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Gold-hunt frogman

Searching under the waters of Tobermory Day, Argyllshire,

to

la an Admiralty frogman....hoping find the panels tronnura palloon sunk there in 1683. The Duke of Argylt started the hunt. The Admiralty suppiled frog-divers. In the fine weather diving went on all day and through the night. The Duke watched operations from a launch, The discovery

of the day was matome cannen ball of the type used by ships of the Spanish Armada-(AP Photo).

Harwell invents new machine for

atom research

London, April 30.

British scientists have built a now type of research instrument to boost the velocity of atom parti- cles almost to the speed of light—186,400 miles per second.

AMERICAN WARNING ON BERLIN

Washington, April 30. The chairman of the Senate

The Ministry of Supply, an- nouncing this today, stated that the new machine now in opera- tion at Britain's atomic energy research station at Harwell, Berkshire, would greatly ex- tent research work into the design of atomic piles, includ-

power.

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1050,

AUSTRALIAN REDS DECIDE TO FIGHT GOVERNMENT BAN

Sydney, April 30.

A Communist union official told a rally here today: "We will fly the Ham-

mor and Sickle from the roof of the Sydney Town Hall." . The official, Mr. Stanley Moran, Treasurer of the Sydney Branch of the Australian Waterside. Workers Federation, said the Communist Party. will fight the Government's Bill to ban the Party by strikes and by job action in every factory.

LONDON TALKS

A special meeting of the metal-working and shipping in- Sydney branch of the powerful | dustries. Communist Party Amalgamated Engineering leaders effectively controlled a Union, attended by about 600 striking force estimated at 233,- of the branch's

000 workers in these industries, 19,000 mem-

the report added. resolution to resist the anti-Communist Dill "with all the power we pos-

ON JAP TREATY bers, passed a

London, April 30.

Dean's attack on bill The Very Hov. Hewlett John- son, the "Red Dean" of Canter- The Communist controlledbury, condemned the anti-Com- munist bill as he left for London General Council of the Federated

by plane after a visit here. Clerks Union in Sydney agreed lo co-operate with other unions, doing what Czar Nicholas, Hitler Australia could not suceed In

to the Bill. and bodies in a legal challenge

and Mussolini had failed to do, he enld.

The Commonwealth Work- | sess." ing Party on the Japanese peace treaty meets here to morrow but the discussions are being held without the assis- tance

of an American draft trenly and still without any agreements from the Russian and the Chinese Governments which insist that treaty hego- ilations must take place only through the Foreign Ministers Council.

The task of the Commonwealth Working Party--to bring up to date Commonwealth plans for the future peace with Japan- was last given detailed study by

the Commonwealth Governments ut Canberra in 1947. The general review of the Japanese problem at Colombo lust January did not include detailed revisions

on the Canberra proposals.

Ja Melbourne, Communists staged a protest rally on the banks of the Yarra River. An audience of about 2,000 heard denounce Communist speakers.

hysterical threat the Bill us a against every democratie tralian.

Aus.

Prime Minister, Mr. Robert G. The speakers referred to the Menzies, as a "traitor."

Uniformed

and plainclothes

police mingled with the crowd. Commonwealth security offcors were reported to have taken

shorthand notes of the speeches. Incident at Calwell work

home

Discussions will be opened to- morrow afternoon at the British Cabinet offices by the Common- wealth Relations Minister. Mr. Patrick Gordon-Walker, who will take the chair at the first meet- ing.

The delegations will in cach casc be headed by the Hight Commissioner in London, but most of the work is expected to

be done on the official level.

Keuter.

ITALIAN TUGS FOR RUSSIA

Viareggio, April 30. An Italian shipyard has be- construction of 10 tug gun boats for Russia,

ing those for the production of ed the inauguration of the work Two Soviet technicians attend

The machine, known

here. The tugs, powered by 250- D.Š horsepower engines, will

be de travelling wave linear accelera-livered to Russia between tor, generated 3,500,000 "electronuary 30 and August 30 this year volta" and such Intense radiation under the terms of an Italo- that it had to be installed in a Soviet commercial treaty. | specially built shelter with four

. Armed Services Committee, feet, six inches thick brick and

f

Senator Millard Tydings, said today that there may be some shooting if Communist youths go through with their planned march on Western Berlin.

ence

Jan-

The Italian Industry and Com- merce Minister said that political and ideological differences do not alter the need to exchange pro- duels.

Press,

and

concrete walls and roof.

The Ministry said this was the

high-powered second

particle accelerator at Harwell. The first, a synchro-cyclolron, began operating last December,

So far, he added, Italian ship. The difference between the yards have built ships for Nor- His statement marked the third

two machines was that the syn-way, Argentina, Turkey, Sweden, time in a week that the Russians have been warned that the West-chro-cyclctron speeded

Russia. Associated up the Greece orn-Allies-mean-to stand their speeds of particles in a circular ground in their sectors of Berlin motion, while the new machineTM boosted particles in a straight even if they have to use force,

line. Last week,

the Secretary State, Dean Acheson, told a news conference: "When all the com-- motion is over, we will still be in Berlin." Earlier, a Govern- ment official, who declined to be destined, said the United States would use machine-gun fire, mece "sary, to put down the pro-a posed Red youth march.

of

Communs of the Soviet see tor ple to se

nd 500,000 East Ger- Western Berlin in man youths into

of May ha the last week-e

"onstration," so-called "nity den.

In a transcribed radia

broad-

* the

cast, Senator Tydings shy Communiste aro apparen drilling the youths and giving

detalled instructions b

shem

what to do.

If carried out, he said, these in- structions might lead to some- thing that could be very serious, "I they do start across the American Zone by tens of thou- Bands, it could be a pretty nasty situation."-United Press.

SOS WAS FALSE

Lowestoft, April 30.

It provided a prolific and con. venient source of neutrons In the development of atomlo energy by giving out a series of Intense short bursts of high energy electrons almed at a heavy metal target.

Impact with the metal produced corresponding series of Gomma rays which were, In turn, ab- sorbed by a tank of

"heavy

INDONESIANS IN MOSCOW

Moscow, April 30, An Indonesian delegation ar rived here by air from Prague to. day to negotiate the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

La

Police rushed to the home of Mr.

Calwell, Arthur bour Member of

the House

of Representatives and former Immigration Minister, when about 30 men demostra ted outside his house in a Mel- bourne suburb.

The demonstrators told the police that they were a deputa

Mr. tion and wanted to see Calwell Mr, Calwel had told the men to leave but they refused and Caiwell became aggressive. Mr. Informed the police he would not see the men, and they dispersed quietly.

A report just issued by a pri- vate research organisation, in- vestigating industrial relations in Australia in 1946-49, declared the glant rolling strike, put into operation by the Communist for 88 Party, was responsible per cent of all the man-days lost through strikes In New Souuh Wales in that period.

The report said the Party had.

Com acted through. seven key munist-controlled unions centred the mining, engineering,

JAPAN NOT TO SUPPRESS REDS

Tokyo, May 1.

Many of the 200 persons who bade the Dean farewell gave the Communist elenched fist salute.

Mr. E. V. Ellett, General Se- cretary of the Communist-con- trolled Australian Seamen's Unton, did not leave by Qantar Constellation for England tonight because it is believed that the Government had refused bim a visa to pass through India.

Qantas cancelled his booking when he failed to confirm it.

It authoritatively learned

Was last week that the Government had refused to endorse his pass

to

port to enable hitn

pass through India because of a re- quest by the Indian Govern- rent some years ago for CQ- operation in preventing the entry of known Communists to India,

Mr. Elliott said today that the Indian High Commissioner in Australia, Mr. K. S. Duleepsinh), had sent hini a telegram on April 27 giving him permission to land in India.

Singapore

screens

40,000 people

Bingapore, April 30. Forty-thousand paople have been screened in Singapore In the last 48 hours following attempted assassination.

the

on Friday of the 19-year-old.. Governor of Singapore, Bir Franklin. Gimson.

A home-made bomb thrown at Sir Frankfls as he was leaving from a boxing tournament bounced off his abin and exploded without hurting anyone---Associated Press.

THE TASK BEFORE SOCIALISM

London April 30. The International Socialist Conference said last night that atomic war is not inevit- able and can be averted if the free nations are both strong and united.

A

The organisation of British and May Day message "The acquisi European Socialists Bald In

tion societyCapitalism is now a dangerous anachroniam.

"The task confronting us is to knit the peoples of Europe, America and Asta into an organic, unity of effort which nothing can disintegrate," it said.

"Within the frontiers of overy took it to the Immigrationvide this unity of purpose. Eco- nation Socialism alone can pro- cffielais and they said: "This is a

nomic matter for Qantas.'

Bystems which function I took it to

only at the price of mass unem- ployment and poverty are today the Afth columa of international Communism.

Contas and they said: 'It is

matter for the immigration officials"."""

Givon permission

Mr. Elliott had planned to at- lend the European meeting of the World Federation of Trades Union,

Australia's Deputy High Com- missioner in London, Mr. Nor- man R. Mighell, has refused to meet a British Communist Party deputation

to protest against his Government's plan to

wishing outlaw Communists.

"Democracy itself can no longer afford the appalling clumsiness

and waste which characterise the

capitalist system.

"Wo аго faced with

tremendous crisis of civilisation. Mankind is threatened at once! with Spiritual slavery and physical, destruction.

In a letter, to Mr. George Matthews, Assistant Secretary of “In this grave testing time, the British Communist Party, international Socialism #has Mt. Mighell said that he saw no crucial role to play. For Social- reuson for receiving the deputa-ism is the only creed fully equal tion as he had already forward- to the demands of atomie war. ed a protest resolution Oft subject from the Party Government.

to

tho

bla "Atomic war is not inevitable,

and

and it can be averted if the tree Mr, Matthews replied that outions are both, united British Communists considered strong.

this refusal "a disgraceful viola-

tion

of customary democratic "A world of peace, fraternity procedure, which will be resen- and plenty is the price for vic- The Japanese Government ted by wide sections of British tory. Atomic war and slavery is Press the punishment for defeat.”—As- does not intend to suppress the public opinion," United

'sociated Press," Communist Party, the Attor- and Reuter. ney-General, Shunkichi Ueda, told three Communist spokes- men yesterday.

The three Japanese Communists- -Kenichi Ito, Hyakuro Hayash! and Kaduyoshi Sunama-visited Mr.

Ueda in his office...Japanese reports said they asked him two questions:

1. There is a rumour that the Prime Minister, Shigeru Yoshida, will issue an anti-Communist statement on May 3. Is that true? " The Finance Minister, Hayato Ikeda (now in the United States) sald the Communista What go underground.

The visit follows Russia's re- cognition three months

of ago

about that?

water," the heavy hydrogen nuclei Republic of the United States Mr. Ueda said the Government]

in the water then broke up, emitting the neutrons.

A powerful radio transmitter working on a wavelength of 10 centimetres provided the electri- cal waves which began the pro- the machine could ernit as many cess of boosting the electrons and

as 1,900 million neutrons every

mond.--Beuter.

of Indonesin.

The

The delegation, headed by Mr.would not issue an anti-Com- L. N. Palar, chief Indonesian re- munist statement on May 3. presentative to the United Na- Government had no

intention tions, included three diplomatic whatever of suppressing Japan's aldes, Mr. Yamin, Mr. Wibisono Communist Party. As for going and a secretary.

underground, Mr. Ueda told his Ministry and

Representatives of the Foreign questioners that he did not know the Netherlands what that meant or what Mr. Embassy welcomed them at the. Ikeda might have had in mind.. airport-Reuter.

Associated Prest.

stronomer Royal scoffs at resorts of flying saucers

Herstmonceux, April 30.-

I weird saucer-shaped 'disesaying are actually the spent cartridges

rough the skies at hair-raising of guided raissiles.

Sir Harold Spencer-Jo,404, the Astronomer Royal, and 0.0089.

of the leading star-gazers in

A search at sea by planes and the world, said there is about boats for an aircraft which was as much truth in flying saucers presumed to have crashed into as there was in the Loch Ness the water off this port was dis- monster. continued late today.

The

He does not believe Hamber radio station monster. intercepted what was belleved

"Flying Saucers?—a

in the

lat Đi

He told the Miami Beach Ro- -le have seen, them tary Club that the U. S. is work- hay photographed | Ing at top speed on guided mis- "stronomer | slies... He cited reports of flying day, | saubers as evidence of this acti-

vity

"If peop why haven't m them? ranked inta

who spends sigkt kopma

'sov'dff · dâys a west peerin

through téléscopes for phanomear if the sky,

Courcy said that Russia 'is Dp ng in both, the guided wall stombmarine branches Sir Harold, who was appointed india silo jina"-- and has al- U.S. in outstripped the ~~ine

to have been a distress signal, tommy rot" he said. "It's pure Astronomer Royal by King George of aodern Wars No other station reported hear imagination combined with mass V in 1932, a centuries old honour ready velopment of subram Ing. the

signal

no sircraft hysteria, like the Loch Ness mon- created by Charles II in 1640, is tiede, hal and difficulties. -

Lifeboats from several ports and

things."

was known to be missing or in ster. I am sceptical about both at present waiting for the plader FTS >marines to entry, atom

event of war and explode thera

...

Mara to move nearer Earth so he

ven that the Russians At Herstmonceu Castle, home can examine her through a new will un sen a naval wreck dispersal vessel of Britain's Greenwich Mean telescope, bet daringen Marg which got out from Harwich Time, the 69-year-old

bombs thy g astrono- were recalled-Associated Press, mer scoffed at reports of elestial today I hear some people even under water

may wait two years and will probuts, crockery

belleve. Rying saucers take off " was in America

"fast New York, April 80,,'

year from Mars. Why Mars? Sir he said, TIE

During the and I certainly did not see any Harold said of his pet planct Sleet and rain pelted New nying saucers, nor have I seen

-pass through York's watershed today, eight any over here, and, until I got had not seen any flying Hauchia when the

Although Bir Harold said he inhistory. hours after calamakers had seed any accurate, evidence, from ed clouds with allver fodide. The person of scientific reputo I ra look-out for some and he fondly" latintis.li

a he did not deny, he was on the tried should ainuunt of 1510,000 galbos was fuse to look into the reports, he patted his 200-inch steel telescope

14 but the rainmakers did not say,

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added to the depleted, rasarvoirs. | SAYA, MEANOR multe les «-United· Press:Nomor 1/2centrated

whether the weeding had dednite દાવાની tation A

Bir Harold spoke while men In Miami Beach,

and women from countries as far neth de Courcy, editor key of the apart an America andas Turkey, London Intelligence Digest, said

seen that the so-called-flyinge

a vera reporting thes

xt two years;”. falls going to monteatterizis the time ther coun the con

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