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The British Empire must stop its pretending

By

D. McCormick

"What we need to do all over the free world," said Australian Premier Robert Gordon Menzies in London, "is to brace ourselves to the true facts of Bfe, not pretend."

This was the breezy toute of Australian" frankness which Me Mendios Incufented' into “ď Prema iátorvlow at which ho stressed the importance of Empire unity,"

"It all top true." he added, "that we have from time to time a foreign policy of one kind and defence policy of another, yet these two things ought to march side by side."

Mr. Menzies has

come 10 Britain to plead for a tightenlig up of Imperial co-operation at the highest levels.

No 'napping'

In effect, he says: "We need to be on our toes the whole time. We can't afford to be caught nap- ping. Let

therefore, set up permanent Commonwealth Cabinet which will enable us to deal speedily and unltedly with any emergency which may occur."

Mr. Menzies and his able Foreign Minister. Mr. Percy

THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, AUGUST

Steel Rover leaves HK

The American fraighter Biçe! Rover left port yesterday to resumo hér telp to Balgon to deliver her "milltary cargo. A focal allot' guilded the 4,700-tone' vesspi" to Lyemun Paw, from where Captain D.A. Brable carried on. No naval oraft followed the freighter when she steamed out of Hong. Rong waters,' it was fearned. The Steel' Rover was the larġet of an altäck just outside British territorial waters, five miles South of Waglan Island when she cleared for Saigon on Sunday, Excopt for small dente on her hull by shrapnel from, ong of the flyo sholis burating near her, the American ship did not suffer any damage at all. Her cargo, totalling some 8,000 tons loaded at American ports, was intact. ("China Mali"" photo;}"

Uranium mining in the Belgian Congo

Elisabethvilla, Belgian Congo, August 6.

Spender, have been talking along There is one place on earth where the workers re-

these lines for a long time. They

portedly have not even heard of Communism. have also been pleading for a it is at Shinkolobwe, where the Union Miniere du Pacific Pact on the same lines as the Atlantic Fact.

If Britain had given a lead for

Haut-Katanga (UMHK) runs the world's

richest uranium mine.

orc

a Pacific Pact last year the Korean war might not have Locked deep in the bush-missionaries give basle education occurred. At any rate, If war in lands of Central Africa, more to his children. Recreation in- Koren had come we should have than 1,000 one-time Jungle cludes football, movies, music,

Just been much botter prepared to dwellers and peasants

who and what is the UMHK? meet it.

grubbing dut of the earth

The company was formed 4 about one-half of the Western

years ago to exploit the mineral Province which is as big as Bel

must

BIG BUSINESS

ON AVON

By CECIL WILSON The BARD means really big business in Stratford-on-Avon this mmmer-the biggest business they Java Krown since they opened the jan blory" Memorial Theatre 18 years ago.

Not even that uncompromising railway service, still ́alubbornly turfing' you out at Leamington for a final half-hour's' dawdle by local train, can stop the visitors Bouring in from all over the world.

They are pouring in so fast that the theatre (which opened in 1932 with a five-week season) is ex- tending this year's scuson from seven months to eight months by running on until the end of Octo- dazzling John Gielgud has left

Chinese Chamber of Commerce preparing for Ctee election

The Election Committee of the Hong Kong Chin- ose General Chamber of Commerco hold its first meeting yosterday · aftemoon i to decide on procedure for the election of the" 80-men' General Committee of the Chamber for the coming year.

It was decided to send out of the month, and thie 1101 ballot forms to the Chamber's Clairman of the Chamber will nore than 4,000 meribets to not be decided until early next

at the earliest. vote for election to the Gen-month eral Committee."

When the General Committe

Is established, a Standing Com mittee of 10 members be elected from the General Committes, and the chairman'

the standing committen'will be the Chairman cf the Chamber for the ensuing year.

The contest for chairman. ship of the Chamber 'last year|

Gunthers leave for Bangkok

Mr. John Gunther, Ameri-

li still fresh in the minde" of can journalist and author of many people. The legality of "Iruide Europe," and Mrs. the election was contested in Gunther left by PAA plane the Supreme Cowel and for Bangkok yesterday ofler eventually it was upheld,

having spent five weeks in the Colony

Present chairman.

Mr. Gunther told reporters at

Mr. Ko Cheuk-hung, the pre-Kal Tak airport, that he and his rent Clairman of the Chamber, wife would stay in Bangkok for is expected to be re-elected to two days and then go to India the chair for the coming year, on their way bome via Europe. derpito the fact that there will Me Gunther said that he.

few contestants for the seatin

the forthcoming election.

Despite criticism, the general consensus of opinion famong

liked Hong Kong very much and

that his wife le to write a long article about this Colony for popular women's "Flair," magacine in America. members is that Mr. Ko Cheuk- Mr. Günther further revealed a good job of shat he himself is writing a book hung has done work for the Chamber, and it is about the American occupation of felt that his continuance in' office Japah during the post Ave years. is essential for the consumma-The book, which will be publish- tion of the reconstruction proped next year, would be some- gramme that he has laid out thing like a balance sheet on The ballot forms are pot ex- General D. MacArthur's achieve- pected. to be belt before the opdimeut in Japan, he added.

........

Americans make general advance in South

(Continued from page 1) Drivo aimed at Chinju

depend from now on upon the world's supply of the precious resources of the Congo's Katangḥ} ber even a month after the got a shot in the arm this" morn-{

white metal.

for New York,

can think the enterprise

For this record run Stratford and energy of a

36-year-old actor planes and producer-business man nanted Anthony Quayle.

The Communists are likawico exerting heavy pressure about To miles East from. Kumchan and considerable reinforcd- reaching ments are såld to be the enemy, who le apparently Planning a wide pincer move- ment from the North to Bouth of the Republic's previsiónál capital of Taequi

Commonwealth defence

morale on the Korean war front American and South Korean development of this unofcint

ing when three American re Some of the 60 or so Belgian gium. a full-scale defensive pact into measure.

The Atlantic Pact is overseers who run the mine say

19 connected with the So-**** not clough. Whereas the Nazis the African natives do not know ciete General du Belgique (SCB),

stinents and a Commando foree of South Koreans, supported by always dreaded a two-front war,

what they're handling-whiellier most powerful of Belgium's ble

heavy artillery, it is uranium or coal or pum-four banking groups. Communism thrives on a war of

In the Northern sector, the The Bel

plunged into their Arst offensive many fronts, and has already pernikel.

ind Clovernment holds shares in

of the Korçan war, as the bostille American" "defence box" situation lignged lite in the past. 24 established several "cold, war"

SGB, fronts In addition' to

which runs at least three It was his idea when he took Les entered the sevenly week, Labre railway companies in the Congo, over the theatro's direction from adda Reuter the

thres war" in Korea.

The South Korean furcos, hold- banks, 12 mining companies, six 1948 to lure the best of the West 0.30: a.m. local time today, along mastery toast Westward to Yong- general companies, two Sir Barry Jackson at the end of The offensive lunged of sing a lhe front Yongdok on the

place.

Damaging

UMHK officials ussert labour hot trouble's never occur in the mine. Labour unions are banned. The officials say there has been ab- solutely no Communist penetra-

This is where the case for top- level Commonwealth co-operation in peacetime is strengthened.

No one knows better than Mr Menzies how the underground Communist front in Australian a damaging ports has played game in the past two years, That is why he is so alive to the risks of prolonged querilla warfare in Mainya.

tion as some published reports/ Plantations, three finance com- End, stars iq Shakespeare's birth-) a 15-mille, front West of Masa gf-dong-a 40-mile ne through

have suggested.

panies, 11 Industrial and com- mercial concerns and one real Most of the African workers estate company;

Star company are recruited from tribes living Th

The UMHK holds Belgian 'gov In the North East Congo and in ernment

He offered them no fabulous "concessions" to exploit Ruanda Urundl, the neighbouring

money a top salary of only £50, Kalanga's mineral riches trusteeship territory which Bel- until March, 1990. It just about third of the salary they could or for most of them, about a glum runs for the United Nations, owns thriving Elisabethville, the earn in the West End. But

They are families

fown with their Congo's second town.

Shinkolobwo liners, "signing contracts rang- Sabena's luxury Belgian alr

iri

log from four to seven years with their thumbprints.

Bouthern coast port from which mountainous territory-beat off frontline Communist forces have all'alticks althougli "a" Vigorous been threatening the vital qup", counter-attack vus neccesary to ply port of Pusan.

restore the line aftor cortalta

MacArthur's spokesman sold to South East of Addong

Early this afternoon, General South Korean unfts found them- solver surrounded about 20 milor press here that the offensive was obey they had the inducement of play progressing, according to schedule Headquarters sourers said to Ing haltempeare at Shakespeare's at noon today with the striking day that although the Communist Copper output

shrine and the prospect of at least forces"somewhere West, of forces have suffered donvy en- soven moatlis

aunīties," are short 'of food, unre solid work.

Chungam-NI

·Together with Northern And so what had so often Chungam-NI is the main road morale of their recruited re-

nanitland although. Rhodaila, the Gonge produces before been Just

competent

town 12 miles East of "Chinju, placement troops Is ddly; "the more than one-third of the repertory company became *** I world's copper. It also has the star company. Last year it had which the Communists captared enemy still has the will to world's, biggest diamond-fleld| Godfrey, Tearls, Diana Wynyard,

last week. covering more than 160,000 and Robert Helpmann at its head! The American offensive, which

·Ons sQurce said that the Com- square four

miles and yielding This year it has John Gielgud and is officially described as not an three-quarters of the world' Peggy Ashcroft.

all-out ofensive, but certainly munists still have the capablilty Industrial diamonds,

This blest pair of stars and not a mere counter-attack was of an envelopment on the Chinlit Shinkolobwe itscit produces their shining company are pack preceded before dawn today by Masan axis in the South, a direct vitally needed during the way more than half the Western ing the house at every perform heavy artillery and air prepara- Attack on Taogu" in the centre, the UMHK ran three round; | world's uranium ore,

abce. That in Anthony Quayle's ten and Army, Navy and Marine and an envelopment from the answer to the quibblers who asked planes continued support of the Andong area in the North when he took over what an actor around fordes throughout the

Favourable weather enabled

Work at Shinkolobwe

begins

for them at 8 am. each day and lasts, eight hours-Sudnya ex-

Why then does the British Gov- ernment seek to throw cold water en the Menzies Plan, which; to the British people, is equally as imcepted. portant as the Schuman Plant

Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, Secretary for Commonwealth Re- lations, said in New Zealand' that "a supreme Commonwealth body to order about individual Com- monwealth notions would not work."

Mr. Menzies has not suggested such D supreme body should "order nations about." This typd offen would not come from an Australian mind.

Start now

Three shifts

When the uranium ore Wal

marg

the clock shifts, working the Cobalt, zinc, cadmium, tin,

pit under tungsten, also are produced.

The UMHK linds that mining

than op.nicast searchlights

10day.

Live

a

about running a theatre.

•

attack.

Anthony, Quayiv; a resoluto ke-1-9 South West of Chinyons of the 3ithi Parallel, as far as

Team

(Cahadi "might follow). would' gets closes in Tse to dis-i pounds, or 1.6 thousand million to a musto Balland: ceting at Hawall led off, down the central strafed at Kimpo, a West const

D

of 34 (as he then was) knew outline despatches describ-the Air Forces to cover a wide which pays. involves tunnelling, is going o

Deeper level mining,

Its share capital at the end of It Pits could be a Prime Min-ed the offensive as a three-prong-arca, yesterday, in which 630

arties were down, 1948 staid at $58,500,000 (21 istor at 21-1 don't see why a fellow et drive bimed at Chaijat

On the right the 39th Regl Some British Journals.

Filter altcruft searching out have 100,000 pounds or 3,000,000,000 of 30 can't run a memorial

of the 25th Division form Communist plages roamed North charged that the accident rato in Belgian francs), according to 114 there anys.

cow

am three for the year. mine is high, becauso ex-lown balance sheet $141,160,- / man, with the fresh, chubby look|

-was- production panded

nott Its working capital:- matched by extension of effect 090 (50,700,000 pounds

or Just

7 of a grown-up (and tidied up where the Communist Yester-ongyang, where seven aircraft ve security measures.

dhousand million Belgian francs);

Williani,

crammed plenty terday repelled an American it on the ground were destroyed

and three more were daranted. tack and destroyed four Blicken those 34 years. As I see his suggestion, a start

Gross pronts for the year UMHK spokesmen deny this;

learned the accident rate is totalled $33,300,000 (12,000,000 tunnete or stage work as

rough-and-man tanks, could be made now if Britain claiming

Three other plance were hit on the

**feed** In the centri the 5th Real the altfelds South of the Com- Australia and New Zealand normal, but they ref

comic

between mental Combat

from muniat capital, and others word figures

Belgian francs);

leaving

ing RADA together on a Common foreign In the early days of the cen-Net profits amounted to $18.

and the. Old Vlo road converging on, the main airfield YHDEK polfer and defence!

up defence plan:

tury an International cominisalon 800,000 (8,700,000 pounds or

leumed administration durfoud to Pangng raised a hue and ery at the t treat

Belgian francs).

Leathernecks a hit: - hard, the the war as millary assistant

Jols and Mustangs. roared all. This might be A compromise in ment of Cango natives by private

sposal

"of the Congo's that I would fall short-of-coma trades and continereal concerns; uranian Communisu keen bulls learned how to manage snes box of Chinju,

to the Governor of Gibraltar. He coastal road leading to Kosong day, long y yesterday, over užlie Boven lics que South Naktong River. liao, strang plete Commonwealth unity on all This was

int Keep organising Albanian purusans be But while

Anemar

yehicles end troop copoen- subjects, but it would be a vital it was when the vast ter-Belgint

Tito-third the alzo of Tho [Ing.

lind tho, German lines.

the American ratione continued their ploce of work, in a vital area United States and half the sizg

So far the combined policy

Bringing the World, fo Stratford, forces are attempting to gain] » Superforta ihe,Fur East:

of Europos-was the personal cominilleg which runs America is only part of Anthony Quayla's the initiative in the Bouth the astertalle, destruction of bridges Communist forces, are dirbtay- and other key, fastallations in the As long as the Korean and property of King Leopold IL British and Canadiant atomie policy. He also resolver to take Mpläygn, wars ding, on our other As a result the Belgian govallolis, has occured the Congan Stratford out to the world thing determination to retain it Commitulist rear li nt programme that year's commnny, on An ether wastorske. calmed at muling off the Comi- olfposta.in, the Far East must, oferament, 103k over the whole whole output through contracts

with the UMHK. Terms of those 16our of Australia.” Hội territory.

1. On the Naklong River linie,

minists from

from the sources of ndersally. remain thinly guarded. The UMILK. Is proud

tracts have" növer been diss plans off "Laked" next hyed's on a where, the. Američan --and,

South supp stablising native closet)

comploto Empire-tour, and he is Korean: forces hayo, hold et aif - Superforts, were also out today the Бологора Communist policy offi arents hayo alayed on the quor libour, claiming it has kept.down The United States, even more determined to bring off that long costs? orders. Communist columns on an importont mission over un

that death and disease and Improved than the Belgian, government deferred American visit.

yesterday atice of the natives

mado several bold day- Industrial, grea but the target his the workers *emetericy bud be insists on totul percoy boing. He has made the theatre pay so light attempts to the last not yet been disclosed," Marxian rule is, by a malaproplim,

barrier Before clated Prou and Teuter translated into "matching rule. which sells at several thousalis ingericans have writion int increase the seating from 20

maintained over all atomie deal well that he plans a 250,000 remaining lature, borrige or ciated Pres For mining the

ord

threat to the Amer!-| Australia is giving a lead by a of dollars per onthe Affiepos

thain threat to the Brand: slow and constructive, con are paid from $15 to $24 month their contract with UMHK 1,330 and improve the stage light car positioris appears Centrod in ception of "Empire" Now 26a 1 more, skilled terinfelurs who clause, forbidding the Belgtays to Ing and Backstage accommoda, the vidialty of Paron NAT land has also given a lead by clerks among then get from 53 diceloise what they des geing unld tiene also ines of building a town Just East of the Kirktong beins. the Arst”. Commonwealth to. $50 monthly

for their fanluth Heanor K. HOWAR

now, thealpe, Elizabetlian style River Aboutfimidway between

Tangu, in the North and: Moin

Masar nation: outside Britain to intros ang

Is that the United States parently duce conscription in p

feels show uranium predijter

in the South would fury to bump up their

At this point two prices if they learned what other producer were beina patur

It is now up to Londers. If alle fois silp this chance of forging h whole Empire, Into: w- potential weapon for preserving porco and, if necessary fting for another may not como, again in our reports,

For 20 yours wa have, dwelt gloomy

Free housing,

TAMAN Over and above hip, wager the ahinkolone miner, at

kish daqui ho to zahýb } } buckleding: scheme for text yet ERLE

Afried, tos instance, dacs not í khaw and? cknnot: find - but what the Dolgids are being paid Laws United islatze is negotiating Save with South Africa in the hope of

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authority over disposal of

thins Songhee rand a good deal bly time in the United Stat Nu blevou kyniliw

directory him to run tie, kudin far? whông tiem two:

Sometimes they mee

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FRENCH ARMS PROGRAMME

Paris, August 7, -The French armë memorandum tp./Washington! that "" the "French"":"feurïament DIDATAIME. will require appro ximately 2,000,000,000,000/ France, roughlyty £4,000,000,000. /in) the next

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