1949-12-20 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940.

RUSSIA CONSTRUCTING African wedding

FLEET OF 1,000 SUBS;

400 ON ASIATIC COAST

Politburo member's appointment

Moscow, December 18.

"Jane's Fighting Ships"

Union is speeding

London, Decombor 19.

reported today the Soviet construction of a' flact of 1,000 submarines, Four hundred of these are to be based on the 'Asiatic Coast. The authoritative guide to the world's fighting ships also said Russia is building three bat- tleships equipped to fire radio controlled aerial torpedoes. Each is a 35,000-ton warship. Two may already be in commission. "Jane's" sold the now Russian undersea float will include a new type "with a great range and a vory high submerged spood." "Jane's" said the USSR is be- from Arst principles for a spect Deved to have about 300 sub-e role of countering a potential mitter of the All-Colon Com-marines already and more than 100 enemy type. munist Party. He was also

"In the next few years we are new ines planned for delivery

ikely to see several categories of lented first secretary of the this year. "Jone's" continued

revolutionNZY The construction of gabmarines worships of

type. Moscow #istrict Communist

Under the among them the atomic bomber Party, replacing CM. Popay, is of special priority.

pro- carrier, the guided missile control a responsible rurrent naval construction taking

Kramme, within the new Five vessel, the tank forces cominant tumbwipal construction job

Year Plan, it was hoped to have ship, the anti-submarine cruiser, ise heathereroenst aan Khush-

rocket destroyer, fusk low-lying 1,000 completed for service Lebevert from his past

1950-31, of which 400 were to be frigates and gas turbine ships."----

Associated Press as find serelay of the Ukram

in the Far East, 300 in the Baltic {re

and the remainder in the White In Central

and Black Scas.

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"But it in extremely doubtful whether the Russians have the shipyard capacity and the trained tecbridelane necessary to build an underwater fleet of this size in such a short time."

750 by 1951

"Jane's" Feld later Informa tion Indicates the Soviet Navy At present hopes to have 750 submariner in service #t the and of 151

Some of these are being pre- yards and fabricated at Baltic shipped to Assalle press for sembling

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"They are said to be equipped with two catapult tuwers for fring Cartin controlled aerial torpednes and they have, in addition,

thoix malu armament of six teh g

The wimament as also said to inelude rocket fi paratus. and guns are radio controlled." Prevloudy Russia hach Cha hantleship all of

about thean 23,600 tons

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Beets are in the making." I said, "Warships are being designed, not ne improvements or develup- classes. but of previous

Smuggling of arms via colony

Manila, Deermbar 19 The Chinese Nationalist gov- ernmetil, through Minister Chen Chih-ping, has complain: - ed to President Eladio Quirino thal American surplus art. are reacting Comico-1 Chin from the Philippines com Hone Kong

President suitino a veulent

o prema vorticence. Last night that the Chinese Nationalist Minister had demanded an investigation of Han tunting to here i ask el that acter he halt

Mi

Quimo promosed the ch nese Envoy he would have the

perbet at amice mater

The Chinese Ministry una quod-

ed by Mr Quiring as saying that

guns and amphibian boats from

plus was stocks left on the Is lands by the 11.5, have been ship- peal to the Communists by pre- Chinese Na- vate parties.

The

imminent Tearing an Tomatista. invasions of Taiwan by the Ret want the trufle halted at once

Philippines government sources ak they had no knowledge of such neuvity and east some doubts

of the n the vididity

Associated Press. complaint.

Chinese

Dutch deputy Competition to

returns home

Schiphol Airfield, Holland.

Mr. J Dulch

K. Van

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stimulate

rubber industry

after

Samuel Layiwola Buroerro (left) watches with affection a his wife, former Mojiota Omodele Ooker, alona the register their wedding at Fulham Methodist Church, London. Samuel to a 25-year-old Law student from Ibadan, Nigeria. His wife who la gino 25, is a teacher in lagos Nigeria, but la at present studying at the Institute of Edspation. (AP Photo).

Study of Socialist policy completed

Oxford, December 18.

Twelve Socialist members of Parliament, who had been meeting in Oxford since Friday, tonight completed a study of Socialist policy on which they have been engaged for some months. After the meeting one of them, Mr. Ian Mikardo, said that a report on the purpose of the meet- ing by a political commentator in the "Sunday Express today was grossly inaccurate in a number of respects.

He would not specify the in- Minister for War. Mr. Emmanuel accuracies or divulge what hap-Shinwell, and the President of the pened at the meeting.

Board of Trade, Mr. Harold Wil-

article

The "Sunday Express" had said that Socialist Members ot Parliament meeting at Oxford were discussing what action could be taken to ensure that if the Party won the next general elec- tion, Mr. Ernest Beyin did not renian as Foreign Secretary.

Among Members of Parliament at the meeting were the Parlia» inentury Private Secretaries three Government Ministers.

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COMMITTEE TO SELECT CABINET

Batavia, December 18.

Dr. Soekarno, swornvin yes- terday as the first President of the newly-created United States of Indonesin, announced here tonight that the had sp; pointed o four-man Committee to select a Cabinet,

The Committee Comprised the Republican Prime Minister," Dr. Mohtimined 'Hatta, the Premier of East, Indonesia, Anak; Agung, the Defence Minister, Gultan Ham- engku Suwong of Jogjakarta, ánd the Sultan Hamid of Pontianak.

Dr. Soekarno said that he had appointed a Committee of four, instead of three as stipulated in the Constitution, becauso "wanted a flawless agreement."

The Cabinet is expected to be selected tomorrow night.

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Meanwhile, the Dutch authori- ties announced tonight the im- pending arrival of 500 Republican police frum Jogjakarta and 200 Dutch-officered Indonesian polico from other areas to nssist in maintaining order in the Batavia district during the sovereignty celebrations on December 27.

Six thousand Republican Army troops would also reinforco Batavia's 3,000 civil potico,

Reliable military sources estí- mated that 'about 90,000 Dutch troops would be concentrated in The Batavia area-Router.

Budget to be debated by Assembly

Paris, December 18. French Cabinet Ministers tried to

Departmental pare budgets tonight in preparation for The National Assembly de- bate tomorrow on the govern- ment's record high 1950 budget.

The Prime Minister, Georges Bidault, ordered all possible esp- nomics before the Assembly it- self takes the axe to his request for

to 2,275,000,000,000 francs run France during next year.

M. Bidault is expected to warn the Assembly that must

it

pass balanced version by December 31 or face possible loss of Mar- rhall plan funds. Ho has let ti be known that if the Assembly

refuses to pó along the 183 Do- Duties of the Catholle Popular Republican Party will not parti-

e'pate In a future coalition gov-

erniment

"Mastor's voice

The "Sunday Express" writer

The Assembly will get a con- Mr. Bruce suggested that

version of the mutilated behind them budget reported on by the Fin- Colonel Wigg had

and

the power of personal association ance Committee, which cut more with Mr. Bevan and Mr. Shinwell than 100,000,000,000 francs from And that "neither of them M M. Bidault's estimates. The journeyed to Oxford without his Cabinet is expected to

refuse master's permission“.

many of the cuts, however, and the Parties

are sharply split on He asserted that Mr. Bevan and just where economies should be Mr. Shinwell had found a point made.--United Fress. They were Mr. Donald Bruce, of agreement-that Socialism and Mrs. Mr. Ernest Bevin cannot both Castle, Parliamentary survive. will stimulate continued pro-Private Secretaries respectively gress by rubber growers and 100 the Minister of Health, the industry generally.

Aneurin Bevan (a leading Left

Cabinet wing

member),

between

December 18.

Schalk,

New York, December 18. Deputy Prime Minister, A US. rubber executive says arrived here by air this afternoon | healthy competition after a three-week's visit to In- doncsla.

Schiphol He was welcomed at Airport by the Prime Minister, Dr. Willem Drees "1 certainly pessimistically," return do not Mr. Van Schaik said. "I have not been able to discover definite difficulties in connection with the transfer of sovereignty."

natural and synthetic rubbers Colonel George Wigg and

Barbara

After that he returned in work in the Basin atut also completed education. He then entered Tuta

unist Party work. Comiatimust

He be secretary successively of

important increasingly

Party Kroups. He became a candidate for the Politburn Επ 1938 and was nude a full member next year.

Khrushchev is given credit for

that The Deputy Premler snid much of the progress made in building up Moscow as a modern he had found no signs of unrest

During the war he organ- clty.

worth mentioning. On the In- ised guerilla warfare, against the donesian side everything was bo- Germans. He holds the rank of ing done to maintain Jaw and Heutenant-general,-United Press, arder-Reuter.

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Mr. John L. Collyer, President "I B. F. Goodrich Company, made the statement in comment on a

recent announcement that

Mr.

A statement issued

by the Members of Parliament after their the meetings ended tonight said that the study of Socialist policy on which they had been engaged will be published by the "New States

British and French growers in rubber exports from Malaya, Cep- | man". Claffist Weekly review) the Orlent would spend about lon and Indo-China. Mr. Collyer early in Janitary and will include $1,000,000 in the United States Sad world crude rubber produc- both a review of the achievements next year to promote increased tion currently is 1,500,000 long of the Government since 1945 and use of natural rubber.

tona a year while world demand discussion of Socialist policy in Funds for the campaign will be for all type of rubber is 1,000,000 its sooond term of power. raised by an assessment

Reuter, on all long tons--Associated Press.

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