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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1950.'

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PLAN FOR H-BOMB

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Mr. Van Zandt said: "I feel we host lots of opportunities to employ the 1-bomb as 2 vehicle to bring about world peace,"

On the technical ride of the bomb's production, it is thought that "coal stars", may have in-

spired US, scientists. These stars

are cool only when compared with the colossal heat of the sun

the fact that may well pointed out the way to

a practical H-bomb,

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making

All unofficial theory hus con-

tended that a temperature of it Jenst 22,000,000 degrees would be

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A watch on

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Westminster

Even here in Palm Beach, high fashion and higher prices, | that

rich, is dying.

among the snobs and, the the unique Florida resort of the nabobs, the British election is

On the Beach-read itself mont news, The Palm Beach "Daily News", whose masthead slo-lons are, unoccupied. Some are of the great Spanish-type man- gan is "53 years devoted to boarded up. Others need paint society, sports, hotel, cottage, and repair. and club life in Palm Beach,"

is now devoting some of its front page to Mr. Churchill and Mr. Attlee.

necessary to explode hydrogen in a bomb, because that is the in- ternal temperature of the sun where hydrogen energy in given

In But there are stars

The Palm Beach Paal is run the heavens called "red glants" whichning a series on the problems of produce energy, although

their unscrambling the Socialist ome-

Iette. temperature only 1,000,000 de

greek

Their owners are staying away, unwilling or unable to pay for the extravagant upkeep. Their-in vestment in their property is so big that they cannot afford to abandon their canties entirely and po one else can afford to move In.

Only a handful of bold realists are splitting up the massive villas into smaller units or tearing the palaces down entirely:

the British are highly thought of the snobs love to

boast of their British ancestry-- and the non-knobs regard_` the British's regular folk like them- polves.

Our customers

British

from gooda, apart Scotch whiskymaralargely un known to West Palm Beach; but Beach are fanciers of our sports the gay blades and bucks of Palni

care.

Batches of brightly coloured MG., Jaguars, and even an occo- sional Rolls-Royce purr among the palms and outside the patios. The local radio finds time for

I started this Diary by mon- Belugabe Rococompaign Charinatural section floning Palm Beach interest in who Brst conceived speecher, sandwiched

between of the New York World Telegram le Briinh election. It is Bign the theory that the sun and stars

yacht race results and "Sail-fish) and Sun, a friend of mine, ia

and Informed, but surprisingly derive their energy from hydro-

here, and says: "I can't ever re-save it to New York and Wash- Derbys."

neutral. Most people say they gen reaction, referred to the red

member things being so quiet" giants in testimony before a Se-

He tells me the real tip-off is

ington to Interfore in other nate committee several years

Plenty problems

Thay are on the fact that the hall-room boys, people's affairs, ngo.

bluo they are for Coming hero 1 have not

or gigolos who come down with holiday and away from it all, but remained shorts, and elegnat profiles, and

noranted dinner jackets, swimming and goldon Bands for every-

body. kmacit in the middle. Palm hire out their services as escorts, Beach is watching Westminster.

Farhaps it is doing so to take will probably have to go on relief.

The matrons are iLs mind off its own problema, behandkisses and Canasta partners. not renting cause it has plenty. An era is ending here.

Entertaining in the smaller, This is no longer the million- private homes still struggles gal. and the smart clubs the aires' Mecen, the shining Goldes, the Seminole Country Coast, or the exclusive hangout Club, and the Bath and Tennis of Society, The palms are here, fight a fierce rearguard action. I the beach is here. Where are the cannot help thinking it will be a people?

losing battle, for, if ong Palm. Along Worth-avenue,

one of the most fashionable and opulent Beach is dying another is being shopping strecis in the world, the

Dr. Bethe said that the cooler slors are believed to derive their "heavy hydrogen," (deuterium), which is now being studied by the Atomic Energy Commlision together with n still heavier form of hydrogen enlled tritium.

Key to problem

Assuming that a super-bomb is developed employing either of these types of hydrogen, a "built in" atomic bomb as primer would explode at a temperature of at least 22,000,000 degrees-22

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times the potential heat necessary to touch off heavy hydrogen.

This high temperature might provide the key to the short

out necessary to duplicato In

the super-bomb the prea

that goes on in the ctars.

for

In the sun, the process fusing hydrogen atoms to pro- duce helium and nuclear energy requires about 5,000,000 years and the helping action of other elements suc

such as nitrogen.

carbon and

In the super-bomb the whole process must take place in a split second,

Meanwhile in Los Angeles R was announced today that. gmail amounts of · tritium- have been isolated.

Dr. A. Ronzio, a cliemist at the Los Angeles Atomic Plant, gave

the news to an atomic commission

West Coast Conference.

lavish stores aro almost deserted.

born.

On the march

If America were deep in a de- pression business could hardly be worse. It is embarrassing to As the embattlements crumble walk along and peer through and Society sinks, the rude and thick plate glass into shops | vigorous march in. The busiest crammed with luxury goods but place in Palm Beach now is the empty of buyers. Any minute shabby and shoddy pler. expect salesmen and floor-walkers to abandon their dignity and poise and do a little sidewalk huckstering.

The fashionable restauranta are already capitulating. I had been old that at the fabulous Taboo on Alibi only the possessors of great names or great wealth were welcome.

visitor

routing Tho would be tucked away in the corner or hidden behind palms so that the sight of him would not offend the gilded patrons.

Usual excuses

it is not

so. Business Is Go

He said that production of tri- | bad that longshoremen would be tlum from hydrogen is sit in welcome. the laboratory stage and very dificult.

Mennwalle the Vatican news-

paper. **Osservatore Romano," said that tho-hydrogen bomb means that the cold war sliding irresistibly towards

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wa- red war. The newspaper's direc- tor, Count Guiseppe Della Torro, who frequently reflects the inions of Pope Pius XII, wrote: "It means we face the absolute fal- lure of a philosophy and of a pseudo-civilisation."

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"If." said Count Torre, "one of

the

Night after night I have dropped the prestigo places and have seen a pathetic row of empty stools facing the glittering glass cocktail bars.

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Trippers crowd the fish rest- aurant (popular prices), and the reek of frying fat challenges the orange scented air. Tourists down glant jumbo-site

cocktails.

Wolf shrimps, and put bottles of beer to their mouths.

A few blocks away the lobster thermidor. and the flat mignon remain uncaten, and the expon sive French chef has tempera- mental tantrums, but the coffeo shops and the lunch counters coln money.

It you tell that to the residents hero

and to the local newspaper men, as I have done, they seem offended.

They reply: "But we are still exclusive in many ways. Trailors aro Himited to a one-hour stay; you won't find a single manufac turing chimney apouting amoke; and we don't even allow under- takers all that sort of thing is

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Palm Beach."

I would be worried about the undertakers if I were they,

The entertainere sing and play to ghost audiences and the idle barmen play dico. This is the

This West Palm Beach, which evidence of my own eyes, yet no one will admit that trade is tortion and is spoken af as being an so often comes into the conversa- ribic.

the

There are the usual excuses season is slow in starting people will come along about mid- night and throng the restaurant

Lake Worth, as close to Palm remote as Siberia, is just across Beach proper as Marble Arch is to Hyde Park-corner.

It is not fashionable.

No So-

the peopler most desirous of pen-until-five-a.m.--(they--don't);

and most interested in peace, February will see the cafes and cloty king or queen ever lingered

thoro. It is # faces the task of

nightspots jammed and hoping (it trimmed constructing the hydrogen bomb, it means that won't). the cold war no longer hopes to end in understanding but is sliding irresistibly towards waged wor."

No one is facing up to the reality that the Palm Beach of

We hope," he said, "that waking up to and most of Asia much more and much · soonor under Communist domination than mysteriosa armi, the

and the only development abcod knowledge of the frightful of civilisation is destruction by abyauss will defend and

the hydrogen bomb. the panca."..

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He said that the late news of a possible International control

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of atomic power is an Index of this and still loads to hope.

But, he said, the development of "apocalyptic armament brought the ancient motto, of "If you want peace prepare for war" to a degree never before known. "When we are at this point, which past centuries could' not have imagined, what can be thought of diplomacy and poll- tics?" the "Osservatore" asked.

Sitwell's appeal

This has come about, he wrote,

lusty, neon- town which

sprouts drugstores, barbers' shoeshine parlours, cheap shops, and hotels,

Somas,

It costs about £10 a day to stay in a fashionable Palm Beach hotel, only £2 a day in un- fashionable West Palm Beach,

They'll take over

There are 63,000 people crowding while Britons have been "lulled the West Palm Beach and 20,000 Into a false tranquility by pros are Negroes. Only 6,000 Pm mises of halt an ounce

more live all the year round in Palm or of margarine at Christmas more chocolate for the kiddies or Beach Itself and Negroes are barred except as servants living whatever the particular bribe of

on estates. the moment may be and by the

Local comment: The Socialists

are buttering-up voters, propara- tory to taking another bite.

Footnote: Perhaps the Palm Beach story needs another titlo— Decline and Fail.

ICE HAMPERS EXPLORERS

Aboard The Survey Ship John Biscoe, Antarctic,

February 2. Dense ico

the has caused Antarctic expedition jointly undertaken by Britain, Norway and Sweden to retreat 10 clearer waters after getting within 84 miles of their des- tination, Queen Maud Land.

Reuter's correspondent Douglas Liveraldge, reports:

"We have been able to talk by radiotelephone to those on board the Norwegian steamer

Korscl which 18 carrying the Queen Maud Land expedition whose scientists wUI study weather. glacier and geological conditions.

"The Horsel had been meeting increasing ice difficulties for week and eventually found the way barred. The expedition made repeated attempts to reach Queen Maud Land but had reluctantly to struggle back and are now going North to make a fresh attempt at landing on the coast of Queen Maud Lund.

"The Korsel told us by morse, radiood yesterday, that some of the Scandinavians in the expedi tfon had been able to enjoy akling on the ice."~---Reuter.

FO OFFICIALS SWITCH JOBS

London, February 2. Three Foreign Office officials began switching jobs today.

the end of the war. of the

Patrick H. Dean loft for Rome to take on the job of Counsellor at the British Embassy in Rome. Mr. Dean, aged 41, was head of the Germany Poliücal Depart- ment of the Foreign Ofice and in that capacity attended most

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pince moolings

He is taking the place of Mr. J. G. Ward, who has been ap- pointed Director of the Imperial It is my theory that ultimately Defence College, succeeding Mr. reports of small invisible diplo-West Palm Beach will stretch out J. C. Sterndale Bennett, Mr. Ben- molle triumphs in Europe.

and take over Palm Beach, invade nett har bean appointed Deputy "Over the whole extent of the the mansions and transform them to Mr. Malcolm McDonald, Com- Government's complete, enormous Into bowling alleys, occupy the missioner-General for South East and apparently almost irreme- | villas and rent them as rooming.

Asia in Singapore, diable failure in foreign policy. houses.

Leading

British diplomats ex- pected to move in the near future include the Ambassador to Fersia. Sir John le Rougetel, who is to take over from Sir Guy Rendell, Ambasador to Belgium; Sir Ronald Campbell, Ambassador to Egypt, and Sir Alexander Cado- gan, chief British delegate at the United Nations—Associated Press

no' single incident, stands out as Already there are quite a few inore entire and gigantle than houses with."Vacancy" algas its listless inability to bring outside them, and some of them about any accord between the are close to the majestic Royal two halves of the world,” he said. Palmway itself. The barriers aro

"Is it beyond the wit of living | falling, statement to make some new and. During my stay here I have more successful effort toward the tried to find out what the people bomb, The preservation of the world. are thinking of the British, and essayist, in a letter to The United Press and Associated what are the chances of soiling

Times, said this country was' Press.

British goods. The answers are

In London, Sir Osbert Sitwell, the writer, asked today... that seme move bo mado in the matter of the hydrogen

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