THE · HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949.
Communists To Establish Peking Bureau
San Francisco, Nov. 16.-Communist agents from 13 Asian countries convened in Peking today for the purpose of establishing a Far East liaison bureau.
The Chinese Communist Radio said that Com- munist trade union leaders, under the skilful guidance of the strong Soviet delegation and top brass of the Communist World Federation of Trade- Unions, adopted a three-point agenda which in- cluded the "setting up of a trade union liaison bureau of the WFTU for Asian and Australasian countries."
AUSTRALIA'S GIFT TO BRITAIN
was a gift from Australia to Britain
Loule Saillant, Secretary- General of the WFTU; and all members of the WFTU Executivo Bureau were elected to the presidium.
The Chinese Communist post office sued special stamps to commemorate the occasion, and the Peking nadio broadcast a porlow of special programmes, while the Chinese Communist hoats rolled out the Communist varpet for the visitors, according to the broadcast.
London, Nov. 10~7he acting Australian Wish Commkatoner, Mr N. R. Michell, banded A £18, 000,000 to BJr Blattord Cripps, the Ch.berline of the
tho Exchequer, at
The Radio said the Australian and the Vic- Bremen's Union It Treasury this morning.
toria Branch of the Australlan Dockers' and Ship Painters'
but did Union sent greetings,
mention the Australian not
V Elliot, who delegate,
in arrived
Hongkong fcw days ago en route to Peking.
it and the delegates attending from China, Rursin. Mongolia, Koren, India, nam, Burma, Stam, Ceylon, the Philippines, Malaya, and Iran
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further regarded evidence of our desire to foln clovely with your Government and people In facing the present financi I and economic dificulties," be mid.
This is the third gift of Austraila han money that
pt to Britain in the last three yearu, making a total of A£45,000,000.-Bepler.
POLITICAL
ASYLUM FOR
CZECHS
Berlin, Nov. 16,
were
1
Viet-
Indonesia,
WORKING COMMITTEE
In addition,
hierarchy Includes
the WFTU
Lombardo
Toledano (Moxico). A. Leloup (France), L. Penn (Cuba), Zupkn
(Czechzslovakia), 13. Blogiji (Holland) and Absella Deallo (Sudan).
The conference elected a five- man working commitee con- lating of delegates from China, Rungin, India Vietnam and
-The tho
Korea,
The Communist Radio sald delegates would discuss "how best to defend the in- Czecho-rents
of the working class, slovak Reparations Mission strengthen their solidarity, wi in the British zone of Ger- national
ontire seven-man
Independence
many has been granted poli-ght for world lasting
tical asylum by the British
authorities, it was officially
announced here today.
The British announcement id: "Dr Rozbork, chief of the Czechoslovak Reparations De- Ilveries and Restlution Mission in the Bellish Zone of Ger many, yesterday approached bu- the British authorities on half of the entire permanent taff of the Mission with the request fur protection anu political asylum."
democracy." And ĮT
Dad peace United
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New Rescue Plane
Alr rescue tests employing the McDonnell XHJD-1 "Whirlaway," believed to be the first twin-engine, twin- rotar helicopter, have been successfully completed. The plane, a U.S. Navy experimental helicopter, was tested for the purpose recently at Lambert-Si Louts Field. In photo, Ralph Ballard, an experimental mechanic at the McDonnell plant, has been lifted from ground and (AP Picture). is about to be taken into the plane.
Nehru Detects Fear Complex In World Today
New Delhi, Nov. 16-Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, today told reportore at his first press conferenco here since his tour of the United States and Canada that all over the world "there is some kind of fear complex."
He was naked whether it was his impression that Americans today were treating Communism as a "body" and aver-rating it. Mr Nehru replied that it was his elsewhere impression that not only in America, but
future "rather frightened of also, people
Some were afraid of Communism. prospects.
were
"All over the world there sible suggestions. I am going to is some kind of fear com- mediate nowhere." plex," he declared. "There is plenty in the work which makes one ruther anxious
future about the
of the world.
"11 shoes not help one much by
frightened getting
about Wings. So Jar As the United States ere concerned, they are powerful in every sense of the word. They are remote, too. relatively speaking, from kind of danger that might come
to them.
Cairo, Nov. 16. The Chiefs of Staff of the Arah The seven permament mem
Armies arrived here tonight bera of the Mission's staff, to
expert advice on gother with their dependants, to give
"should have though; that asylum in th- Arab League plans for were granted
all countries in th they, uf British zone, the announcement military alliance, which has world,
avourably must added.
been proposed as part of paved in the present context so Good or their collective security affect the world fur
otherwise, and remain .cure. plan.
"There is no absolute security
"Every effort will be made to help them begin a new illo in freedom and oecurity," it said.
Dr Rozboril told the British authorities that he and the members of his staff had de- cided to take this step because they believed in a political aystem which allowed the in- dividual to follow his con- selenco.----Reuter.
Achieves Her
Ambition
the
B
aro
Mr Nenru made all his state- ments at the conference in reply
10 questions.
NOT TO MEDIATE Asked whether there was any truth in a report that he had been suggested as mediator in Indo-China, Mr Nehru nald "These are all totally respon-
Mr Nehru expressed the view that india had to choose
between ful "middle course" nationalisation and full private economy,
"Where you balance the two is a different mailer, in you
do
he 1 otherwise," nnnot sald.
People woo thought tha American conditions could be reproduced In India were whviously mistaken. Irlit might learn much from Ameri- en and from England but what she learnt from then would have to be adapted presen. conditions in India and also to the background of her though! and culture,
TRADE WITH TIBET
About Tibet, Mr Nehru sald: We have a representative at Lhasa. We trade wi h them directly. But in a vague senso we have accepted the fact of Chinese suzerainty over Tibet.
one does
GREEN LIGHT sterling, balances,
FOR GERMAN
"How far it goes no! know,"
Asked whether he had dis- cussed in London the question of the scaling down of India's Mr Nehru said: "It was not referred to, like, casually. except, if you Some people were surprised at the fact that people in India were afraid of any such thing happening, because nobody thought of it."
The Egyptian plan for collec-in the world." tive security, supported by Saudi-Arabla, the Lebanon and the Yemen, chils for a combined command, Joint manoeuvres and the standardisation of military to safeguard the equipment Arab states against aggression
wherever it comes from."
An iraqi plan, which is un- derstood be termed "defen-
to ve offensive, specifically James Communism and Zionism the "onemies of the Arab futes" and calls on the Arab
ountries to side with Western democracies in the case of war with Russia.
Syrie London, Nov. 18-An Irish
is urging
a common policy and tuurve who sent
greater Princess foreign
economic unity as a corollary Elizabeth a forecast of the date
Jumility alliance. A sub- and birth and-ecx' of her baby, Prince Charles, has
mmittee campos.d of Egypt kew
London, Nov. 16. A
•le Lebanon and Iraq is to achieved her ambillon to sen
-ordinate the various plans three-power Allied confer hum.
ence on German shipping which ended today decided
He replied: "I do not think so. that Germany could at once | Memories are short, There is start building ocean-going a certain thing called the Gand- merchant vessels, according hian technique. People seem to think that if we are pulite, wa to a usually reliable source. surrender. We have all the time A Foreign Office spokesman to be polite, even to our enemies Paris, Nov. 18-A Parls
wald that the conference of and opponents. magistrate today opened an nquiry Into a suspec ed attemp: Allied experts reached complete In sabotage the ground radio agreement..
Details will be conveyed in a control post at Orly Airport,
“We invite all kinds and Paris, which directs planos in joint directive to the Allied
Commissioners in Western Ger- classes of people to co-operate The inquiry followed the dis- many as parts of the terms, on with us and try to get the best
Her letter went to the Princas three days before the Prince was born. It included a foro- cast of his weight, only two Bunces, mt.
Recently she wrote to Princess Fizabeth again, saying, tha: sho was coming to England and asking if she could see the baby
told by Prine
Xcuter.
Sabotago Attempt At Airport
Prince.
Sho wis Elizabeth's Lady - In - Waiting | fight, where she could see him sakina
Bis dally ride in his bably car ringo in a London park.
- So she waited and saw"but I didn't daro speak to them." the sald-Reuter.
SHIPPING
The Prime Minister-was asked whether the "polleles of the Government of India Just now are drifting more and more to- wards complete subservience to capitalism."
KASHMIR DISPUTE
covery that wires on the north which they aro to negotiate out of them, and then decide our
Shah Is POCKET CARTOON Guest Of Truman
|
Washington, Nov. 16 The Shah of Persla, on his frat visit to the United States, said here tonight that Persin would ropay American technical and material aid by contributing "to the mosaic of world prosperity and the deepen- ing of the cultural values! of the West."
Speaking at a dinner riven
In
President his honour, by Truman, the Shah said: "We are grateful for what has been accomplished in the past, for what now in prospect; and for our hopes of even closer
"My goodness! - Alexandra Palace!"
London Krovski Terenów.
Atom Scientists- Meet Secretly
New York, Nov. 16-The American magazine, Newsweek, fald today that several
co-operation and intensified America's lending, atomic scien-
held in the future."
The Shah invited President Trumon to visit Persia, and said that hla "noble efforts in the cause of praco" had made throughout deep impression the democratic world,
the
MARKED IMPRESSION
Dr ists, including
Albert Einstein, had met secretly at Princeton University to discuss the implications if the atomic explosion in Russia.
They wanted to work out "an up-to-date estimate of Russian atomic developments and, secondly, what should be done about it," the magazine reported.
It added.
The Impression
They "agreed that fussia had was nowhere more marked than in Persia a uranium pile as early as 1947 which, he said, desired nothing and started to work on bombs so much as to devote itself to its soon after that," domestic
without Heuter. problema living in fear of another war.
The
Shah recalled that he had been called on to ASTMA
responsibilities of
stato at one of the most difficult periods In his country's history.
With n sense of obligation I accepted the chal- lenge thus imposed upon ma” he declared,
"It was the dual! challenge of working for pence and security in the exterior re Intions of
Iran,
and working
supreme
with no less fervour for an Im- the social and provement in
Iran's
economic phases of domestic life."
THE IDEAL
The Shah continued: "In our
exterior relations, I cherish the idea of loyal non-aggressive
cultural and economic relations wth our neighbours and with all the nations of the world in the light of the United Nations Charter."
The
Siul will by ong month
in the United States. Civil
have been servants
half-day given a
holiday to greet him. He is the first ruling monarch in the Middle East to visit the United Sta es, At the President's invitation he is to Atudy American social, cultural
institutions and economic
and 6cc masa production, agricul- tural and irrigation schemes.- Reuter.
ADMITS HE
WAS NAZI
Oberammergau, Bavaria, Nov. 16.Anton Preisinger, chosen for the part of Christ in the Oberammergau Pus- aion play next Easter, has now admitted that he was a Nazi, but likely to keep the part.
Candidates with Nazi records, though not barred, stood little chance of obtaining roles in the play when the Election Com- mittre of vilinge elders met secretly last week,
Preisinger, Д 37-year-old hotelir, also admitted that he Storm Troop raid joined in on a local monastery in 1933.
He tied with Artúr Hasser, u 30-year-old wood carver, for the part of Christ but the Mayor, who had the casting vole, ruled that Preisinger was the better actor and this "was the only important thing."
It is not expected that Preisin- ger will be dropped from the cast-Router,
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spo'ted in time to serious consequences-Reuter,
Tho
British. French and On Kashmir, States Foreign Ministers, nid: "I have put it to Pakistan
preventeen in Washington last April and I.have put it to others that. could not begin whatever way might be found
Arbitration, he said. was not
BUT
THE
hat Germany o build ocean-going cargo ships of resolving the Kashmir dig until an adequate coastal tices oute, war should be ruled out." aad been constructed.
According to the same source United States officials dropped possible, and the alternatives ROST. CUMMINGS were a continuation of the stole RONALD REAGAN their insistence that Germany should be authorised to build mate and some kind of seille BETTY FELS
ment by mediation with which cargo ships and it would be desirable for the up to 50 fast ships of exceptionat types out United Nations to be associated. side the 12 knot, 7,200
7,200-ton limita Answering another question the three-power agree-he, Frime ixed by the
Bald that Minister ment Funda at the number was not prepared · to say
It is thought that the
exceptional vessels to be that there had been no resulte
from United Natione mediation. permitted will be about a dozen One selor result, which we But no definitionner aimed at when we went to the been: Eixid. 30 The Committon Tufied Nations, was to, puuven
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