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FUNERAL

THE CHINA ŠIAIL, -SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1949.

THE PARLIAMENT

OF EUROPE

By "WINDRUSEF

The

life, freedom of thought, can- science of religion, freedom to unite in trade unions.

One of the main questions.

is the future of

Morning!

According to a "contemporary

left

Like so many of the rest of

they

couldn't have liked

newspaper correspondents

after a brief sty in the Colony.

The first meeting of the Coun ell of Extrope--the Strasbourg- Assembly-is fover. People in Extrope are trying to decide what it has accomplished, “what” is” Sta` Other pessimists had expected ing the problem to a committee (acima. Resentment as and fear real nature, and what it may do that the, Assembly-the body re- The General Affairs Committee Germany, F in the futur Members of the presenting the European parlie will certable procace an impres-of Germany is still very strong. Assemy back home are busy ments-would quarrel with the sive report. It will probably be and

Germany wowing as writing articles samhaine up their Council of Ministers-the Cou-a document round which the poll={regn4s her feet, At the same time / Yesterday, two American women cil of the Foreign Ministers of the tics of Europe will turn next year. it is argued by many that the

The European governments. Council of Ministers controls by.

has rated 1 Assembly

a) best hope of removing the danger ཨs Standing Committee of 24 free German nationalism is to and large the grends

of the members, headed by M. Spank invite, Germany to Assemble. Thanks to the tack of This will carry on the work of the temational West European

- president of the Assembly, the Ber the pre

fAccording to the Statute of the policy towards Germany will be Asia cannot afford to neglect al Belgian M. Spoak, thie / vetemoly when it is not la sessionisation. The test of

quarrel did not happen. Never Council of Europe, the Assembly whether West Germany is in

to join the Council thefers the Assembly showed that meets only once in the year for vited it might have a valuable part to a session lasting not more than Europe. play as a kind of friendly and one month).

Mr. Churchill, who domitisked constructive opposition to

first days of the Assembly was reported yesterday to have Council of Ministers

ted

an immediate discussion

imsionS

The Council of Europe is in no

concerned way

with Asta (though, since all the world is now one. it may mention Asia in its" economic discussions)

what is Cappening in Europe, Twice in ear lifetime, world war has began bucata of Faceycan

troubles.

It

is

Economic Side

us Join the in-

pigging it. orga Europe's

of

"Republican guards bad rifes and submarine guns."

The general was prominently wearing his water pistol.

"An agent for cots Products"

There is a peculiar difficulty in forming clear ideas about the

On the economic side, the Econ-an the admission of Germany, said that devaluation of sterling Strasbourg Assembly.

What were the actual achieve:

had resulted in record sales et onic Committee of the Assembly But this has been postponed. something which has come into ments of the Assembly?

One of the produced a report on Earope's

chier subjects of the concern's motor cars in Ed- belte as the result of popular

from all over Europe. It passed a resolution stating dollar defcit. By general agree comment on the continect, now gitm

Assembly is over,

How deep are the Rootes.-- pressure

pressate has been for the that the aim and goal of the ment, this was not a very weighty that the

The Assembly the attitude of the British labour unification of at least the Western Cauent of Eropa, is, the creation piece of work the dress be sequesentatives. Throughout the As the incendizrist said to his part of the continent.

was imprecise.

But the rare parties, natory econo

with

functions but real economic matters by the fact that conference they showed a cer- offspring. There u are son. popular feeling was

powers." As the Manchester economic affairs are special ca- tai suspicion of all far-reaching When the representatives as-

plans for international action. But hang it all. .. sembled early in Angust there Guardian said "this is a formula care of the OEEL.

The Legal Commitice of The opposed, the setting-up of "We promise that everything was no clear conception of what which should be acceptable to should be the functions of a Euro those mest wary of mien and Assembly has tried to find some the tribunal to hear appeals from will be done by us to give you means of protecting the liberties individuals in case their liberties an entirely satisfying execution." pan parliament. Ideas about it those mast enthusiastic for it".

instructed its General Affairs of the indivduals in all the coal that they did not wish

KEIT It

infringe they admitted have had to be sorted out as its

to see detailed 4

"My husband has changed a lot and objective tries represented in the Counell proceedings developed. They are with

sady of the proposals

achieve of Europe. It has drawn up a individual persons in Great Bri- since our marriage. I made up still rather vague.

closer political unity between statement of the principles to air carrying a case against the my mind about that. He eats out the member states, including

"Really? It must save a lot of abscribe. It recommends also to national court, federal as well as alter prommals which all member states should Labour Government to an inter- of my hand stra

of Ministers Council

the As the conference developed, washing up." for the future political develop the

become commission of the British Socialists Europe. It recorded its setting up of a of tess academic deganing society and action that the problems of

which the in- more co-operative. But Europe To those who say we are not that its futility would quickly že

This has not happened, common interest to the states of dividuals in any state can appeal has been left asking whether getting enough

solved within the if his basic rights are infringed, Great Britain is going to col can only Europe The Assembly, whose members were all experienced parliamen framework of the present Euro- These rights are defined to in-laborate whole-heartedly in the would happen if we got all the

sude, among other liberties, the building up of European Union goverment we are paying for. tary men, worked smoothly and pean structure.

This is not a mere scheming of freedom from arbitrary arrest. If it does not do so, the whole with great dignity. It has esta-

frornarbliary, inter experiment of the Council of Temper, temper..! blished its prestige. Europe will the problem of European unity by freedom

the well known device of refert-ference in private and family Europe will aimes; certainly fail expect it to meet again.

Some people had expected that the meeting would be a fasco. They thought that the Assembly would turn out to be a more or

seen.

ment

Battlefield A

Re-Union

Funeral Services for the law By KEITH BUTLER

Margaret (Peggy) Donaldson will be held at St. John's

Cathedral on Saturday the of October, 1949, at

kth

a.m. following which

eremalion will take place at the Kay-Lang Wan Crematoria, Pokulum No flowers by request

WEATHER SERVICES

ing after her like a brother.

He

was her brother.

to

Human rights to

Canadian Woman's Colour Film Of The Greek War

+3

While the Greek Commandos | life: the Family, Religion smashed a way into the fiercely Freedom to talk" defended guerilla stronghold the Grammos mountain labyrinth, a 53-year-old Canadian woman was in the thick of the fighting with them.

She decided to make a following her "Mmcan" mando, "Vangeli." from his and family circle up to Northern mountains where

By

government, ono remark-think what

Arte man dashed into the bar and asked for a large ginger ale. "You look a bit shaken," another customer. "Any- Thing wrong?"

said

just got home to and a strange man kissing my wife!"

What did you do?" asked the other...

"I picked up his

umbrella,”

said the Little man. "smashed it

and shows the grim, unconquerable, across my knee, and said, 'There!

humour and determination of hope it rains. this little 7 million-strong nation! film fighting for freedom once again. Com-

Please

distinguish between spectfuls and spoonsful, Now in the Grammos she has A. In making a dessert, for home

the been taking battle scenes which example,

he will be the climax to the whole ads of add

three cpoo3- The word is used here · ̋očczuse

Alm. She aims to show

ther spoonstul completed film all over the world! the same spoch is, used each time

the The sound-track will be the

favouring is added. The maxic of Evangelos Vidiadakis xpression spoonful Emplies the playing barbaric, moving, magie use of more than one spoo

As long as we know... music on his lyra. She has re-

corded his playing on a portable

recording machine.

Greek soldiers on Arges Ore- sakon airfeld, after their Gram mos victory over the guerillas, had a shock when they saw one of their comrades helping a cap türed guerilla girl into special

Dressed in khaki slacks and 2 plane: She was still dressed in the dirty khaki battle dress fur-collared American "Pa blouse and slacks which all the Commando jacket, she struggler guerilla women fighters wear. The to keep up with the Greek Com- Greek soldier with her was look-mandos co the mountain tracks.

Over

was slung a one shoulder portable cine-camera; over the KEITH BUTLER

rrels box of spare Called up to serve the Greek other The annual report of the

guerillas film White-haired Miss Amice

risked Hong Kong Royal Obser- Army fighting the

death and young Athanassios Tsimbas left Calverley vatory puts the important his Northern Greek home with worse, if captured, in her resolve work of that department into anxiety. His village near Pogonion to make a colour film such as perspective, while at the same was in the direct path of the the world-has never set-seen- time implying in the most guerillas raiding from across the an authentic moderate language that much Albanian border Within a few grim fight where no quarter is more could be done were the months of leaving home he got asked or given, set amidst the en. Greeks by Fate and Geo- she has sold most of her clothes?

beauty of the the news that guerillas had raid-breath-taking facilities, money and staffed his home; and had abducted Greek mountains. available:

his seventeen year old sister,|--

For 21 years Miss Calverley Alexandra....

Two days after the fall of the spent her days handling the dry stranghold on bones of history as Field Direc- main guerilla Mount Grammos peak, the guerit- tor in charge of the survey of

colour film of

and his comrades were fighties once again for the freedom

ther

During an opera performance in | Paris, a mouse ran across the stage. The orchestra Just couldn't high To carry on to the end of her reach the prima donna's mission, Miss Calverley has sacrificed almost all her imme-tes diate belonging She has little

As women broaden in beam they the Greek people--the role forced money of her own She sleeps also broaden in speech. on a baleeny lent her by

friend

I hear about the local lady raphy throughout history.

and shoes to pay for film and who went to the kitchen to give

She Back in Athens she eventually travelling expenses

may some instructions to her cocks, and persuaded the Commandes, who even have to sell her sound-re- found him washing lettuce for the are a law uate themselves carding equipment But she is evening meal with a toothbrush.. As Mr. Heywood remarked,

every army, to take her with determined to let nothing, save Observing her startled fexpres the responsibilities of the cb-

death itself stand in her path insion, the cook said, Accompanying them

"No catchee servatory cover a much wider

marches exhausting

over the finishing the films.

double this, missy. This no belong field than the Colony itself. e platoon in which Alexandra the Temple of King Seti at mountains, she has filmed The

your toothblush. Belong From the finished film she toothblush." It not only fulfils its original was serving with the other Greek Abydos in. Upper Egypt Now whole background and spirit of function of providing typhoon men and giris forcibly conscript she has left archaeology for a the Greek soldier's life in this wants no money. For the film

means to an is. only. the also weathered was ordered a fight rear-guard short while to go with the Greek relentless war against the Com: yn the proceeds from the film. warnings, but

Greek services for Hong Kong itself, stormed the hill in the face of in colour a living page in modern behind

action:

Army forces Commandes into battle, filming munist attempt to drag Greece to be shown all over the world,

the Iron Curtain. The as well as for shipping and hail of guerilla fire. One Greek history the climax of the the film shows the terrible sacrifice giving new lives and hope to the she hopes to set up a scheme for aircraft using the port, and sellier was in advance of all the years' Greek war

against the of the Greek youth in this ind guurillas.

thousands of Greck collaborating on an interna- others, charging up the hill with Communist

of warfare, where thousands are tional scale with other centres fixed bayonet

maimed and blinded on guerilla maimed in the guerilia war. Alexandra says something stop. The music of a Cretan "lyra"-- minefcids, and where it is

over-populated, poverty-stricken bet scattered

the globe. over

stringed instrument pincked

Greece, their physical disadvant into Meteorology, the director Ped her from firing, even at the

It fellows guerilla bands.

age sentences them to a life with- Fisk of being shot by, the Com- with the fingers-led Miss Calverter to die than fall alive pointed out, depends more mist political commissar behind fey from the ruins of an ancient thre

out hope. Biiss Calverley wants three-day passage of wounded?

dep to perhaps than any other her. Suddenly she récomsed the Miro e mountain battlefeld of stretcher-cases, borne by the lies to be shipped to Canada and

pay for them and their fami science on World-wide co-soidier and stood up shouting age to the indian battlefield of bling, sweating soldiers down the other. Dominipas, where

broken mountain-sides to operation for its advancement: "Thanass!! Thanassi Instantan Grammos today.

amitulances. nearest On a ship bound from Athens

There are not so

many cously he recognised her. Forget- ing the battle around themf-and

2

the

the will be.

end.

soldiers

And eck vinte blished in complete!

Forceful Protest To Russia

places in the Far East now regardless of the storm of bullets / to. Crete, where she aimed to get provide ships and planes with brother and sister rushed Spring pictures for a document- information about storms and hugged each other in the middle ary him, she felt her toes itching immediately forthcoming of the battlefield, Miraculously, to Cretan dances superbly play- weather generally. The widest both were unharmed and Atthared on the lyra by some unseen musician. She traced the rusic Alexandra dragged possible background about assios

to a Greek soldier playing for weather developments in ad guerila position taken, his leaping dancing comrades joining zones of influence is Athanassios went on with Miss Calverley filmed the scene, his entranced also by the classical vitally necessary, and for this unit to finish the campaig moan features of the musician. reason it is to be hoped that Alexandra was taken back to a She found out he was a a Com-

Washington, October 6. a good liaison will eventually barbed wire prison cage with the

mando and a hero. On his way The United States sent be possible with Communist rest of the captured guerilia

for home

Eis first leave in two and women: China, regular reports from Irinediately

today protesting the various sections of which resistance in the Grammos was bravery: be was

ed and three times decorated for viet Union

against what it called the are esential to the accurate broken, Athanastics C. D. gave years old. His name was Evan-ericans who strayed into the So

twenty-four "shocking" mistreatment of Am- four days special leave, Al- gelos Vídiadakis.

בנות

with their methods, traditions, arms,

מיס

and

civilisation There they will have the opportunity to make new lives and gain the reward of the sacrifices they have made in the fight for: FreedomL

The Greek Commando film is "To Win the money to carry-out this scheme. So, with Comman- do Evangelos Vidiakakis and his. tommy-gun and lyza, Mise" Cal-" verley went into battle in Grammos, armed with a cine-

the

the last guerillaears, he had been twice wound...) strongly-worded note to the So- camera and a case bi sparé reals.

forecasting of conditions invandra's case was examined

this area

ob

vict Zone of Germany,

The report states that to the spot and she was released.

An aircraft was put at the Miss Calverley decided to find ment

Her work in Crete finisheat mi

The note said that this treat-

meet the increasing demands

for aviation weather she's dinosal and Athanassios the village where her "Minoane was “in shócking echttaven-

his sister back to their

taken by the guerilla wär,

half-covered remains of an an Ambassador in and fellow-farmers amongst the The United Stater, through its cient Minoan city of 3,000 BC notified the

Moscow, also The lives of the modern Cretans office that it expects that those Bussian Foreign had changed little in 5,000 years. Soviet officials, who are responsi- Only the weapons were different ble for these arts will be in their wars.

punished Under the charm of Cretan

The American

to the most elementary Commando lived On the slopes standards of international de- a scheme has been approved parents in the sad little home of, the White Mountain" she s to expand and reorganise the from, which they had both been found him living with his family present staff, but this cannot as cottage near Pogottion in become effective immediately the North Western Greek pro owing to the time required to vince of Epirus, there is rejoicing. obtain and traîn recruits. dancing and singing these days.

Methods and standards of efficiency of observatories are, said Mr. Heywood, regulated quirements. One grant has to an increasing extent by in been made from the Colonial hospitality she learnt much of ease of two college students whe nots cited the ternational bodies, and Hong Development and Welfare the lives, hopes, joys and suffer had "inadvertently" entered the Kong is asked to establish a Fand, but it would seem most ines of Evangelos and his peo- Russian Zone during a cycling radio-sonde and radar wind desirable for further funds to ple. She got to know his wife tour, and who were delated for finding station for upper air be provided from Home sour. Stella, his brother Manoll, his right weeks. soundings, as part of a global ces, so that not only more solini." She found more,

uncle Christo, and his dog "Mus- network of similar stations equipment but also skilled;

It also quoted the case of an There are other "immense staff can be obtained.

American soldier who escaped on "I had found by chance in September. 16 from, a prison in opportunities" such as geog It is eminently desirable for this village," she says, "the per- the Soviet Sector of Berlin aft raphic suitability for research | Hong Kong to be to the fore fect setting for my picture of an 10 months imprisonment. into tropical meteorology in this branch of internation- nient insan city framing the

The note said that the soldier earthquake notification etc at co-operation as in many the remote past. But owing was held under "brutal and un-

life of the peasants as descendants There is also the purely in others. The Colony is noted to the playing of the young sal- civilised conditions". It added: formational and educational for its commercial integrityder I had also cinturked

"There can be no justification for side.

art enterprise, it can gain other picture of very different

ers-different this dind of treatment of the Resources, however, are much added prestige through nature, a picture no less rooted itens of a friendly nation, per- limited, and Mr. Heywood the efficient operation and ex-in past picture which bous whose only violation of the says that since the war "we pansion of services such as the present fight against a form and whose innocence of crimical the Greek soldier into law is purely technical át most, have been entirely preoccupt those provided by the Royal of Combrunam that would des charges can easily be establish ed with severely practical re- Observatory.

troy the very essence of Greek ed."--Reuter.

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