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Vital Talks FOUR national
loaders,
whone influence on inter- national affairs in profound, are this week meeting En two capitals set far apart, yet significantly the prin- cipal burden of their laikr will be focussed
un the
same subject-the future of In Wash- Southeast Asia. ington President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill will be in conference;
New Delhi the talking will be done between Mr Nehru and Mr Chou En-lal. Thu incanure of agreement, even
10 if confined principles,
which is reached at these
conferences is bound to
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CHINA MAIL
No. 35852
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1954.
CHOU'S NEW ATTITUDE
Moscow Complains Viewed With Mr Trevelyan
Russian
Tanker Seized Off Formosa
The
have a tremendous impact { today
Moscow. June 24.
Soviet Government
sent a note to
American
br Formosa.
the
A11
on Southeast Asia. One of United States demanding the main objects of the the release of A Soviet Washington meeting in to try tanker and her crew and compose Anglo-American | allegedly differences of views
shoukl policies which pursued relative to the Far Enst. In fact there is already a substantial degree of agreement in principle: British and American ofetal views diverge on the question of timing. It Mr Anthony Eden's convie tion that ample opportunity for successful negotiation on The Indo-China problem still exists. Further, that if the Indo-China question settled
#aalisfactory In
[LIZZIE
it will nbviate much of the necessity
seized by
destroyer off
The note was communicated to the American Ambassador in Moscow, Mr Bohlen, try the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Mr V. Zorin, the Soviet officiul news agency Tass reported.
The IN
Southeast Amin
LA
naine of the tanker
Satisfaction At Geneva
MENDES-FRANCE
APPLAUDED
Geneva, June 24.
A most important aspect of M. Pierre Mendes- France's speech in the National Assembly today seemed in conference circles here to be Mr Chou En-lai's formal recognition yesterday of the prin- ciple of the national independence of Laos and Cambodia, the two smaller Indo-China states.
Generally, his speech was regarded as show- ing that the new French Premier had discussed the Indo-China problem with the Chinese Premier at their Berne meeting in a practical way and the Boviet tanker with great strength of purpose.
given as the Tuapse, which
Lloyd's 8 a motor listed by tanker of 9,061 Lons.
The text of the note reads: "On June local time. Tunpae, belonging to the Black Sea fleet, which was passing to
23 at 0400 hours
of arms
cargo,
the alter armed
Non-Communist quarters particularly wel
the
Leaves For Peking
London, June 24.
Mr Humphrey Trevelyan, British Charge 'd'Affaires in China, Jeft
London by air today for Peking, where be will arrive on Monday.
by
Although travelling Way of Moscow, where he will stay at the British Embassy, there is no poll- alguificance In choloo of route, informed
SOLATDOS Ninted.
this
Following the agreement between Mr Anthony Eden and Chinese Premier Chou
En-lai, Mr Trevelyan will have increased diplomatio privileges, and will be able to deal more directly with the fate of the British olikens in China.
The date of the arrival of the new Chinese ChargO d'Affaires in London hea not yet been Axed.-- Franco-Press.
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THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE
Churchill And Eden Given Warm Send-Off
London, June 24.
Sir Winston Churchill and Mr Anthony Eden left here by air tonight for their critical talks with President Eisenhower designed to strengthen the Anglo-American alliance.
The Prime Minister and his Foreign Secretary took off from London airport at 7 p.m., GMT în a British Over- seas Airways airliner, Canopus, on the first stage of their 3,700-mile flight to Washington.
will
4. Britain's
Their plane
at. refuci
deadlocked di- Gander, Newfoundland, during pute with Egypt over the British the 18-hour journey. The two Suez Canal zone garrison, statesmen are due to arrive at
he
5. To rebel Invasion of Guatemala.
with
New York, June 24. A "liberation" move- ment to overthrow Guate- mala's Red-tainted Govern- ment seemed to be peter the American capital at 8 am ing out today in a war of
local time tomorrow (Friday)
The Prime Minister and Mr The weekend "informal talks" words.
Eden, travelling in the specially had permitted will begin almost immediately. revolt Russia an opportunity to blow
A crowd of hundreds cheered modifed Stratocruiser Canopus
clapped Sir
Oversees the horn of Communism in the and
Winston of the British
Air- Wes crn
boarded
took and it Churchill as hemisphere
the ways Corporation, seemed likely to damage United plane. The Prime Minister, the eight top advisers and States prestige in Latin wearing a black Homburg hat, total party of lower than 20. America.
black suit and carrying a sliver- The two statesmen will be uipped walking stick, and waved his smiling acknow- until Monday, when they will House quests
spend B day at the British
On Embassy in Washington. Tuesday they will fly to Ottawa for talks with Mr Louis Saint Canada's Prime Minister.
of
ledgment plane.
a,
wer of
before
turned
official White
entering the
Just before Lake-og, Sir Winston returned to the door and blew kips to Lady Churchill and Mrs Eden stand-Laurent, ing on the tarmac to see their husbands leave.
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П
As a war, it was a flop. The rebels have boasted (til army 5,000 strong. The Government controls forces of about 6,000. But so far as any war correspondent can find out, the two sides have shown strange reluctance to meal,
Guatemala kept the words going today by demand-
After their Canadian visit A strong cordon of police had ing an emergency session of the United Nations Security Coun- guarded Sir Winston Churchill they will return to New York cil. Among othera to whom as he walked to the plane. De by air overnight on June 80- July 1 will the Government
Jacobo tectives had made a last-minute July 1 and on. Gi Arbenz Guzman
the liner appealed was check of the aircraft.
sali to England in Quson Elizabeth, arriving at Russia.
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Southampton on July 0.- A BOAC spokesman forecast | Reuter. "within the next 24 hours moa- "good weather all the way" for
Guatemala charged rebel radio had
alvo alr
that the warned that
1
the south of the island of Tal-comed M. Mendes-France's insistence that his
with a wan (Formosa) For was stopped in the open sea by Government was not prepared to accept just any the American conceived a destroyer at 19 degrees 50 solution, but that it must be one which safeguards Treaty minutes north latitude, and 120 France's vital interests and that it must be obtained Organisation. The British degrees three minutes casi
by his "peace in a month time limit"-July 20.
On the question of Laos and Cambodia, the Western delegates here have consistently maintained
Washington, Jane 24.
with heavy the fight. He said that the attacks
which that the Communists must respect the sovereignty of
took off 15 The House-Senate Joint bombs will be launched against plane, these French Union states and withdraw invading Atomic Energy Committee Guatemala Vietminh forces from them. The Communists here voted today to give the charged that more than 45 cltles
14,000 rect, all the States President and villages have already promised to do this. They have also United agreed that the question of the future of Laos and power to share. Américan bombed and dad had been Cambodia must be treated separately from that of secrets on the use of atomic Vietnam, the largest state and scene of nearly all the weapons with its Allies. fighting in Indo-China.
11
Government niko holds longitude.
"Under threat steadfastly
belief to the
tanker was compelled to that unless the free Asian
follow the course und nations ILM
whole are
vessol. prepared to join a Southeast "Radio contact with the So- Asin defence alliance, any viet tanker was broken off after Auch treaty must suffer the tanker's master had sent o grave defects. America, message about the attack of the frankly sceptical about the destroyer. possibility
1 Geneva without agreement
in- tolerable concessions to the Communists,
of the opinion
immediate
اردو
that
action is needed for the
creation of Southeast Asia defenev alliance. Here then is the primary conflict of opinion which President Eisenhower and Sir Winston must endeavour Churchill
THE Nehru-Chou talks, while
what
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un.
"FATE UNKNOWN"
and its crew are unknown.
an American war vessel,
дея
сп
Conference circles
here also withdrawal of all foreign armed regarded £5 Bignicant Mr forces and of foreign military Chou's agreement on the record personnel. that it was necessary to settle
were
was
conference and flye Vietminh re- presentatives headed by Colonel Ta Quang-buu, Vice Minister of Defence.
The
and Viet-
conference
nounced
such
both
actiona
today
towns."
City and other minutes late, would be MR TRUMAN'S
The
Government at around
CONDITION
on
the war was
Shortly before the plane feft; an' official van drew up nemby 蟲 number of despatch
,,:
The
and bocca were loaded aboard the
But correspondents scene felt that the patering out for lack of organi-Prime Minister's luggage was a
Canopus. Prominent in the Harry
ARMY'S CLAIM
after a closed meeting of the tributed to the tangle in
actions were
He
revision
on both
The
cxiles
in
Kansas City, June 24,
former President, dir Truman, who had an
emergency operation on Sun- day for the removal of his gall Churchill vis bladder and appendix, who xơ- Sir Winston
littlo obviously in a happy mood and ported to be "feeling a
doctors locked exceptionally fit. He had rough," today, but his ben sem off from his Downing said his general condition was Street home by a crowd cheer- | satisfactory,
ng "good old Winnie."
No subject will be barred at He had a restless night and the Washington talks but there Dr Wallace Graham, said his of the temperature was up to 100 this are likely to be some
morning, it was principal topics:
terday.
1. The European deferice community whose setting up is still delayed and has not yet been ratified by France and Italy. Mr Eden warned France last night at the alternative to the x-nation European army before rejecting the plan,
The statesmen will also con- sider at Washington West Ger- many's demands that the ending of ølled occupation, should be held up no longer by delays in entifying EDC
ATOMIC AFFAIRS
2. Atomic affairs which will tako in the failure of the London "five atomle powers": conference on disarmament and
Burso the deadlock in the
tho American negotiations on
for a world President's plan atomic bank for peaceful pur poets,
normal
yes-
"Mr Truman has been suf- fering from nausea, Dr
after Graham sald. "It is the effect of taking terramycin and antibiotics,"
Mr Truman had tea and broth this morning, but the doctor has ordered that he must now be fed intravenously, again.
sald
Yesterday, Dr Graham
patient "just couldn't be deling any better."--Reuter,
kis
Terrorists Kill
Army Sergeant
Tunis, June 24.
A French Army sergeant was
"The fate of the Soviet tanker
At the kame time,
it also sation, transport and interest. large cigar box. voted authority
to give the President United Press. "It is absolutely evident that
to join in a world the seizure of the tanker by Д
atomic pool for peaceful, pur warship in waters controlled by
the D8
plan he could the United States feet
CAMBODIA TALKS
Tegucigalpa, June 24. proposed that Russia join. His have been carried out only by milliary problems in Vietnam Talks between the Vietminh plan was made
said public in
The Guatemalan Army Д and before
that it had political and Cambodian Commands will
the United Nations today
recaptured "The Soviet Government quickly
be held in Cambodia issuca
forces the from strong_rebel as there pech to
last December. The Communists had qt the are no French forces there.
town of Morales. 22 miles exprots that the United Slates
Chairman W, Sterling Cute of southwest of Puerto Barrie. Government, with regard to this outset cr attack on a Soviet ship on the talks here
General Delteil and Colonel the seven-week-old
the Atomic Committee closely linked the Ta Quang-buu also head the
The Army communique con- to compose during the next high seas, will take mesures for
political problems | Franco-Vietnamese
the few days.
the immediate return of the military and
and wouled to settle
them minh military delegations who
web of words which has come nic that bath ship, a cargo and its crew.
have been trying to draw up group. He
both government and tentative.
They from "At the same time the Sovies simultaneously.
circles armistice lines and regrouping will become final when Western conference
rebet forces since the start of the concentrating
insists the Government
the
Guate- M. zones in Vietnam sizice June 3. Riso heartened
the revolution led by by punishment of the
op- committee gives expected will follow sevire same subject,
Mendes-France's blunt
Indo-China
anti-Communist state- American personnel who took
all proval in the next few days to malan different, but nut the less
ment on the undisputed role and has called for reports on unlawful act and
complete
of the leat Friday.
jeader, Important lines.
Carlos The part in this
on the taking of measures to
permanent presence of France three sets of talks by July 10.
The soldiers task is to facili- existing atomic law on which it
Castillo Armas, told nowemen Chineнe Prime Minister prevent
in the Far East-Reuter,
working the possibility of +
tate the simultaneous and rapid has been
for many curlier there had been no direct FIRST CONTACT desires very keenly to know future repetition of similar acts
ali cessation of hostilities in weeks. Geneva, June 24.
clashes between his forets and freedom
President Mr Nehru's attitude which grossly violate
has Eisenhower The first contact between re- three states.
for a revision of the the government, troops. la towards the suggested of navigion on the high seas.
of the French- The Communists have promised asked
However, Armag's rebel radio Southeast Asia
**The
Staten law defence
Soviet Goverment presentatives
Viet- to withdraw Vietminh invading United Laotian and Communist
said today that the deems it necessary to declare
the two Commands pact, more especially as
smaller points, sharing wedpons infor-station on forces from
WCTO forces High minh
and to respect the mation and working in a pool revolutionary there has been a noticeable that they cannot remain indif-
moving forward again in a ferent to Fuch impermissible ceasefire questions in Laos was states
sovereignty and independence of to help other nations
drive on the three-pronged made here today. In future they will be
APPROVAL CERTAIN An authoritative Bource said Laos and Cambodia. compelled to take appropriate
The military talks for Laos Chairman Cole predicted that capital, Guatemala City.
Guatemalan Army com- measures in order to guarantee that today's preliminary meet-
three have started within five days of the proposed new revisions will attended by ing safety of navigation for Soviet
Freach offers led by Brigadier- the call by the conference. It is be ally, approved by the House unique said this afternoon:
troops the and Senate.
"Loyal
operating known when merchant ships in this region."
two members not yet General Deltell, Mr Bohien promised to com-
did not disclose the ox- Puerto Barrios advanced rapidly of Laotian delegation to the Vietminh-Cambodian discussions municate this note to the United
act language agreed upon by toward the town of Morales in nine-nation Indo-China peace will begin in Cambodia. States Government.-Rouler.
SECRET SESSION the committee, but said it fol- Isnbal Province on hearing of
Underlining the importance of strong The Indo-China peace con- lowed closely the language sug- the existence there of
the United day while French mobila guards ference will hold its 18th secret gested earlier by himself and factious group, well-armed and this issue, Sir Winston Churchill shot dead by terrorists yeater-
Commitico
The National took with him to vice Chairman supplied by alt. session tomorrow (Friday)
States two top atomic advisers tried to encircle a group of 60 This session of the bine Bourke B. Hickenlooper, carry- Army, after overcoming enemy
fessor Frederick Lándemann) and The police said the soldier was and its outskirts today and are nation talks, tentatively arranged ing out the requests of the Pro-resistance, captured the town Lord Cherwell (formerly Pro- terrorists In Southern Tuinisis. for this afternoon, was called off sident.
Earlier today, in a speech pre- now firmly in possession of that Sir Edwin Plowden the Govern shot in the back to a narrow ment's newly appointed adviser street in the old City quarter. this morning, Main reason was
The attackers escaped-United the absence of M. Jean Chauvel, pored for delivery at Ann Arbor, sector,"
Press, It said arms and explosives cn atomic energy. acting head of the French dete Michigan, Chairman, Cole had gation, who has returned to called on the nations to go also were captured,
ahead with the proposed pesce policy
government today re- Alme atomic pool, desplie re-iterated charges that the rebels Paris structions.
tvere sending out aeroplanes over But the main spoilight has lection of the idea by Russia,
"I believe that--given an un-Guatemala, from airfields Washington and switched to New Delhi, where the Churchill-serving determination to go Nicaragua and Honduras and ahead an international atomic rejected a Honduras charge that Elsenhower and Chou-Nehru energy, agency can be a going Guatemalan planes had down meetings begin.
concern by this time next year," over Honduras, Before his dawn flight to New Chairman Cole sid.
In Tegucigalpa today the Delhi today. Mr Chou En-lal,
PEACEFUL USES A
government exhibited to coż- the ch
Chairman Cole predicted that respondents two 250-pound Chinese Communist Prime Minister, emphasised the Genova i two years from now inter-dud bombs which it said were conference "is still in progress." | nationally - staffed laboratories among alx that fell on an air- He declared the Chinese dele- can be at work on new con- | strip at the town of San Pedro gation would continue its efforts structive for the atom. Gopan, about 21 miles inside for the eventual resteration of Atomie reactors for treatment of | Hondurus, from a plane which pence in Indo-China,
discasos Uko cancer can be, at came from the direction of He also hinted he might return { work within three years, he said, Guatemala-United Press,"" A 15-year-old boy gang leader, who killed a nine-year- the same view. The old member of his gang by dropping heavy stones on him, to Geneva when he said he was and in five years we can mak
an impressive start in construct- .:PROPOSAL. REJECTED leaving for the time being."
The principal Ministers of ing and actually operating
Washington, June 34. Burmese gave similar signs was sent to prison for five years here today.
sind peacetime power reactors.
Guatemala today rejected a The prosecution accepted his They used to meet In a "den" Britain, the Untied States
Russia have all left Geneva. The atomic pool provisione proposalsby Nicaragua and Hon- the question of interven- pica of guilty-to manslaughter. In a spinney near their home. But they will decide if and when approved today would let the durar to have the inter-American tion. It would be wrong to after the boy, George Burrows,
United States
co-operate with Peace ·Committee (conduct Mr King Hamilton read they should reassemble here. suggest that India is think of Stroud, Gloucestershire, had||
statement said to have been after considering reports of the others, exchanging Information rivestigations on the spot of ing at this moment of pleaded not guilty to murder..
on such pole charge the abandoning her,
power and medical re- country: had, been bombed, and Mr M.A. King Hamilton, made to the palloo by Burrows, ceasefire talics they ordered strict
Reuter.
March,
attacked from abroad. neutralist position. But Mr Prosecuting, said the death of In it he admitted hifting. Fudge nine-year-old Norton Fudge, on the head with a stick tinut dropping
New Mascot For
Pin | the milliary dad, the zighis was, disclosed when the Nehru is likely to take so of Stroud, was led trade It broke as on him
Presiden could authorise the reply by the Guatemalan Foreign it plain to Mr Chou that consequence of a somewhat hewry' stones on
Régiment In HK Defence Department to Fire Minister, Mr. Guillermo Torello, India's continued friendship cruel streak In Burrows which
Bems of the stories, Counsel
Meter Zondon, Jive 34 United States military Alles was made available to a reporters Me Toriello mid that ' Quater would be the securer by the suddenly got out of control"
There was no sensibar basis, jeid, welghed nine, and a hal Taffy the Xrost, will be information” ” on, sucks, things su Communists reachinga practicable and reasonable or the crime and rio motive pounds. They were covered presented at the London 200 atomia defence plans, how to male could me to a piece
"Norty" "Fudge WAS RINK- Wills blood tod kaše.
July 1032 the mawr, masout: 5% Det mroply them, in the future, the hardest morna 37 B sattlement with the Ler of a gang which had, Bur-lik
the First Battalion for 328) #RES
| Council had foretaketi Jucladio- Western powers over Indo- | rows as its reader, although he (Fudg
found in Regiment, nowing In Hoo, and thektomie capabilities
kn anakny” - Unibes Press, China,
was older, that most of theen:
seemed
change in the tone of the comments made by leaders of the Commonwealth nations in Asia during the Geneva conference, Five weeks ago the Kremlin was cheered by the fact
that the Asian countries animously condemned the
NO EVIDENCE Dulles blunder of "inter.
Washington, June 24. vontlon talk" on the eve of
said The State Department
Laotian military delegates are the Geneva discussions. But tonight it had received a note signs grew that Communist from the Soviet Union involv- expected here this week to join
Belzuro ing the nileged
of a in the talks, China'a tough attitude nt
Russian tanker and its crew off The nine-nation conference Geneva, coupled with the
Formosa, but that the note last Saturday ordered representa- fnct
there that
gave "no evidence that the tives of the Commands of the little genuine desire to United States had anything to two sides in Laos and Cambodia improve relations, shocked do with the ship seizure." to meet immediately in Geneva the Commonwealth nations The Department's Press or on the spot. In Asia. Other factors may Officer. Mr Lincoln White, said also have helped to make the United States would reply nie problems in the two smaller the Soviet note in due Indo-China states beginning with them change their minds-Do Communist intrigues in Pakistan forced Premier All's hand and he let it be known that he would not oppose Western Intervention In Indo-China if all elec fallod. Ceylon's moderate right - wing government, alarmed by reports of Ceylon Communists having linka
took
with Ho Ch}-mini
of a changed attitude to
course. Reuter,
Their task is to study cease-
the
question concerning
the
15-Year-Old Gang Leader
Given 5 Years Sentence
ן
“Shrewsbury, June 24.
for
new
on
The
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