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Royal Couple See Harvest

Greece's King Paul and Queen Frederika, chat with villagers at Liopese, near Athens during 1

the celebrations marking the end of the vintage harvest recently.

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Pays Pakistan

Stafford Cripps

Tribute To

London, October 3.

WATCH ON Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor of the Exchequer,

KOREA TO CONTINUE

Lake Success, October 3. The United Nations Political Committee. against Soviet op. position, today decided to keep in being the United Nations Com-

m.sion on Korea to "observe and report on any depelopments" which might lead to, or other wise involve, military conflict in Korca."

said today that he admires the courageous and efficient way in which Pakistan" has tackled its most complex economic and financial problems.

Sir Stafford was speaking at a lunch in honour of

Mr. Ghulam Mohammed, Pakistan's Finance Minister, given by Mr. Habib Rahimtoola, Pakistani High Commissioner to Britain.

The Chancellor declared that "I think that is a pretty good Britain regards the capital de-record and I know that Mr. Ghu- velopment of Pakistan as an ab-lam Mohammed will agree that solutely essential matter in the

we have, in view of our own general world interest.

preblems, been most reasonable releasing all the Sterling necessary to buy these imports that I have mentioned to you, ic added.

"We should like to see other Countries to be represented on seentries too playing their part ute Commission will be India, ¦ in supplying capital goods to Austomiza China. France, the Pakistan." Sir Stafford said. Philipp.es. El Salvador Turkey.

"We hape, therefore, much that it will be possible for Pakistan to join in those inter

Sir Stafford recollected with pleasure the

long and Giendly association which he

Turkey hus replaces Syria on national institutions, such as the had with Mr. Jinnah which start-

the seven-nation Commission

The resolution

International Bank, which and de

can

was adopted. I develomide capital for Ch

..by 44 votes to C. with five nhe

tions abstaining.

The Russian

Six Stafford said that the Bri- tish Government had watched

the Commission And leave uniculties with the deepest sympathy, fication to the people of Korea always hoping that in time their themselves was defesten by 44 ruses might be dissolved.

votes to six, with five abstentions.

his own

continued.

people,"

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1949.

Canton Government's

Break With Russia "Aggressor And A Choice Before

Treaty Breaker”

Canton, October 3.

The Nationalist Government today bitterly at- tacked Russia as an aggressor, a treaty breaker and the master of a Communist puppet regime threatening the peace of the Far East. It said it is breaking off diplo- matic relations with Russia.

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The official denunciation was read by the Foreign Minister, Mr. George Yeh, personally to the Russian Charge d'Affaires.

The step was taken just 24 hours after Russia had officially recognised the Communist "People's Democracy at Peiping and had severed re- lations with the Canton Government.

Summoning the Soviet diplo

of the Russian delega- mat, Mr. Vladimir Varskov, to dion spent the afternoon shop- the Foreign Office, Mr. Yeh in- ping since Canton still has many formed him that relations with articles unavailable in the Soviet the Soviet Union were ended.

Union. Mr. Yeh read to him a formal statement declaring that the Rus- "star"recognition of the bogus regime" at Peiping was "not only an act

aggression against China, but also a threat to the peace and security of the Far East.

(The Jubilant Chinese Com- munists repo-their-Peiping radio busy with a series of broadcasts on the speedy Soviet recognition and detailing series of mass cele- brations 13 Peiping, Tientsin. Shanghai and elsewhere.

(The mass meetings featured premier, Josef Stalin, and other huge pictures of the Soviet

and crowds Communist heroes,

Mr. Yeh stated that the re- cognition

WLS, however, only the natural culmination of a long series of Russian violations the Chinese Soviet treaty of 1945, and was merely further evidence were quoted at roaring "long of Soviet infringement on China's live Generalissimo Stalin.") political independence and ter- ritorial integrity.

Russia, he said, was not only tearing the treaty, to pieces, but was committing an act con- trary to the recognised prin. elples of international law and justice.

is

Socialists Oppose Queuille

World Today”

New Delhi, October 3. The Indian Prime Minister. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, ad- dressing a mass meeting here celebrating the 88th birthday of the lato Mahatma Gandhi, said the world today must choose either. the Hatomic bomb or the Gandhian way of love, truth and unity."

Mr. Nehru sald he believed the people of America want to know how far the Indian people are following Gandhi's teachings. He said he would tell them when he visits the United States next week that Indians have been unable to follow Mr. Gandhi's path In the true sense of the word. -United Press

ITALIAN FLOOD DISASTER

Rome, October 3. The Italian Cabinet agreed at! an emergency meeting tonight on an immediate grant of 50,000,000 like for relief in Southern Italy, swept more than 30 men, women devastated by flood waters which and children to their death during the week-end.

Reconnaissance planes reported

| 1,000 square miles of desolution in four provinces. Mud and water, which burst through the river banks, lay 60 feet deep in some places.

In Benevento, 40 miles inland from Naples, nearly 2,000 people were homeless tonight. Many more of the town's 20,000 inhabi- tants were out of work because of the havoc in the low-lying in- dustrial quarters.

lief schemes would have to be The Cabinet agreed that big ro-

land was reduced to expanses of launched to help peasants whose mud strewn with wreckage.

near

Salerno, five were killed when a

In the region of Nocera

"Puppet Regime”

Paris, October 3. Socialist opposition The 1945 treaty of friendship newly-announced wage-price pro

to the from most resulted

the American- British-Russian

gramme of the French coalition "agreement at

government Bared into the open Yalta. It gave Russia many tonight with a demand by ed from the time when he was a

special rights in Manchuria. The Paris branch of the Farty that the practising lawyer in 'London.

Chinese Nationalists frequently Socialist Ministers resign from "We were fellow members of have complained, unofficially and the Cabinet. the Bar and even at that time, semi-officially, that it was forced

The demand came as the Pre- admired his single-hearted pura China by the Big Three with-mier, Henri Queuille's year-old proposal to end Pakistan struggle with her dim. pose in securing the freedom of out advance notice and that Rus-Government appeared to be facing movie audience panicked.

Sir Staford sia has disregarded its provisions a fight for its life when the Na-

at ber pleasure.

tional Assembly reconvenes on Officials said that the damage "We had many talks together "That the regime set up in October 18.

in the whole food area is colossal and though we did not always Peiping

It came from Soviet-sponsored

the Executive | beyond calculation at present. see eye to eye in our estimate of should be clear now to all the Committee of the Party in the the future, yet we always retain world," declared Mr. Yeh's state. Seine Department, comprising The Pope today telephoned in- ed our friendship and we could ment

Paris,

structions from his summer seat and did always discuss matters

It asked the Party's National at Castel Gandolfo, near Rome, to "It is à puppet regime, forced to ether with the greatest frank- upon the people against

recall Socialist rush foodstuffs and medicines from their Committee to ness,

free will, and its ideology is

Ministers immediately and con- the Vatican stores to the fooded "Your present Prime Minister, allen to Chinese civilisation and

voke the National Council.

region. The too, I have known for many the Chinese pattern of life"

demand will probably be discuss- Officials, including the Minister of years now and I have admired

ed at a meeting of the Council Agriculture, Signor Antonio Segni, In view of the Soviet's utter either tomorrow night or Wed-burried from Rome to the way in which, since he

direct reached that high office, he has treaty obligations, Mr. Yeh con- address the nation by radio to ex-police, fremen and municipal and disregard for the sanctity of nesday, when M. Queuille is to rescue operations by the Army, the battled through the most difficult cluded, the Chinese government plain his Government's economic voluntary workers.

relations policy-United Press. is severing diplomatic

Railway officials report that it "As is probably known, 1

take at least 48 hours to restore with the USSR. personally took the view origin.

What, if anything, the Russian

trafic on, the main lines in the ally, that the best ends of the

region. peoples of the Indian contin-Charge d'Affaires replied was not ent would be served by a joint reported. development of their resouroca under the aegis of the two great communities in co-opera-

The Committee approved the strengthening of the Commission, by granting

1/

W still

have that hope, for for we realise that your race an culture have an age-long history which long ante-dates

cur own, power to ap civilisation and which can Pro

vide you with a guide in formulation of wise policy.

Indo-Pakistani Relations

point military observers.

China

the

A resolution proposed by the United States, Australia. and the Philippines empowered the Commission to "verify the i withdrawal of Soviet occupation In the meantime, we have forces in so far as it is in a pos- come our best to help in such

ways as we could.

"But I must express my ad- miration of the courageous and efficient way in which Pakistan has tackled the most plex

economic and financial problems that have faced it.”

tion to do so." .

Yugoslavia voted in favour of the Soviet proposal-Reuter.

ECA NATIONS PENALISED

.com-

times.

tion.

Applies For Visas

OPERATION ON VANDENBERG

Ann Harbor, October 8. Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the Before being called to the Foreign Office, he had applied Republican Party foreign affairs British Consulate for expert, spent more than six hours transit visas via Hong Kong to cn the operating table here to- Siberia for the 42 members of day.

to the

Trains creeping Southward along the main line from Naples, on the edge of the food area, are taking 15 hours to cover a normal three-hour distance. Electrical locomotives, all para-

by the lysed by

destruction of head cables, are being replaced by g'eam engines.

OYET-

Lesser storms throughout the the Russian Mission In Can- Doctors said that half his left rest af Italy today hampered tele- lung had been removed, but de-phone and telegraph communica- scribed his condition as excellent. Hons, with long delays on inter-

national calls--Reuter.

ton.

The Chancellor said that he held the view that sooner or fater the two zoverelor státes of the Indian continent "must "In this there was, I am sure, Washington, October 3.

live side by s

side in amity and general agreement amongst those The Economic Co-operation

co-operation."

who, like myself, were anxious Administration today announced "Once it is realised and admit- and determined for the freedom that it had withdrawn financing

ted that they will continue as of the Indian peoples,

But the of 48,395 tons of cargo for ECA

two separate, independent States difficulty was how to devise the nations because some Marshall -however close and friendly means for such a joint develop- Plan countries had failed to main- their relations may be--then

ment so as to give full satisfac- The Soviet Ambassador, Mr. N.j-Reuter. tain participation by American- there is no reason whatever wiry tion and a sense of security to V. Roschin, is in Russia. Dr. P. S. fag vessels at the required 50 per that better and closer feeling both the partner peoples. cent level in the second quarter should

Foo, Nationalist Ambassador to not come about which "It was in fact only when Moscow, has been in Canton of 1949.

The ECA said that during the perity of the peoples of

would vastly advance

such a the pro- appeared that

method since last April both could not be found that the idea The Foreign Minister, Mr. Yeh, second quarter liner cargo car- States." Sir Stafford said.

of partition or separation gained during the, day was at a meeting ried by U.S. ships fell to 47 per He said that the told value of strength.

of Nationalist Party leaders. cent of the total.

Pakistan from Eritain exports

remember when I first dis- He said China, more than a cussed these matters with Mr. year ago, had considered, bring- Jinnah he was. hopeful that ajing before the United Nations

Countries affected by the within the half year ending June,

are Denmark, 1949, was just under £18.000,-

Sweden

drawal of the United/960-compared-with-£2,290,000 combined method of attacking and charges of Soviet treaty viola--

France and the Netherlands.

Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg for the previous half year and mastering the problems

£5,760,000 for the corresponding Indian Continent might period of 1943.

Oficials said the tonnage for withdrawn

which the ECA had payments were as follows: Den- mark 13,599, Sweden 726, Ireland 2,661, UK 13,068. Belgium and Luxembourg 2,032, France 179, Netherlands 5.130.--United Press.

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UPERSISTENCE

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found"-Beuter.

St Peter's Tomb Definitely Found

Vatican City, October 3,

of the tions but had not done so until be recently because she hoped Rus-

sia would "Come

:around" to honouring her obligations.

The Director of the Vatican Excavations today denied knowledge of the reported discovery of the bones of St. Peter.

Count Enrico Galeazzi, chief ago that excavations under the architect of the Vatican and Basilica had established the tomb supervisor of excavations under "was and is", the place where St. the Basilica of St. Peter, said dis- Peter, was laid to rest after his coveries thus far have "definite martyrdom centuries ago. ly proved the site of the tomb of

Apostle."

the

The Pope is expected to make another pronouncement concern

"I know nothing, however, ofing the tomb, possibly before

Mr. Yeh declared this hope finally was abandoned last July, when Russia made a trade treaty with Manchuria's new Com- munist regime.

(There was speculation in Hong Kong that the Soviet Man- churian trade treaty soon would be extended to cover all of Com- munist, China, and also that all the Soviet satellite nations would follow Moscow's lead with quick recognition of the Pelping re- gime.)

Reds Jubilant-

Russia has the biggest diplo matle staff in Canton. The only other Soviet block nation re presented i Czechoslovakia, which has a single representa-

the report that the bones of St. next year,-Associated Press. tive:

Peter have been found in an urn

and are now. guarded by the Pope," he told The

Associated

Press in reply to questions.

"New

Wide speculation followed a York Times Rome des- patch last August that St. Peter's bones had been found 20 feet ader the great confessional alter

of the Basilica.

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