1948-12-01 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1948.

ICY SMOTHER STILL BLINDS FIVE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Airlift Ceases, Airports Idle And Packets Work By Radar

London, November 29.

Thick fog with icy temperatures still blanketed five countries of Western Europe today, paralysing transport, dolaying once more the sailing of the transatlantic liner, the Queen Elizabeth, and impeding the airlift to Berlin,

For Britons, it was the third day of disrupted trait, services and slowed road'

traffic-and there was so sign of an immediate change. Weather experts. expect the fog to last several days more.

Fog Fatal To Turkeys

London, November 25. The happiest men in Eng. land today are black market thlever who find the fog a perfect cover to loot forma of turkeys and other poultry for the Christmas sales. Always

when Christ- mas approaches, the turkey "rustlers" have taken advant.

де of the country's worst togs for many years to make an early start.

Although fariners have been taking precautions лупіль thefts at a time when the strictly rationed poultry aug. ply is never enough to meet the demand, the fog batties the brat defences and armed quares nod dogs are power. Tenk to cope with the raldera. -Reuter,

The "blackout” affected all forms of travel-London

and South-East England wore the hardest hit- and many thousands of workers arrived late for work this morning.

Moin line expresses from North England and Scot- land were up to two hours late arriving in Lon- don.

the

Eastern Britain. f Scottish border to the Sout Coast, was elonked in a mantle Jof for and the sailing of the world's largest liner, the 43- 1500-ton Queen Elizabeth, WAN foustponed again.

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The pail of fog stretched across Europe as far as Vienna. Most British European Airways services to the Continent were cancelled and Royal Air Forc planes 益物 the Berlin Airlift were grounded in Britain. The airlift was halfel coth- pletedly this afternoon when fog down over the German mapetal, which has been $11 wicket of fair weather earlier in Feat

J The morning, Galow Airport weld, as t has been since reinight on Saturday, but planes were being broug info

Barth were Great back to then Pain American esteallest Tempelhof hotel feels when the ment la ¦ Aszport by radar, St. Lazma stations To Chthoning boat traini

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Yugoslavia Celebrates Republic Foundation

Belgrade, November 29.

Torchlight processions along flag-bedecked streets and booming guns marked the fifth annivor- sary today of the foundation at Jajce, a smali township in the Bosnian Mountains, of the Federated Republic of Yugoslavia.

Marshal Josap Tito, who made Jujer A entre for sorties against the Nazi occupiers, was tonight giving an anniversary rovegations in Belgrade's former Royal Palace. The Marshal, at

a pala concert at the Belgrade Opera House last night, beant

"not always called on party remedy this

Airports Idio

King Spending Most Of His Time In Bed

London, November 29. it was learned tonight that King George, despite an offl- clal "general Improvement" bulletin today, is now spend- ing most of

in bod. his time His doctors

tors think such complete Feat important.

While taking this maximum rest the King continues to carry on with hia usuni cor- respondence, State documenta and other papers in the usuat WAY

The Queen spends a great part of each day with him,

Court Reporter Loul Wulff sald tonight that he had good medical authority for stating that the King had received neither massage пог electric treatment. His doc. tors were keeping him under clove and regular observation, but there

In no Indication when they might issue an - other bulletin. Reuter.

RUSSIA ACCEPTS

ACCEPTS NEW FORMULA FOR BERLIN

Paris, November 30.

Russia on Monday night accepted a new formula by

the noutral nations of the United Nations Security Council for mediating the big-four doadlock on Berlin.

Argentine Foreign Minister, Dr. Juan A. Bramuglio, a leader in the mediation efforts, said the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Andrei Y. Vishin- sky, agreed to the plan at a meeting with him. It calls for the naming of a "neutral" commis- sion of currency experts. Earlier the

Syrin,

of

United States. The new formula of the neu- Britain and France gave appro-trals-China, Colombia, val in principle to the prope- Canada, Argentine and Belgium Hal. Dr. Bramugli told a re Is almed at meeting Western porter he expects to get formal elections to talks on the cur-

rency issue under the threat acceptance from the three the Soviet blockade of Berlin. Western powers on Tuesday and that he hopes the mediation effort can get under- way immediately.

new

Detalls of the formula have not been disclosed, but it in known to include provisions for a commileslan of experts to try Lift Of Blockade

to unravel the Berlin currency problem In consultation with The Western powers withheld the bla-four's own experts. formal acceptance until their The plan would recommend u home governments had seen the complete and fast tfting of the draft of the pinn. Dr. Drumurila Berlin blockade at the same fl said he plans to appoint the cum-the Soviet zone mark is intro- mission as he receives the ex-duced in Berlin as the sole eur- preted favourable Western replies. rency.

Cassino Monks Rebuild

Their Bombed Monastery

Cassino, November 29.

The des forminus at Togel, in Stone by gr、y, granite stone, the tireless monks on

the Fremel sector of the German tempahal, stepped reviving planes |

erely in the morning.

sary and De Bourgot Auparts)

at Par were aliment idle, Air- SERVICES from Brussels to Lendon, Paris, Prague, and Zurich were cancelled his morning.

Sola Articht at Stavateer how

top of Monte Cassino are today rebuilding for the fourth time the most famous monastery in Christendom, destroyed through what they in- sist was a "ghastly mistake” of American air-

mon.

"The excuse given for the

20

Italian

There are just 25 Benedictine at times been the only suited in bombing of our monastery was monks at the monastery now and Northern Europe where ameran that the Germans were using it

They supervise about 100 work Have Juled during the past two (for

by the men employert artillery observation

Government which has contribut- clave.

post,"

explained the quiet

jer 300,000,000 fire thus far, of transatlantic monks. There were no Gerwhich 50,000,000 lire were spent

mans at the monastery, The just to clear For nearest Germon to the monas-which lay ton depth of 15 feet stranded at Northolt, northwestlived in a cave 20 meters down

tery was a single soldier who [after the bombardment.

Paintings Destroyed

Twenty eight flights from New York to Bri. tain have been held up. ciga

airline planes wer:

of London.

which wJER

com

pletely fagbound. British European Airways had

away the rubble

Previous Agreement

The four powers agreed' on the the of the Soviet turk last Aur gust 30 but became entangled in a dispute over when the measure should take effect ant what kind of currency controls should be established.

Under the new formula, the currency experts would be given several weeks to draw up a complete oat of Endurances : and guarantees. both for the Western powers and for Run- Bia, on the currency deal, The Security Counell would not be called upon to discuss the H »

problem until the experts had reached an agreement or until their conclusions were rejected by the parties to the dispute.- Associated Press,

"The Houseboat" Remains In Southampton

Southampton, England.

November 30, The liner, Queen Elizabeth, bedevilled

weather by

the hill from the southeast "We hove Teceived nothing corner.

from the United States except for about $6,000 collected by Bene- dietine monasteries there." ex- plained the

monks. "We have received nothing from the Vati- can, nothing from other countries. We always hope for collections" strikes, postponed departure

They

do not mind

talking for New York for

sixth žabout the raid during which 200 tline on Monday because of the

of the 500 famous paintings of the fog.

פיי

Kardel), in a speech on Satur

to cancel 17 plines thats, Huro "But In the bombardment day, complained that the volun tary work brigades, which play- {Airport, Hampshire, became fog- more than 500 innocent civilian ed a large part in

¿bound soon after noon, the reson

Four in-refugees were killed. We drust struction of the country, were joining planes were re-directedded 370 bodies from the rubble

and three back voluntary,"

to French

alone, and they airports of that corner members to and one to Prestwick, Scotland. pointed to a cleared area which Fog thickennd over the Scheldt | hart once 5411 R. Conven but Estuary during day, aut paralys-which now resembled a murkot the Deputy Chairman of the Observers in Belgrade conscier jet vessels at Antwerp. The only place, Praesidiun. M. Moshe Pads, that these prunnncements, cul-Dutch transport ruaning normal-

Lack Of Funds rreal!

Britain was

of Holland to that

Eminating in today's celebrations,ly was the Hook

consolidation Barwich steamship first notion officially Pomarker further

line, which build the monastery In eight or to cognise his movement, followed the independent line taken by was operated by radar.

ine years, But now the work The fog caused ronds in Hot- ul to become almost unusable

ins almost stopped. We have no nore funds. By working sporad-early to traffe after three days of hard

cally as we must. It may take 15 frost. Country-wide dislocation of wattle was riportest-Reuter,

ears or more."

"But," they shrug their patient thoulders. " has been rebuilt three times before. We can do it again."

by the United States and the Soviet Union. Cabinet Ministers and the Diplomalie Corps, in- cluding the British, American and Soviet Ambassadors, were present.

| Yangoslavia.

Yugoslav leanleys had. they skunk, appeared to have accepted isolation from the Commmtorm and what many regard as lavourable enomic results.

JES

While remaining faithful 20 | Marxist, the Yaroslav lentives

Today's celebrations, the first since Yigerdavia broke with the Cominform, followed a several of what observers here regarded as would, it is believed, deal with

statements

by their problems on their inerts with or without Russian approval

-Heater.

malty frank Yugoslav lenders.

Atarsnat Tith told his people that they must tighten their wils,

djust the five-your in berano things has not gene as well, pa hout Juven anticipated partly owing to lark of co-opera- im from the Soviet Union and the Coinform countries because of Yugoslavia's

mistakes.

Independent Linc

PROGRAMME OF RELEASES

London, November 20. The Ministry of Labour zond

"If we had funds we could re-

the

monastery were destroyed alon The 1,000 passengers, most of with 50,000 priceless books from whom have been on board since the library which has been cre- a week ago, received news of the dited with alone keeping learn-delay with resignation on Satur-

during the ng alive in Europe

the day. The Queen Elizabeth was Dark Ages. No

monks originally due to leave on Novem- were killed or injurett in the her 17. bombartiment, although the Visibility was less than 150 North West corner of the strue-yards when Captain C. M. Ford. ture, where they were gathered, Jannounced the postponement. was all but destroyed.

Next high tide on which the

6th-

"But that was hardly a mir-|Queen Elizabeth can get away acle," explained the monks. will be at 0.30 n.m. GMT on Tues- Nor was it a miracle that the day. original cell in which SL Benedict worked--

din the century was unharmed. "Dut come with 10,

and show you something," said any of the black-robed monks.

I win

The monastery of Monte Cas- sino and the village of Cassino of the mountain on the side below it were of vital Import

the Allied armles ance for

their way up Italy smashing from the South. These two points guarded the ali ger entrance to the Liri River valley, the way to the reconstructed 98 100.- which could serve ua 75-mile altar, built, as before, over the

the National Service has publish fed a provisional programme of releases from the Armed Forces Iron December 15 to March 21, 1969.

The total releases Vices will be about Reuter.

GREEK PREMIER OUT OF DANGER

Athens, November 23. Zenel

flint the Ductors said today Own

Minister, Greek Prime

Themis- DO YOU KNOW toles Sophoudis, was out ++ danger after a heart attack which YOUR HONG KONG? mercifully.

In asprech at Zagreb last week, Marshal Tito Jun

several times had made

them

declare that there was no hope The Prime Minister has asked the Greek UN delegate, Foreign Communist Party members that Minister Constantine Tsaliuris,

they were in danger of losing the who is to arrive here by plane confilence of the people because from Paris today, to remala in they were thinking to rauchs of the French capital until the UN plais and blueprints and targets session and not enough of the needs and

opinions of the ordinary folk.

over.

The aged Promier, who will not

go to hospital or go to his, home

The Foreign Minister and is work in his office sickroom-- Communist leader, M. Eduard 1nited Press.

for rest, said he would carry on

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The photograph shows vlew of part

Robinson Poad just above the Botanical Gardens.

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