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Cetholics Plump FOR U.S. MISSION
For Leopold
Brussels, Mar. Belgian noman Catholic clergy today urged church- rocrs to vote in favour of the return of Leopold III, exited King of tho Belgians, In
Sunday.
nationwide next LAN
ferendum. An
arc
estimated
00 percent of the Belgian population
Cathollo and the appeal is expected to have consisterable effect on the vote-United Press.
Fearing Terrorist Demonstration
Saigon, Mar. 5.-Local police and military units reinforced security measures today to insure the safety of the visiting American mission and thwart a reported terrorist "demonstration of strength."
A special guard has been assigned for the 24- hour protection of the Americans, who arrive carly this week on the first leg of their tour
Resumption through Southeast Asin. Of Sun Fo
Maintenance unist Proceedings
of
to
services.
ot the
The police doubt that any branch of the armed assassination attempt will There are white-capped Foreign Legionnaires, troopers and fols bc made against the gold-braided naval officers. Americans, but expect Com- For newsmen, it is like Pales- Ho Chi Minh's fine at the height of the ex
tremist terrorimu. guerillas to accelerate ter-
Desplie the uncertainty rorism to impress the Com-
life, Frenchmen
nccept with п traditional mission, by acts such as situation time-bombing power fachi-shrug of the shoulders and hope ties as was done during the not to be in the wrong spot at recent visit of the roving American Ambassador, Dr Philip Jessup.
Chinn.
The wrong time,
(Continued From Page 1) His Worship, interposing, re- marked that upon receipt
Nightclubs are doing good the summons he refused
business, with floorshows. Im- Issue it and then Mr Silva
ported from Paris and Philip- came to Court and supplied n
The Commission can expect to plne dance bands attracting sworn affirmation upon which heur grenate explosions, which large crowds every night. the summons was then insued.
Salgon is In the middle of) Mrre a datly occurrence here in Addressing the Court,
the "Paris" of French-Indo-the binget construction boom Silva and that he was grate-
its history, In
tlesplie the ful to Sir
Lo Man-kom
for
revolution and the Member of the Commission Vietminh that he him notice giving
Salgon is like collapse of the rubber and rice would be raising a preliminary will and that
which formed the birt he
not Paris in the midst of a perpetua markets, Wha objection,
that the basis of the country's economy. Erateful for the discourtesy in heatwave except
at boulevard Capital is mostly from French rebrandy drinkers
નામ ફેર certain of Sir Man-kom's
never know when investors in Paris. marks. For the first time in rates
from a By out his career, sald Mr Silva, he grenade may had heard a Brother advocate passing-Citroen or jeep.
(Me Bilyn) ray that he made a submission that Was
am utter nonsense. "I
nic
Commisalon members color to and Suizon most in- with plenty of ex- The city in crowded with men teresting, lanici
bul the French In uelform, representing every ritement,
authorities fre determined none of the excitement will be supplied by terrorists-United
prised, Sir, at that lack of curteay," he said.
His Worship: It is a mailer of how you take it. Me Silva. Mr Siva: It is not a mat- tir of how 1 take it I Am not in the habit of ultering notisense in this Complete Court or any other Courts in this Colony, Sir.
Sir Man-kam 14 said that
remarks
were made with
reference to Mr Silva's
Veteran Slovak Red Murdered
Mac. 5.
Prague. sub-
A
nurion as to whether this was veteran Slovak Communist,
n
stummons
issue
civil action
or not "and Ezidor Tausinger, was mur stick by those words."
dered in his office on Friday. Mr Silva: The sole
this part- the Slovak Communist Party whether raised is cular
is a summons newspaper Pravda reported to be pleaded in a criminal today. Court or whether or not a plea is necessary, and upon that I thall address you, Sir, and the authorities I shall refer to will a shadow of a chow beyond doubt that a plea is absolutely
not
the necessary. Courtesy is real legal issue in this matter. I shall nvold long argument but I
Cause completely disagree with my learned friend, Sir Man- kam, that it le not the duty of an advocate or in the tradition
of courtesy.
Pravda gave no Inkling as to whether the slayer was caught
The Prague press also nounced today that the Czech
hud loval Journalists Union
Vilem Novy, former expelled
in chief of the Com- editor munist organ Rude Prave, be
he had been unmasked Blan-ng an agent in the service
inperialists".
in though
П
he had
of
Press
Mao Back In Peking, Thanks
Stalin
London, Mar. 5.-The Chinese
Communist leader, Mao Tse- tung, hos eabled Premier Stalin thanks for his warm and kind Semaltailty to the Chinese dele-
tion which concluded Sino-Russian treaty in Moscow. the New China news agency Innnounced today in a broadcast
from Peking.
The
Mao arrived in Peking on Saturday.
The broadenst fald that Mau sent the following cable as he and his Chinese delegation re-
med to China:
"Comrade Stalin. We are ile was purged frem
nearing the border of the USSR foreign affairs post at the fore and the People's Republic of editor's China. that he lost his lime
On leaving the great job in November, according to
Union of the the official announcement, al-country of the
Soviet Socialist Republics,
as to you disappeared
and all the responsible Soviet Kovernment my deep gratitude for your warm and and wish for kind hospitality unbounded strength and pros- perity to the Soviet Union led by you."
from this post some weeks be- wish to express des in
of the legal profession to draw the attention of the Court to to the Court. any discourtery It is possible that Sir Man kom'a
experience greater Court
have might
made impression upon you, fore greater
On the murder of Tausiger, this question Sir, as regards
Pravda ld today: "On March
1950, Comrade TECHNICAL OBJECTION 3
Izidor Tausinger feli uler are hand Dealing with the complainant regarding the form of the sun-of a foul murder."
The paper sald Tausinge", an mons, Mr Silva said he would concede it was a technical un-old Bolshevist who had been
was not respon with the Communist Party of thanks to the Jection. Ho
since i was sible for the summons which Czechoslovakia
issued by His Worship. founded in 1921", was "slain by "Sir Man-kam
he is the murderer while he was at revealed no other In work". theoretically
but actual fact he is not." he said. details about the killing
WOS
says puzzled
with
the
Sir Man-kam reiterated that Red guards at Leningrad sur-
Talsinger fought
he wanted more information.
Me Silva: I took great care ing the Soviet revolution not to interrupt you, Sir Man-later kam, when you were speaking Party, One obvious remedy open to officer until
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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950.
Churchill And Opponent Shake Hands BEVIN HESITATES
Mr Winston Churchill Jenns over to shake hands with his election opponent, the Socialist candidate, Mr Seymour Hills (left), after the announcement that Mr Church had won re-election at Woodford in Essex. In the centre is the Com- munist candidate, Mr W. Brooks. Mr Churchill is at extreme right.
ABO
IN RETURNING
The Prime Minister, Mr Attlee stands”, at
Walthamstow microphones in
after the formal The that he had been re-clected. announcement banner hanging below the microphones is that of the "Returning Officer."
Poverty Behind The Red Upsurge In Far East
London, Mar. 5.-Hunger and not politics is responsible for the spread of Communism în Asia, Premier Chou En-lal cabled Lord Boyd Orr asserted today.
Soviet Foreign Minister, M. Andrei Vyshinsky. -United Press.
Tropical Tests
For Comet
Attack On
Khartoum), Mar. 6-Britain's Marshall Aid
next
Programme
and Comet airliner, the world's first Joined
Czech romerctal all-Jet plane, will | the worked He
any here
month for its 1930 when
tests, it wus officially my friend, and one which ailParly was outlawed by the advocates invariably use, is to Nazis. Ile fought in the under- make an application for furnish-ground during
Nazis, Associated Press.
theounced today,
The pilot of the aircraft wit Washington, Mar. 5.The the war and be Caplain John Cunningham, Senate Renubillean floor leader,
only man who has down. Kenneth Wherry, today urged ing of particulars which he has, was gasted three times by the the
the Comet.-Reuter. as vet, not done.
Mr Silva then asked what could be the purpose of this fruitless application today? If his fiend had applied for par- #culars he (Mr Silvo)
would
have called for a copy of the summons.
Sir Mon-kam:
now
My friend lady tells me that the
wants an order for custody plus
an order for maintenance. That
le all I want to know.
The hearing is proceeding.
CAUSE
CONFLICT
Bonn, Mar. 5.-Open con- flict between Western Allied and West German author- ties over the admission into West Germany of German refugees, expelled or about to be expelled from Poland seemed inevitable today.
spokesman foday A British cald the Allies would see that their Instructions to the German authorities to
refuse any TC- fugees not included in the lists of names drawn up under an
Jast All'od-Polish agreement November were followed."
This agreement runs counter to a warning in Berlin today by Herr Heinrich Albertz, Minister
British for the
zonal State of Lower Saxony, that "whatever the Allies decide there is not * einglo Minister In Western Germany who would drive back into
the Soviet Zone or other German who was territories a
expelled,
or had
Bed, from there."Reuter.
SIDE GLANCES
geht meth
1-24
By
Saar Agreement Denounced
TO
JOIN BIG THREE MEETING
New York, Mar. 5.-The Paris correspondent of the New York Times suggested today that "Washington and Paris were favourably disposed" towards an early meeting of the Western "Big Three" Foreign Ministers, but Mr Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Minister, was hesitating be- cause of the close British Election result.
The correspondent, Harold Callender, gave "diplomatic circles" in Paris as the source of his in- formation. He blamed the "British political dead- lock" for the Foreign Secretary's hesitation.
Callender mid that the accompanies the President, question of such a con-M. Vincent Auriol, on his ference and the scope of its State visit to London. agenda would be discussed
The correspondent assorted by the French Foreign that in contrast to their attitude Minister, M. Robert Schu-when a three-Power conference man, and Mr Bevin thin on Germany was proposed last week, when M. Schuman, October, the French are caster high for quick decisions on a level because of the urgency of the situation in Indo-China.
Husband & Wife Mysteriously Disappear
It was believed in Paris that British hesitation at a conference ference might arise also from the fact that by recognising the Chinese Communist leader. Alo Tse-tung, Britain had divergence in
created
Western polices which greatly
Atroubled the French. "who see the only hope in unlly of policy."
The Brish had hesitated so far to commit themselven to a European Payments Union and ther incastres looking towards "Integration" of Western European economies, the respondent added.
London, Mar. 5. The Foreign Office said yester- day that a woman librarian Duesseldorf, Mar, 5-Dr Kurt at the British information Schumacher, leader of the Get office in Bucharest and her man Social Democrats, today de husband had disappeared nounced the Sanr greement under mysterious circum- elving France exploitation rights for 501 over the Saar coal mines -years-ng-""the-first-prost foreign A brief message, which const the Foreign Ministers' con
political Fliccess
of Soviet tained
identified few details, Russia and, at the mome time, a the woman as Mrs Constantluyed to achieve maximum hor-
Tuccess
{ allots,"
stances.
of Germany' nation A
Foreign Office
cor-
TŁ was assumed that
this would be one question discussed
ference which would be design-
spokesman many in the alms of the three ald she was not British and Powers on all major Issues-
In a speech at a local Party was believed to be a Rumanian Reuter. conferenci at Meuse, Dr citizen.
Schumacher complained that The couple disappeared on Germany had not been given un Fridaynight. It was “presum
pportunity to make her volee ed they had been placed under arrest by the Communist nuthor- heard.
It was an affront" that the pities in Bucharest, Saar was to be admitted to the
The British information office
with rights equni to granted to Germany. Interest of Europ and France must meet offer round the table soun, he band had icclured.
man unity
Council of Europe as a member in Bucharest suspenued operu
those tions atlier this week after the "In the Rumanian governm.nt Coth Germany planes of its activities.
ca"h The woman Ibrarian's hu
no connection: with the British Legution or inc
Urmation Once, 1. Dr Schumacher raid that Ger-British
would be furthered was stated here.
The Rumanian Foreign Of- had asked the closing of
ot Bismarck's "tature.
offices in Bucharest un The first condition was the the grounds that their activities consistent with the maintenance of
function male mission.
Both suspended their
If the people in power ref-in-d
putting on "B'sın rek's Ace fortn Jackboo's Particularly as they both the Brich mi US, infor-
motion
the maximum were not
Westerr normal
freedom in
ilical "ermany.Reuter.
SPEEDING UP
SHANGHAI EXODUS
The exodus
of Chinese In- dustrial plants from Shanghai
raw
to inland cities is beginning to assume a wholesale character because of the electric partly power shortage and Kuomin- inng blockade and partly to be
the sources of nearer The former Director materials
Arrivals from the north sald General of the United Na-
electric facturies producing tions Food and Agricultural
bakelite apparatus, cigaretter, Organisation and 1949 Nobel powder, lumber, paper, silk and Peace Prize winner, said: cotton fabric
two dozen which "People who are short of food
alr:ady moved to the interior and other primary neces Itles e life and believe that there can
or are in process of doing so. In addit'on, many others are be obtamed will overthrow any
overnment or economie y contemplating evacuation, which dues not make them available,
are among some either have
New sites chosen by trans- forrige plante anen from Soo- chow, on the Shanghal-Nanking "Today the people at Asia, railway about 60 miles west of who have so long bɛrne pov rt
Shanchurin
to Harbin, in north-i 50 percent
Presiden with resignation cuit in
as some hn
tern Truman's request for a US$3 which was inevitable, have com In
majority ot cases. instal-lo $50,000,000 third-year
belleve that if they could workers are given the choice of Marshall foreign take their countries Into their ether being paid off in Shang
own hands and establish a new hal or tranferred with their order
can abolish hunge amlhes to the new location.- they and povertyplt
Reuter. This
Galbraitht on the
plan,
NOW PLAYING
STARRING
COPR. 1960 UY NEA VÉRVICE, INC. 3. M. KIG. 1. 3. FAT OFF.
"It boils down to this: we see the movio and starve, or forget it and eat!"
balance".
with
against hunger
Radio Hongkong
ILKT
The Democratle leader, bena tor Scott Lucas, maid such a re duction would "k" the pro- gramme and predicted that Con-and poverty is the fundamental upsurge of Asia, gress would approve the new cause of the
by the which is by far the most im JECA grant requested
porlant political problem of our Administrator, Paul Hoffman,
Senator Wherry told a repor-day. The like hood that it
$1,500,000,000
be will spread into other countries should
0, "Hongkong Calling"-Program: trimmed from ECA funds D-Africa, the Middle East, and
me Summary: 0.01, Children's Half 1four-Conducted by Frost (Studio); "the start of a general cam Latin America.
Tait Tour (Studio); "It Federal
was no use saying that 8.10, Portugulets Opening of Parlis paign to
reduce all
5,45, The and budget Into this spending
was just the spread of ment (London Relay!: 7. World Hc said another Communism. It was true that aws and News Analysis (Landon $1,000,000,000 shoul,f be outu. Communists took advantage Relay); 7.15 "Hul Blix Masquera. MersIntroduced by Raymond Mul. from other foreign spending, of it and promised the peopta holland: 1.30 "CHT the Record
Tonnia Gibbons spreial emphasis on tie what they wanted, but it the Presented by
Studio): 8 From the Editorials" Initas for Europe programme-
London Relay): 8.10. Linda Caler United Presby
Talks on Films (Studio): 0.25, "1 Like What I Like"-Presented by Jack Wild (studio): 0.55, "Concerto -Max Bruch's Concerto No. 1 in . Minor, Op. 20 Yehudi Menuhin Violin) and the London Symphony Back The Orchestra: 020, Erna United
"It' 030. Nightingale; German Dancing Time" With the Dance Orchestra of 1st Balt: Camerontans the Com. by Kind Permission of
the anding Officer fielny from Forces Fducation Centre. Kowloon); 10, Radio Newsreel (London Italy): 10.13, Weather Report: 19.1. Span Ish Nights-Introduced by "Bet-
(Studio); 10.30, "From Dalletgylvia" (Delibes), Bym phony Orchestra Conducted by John Barbirolti 10.40, Mule for Dancing: 11.10. Weather Raport, World News and Home News from Brain (Los- dont Relay Recorded; God Save the King: 11.30, Close Down.
“BACKSTAIRS”
COALITION?
New
York, Mar.
5. The
Now
York
Tribune today
Herald reported from London
Will
deliver the сап Cominuniste goods to milltary force stop the spread of Communism among the Ill fed people of the world."
Lord Boyd Orr returned on Saturday from the States Associated Press.
British Buses For Miami Possible Havana, Mar, 5.-The Presl- that there "backstairs Coalillan" in Bri-dent of the Miami Tr asit Com-
pany said to lay se may co tain's new House of Commons.
were slims of a
"It is recalled that last Mon- put some British built buses on
Clement Attlee, Is Miami strects. day Mr normal, called upon the King." it said. "But it is not normal that on Wednesday Mr Church ill was called
to Buckingham
Palace.
"In come political quarters it is suggested that Mr Churchill Was summoned to the Palace on Mr Attlee's advice-that the King is acting as a go-between." -Reuter.
William Fawley is in Havana negotialing for the purchase or the H vana Electric Company the city's bus which opera'ed ines by the Briti-nanced Modern Autobus Company.
Armed Hold-Up
the
AS A
A Chinese, described The British-backed Arm newspaper agent, was robbed woul-i
made of $700 import British
Lo Parkes Street Last rabber "Leyland Tiger buses for use evening when held up by a man 013 Havana's tringit lines with a revolver. The
Thas not yet been arrested.
United Press.
offices
of a diplo-
subsequently operationis.
The Rumanian move followed. Hungary's
that both request Britain and the U.S. reduce their Legation staffs in Budu-
Observers here
pointed out
that in several of the Soviet catellilo countries af Estern Europe, "ocal" employs of Bridsh and American diple- matic mission have been in- volvet 1 s enllo "esping," trials. Acsociated Presa.
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