THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY,' DECEMBER 27, 1954.
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Britain's Offer Of Troops Depends
On French Ratification
London, Dec. 24.
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The British Foreign Office declared today that British offer made at the London conference to keep Bri- tish forces on the Continent of Europe depended on the ratification of the Paris agreements by all governments concerned.
The statement issued by the Foreign Office today. Assembly on following the adverse vote in the French the ratification of the Paris treaties, stated: "The Paris Chamber and treaties are still under discussion in the there is to be a further vote on Monday. It is clear that what is at stake is the unity of the Western Allies.
"The rejection of the Paris agreements would not mean that Ger- man rearmament would not take place," the Foreign Office statement continued.
The issue kr not whether the German Federal Heprble will Term, but how,
Kingdom
ON AGREEMENT "The United commitment offered at the London conference in main. tain British forces on the Continent of Europe do. pends on the ratification of the Paris agreements by all parties," the statement coll cluded
Eden,
British Sir Anthony Foreign Secretary,
Ep - Teretice at the Foreign Office to-
senior tay with
advisers for
several hours on The following the French Assembly's initial vote The reanimament many early today.
Situation,
National
of West Get-
M Pierre Mendes-France's Government will face a critical confidence votes on Monday,
Britain,
France. The Benelux | delegations lo descend upon the countries Italy atel Western Deputies on Monday when they their Christmas Germany.
Under the Paris agreements, a rearmed West Germany is also to be admitted to the Atlantic 1.
In
organ
from return recess at home.
more Eve was "Christmas beautiful, more joyful," declared
Red
L'Humanite
the meantime Premier the Pierru Mendes-France was triumphantly, working desperately thing the
Even while rightly pro- sect gainst time and a de
of their of anti-German rearmurent Aung by the occasiona
for the sentiment in the French National Deputies being home Assembly which could wreek holidays, they (the people) are preparing delegations the West European Union and ready
larger and moze isolute
from her dis- everywhere, France
minervus than ever, which will Byeet and angered Allies.
present themselves from Monday The Premier has called for a
onwards at the Palais Bourton show-down conilience vote on
and Monday afternoon <i
most (Asseinbly) to consolidate political observers believed that enlarge the first point marked Ühe reluctant Assembly would and to win the final victory." reverse its early Friday morning action and approve German re- armament and entry into NATO.
But
the
was by no
outcome
means certain.
The Communist-led General Confederation of Labour (CGT). France's largest, called in s to begin organising "various actions" on the job on the morning against
memb
Western reaciton to the A Monday
Sir Anthony Eden is under- stood to have received ኪን analysis of the situation from Sirsembly's Haulwyn Jebb, British Ambron- Autor to France.
The
Secre
British Foreigti tary postponed his departure to his country cottage in Wiltshire for the Christmas holidays this morning to work at the Foreign Office
after
JA
had
jearned of the Franch National Assem- bly's vote.
He finally left for Wiltshire
this evening.
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German of France blow
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n sobering Christmas apparent even to the man
Paris parts.
In Moscow,
the Government
in the street in the black head-newspaper Investiu sald that M.
news-
lines of the French Press. Most non-Communist
the Deputies to papers urged
Hve up to the responsibilities and approve the accords which would put 500,000 West Ger- mans into uniform on the second Į go-round.
from
back-
The Communists were launch- At the Landon nine-powering a determined drive to pre-
vent the Deputies conference on West German re- amument In September, Britain tracking. offered to keep four and a half divisions and a tactical air force un the European Continent until the turn of the century, provided the agreements reached wore ratified by all.
NEW AGREEMENT
REDS JUBILANT From Moscow to the
cella mallest Party France, the Reds mounted their Jubilant campaign to bury West European Union National Assembly In the Just as the European fense Community
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buried there.
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ANGRY REACTION
Angry reaction against tho. Assembly's rejection
from carne
Washington, Loudon, Bonn and Rome.
In France
With the recent birth of their son Alain the 24th child-M. and Mmo Marcel Devand, plotured with 14 of their children now have the biggest family, in France. Marcel Is
children. The 47-year-old lorry driver and his wife is 44 and they hope to have still more record includes no twin-no tripleta-buj an even steady one a year since the couple WETE. married in 1928-almost. Twenty-two of the children are still living. Feeding and clothing the children provides little problem for faller carus 23,090 francs (about £25) a month and the Government provides 82,7 70 frane a month (about £83)—a figure that will be raised now that the new baby has arrived. The family live in farmhouse Inherited by the Devauds in a small village of Epannes, north of Bordeaux-Express Photo.
Mine Disaster
A
Mela. Dec. 24.
mino disaster near here last night has taken a toll of seven dead and two injured, it was announced
Loday.
Rescue workers totied during the night extricating the bodies of the dead and injured after a violent ex- plosion had burled several miners deep underground in the Simone III pit. - France-Press6.
THAILAND SHORT OF
FOREIGN EXCHANGE
ex-
Bangkok. Dec. 20. Thailand is experiencing an acute shortage of foreign change and of baht-the local currency according to banking circles.
Foreign exchange was so short that come banks were being limited to abotat £500 and 600 Rome newspapers seriously US. dollars per day by the Bank considered a situation in which of Thailand at the official rate of Western policy would Ev tor-exchange.
the ward without France, and
The shortage of baht was even Gironale D'Italla said that on more acule and this has Monday "we will know whe-some banks to sell their ther the French "can succeed in supplies of foreign exchange In order to obtain the local cur- overcoming their complexes of
Tency. Inferiority and fear, or whether
torced Gall
Most observers here considered they prefer the Isolation of their that the only way for Thailand country, with all the grave and to solve this problem Wan to serious dangers which would | reduce the price of rice in order to boost export sales in the hope accompany such a position."
of bringing in more foreign on exchange-China Mail Special.
In their surprise vote Friday, the French Deputies upproved articles covering the ogreement with Germany over the industrial disputed Saor territory and restoration German sovereignty.
of
ELEVEN KILLED
SEVERE STORMS
LASH
THE CONTINENT
London, Dec. 24.
The storms which spread destruction across Western Europe yesterday died down today, end- ing the danger to North Sea coast dykes but left a toll of 100 people dead or missing on land and
sea.
In Holland, where hundreds of people were evacuated from low lying areas in face of the flood threat, an army of dyke workers repaired damaged sen walls.
Four ships with more than 70 people on board were still missing in the North Sea tonight. They were the 1,326-ton Henri Deweert of Belgium, the Swedish ship Petra (1,371 tons), the Gerda Toft, 2,928 tons of Denmark, and the German motor vessel Fried Mariechen.
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houses.
The death toll on land in- Rome: Fifty-foot high waves the cluded four people in France. Inshed Marina Di Pula an two in Holland, one in Belgium, West ecast flooding water front 21
Germany Including
by little girl electrocuted broken
The Hague: All danger to the high tension
power
regarded as over wire-and
sailors swept Dutch dykes two overboard from an Italian liner 'hough the wind will increase in noar Leghorn.
strength tomorrow, according to Router reports from many forecasts-Reuter, centres were:
HEAVY SNOW
Paris: Heavy snow falling in Savoy for 48 hours has cut off isolated villages, The force mistral wind from the Mediteranean which caused four deaths
In Southern France yesterday, was dying today.
Frankfurt: Gusta of wind ställ endhager bombed ruins in Hesse and Bavaria. Most of the 21 killed in the stores were burded ying ruins or stack by flying
NEW YORK DEATHS
New York, Doo, 25. Ten chlidren under nine years old were killed in one house last night in Parkin, Arkansas. when
tove
exploded.
Another person also died in the explosion
America's Christmas death toll steadily today to 146 by
mid-dny.
From dusk Last night
110
Vienna: Many mountain roads were blocked by 30-foot snow- people died in trafile mishaps, drifts or by avalanches caused by 22 in fires and dight in other the storms. Thirty people were accidents,
Last Christmas holiday, which 78-hour period, Berne: Avalanches today 190-covered. the Potchefstroom-Johannesburg labed stool Alpine harriets and accidents took 717 lives including blocked a number of roads, 385 in traffic accidents-Reuter. Rond last night-Reuter.
Johannesburg, Dec. 25. Eleven people were killed in a injured.
of collision between two lorries, on
But, in their rejection West European Union, they knocked out the core of the whole West European defence plan.
U.8. BEACTION
American State Depart- ment officials today endorsed Britain's warning to the French National Amembly that their rejection of the Paris agreements would not Provent German
ament
Questioned regarding
the
official statement issued by the
Forelin. Office on the Assembly's
vote against German TERTITI-
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