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THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1956.
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Churchill-Roosevelt Wrangle
WAR IN MEDITERRANEAN
CAUSED SPLIT BUT ALLIANCE MAINTAINED
London, July 8.
Swiss Climbers
Get Hero's Welcome
Zurich, July 8, The successful Swiss Mount Everest expedition Blew home today to a hero's welcome from a crowd of some 2,000 handkerchief
Wrangling between Sir Winston Churchill and Pre- sident Roosevelt
the over
conduct of the war in the Mediterranean caused Britain's Prime Minister to tell his Chiefs of Staff that the Americans must be given the im- pression that "we have been ill-treated and are furious," and flag waving citizens. an official British war history book revealed today.
But the book said that with the campaign La the Mediter- ! The book also dealt with "the all the differences existing then rancan into two opetations, subject of An entry into the between Britain and the United | telther of which can do any- Balkans." States, a fundamental and in destructible sense of unity re- mained the foundation of their alliance.
1944"
thing decisive, is in my humble and respectful opinion, the major strategic und
political
error for which we two have to
ет
Tho 10-member expedition conquero 27,850-foot high Lhope and thei twice scaled 29,028-foot Everest less than a week later.
One member of the team, It recorded that at A OOR- Zarrich geographer and glacio-
od Dominion
remained prime logist Fritz Mueller, ference ministers in London In May, in Nopal to complete his
research work,
1944, this minutes included
Garden Path
this statement about Britain's The book, "Grand Strategy be responsible. August 1043-September
"! doubt
war leader: will whether you published for the first time d that three American minutes and telegrams written divisions, supported
by seven by Sir Winston Churchill to the French 80
native cent President
divisions from Morteco. Aigerta im- and Tunis will have any portant strategie effect on the tremendous battle which Eisen- hower and Montgomery ате It threw new light on Chur- chul's opposition to landings in nighting 500 miles away to the
Stilwell
the south of France to help vul the Allies fighting in Normandy ako uveolest that stain considered! stopping Aretic conveys to Russia when Stalan refused to en-operate with the West during the Warsaw - rising riticiser! General Joseph
Amer sens
Sharn
{"
appolalment as Deputy marter of Southeast Astele forces.
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the
north
2
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to
lakely jative in cul-de-sue to which Tereasing number "I US
Waiting
ECRECE
of
the tarmac to et the plane
WICTO wives, children and relatives of the expedition members, Cantonal city officials, reprosentatives the Indian Embassy in Berne, "Mr Churchill said that the
and L. P. Kirwan, director of Americans had all along said that we were leading them up
the Royal Geographical Society the garden
the Mediter- were also among the welcom His reply had been
ing party that, in return,
Exproftion we had pro-
kader Albert carrying two vider them in the garden with
Tibetan terTÍCIE in his And re- nourishing vegetables
was first to leave the freshing frults
Fils
at the appearance
rapena
In
tiny atris, plane. door
***Nevertheless, the Amerleans | brought a thunderous burst of Tromp swall be drawn and : { rid cemanet vary suspicious hand clapping and cheers. ha
that further demands will
be made even upon what is left
to as an Haly
Distressing
"I should not
be frank [ did not assure you that 3 foar i
anh thonght that he was enter- talning
for desig
dragging shem into the Balkans. This he had never contemplated doing.
"1e hand merely hoped to be abde be give odigrade help lo at he had viewed the whole Mediterranewi proble costly stalemate fur you unless from a purely military point o für inore Ameremt divisions, at the expense of are thrust uale Anvil (code name
the Southern for
Ebenhower,
View
with
Stalin
No Operation
At a news conference huld i
43- the arport building the
leader de- year-old expedition clared that he did not believe
the existence
of "Yetis" (ubominable snowmen).
in
have never
mel
The book, reviewing events leading up It the
"We have heard a lot about invaders of Southern France,
these snowmen,*' he said, "but Churchill told Rosevelt
anybody who that much a move would be n
has mon one. The and politicst
people in major strategical
the Frutice over the Warsaw uprising the region believe that there error and theclared that Britain
even would enter a sciemn protest" landing) to make it good at all book sal
that Churchill
and they hack are showmen the great power of mentioned that "deep
belleve that there anger**
are various if Amerien karststed on the pets by
the US.
kinds had been shown by all members
them of Yeus, among pased landings
of the British War Cabinet. men-cating ones." Churchill quoted a long "dis- tressing telegram" frain Vis- count Alexander < Tunis
"I need scarcely say we shall do our best to make a success of anything that is undertaken," Churchill said.
When the US ordered the landings to be launched, Chur- chill wrote several protests but never sent them to Washington. He had do his Chiefs of Staff A- privately that "an intense pression must be made upon the Americans that we have been ill-treatest and are furious
Churchill Disagreed
Churchill had been in favour of pushing on with racy ltaling campaigo in tip summer of 1944 when th
scrond
begun.
W
had
But Hoosevelt wanted troups vatikdrawn
droom Italy the Invasion of Southern Prince
Churelu, In a ringram to The President said he was con-
stili vinced there woulrt
Gennai
of Mentha
Rimini pressure against them
the
general commanding the British in Italy. Lord Alexander
that the ghost of Anvil hung heavily over the battle- front
The Americans had ordered anally from Italy squadrons in contact with the enemy. The French did not appear 1 Le putting their hearte inte The italian ghing, because their were lurri in another clips etiam,
eyes
: But the United States Insistudi on launching Anvil On August 10. 1944. Churchill left for the Mediterranean and watched the
stat he hoped. take place.
fect
would never
(Within a month of landing Churchill disagreed. He sent a between Toulon and Connes on 1,000-word reply, saying: "We August 15, 1944, the Allled forces Eisenhower's Krieved are deeply
with by your linked up telegram. The splitting up of army in the north.)
The author of the book, Mr John Ehrman, who with a team of expert advisers had access to British archives and
captured Ceny documents, said:
Caustic Comment
The only independent action open to the British seemed lo be to stop the Artic convoys and the War Cabinet debated whether or not to take that step.
.
"But the results could not be foreseen and in the interests of tho alilahces ministers fore- bora.. Mr
said that us D Ehrmu result of the Warsaw uprising and relations between Britain suffered Rucestia
> shock fram which they never fully recover-
ed
te
Com-
Fritz Luchsingo, who together with Erust Reso onquerent, Lhotse, also discounted the Yotl legend.
Asked aboul reports that he had been operated upon for during the earlier appendicitis
the expedition,
staxes of Luchsinge sali
was performed.
"no operation
I had an acute
attack of appendicitis, but it
cured with
antibiotics. 1
was
still
have my appendix."
Unlled Press,
GO-SLOW STRIKE IN MALAYA
&
Princess Margaret pictured in her rich academic robes as she conferred degrees at a ceremony in King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, after her lustallation as President of the Univer." sity College of North Staffordshire.--Beuterphoto.
Jap Schoolchildren
Work Go To
Tokyo, July 9.
Some unscrupulous employers and poverty-. stricken parents are putting children to work in Japan and keeping many thousands of them from their schooling.
сп
work
and
of
A survey completed here in June showed that approximately 275,000 young children were absent from their lessons at one time. The Ministry of Education said that in 30 per cent of the cases, in- He sent this message to the King George VI "Every-
volving primary school children, they were being thing seems to be progressing
put to work to supplement their parents' income. with great prevision,
The shore
Kuala Lumpur, July 8. casily silenced. batteries were
He also described strategy in
Japanese
inquiries, preys Ma- Eighteen thousand Your Majesty knows my opinion Southeast Asia and made caus-
following up the official survey, sufficient fores to cham the about the strategy but the per-
evidence that about General layan mining employees of comments
produced Phar
excution the plan was Stilwell, who was made Deputy Earopean-owned mines to-ployers were hiring child lub- nud exert heavy deeply interesting."
Commander
Them io Lord Mount-
and
glving slow-down our day began
which was both physically batten, then Supreme
and strike to support their de-mentally harmful to them. mander in Southeast Asia
A parallel official survey now Britain's First Sea Lord.
wages mands for better The historian
the higher schools showed that commented:
and working conditions. #Vinegar Joe' Stilweli a hero to
Mining most students have to work to Malayan The to his men,
an embarrassment.
and Union
pay their kes
lodging ex- said the the Employces hás
and Kyoto penses. At colleagues and often
Tokyo workers would refuse to wirk
universities only three per cent despair of this superiors, was
on Sundays until a settlement la the bull in the china indeed
reached. The Union also declared of the students were financed shop."
entirely by their parents. safety withdraw the
working part time or full-time to try to carn the equivalent of Ca or £10 per month, which is regarded as the minimum for subsistence.
From five to ten per cent of and female students at
themselves
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and has demanded that payment male
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STATE DISPUTE
Calcutta, July 8. The third
D series of general strikes on the issue of State reorganisation turned out
previous o
Fatigue
PERSECUTED PROTESTANTS PROTEST
Madrid, July 8, Four prominent Evan- Kelical churchmen "F- nounced today they blvo usked chief of state Fran- cisco Franco to end what they called persecution of 30,000 Spain's 20,000 to Protestants.
Franco so far has taken no notice of the appeal, which asked him to aASILYO Protestante of the "effeo- tive tolerance" evaranteed the Spanish bill rights.
by
of
"We are considered ex- ericinals, and we know
noi the
for petition
what crimes,
ld. "WD fear of
live in constant beine incriminated...our flesh and spirit show the markings."
EATING HABITS MUST CHANGE
+
to
Pasadena, July' 8. Barring a nuclear war, mankind has no need fear for the future, ac- cording to report drawn up by some loading United States scientists here. But eating habits going to change. We shall eat less meat and instead will rely on plants.
our
are
Scientific technology, properly developed for ponecful pur- poons, could bring an abundance which would make nonsense of gloomy forebodings that the world will run short of food and mw materials, forecasts the California Instituto of Technology.
The draft report, prepared for major United States Arms
youre,
said
sp a "speculative projection" for the next 100 that the carth's
population might double or even quadruple by the year of 2000, but that there would be ample food, clothing and shelter for all,
powor
cort'y
Only man himself would be the limiting factor his brain- and this willingness to
techonology
forward. else would be pient Hterally as abundant na the air, the sea and the rocks of the earth's crust.
These resources, together with sunlight, could be the mainstays
of
mankind in the nuclear age, supplanting rapidly-diminishing worldwide reserves of existing fucks and raw materials.
Urandum ore, the scientists said, was not the only source of atomic power. Common granitë à would be used in the future-a ton of it contained four grommes of uranium and 12 grammes of thorium, worth 50 tons of coal in potential energy--China Mail Special.
Anglo-Egyptian
A
Trade Talks
trade
London, July 8. 20-man Egyptian
mission, led by De Abour Nameir,.. Egyptian Minister of Tradé, arrived in London tonight by plane for a series of talks on trade
relations between Egypt and Britain.
The delegation was greeted at the London airport by the Munis- ter of State for Trade, Mr A. R. Louw. Tomorrow, the delega
Lion La 10 moet Mr Peter Thomeyeroft, President of the Board of Trade.
Dr Nosir told reporters that the delegation "shall be having discussione here with the Brush authorities and trade and In- dustrial organisatione
with tho
of promoting trade ex-
€CONO change and developing
alm
Tko
appeal cited speci- fically tho closing of # Protestant Puertollano
mic
school
in
1954
** and
the
closing of the
testant
seminary here
10
"frequent were reported aberntees." An investigation by a schoolteacher drew the typical reply"my child does not need Even J1 education but work, he is a child he must work-or starve."
One education authority said *forced to that children were
bread- become winners."
He said that ono way Overcome the problem Was relief better
government mesures or The opreing night schools cepecially for taiddle school students.
the family
No Help
Fro
in January despite the bill of that rights
decido for parents
bow. where thelr
provision
may
themselves
об
and
whom by
A Ministry spokesman spid: "It would be defeating our own stand on compulsory education if we offkolally approved of these night schools.
The Ministry was afraid that parents would
encourage their children to attend night schools At Tokyo University 15 per cent of the male students and and go out to work in the day-
he said. of the 19
womon time, per cent
children being students
Conceming bo found to were suffering from datigue and up to used in factories and shope the
children shall be educated, -United Press,
relations between Egypt and the United Kingdom."
While admitting that the re Intions between Egypt and Bri- tain were "none too happy." Dr Nosacir said the delegation's visit was "made in the real and sincere
spirit of friendliness? Egypt has had for the Britis sinco the evacuation of British forces from the Suez Canal, France-Pressc
Plans To Defeat
Adenauer's Party
Bonn, July 8.
Rearmament and foreign policy will dominate
20 per cent, had two or more spokesman said the punisianent the Social Democratic Party conference opening in discases, with respiratory of employers who break child occurred troubles, mainly tuberculosis, labour laws does not benent the Munich on Tuesday when they will formulate plans, children nor does it help to to defeat Dr Konrad Adenauer's Christian prominent.
solve the problem."-Reuter.
Democratic Party in next year's election,
"In consequento, nover refrain from altributing to be less widespread than the motives and dismissed opposition whatever its cause Minor incidens of barricad- as the result of malevolence or ing and brickbatting atupility
in Calcutta, and the suburbs, It Stilwell was the only man through whom the Ameri- Seventy of 130 State buses re-
mained in service, cans and Chinese were prepared to entrust their at the time
British, he resources to the
to succeed task.
were well aware
asked why they
his appointment.
be
The survey of the younger children showed that more and are being forced more parents by economic pressure to deny their children the right to the nino years"
basic education which is supposed to be guaran teed by Japanese law.
REFORMS WANTED IN ALGERIA
4h0
The majority of resolutions, of not having advanced from the local parties deal with cause of unity. Some urge direct. these two subjects, and of the talks between the two German, 04 so far available in print, governments a course empha not one calls for nationalisation tically rejected by Herr Ollen. measures, except in the atomic hauer.
Others osk for East-West energy field.
Some branches are asking for German contacts without going. inter-govermentai repeal of the proposed conscrips for an tion plans, while others advocate talks, which is more in accord with the expressed views of the of armed forces, the abolition Racin, vot? the official leadership.
On the day before yesterday, 1,500 preventive arrests Сто
Yesterday mysakic.
100 persons was perhaps the mars least fitted wero taken into custody in
in that particular Calcutta and 20 in
Howrah. Fifteen other persons Acro The British Chiefs of Staff seized by the authorities for
Work being done by children of Stilwell holding up treins.
Included heavy farm labour and peculiarities and it may
The latter were among rail- consented to
charcoal making. In urban areas way track squatters on Eastern children were found being used The answer and Southeastern radiways who as factory hands young piris hotel pages,
Paris, July 0. is that there was nothing else brought service to a standstill and office boys
The National Committee of were often hired to work in lans the mainly Catholic Many offices and factories, un- Ilko the zuilways, worked and tea rooms as waitresses
Republican "Popular
Move-
should announce terms on which normally,
Newspapers reported
in excess AL
resolution calling for economie
many" vlow, which is believed unable to form a government of and claim to Bengall-speaking areas of 14 hours per day.
social reforms in Algeria to have the support of about its own. ports of northern as opposed to the government In the
151 mem- 20 of the party's then means of wiping out the
This would "centre" reorganisation plan United Hokkaido, Icss than half
eligible middle school children of the present Algerian bers in the Bundestag (Lower operation either with the
crisis.
Christiant Democrats-regarded attended classes regularly.
The MRP National Commit House) of Parliament,
as unlikely while Dr. Adenauer, Must Work tee said this crisis could only be
the present federal chancellor, solved by reforms giving com
Jeads them or with the Free
for them 'to do!-Reuter,
5 Took for granted (8).
Or less importance (5).
Big Tanker
Launched
11 Magician (8).
12 Raiso objections (5).
13.Wire (8).
14 Fatod (8).
18 Brawn (0),
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22 Narrative (4).
SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD—Acrom: 3. "Dampened,
0
afloat
the George F. Gotty,
There may be a fight behind.
French at group, is a leader the scenos on whether, the part
North-Rhino- strong
issue is the West Bengal time worked was off, that this ment", (MRP) today adopted for the "no, fores for West Gee- g would: esier a coalition 12:
Frces.
Sultan
Rabat, July B. Mohammedy of
More In Accord
on co
Saint Nazaire, July 8. Morocco tonight accepted the The Education Ministry's surplete equality of rights to the
But the official 1callership, Democrats, the smallest of the One of the biggest tankers resignation of his representa vey showed that parents com various sections of the Algerian.
́ared by admitting under Herr Erich Ollenhauer, three parties. which can carry 12,400 form «// Live in the International. "Zone i'neiled their childken to work on | population of the Moslemtrends. more,cautiously, opposing |
The
Social Democrats and of Tanglor and appointed Pro the fishing vesseld during the representatives of all, was latenched here today.
Built for the United States for Abdallah, Guenoud to season, The excuse given to the population into the administra conscription and threatening to Free Democrats have narrowed
pubile aftatre .school
repeal it, but advocating a pro- their foreign policy differences and the Inspectors was tion of pu
lately, both calling for a more The resolution stated.that the Ressional army, Tidewater Association Oll Comh-suggeed him. pany by the Atletic Shipyards The outgoing rogrescatative, often my child mut leurs the
was almul business
priority of the Algerian probThe dominant foreign policy dative reunification policy, but (Chantlers de L'Atlantique) est St, Abrod, Taal,
In one village in Western am demands "tiqunity of the laue le German reunification, A they have little in common on
matters.---China Japan, 68 children out of 100, Republican parties, France Batch of resolutions from local soniat
Itapler Lamiting, 11 Corrklor 12 Leos, 18 Throb, 18 Tonel, 19 Avia, 22 Jidicule, 24 Continuo, 25 Agrees, 20. Throttle. Down I Trick, 2 Sparo, 3 Delight, 4 Arld, 8 Pakt, ¤ Nallod, 7 Dighing 10-Mosom, 14 Náhln,' 15 Bosingo, 18 Biskoot, 17 Dinner home and a wood of about an Honorary 29: Dung 21 Forse) (22 Nis 28 Dual
E
a displacansat of 68,500 timously
appo
Mini