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Intransigence
THE Communist delegates
at Geneva have again turned to outright propa- ganda l the Reaalon devoted to consideration of the Indo-China problem, and the reason is plain enough-- they hope to influence the debate izi the French National Assembly to n degree where the position of M. Laniel und M. Bidault IH made intolerable. For the past two days Mr Molotov and Mr Chou En- lal have been harping on the theme that not only the f United States, but M. Bidault, the French represen- tative nt Geneva, is de- termined to "extend the war In Indo-China." The ne- cusation โค outrageous:
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FRENCH GOVT'S PRECARIOUS
POSITION
Defeated On Procedure Motion
nevertheless its propaganda FATE
potentiality cannot be Ignored. The French Parlin- ment is widely split over the Indo-China question and is undoubtedly highly suscept. ible to pressure of the type which the Communist dele- gentes at Geneva are now fully exploiting. The whole of France wants peace Ja Indo-Chinn, but it In ap- parent that the nation Is suffering from a BENHO of frustration over the tedious deliberationa
Genova. Int This frustration has been emphasised in the National Assembly debate, and the dilemma in which the deputies find themselves placed lustrated by the tacit acknowledgment thal it is futile to overthrow the Janic Government unless
the Ansembly can satisfy Itself other men are avall able who can obtain better results at the Geneva con- ference. This seems most unlikely. M. Bidault han conducted negotiations nt Geneva on behalf of France in
an exemplary manner. He has, quite properly, refused to depart from ap- proved principles, yet his displayed a willingness to make concessions where they have not compromised thusc principles, The failure of
the negotiations to produce anything tangible to date cannot be blamed on M. Bidault.
THE
THERE now exists a very real danger of the Geneva Conference breaking down. The Reds' insistence that members of the neutral supervisory commission must include Communists threatens to disrupt the entire negotiations. Unless, of
Western course,
the delegates submit 10 the demand. But any such action
be would undoubtedly dangerous. Mr Bedell Smith's fear of a "built-in veto" resulting from the inclusion uf Communist powers in the supervisory commission is not ground- less, The Korean perience cannot be ignored. Mr Eden has proposed as an alternative what is known as the Colombo Plan-the commission to consiat of Eastern and Southeast Asia powers, probably the most fully neutral combination which can be devised. And it in interesting to note that Mr Molotov and
hia
associates at Genova havo
been unable to offer
IN THE BALANCE
Paris, June 10.
The French Government suffered a severe setback early today when the National Assembly refused to agree to Premier Joseph Laniel's request to vote first on a motion favourable to the Government at the end of the Indo-China debate.
The National Assembly had before it four motions three of them expressing no confidence in the Government.
The Government's request for priority treatment for the only motion favourable to the Government was rejected by 324 votes to 269.
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The pro-Government motion read: “Anxious Cobalt Bomb Nyer, to do nothing that might compromise the efforts in favour of peace at Geneva, the Assembly takes note of the Government's effort to bring about a ceasefire in Indo-China on honourable terms and decides to pass on to further business.”
This did not mean that the Government was As yet defcated.
The Premier immediately asked for an adjournment of an hour, and à Cabinet meeting was held in the Assembly building.
It was believed that in accordance with constitu- tional practice, this would be followed by a full meet- ing of the Council of Ministers presided over by the President of the Republic, at which M. Laniei would be authorised to
of confidence in the
Government.
ask for
a vote
If the Government does put a vote of confidence later today the Assembly may at the same time agree to take
Would Mean World
Sir
Suicide
London, June 10.
Thomson, George British nuclear expert and master of Corpus Christ! College, Cambridge, here last night that any use of the cobalt bomb would be world suicide, not war.
said
Tia effects could not be cor- trolled and it was probable that much of the material from an several times round the earth
the vote next Tuesday, thus giving the Government #explosion would be curried few days breathing space in which to try to rally its rebellious majority.
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before it seted down and no one could tell where that would Earlier Premier Joseph Laniel, winding up
theve. debate, said that if Geneva failed, the Assembly wouldnt is terrible that a sufficient be consulted on the conditions under which hostilities ty large group of madmen, were to be continued in Indo-China.
existed, could have the
He said Mr Molotov's speech did not display much
desire for conciliation, but that however weak the chances of an agreement, France would neglect none of them. He said the Government must be allowed to continue negotia- tions in Geneva and military preparation in Indo-China.
Both activities were part of the same battle for peace. France's allies and her adversaries must know that all
interests. Reuter.
such
said,
terrorists.
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DEADLOCKED GENEVA DISCUSSIONS
Geneva, June 9.
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14 Killed In Bogota
Rioting
STUDENTS AND POLICE CLASH
Bogota, June 9. Fourteen persons were reported killed and more than 20 others wounded today in a clash between
woman,
It was
reported. An-
The month-old Indo-China peace talks were Army troops and Univer- still deadlocked tonight after Communist and sity students.
The fatalities included 11 Western ministers had maintained their opposing students, two soldiers and one stands on how an armistice should be controlled. other student was killed and Mr Chou En-lai, Chinese Prime Minister and Foreign five wounded in a similar clash Minister, backed the demands made by his Soviet and yesterday. Vietminh Communist colleagues and made a new attack on the United States and French policy.
A
A government spokesman said Communists and other extre- miste
were responsible for the bloodshed.
The trouble started yesterday after a student ceremony
memory of student killed 25 years ago in a
with clash
troops. Studenfa murning to the University city
honouring the ແຜ
that any
one
side on another through
ho
British spokesman said, remained unwilling to accept ofter today's nine-nation meet-conditions basically the shimo as ing the Palace of Nations that for the Korean armistice, it In two days of plenary sessions, would be "very dificult*** progress had been "not light, reach agreement.
Mr Chou declared but nil
He said Mr Chou's speech had attempt to impose the views of made the obstacles before tha
outside Bogota after decorating the conference a "ittle higher than a majority
grave of the student in ibo voto would
canetary clashed with police, before.
"futile.
Witnesses said police He also insisted that the attacked with stones and sticks
and
to forced Alice. Troops were rushed to University City and in the ensuing disorders: student was killed.
A United
speech made
transigence complete"
conference. He
nover made more
at
States spokesman declared tonight that Mr Chou's position of forces after a censu- "Communist infire should be applied to the
the whole of Indo-China, said: "It was Mr Bedell Smith told
clear to us conference that had hoped than in Chou's speech. He for some responsa "our efforta
AS
towards compromise."
3 VITAL ISSUES
The
on
tho
STUDENTS PROTEST
wern
A second and bloodier olagh occurred this morning between
nation-
merely buttoned it all up",
Another
plenary session-the sevarth wil be held tomorrow.
Speaking
M. Georges But, he said, tho Communist students protesting against no signs of yesterday's Küling and troopa Bidault, French Foreign Minis nations had shown
to resolve tex, defended
*guarding the streets leading to his Indo-China willingness policy in the French National raonable basis on these three the presidential poisice. Assembly
Tho
Interior in Paris, Mr Chou vol issues
Minister, Lucio told the
special nature of the Pabon Nunez, sald in ment
international problem of Laos and Cambodia, wide radio broadcast that the where peace would automatical day's demonstraton was incited armistice supervisory commis-
ly be bo "impossible" if sion would
restored by the withdrawal by
persona who were not students. He said that as the the commission excluded Com- of the invading Vietminh forces.c
2. The power of the interna demonstration moved through munist states. He made a long
commission the streets it was joined by
number of non-students.
ear Pabon Nuwz sald that Senor
от
conference
an
that agree
defence of the principle of veto tlanal supervisory
(Conti, on back page, Col. 4) in the voting procedure of such
commission.
the Communist || demands that political as well
Д
He renewed
· military.
quests should
na
ground in Aberdare Na dealt with by the ectiference. STOP PRESS
Park- London Express,
Search For
Missing Plane
11 these two questions
could not be completely separated
in dealing with the problem of peaco
Indo-China. The Western powerI want Drieg ment on a ceasefire first
An unidentified, person fired a
balcony
wounding from
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a soldier who fled Other shots followed im- mediately from the same house, Killing another soldier and in- juring
three others, along with
Decision On civilians, the Minister
Saturday
asserted that these shota were fired by anti-government agents secking to create difioul- ties for President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla. He described them as "Communists And political extremists bent on the dissolu- tion the country.
of
SELF-DEFENCE
Paris, June 10. The National Assembly de- cided early today to vote on Saturday morning
The Minister said the soldiers Adence motion put by the Gov-returned their Angol-
defence.
on a com
ernment at 1 am. GAIT today.
confidence The Government
Today's chah took plava ́i BONGO
blocks from
the
presi-
Mr Walter Bedell Smith, United States Under Secretary of State, rejected the Com- munist armistice control pro- "unacceptable". But posals us the British proposal that the Colombo powers should form the commission, and the Vietnam proposal of the United Nations, were both "reasonable", hó Bald. Tokyo, June 10.
Mr Anthony Eden, British An air and ses, search Foreign Secretary, urged yester-motion asked for the rejection | three fanned out over the East
day that the Ave "Colombo of any requests to give priority dential palace, where marching China Sea south of Japan to-
powers" -India, Pakistan, to three anti-Government mo- students found the way, block-
Burm and Indonesia tions tabled after the day in an effort to find a Ceylon,
Indo-ed by a cordon of troops,
The students Red Cross sald twin-engined Navy PBY acting by a majority vote, China debate last night.
and, one The only motion in favour of 11 students
woman possibility open to them," ht patrol bomber that "dropped should supervise an Indo-China
the Government was withdrawn. were killed when the troops after a vote to give it priority opened are. Sir George Thomson, a Nobel out of sight"! yesterday with
had been heavily · defeated Prize winner for Physics and 17 men aboard.
earlier last night. chairman of Britain's Arst committee on atomic energy sot on a routine flight to Hongkong Vietnam's Foreign Minister, who meet again on Saturday, at 8.80
The Navy said the plane wai the
Nguyen QUDC Dinh The National Assembly will up ferly in World War II. was from Iwakumi Air Base when spoke first today, stood firm ona.m., GMT-Reuter. speaking on atomic energy in it disappeared. It was just his previous demands that the British Broadcasting Corpora heard from an hour and a half United Nations should supervise
after taking off at 5,80 a.m. an Indo-China armisties, He said
He rejected Communist pro- perturbed
than the general constilne near Nagasaki.
posals for joint mixed armistice public by the unexpectedly largo A distress signal was picked committees of both aldes be effect of
of the "resent up some three hours later and
cause,
he said, experience of bomb
This the Navy sald it belleved the such hydrogen
explosions.
committees in 1946 hnd was because they know that the signal came from the plane. A shown them to be "useless." total possible release of energy Far East Naval Commenc could be calculated adequately spokesman adv
Mr Phoy Bananikone, Laotian advised that the But there is no doubt that as plane must "he pressured to be the only requirement for peacu
Deputy Premier, insisted that' a main principle a hydrogen sown
in Laos bomb can be made of any size
that counted for France was her honour and her vital tion programacists were less as 4 left the Japanese
Rebel Forces Deployed
In Red River Delta
Hanoi, June 9.
General Roul Salan, Deputy to the Supreme General Paul Ely, Indo-China Commander,
Kinh Insurgents erupted
control
Throo
.
ten
settlement,
UN SUPERVISION
Mr
the maker likes, it may lead to shit20 amphibious plane could all Viet, the withdrawal of
forces.
be afloat if it landed un-
As the politicians met for an explosion of theoretically unarmed on the water, the Navy
their second plenary meeting Limited violence.
said, but Navy and Air Forcenter three weeks of secrel planes combing the area yesterdon, delegates of the two TOO POWERFUL
extremely day joined in the search after warring High Commands con- "Of Courto
would certainly
"Even
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доб
main
this is dimcult if not and disappearances in the Inst though certain progres had Stile, and I suspect that the six days, Thirteen others have
'serious
been made, he said there were ́obstacles Hill 'shead, The tempo hack been slow and had fallen below the expecta- Hons of
the people of the world. SA "WAE FACTIONS”.
any arrived today to take urgent measures for the powerful bamb also have to be arriving in the area where the thed their attempt to draw up a very large one and difficulties plane may have gone down. ocasefire Hnes Vietnam, the genuine objection to this defence of the Red River delta against a tighten- of transport, particularly by air, The plane carried coven, naval
battleground composition. They hayo
officers, eight Navy enlisted mea artic." the original wire and two Maring officers when it the Geneva conference had po turned it down only because ing ring of Communist divisions.
Mr Chou declared today that It contains no Communist
They were
for shown no baste change in members. It is this which
For acuh in Cambodia, Viet- Another division has reached bomb is too powerful. It would took off.
into Thal Nguyen, 35 miles due north be by ten amalior
be even more formidable if it | idem'ified.
The missing PBY brought, to United Stated volley "to extend makes the current munist attitude at Geneva plantations
Com activity near the rich rubber of here, a position that threatens bound cplates oath of the 28. the number of men missing in the Indo-Cal yar and prevent
of the Mekong both the capital and the Honos-
Far East military plane crashes the conference reaching ogreo- so ominous. If the Western Valley and cut the road be-Halphong road"and, rall 1Ke- material. delegates were inalating tween Saigon and the Cam-Une.. that the commission be bodian capital of Phnom Penh. drawn from the United General Satan, a former com-
more visions were less powerful bombs, which we been definitely listed as killed Nations, tho Communiat mander of French forces in reported to bo strung out along read have been developed for United Press. opposition would be under- Indo-China, will have military the delta's south-western flank tactical purposes, are less power- area, through and behind the jagged ful largely because they fall to over the delta standable. But Mr Eden's French sources said.
DEPUTIES COME which guard the explode, a good deal of the proposal is obviously the by delta commander
Assisted mountaine
vulnerable south delta region material from which they are General best and most logical com.
TO BLOWS Reno Cogny, he sat about rally centring on Phuly, Nith Blah made. conclusioning available French forces to and Nam Dinh,
There was not the slightest promise. The
Buenos Aires, June 0. which cannot be avoided is Aght General Glap's big offen-
risk today Gorieral ‘Ely remaiňod
Two Deputies came to blow that the Communists · are sive against Hanal xpected late at Saigon, Wigre, the and Stadan in ordinary matter, Bir George is the Chamber of Daputing to now determined to aabotage this month:
Arrived two days ago: Ely was berhat is quite impassible but day over the postponement of a any further endeavours by Clap's main forces are al-expected here within two or the danger from radioactive con delats on international: labour the Western delegates to rendy position. French in three days, and will probably famination is another concern. agreements.
Banor Oscar Allende, a Radio said that two Red return to France next week, to reach an agreement over telligence
infantry
one main his„Brak divisions plus Indo-China. Certainly, un« in
to the "
exaggerated." It wasworth, socal was interupted violently by membering that everyone, Senor Pedro, Ramon, Ciero, lesa:they are prepared to division of heavy artillery were French Government
Cambodia, the Vietināri peniny Chose who, bred a t
Eta Peronista, whon hè, argued that] modify their position re-war in the Phu Tho? aren {
the Black and Red battalion which Invaded the mourn, od mhonger the majority was postpon garding the composition of Rivers, 40 to 50 miles north forest comme of the serpy bath or countie la rayer boss discussion because? the supervisory cominfusion, west of Hanot.
Spring, from Lace, Diclogenie i woj. m the Geneva conference will
These three divisions form the wakumported pushing «moli tom tinguitude; troka; those of 7 the become: hopelessly stale- main offesalve power of the WAKE KAO KUSH Blaine, and plantam begonga thưyou wa matëdi
of setting oft an explosions
Thomson said. “
the
Mr Chou mild that some dele, gatioris always followed Amer!" can policy. This was "striously blocking the way to progress. "War factions in France were #ull in American Intervention, and more
Indo-Chinn,
ald Ing Lewis Chain solution of the pollical questions can price De
Immediately after the shoot. ing, Army tanks and admoured cars were rushed out to dis- perso tho demonstration. United Press,
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