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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2,

U.S. TO MAKE HYDROGEN BOMB THEORY OF THE

Netherlands to recognise Red China

The Hague, January 31. The Netherlands Govarn. ment has decided, "in prin. olple" to recognise Commun. let Chins but the time and

manner havo, not yet buon decided mecided when, a Government memorandum atatad today,

It freyed a memorandum in reply to remarks of mam bers of the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on the 1950 budget.

The memorandum. addad

there will be an nouncement-Reuter,

that

an.

INDIA'S CLOTH EXPORTS

Truman orders start

on the super-weapon NECESSARY FOR SECURITY

Washington, January 31,

President Truman today ordered work to start on the hydrogen bomb, potentially the world's greatest weapon of mass des- fruction.

Ending weeks of debate on whether it is worth while developing this new

super weapon-which may be 1,000 more times more destructive than the "orthodox" atom bomb the President said in`a` lacónic juwiyestatementzekocus on game comp

"We must see to it that our country is able to defend itself against any

possible aggressor,”

of storie reaching On ever.

1

HYDROGEN BOMB

New York, January 31.°

The bydrogen bomb could be 10 times mbro des- !tructive and, lethal than tha atomib bomb

that bombed out Hiroshima. Theoretically. it could be a 1,000 times more powerful. Ar Hiroshima there were approximately 100,000 persons killed and another 50,000 injured. Only about one person in every dwelling with- in half a mile of the centre of the atomic blast escaped death or serious injury.

The hydrogen bomb, at fullstand-would be necessary tu

efficiency, would extend the fore the nucleus of hydrogen ring of death to far greater | into nucleus-forming hellum: The distances and would probably nucleus of hydrogen la composed leave no survivors. For a city and another partiele known as of a particle known as protun to be hit by the hydrogen neutron, The nucleus bomb would be like tossing positive charge and the law of

bas -that entire city into the blazing physics sets down the rule that.

Inferno of the sun. What is a positively charged particles hydrogen bomb and why would pet each

Thus it would

anatomic bomb?

Scientists. In theoretical know-intờ cus

In the Arst place for the pur poses of simplification, the

names Are BUK-

be

It

li

re-

nuclel

atomic

picture

how frankly 'diseuised the possi And that da where Estimates of the cost of this

In the year after the first three Few people were surprised bybility of the hydrogen bomb. energy comes into the

President Truman

announcet ali,

known that when new giant haves ranged from alor bombs were exploded, one the announcement and few be thint he had ordered the Atomic urentun or plutonium in the $100,000,000 to $4,000,000,000. as a test and iwe over Japan, the fileved it will havè ́ алу more

atomic bomb Energy Commission to start work (210)

explodes in chnin It may be able to blast an area United States Navy let off several effect New Delhi, January 31.

in

the atomic breaking

11" on it. Then the lid was clamp- reaction, tremendous amounts

energy and heut are released, it The India Government has more than 100 square miles. hombs at Bikini, leaving the Pacl- deadlock than did Mr. Truman's ed down.

The President gave the reene atoll unfit for life even now. nanouncement last autumn that However, the theory of the Was auch heat and energy fixed a celling of 800,000,000 light to the United States Atomic alps used In 1 Experiments Rusia had set off an atamle blast, hydrogen bomb has been discuss levelled Hiroshima and Nagasaki. yards of cloth for export Energy Commission in ordering main radio-netive.

Comment from delegates was sed in technical Journals for On the basis of that, scientists forms

limited and enutious and almost some years and, as in the case mas The present order followed from India during the 12 it to continue work on all

on working using ex- would report by the Atomic Energy be she wanted to be quoted by of the atomie energy theory, is ploting urunlum or plutonium to months ending August 1950, of atomie energy-which

continue "til satisfactory Commission on. its work for the name.

bo secret not even to the tus trigger or release heat that will it was officially announced

plan

11 said that for international control of hst six months.

clart sinns.

chain reaction of fusion be Loday.

American production, · improve. atomic energy is achieved".

Germ warfare

tween hydrogen atoms. Thus the The Indu Government's textile

hy hydrogen-bellum bomb may be a This was the President's state-ment and storage policy, according to the announcement Inunching the Government Weapons

Most of them echoed Mahmoud drogen bomb might be called the double action operation, atomic ment, aims at reducing the cost officially into the hunt for theBrowing pace.

Fawzi Bey of Egypt, who said: "1 "gol bomb" or tar bomb." energy first and then solar energy The Commission disclosed would like to re-iterate unwaver-These almple

resulting from hydrogen into lic- to the ensumer and stimulating new weapon: exports,

that it had begun research into ing support for all sincere "It is part of my responsibly

*tested because the hydrogellum. No "Simultaneously with a revisions Commander-in-Chief of

the use of atomic power The

for aeropis to control

of bomb exploding would be going webpons

scientist has made "blue of mill prices of cotten from t-armed forces to see to it that our

*driving. ships, submarines and mass destruction,"

through the process that goes on print of how a mixture of morrow, excise duty on the cloth country is able to defend self

aircraft.

constantly in the sun and other uranium or plutonium and hydro- ob. I stora. will be redured from six and against any possible agressor

A land-based prototype of 11 In the opinion of many

gen would be placed in a "model KIN, In the case of the

the bomb" but such "details" may quarter per cent to five per cent

Accordingly, I have directed thermal reactor suitable for sub- Servers here, a snore urgent ques- and on superfine cloth from 25 the Atomic Energy Commission marine or ship propulsion will tion than the hydrogen bomb is world receives energy and makes probably be regardest

possible. Eineering problems that can per cent to 20 per cent,

A refund of import duty on cotto continue its work on all forms in the design stage soon, the control of bacteriological warfare, plant and animal life

Commission sald Is its seventh No formal study of the problem Such energy, however, overcome with the same ton would be allowed at two an- of atomie weapons, inchiding

of "disease bombs" has been travels 63,000,000 miles separat-phasis in force that was exerci- or super-annual report to Congress. nas a pound on the weight of fine the so-called hydrogen

work

Marine reactor

made by the United Nations, but ing the earth and sun and arrivested in the drive to make the first and superfine textiles actually bomb. Like all other

the Secretary

General. Trygve in proper Intensity so that living atomic bomb, the field of atomic weipóns. exported.

reactor is being Lic, suggested several months things on this planet arc not Many scientists were skeptical The present ceiling on price, is being and will be curried for developed by the Argonne ngo that it might well be dis burned to a crisp or vapourised.that the atomic bomb could be which might be charged overseas ward on a basis consistent with tional Laboratory and the cussed by the Atomic Energy

made. Simple theory

In fact only $5,000,000 buyers for cloth and yarn export-the overall objectives of our pro-Westinghouse Electric Corpora-Comroission.

was first appropriated

for the enf, will be removed, relaining, Įgramme for peace and security, ·

atomic bomb project. As work however, the celling charged by the mill to the Indian exporter.

Will continue

progressed, money was made ab- undant with no questions unill' A modified distribution system

$2,000,000,000 was spent. The allows the mills to dispose at one-

was bdro. third of their production in each

be in for a repeat licensed buyers variety to

performance.-United Press. their own choice.

remaining

FAO DISCUSSION

The

of

two-thirds la Govern-

reserved for the State ment's nominees.-Iteuter.

How Russia started "cold war

New York, January 31.

control

·

of atomic

ternational energy also continue to examine those factors that affect our

The marine

No-

In the case of

man-made bomb the

tion. The Cominission said tle- falted engineering design is ex- Mr. Lle refused to see news-"solar explosion" or pertext to begin this year. The men today, but sent out word that energy would be released at close The explosion might be range. "This we shall continue to co/aircraft reactor is still in the early he had no comment on President only 10 times or less as power- atomic bomb until satisfactory plan for in-research by a joint body cam-

atage, and is being in Truman's decision.

In London, the Prime Minister, ful as the atomic bprob but the levele may

it could achieved. We shall posed of Air Force ves and the For. Clement Attise, through the posed, said that in trecy. Was onla

allAir Arm representatives and the Foreign Ofee, has

be a 1,000 times as powerful. two prominent National Advisory Committee for suggestion by

The theory of the hydrogen or programme for peace and thit Aeronautics, the report disclosed. Quakers that he salic personally solar bor

IN comparatively Mr. David Lilienthal, Chairman to Stalin about atomic control.

It la simple.

based on the theof the Commission, of whether

Foreign office's reply, re- Presa

theory

that enormous amounts it would United States should undertake conference here that in the light leased today, sold that

of ea

energy are left

over when sen production of the H-bomb husof security limitations, he co-be presumptuout to suppose that hydrogen the lightest element been

sidered that the most remarkable personal contact at behind-the-scenes

the known is changed into bellum, debate for at least four months-thing about the 180-page report highest level would do anything second lahtest clement, li con- | was "that it could be published at but rafse unduly the hapes for trast, the atomic bomb uses the perhaps longer.

Deace which had been "so often heaviest elements, uranium and A Government Committee has all considered

In plutonium. Be steered aside repeated ques-und so cruelly disappointed

But well FUS

operations are as key

tions on the hydrogen bomb on he past".

as different as tight and day. members of Congress.

In the atomic bomb, atoms are The

The Quakers Lady Farmoor, Atumle security grounds, but

country's security. The question

under

told

#

conceded

even

en- be

cm-

The

Rangoon, January 31, Improvement of rice for the consumer was the main point In today's discussions of the Food and Agricultural Organisallon's Nutrition Committee for South East Asia:

The Committee also discussed the problem of improving and supplementing rice diets, and the need for better co-ordination be- oftween food policy-makers

and

Mr. Allen W. Dulles, war-Committee has held

Senate House a series of ant a new weapon is under dis-widow of a former Lord Pre-split with resulting release head of the American meetings about it, conferring

ing Cission in the Government but ident of the Council, and Mr. energy once locked up inside the nutritionists-Reuter.

time

זיון!

trying to develop

The

Gerald Bailey, former Director'i atom.

theni Press

and

де

gording to the theory, energy is obtained by the building up of atoms. Hence atomla bomb explosions are caused by fakion or splitting and the hydrogen by fullon or welding together of two different elements. Heavy hydrogen would groh- ably have to be used,

Office of Strategic Services in with military leaders, scientists not by as Switzerland, sold here that the and others. So far as has been Little

In the hydrogen bomb, has, leaked out during all of the National Peace Council— Soviet Government started the disclosed, this Committee

the months of rumour and wrote last. October urging a-fur- "cald war". on the.. Allies in never taken a formal vote,

but speculation about building Hther attempt to meet Soviet ob- April, 1946, when Marshal there have been plain indications Bombs in this country. However, Jentions an atomic control. Stalin-sent-President Truman that-a-majority-of-the-group Comb will presumably

for as is known, the

The

Society of Friends super- be con-Quakers)" supported "the most brutal, direct tele favoured

structed to "fuze"

hydrogen Router, Associated grum he had ever received bomb. from Moscow."

Dr. Harold C. Urey, developer atoms In contrast to the "salon" United Press, The telegram was a "vehement of "heavy. water" and a worker or splitting of uranium or pluto-

nium atoms in the A-Bomb. protest" ngainst negotiations then on the atom bombs dropped

Unometal conjecture has sug- in progress for the surrender of Japan, four days ago quoted a nil German forces in Italy. Itussia report that some physicists beested that an A-Bomb, built in- wanted no progress until they lleve flat all forms of life could side the H-Bomb, would be used lind completed the occupation of be extinguished over, an area, us to "trigger" the the areas sought by the Kremlin, wide as the United States by the setting off explosive forces like Mr. Dulles declared,

radio-activity set off by the ex-those on the sun.

оп

Mr. Dulles said that the Rus-plosion of one hydrogen bomb. Flans wanted to get to Trieste He added that Russia may pl before the Allies and feared ready: be ahead, with production Allled 'occupation of the port if of a hydrogen bomb. the surrender negotiations warg Fuccessful.

Commission' repõit

new

weapon,

"Only course" : Serators and Representatives generally applauded Mr. Tru- Iman's decision to go ahead with

the dread weopou,

Senator Scott Lucas, Demo

ROMULO GETS

U.S. DECORATION

hy'

A school child knows that by combining hydrogen with oxygen, ordinary water is formed, That is, two atoms of

With hydrogen one atom of oxygen form

one molecule of water ; Of course, Washington, January 31. there is no explosion when such The U.S. Legion of Merit fusion occurs because no new cle- was awarded Brigadier-Gen-ment le being formed,

In the case of the bydrogen · cral Carlos P. Romulo today for "exceptionally meritorious bomb, ede element-heavy service" is the wartime "Voice is being converted into of Freedom" in the Philippines, tists in theory have

another element, hellum. Scien He declared that a message was

calculated Qne, physicist suggested recently received from the Chiefs of Staff)

General Romulo, President of

particips are In Washington to proceed

no that no plane could deliver the crat of lineis,, Scuate majority the United Nations General A-1 that some atomic further but that a frantic appeal hydrogen bomb without itself lender, commented: "I pray God 'embly, was a Brigadier-General lost in such fusion and that they to the then Allied Commander in belag destroyed by the bigat.

en Genitral Douglas MacArthur's are accounted for in the form of

enbrynaus amounts of energy, staff during the war in the South has been fairly well established. the Mediterranean Theatre, Fleli!The hydrogen bomb physicists

But

Senator

Lucas said the

East Pacific, Marshal Viscount Alexander, of Bay that the bomb would have tree peoples of the world know

that a gonewhat similar constant The Defence Secretary, Mr change ordinary hydrogen Britain, brought about a resump- to have a plutonium fr uranium the United States would not use

Into tion of the talks at which Italy care as a detonator creating the the bomb "unics we are attacked Laul Johnson presented the hellum-goes-on constantly in the. surrendered

on Ward unconditionally.

behalf of President sun-heat capable of setting" off by dy, aggressor.”

sun thus giving warmth And Reuter.

ita Hydrogen lithium warhead,

energy ba the earth. La 'be- mbéral

Maryland, Chairman contributed immensely to of

Hieved that light from stars comes Abate Armed Birutas High state of morale among all from the same source. mittee, said he felt Mr.the.

Double action! Truman hud

Bidault gets close

vote of cönfidenté

Pärit, January 31. The French Primo Minifar, M. George Bidault's Coalition Governinduk, cut, the 1950', Budget voted today in its fuldr form by 301 voros against 284.

we may never have to use IL"

Sender Nlllard Tydings, Harry Truman,

The citation added that he had

of

the

had taken, the only troops in the Philippide In years gone by,

It

however,

coliran possible under kno: Getteral Romulo left the Walter scientists believed that man-made oklating circumstances,

Roed Hospital here on Monday hydrogen-hellum transmutallos Bernard Baruch said President after several days- treatment for would-be-only-a-dream-because Truman's decision was a wise A throat allment. Associated | lenormous amounts of heat--more decision necessary for the peace Press.

world,

of the

Mr. Baruch said, "It emphasises onew the need for truly effective international control of every form of

of atómle energy and muts destruction."

Asked if development of the H-bomb would put the United

Earlier the Government marshallen, the Assembly this ditor-States ahead of, Rusala again in rowly escaped defeat and con- noon voted cuts in civil exponatomic developmbuis, Mr. Baruch sequent resignation on one of diture of seven milliard, tranes, said: "I do not know. I'm nát one the five votes of confidence put instead of three milliards, as proof those wise fish., I talk about to the National Assembly. Dosad in the earlier motion. only what I know,shout.”.

tvarand the As-

creating a Cabinet British neaction

We are external In Landan, Professor. P. M. B

Blackett, British atomic seanta "As-[ond 1910 Nobel Prize:: winner, was declined to comment on President lidh by Truman's decision.

The first three confidence" vol concerning new taxes, were voterper

by narrow majorille, bu} fourth vote, foaling with amount of cuts, to be made expenditure, was -- equivoc same number of deputies for it as agninati -

The President of the came to the resque with protation based tax Constitution hd"? partly rules of the House.

He said that

Professor IM. Low, leading #lainn. British physiciat," thinks President Them Truman's decision, fa- extremely

cil for

now totals

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