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By William Banks

MR. & MRS. G. R, ROSS, MN. from being the nly ones to have West. 11. SMYTH and the staff seen the East with n critical eye. IPWIL thinkers arc of Deney & Co. Lid. wish to The East's thank all friends and syn-nly too cutely aware of exist

shortcomings. 1 their pathizers for their attendance Ling

m reover,

advances

if t wili How

Something/Must

Be Done

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siet

sume enain principles first cut by Sir Patrick Abercrombie 10 though his estimate cof years as the time required to put it Into efftet must seem optimis- tic in the light of the Govern- Rent's decision to gut capital ex- penditure far the time being.

T

are sometimes to apt to criticise the outlook cr people in the

Orient. No true friend of the Eastern world will shirk the tnel that profund and far-reaching changes muist come about In the social and economic structure if the latent talents of its peuples are to be givin the

Brindly speaking the Aber opportunity they deserve, and if

i oks

Ko cremble Plan aims to discourage the Eastern world is to play the and

of Industry growing.

it the further growth ensy leading part in our global coin-on

have been tur this and population in the Lond munity that many thinkers fore might

for their ไก have hod Itsaren and to provide A phil-sophy with priceless unique city

More speci- not chur marred by unrestricted better distribution, necessarily Imply a blind con-ribbon-developament on its perip- Really this means moving abouta

as has All Thery such

been giving million-and-a-quarter of the zervation in material things

nights to Jit many population to brand-new "satel- ACKNOWLEDGMENT that is true. But it is also true sleepless

authorities in the lite" towns about 60 kilometres that Western observers are far ovunicipal

from Landan's centre. These satellite

towris will hove maximum population ot 00,000 rach and will be self-contained- communities with their own in- dustries, shops and facilities for at the funeral service of the readiness to criticise,

fair to recreation. The original plan had Of course it is only Late Mr. L., B. Wood, and for Westerners sometimes fail to ser

Innote that by Western standards, Chvisaged 10 such statellites, but their condolences and floral

for various reasons six of the pro- Cairo is net by any Demi triller

be We shall e nvry to

posed site, were found Riant capital. 119 planning pro-

unsuitable and have been dis- M. 1, 1 Wood's parents the

of several blons, for instance, arv muwch

Services such carded. very many expressions of

Just one. Lensler

thats those of London. -yapathy reerived which wexamples. T

0,301,401 inhabitants water supplies or emmunications were found in some cases to are sure will be a source of however, it is wrth noting that London's

represent ver half of the 100

others the unstable. In comfort In the in their Egypt

specimens of town-planning, not pulation of Egypt, und every Bereavement,

at all unworthy of being copied onth they are swelled by aspat chosen was too near ther Muther 40.000. Atrendy about centres of development, with the clanger of coules. We ho wish to thank the Rt. by Western countries. In Cair

Exquisite Garden one in every Tour Tambles in the consequent iv. R. O, Bali, Bishop of you live the

self-contained com United Kingd live in London. cener: if two satellites were Hutyg Kong, and the Vely City. the

If one takes into Berount the merge their whole purpose would Rev. A. P. Rose, Dean of the camily of Heliopolis, the plan-

great ned development of the eastern ist damage inflicted by bombers.be lost. *athedral for their

and the evenekets uni flying humbs kindness and for the impres-bank the Nile

Pan- thought brilliantly

World War II with the sive service held in St. John'snore

schwunts

the Egyptian Delta

sh rlage of Acçının. Eg Cathedral,

Thes Land Company for Mauri,

nodation-It becanes clear that town-planning developments something must be done if this Egypt's capital are important

monstrous swelling is not RUSSIA AND THE because during the 12-r so years damage Bettam national life.

WEST Relations between the Western bounds. The advent of World necessary has been seen for some Powerts and Suviet Russia may be War II naturally brought a con-years. But for generathn expected to deteriuate still fur-siderabl ther during the next six months. from the That seem to be the hard lactand

it is ex- that

must be faced.

emely unlikely that they will be able to arrive at any form of agreement on the post-war peace! settlements the feseeable future. That is the natural con

drawn Jehision to be

from the

first premise.

201

quite surprising Easterne autres,

One could think

take

the

('17)

country's

claim to have

been Increasing

lus population

leaps and

The

fact

مورة

umbers over two million souls Tore

100 Years Ago

(From the files of the "China Mail")

that action Was

Profound Change

the

Ic

of

be

The Green Belt

tu

as

to

of these

One of the results amendments to the criginal plan

be

LIS

ont

CARNIVAL

COPR, 1947 BV NKA SERVICE, INC. T. M RED, U. A' PAT, OTT,

By Dick Turner

APEN

· CONSTRUCT

12-12

"Do you suppose there's anything in this talk about wages being too high? I'm making so much now that I can't' afford to take a day off!"

CHEN LI-FU IS MINUS AN ELECTRIC STOVE

the

By A. M. GOUL United Press Staff Correspondent

Frigid Air

I

une

Nanking, Feb. 5. He took us there because there was Chen Li-fu, Secretary General another stove there-a tiny, cunl is that it has become necessary

the Kuomintang's highest burning little affair around which to envisage limited nr.nds into D

the Green pulley making organ, the Centras we huddled, with our overcoats what is known

It was should be explained Political Council, and one of the on, while we talked.

simple room, the floor bare of a Bell, It that lack of planning in the Lon- most powerful figures in

rug, the walls needing paint, the don area during the last hol: Chinese government, to minus a

furniture uf the plainest. It mavenient of people rights of private entreprise

century has enabled speculative stove, an electric stove.

I owe him for it. I broke it to was cold, villages to the towns operate with the ruinimum

towns restriction has been a doctrine builders to ercet strings of un-

thr main pieces. It was an aceldent, from the smaller

And in the above fact is a story. in Britain that the sightly villas along

Our next calf was to the office to the capital, so that Cario nuws, sacred

emerged.highways leading cut of London. than discussion

austerity prof Foreign Minister Wang Shih- This has happened to such an the story of the The upshot is that you have a

gramme for China that is rench-

chich. As we walked into the some cases comparatively small central dis-extent that in

must drive u enr for fully on

Foreign Office building, the alr trist almost entirely devoted

that met us was as frigid as that and hour before one leaves the built- premises -hops. business

outside. As we mounted the area. Sir Patrick prop: sed places of entertainment surround.p

stairs to the fifth floor, Minister ed by many square kilometres ofthat a halt should be called to

Wang's office was hardly mure residential suburbs, few of which his defactment of the English

comfortable than Chen's dining have adequate facilitles for com-countryside and that there should a belt of territory

room. Nor was it majestic, Nevertheless, neither

office 12111

munal life within easy reach of he created

running right round Lendoning into the homes and offices of luxurious, elaborate finally

the citizen's home.

from the top might expect foc A Cabinet that the door will be

more buildng should every Chinese, where no

it allowed. Now clammed. There do exist hopes

appears Fanking members of the govern- Minister. It was spacious but it lacked all evidence of special --which are probably echoed in

that a proportion of the popula ment right on down the line. tlon to be resettled, numbering Chen L-fu's house is .us cold privilege, Moscow-that an casing of dif

The Office of Finance Minister ferences may make itself appar-

But during World War 11 the 167,000 people, will have to be as the pavements outside, and it

Green was his efforts to make it a bio. K. Yui had a stave, an elec mood of Britain's people under-moved into parts of the ent within a year's time, thought

Fortunately, however, the more comfortable for this cor- tric stove, but it was not operal- it may well be several years nore

was shifted but me ing. The robin The following paragraph we went a profound change. Many Belt.

is sufrespondent and others with bar fere

Beet the Powers can

We can readily believe that once the fighting come to ticiently extensive for the effect that led to me owing him à Minister Yui had the advantage around a table and settle all out-py from the "Singapore Free of them came to the conclusion area of the Green Belt

sun that came warming stove. Press." the statement, and can add that end there were a great many not to be too great. standing points.

country which

Miles W. Vaughn, United Press through the western windows.

Asia,

Prime Then to the office These are, of course, but the vice-president for Enst factor would ap- The crucial

It is not likely Captain Bronke things in their

needed pulling right. It was, from the

United Press Minister Chang Chun, who also pear to be the success or failure ever will buy land

therefore, opportune that in 1942 salient points of the plan. It is Chang Kuo-sin,

ar-both detailed and comprehensive, Staff Correspondent at Nanking. is President of the Executive Plan and the British Government

world-famous British of the Marshal!

fr location

Same setting, saine of in and myself, were ushered into the Yunn. Bevin Plan, the former for the That gentleman made a short

Mitect, Sir Patrick Abercrombie, providing was cunmissioned to outline the dustry, markets, future transport reception room of Chen's home to climate.

highways exonumic recovery of Europe, the stay at Hong Kong. last year,

(Including

Little heat but lots of hot tea. wait the facilities,

A few minutes until he now well-known plan for latter for the breaking down of when he probably learned that

known 10 new rading highways) and could be free to keep an appoint-It appears by magic everywhere. its political and economic bar and purchases had turned up development of the arch

You cannot escape it. the s Greater London- the central three ring rouds round London,ment with us. anything but trumps to

thel - initial

Other alrports. In riers. The Marshall Plan is not

colonisty of this Island; in part of the capilai :gether with and expected

stabilise

stages 150 locul authorities were Euro-

many conversations with parts outer suburbs.

tencerned in the pian's rscEU-

A servant brought in the electric rean economy until near the end ties here, his cars

must have

Plan lon. Britain's Town and Coun-stave, plugged it in and we im- Since the Abercromble 4-year period witnessed tu him

the of the estimated

that

The Information Ministry's tel- published in 1042, it has try Planning Act reduces these mediately began to bask in the

We phones were out of service and the Bevin Plan has yet to be dis Colonists believed that in their was

by Government to 10, thus moking

much luscious hent it gave forth. IL had been been examined

been a had

for trustfulness they

local had come to Chen's home in

two days. Th cussed.

authori-easier to co-ordinate the

no more able to to Marshall duped

by the departments, municipal degree That Mr. George

Coloniales, technical experts of various needs of each area into a com-jeep, curtainless and entirely ex- Ministry was

posed to the near-zero weather get its service restored than himself realises the inter-depen- bureaucracy of the

kinds and the representatives prehensive whole.

was cmphasized by a would any private individuni. interests affected

s by dence of the two plans is shown Office:-

These schemes have not been that "We are authorsied by Cop-

We were The equipment is 10 years old a comprehe- worked out without a good deal howling snow-storm. hy the speech he made at Des

argument.

can be the shivering and shaking when we and there, is little that

The room was as done for it, Moines, Iowa, on Friday night, tain Brooke to deny the state. proposals. Such

ment

copied by the 'Straits sive examination has inevitnily of

alterations to argument is at an end and the arrived. endorsed Mr. when he publicly

Every day without fail electric Times from the Daily News,brought with it

the blizzard was raging.

service is disrupted, Bevin's appeal for some form that he was a purchaser of land plan in many details. But immense task of construction and cold as the streets through which

fundamentally it rests on the development can begin. "Western European Union." His in Labuan. Captain Brooke has remarks can be expected to acneither directly or indirectly celerate and encourage the efforts bought any lots of land in this of the European Powers to break settlement."

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"Luscious Heat"

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Out of Action

and when I sought to stand closer to the the lights go out, they pick no stove and succeeded in giving it favourites. The Foreign Office, a kick that sent it over on its the Finance Ministry, any other back. Sparks fiew, Heat ended. cffico, is likely to be forced to

A few minutes later we were bring out ushered into Chen's dining room. 1 Press,

the

candles.-United

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By SHEPARD BARCLAY

**THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES"

NO SENSE TO SUCH BIDS

ní

of Mr. Carr, Gough Street, al to whether

or not, if such a French clock Western European Union is effected through the window!

New York, Feb. 5. faced by 100,000 well equipped and the venetians American efforts to improve their highly truculent Yugoslavi formed, the United States would and unhinging consider favourably a

The Greek Government is fighting the owner being at home) military pusition in Europe and the for some form of military alli-at the time. Also stolen, since Middle East are turning into serious back against some U.S. demands

connection with the American Saturday, from the storca of difficulties,

This is the deal that made North The growth of a fiery nationalism programme. The politicians have just Mears. Smith & Brimelow, 4

confirmed bug on the use It is unlikely that the initiative pieces of chintz; robbery effect among the Arab states, complicated ousted their best General over Am-

payching, es he profited from his for such a proposal would come by means of a fish-hook on by opposition to the partitioning of erican protests, and only recently one

foolishness. It was much like the ex- So-Called "psychic" bidding, when perience of the racetrack devotee from Washington, but American the end of a bamboo, inserted Palestine, has interfered with plans faction expressed the wish that the

a Middle Eastern entente.

would get out. They like Ameri- encouragement of Western Euro- through a broken pane of glass. Traditional acutrality and an ap caus to fight the Communist guer- there is no sound logic underlying it, who won a few sets the first time Ignore can inject fireworks into the game, he visited the truck, then never was pean countries in resisting Suviet

prent desire to exact economic contillas, but with the U.S. to

Government but is more likely to singe the user able to cath himself thereafter. Communist pressure makes it

Censions in relish for military pro- the provocations of a

brought a lot of its than the spectators. But if you have it is virtually an axiom of good by the nives mark the Dutch and Belgian which has equally unlikely that an approach feelers" being put out

for a partner a player addicted to five-power troubles an itself..

that, when ...bidding

two of plans for reception

you have would meet with a strong rebuff. Russians in an effort to end the alliance in Western Europe.

North African Independence leaders the indiscriminate use of such tactics, suits to bid, you show boc at the Ivor American foreign policy today "cold war." These reports have

threats to Duich are

meticulous have made (The

invite it will pay you to keep your eyer first

apportions!

so you can complete United and ears open, and do your most your

wtory the takes the line that if Europe is not been confirmed and the pre-about their neutrality that in 1940. Russian support unless the

SICAL 10 protec the side from damage time and thereby give your partner what

call her "oppressive"

choice of Bits. There is no kind sense to sorne Bilds early recovery say, by 1952 or simply the product of "wishful knowledge of the impending German

of that type of hand which is more loaded with invasion, they nevertheless declined policy. The Anglo-American position

of the former Italian but they give the man 1953-the Russians will con- thinking," Nonetheless, the fact

across the danger for a wild bid of a vold

use his solidate their hold on Eastern that someone is indulging in such to ask for French and British aid in on the shores

Brifer to keep

their neutral record colonies in Africa is threatened by table plenty of chance to

suit;: the Egyptian desire for incorpora- tlaking cap. Europe and try to gain control of "wishful thinking" is not wholly clear).

S. J 10 7 6 2 Sweden, trying to ride out the tion, or at least, a mandate. the whole continent. The Unit-unencouraging.

American-Russian storm with Should the plans for European Scandinaviag

Open Threats bloc which leans

None of these impediments is la

open

not assisted along the road to an sent indications are that they are faced five days in advance with the Stales can persunde France to change through his madness.

ed States has committed itself to

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a policy of encouraging the Euro-recovery show signs later in the neither to the sight bor the left soluble, of course. Most of them, es-5.4 3

to resist Soviet year of attaining eventual success, poses the European bloc, as likely to

pecially those in Europe, are likely 11. 8 6 1

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pressure.

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it is possible that thinking way unbalance the pressure against her. to be solved amicably. The Moslems. D. A O 10 As to the future, the Ameri-give way to practical action. Embarrassed cans seera resigned to seeing rela- Should they fail, Russian efforts

Italy's Government lias the new, will find themselvespushed inc. K tions with Russia vis a vis the to dominate the European scene United States know that it la being exorably into the American camp, by communism, thront of in in critical election the rising Western Pawers grow

embarrassed worse may be expected to increase. during the coming months. The As General Eisenhower point- campaign by the capital which Con-which they will not tolerate in the muaters BTC making out of the pre- long run, and by their interests in early success of such stabilisinged out on Sunday, may be a

foreign of American Bleet units

oil development money. factors as the Marshall and generation or more before nations | Hallan

Some objections to the "developlog Ostensiblynn; Bevin Plans, however, may well learn how to live in peace. If manoeuvers and paying a friend of Angb-American strategic patterns nerable). bring about an improvement in they can only learn from repeat-ship" visit, the feet actually repre- just have to be overridden. To do:

ed experience, then the next war 16. troops in Triests, and of gener- but necessity in the mother of action

E support of the small body of would go against the U.S.-grain, North the situation..

For some days now, there should be enough to convince US. policy In the Mediterranean.in cold war as_in_kot-Anociated C have been rumours of "peace them.

At Trieste 5,000 Americaba Ert Prest

sence

H. KQ 9 'D. K 1-6 À 3

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IF West had been amart enough

to pay the 6-Diamonds instead of doubling. North might have accept ed the due punishment for this sins. But the double drove him to des peration to trying 6-Spades. The only

mart move of the auction South's pass of that. North was lucky enough to take all the tricks except the spade A after East fe the diamond 8. Lucky? Was he really? The access) ant this hand bài 27 cost him thousands of points for Indulgence in similar monkeyshines

(Deater: North. North-South rul-since then,

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