THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1954.
FRENCH EDC PROPOSALS Crew Of The Aries
Five Killed When Bull Ring Collapsed
Blbao, Aug. 17.
Two women, Two men And a bry were killed to- day when a mobile wooden bull ring completely col-
lapsed at a village
near
here before the first butt wan released,
Forty-nine oiber specta- tārs were seriously Injured and about 250 xustained miner injuries. Many others escaped with brules,
ww
The promoter of the bull fight, whose wife
Fife was one of the w
women killed, later arrested together with the constructor of the ring. About 880 prople were Rong the audience when The Jneldeut aceutred
Valmaseda about 20 mila iront tilbo...--Reuter,
Dock Strike
Threatens
Port Of Hull
Hull, Aug. 17.
A strike of 4,000 dockers brought work at this big
Mounting Hostility In All The
European Capitals
Paris, Aug. 17..
Hostility mounting in the capitals of Europe tonight threatened defeat for France's new proposals for drastic surgery on the long-sought
European Army.
The French Premier, Pierre Mendes-France, prepared to rush to Brussels ahead of schedule tomorrow to begin the showdown battle there for his proposals at a crucial meeting of the six nations ticketed to form the stalled European Defence Community,
The Promiers or Foreign Ministors of the six nations meet there on Thurs. day in a tense session that may decide at last the fate of the EDC project on which the United States staked her European policy.
Urgent consultations were infoMetals who rgbed from Paris progress tonight in the to see alm. Outright denuncia- capitala
And concerned.
the tion for France's proposals hostility to France's proposals to come from The Hague, while water down drastically the Belghum, a alandard braces for European Army threatened thera European unity, reacted coolly, with defeat or, more Herly. with counter-proposals secking to salvage more of the long-
talled project,
NO ITALIAN STAND
In Rome, the Haban delegation in the Foreign Ministers con-
holti forener
P An. 1 pre departure merling.
No India English port to a complete lily conferred with his op clear the new bombshell pro
stard was announced, but it was standstill today.
els trad miniken Italy 100.
Thr stelike, which a. taral Banetoned by th Men's Und lenden, over the coupe and word for unloading gram chip.
The dorkers today objected to unloading grain in Lags that had to be filled by hand.
The doclters adio complained that the manunt system was too burd and dirty,
A port official said that Iwo
of five main ships in port weig Leing
my
Twe
other
chcharging emeral cargo
eventlog the ellie.
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being brought
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bis
were
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thups would be moved up, ¦
he said.
West German Bonn, the Chancellor, Konrad Adenauer,
high American
Deivisera
and
Susan Hayward Granted
A
Divorce
Hollywood. Aug. 17.
111
And
new negotiations with the Soviet Union until the European Army is ratified.
French Foreign Ministry circles today declined to confirm a re- port front-paged by the evening newspaper, Paris-Presse, saying that Sir Winston Church01 ex- pressed the hope in a message to M. Pierre Mendes-France, that
no
with conversation Muscow be
held before a vote in the
French Parlament on the European Defence Com- munity.
LIKELY OUTCOME Bretan fir Prime The mort ilkely outcome in Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. Brussels. Western officials be- personally stepped in to accumelieved, would be command of his nation's moves promise between the drastic and eiled all of his top experts French proposals for
watering
some
com-
on Russia, France and Germany down the proposed European to los country home of Chart-Defence Community (EDC) and well. The British Ambassador the determination of the other
Return To England
The four members of the 62 fl. converted lifeboat Arles, first adventurers to make a double crossing of the Atlanile in so small a boat without salle, have just returned to London. Captain of the Arles was Captain C. Harcourt-Smith who is seen herp with his three-man crew, L. to B. David Foden 18. Sub.-L£. Edwin Skelfön, 39, Căptalni C, Mar- court-Smith, 54, and Là-Comm, Tom Hight, 54. They are standing aboard tho
Aries as
she panies through the lock gates at Teddington, on the river Thames. — Express Photo.
RUSSIAN West's
West's SEATO Plans Scorned
EDITOR SACKED
to France, Sir Gladwyn Jebb, EDC members to salvage it al-Gazette
summoned back urgently most intact.
❘ was
trom Parks.
Actress Susan Hayward, 29, was granted
inter-appeared to be landing femly locutory divorce today from together in warning M. Mendes-
France that there could be Π Jess Her netor-husband Barker and awarded custody
Britain and the Ended States Top
As a berth was available, the their twin nine-year-old grain
MAY BE SERIOUS
work
་ ་*
!bal
MOIS,
The action, announced Jn Bus bank Superior Court, gave
H. added
The ut had stopped all property, both real and per ships in The prat was "empletely idle." sonul, to the red-haired actress claimed Barker, 35, who had The cargo mostly
half of the equple's property, waz. given
possesion of station wagun.
The actress originally divorce charging
Timber tiffeted.
The
"Unleen to strike ends
sikestion
will
team. hu very
perious. At the moment, nothing
is arving" be abled
An Mcial of the Men's Union { maintaining that Barker --the Transport and General tossed her nute into the Winkern Union appealed to the swimming pont then f return to work. The domestic spat. told he They will say mul und the bug-thug system was | completely absite: Reuter.
CROSS PETITION
Пted
once
for
M. Mendes-France and hi5
Rivisers will Jeuve Brusels by special train at 1300 GMT.United Press and France- Presse.
Only Way, Says Eisenhower
concert of nations without creat- ing additional tension destroying the objectives which they were seeking, Mr Elsen- hower said,
militarily.
д followlag M. Pierre Mendes-France, for a boels
revision of the EDC treaty.
The President was asked to give an evaluation of the effects Barker Bled a petition in an of the revisions proposed by M. attempt to halt the divorce pro-Mendes-France on EDC.
He said he wanted recdings.
He said that that was n ques The newly-appointed Philip-kis wife back even though "sho tion which he would rather not pine Consu! in Hamburg, West did things to me as bad as the discuss in de all. Germany. Dr Polleranto R. dejthings she says i did to her." Venech, left for Hongkong by The lengthy divorce trial air this morning to assume tended in court last June 18. post.
In hangt down the ruling.
Manila, Aug. 18.
part-France-Presse,
German
United Press.
would be "serious."
New Delhi, Aug. 17, Indian newspapers today scorned the Western plans to push, ahead with collective security in the South-east Asia without the participation of major
nations in the region.
Moscow, Aug. 17. The newspaper Literary today announced new pleasures for tighter control of Soviet literaturo and sharply criti- recent "wrong and cised harmful tendencies.”
that
st
the
THAILAND
a
The
newspaper
Pare
ELECTRICE POWER CONTRACT
Eisenhower
Defends Bobby Jones
Washington, Aug, 17, President Eisenhower to. day defended both Bobby. Jones, the former champion igolfer, and himself against charges that Jones had In- quenced him in the alloca tion of an important Govern ment electric power con tract.
Replying to questions at his weekly press conference today. Mr Elsenhower expressed hims self he astonished by a charge by Mr Stephen Mitchell, Chair- man of the Democratic National Committee,
that the President
might have been influenced by his close friend, Mr Jones," a director of a company which was granted contract after having made a bid higher than other hugo
competitors 10 supply electric power faculty.
The
President sald ho knew
Mr Jones to be a gentleman and there was no one of whose in- tegrity and probity he was more certain.
OPEN BOOK
As for himself, the President said he was not going to deferad his own actions in the case...this record in the matter was an open bookt.
In Atlanta, Mr Jones sald to- day he resented the implication that a company enjoyed pre- sidential favouritian because he (Mr Jones) had some shorça in
IL.
Mr Jones said: "I resepi any implication that the President would be susceptible to such an
influence and resent the implica tion that I would be foodien enough to try to bring such in quence to bear
I have fib had a single communication with President Eisenhower “ör omyonë the in the Government on Dixon-Yates proposal."--Reuter,
Germany Maintains EPU Lead
20,400,000
(about
dollars
her
£11,750,000
tongures
by Switzerland will:120-220,000
"While it is said that economice (about efek
Express declared.
ran up a deficit of 23,000,000 dailines (about 28, 428,000) sterling), the biggest in July, Belgium with 1,000,000 dollars (about 26,321,000 stor (ing), and Sweden with 14700.- 000 dollars (about 25,250,000 sterling) were also substantial creditors.
The Hindustan Times, which often reflects Government policy and the independent Indian The new action was decided Express were commenting on fast Saturday's upon by the Presidlum of the Soviet Writers
which announcement by eight nations that they will Union met to discuss the "mistakes discuss South-east Asian defence at a conference
the editorial committed by Washington, Aug. 17.
journal New opening on September 6 at Baguio in the Philip- offices President Elsenhower id to- day that the European Defence
and World" one of the loading or pines.
gans of the Writers Union. Community was the only way in
"It is amazing that even today Western countries The Literary Gazette reported which Western Gerinuny could
the editor, Mr A. Timagine they can decide on the the fate of Asia with- be brought Into a cuncert of
had been socked out those actually concerned in the matter partici Tvardovsky European nations without creat-
Because of the prejudices and for publishing a serjes of
the deliberations”, the Hindustan Times pating in ing additional tensions.
tensions which he found, he be articles showing
ap "Incorrect The President declined at hts lieved that EDC was the
said.
Paris, Aug. 17, only line in literary criticism." cruelty, weekly
conference 10
maintained press
by which Western
Germany process
Не Was replaced by Mr
The Indian Express said the discuss in detall the recent pro-European nations could get to-
contended leading position In the European Konstantin Simonov, onc of family posals of the French Premier, rether on a reasonable effective Russia's foremost authors and Baguio conference was being that Burrna has no serious fears Payments Union In July, with a cold-shouldered by all the of aggression from the north month's surplus of 32,900,000 to prepara (hemselves | erlides and Deputy Secretary
Generat of the Writers Union Important nullons of South-east and any guarantee in Malaya dollers Simonov is considered the icad-Asia. "It is lite staging Hamlet "will look perilously like under-sterling), according Mr Eisenhower said that he or in the night against recent without the Prince," the news-writing Britain's Colonial Rescued here today.
The second did not wish to express himself tendencies to away from the paper cald.
gime.
Britain was positively on any one of M."mori! political" demands of The Hindustan Times pointed The Indian Express sold thera
monthly Mendes-France's proposals.
out that live of the eight coun-was no doubt about SEATO 20,428,000 sterling).. Tolls Soviet literature.
The Literary Gazette singled trles meeting nt Bagulo were being a military allianco. But he said that a long legis-out for special attack the critle ether European or of European Ife said that from the day lative procCESI had been gone Mr Pomerantsev.
extraction. The Philippines that he had been sent back to through by some of the EDC
HARMFUL
was
divided from the Asta assistance is also contemplated. North Atlante signatories. Burope as the
It each nation had It said the editors of New mainland and
had the emphasis is all on "sociimity enter into an entirely World had printed incorrect and stated her participation would as seen by others and not as felt In a statement before beard- Judge Herbert V. Walker saki Supreme Commander in Janu- now to
ary 1051, he had worked for new legislative process,
that harmful articles and had for- not necessarily involve by the countries concerned, the ing his plane, Dr Venechta said that Barker could visit the EDC.
gotten that any weakening in- commitment to join any scheme that he would te joured by tour | children one night a week and
ONLY PROCESS
"It looks like a superimposed members of his staf who will every other weekend.
Certainly EDC was the only lle said he thought that this fiuence in the Socfollst Ideologenicrging from the conference.
meant an increase in the in the
mechanism designed to maintain in sist him in setting
up the Miss Hayward and Barker
way in which Westen Germany would not be the purpose of M. bourgeois Ideology.
The fact
"Consequently
the status quo in South-east Asia Con ulate in the West
were married on July 23, 1944 could be brought into such n Mendes-France-Reuter.
tho only showed that the journal had taken
line opposing the country coming from the region and its effectiveness can be
France registered no transac- decrees of the party in the field to which the proposed defence measured by the support of two
organisation will apply is Thai-small countries of the region tions for the month. She had lond," the Hindustan Times
while it is cold-shouldered by surplus of 40,000 doliprs (about The Literary Gazette recalled
It added
said the important ones."
£14,285 sterling) which was decisions party
that Thailand's on literature,
The Express added that the settled in gold through special London, Aug. 18. Benelux states, whose criticism music, the theatre and the anxiety to secure American sid
the region were arrangements made in EPU's The two key-men in the they feel will not arouse French cinema between 1940 and 1948 and join the SEATO "arlees not nations of
against Communist rules when the of equally
Union was so much from genuine fears of aggression, but held that Can-ronewed at the end of June, the European resentment In the way that Ger- | the
recommendation
"Mr Andrei Possible Communist aggression, munism could not be fought by scheme M. Plerre man eritlelsm would."
Politburo member,
These arrangements for the Mendes-France, the French
for rempatan
settlement of outstanding debts Premier, and, Dr Kourad Party leaders in the West Shdanov, who led
the present regime is a feudally- In Colombo, the Times of and credits account for some of Adenauer, the West German German Government agreed Inst party orthodoxy in the arts.
The
said that be one and consequently dreads Caylon said Britain had told the changes in cumulative posi Chancellor, will meet today for night that there should be no "glander" of Soviet Hobyny, progressive movement
rome of the Colombo powerations-Reuter, unoMelal talks on the eve of change in the EDC treaty before
democralisation." would not authors and critics and Italy.
The Hindustan Times declared: that at Baguio she will call for the six-nation EDC conference, it is ratified by France
M. Paul
Henri Spaak, who be tolerated. It called for
"What Soudi-cast Asia needs to distinction between economic, watch over
day is peace and the economie [PRI
technicol and military aid to Attlee Not Invited It will be their first meeting will preside at the EDC concer
con writers-Reuter, since the French
betterment of her peoples, not countries in the region. Premier took ference, is believed to be deter-
Tho
the mined to subordinate all con-
nowspaper said arms and military guarantees.
British plan placed emphasis on siderations to reconciling the strong EDC powers.
It needs butter and not guns.
The newspaper asked what means of "strengthening r reaction
against internal and
Washington, Aug. 17. the cenference planned to de-sistance to the French proposals to water
President Elenhower external Communist Infiltra fend. down the treaty
clined to comment today on a "The prior question which the Lion and subversion."
DILLET decide According to the Times of suggestion that he should fin conferenco whether
guarantee of Ceylon, Britain fecis a separate vile the leaders of the British touring security It seeks to give is to economie agreement organised as to visit the United Greece is compiniming against be imposed on other countries by the SEATO powers would
ever without Üheir Britain's continued presence on
consent. enable Some of the Colombo Sidies on their way home.
The Fremdent was astrod at the island, which it claims is That will be offensive to
nu- powers opposed to a purely [paki Wonol and democratic sen- defensive eillance. to join the his weekly press conference In Rome, the Italian delega-preventing the Cypriots from
Ching Mail about the suggestion made by France's proposals, still un- tion is believed to have been exercising their right of freement everywhere and most of organisation.
all in Asia, it said. détermination-France-Presse.
Special,
the Christian Belence Minibor. said to whittle briefed to published, are
do ́overything pos
that ch an' Invitation Mabuld hway the "supranational" aspect able to save the concept of a
be extended to the British Lu- of
the treaty and delete an European community.
Bour loaders article to initiate a European It was binted that Italy might. political community within six be prepared to go further than Holland or Belgium in accept- slightly mare hopefuling France's hesitations about followed a secret talk yesterday long as the political between tho French Am- proposal remains intact. barvador, M. Henri Bonnet, and
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office.
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New York, Aug. 17. The Greck delegation to the Nations officially United The Belgions take the
view solutionnounced here today that its re- agreed was reported calculated
Christian presentative, M. to get the EDC Palamas, would ask on Friday last night in Reuter despatches
Assembly from Brussels and Warningion, through the French
for the Cyprus question to be should be accepted by West inscribed on the agenda of the while in Bonn, it was sald Germany, Italy and the Benelux next General Assembly.
that hopes for EDC had not yet | been abandoned,
But Dutch gpposition had, if anything, hardened in the last
40 hours.
months.
countries.
ROME BRIEFING
д
attitude in Washington yesterdaypooling her armed strensity |
It is believed thọ Itallaris w}}}
the Acling Scorelary c State, oppose any French attempt to
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Thorneycroft Studying Manchester Problems
Manchester, Aug. 18.
Mr Peter Thorneycroft, President of the Board of Trade, said on his arrival here last night that his presant visit should be seen against a background of commercial policy which I think has proved triumphantly
Mr Walter Bedell Smith, a Rey- Aink the fate of EDC to the ter
said
outcome of talks with Russia. Blates Conicinia
Brussels betioven that the pressed hopes that 1. Mendes proposal to
ECTOP
the article on Trance would modify his procreation of a political com- posals and French Embassy elle munity may los
lond, to a deèlsivo claid were emphasising that he battle at the conference was not putting them forward Dutch opposition to the French on a "take it or leave it basis" revisions objects particularly to but tabling them for discussion, the whittling away of the
"Exports and pro according to -n "Reuter despatch up, pola". And w In Bonn, too, It is considered from The Hague A
scord lovel that the French Feemles intende
Da poblak khown whether
Forel jo negellate on his proposals and the Dut does not mean them to be taken | Johor - Beyen,
on ultimatum. For the time conocie
ard.content
"NO ULTIMATUM
supranational character of uccessful...
Minister
„On | Thornoyeroft, rpólled:
Chase questions", "ard - Vory
commardisi
To U.S.
The President replied only that he had not thought About
FRANCO TUNISIAN HOME RULE TALKS
Paris,
Tronco Tunisiais, home rule for Tunisia More today in what' described as gyors atmosphere
Ben"Amar.
17.
by M ble Minister of state,
hero today and
vill stablish the pro="