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If France Gave Up
Indo-China Could Bring
Atomic War Nearer
London, Apr. 30.
The Economist, a leading British weekly, said today that if the French and the Associated States
with wandering abroad, of Indo-China gave up the struggle against the are weary and defeated, us Vietminh now, it would “bring
if all the spirit had been knocked out of them by circumstances over which they had lost control.
nearer."
an atomic war
Established 1845
SATURDAY,
MAY
1, 1954.
Iron Curtain
New Dart Bomb Used At
Dien Bien Phu Countries Go Gay
Paris, Apr. 30.
deali-
A
now fragmentation
bomb
which sown
dealing projecilies
wide arca,
Over
used
the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu for shell with A proximity fuso which causes is to exploda before hitting the ground. The blast fires 300 to 400 daria, cach capable piercing a man.
of
It was found
very effl- cient against troop move- menta and lorry convoys
in Korea, It argued that there might be a middle course between the two extremes of defeat and exception victory in Indo-China and it was the job of the West London court with lodging Geneva conference to try to find it.
JLLIT When
WIL
En
he was chargexi at the
the bomb-tom shell
4
house in South Kensington, he de- roared his innocence and
nanded that the publle shoudel
lawyer provide him with apeak on his behalf.
༢༦
The case was adjourned, and on unother day, James's name was called again, and into the seal where couruel sit,
young barrister hun.
slipped,
to represent
'BIT DOWN'
the duck, S James reached A his counsel rose to address Mr E. R. Guest, the mugetrate "In this case, sir." he began, and then was interrupted by # Tour from the dock.
"Sit down, you," cried James. "In this case, sar,“
began again.
The Economist said "any war can always stopped at any time if one side gives in."
be
'But it' the French and the letting Indo-China gu, then it is tut Associated States give up the obviously the right policy
Britain to help keep the cork in struggle now, the result will be
the bottle tow." Die Bettin most dangerous jur
Indeed, that way of people."
stop to the war in putting a Indo-China would actually bring no atomike wur nearer.'
WAS
ان
"Men of the loft in particula, should remember tiint faint-hearted miscalculation riska and obligations by Brian France that brought It is the considered opinion and of the
Lo Thilltary
that General Franco experts
power in
Indo-China
President Spam," in
Auutney vertain way of bring- tolls to the ing an end to the war in Indo- Camunists, then there will be China was to win it. the d the greatest diacuity in
DTC-
"We must rush to this other
Eisenhower's words, the cork in the bottle.
venting thymn frum over-extreme and promise the French
running, in their own tine, the whatever help they need to drive whole of
out of Southeast Asia, re- the Communists right
In i Indo-China" the Economist sürlet,
coutisel
viving
insurrection Maluyn, spreading into Indone
the sptiling all over into whole Indian Ocean area and
To the shures of
uf
CHINESE INTERVENTION It continued: "But Uns will
best, at and evsty
intervened
vitu D
bellowed I sud sit down," James. He turned to the mugis-
not having him thrusting a long red tongue of, and if the Western Puwes trute,
He's one of the menace down represent me. sort houses like that one I was Australia."
Chinese might intervene on Ja Was built for. That's the Lyster 1 night against."
1
It by "perfectly idle" to sup- pose that at sugn stage in uns "quite possible" chain of events, Britain would not try to put its foot down. "Indeed, up
we should be drawn into armed rvolstance us sʊve us the red tide reached the frontier of the Mutuyus-which Ja
"Please sil down, and listen,” sate Mr Guest a soothing Junes did m Counsel voices
James sprung resumed. again. " speak for meself," he said. "Send that fellow away, will you?"
INSTRUCTIONS WITHDRAWN MiE magistrate sighed. "Very THE
early stage, the next one two," the Economist added.
KEEP THE CORK IN
well," he said, and turned "If these are the possible,
ulher.'
the
to
Meanwhile, with a slight breakin
the weather, parachuting of food and ammunition
besieged French
Unton defenders was resumed today,
Fighter bombers pound- ed Vietminh asil ninorant positions with apparent Success because the transports relatively flak over the area. Reuter.
air- light dropping
Heat Hits Asian Games Competitors
Singapore, Apr. 30. Two Singapore boxers are down with fever and re- ceiving medical treatment at the Asian Games Village dispensary.
For May Day
-
London, May 1. Military parades, demonstrationsTM and union rallies will today mark May Day observed as international Labour Day throughout the world.
Big military parades are planned throughout the Communist world and demonstrations will be held in several Western capitals.
In West Berlin and Tokyo extra police are stand- ing by in case of trouble.
Russlo will put on the biggest show in Moscow's Red Square. The capital is festoon- ed with rod fluga, bunting and portraits_with__pride of place to Premier Georgi
going Malchkov.
Bed and white traffic lines
have been painted in the Red
of
troops
Square to guide the paraders soldiers, sallors ย ki airinen followed by the workers and youth organisations.
Tanks, bren gun carriers and
Russian lorry loads huid a full dress rehearsal last traditional parade. week for the
Similar preparations are being made in Peking, where Com- munist China's most colourful May Day parado will take place In the immense square of the Heavenly Gate.
Delegates from all over the Communist bloc will attend in- cluding
group of crcists from the remote Mongolian People's Republie who have arrived in the Chinese capital.
FLAGS EVERYWHERE
in
on
the
sections of the leather industry began go-slow strikes eve of May Day over failure to agree on new labour contracts. state Increases The employers inust depend on higher output while the workers demand an Immediato rise.
Athens:
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The Greek Labour Confederation has announced a by em- two-hour token strike ployees in public utility services
Trains und banks,
will stop running for quarter of an hour.
Vienna: Celebrations began a great torch- lost night with light procession of
Socialist Youth.
Today the Socialist Party and Communista wilt hold
processions through Neede financial support for the
sake of poor chlidren
the separato the city.
Red flags and bunting are up everywhere between East Berlin and Sofia. The most colourful parade outside Russia and Com- The Assistant Manager of the
Bertie munist Singapore contingent,
China will bo Dunsford, told the United Press, Budapest, where the march past thal Manilla's brutal cholee
heut
will be headed by 8,000 boys is playing havoc at the Village and he s
O! carrying an Immense dove ufraid that
de- things may
peace. Thousands of girls wil follow with huge posles, turiorate very budly unless the temperature goes down a litle or the boys get used to it.
There were some people who madelained that there
WAS SIU third choice.
thus
is really so and we are faced with between helping French to win victory and sharing in the dis- astrous
of consequences
their defeat, then we shall have choose victory, facing now and then company, the risks we would cheerfully confront rather than
Australia,
to counsel. "You had better con- quite probable, consequences of surrender Malays the road sider," he said, "that your instructions are withdrawn.
Counsel bowed
retired.
deeply
azd
A pulice-sergeant wont nto the witness-box to tell of Anding Janes sitting before
fire he had in the cellar of the derelict Kensington house,
"Oh why don't you go buck to Australia, where you come James called out to the Izom," sergeant from the dock. Wisps of grey hair streaked his bald
and he looked head,
like exasperated professor endurance by his students.
RED PLOT IN EGYPT EXPOSED
Alexandria, Apr. 30.
is not to take f my this "TU MAY the chance of war lighthearted 1y, it ts siniple to face a little carlier in the game, the facts that everyone would face when,
if the time cuine.
But fortunately, matters do not yet seem to have come to
choice. this stark
There may between
u u
muddie
Rourse
of Cineva is to find it."
The Weather Burrou sald today's
temperature at 2 pa
A Manila time was 13 degrees. spokesman said that the highest reached was 90.4 temperature degrees about a week ago.
tani
In Czechoslovakia the workers see the new weapons they
In the evening the Socialist Party will hold a demonstra- tion in the Vienna sports stadlum followed by a reworks display-Heuter.
Backing For Casey On Korea Plan
Geneva, Apr. 30.
The Now Zealand External
for
a
the
will produced for the Czech Army Affairs Minister, Mr T. Clifton at today's big military parade,
Webb, tonight backed Australia Prague Radio reported.
un divergung from the “Duiks Other Reuter despatches gave lines" on Korea and called cifort" to "genuine these reports:
Berlin West Berlin police examine
North Korean thousands of riot proposals for national elections. have alerted squad men armed with carbhres Un expressed Lo reporters to man the East Berlin border views similar to those of the
against
External
Affairs possible Australian guard clashes between rival May Day Minister, Mr Richard Casey, demonstrators. Allled helicop who yesterday took a ters will whir overhead to call ciliatory fine towards the Co- reinforcements to any trouble munist proposals which con-
with trasted sharply
to
Dunsford stated that the two Singapore boxers down with fever
Dunsford were Austin (bantamweight) and Denis Besides Lazaroo (lightweight). Thus, Dunstord circleri thả eight Burmastatbloks are in the Village hospital and ono Pakis- A member of the Revolu. Victory and defeat and the task
athlete has sustained 3 ation Command Council suid
broken leg while training. The left-wing New Statesman today the son of a fornier and Nation, today casted for "con- Egyptian Minister to Mos-structive proposals not dissimilar of Mr Nehru's" (LG Prune Minister)
to "avoid being was
accepting as in- full-scale
May Day Will war word wor
past
on,
to those cow was involved in a Com-
Indian the munist plot to stage a new Brita "he coup on May Day.
dragged into
10
'YOU'RE WONDERFUL· 66W/HEN 1 gol 41,"
sergeant went told
he had been me
the since house
Christina,
and that he wouldn't take national assistance because he didn't accept charity, ...".
"Pah,"
commented
Janies.
"You're wonderful. You're just
wonderful, extemporising like
that."
"Ha had £1 0s. 4 d. him," said the sergeant,
He said the man involved was evitable" the son of Muhamed Kamei el China and, later, Bundary, denounced yesterday by with hyurugen bomba,--.ficut?r. Lieutenant-Colonel Gamal Audel
Masser, the Egyptian Prime
Minister, as "the ited Pasha and
if
con-
spot,
Carlier There will be a march past uncompromising salmenta by
Mr Jon Fostr Duties,
the before Government leaders East Berlin's
United "Little Red
State. West Berlin
of
The Singapore assistant team boys could not eat although the the Village has food served at
ho good. He said веса услу believed that the weather was sapping the boys physically and muking them lose their appetite,
Dunsford
that Denis Bald Lazaroo had lost six and a half pounds since he left Singapore
manager said that several of the 15"
father of Communism in Egypt. Paris Cooking Tools
Major Kamal el Din Hussein,
Expensive Mäuster of Social Affairs, and a
013 member vi the Revolution
"He
told me that for the past fort-
Thursday-United Press.
Commurd Council, told workers For The Russians Dulles To
the husband of a former Princesa
night he tund been "busking" and another member of the Royal
"You so-and-so liar," ould lumily were involved,
JUSTCS.
"Me?
gave a joyless laugh. "I got an
announced.
Geneva, Apr. 30.
MKARYA
Leave Geneva
the
in
States Secretary and In will be a meeting before Mr Wobb said: "For tactical burnt out shell of the reasons, if for no other, I feel Reichstag,
the Parliament that the specifle proposals of A General Nam I1, the only specifle building of pre-Hitler days, proposals as yet before the con- speech recordeuter terence, ought not to be re- the late Professor Emist Reuterjected out of hand.
yor of West former Mayor
Berlin will be broadcast to the crowd. objectivity by giving these pro- "We should demonstrate our Paris: Prefect of Police Jean
banacd
posals serious study though at the annual
outset it is obvious march from the Place the
May
da
that
has Baylot
Day la Nation to the Bastilla they need much clarification." organised by the Confederation Reuter, Generale du Travail. But open
air masa
meetings of
unionists will be held.
Ho did not enlarge on his There аге two disappointed "What do you want to say?" statement but said that within men at the Hotel Moiropole,
headquarters the magistrate asked James.
week
of the Hah," said James. Heck details of the plot would Geneva
Russian delegates to the Far Twelve Junior Army officers East conference-the chef and admission to make, though." he and 45 journalists, students and the barman
"The chof, an expert in Russian dishes, was brought from Paris phily. The barman had laid
departures in a big stock of vodka.
workers were arrested in con.
said. “Oh yes, I'm ashamed.
"I'm ashamed all right. Being nection with the alleged plot dirty like this. I'm in a die and
charged with Communist for activities two days ago Router, gusting state. I apologise
I'm guilty of being dirty,
ob_yes."
He did, Indeed, look rather "Monty" Going
dusty, but that is no crime in a magistrate's court. Mr Guest naked James what else he had to say.
"Disgusted with myself for being so dirty," said James, and abruptly sat down,
But the Russians have found the hotel menu 100 expensive In the bar and mostly eat out. they drink only mineral water.
"We have too much work to do for daylight drinking," one
in the cafes at night-that is | different."----Hauter,
Washington, Apr. 30.
Under The United States Secretary of State, Mr Walter Bedell Smith, left today by air for Geneva where he is to re- place Mr John Foster Dulles head of the United States delegation to the Geneva Con-
18
ference.
men that
Before stepping on board hils plane, Mr Smith told news. his departure and the return of the Secretary of State to America followed pre-
To America of the Russians explained. "But arranged plans.
Paris, May 1. Field Marshal Montgomery, Deputy' Supredno Allied Com- mander, will visit Canada and the United States at the end of the year, it was announced at the Supreme
today. (SHAPE)
"THAT'S ALL RIGHT" FIND this proved," said the
magistrate. "I shall mand you in custody for a Allied medical report,”:
no
HON that's all right," sald
Home Soccer
Declining to make any com- ment on the development of the Geneva Conference, Mr Smith said. America's position was well-known, Although the exact date of the return of
Mr Dulles to the United States was Headquartersnacks
London, Apr. 30. not confirmed, a State Depart- Powers in Europe The following
were the re-ment spokesman recalled that a sults of football matches played number
of pressing problems demanded hla presence in Division III (Southern) WashingtonFranco-Preter,
He will be in Canuda from today:
the United States from
November 10, November 9 to James, and he swaggered off, an
a man might with some tre and
Brighton and Hove Albion 3 mendous effort behind him, who November 20, on what is de Queen's Park Rangers 1. fools that all he needs to put scribed here as
routine visit."
him right again is a short rest-Ho will meet and a hot bath.
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