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FRANCE'S BLUEPRINT FOR BIG-THREE TALKS ON WORLD COLD WAR

Pakistani

women

Paris, May 6.

The French Government completed today its policy blueprint for next week's big three cold war talks, confident that they would produce firm pledges of closer United States co-opera- tion with Western Europe in the global struggla against Communism.

and peace The French Foreign Minister, Mr. Robert Schuman,

The Khan,

New York, May 0.

Begum Liaquat All

wife of the Pakistan

Prime Minister, declared here

spent the day conferring with his top advisers. On Monday, he will meet the Secretary of. State, Mr. Dean Acheson who arrives here by plane on Sunday morning from Washington.

inday that the women of Pak-Later the talks will shift to London-firstly a two- istan bellaved in peace.

They believed in peace because

in the last two and a half years they had seen the consequences

of strife with their own eyer, she observed.

The Begum Lliqunt All Khan was addressing a meeting of the American Women's Association.

Sho

declared that Pakistanl

women were always ready

to

work with those organisations in every.country of the world which

were

interested in maintaining peace and strengthening the de- mocratic way of life,

The Begum said that the 80,- 000,000 people of Pakistan were wedded to a democratle way of

and were determined not only to create a strong democra the nation, but to contribute their

full and foir share towards building a lasting peace.

day meeting between Mr. Dean Acheson and Foreign Secretary Mr. Ernest Bovin and then

a three-day sassion of all the Big Throo. Finally, there will be a London mooting of the 12 North Atlantic Pact Foreign Ministers.

Winnipeg

be

may evacuated

were cx-

The London laiks pected to discuss the entire cold war strategie arena. However, the French hoperl to focus dis- suesions on three main Issues during Mr. Acheson's preliminary meetings with M. Schuman Monday:

on

1. French dentands for the United States to underwrit rust of the cost of France's $500,000,000 a year Indo-China

war.

Winnipeg. May 6. This prairie city of 300,000 people, its barriers against

Se Red rapidly raging floods of Stating that America was one River down, may of the great and enduring mocracies of the world which ed if the water le

de-

had stood the test of time and

the stresses

пе

THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MAY 8, 1950.

Frau Schroeder sees Attlee

Frau Louise Schroeder, Deputy Mayor of Berlin is pictured here with the British Premier, Clement Attlee, at the Premier's official residence at No. 10 Downing Street,, She was on a

nina-day visit to London.-(A. P. Photo).

"Cold war" far away

from

2. Western policy in Germany

nt integrating her as

Ak possible into the One vacuat-Western ruld war bloc.

3. Plans for strengthening the rises a

further five feet us experts Atlantic Union to guarun-

and strait13 which forecast tonight. were perpetually generated by the changing political and social

tee close feriel permanent co-

between the operation

United

States and Western European The

"Our resources are exhausted! |¦ nations.

climate of the world, she added, and things have got out of hand,”

night.

"A new democracy like Pakistan | the deputy city engineer said bo- has a great deal to learn from America as well as other de- meracies of the world.

A precious thing

"Wo. find that liberty is a precious thing and has not only to be won after a great deal of fight but needs an un- cessing struggle for its presar. vation.

"It is no longer a question of ¦ defence but of relief."

The City Council held an emer- gency meeting and heard experts say that evacuation might have to be handled on i "national basis.

The Army took over relief work in Winnipeg and the city

"It is the duty of all demo-authorities abandoned their fight cratic countries to, help cach to stem the floods, with all dykes other and see that the demo-but one now swept away.

cratic way of life does not re- ceive a setback anywhere.

"The people of America, there- fore, are bound to be interested in the 80,000,000 people of Pakistan who are determined to preserve their democratic way of life."

The Begum then spoke of the part the

Pakistan were playing in the building of their country,

women

of

the

Do-

One man was swept away in the River's swirling waters, the second fatality in three weeks of severe flooding, that has put all but one Southern Manitoba town under water.

Hundreds of blocks in the city and suburbs lay under water to day.

After explaining

Trum and bus services were minion's geographical, economic disrupted as seven road cuttings and social aspects she analysed were flooded and one bridge her reasons for the creation of smashed. Pakistan.

French argument

to

M. Schuman WAS expected to put this argument to Mr. Acheson; the United States has agreed that it is a vital part of Western strategy

keep Com' Indo-China from going muniet. French armed forces and material and financial re sources are, inadequate to hold that position Indefinitely. As long as the best part of the army is tied down thara,

France can make no contrl- bution to Western European defence, With the United Stales take over the commit. meat-short of actually send Ing troops there?

minds of Muscovites

Moscow, May 7.

"

thing the average Muscovite is not thinking Ho about much at present is the "cold war." has other things on his mind—like soccer for instanco.

big-league soccer teams are now in training. in the South of Russia. During the coming days they will gradually begin to move North to their home towns. In Moscow games have begun, during the May holidays at the very beginning of the month.

To an eager football fan in this players to decide who city, the question of who wins challege Mikhail Botvinnik at the Dynamo Stadium is all- January for the world title, important.

There is plenty of news of foreign affairs in the papers with constant commentaries on recent statements by Acheson, Truman and other Western leaders. These commentaries are widely read,

But a multitude of citizens here are much more concerned with the prospects for fishing year than they are with statements of Achesun, Trumon, and other Western leaders. any

The French belleve that Mr. Acheson may refuse

such commitment unless they them- Western selves first agree Germany playing a much bigger role than hitherto on Western Europe's cold war front.

The French believe that the United States also will seek permission for an increase of the Western German steel

sport. production from

days the

holl

next

Thousands of men, women and children hero are passionately devoted to chess and will follow the major

matches of

this tournament move by move.

Nor is it just avocations Dr sports that are more important than the "cold war" in the minds of the Inhabitants of this efty.

be

of

at

Favel Bykoy, for instance, the famous lathe operator, is think- ing about new means whereby he can speed up still further his The city of Moscow is sur- muching tools. Millions of other rounded by good fishing water-people herc are thinking pri- ponds, streams, and lakes,

in-marily about their jobs, how to cluding some very large

ones. improve their, work, how to im- Thousands who live in the cap-prove. their skill and training. fial, big and small, workers and intellectuals, are devoted to this

While, of course, no foreign They are now

cbserver has the right to planning categorical on the the present Agure of 11,100,000 and dreaming of summer

subject Russion public opinion, this with rod in hand far of Flood - threatened hospitals tons yearly to 12,500,000 tons.

from

ony rate is a conclusion reached organisations in her

The French belleve that transferred 200 patients to safer

buzz of the city Pakistan buildings.

U.S. will seek permission as. the

The Soviet radlo carries full after considerable direct -Women's-National-Guard.-Pakis»-

Germany-to-build-larger-and-news broadcasts-which-are-list-vation. Winnipeg, "city without a hill," faster ocean going ships than she tan collage industries, and All-Pakistan Women's Associa- lay practically ก. the River's is at present allowed. French tion.

officials are strongly opposed to these ideas, They admit that an economic shot in the arm for Western Germany essential, to either but they are hostile military or political restoration of Germany at the present ment-United Press.

She next women's

country such

guve

details

the

This Association is amliated to the International

Alliance of

Women and also to the American Women's club.Ncuter.

Birthday of Indian poet celebrated

London, May 8. Tagore's birthday was celc- brated in London tonight with a concert of songs, poems and dances organised by the India League.

Lord Listowel, former Secro- tary of State for India, said that they saluted the poet as 4 ploneer in the spiritual progress of mankind, whose life-work had placed the civilised world in his debt and in debt to India.

was

TC-

of

At a time when Indla shuggling bliterly for national independence, Tagore was never A nationalist in the narrow, Camillar mense, though he sented the indignity of allen rule. His world ideals brought him into conflict with those bla follow countrymen who could not see beyond the nation state. How much nations have still to learn in a world divided into 1we deposing camps? Had the time not come, Lord Listowel asked, when. political leaders should realise with Tagore that patriotism was not enough that the only lasting security against the atom bomb was a human so- lidarity that would make its une Unthinkable?

Lord Listowel said he believed that the world already had an example of human, comradeship transcending nailonal boundaries in the Commonwealth of Nations.. Flere, at pay rate, véns a group of sovercim options which had abo-: lished the possibility of: wars tween themselveli

It was not, Indogsalble that this pullern would be followed in the spirit by other countries whose -peoples desired sto" balong stod a

world; commonwealth his would. depend, however, whether:{"ha- tions now, ambitions and rauludions 7% could toské

which

Beuter

mercy.

Rolls unchecked

Just a few miles to the South, the swollen Red River had spilled over its banks and rolled un- checked across the fiat prairle to form a loke more than 50 miles wide.

It rose 10 Inches in the 24 hours up to noon today.

Smaller towns in the area were six feet under water.

Its

to

The town of Morris had been completely evacuated, and 1,000 Inhabitants brought

Vinnipeg, only to find the flood waters still in pursuit.

Householders were warned to keep somebody on watch through- out the night, In case sudden evacuation should be necessary.

The flood's peak is expected to

ها

the for

mo-

be reached in Winnipeg on Sun- diny.

All flood records have already been broken.

The Red River is normally u smallish-sized stream winding North from the Dakotas, in the United States, through Southern Manitoba into Lake Winnipeg.

Flood troubles start when warm weather hits the River South of the United States border, while the Northern end of the River at Lake Winnipeg is still ice-bound. --Reuter.

An important

obser-

It Is based on fragments uf conversation overhead on trolley buses, in stores, in restaurants, in theatres....of what Russians read In the papers and listen to with the greatest attention on pubile radios.

ened to eagerly. place in these programmes is occupied by news from abroad. But now there are a large group of listeners to the last radio news of the evening, They wait for the very end of the programme, when from Budapest will come It is hased on casual conver- n special chess commentary by sations with Muscovites: táxi Soviet experts attending the drivers, waiters, spectators mect in which eight Sovieting next to one at sports events. grandmasters play in a feld of and other ordinary citizens.-

12 of the world's greatest chess Associated Press.

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Defence planners here want to supply Britain with a ready-made. strategie air force to fil the bombing role assigned to her un- der the North Atlantic defence to be approved by the North plan Atlantic Council at its London meeting beginning May 15.

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