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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 12, 1954.

CONCERN OVER PREPARATIONS

Two Men Almost Married

FOR GENEVA

"Two Weeks To Go

The Wrong Girls Two

Rajot, India, Apr. 11. Two bridegrooms' retinueя got mixed up while travel- ling to wedding celebrations along the saine read bere --and they nearly married the wrong plets.

The Darty

have turned

that abould lofi turned

right. No tho other party took the opposite turning and the two men with their escorts arrived at the wrong house.

As the brides had been chosen for them, they did not

them and the Just parents only discovered the mistake at the last minute and sem then tearing away other again to pant each

irne brides in reach their thine.-China Mail Special.

Frontier Incidents

Egypt Stays Out Of Meeting

Chiro

London, Apr. 11.

Nothing

And Has Been

Settled"

Geneva, Apr. 12.

The Geneva Conference, due to start on April 26, is giving the city authorities and the United Nations officials one of the biggest headaches which this city of conference experts has ever ex- perienced.

With the meeting only two weeks away, literally nothing has been settled, except that the delegates will meet in the Palais des Nations, headquarters of the United Nations in Europe. United Nations officials do not even yet know in which room the delegates will hold their dis- cussions.

Geneva is awaiting in-

¦ The United Nations in

structions about what to do. They have offered full facilities. But it up to the delegations of the four great inviting Powers Britian, France, the United States and Soviet Russia to give the orders. So far, no one seems able to take any decisions.

"We are in a state of suspend. The British are moving into el animation or rathor, perhaps, the Hotel Beau Rivage, their

take of animated suspension." traditional headquarters from United Nations, celat said. League of Nations days, where Radio shid thisWe are reasty

to work Mr Eden will be no stranger. to go evening that Egypt had

if only imanndfately refused to attend a meeting would tell us what they want forlay

of

Jarneli- The

Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission called to dis. cuss four Frontier incidents by allegedly provoked Egyptian forces.

The rat, says iteului, que tch in Egypt War Min style fts saying that the Egyptian de legations diel

** the TH- Be in- before cents stil twn hours the meeting was due to start

The als

that the

Unit ! Natamas olm, JALIST vestigation meords

added

done.

"We do not yet know if the Cuited Nations is to provide the secretarial of the ronterence or whether, as at Berlin, the dele cution will provide their own

secretariat,"

The United States have taken

two floors of the Hotel du Rhone

and, according to reports, are st short of space.

The French have occupied the Hole! Des Bergues and the remaining 13 or 14 delegations are scallered throughout town.

MUSICAL CHAIRS

the

for

Another point which must be In addition, an estimated 1,000

is the question or journalists are clamouring settlen soon Chinese translators for the Eng-rooms. lish, French and Russian vor- Unit Nations officials say that it is no easy matter to

In fact, a game of musical sumelaut Chinese trana- thi

chairs is on,

in the course of lators at short notice.

which press reservations made Nations While

United the

Las long ago 1 last February their "stule of observed wer at that time atlielais wait in

are being officially transferred the uf two

the m-animated suspension,"

into other hotels in an effort Geneva

have authorities

centralise as many delegations the itach to dn. For they are faced) Therefore asked

as possible. Anding Prezident

The with the pashlem of

With regard To accommoda- Robert space Colonel

not only for the Asian emference

delegates, but also on for the conference itself in meeting be postponed a day "evordaner for the 65 delegations attending the United Nations building, it that the delega- World Health scena likely the the

annual Upulations of the

in the Council Assembly and the 67 delegations tons will meet nust loomi

annual confer chamber. coming for the

the International Lill- This can seat some 10 to 18 so Egypt didence of

bour Organisation.

Investigating

cidents,

Egypt

Conzezaten.

American

Honauek, that

with

The

11/

armistice agreement.”

Colonel Rommel would grant this request, ;

not attend the meeting.

Except had appealed to General

to

Royal Memorial To Queen Mary

Dedicated in Sandringham Church fast week was thin erected by her children memorial plaque to Queen Mary and grandchildren, it was made during her lifetime by Sir

Sculptor-in - Ordinary for William Reid Dick, the Queen's Scotland, who was so scalptor to the late King George VI. The plaque, which is situated directly opposite to a similar memorial to King George V, bears a profile of the Queen in relief and the Inscription: In loving memory-Queen Mary 1867-1953-given by her beloved children and grandchildren,"

IN U.S.A.

Lung Cancer Deaths Jump 500 p.c.

In Last 20 Years

New York, Apr. 11. The American Cancer Society reported today delegation chiefs side by side that deaths from lung cancer in men had increased with their advisers and oldes

it 500 per cent in the past 20 years and that "causes now seated behind almost delegution lealers wish to have of this rise have not yet been in proving

Geneva | their advisers and aides seated

beside them,

as at the Berlin scientifically".

The food of requests for hotel

which 15 Vagn Bennike, Chief of Staff of accommodation. the United Nations Truce Super-pouring in, visory Commission to Palestine, too much for harassed the offcial added.-Reuter.

Reds Lose Power

111

Washington. Apr. 11.

Parties The Commun mest Western Europenia nations have

festing Ground

during the past eight years, the

officialdom.

The Russians have asked for conference,

them.

Geneva the

demonstrated

con- The society's annual report said that perio- accommodation for 150 persons, ference will have to go to an die examination against all forms of cancer could private mdio station and alterations will have to be made. save 41,000 lives a year in the United States.

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village for Mr.

Molotov, a other

facilities for a private vir ser- vice.

FOUR HOTELS

TOOD,

where

are

the treatment and had taken leadership

tho In establishing

Com- National Lung Cancer mitte to mobirise resources against the disease.

"SILENT CANCER"

The report

sald Increased

spectul

Nothing is known yet regard-

"Of the six forms of cancer of the measures for g security conference. The entire Geneva which the society is concentrat- police force will be mobiilsed ting," the report saith, "cancer of most The Chinese are bringing 200 deal with the conference oul- the lung has shown the

challenging in- They also want a priside the United Nations building dramatic and U.S. Information Agency and ¦ people.

radio station, vale

a private and reinforcements

10 Le crease. delegation chlefs brought in from other contons. In Denmark the Communists villa for their

other faciles, In Geneva,

international have lost more than 80 per cent and a host of of their popular

The bulk of their delegation is press centre has been set up in 20 years of 500 per cent. While emphasis on detecting "silent vole since

in four different

former women's

clothing the death rate in women has cancer" cancer without any postwar peak in 1945, and in beitig housed Norway, party membership has hotels,

store. Here, there will be dropped from about 40,000 The Russians have accepted rooms for press conferences by also increased, the major threat apparent sympton-was a ma- the stage when cancer 15 the end of World War II to the entire Hotel Metropote us different delegations. Offices on is to men over $5. It is estimated for development in 1953. That

the floors above have been put that male deaths from lung is

cancer in 1952 exceeded male usually most curable, the at the disposal of newspapers deaths from tuberculosis.

port said. and news agencies from all over the world-China Mall Special,

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Editors Return From

"In men there has been an Increase In mortality in the last

"The society takes the posi tion that the causes of this rise have not yet been demonstrated scientifically.

"Perhaps the best way to DX press the society's attitude is to say that some evidence places

rew

US Defence Official Saysi

Cobalt Bomb Not Feasible

As A War Weapon

Pago

Secret Talks

By Two Middle East

Nations

New York, Apr. 11. Pakistan and Afghanistan Washington, Apr. 11. The U.S. Assistant Defence Secretary. Mr confederation aimed at a havo held pecret talks on Donald Quarles, said today the dread' cobalt bomb, joint foreign policy, the which could destroy entire continents, was scienti- New York Times said in a from Kuruchi fically possible but was "not feasible” as an instrú-lispatch

today. ment of war.

Mr Quarles, chief of research and development for the Defence Department, said no military man believed the C-bomb could be a good weapon of war because the radioactive material it released would kill friend and enemy indiscriminately.

Commlitee

said on ABC's Atomic Mr Quarica

may hold tel:vision show, "At Issue", the pubile hearings early in May. scientists already had produced Senator Bourke Hickenlooper

for uso

in (Republican, Iowa). certain chairman of the Atomic Com-

П

treat

he

The report sald talks between the two countries had been go- ing on for a year and were now

nearing completion. One of many reasons for confederation

that both countries have Nomudle tribol populations Rowing back and furth across the border to trade, the New York Times saki.

Vier-

Representatives *** | Governments hadl

of both

paved

the

smail C-bomb

to hospitals diseases. But he said it had mitee, is expected to introduce way by relaxing trade barriers. none of the characteristics of a

a companion bill in the Senate. "One of the most important larger war model, which

The bill colla for the first reasons for Pakistan welcoming malo would be a "suicide wea-wholesale revision of the eight-confederation Is to strengthen year-old atomic law. Mr Cole her defence of the Khyber Pass,

the measure would the

most practical approach cnacled before Congress from the Soviet Unton's eastern This summer-United republics into Pakistan." the

New York Times said.-Router.

pon".

of tho House predicted

Coin-1 be

saldourts

A member

Enciky Senate Atomic mittee Mr Chat Holfeld on the CBS "Man of the Week" TV show no one could enter a city for at least Ave years after a C-bomb had been dropped on

1t.

He said the theoretical wea- in- pon would have a cobalt stead of a steel casing to en- close ย hydrogen bonıb. He described cubalt on a lead-liko metal which absorbs radio- the activity and would permit winds to carry it to all corners of the earth.

Mir Elsenhower sald recently the United States did not intend to build 11-bombs or similar bigger or more weapons any destructive than this? it почи had.

In other atomic developments: 1. Mr Holifield, said he would introduce a resolution on Mon- day to raise the Civil Defence Administration to Cabinet level.

A

2. The chairman of the Joint

חריזי

Committee, Representative W. Sterling Cole (Republican, New York), said he would introduce cul bill this week to carry President Eisenhower's request for "modernisation" of the 1840

energy not. President asked Congress in February to make two basle changes in the law-to permit of certain tactical the transfer atomic data to Amerion's allles and to encourage US. business the firms to participate in atomic programme..

Mr Hollfeld said his resolu- civil defence to tion to ratie Cabinet level would permit the Director

of the agency to sit in of the National Council. He said there was plete defence against an enemy the only real air attack and precaution would be to give American cities adequate warn- ings through radar systems and other civil defence measures,

Mr Cole said he would intro- the Hous: duce his bill before

rocess 011 ila Easter starteci

The

House Senate

on metings Security

Friday.

по com-

Immediate Debate Sought On EDC

Paris, Apr. 11.

M. Pierre Henri Teitgen said tonight that any further delay In a foreword to the report

in the Parliamentary debate on Mr Walter J. Kohier, Governor

the ratification of the European Defenca of Wisconsin and Chairman of

Community treaty the Society's Board of Directors,

"not Immobilism would moons said: "Physicians aro imbued

but paralysis". with

the spirit of carlier

M.

Teltgen,

gen, a member of the diagnosis and more positive MRP. (Popular Republican) treatment.

Party, said the time for re- whole is flection is over, the hour "The public as o

of Iron Curtain cigarette smoking on the crimo but the evidence is not strong

more to see decision has struck. encuch to convlet x. Other coming more and

that it has fundamental "The Government must now .all tako data link air pollution to lung

responsiblity in seeking earlier

Immediately medicul attention, and cancer."

necessary betion for the opening of the debate on the ratification The society said it

in having perlodie cancer of 204,000 check-ups long before symptoms of

the treaty Instituting the sponsoring & study

European Defence Community. men whose smoking habits it develop." has recorded to see "If there is The society reported

"Not only is our foreign policy on the docisiona dependent which is to be taken but also our internal policy."-France- Presse.

lung cancer and smoking."

London, Apr. 11. Ten United States newspaper editors

who and publishers arrived here by air today after a three-week's tour behind the the Russians Iron curtain sald were very civil-but careful."

Asked about the Russian reaction to news of the H-bomb Mr B. Franklin of Kansas said

"discreet sucnoo" Was ob ing served.

Mr R. C. Dix of the Evening Record, Kent, Ohio said: "I think they made sure we didn't anything We should'nt have,"

Ho added that the standard' of living appeared to be higher

Wis

very

that it

statistical relation between allocated almost $5 millim to research in 1953, making a total It said it was also encourag-over nine years of almost $30

million. curly diagnosis and prompt

Shishakli In Cairo

For 1954, the society said, it had set a fund-raising goal of $20 million "but hopes to raise $29 million to make sure that every avenue to effective cancer Cairo, Apr. 11.

control may be promptly ex- Brigadier-General Adib Shi-plored."Reuter shaili,- who was ousted from power in Syria last February,

in Moscow than in the capitals crrived here today on his way

of satellito countries-Reuter. to Paris-Router.

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Casey Wants Nehru's View FEET

Melbourne, Apr. 12.

The Australian Minister of External Affairs, Mr Richard Casey, hopes to get the views of India's Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, on his way to the Geneva conference on Far-East problems, the newspaper Age reported here today.

He will tako Mr Nehru's views his journey to Geniva,

lo London, where he is to dis- At Singapore he will have. cutes the Far Eastern situation tales on Indo-China with the with the British Prime Minister, British” Commissioner-General

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