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RUSSIANS P&O B.I. E&A

WINNING COLD WAR?

Washington, October 12. Senator Ralph E. Flanders sald today that the United States has lost a "major, perhaps decisive, battle" in the "cold war" with. Russla.

Senator Flanders told a news conference that the Soviets are succeeding in diverting the multi- billion dollar Marshall plon from its goat of European economic recovery to one of rearmament.

And in addition, the Soviet pro- pagenda of its failure is succeed- we have ba hard to keep the half they al-in "militarising as before."

never been, militarised Flandere sold.

Fie predicted that the Soviets on't start war" for at least three years because Russia Baning her ends by forcing an "utarmous

And

expensive" ex- pensive"

expansion of armest forces in the United States and Western Europe.

of recent months on growing Su-starting to realise it is going to

awareness of their viet weakness in Europe. He said the ready hold.

The 'export saith selzed, politically, half

"They may Rusalons of Europe and thought the other think that unlors they can get us

Now they out of Europe bal was theirs too.

altogether their Bul among the world's leadinić | discover, they probably never will position in Eastern Europe wit statesmen there are many varied get the other half and may be become untenable."--United Press. answers. No one is certain.

Everyone appears eventually to conclude that the greatest dan- ger may be fear of war-a feor that obstruets the constructive work of mankind, work that could be a major facior in pre- venting another war

INDONESIA TAKES VETERAN RED

Amidst this uncertainty in the overall general opinion that the colet war la sill cold, that with deft handling, patience and the The absence of blunders It can be: kept end at least for the foresee- uble short future.

Thin Thread

of

fears The West

that Russia, serking its objectives short war, will, with its heavy hund, so provoke the West that war may result. Or there is the fear that Incidents an unfortunate scrieu will so exasperate publie opinion in the West as to destroy the thin thread which keeps both sides engaged now only in cold

war.

Batavia, October 12. Moscow-trained Indonésian veteran Commun- ist, Alimin, has fallen into the hands of Indone- sian Republicans, the Republican nows agency, Antara, reported tonight,

Settadjit,

Senator Flanders is a member of the special Joint Congressional Economic Committee and former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Bostoń.-United Press.

INDIA TO BE READY

Asin."

and

New Delhi, October 13. The Deputy Prime Minister, Alimin and three other im- the is said to have disagreed bit-Sardar V. Patel, said today it is There also is general agree-portant Communists were cap-terly with Muro's decision to at- necessary for India to Increase ment that neither side wantstured by the Republican Armytempt to seize power from the her armed might "in view of dis- conditions in Southeast war. But again fear and unengaged in operations against indonesian Republican Govern- turbed certainty creep In.

Java Communist rebels at an ment of Dr. Mohammed Hatta.

The Dutch Army today report- He specifically named Burna, undisclosed place yesterday; ed more fighting between Repub- Malaya and China. Antara added.

Heans and Communists at several Speaking in Hindustani to the The Chinese newspaper, Sin Po, places in Republican Java, includ-people of his community from reported here today that Muso, Ing the vicinity of the oil town the Bombay district at a Hindu lender of the Communist coun-of Tjepu, now recaptured by the festival, he said:

"If we are do ter-revolution against the IndoneRepublicans.

follow Mahatma The Communists had salzel Gandhi let us do so. But if we sian Republicans, Dr. Amin Sjuri- fuddin and Sulurdu leaders of the Indonesian Com-another Republican pori-Prigl- cannot, let us arm ourselves and to the forces, of disorder that are Army sources sukl munist insurrection at Madiun, the Java south coast, Dutch be prepared. Let us not fall prey Central Java, had escaped from

India's borders From Dutch-held East Java, lapping at Java to the Siamese capital of

the Aneta news agency reported disturbing some, though negligi Bangkok.

Regency ble, portions within." Alimin, until the arrival that the newly-elected

of

Patel, strong man of the all. Council at Situbondo had agreed Muso from Moscow In August,

asked was unofficially leader of the In-

motion calling for the crea- India Congress, Purty, in such Western nations as i donesian Communists.

w State of East Java Pakistan again to withdraw her 10 participate in the United States troups from Kashmir. italy. They are having seri our trouble behind the Iron Curing in Russia and China during of Indonesio.

They rufe the second Word War, he return-

Council Another Regency; tain in Yugoslavia. Eastern Europe with an iron handed to Indonesia in the spring of Bajuwangi was reported to but by stripping her have creai-1946.

considering a similar molton. His polley was to support the ed serious economic problems.

They rejected the Marshall Plan when the best way to wreck it would have been to join it. They under-estimated the deler- nination of the West to sing in Berlin. They need outside econo- mic aid and cannot get it.

Russia can control public opin- ion. The West cannot.

The Russfans have failed to

consolidate their strong footholds

West Handicapped

After be-

Nationallata against the Dutch and

FRANCO MAY VISIT LISBON

Lisbon, October--12---

013

tion a new

the

at

br

Dutch

. An early Communist attempt; to recapture Tjepu was pro- dictad today by Army Information Service, which sald the local population aided with the insurgents, and

that nearby Randja Blatung

war at in rebel hands. The Communists were in con-

"There can be no friendship between India and Pakistan until and unless Pakistan withdraws all her troops" from the princely states, he said.—Associated Press.

MAIZE RECORD

Washington, October 12. The latest offcia) estimates are

hat United States maize produc- tion this year will reach 3,508,- 000,000 bushels, easily surpassing the record figure us 3,250,000,000

The Portuguese Foreign Min-trol in other places in Java and in 1946,

the situation on Sumatra Island Mr. Denis A. Fitzgerald,. Direc tonight described On the other hand, the West ister

was "confused," the Service suitor of the, Food Division of the faled to unite economically, "completely false," reports The Municipal Council of Jog-Econojnie Cooperation Administ- politically and militarily quickly from Gibraltar that General jakarta, the Indonesian Repub-ration, estimated that Europe as may be necessary if the cold Francisco Franco was leaving licnn capital, today expelled its would take nearly 450,000,000 war is to be won on a coldwar today for Lisbon.

Communists and left wingers, bushels from, the current crop and basis It is harassed by domes-

from the 1949 The Netherlands news agency re-about the same lle polities in each major cui

ported. Reuter,

·Tharvest.—Reuter. try-the United States, Britain and France.

It operates at a great tactical disadvantage In never being able to use the same ruthless, sometimes brutal, tactics of its

• opponent.

the

The Spanish Embassy here said earlier: "We cannot confirm the report

but also cannot deny it ¡because we have not received any

message relating to it."

Meanwhile, General Franco drove to the village of Palos de of Moguer, the starting point Christopher Columbus voyage of discovery in 1492, for the Colum- bus Day celebrations, it was re- ported from Madrid.

It is widely dispersed around world and separated by oceans. It is continuously plagu- General Franco and President ed with such blunders as Presi Juan Peron of the Argenting ox- dent Trumon's plan to send a chanted goodwill messages on the of the "feat" which is special envoy to Moscow for un-occasion Interal setion at the very mo- celebrated throughout Spain and ment when just West action is Latin America.

of Latin-American The heads most necessary.

Neither clue con accurately naval missions to Spain, Spanish predict what the jother moy do. Navy chiefs and members of his But one of the West's major ex-Cabinet accompanied General perts on Russia, who played Franco and his wife and daughter prominent part on the West's side on their visit to Palos de Moguer. of the cold war, insists time is-Reuter,

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