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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, FEBRUARY § 1954.
Help From The Skies
CHINESE JETS MOVED
SOUTH
Within Striking Distance Of Indo-China
Tokyo, Feb. 8.
The Chinese Communists have moved some of their Russian-built jet fighters to South China airfields within striking distance of Indo- China, it was learned here today.
The MIG-15s were reported located at a string of newly constructed bases and fighter strips in Kwangsi province not far from the Indo-China border.
Warning To Buyers
Farouk May Try To Get Back
His Treasures
Rome, Feb. 7.
There have been no indications so far that heavy bombers have been moved to those bases although in- telligence reports say they were built to handie even the new Russian jet bombers,
troops,
Vietminh already ustetance from the Redis,
who
cominander
where British In Singapore Communist planes operating
political experts from these bases could dosh military and across the border and support are studying the progress of the that the uttocks by the Communist struggle, it is thought
might are Vietminh getting considerable still have to switch from Lace to the Red River delta in Chinese Northern Vietnam
before the raine start about April, setting a
the temporary and to lighting.
The present Vietminh thrust the Laotian capital, towards Luang Prabang, is obscuring the that the pressure Increased Vielminth forces are exerting on throughout Indo- the French China.
WOR
thal
believed
the Chinese Red regime may be under pressure from Vieninh The personal secretary of
leaders to supply etill more aid the Increased ex-King Farouk of Egypt to
counteract
10 assistance published
the communique American * here today warning tenta-French Union forces. tive buyers of Farouk's With the Korean war halted. the Americans and the Possessions, to be offered both
Communists now for sale in Cairo by the Chinese
this giving the Indo-China struggle Egyptian authorities week, that the validity of Many observers feel it may this sale could be contested develop into another Korea, by his lawyers at a later undetermined date.
that
more attention.
A
are
"OBSERVING" SHIPPING
The communique sald
Co-ordinated inteälgence the former king's lawyers, John purta indion ed hat the Chiese Stenson of London and Admond Reds have b transferring Rollkin of Beirut, contested the thel: je's turn forth China cad legality of the Egyptian govern- Manchuria to North Korea and mont's decision to sell objets to he Chusan Islands just south- the personal cast of Shanghai or well as the
d'art which were king Farouk bases near Indo-Ching.
property of
sale.
Transfer of the jets into Novi Korca would be a vidintion
and his family for generations.
The present Egyptian lega! code.
added, they
Gave 10
he armistico unless the fighters authorisation for such a
The communique added that were to replace the planes were Farouk reserved the right in before the truce was signed. bring action. whes he thought However, United Nations quar- fit, against future buyers of histers pointed out that the possessions.
RUNNING BATTLE
This is the position in the Red River delta where a complete Vietminh division is fighting a
harassing running battle omong the ripening crops of rice in the flat water-logged paddy fields.
It is the same
around the of Dien Bien French fortress Phu on the Laotian border along the Vietminh the const where
resist French at- continue to compls to clear districts north of tempts to
south of Saigon Saigon and
аго causing where guerillas trouble in an area officially do clared cleared and handed over to Vietnamese control.
At the moment nearly all the French Union forces are engaged with the in these operations Rreatest concentrations blocking the approach to Luang Prabang Chinese and defending Dien Bien Phu and the Red River delta-China
Communists had few, if any, Jet For this reason his secretary nighters in North Korea auring Mail Special. felt obliged to
tentative the war. They
tell
were
buyers the doubtful legality of ty
north of the Yala River.
this week's Presse.
sole.--Fake-
Never Any Atheists
usually
have Russian jets been moved to bases in the Chusan isanda, presuma Vladivostok. islands could
Fighterly from
DMA PITAT
Vietnám troops were almost out of ammunition during an action against the Vietminh rebels in the Hing Siu käes but the adjustion was relieved by the timek), arrival of ammunition dropped from aircraft bý s Vletskih kirborne
unit--Express Photo,
Brighter Prospects For British Spinsters:
36 p.c. More Bachelors Now
London, Feb. 7. a better chance of marrying British girls have PLEVEN FOR SAIGON
a generation ago, they will probably than girls of Paris, Feb. 7.
and are more likely to be divorced." marry younger —- The French Defence Minister, M. Rene Pleven, left Paris by these
These trends are shown by intercept planes ar for Saigon tonight.
The Defence Minister, accom-official igures published today Shanghai ano
Registrar-General's in the In The Trenches
panted by the Armed Forces "Observing" shipping moving up of General Staff, General tistical review of England Says Mr Eisenhower the coast and into the port. Paul Ely, will undertake a fact- Wales for the years 1946-1950.
report says that
population serious decline in need be expected in the next 20 years. Marriage rates are eight per cent up on prewar particularly among younger
h
Acading tor
United Pre36. Washington, Feb. 7. President Elsenhower said in PRESSURE INCREASING
televised religious message tonight that he had noticed one
Singapore, Feb. 7. great truth in battle that there General Vo Nguyen Glop, of the Ve mình were never any athelsis In the Commander trenches.
forces, Aghing the French and
troops,
has taken Vietnamese the initiative in the glunt the war the
to guessing
game which America of keeping her faith. In Indo-China has become.
The prize ne hopes to win is Speaking as a veteran soldier, President Eisenhower
said he the vital Red River delta, kty war veterans to Indo-China and consequently was glad to see supporting a movemnt intended key to the anti-Communist ac- to recall the presence of God sence of all South-East Asia as in daily life.--France-Presse,
The message, contained in an American Legion religious show, stressed
Importance
well.
A British
Crossword
Puzzle
2
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26 27
28
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30
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133
ACROSS
3 Lotty (4).
7 Swift (8)..
A breed of horso (4),
Sovereign (4).
10 Confused (7).
12 Cast off (4),
18
19 Month
(0).
Sidonta (B)..
23 Cart 004 (8).
28 Domaändur (4),
30 Kand metnire !(4).
31 Applaud (4),
DOWN
1 Indefinite (5).
2 Conondrums (7).
4
Tolerato (5).
Falls behind (4).
Wan (9.
9 Retained (4).
11
Faill
from grace (6).
18 Stringed Instrument (4).
14 Overcast (0).
10 Weapon (6).
17 Dross (4).
18 Brandish: (4).
20 Blotches,
24 Markin
21 Commence (8),
27 Unemployed: (4),
28 9bort sleeps (4).
ISWORD,4-AI
18 Deepondent; 2) 26. Pient-25
Anding tour in Indo-Chins, ~~ France-Presse.
Burma May Ask
Japan To Build New Plant
Tokyo, Feb. 8.
The
Kto- and
по
men, and are higher than for 100 years. Since 1998, the mar- under rage rate for bachelors 20 has doubled, but girls have risen anly 63 per cont.
Bachelors of the popular mar- riageable ages exceed the_num- ber of singie women by 30 pet cent.
Women are now having fewer children, but more of them are Burma is likely to ask Japan marrying. The country's
to build a hydro-electric plant productive capacity, which be-
at Lolkow, International Tradegan to fall in 1910 and reached and Industry Ministry sources its lowest in Indicated on Sunday.
It's The Same
Story in NZ
Wellington, N. Z. Feb. 7.
The odds are not in favour of the bachelor in New Zealand, sccording to latest population figures,
Τα the marriageable age between 20 and 30 group Jeani there are 8,000 more males that female.
A disonming A survey future. Indicata: ii will be long time before there are enough girls to go round. China Mail Special.
1945, has been Wilson Deplores
rising again to prewar Irvel. The last generation to repro- 10 1vag this't barn
AL the request of the doe Burmese Government, M about 1876. Yutaka Kubota, President
of
visiting
“Rigidity"
At Berlin Talks
Spain Wants A New Status For Its Women
The Man Who Has Beaten And Stabbed Her Twelve
Times Is Coming Home Again
Madrid, Feb. 7.
The case of
of 42-year-old Antonia Perna Lopez whose husband stab- bed her twelve times, injuring her seriously, has become the centre of a widespread controversy in Spain,
For, although the incident occurred last October, it is being cited by those who are urging the need for a reform in the status of women in Spain, as a paramount reason for changing the present law.
* The case in itself was a sordid one, remarkable only for its brutality. Antonia was attacked by her husband with a butcher's slaughter knife. One of the 12 knife thrusts entered her Ilver and she was taken to hospital in a serious condition. The husband slashed his own throat, but recovered, was arrested on a charge of asasult and put into prison, Miss
What has attracted the atten» long to the Catholic Church. tion of those who are urging a But we hear a great deal of tolk modification of the very inferior of Christianity and fow res status for women in Spanish law member that it was Jesus Christ la that this was not the first who raised the category. of time that Antonia had been womankind. And also that the maltreated by her husband,
law which prevalle th
Roman
Last May, he was charged and Spals contains many excesses fined for beating her so severely inspired by paganism." that he dislocated her breast- Another woman writer, bone,
Senora Eugenia Serrano, denied Under Spanish law, however, that the situation has anything the
domicile belongs to the to do with the Church. Thờ woman husband and it Antonia had left placing of the Spanish
would have been in a position of legal inferiority "deposited" by a magistrate in to man is half Moorish and hall
camily.
or with some respect- Jewish in origin", she Bald.
"Neither Christianity nor Catho The Children would probably licksm is responsible." have been left with the father because the magistrate does hot. usually leave them in the càre of a woman who has left her buabandi
A
abie
So Arteria put up with her husband's behaviour and went on living with him.
DRAMATIC - TURN
"PROTECT THE WOMAN"
Britons Drink
18- Gallons Of Beer A Yenr
London, Feb. 7. gefültons drank” 18 gallons Hof,beer Pa head of popula- tén last year, tße'browers reported today.
The BatÉS
been
steady for four years but
(he brewers' report recalled the good old days of 10 or 60 years ago, when Britalu drank nearly twice as much beer.
Consumption in 1953 was 899,000,000 gallons.—China' Mall Special.
Missing Papers Found On
What may be taken as the church attitude was expressed in ah article in Spain's leading Tra Catholic dally newspaper, “Ya", which gold: "There may be some case for extending the rights of single women Juridical
cordance with
Dexter White
Washington, Feb. 7. or widows. Judges could
*The United States De- freedom com greater Elven The stabbing case töök a dramatic turn when, shortly certling the custody of children. partment of Justice will general we feel unt the consider now evidence In after Antonia had returned
principles which
inspired be
the the allegations of spying home following two months 10
should hospital, a magistrate freed her existing legislation
made against the late Harry maintained because they "pirp- husband on ball to await his
tect the woman and are in ace | Dexter White, It was an- trial
the better and | nounced on Saturday night One
of Spain's best-known epirit of Catholic doctrine." with the news that the FBI worben writers, Josefina Car- abise described meeting Madrid "ABC" summel up files on White had been re- Antonia after her husband had the controversy like this: "The discovered. bcon released from prison. case of Antonia Perna, Lopez is.Testornory before ta govern- Antonia was she wrote, “in a shocking state; She said: "What legal congress in Spain in 1998 Bursa Al the tated States
common unhappily,
one. Ament committes published today
That
?! "house- shall I do? My husband is free ked for modification of the and if he decides to come Law In this connection. Those Department of Justice ist. year home, I cantos prevent him, who write to us demand this yielded 20,000. "missing" docu- He is legally entitled to do so. Why is it not done, Yor/dt" fákat, méziby some of which had been And so rivers of ink havo flow" | studied?"
"Lost" for eight years, deve ed in the Spanish Press and yet
One of them concerned the Most commentators think that ate Farry Dexter White, the man of the twelve knife-
who master of his domfelle. thrusts continues to be the the Government will consider was alleged to have been ap- The the matter carefully before painted a Director of the In- wife has no remedy except to risking friction with the Church ternational Monetary
issuo. stay in the Home with him or over the
But
The dramatic situation was newspapera are pressing
the
spy for
Fund
The
the fact
fact while being investigated as a go and live under a bridge." that leading personalities mid possible Boviet spy
dod, for the moment, how issue is indicative of the vivid The evidence before gorod, or the mustangs bail interest which Spain is showing propriations Committee, reveal- of Representatives. Ap- was cancelled and he was put in social problems. There is ed that a 1945 report on White back into prison to await trial. evident everywhere today a re- by the Federal Bureau of ki-
the "reformers want fusal to believe that the old vestigation had never been set What the
the by leaders of the Internal.
ever,
necessarily to do is to get the Civil Code solutions are amended that magistrate best-China -Mail-Speciel..... has power to decide in each case whether husband or wife should have possession of the domello and custody of the children.
SHE CAN'T DO
the
set De wiiness
Elections In Central Russia
|
Secially section of the Justen Departmerst..
the
far icicsure has deeponect
mystery around the career or the brilliant economist
It has also spurred the Justice
Department to begin a full
Some, too, would like at the
review of allegations against a same time to remove - SOTTO, CÍ
- London, Feb.-7. number of people, named in 'a disabilities on a married
Soviet radio stations today report mentioning Harry Dexter weima. An thờ dhe stands to reported the electioris of thew White, with a
with a view. to possible day, for instance, she may not is: nåd second
secretaries of prosecut REVIEW obtain employment, apply for the local Communist parties of phssport, receive money, Kazakh in the uplands of den,This alkovary of the 2.8.1.
While and Govlet legal document, AND DIVORCE · the Land Development Cor-
to a will, dispose of her bro-Russia and Moldavis, parts on the report sal On divorce,
perty, or join a club without the southwest of the Ukraine, espionage in Ameros preceded peration, who is now
works this somen dew wo by only a written permission one brought 1,500
Radio Alma Ata cenuital of fist November by the prevent of her Southeast Asia to explore the world war
and
Norwich, Feb. 7.
husband. It
sho, is a widow Kazakh) galll Mr Ponomarenko Attorney-General, ALT Herbert possibility of developing a new more petitions a year,
more.
The former Labour President who has remarried, she may not replaced My ›Shayekhmetov ab | Blownell, which began a bitter market for Japanese products in world war two 20,000
and 1050, the
of Trade, Mr have tutorship, rights over her First Secretary of the Kazakh of the Board those regions, bus already com- Between 1911
controversy, over White. 20
political by
the
previous Central Committeejaam M2. Mr Brownell declared in pleted preliminary surveying of rate of divorce increased
Harold Wilson. såld tonight the children times.
Brezhnev, replaced. Mr. Afonov the construction project.
Before the first world war, "be all and end ail" of Amer!riage
had appointed
to According to a report sub-the divorce rate was lests than can pelley in Europe was Ger- | the main opposition to any ber of the Centent – Capmities, mitted by him
Internationale. to the Foro:rn one half per cent of marriages, man
were chitinge comes from the Catholic Burculi,
post, despite advance notice, that Office recently, the construction The war raised it to three quar-
to sacrifice the - Church, "prepared
the Radko Kundey captol of he wise being frobed by of a power plant generating 25,000 kilowatts by Japanesers of one per cent, between the
It went up to one and crests of many countries and This Stora Mercedes For engineers and equipment will three-quarters per cent, and it even of world peace to this which: The Madrid lawyer Who Moldavad Me Dihlid F.B.1, is a possible Sovien agerit. started the controversy by an Spiridonovich Clackly, formerly Mr Truman at first denied that cost some $880,000.
is now seven per cent.
article in Madrid's prominent Bocetary of the Mooien he had acted knowingly. Later the
the Other conclusicas from Mr Kubota's report to
daily newspaper ABC wrote Central Committee has how he said he first learned of tho ssid
after he had gepointed Foreign Office also
the figures:
Childbess couples are
White Burmese Government seemligly more often divorced that
of pagan. and Moxler Spokane fonce intends to have another by In-with children.
principles under a Catholle The new First Seretary, La in the Most divcrcos como diana at Akyab..
banner. It is not right to Zinovi Timbreeriti Benék. Mi Although the Burmese Gov-auth and seventh years of marrin conference to make sure label me as anti-Catholla beaddy raced no distan who normal course o ernment will hold international riage.
bidding for the power plant Those who ocristauction project in Lolkow, divorce more often. Japan. is considered to be one of
-Two-thirds
rearmament. They
those the Germans themselves wanted 1 "A fact, we rea, here the de boen appointed. Second: Becro charge the Pione
obsession."
Neither France, Italy, nor even
sold. The rearmament, he
the to had gone Americans
1.
young that the breakdown could be blamed on the Russians.. who
believe that to the Ameri cans this conference which was
of thoce the most prospective winners of divorce will re-marty.
bidding, the sources said,
Twins and triples are becom- The zurces, added that the ing more common-Reater. Lolkow project will be a two
the
billion yen job; since the builder
will be asked to supply all Dulles And Molotov necessary plant equipment
・
It was decided let the appointment "take
to that cause I try to save what moral Was Tellerod of his poster second could be kept under eff values can be saved 12 a family Secretary in completion with, his surveillant was in
I am proud to be deplature for study" min breaks up.
ferose on them by sie Winston US Labour Wants Boycott
Churchill, is remrded as a de I think this con aying tactle.
besides the construction of a dom May Confer Again force which could chart the and the plant teelf-Reuter.
St. Laurent In Paris
Paris, Feb,
The Canadian Prime Minister
| Me Louis Baint-Laurent,
| Hord By Hir, Löday" from
10t, a three-day, visit af part of
The French-Pr
On US Atomic Plan
way to peace for the woria, may break down due to excess sive rigkiity on both sides,
Berlin, Feb, 1 It was considered certain here "I believe I would be poss
American toniglit that the
elble for the Soviet Union tò Secretary of State, Mr John decept decompromise solution Foster Dulles, and the Soviet about the derman problems if it Foreign Minister, M. Vyacheslay were not for the fact that the
prior coo Molotow, would confer again this West Inslate on wook on the procedure to be i ditton, LAVARAN J followed in negotiations, on the
the German rear shower, atomic unicy pool prove fatal to the conference
and, to the high hoped that was
Of Communist Goods
abour-on Sunday"hi"bt
the