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Pontiff's Call
To Catholics
Vatican City, Dec. 6. Pope Pius XII today ap- pealed to all Catholics of the world for public prayers for peace to avert the fearful threat of war.
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In a letter published in the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, the Pope called on all Catholic bishops to gather their flooks in
Christmas crusade
for of concord between peoples.
The Pope asked that the prayers for peace should be specially offered on the night before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8, when he will himself say midnight mass and in the nine days before Christmas-Reuter.
FRENCH
COLONIES
IN INDIA
Madras, Dec. 6.
Menard, French
M. Andre
for Indian Set- Commissioner
said here yesterday tlements that India and France still ac- cepted the principle of holding plebiscites to decide on the poli- tical future of the four French settlements in India.
M. Menard had just returned from a fortnight's consultation trip to Paris. He told reporters that the recent Paris talks on the French India issue between the French Foreign Minister M. Robert Schuman, and the In- dian Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr B. V. Kaskar, were con- ducted in a friendly atmosphere.
He hinted that the motion of the deputy for French India, Professor Lambert Saravane, which sought to transfer the settlements in India without a referendum, might not be moved before the Paris Nation- al Assembly. "Even if it is moved, political circles sider it has no chance of being passed", he declared. M. Menard said he
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7, 1950.
KOREA
DECISION ON General Assembly Includes Intervention On Agenda
Lake Success, Dec. 6.
The United Nations' General Assembly today approved the inclusion on its agenda of Chinese Communist intervention in Korea by 51 votes to five with three abstentions. After the vote the Assembly adjourned indefinitely.
There was no immediate indication when the
Political Committee would meet to discuss the SENATORS
matter, but it was understood that it would be going into session tomorrow.
Those voting against the inclusion of the Chinese item on the Assembly's agenda were Russia and her associates.
Earlier, the Philippines Foreign] Government had supplied Minister, General Carlos Romu- equipment to the North Koreans, 15, had called on the General Even if they had done so, it Assembly to set in motion the could not be considered il "Acheron Plan" allowing it to violation of neutrality, he main. call on all members to supply tained.
forces, irrespective of any Security Council veto,
He told the Assembly that the peace of the whole world might depend on what the United Nations did about the interven- tion of China in the Korean war. General Romulo said that it was not the United States alone which was in the war. It was the 53 members of the United Nations who had supported the Security Council's action.
BRITAIN'S VIEW
Mr Kenneth Younger, British Minister of State, in supporting Assembly consideration of Chinese Communist intervention in Korea, said that the United Nations could not close its eyes and cars to what had been happening.
MOTION
ON CHINA
REVISED
Lake Success, Dec. 6.
The United States and five co-sponsors today revealed that! the resolution on Communist China, which will go before the Political Committee on Thurs- day morning, is a duplicate of the "quit Korca" veloed in the Security Council by Russia last week except for
it up to date.
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Washington, Dec. 6. Twenty Republican Senators
introduced Wednesday resolution cautioning President Truman to unde take no com- mitments with Prime Minister Attice which are not subject to Senate review in treaty form.
The resolution, introduced by Senator James Kemp, also cx- pressed the belief that President Truman should give the Senate full and complete reports con- cerning his
current conversa- tions with Mr Attice,
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Senator Henry Cain, also The United Nations had de-sponsor of the resolution, called finite responsibilities in Korea, for an immediate balance sheet "All our reports have ex-
he said. Its first task was posed the fiction of Chinese
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limit the conflict, then to end the "The
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which resources power would whole of the Korean question fighting and, thirdly, to find a
be made by America's peaceful solution of the conflict.
United Nations allics to the "The General Assembly should common effort. He also asked discuss this item with â due for speedy action on establishing sense of responsibility in order a mobile and hard-hitting inter- to seek a way out of the present national police force, op-critical situation in accord with
is a United Nations affair.”
VYSHINSKY OUTBURST
Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, the Soviet Foreign Minister, posed placing the question the Assembly's agenda.
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He referred to General MacArthur us "What war maniac who is responsible in the second instance for the events which have erupted Korea."
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He maintained that' facts had been produced to warrant the Assembly dis- cussing the alleged Chinese Intervention.
Mr Vyshinsky declared that the Government of China and the Chinese people were anxious for a settlement of the Korean question.
This was proved, he said, by the repeated proposals of the Chinese People's Republic.
the Chartor principles and world peace," Mr Younger declared.
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Indian Treaty With Sikkim
New Delhi, Dec. 6.
of
It notes that the Chinese Communist forces are conduct- ing military operations against the United Nations forces in reallirms that the era and Gated Nations forces should 1 main there no longer than necessary to establish a unified, inondent
democratic government in the country.
Then it calls upon all States and authorities to refrain from assisting or encouraging the North Koreans and to cause the immediate withdrawal of any such nationals, individuals units which may at present be in Korca.
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While it assures Peking that the United Nations' policy is to hold the Manchurian frontier inviolate and to protect lcgiti-
mate Chinese and Korean interests in the frontier zone, it warns of the grave danger which continued intervention by the
Chinese forces in Korea would
entail for the maintenance of
such policy-United Press.
Inquiry On Wadi Clash
Senator Cain told the Senate: "Turkey and Greece must be- come full and equal members of the Atlantic Pact. Every possibility for having Sweden made a member of the pact must be explored. A military, political and economic under- standing ought promptly to be
Tel-Aviv, Dec. 6. Worked out with Spain, and
The United Nations Chief-of- Spain ought to become a full staff in Palestine, Major-General and equal member of the At William C. Riley, is presiding today over. an emergency made a free and self-governed meeting of the Israel-Jordan its complete | Mixed Armistice Commission nation and given right to rearm as it thinks best. in Jerusalem. Japan must be reconstituted as
the right clash and given a nation and opportunity to rearm."- United Press.
A new treaty between Indialantic Pact. Germany must be and the Himalayan State Sikkim was signed at Gangtok, the capital of the State, yester- day.
The treaty provides for the continuance of Sikkim as a pro- of India, enjoying tectorate antonomy in internal affairs. Sikkim's external
relations political, economic and financial
brought Paris for
The Foreign Minister, Mr giving the settlements asso-
Chou En-lai, had sent numerous ciated status within the French communications to the United will be conducted solely
Union.
The proposals, announced in France in 1949, were still un- der consideration, he said. The
French
Government by î
decree in June, 1948, had de- cided to leave the future of the settlements Pondicherry, Karikal, Yanaon, Mahe and Chandernagore-to a plebiscite, which went overwhelmingly in
favour od India in Chan- dernagore in June last
year. India and France had been unable to agree ΟΠ
the modalities of a similar plebiscite in the other settlements.---- Reuter.
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Nations, there were the state ments of the Democratic Party of China and the speech of General Wu Hsui-chuan, leader of the Peking Government dele- gation to the United Nations, Mr Vyshinsky said.
ASIAN NATIONS' APPEAL
All in all, Mr Vyshinsky said, there were warm appeals for a settlement of the Korean ques- tion by peaceful means and a demand for the withdrawal of American forces from Korea
Mr Vyshinsky then made an apparent reference to the ap- peal made last night by 13 Asian countries to the Chinese Communist forces to stop at the 38th Parallel.
He said that American forces had crossed the 38th Parallel with the approval of, among others, the authors of the state- ment published in the Press appealing for a halt at the Parallel by Chinese forces.
"At that time those Powers:
American
syrup which have now made this ap- rapidly effective. peal supported the
march northwards", said Mr pleasantly flavoured, Vyshinsky. "Now they make equally acceptable appeals for a halt at the 38th
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Parallel."
The Chinese people could not remain impassive in view of American aggression in Korea and Formosa, he maintained.
The accusation by the United States, Britain, France and other powers of Chinese Com- munist intervention in Korea
was Д nightmarish phantasy designed to cover United States Intervention.
There had been no evidence that the Chinese Communist
by
the Government of India. The
Government of India will be responsible for Sikkim's defence and territorial integrity, and will have the right to troops anywhere within State.
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on Sunday night on the orders of the Mixed Armistice Hollywood, Dec, 8. Commission after casualties had Brawny actor Paul Douglas been suffered on both sides. wishes screen star Linda Dar- General Riley returned to stationnell would not put so much Jerusalem from Lake Success
the zest in her movie set clinches.
yesterday. He had intended After a love scene yesterday to be at Lake Success for the Douglas had to have a doctor United Nations discussion of examine two of his ribs which Jerusalem, but returned Im- were cracked two weeks ago inmediately by air to the Holy football scrimmage scene for Land when the flare-up. was the same movie.-United Press. reported.--Reuter.
It will also control the com- munications system in Sikkim and have the right to construct
and maintain roads for strategic purposes in the State.-Reuter,
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Queen Juliana of the Netherlands with her host, the King, inspecting a guard
of honour of the Coldstream Guards on her arrival in London a fortnight ago.
(Central--Press).