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Rock slides menace hamlet

This dramatic picture shows a vast cloud of dust rising over the tiny Swits village of Almena after a farge rock mats broke away from the mounte'ʼn in background and roared down on the hamlet. For weeks rock falls have disorganises the life of the villagero, ‘and whan it was recently found that a mass of about 9,000 cuble mitres was beginning to leasen, It was decided to evacuate the entire Southern part of Almens. (AP Photo),

BRITAIN

WANTS U.S.

AID IN PAYING OFF STERLING BALANCES

Washington, April 24,

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'Britain has proposed that the United States Government pay off in dollars some of Britain's Sterling balance debts to creditor countries such as India and Egypt,

The idea behind the suggestion would be to remove some of the crippling burden of Britain's $9,000,000,000 wartime debt to Sterling bloc na- tions and simultaneously helping Asian countries fight off Commun-

ism.

THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1900.-

INCOMPETENCE CAUSE OF COMMUNISTS' FAILURE IN CHINA

The recent admission by the Chinese Communist Vice-Premier, Chan Yun, that there is something seriously amiss with the "assessment of faxes and the allocation of “Victory Bonds,” is seen in Hong Kọng đi tho kay to the Communists' basic difficulty failure to recruit competent per- sonnel into an efficient administrativa machine, What happened to the Chinese Communists grandiose plans at the hands of gross mismanagement and callous incompetence, is told in reports reaching here from the Honan countryside, where millions of victims are cursing what they call the man made fomine. Honan farmers had ample Some farmers, driven, to, ex- grain reserves to tide them over the critical period caused by last year's drop failure. At the rate they had been taxed in pre-beration" days seven to nine pounds of wheat per month-they could ride out the Winter and look ahead to the spring harvest with confidence,”****

shattered

These plans were when the Communist tax collec-, tors raised the tax to 25 pounds per month. The farmers' protests were allanced with the seiurance that these 25 pounds would cover this year's taxes once and for all. “But the fax collectors returned tine'and 'agalh, varrýlpir off beans, sweet potatoes, turnipe, and when those were almost gone, chairs, | tables, benches, frying pans and kettles.

then followed a high-pressure campaign to absorb the little that remained in Victory Bonds Where a peasant showed unwill ingness to substribe the bond salermen stayed at his house for days, enting what little they could And,

trade, he suld.""

Officials say that there has been no formal request for aid yet. The ba- lances are credits in British pounds held by India, Pakistan, Egypt and other countries. * Their repayment in unre-mott, made this statement, "Welcerned other countries and would quited exports is jeopardis-bave received a report from the require further study."

British recently regarding the nn- Britain has made it clear that economic ing Britain's

re- Lure of their Sterling balances

with Marshaff Ald destining the Balances vival. They are seen by problem. many American officials as

"The problem of the Sterling an obstacle to Britain's ex-balances was one of the problems port drive to the dollar area Laken up in the tripartite anon- clal talks inst September at which ject would

further require

study.

will not be able to go so fast employment in order to maintain

tremes of atred, chopped up grain rather than let it fall into the hands of tax collectors and Victory Bond agents. Those who the towns for food, were, unable tried to sell their belongings' in' to find buyers.

their furniture and burnt their

Crops suffer

Farming tools were barrow- ed by the troops who had to grow their own food. Although the Chinese Communist soldiers had acquired a reputation" for honesty in the Honan country- alds, and the farmers' were cor- tain that thele tools would be returned, the folds lay: fallow

PEKING'S

CALL FOR

กร ซา

CRITICISM

San Francisco, April 24. j The Chinese Communist Party today réquested the Party Press to criticise openly

newspapers and other pub

errors in our work.!!

for want of tools, and prepara-lications the shortcomings and tions for the spring harvest suffered. The result was an famine.

acute

The Party Politburo's directive. which was broadcast by the Pėk“.

Meanwhile, the Honari graining radio, sald that alnico was clogging up. China's primi Party now occupies # leading tive lines of communications, en rejects or even suppresses

position in China; "pride which route to, cu-called "deficiency ticism within and

crl. area" where the populations bad

without the been afflicted to a more serlous degree. The authorities' original plan to juggle China's grain sup- ply was another instance where the Communists bit off more than they could 'chów,

Párty, might castly arise."

"I warned that in. the absence of criticism, a "bureaucratic aitt tude paying no heed to or res- training public criticism or even attacking, taking revenge on,"br laughing at critics," might be the result,

pot day, the bears and swest they will be dealt with by the

case

1

China's rallways and shipping ling balances were not by any could not handle the grain e-

The directive told the Party means debts which overseas coun- ciently, even those few instances tries' wanted now to collect in re-where it had been carried ld the Press, that henceforth criticisms payment.

sailway stations and river ports of Party and Government could doubt if there would be a by those very farmers from whom be published without first obtain desire for a rapid repayment it had been taken.

ing the approval of the party more than a part and that the To aid the victims of the re- criticised, and that under the new in Нопал, the directives, 'editors assume Inde- smüller part, of the total Habili-sulting famine ties, and possibly much less ac- Government conscripted the pea-pendent responsibility for any cording to the movement of sants into working parties, and critical remarks appearing in

assigned them to road building their papers. and 'dyke repairs. In return, the It also requires the criticised Where there had been a desire partners were given two bowls of organisation to take up the chal- | on the "parf" "of these countries, bean soup or sweet potato gruri lenge openly, failing to do so

annual agreements had been mado

potatoes having only recently Disciplinary Committee of the governing the rate of release, and these had been made

made public

been taken from them,

****** | Party, or by the judiclary' in the decisions have been

of Government organs. these to release parts of

directive recommends Too arduous ・・・

Mao Tse- These dyke and road schemes Lenin's, Stalin's and here, bin because of were a turg's works on self-criticism as in the release of Sterling bat-the needs of the countries con- tere pushed with a vigour that study material. United Preis. ancer, Mr. Hugh Galtakeli

corned to rehabilitate themselves," the Ronan farmers, unused to Minister of State for Economie Mr. Gaitskelf said.

such arduous routine, dropped and to the eventual converti-time it was agreed that the sub-

Affairs, told the House of Come cannot see how we could out of exhaustion. Those who

SINGAPORE TO mone today.

possibly

have justined a refusa were strong enough to stand up bility of Sterling.

ASK AID FROM hope to reach agreement 'allow these countries to draw under the brisk pore fet, by the Under the proposals submitted "It has accordingly been under on this busis as existing arrange-down the bances at time Goversment workers, soon found AUSTRALIA to the State Department, America consideration ever since and horments come to be negotiated when we ourselves had a loan that an inadequate diet was wen- would give dire: dollar assistance been, among

Singapore, "April 24 other toples, the

trom the United States to begin kening them rapidly. chiefly to India and Pakistan and subject of exchanges of Inform again," the Minister goid.

Mr. Galtskell maintained that with and then Marshall "Äid.

To promises of a

The Singapore Government will glowing those countries would cancel

Australian Gov- tlon and exchanges of memoranda Britain is helping her own strafë, past In our interest

future, the farmera countered that appeal to the

give Anancial ain comparable amount of the British between the British. Canadian gical faterests by allowing coun

"Refusal to do this, as has at present they had to work twice crnment to

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for building the University of The ometats cold that the ex- "This matter is extremely corn-tries In South East Asia and the Middle East in the front line of

boon suggested from time to hard as before for less than Malaya, according to a high Gov- time by the Opposition, would while the outlook to them seemed ernnient source here today.

one-half their ploratory proposal is being con-plex and, as pointed out in the the fight against Commualsm-to

'provious' dlet, ridere by senior Government tripartite communique of Septem-draw on their Sterling balances.

most dubious, since they are The source said that the Com- officials here.

ber 12, 1949. concerns other coun-

crisis in the exerting Area and facing the spring harvest Mr. Gaitskell said it was well

with missioner-General for South East resulted from last year's trica," Mr. McDermott continued.known that these abilities In-

possibly 16d 25 its complete neither farming tools nor grain Asin, Mr. Maledim MacDonald, American Belsh Canadian dolls

creased

Will request Australian aid when. -No-decision yet-

sold that it should Reports from other provinces he viits In the very substantially

Sydney, on Bay 15 crisis conference, at which it was

Ing the war because of overs--- Mr. Gaitske wat in allowing also confirm that the actual He- the Commentari debt and older economic problems problem and no definite positions penditure, but it must be pointed these countries and the Middle tialutal disaster is in to proporcie a very ijun gesture under the decided to examine the, Sterling "We are still exploring the expenditure and military ex- hot bo

which, mostly in vastation caused by last year's

South East Asia.erence The source stated! Asla Fast towards relieving the burden. patals made and none contem-war as part of the Sterling Area Bght against Communism, to draw has been grossly over-estimated. Spender aid plan and would be

capital

However, the cuinulative effect very well received. "Moreover, it is evident that Certainly. when adjusted for down these balarices, Brital is

The Singapore Government to cale down the debts, but consulations with other interest-post-war prices, quite d' large clearly assisting Her own strate- of 'food; droughts, war' and In-ne the University in Johore!

Governments would be re-proportion of the

competence is little short of what gical interests, present out-o have to be careful," he fit was in 1931 when China was Fahru on the Malayan mainland. efore any definite plans standing Babilities would be the tied. We say in these ravaged by one of the

or

worst I will be open to Europeans ins "what hould eventually emerge." currency reserves of the Sterling

and portion of the communique Area central banks and the trade matters for anything that is like-famines in her History-United Well as "Malaya, Chinese British oficiala anid that dot-of September 12, 1940, dealing ing balance held here.

ly to give the impression that we

Indians. Reuter.

lár Asslctance

United with Sterling balances, to which by the

repudiate

bound to these debts Not debts Stateo to rolleve the Sterling M, McDermott referred, was,

do us immense damage, balance problem would be "This whole

In its varl- problemt,

with Marshall "Nevertheless, mainly to hulp'Aslan countriesous vide capital goods for with the deficit or surplus of the plain that we cannot ka on so fast spects, including the peces-move up and down in accordance Ald declining; we have made it bulid up their economies and sity to reclat the spread of Communiam: development, was discussed in a. countries concerned, in their trad- and we hope to reach agreement They Apparently consider the preliminary way on the basis of ing with the rest of the world:: |on this Basis aš existing“ arrange- drain on Britain from the Ster-prior technical examination by

It was important, he said, that ments come to be negotiated Lecondary the experts of the three Govern people should realise that Sterogain." Reuter Hing balanceE consideration.

ments.

balance" debt to them, and United States Governments.

clated in the near future.

The United States has been urging Britain to get her creditors.

countries like India which needed Anquicial aid, have resisted this.

Anti-Communist fight

quired

should

The omclub State Department "It was agreed that this was spokesmna, Mr. Michael McDer» one of the subjects which

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