched by the Vietminh Command from the force investing the French Union fortress of Dien Bien Phu just to the east of the Laos frontier.
French Oghter bombers and alerted and manned by French B-26 barbers
napalm, and Laotian reinforcements.
enined
and high explosives en to jungle A French Command spokes- tracks leading toward Luang man said that practically all | Prabang walle Helldiver fighters] available Vietminh forces were from the aircraft carrier Arro- now committed to the battle manchen joined in the air strike. and WETE On the march, we
French military sources In- Franer-Presse dicated that powerful
mobile
task forces which recently worth In heavy their
proved
fighting in Northern Laon would | 66
“Shocked And
be ready for a counter-attack | only after several days.
French Union forees are with- drawing the bulk of their forces
before the advancing Vietminh columns, leaving detachments to
night delaying actions.
Grieved
Headmistress-
But
Vho
Yes, it's none other than Alistair Blm. At this particular stage, in the new British film The Bellos of St. Triniña's". headmistress Frition-is saying "Girls, girls! You know that Ita are not allowed in the dormitories." The film is a new now being Launder-flat production for London Film
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his they were slit bokling At India"-Ali Russia May Be Ahead
all the valley posts on the inves
slon route from the north, not- ably Mengh Khous, 75
milis
north-east of Luang Prabang
and Pak SSEK'S MARCH
ONE
Karachi, Feb. 1,
Moham- Pakistan's Premier med
today All warned · India "we shall not allow any coun- The "Iron" 300th Division, try to interfere in the Internal
trained in mountain affairs of Pakistan." recently wartare, Shock divke.ons of the Vietminh Commander, Cen. Vo Nguyen Giap
the rear
of the IS QHIC
Of U.S. In Design
Of Nuclear Missiles
Washington, Feb. 1.
of America in de. well be ahead Russia may veloping inter-continental missiles with nuclear war. heads which would render any known air defence system obsolete, "Air Force” magazine said today.
often The publication, which
United Stalca Air
Amerita
Was
the Air
TwoVolcanoes Erupt
Change If Tension Is To Be Reduced
Washington, Feb. 1. The Brookings Institu- tion, unofficial policy re. search group, said yester. day the danger of war ra- mained a constant factur in the evaluation of East versus West relations, and warned against continued growth of tension nmong Western free nations.
In " book surveying the "major problems of United States foreign policy," the In- stitution said that a relaxation in the world situation could only come about through 2 fundamental shift of motiva- tions within the Soviet reghna Itself.
The book undertook to survey national and world events and trends of opinion during the Jast 18 months as they affect foreign policy decisions.
"Against Ila will, C prico loving segment of the world
tinds itself compelled to meet the contingency of further and more horrible war because a so- called state of non-war is prov- mg more bitter and exasperat. at least to some, than the the rocollection of past wars,' book said.
Yet it is recognised on the part of peace-loving nations that war is probably no solution for anything."
Tho
Institution
POSITIVE ACTION
Brookings suggested a positive statement of United States objectives in achloving a collective system of International peace
and security,
embrace the following points:
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States will 1. The United continue to strive for the establishment of governments in Eastern Europe and the Far East based upon the principles of Article 1 in the United Nations Charter.
2. The United States will continuc to strengthen the free world until the principles of the Charter are effectively operative with respect to all
nations that have undertaken
to respect them.
3. The United States will to take positive
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In his mon hly nation wide biondcast, Mohammed All said he was shocked and grieved at Rome. Feb. 1.
India's efforts to turn public American The leader of the Social
against opinion was previously stationed on Democratic Party, Giuseppe the northen side of Dien Bien military aid to Pakistan.
Ile said Pakistan would not with Phu, and to reach its present Saragat, conferred
to move across be intimidated by India or any Liberal and Christian De. positions had
of the Vietminh 318th | other country, and reaffirmed mocratic politicians today Division besieging the
French ris determination to make reflects in an effort to determine Unlou fortress from the south.
Pakistan strong militarily, Force views, also struck out at The Virgin forens, only one politically, economically and the "nalve" idea the
near whether a coalition can be
be able in the would formed to
Italy's week's march from the gates of ideologically. end
atomic at- to stop an following Luang Prabang, are
Mohammed All necused the future
delivered by piloted roughly the same route they had Indian Congress (majority) tack
bombers. a similar offensive last
of a persistent campaign
defence Party
alr While Signor Saragni,
but this time whose Party used in a
Stromboli, Feb. 1. they are
Appraising steadily Improving, has 10 seats in the Chamber of spring but
in better against military aid to Pakistan:
relations among The volcano of Stromboli in numerous and
Pakistan's despite
assurances
Association Deputies, opened consultations more
magazine the Lipari Islands erupted this that Ehe had по aggressive Force
a flow of with other Party leaders while physical condition.
to said, "the blunt truth today, as Supplies had been prepared
afternoon, .pending designs but merely meani President Luigi Einaudi
the north- a year ago, is that this holling lava down in advance by
regional
her strengthen
the it was part holding similar conversations to
of
tragically 19
and in readiness for
"unpre-western slope to the cra country world. end the crisis caused by the re Vietminh unit
eft a full-scale hot ash all over the neighbours Usia
offensive, timed by jection of Amintore Fanfani as
The Premier said it was a pitypared to ward atomic attack." Chị Minh to
hood-France-Presse. was their leader Ho Fanfani premier. Signor
that India was trying to inter-
"talk It disparaged
about the four-Power
Tokyo, Feb. 1. defeated by a Parliamentary conolds with
fere in Pakistani affairs because fantastic new weapons which
Mount Asama, 85 milse north- vote of 303 to
meeting in Berlin. 200.
when indin had received foreign are neither fantastic nor avail- AIRLIFT CONTINUES
west of Tokyo, erup.ed yester Signor Saragat's consultations In the meantime French Alrald Pakistan had not protested able yet for combat."
day, the central meteorological The publication transports continued to or tried to sway public opinion.
pointed out Force
Mohammed Ali
praised the that such new weapons as the observatory reported. airlift supplies and reinforce-
After
smoke the eruption attitude Army's kably
peaceful,"
anti-aircraft missile
chan by ments to Luang Prabang. Strong
of the people
Nke and the Air Force's air spiralled up more defensive positions have been
"Felcon" cre not miles, If his efforts fail, the Social maintained around the Laotian Pakistan in the face of the Inbena misde
The
been in volcano has dian Vietminh
operating campaign and exhorted
units. since
**** yet in Democrats
toward capital may drift
termillently active since Decem- nem to remain calm and united.
BALLISTIC MISSILE collaboration with the Left Wing offensive lust spring, and they
Informed abservers belleve It added that even when they ber 27.China Mall Special. Socialists and the Communists, guard the airstrip on the left
that Indian opposition has been driving the Christian Democrets bank of the Mekong river.
reasons why toward the Right Wing In the past few days these one of the main
the people of Pakistan are so re defensive positions had
to the proposed Ameri-
was
Jong
WOTO designed to determine Democrats whether the Social could make a Centro Purty coall- tion work in Italy for the first
time since June.
Monarchists-United Press.
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were Russia would have other means than big bombers to deliver atomic attacks.
It noted that the
ceptary ald to their country. States Air Force now
can
according to United Press.
has
United could
be
months, the Brookings Institu-
of decision and Sensational ! Spectacular! Breath-taking !
tion
said: "The
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·
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con
of the
the
capacity ot three States to sct a - direction for the entire freo world has been reduced by the obvious wish of some other tree nations to regain more freedom of action.
Finally,
and In support of these tendencies, new political forces have been set in motion in many of the free nalions that have resulted in the dis- and persal of political power Influence through wider ranges
opinion of domestic states,
"Hence the freedom of action of the governments of the major nations of the free world has tended to become circumscribed, of and the freedom of action the United States has become correspondingly limited."
JAPAN'S ROLE
in these
launch jet fighters with A- With the exception of the bombs
from
B-38 kuper- Communist press, which
bombers. The next step would little influence, there has been bo launch guided missiles from little publicly expressed opposi-
The B-363. The Navy had a tion to the proposal.
500-mile-range missile, the
could which India's vociferous opposition to he establishment of the mil
aunched from submarines. bases had consolidated official
It would be "shockingly short-
Washington, Feb. 1. opinion concerning the streng-sighted" to asume that Russia
A State Department spokes thening, of Pakistan's
armed could not do the same thing with man said
по today official forces and the future defence the help of her German misstle
the protest would be made of the nation
and submarine experts,"
curning the attack by a forma- Even quarters who had some magazine said.
tion of M MIG-15 jet fighters on misgivings about the possible. On top of that, it added, was results of American military aid the frigh coing prospect of the U.S. reconnaissance bomber With regard to Japan's role And it dificult to condemn the inter-continental ballistic missile off the coast of Korea on Jan. 22 in the world political situation For the United States, there plan because of India's opposi-a vehicle delivering nuclear because the nationality of the the Brookings Institution's book
--France-Pessss and Un.ed weapons at builot-like speed attacking crews was not known. selde
He added, however, that the United ProAS.
United Nations Command might fore, the general problem is to send a protest to the North secure effective Japanese parti- alpation in co-operative action in Korean or Chinese Communist the Far East; and this problem
the delegates to Armistice Com has two major aspects the mieslon in Korea.
Japanese willingness to re-an, and he maintenance of the Japanese economic base.**
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New York, Feb. 1.
Sir Edmund Hillary, conqueror of the highest
F-86 jet fighters guarding the attacked bomber engaged the MIGE and shot down, one of
hsm-France-Presse,
mountain in the world, listened here last night to the Former Dutch
story of
an unsuccessful American assault on the second highest mountain and unidi
"Makes me realise
what an easy time I had on Mount Everest,"
In
a talk at the Pakistan, most trouble often blowing out
Agent Held
Embassy Dr Charles Houston their, stoves and making it im- In Djakarta
described his American expedi- possible for them to mall fee
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tion to. "K-2" in the Karako for water.
"How we got down I don't korum range in Pakistan when they climbed to 25,000 feet with know," he said. It was probably comparative case. But now because everyone in the past
thinking about helping arki strong
prevented was them from
olet China Mail the group became ill, and white lowering
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Djaškiria, Feb. 1. A Dutchman, who formerly headed a Dutch intelligence ser vics in Djakleta during the Dutch regime, was arrested here on Senday, the nows agency the proport din Bột, give His
Azela repčřijed
The book said that a major polley problem In the Middle East Is to develop a broad course of action to establi'r '1 basis for relations with the Arab states that will wirengthen the tree world-United Press.
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