THE CHINA MAIL,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1939.
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Don't Overrate K's Power In Russia, Ex Envoy Asserts
Washington, Oct. 22.
George F. Kennan, former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, said today the power of Nikita S. Khrushchev is overrated. He said the Soviet Pre- mier is only a spokesman for his party colleagues and "must account" to them.
Kennan, recognised as an ex- pert on Soviet affairs, sald there is "real danger" in overrating Khrushchev just ng there in In underrating him. "He is one of a group (of rulers) and by no means the only one," Kennan *1l..
The former diplomat, now a Professor at Princeton Univer- sity's Institute for Advanced Study, sired up Khrushchev in reply to n question after speech before the Women's Na- Tional Democratic Club.
NOT ALL-POWERFUL
Keonan sald Khruschev is not the all-powerful dicuitor the late Josef Stalin was.
that
He
said Khrushchev "already is in
a Parliamentary situation where
he must preserve a majority in the Central Committee."
"He acts as a spokesman and hot to come home and account to his colleagues," Kennan said. The Western stand on Ber- lin and Germany has be- come "stilled, crampett and in- flexibla Some compromise by The West
is necessary because
simply" "we are
not
strong enough in this world today to expect to have our way.
Subject to "adequate Bpection Inclilies,"
Ir- the
On summit meetings, Kennan said:
final
that the nation's wealth can be might require for more used to prevent ourselves from and mementous occasions." becoming soft and sappy."
On Bern"The most that would be énuld be hoped for
Interim agreement on a serw status for the city of Berlin, in- volving no basic changes in its prosent situation but merely some modifications which might make it a little bit easier for with. Now both sides to live this would, of course, bo a step in advance.
"It is hard to me why any more should be expected of them, in the way of agreement, than was achieved at the meet- ings at the foreign ministers level." And it top-level ex- changes tall to lead to agree ment even on the limited ques- tion of Berlin, "much damago It would be better than noth- But is it really may have been done; for we ing at all.
for statemen
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will then have exhausted to no necessary to engage the time of avail all the expedients. In the senior
the ultimate one limited cluding even
a diplomatic
of a rummit meeting, which we ment?"-UPI.
nchieve-
Condemned British
Bull May Find Asylum In U.S.
Washington, Oct. 22.
West and the Soviet Union American officials raised hopes today that Brook
should abandon their nuclear ar- senala so we can reduce the terribleness of the implications of armed conflict generally."
The West has neglected to build up its
conven-
Hann forces because of a com-
mitment to nuclear arma,
Mandore, the British bull facing possible death sentence because of his delicate ego, may be able to find political asylum in the United States after all.
But they said the 14-month-
said Heol Ayrshire bull, whose cow- said this strategic thinking "re- like face and manners have prosents a morbid fixation of fateful and hopeless
the most
sort,"
COMPETITION
He said the
west "need have
no doubt" about Khrushcheva
tion and Quarantine division later that Canada in Come cases allows the im portation
from of cattle
first England provided they 10
reside for a time in Scotland.
made him a target of Briush official verdicts, will have
queeze through several legat loopholes before he can achieve the land of the sanctuary i fice.
Agriculture
Brst said
He said the United States per- mits the importation of callle from Canada provided they are and department legal Canadian residents" his stated peaceful | officials Rincerity in
the bull's meet Canadian health standards. intentions. But it sold the American sympathisers could He said there "is a possibility" to the bull, that Brook Mindore could be the threatened with beneficiary of this England-to- slaughter by the British to pre-Scotland-to-Canada-to-the-Unll- vent him from passing on his ed States grand tour. girlish looks to his descendants.
United States does not stand a good chance of competing with Huss's disciplined society over the long rus unless it develops "ense of national purpose."
Kennan said the US, puts ∞ much emphasis "on per- sonal comfort and amusement" that it has "Insuficient social discipline even to keep Its major industries funciloning without grievous Interrup- tions."
Ho said there should be a greater degree of managed economy in the United States so
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noi grant refuge which
WGS
IMPORT RULE
NOT SAFE
But he indicated that the bull was far from safe. If this par- The unsympathetic bureaucrats ticular bull showed up at the ciled on import restriction that Canadian border seeking admis- forbids the importation of cattle sion to the United States, hp saki, from areas like Merry England we would then be in the post- where fool and mouth diseasetion of taking another look at breaks out from time to lime, our regulations."
Bui Claude A. Smith of the Department's Animal Inspec-
A British Crossvord Puzzle
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20
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ACROSS Fumous columpisti (6),
4 It was round the middle (5),
7 Baby carriage (8). .
П
The Villa? (5).
10 After-laste (4).
12 Tuln the altersdance at a
seaside resort (7).
16 Sunny (8).
10 Loch or copa (4),
15
21
22
DOWN
1 Put un and thing? (8).
2 Mine host (8)
114
drunk last
Possessive pronoun (4).
5 Allotted as letters have to
be (8).
Orates in the oilfields? (0),
# Peeled and matched, by the
sound of it (8).
17. Normal packs have four (4).
1)
19 It helps with purchase (5).
20
Dealt with a suit or scame
12
beef! (7).
13
2t
Information for a fool (4).
Some rags make the finest material "(8).
Those of one sax (5). In the early days of flying Intrepid, as a rule (8).
Smith also conferred with Norman Bennett, Washington businessman who is one of the Americans seeking to buy the bull. He advised Bennett against trying to bring Brook Mandore through the time- consuming Canadian route.
A young Sikh bridegroom parled the pink nylon vell over his bride's face after their wedding at Newcastle recently and said, surprised: "She's beautiful, - Actually I fell in love with her months ago, but never dreamed till this moment that she was to be my bride." after the wedding, According to strici Sikh custom the couple never nce each other until which is always arranged by their families. But by sheer soclčeni, Charanit Singh Ghors. 22. of the Easi Punjab, and Surinder Kaur Abrol, 19, of New castle, met face to face in a London hotel after the marriage had been arranged two years ago. Bald Surinder's father: "I knew who he was, but could not tell my daughter."-Express Photo,
200 On Strike
Because Of Coloured Worker
Derby, England, Oct. 22.
Somo 200 workers oro
on
strike at a domestic boiler factory near here because
Anti-Snoring Experiment
London, Oct. 22. Snorers from all over Bri- Main were today volunteer- ing for a nation-wide anti- snoring experiment.
The experiment has been launched by the British Medi-
cal Association in their
the firm engaged a Pakis-zine, "Family Doctor," tani.
The men
дл
maga-
In
They want morers and those
to co-operate claim Glow-Worm they disturb Limited
broke
testing amoring cure.
D.M.A. Bollers
for the agreement not to employ A spokesman coloured worker if a white commented: "The telephone has been ringing Don-stop. red hol. Letters have axo poured in.
It' out yesterday
man was available,
They walked
to obey union and retused
"The phone calls have been Instructions to go back. Ofeinis of the National Union of Stove from people of all ages, men
and Grate
General Metal and women. There were ap-i
addressing
male volun- aproximately two were Workers meeting of the unofficial teers to every one woman," strikers today.
had six The
company has other Pakistanis on the payroll for about six months.
AGREEMENT
"We have an agreement pro- viding that in the event of any redundancy we must lay off the Arm's frat," the Pakistanis
B. W. Mr managing director, Payne, said today.
"We have also agreed not to employ a coloured worker if a white worker is available. But although the Labour Exchange was told of this vacancy some time ago, there were no white applicants."-China Mall Special,
Condensed Culture
Guilty Of
Stealing Explosives
to
Nottingham, Oct. 22.
10
EL
A 23-year-old Irishman said have boasted woman friend that he bad three "little steel things," which could be used to blow up the home of Lord Brookeborough, Prime Minister of Northern Ire- land, was found guilty Jast night of stealing two and a half pounds of ex- plosives and three detona- tors, belonging to the National Coal Board.
Patric Joseph O'Toole, of Nottingham, pleaded not guilty
French Senator
Will
Bring
Libel Action
.Paris, Oct. 22.
Lawyers for prominent liberal Senator Francois Mitterrand announced tonight they were bringing a libel action against former right wing Deputy Robert Pesquet.
Made
Her Eat
C-Rations
Los Angeles, Oct. 22. Ingo Griffith, German opora singer who charged her army captain husband mada her oat C-rations, was granted a divorca to- day.
Pesquet einirned carller today that the machine-gun altempt on the former Minister, of the Interior's life last week was a complete pal-up job executed by Perquet at Miterrand's re- quest.
The lawyers abo said Mitter rand had instructed them to bring an action against a per- son or persons unknown for at- tempted murder.
STRANGE
Both actions would demand damages, they revealed.
Meanwhile, at a late hour to- Pesquel right, Mitterrand an
huddled behind were stil} closed doors with examining Magistrate M. Braunschweig in
the Paris Palace of Justice:
At one point six sandwiches and six bottles of beer were The effort to un-
Mrs Grimth, 30, said she worked for two years after carried in. marrying Capt Joe E. Grima ravel the strangely copflleng November, 1954, when he tales of the Mitterrand shoot- was stationed in Germany, But ing was expected to continue she said, "He would take my inte into the night.-AFP. money and spend it,
LEFT ALONE
"Sometimes," she told Superior Judge Julius V. Patrosso, "ho brought cans of army C-ralions home for us to eat.
Baby Died Of
Grimith said her husbend Starvation
left her okne Ave days out
of the week. Sometimes, she testined, he came home early In the morning under the in- fluence of liquor.
“I thought things would get better but they goi
wołać," she said.
Aa out-of-court settlement
Mr Grifith ELVO monthly for one year plus £160 for her passage back to Germany.
Duluth, Mina, Oct. 22.
A Coroner ruled today that a 17-month-old girl weigh- ing six pounds died of starvation.
The Coroner, Dr Cyril Smith, £55 | zald Dana Ray Petite was junt "skin and bones" when she died 10 days ago in the home of her father Mike Petite.
Mas Grigth said she wantes to go home because there are some 40 opera companies in Germany, compared to a hand- ful in the United States.-UPI.
No neglect charges have yet been filed while puttmorities In- vestigate the child's death,
Dana and her twin were bor May 6, 1958.
She was one of eight children living in Petite's home.
Authorities raid the father
The magazine is seeking "the to five charges and he was Not Predicted never took the girl to a physi
really bad snorera"
found not guilty of unlawfully was possessing explosives and three detonators and not guilty of stealing three rotary, bits,
The B volunteer Fleet Street journalist.-China Mall Special.
Bid By Hungary
Rejected
Washington, Oct, 22. The State Department today rejected a bid by Hungary for D-10p Lovel conference to settle United States-Hungarian Issues and said that normal diplomatic channels should be used at pre- sent in an attempt to improve relations
ollitude The United States'
to Mr Tiber was made known Zador, the Hungarian Charge d'Affaires, by Mr Foy D. Kohler, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, at a conference at the State Department-Neu- ofter.
London, Oct. 23. Punch, Britain's humorous magazine, recently printed a certoon advertising a series of
After
conference,
culture cards" the
"condensed
Bennett indièsted he was un-
quarter of the size of a postage decided on his next
stamp summing up works mwc, Clinton K. Tomson, &
clasical literature in 50 words. But livestock Importer from
The aftermath was described magazine's Assistant Geneva, I wired Bennett by tho that he had been importing
Editor, Mr J. B. Boothroyd, at a British cattle through Canada luncheon here yesterday, for years with "no technic difficulties."
be
Stolen
Tampa, Florida, Oct. 22. City Policeman Richard Del Valle reported yesterday his araincbat, leather jacket and car eat cushion were stolen from hly squad car.-UPI,
"We never had such a mail," cald. "There way મૈં Bennett noted that Brook tremendous flood of requests. Mandore would have to remain
One American firm wanted quantity price quoted for 500 Gels."China Mail Special.
120 days in quarantine In Sectland before departing for Canada anch than would have Pr pend another period in Canadian quarantine before he
Into could be admited
the United States,UPI.
Rise In Death From
Documentary Leukaemia In Britain
Film On K
Moscow, Oct. 22. A 20-minute documentary film on the life of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush chev first of its kind to be made on any Soviet leader except Lenin--was shown to the Press here
today.
The film, composed of selec- tions from newsreels began with a sequence showing Khrushchev, then aged 36, inspecting Moscow shipyards in 1830,"
London, Oct. 22.
Sentence was postponed until later in the sessions.
The prosecution allegod
thai O'Toole told two women friends that he was a member of the outlawed Irish Republic Army. -China Mall Special.
New Airports Reported In Tibet
Gangtok, Oct. 22. Chinese forces have report- edly built three now air- ports capable of taking heavy transport aircraft and jet planes in Central Tibet, informed sold hero tonight. Hitherto Lhasso, the Tibetan capital, possessed the only air- port in the country.
sources
According to the reports reaching Sikkira, the Chinese forces had a considerable num- ber of MIG-16 and MIG-!T were aircraft in the area, and using severoi lakes as bases for for aircraft scaplanes and equipped 10 land with skis when the lakes were frozen
over.
air-
The two best equipped ports, which were said to have radar installations, were re- portedly situated. near Ladka and Loke Mansarovar.
Chinese forces in the arez were said to be undergoing in-
parachute training,
AFP.
A medical officer of Health today warned in the tensive
Lancet, a British medical weekly paper, of leukaemia death rates rising rapidly in five English and Welsh counties.
stalet
"the leukaemia death-rate in- creased by 13 per cent in the second four-year period com pared with the first."
The five "black" counties | rise will next effect Merioneth' are Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Cardigan. Caanateprashire, Montgomery- "Laber postings Cornwall and Involved." shire and Monmouthshire.
Devon will become Dr T. Alur Philipe
Taking England and Wales that in the two successive tour-ns a whole the article ways,
and perioda yeur
1900-1953 1984-1987 the riso in these coup. ting was over 50 par cent..
The topographical similarity Commenting on this passée, between the first four counties the fim narrator pointed out is that all new mountainous that. Khrushokev 1 “wrna in- -horae Đề high ruinitati on or near terested everything that the watern comet points out De could Indick the ife of the FRONTIUM 90 22 Priest in proclamation (4). 20 Went different ways (8).
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION-Across: 3 Electing, 8 Gentle, The major part of the Alm He who e Strontium 80 9. Overture, 11 Occupied, 12 Mem, 13 Trait, 18 Block (rev), 15 was devoted to Khrushchev's Therming Teukaemia, mot Iris, 22 Tendrila, 24 Kedge-ree, 25 Troupe, 20 Doormats, activities of recent years, parila tality will continue to rise in Downs 1 Aglow, 2.Bnick, 3 Elopers, 4 Levi, 5 Cord, 6 Irurzd,cularly, his voyages abroad, with the next few years in Cum Grense, 15° Moralo; 14 Alter, 15 Tenders, 10 B-llk-ed, 17 Hind the exception of his recent tripbarland, Westosoreland, Caerna 00, 20 Minus, 21 Ai-hen, 22 Terin, 28 Nett.
to the United States-ATP von and Blondgostary" and the
29 Not on our side (8).
24 He had un'ass (6).
25 It was practised by Shylock
(5).
14 How the tradesman re- garded one's order? (8).
18 No Belf starters? Most
peculiari (6).
worker,"
Dr Phillipe adds that all over
the world wherever have been kept the incidence of Izukanism parently increasing since early
has been......Bjm
in the present century, MAN
Macleod's
First
Trip
London, Oct. 22.
Britain's new Colonial Secretary, Mr. Jain MacLeod, is visit to East Africa planning
the first trip in his new post, according to well-informed sources tonight..
No Arm
Tallahassee, Fitrida, Oct. 22.
The U.S. Weather Bureau was
巍
teletype forced to remove machine yesterday and resort to the old remedy of a bucket
rains when heavy
poured through a hole in the the Bureau building.
A sign
on the bucket "Don't blame us, we
predict it-UP!.
Fined
roof of
said: didn't
Worcester, Oct. 22. Berrill M. Everton was fined £2 yesterday for failing to switch on he automobile lights while driving
Darke along Lan:-UPI.
clan because he didn't have tho money, They quoted him as saying she usually wouldn't eat and became sick when she did.
UFI,
Dog Reform
London, Oct. 22. Bad dogs will go to refoTTL school instead of being put to death under a plan to be pre- senied to Parliament.
The League of Caning De- fence wants to lock up delin- quent dogs and train them on the right truck.
Bad owners, it said, should be banned from keeping dogs for e-UPI.
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