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Third Edinburgh Music, Drama Festival Opens

Communist Activity In India Small

Bombay, August 21. Sporadic Communist activity

in India has been on the whole furtile, authoritative

said here today.

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Edinburgh, August 21.

Mayors and other civic dignitaries from a dozen European and overseas cities walked in proces- sion down Edinburgh's historic "Royal Milo“ today at the opening of the third Edinburgh Festival of Music and Drama.

Thousands of Britons and tourists stood along the sunlit route from St. Giles's Cathedral, where an inaugural service was held, to the Palace of 'Holyrood House.

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picturesque note was provided by the national dress worn by the daughter of Demetri Skouxos, President of the Athons Municipal Council, and Mrs. H. E. Stokka, wife of the Mayor of Oslo. Members of the Edinburgh In his welcoming speech Edin- ex-Arca Committee of the Com-burgh's, Lord Provest, Slr Andrew

The Governments -Central, Provincial and States-are tramely alert to the menace of violence and anarchy expoused by the Communists, these sources File in çemmenling on recent prison riots and other Commu- nist activity.

Miners In

Chile Quiet QUEEN'S

Santiago de Chile,

August 21..

The majority of the 1,500 miners who yesterday 00. cupled the Pique comt mine at Lola, 300 miles Bouth of Valparaiso, left quietly today.

They said that they bad

noted on reports given them by, Communlit leaders. In the mine, who misled them, by declaring that a revolution- ary movement had succeeded In Santiago.

Warships of the Chilean fleet were sent to Lots yea- terday to protect the coal mines. Other naval units, were sent North to maintain order in the nitrate areas.

WAR ware

Today the country quiet, though strikes continuing in various regions. The authorities are taking drastic action against people speculating in essential com. modities. They have closed

Santiago.

munist Party caused a momentary | Murray, said, "This is a historic furry by demonstrating ngalust occasion. Never has such the presence of Mr. Skouzes who gathering been held before. If in brought some Athenlan earth symbol of our unity of purpose the Festival in Grecian urn. that through an appreciation of

thethe Arts Appearing suddenly

we may extend Our The Government

185 dealing windows of a derelict house on fellowship and spread peace on with the Communists by virtue the route demonstrators shower-earth and goodwill towards all of special powers, under security ed down leaflets proclaiming his men."--Router. mensures enforced in the Pro-presence the disgrace of Edin- vince Kanch States Jonns.

Is

In varyingburgh and an Insult to the thou- sands of men and women of this

The main feature of these re-city who fought to free Greece gulations is a ban on meetings. and Europe from Nazi-Fascist processions and demonstrations, and the currying of lethal wea- pons without a licence.

Small-scale Communist dis- turbances began in India nearly two years ago but never reached serious proportions.

Arrests of Commmunists have been taking place frequently but no overall figures of Communist | detainees in Judin are available.

Uniform Pattern

occupation.

Special Ovation

A crowd of several thousands forecourt of gathered. In the the Palace gave Mr. Skouxce

ovation when A special

his turn Carme to bring his city's greetings to Scotland'e ancient capital.

At Holyrood House the Duke of Homilion hereditary keeper of the Palace, welcomed

visitors.

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Full-Scale Precautions Against Atom-Bomb To Lower Living Standard

London, August 21.

The | A group of scientists has reported that full-scale precautions against atomic bombing of Britain would cost so much that the standard of living and health of the British people would be affected as much as by a war.

An officiat spokesman ald

The Lord Provest of Edinburgh, that Communist activity. Sir

Andrew Murray, replied, though isolated and hitherto Then each visitor spoke his futile had been of a pattern of speech. This was followed by the uniformity throughout theluying of his country's National country, especially in cases of trouble in prisons and deflance Anthem by the band of the High-The

land Light Infantry in full dress of authority.

said,

Governor

He said that Government vigil uniform. had frustrated what looked Ne Mr. Mario Madeira, a nation-wide Communist plot to for Lisbon,

"One of the mar Indian Independence Day oldest alliances unites this Island celebrations on August 15, and and Portugal. Where nations are luck of public response hnd re-united

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report was made after a study a atomic wea- pons and civil defence by scientists at Birming ham University and was published in the "Atomic Scientists News," organ of the Atomic Scientists Association.

The report gave these conclusions:

1. The

cent Communist calls for Inbour tual than the material values of

best civil defence protected in shelters, the report strikes in rallways, the commun-lite, we shall have a greater tention services, and the textile chance of maintaining pence, in- could not give full protection styl. industry.

atomic

To get any benefit from shel- ternational

bombing-or und against co-operation."

even reduce the magnitude of lers, education would be neces- sary to persuade people to use Mr. Gunnar Thoroddsen, the disaster; .Burgomaster of Reyjavik, said, 2. Air raid shelters could not the shelters before the first raid, "There are not many accounts offer much! protection for day- and that must be done at the l

same time without causing un- of the early relations of our light raids; two peoples. it la chiefly re membered from the times of the warlike Vikings that Scots men and Icelanders waged war and killed each other.

Politien observers love ex- pressed confidence that the Cow- ernment's policy of caution and all-out preparedness, in which it enjoys the support of all the major parties, would suppress the Communist erved of violence in India-Reuter.

CONDITION OF GRAZIANI

The condition

Growing Amity

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3. The entire population must necessary panle,"

casualty control;

be trained for clamage and United Press,

4. There will be no chance to Jenm

In atomic by experience uir raids.

The report said that even it "However, in more contem-new-type bombs are developed, it would not alter the conclusion porary times our peoples have fil

destruction got closer together through grow-because the area of Ing and mutual understanding increases rather slowly with the

"But though the Vikings' released energy.

The report dealt with condi spirit may have been hard and

at Hiro-

Rome, August 21.

of 67-year-old former Marshal Rodolfo Graziani. seriously it in a Rome military hospital with goli bladder and liver Infections, was reported to cruel we must remember that it tions similar to those be unchanged tonight.

was first and foremost charac-shima and Nagasaki.

The report assumed 100,000 Graziani, awaiting trial on war terised by manliness and a keen

casualties in an atomic bom- erines charges before an Italian sense of honour.

"May this Festival further

bing on military court, has been in hos-

a large city and sald that at Esmet-200,000 - parsons; pital since he had a stroke lost sach a spirit of manliness, friend-

would be required for damage April-Reuter,

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Soviet zone concentration camps areas, Lethal and the return of war prisoners mediately be marked with flares from Russia appeared today on or other signals

university partles out; sector

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Soviet

building.

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4. Fire-fighting, using forest

The university, on the once fashionable Unter Der Linden Are techniques-limiting the fire

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dom) appeared overnight in At night a large share of the many parts of the Soviet sector. population would They were painted mostly on the offices of Communist-controlled organizations,

Dr. Hainer Hildebrand, leader of the "Action Group Against Inhumanity" in Berlin fold a re- porter, "Members of our group posted the banner and painted our combat sign-the "ip"-on quite a number of Communist buildings.

*We even photographed the banner this morning and watched Soviet soldiers reading it. Most of them grinned and walked away, and it was hours before one of them apparently reported it to this superiors"--Reuter.

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