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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, THIS ↓

MOSCOW TALKS GOOD SIGN PRAGUE REPEATS

SPY CHARGES

Progue, August 3.

Hopes Rise Of

Of Four-Power Conference

Conference The Czechoslovakian Foreign Ministry

Special British Envoy To

Stay In

Moscow

Washington, August 4.

The simultaneous lifting of the Berlin blockado and the prepara- tion of agenda for Big Four talks to settle the German and European problems, were discussed at the meeting between Stalin and the Western envoys.

FIGHT IN PLANE OVER RUM

This is according to diplomatic sources, which said that hopes had been buoyed that the Soviets were willing to take part in a four-power con- ference.

good sign, they said, was the fact that Frank Roberts, Mr. Bovin's private secretary, was not returning to London from Moscow.

The same sources sald that fand the US, Ambassador, Mr. the Kremlin conference was Lewis Douglas. opened by the U.S. envoy, Mr.

hour.

with Stalin for over In

It was rumoured in London New York, August 3.

Bedell Smith, reading an 800-that a meeting of the Big Four word aide memoire, following might take place either in Parts A huge Skymaster airliner which the envoys discussed the during the United Nations Gen- carrying 60 passengers lurch-German and European Fitua-eral Assembly or in Moscow. ed and swayed over the At- tion lantic today while the pilot

In Washington, the Secretary struggled desperately with

of State. Mr. George Marshall, In the aide memoire, Mr. Be-discussed with his advisrys the two men who had started dell Smith said the three Powers report from Mr. Belell Smith. to fight over a bottle of rum, gave assurances that they desirThe Stole Department spokesman

Anthony ed to avoid all polemies with (said he could not disclose The pilot, Captain Machado, noticed, when the air the Soviet but reasserted their thing about the report. Uner

Was 800 talles north of right to remain in Berlin,

on a flight to New

They emphasised that as soon the Borlin blockade waa

Porto Rico York, that the tal. seemed heavy. fie wrestled with the

controls 48 but the aircraft would not regain lifted the United States, Britain

and France were triin.

prepared to discuss the Gerinon problem as whole, as well as the question of peace in Europe.

Going out to the passenger enlit, he found two men strog gling with the toward. One of the men jumped at him and hit him. He forced the man back to his seat and Bashed a message to La Guardia Airport asking for police to meet the aircraft on its

The three envoy expreased'

desire to continue their ex- changs of views on the subject.

Big Four To Moot?

Barbarism

At The Bar

Melbourne, August 3. Drinking habits. In

Vic. toria's Parliamentary · bar were described today by Д member JE "an interesting survival of feudal barbariam,” Rep. Epmunda suggested to unenthusals lo Lower House the estabiluhment of a milk and fruit juice bar be- *lde

the Parliamentary bar and the limiting of drinking hours from noon to 6 p.m.

an

Without committing itself, the House went on to discuss another bill.-United Press.

B29's TO JOIN IN SEARCH

today .main- tained its charges that United States intelli- gence agents in Gormany had sont Czech politi cal emigres back to Czechoslovakia to murder the country's political leaders.

The charge was re-em- phasised in a reply to a United States, protest which was pub- lished in the Government-con- trolled Ceteka news agency.

The Foreign Ofés stated, in its reply, that the vetivities of Am- erican intelligence organistions may not have been known by the American milltary nuthorífica Lut it dem viđeï that Speedy enquiry should be made to the matter.

HEALTH DRIVE IN ORIENT

Washington, August 3.

It was alleged that Mflon Choc,

Dr. Thomas Parran, former who had murdered a member of United States Surgeon Gen- the Czechoslovak administration, eral, today said that pro- hud Pecelvéd instructions from ventive medical aid was the an American Intelligence agent only hope for saving children | at Ratisbon in Germany, who

had promised him asylum in the in the Far East.

American Timė.

The

Dr. Parrin, who toured the Far East as United Nations health Paris, August 3. Seven United States Super-foined

Foreign Ministry main- | consultant, said, "There, is not that another terrorist, enough food in the world to fead Fortress bombers will 10-

romed Miloslav Egrak, who was all the hungry mouths of Asia." Snorrow john the search for the to have assassinated the Defence Consequently, he said at a giant Latecoere-031 Dying boat Minister, General Svoboda, had press conference, the emphnale In missing in the North Atlantic received his instructions from an the work of the International American intelligence agent nick- Emergency Children's Fund in French, American and Party-named Willy.

Aala must be prevention and pub- He health work. ese alreraft and ships are con- tinuing their search.

However, Air France has issu- and ed a list of the passengers

Indicating that apparently hope of finding the flying boat has been abandoned.-Reuter.

since Sunday.

are

nny-

the

that It is understood ..threa Western Governments are preparing fresh instructions for their envoys In Moscow based on their raports of the meeting with Stalin.

Soviet Speculation

In Berlin, the Soviet-control- led German press

speculated

that the Moscow talks might lead to Big Four conference on Korea, China and other points qt East-West dispute, including Berlin and Germany.

The Ministry apologized, how The Fund plans a US$10,000,- ever, for releasing the facts 10 000 programme in the first year. the press before communicating. He and the Children's Fund them to the American military expected to spend in a 12-month ruthorities. --- Agence France-period US$7,000,000 in China, US$1,000,000 in India and Pakis- tan and US$2,000,000 throughout the rest of Asia, including the Philippines. He hoped the pro-

would gramme

operating within a month,

Free.

GUERILLA FORCES IN KWANGTUNG

Canton, “August 4,

Communist-lod guerillas operating in South China believe that within a year they will have isolated the principal cities of China and of forced the National Government out business.

in

Regarding the World Health Organisation, Dr. Parran dia. that regional offlove olored would be set up in Southern India for the Far East. The office for the Eastern Mediter- ranean will be Calro or Alex- andria.

The organisation will attack tuberculosis, venereol dloopsc, children's disease

malarin and

hardest, Theso were chosen from 30 proposed campaigns bo-

Federal Bureau of In- vestigation Juter arrested

A Foreign twe

orite spokesman passengers. Diego Cordayn, 28. In London sald "We are neither and Benito Santona, 34, and optimistic nor pessimistic."

The Berliner Zeitung said the Headche charged them with having wil-

That fa that n report from Kremlin meeting mikhi

the hands of a cause of the limited US$5,000,000 the report brought prisoner even-

band fully interfered with the inviga- | Mr. Roberts had been

engineer guerilla

In budget-United Press. received tually bring together Stalin, Pre-back by an American

operating tion of the aircraft.-Reuter,

several and was discussed by Mr. Bevin sident Truman, Mr. Attlee and who spent

An em- weeks as a Kwangtung province.

ployee of a Chinese firm, he was released when he convinced his captors that he did not represent elther the Chinese or

PLIGHT OF BRITISH OFFICERS IN KASHMIR

London, August 3.

The Government was tonight urgently considering

best British officors can be

how

extricated

from the Indian and Pakistani armies now ranged against each other in Kashmir.

An official statement in Delhi today that the Pakistan Army was fighting against the forces of the sister Dominion, corroborated

later by

A solution of the problem of those

is simple. It is men understood that they can easily

M. Andre Marie, the French Pre- mier.

Even if such a meeting were not held, the paper said, a meet- ing of the Foreign Ministers of the four powers s considered virtually certain.--Agence France- Presse. Associated Press and

Reuter,

RUSSIAN WILES IN BERLIN

Berlin, August 3.

Run On

Deposit Boxes

the

Governments: --- engineer, who asked that

his identity not be disclosed, said

that his captors were well equip

Boxer Hurt In Brawl

·Honolulu, August 4. Bayani Garcia, Manila light- was wounded

ped with good although not weight boxer, standard arms, and plenty of on Sunday night in a tavern amnvaltion. During his captivity knifing brawl which killed short engagement Hipolito L. Valorosa, 26, Job- they had with Nationalist troops during a less labourer. Shanghai, August 4.

which however night march, The Governor of the Central ended without casualties to either Attendants said, his condition has Garcia is in Queen's Hospital. Bank, Dr. O. K. Yul, emphati~ side.

improved but still la serious. cally denied last night that safe He said communications be- Valorosa died en route to a hos- deposit boxes of private in-tween various

bands pital. One of five knife thrusts guerilia dividuals in banks would be seemed to be good, with re-hall reached bls heart. opened and checked by the gular courier service maintaining Two other Filipinos suffered be withdrawn. well-informed quarters

Anance control authorities, and contact. Their relations with minor injuries, - Kuruchi, bas raised the most

The second category Is Indian -Russion today-renewed-her | that the Government would people in the surrounding - coun-- Police Detective Michaël Byrne Berious problems for Britain.

Army officers who, an long leave offer to furnish Western Berlin soon nationaliza gold.

tryside also seemed good, because said a police guard has been The gravest conce

being

with chose to factories pending retirement,

power, raw The rumour, which had been the guerillas claimed they were placed over a patient in a hos- expressed here about the serious

serve in the

pital, but he declined to reveal, armies of the new materials, coal and markets-if current for the past two days, ridding the area of bandis. implications of a situation which Dominions. Third come the ex-they turned their backs on the caused a run on the trust de-

A number of men in the unit jihe name.-Associated Press, obviously cannot be allowed to India Army

were well-educated, and many men receiving

partments of loral banks and an Western Allies. continue. The whole Common-s

Heinrich Rau, chairman of the wealth from bank vaults.

withdrawal

were overages for their services who

of

Chinesa from unprecedented pension wealth is considered to be in-decided to enlist in one of the Soviet

Malaya and 'Trinidad.

THEY Zone Economic Commls- volved.

were well-grounded In · Cém- new armies. These latter can be sion, was

At the Bank of China, which quoted in Berlin's

has

the largest

munist ideology, although the single unit safely British officers are not thought influenced through their pensions afternoon Communist

the sterling snying he

papers deposit vault in the world, more

tham engineer said he found be ready 10 to be taking any active part in now paid under

ho would

more moderate in their views than 1,000 depositors besieged the fighting but the clear sugges-balances agreements by offuraish large factories in Berlin's

.then be hid buồn biết mà tiến tion is that on both sides they

the vault yesterday West sectors-wid

Many had with electricity from to wait for more than two hours Soviet

Jlove, Zone and small fac- training and planning for the the service of British personnel Berlin has been limited to four only 100 persones believe the would be treated as any prisoner

reguinte tories with generators. Western as the vant ceuld accommodate Kashmir campalgh,

with the Indian

and Pakistani hours' electriclly dally since the rumoured action highly unlikely of war. Questioned as to Wes The majority of the British forces and there is, of course, the Soviets cut off outside power a

because any confiscation of pri- ther the Communur.sts considered two agreement between Britain and month ard that the Soviet Zone vate property would be a gross the officers serving with the

themselves Dominions fall into thred cate-ench of the Dominions in

at war with the gories and means exist for with that serving officers

be muy also was prepared to furnish raw violation of the new Constitution, United States, they replied that drawing them from the predicn-withdrawn if it is deemed neces- materials and coal for, Western and the public, according to ex-they were at war with those

the ment in which they are now find-sary,Reuter.

isting laws, are permitted to pos-¿ Americans in

Truman sess gold and 'foreign currency, Marabáll elique who aid påfti- -ing-themselves,~-~

øven though dealings in thein elpating in the American invasion

are illegal-Reuter.

& China," United Press.

anc

are playing an important part in

the two Dominion Governments.

Certain

enactments

The first category are Briffah Army technicians and other staff officers who were seconded to the

armies of India arid Pakistan; when forces,

turn'

Rou added

Berllu factories-United Press.

LEBENSRAUM DEMAND

these beatine separafo FOR GREEK SURPLUS

Drastic Cut

In Banks

London, August 3.

„Greece has asked the Big Four to allow the free entry of her "surplus population" into Italy's pre-war colonies to alleviate her · unemploy- mant problem.

L

A written' statement contain-.

Shanghai, August 4. ing the request has been sub- mitted to the Big Four Deputy Foreign Ministers, who considering what should

The Premier, Mr. Wong Wen-hao's, general economic

Improvement programme, will

HANOI

are

be

call for a drastic, cut. In the done with Libya, Eritrea and nation's present 6,000 panking Somplía.".

institutions to 2,000, the Chin-

| expressed 16 ylaws on Bay and

SEEING THINGS

Saigon, August 4.

A few hours after having

ese press reported tonight...‚' The Greek Government han The report said all commercial by whom the African territories and native banks will be re-should in future be administered. quired

register with the to Ministry of Finance for,

The Deputies have to hear the been noticed above Saigon, a general .@ recapitalisation plan under which views of all, láterosted govern- so-called, "fying mucor""" ap- banks will increase their capital's und report të ftor Foreign pared abote Hanol. by pooling resources while ja Militofa) by Anu A Three number of small Banks will be weeks" 14lers, uiniger, the Big Four. According to" Axence, Trancs- elimidated.

agrea of what Prenses Hanoi carrozporident, b should happen to the colonies, steviah 2 diep was twice. BOOTY The detailed mesures, which the problem will be placed on yesterday by nuIIGITUR, KIE=WIN+ will be submitted is the Bade- the archda of the United Na-nemonis Zisinianske, Orbis Live Yuan, this Wook for approyal, tions General Assembly due to above Hanoi, Airáskó Include a stricter control over mest in karis on September 31.

bank deppaita, in an effort to

T83 wifheitos at first though!

prevent, loans at high Interest India was to have dellycol, it w and supervLion of trust Business

her Ghid on the Xisposit of the at tuner, butitele transactions.

colonies today but 'talled to do go, nó The Dominich time until suturany,

#The press said the Government | si

wall absorb all privately-owkąd | shares in Government banks, ka,

· couplete 3-tho- "oditonalization

tell the Hopu«

abbed and he gine Ebilid: "be Vinoed.

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Banking

BOAG

He said he was well-treated, and the Communists told zim he

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