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RUSSIA EXPECTED

THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1980.

Korean war

TO VETO AMERICAN just opening

RESOLUTION IN UN

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Lake Success, September 4.

Russia is expected to use her vote on Tuesday to block passago, by the Security Council of the American resolution domanding that all Unit- ed Nations mómbers rofrain from assisting or encouraging the North Koreans. The resolution was introduced by Mr. Warren Austin, chief American

delegate, on July 31, the day before Mr. Jacob Malik of Russia be- gan his month of propaganda obstruction of the Korea war effort as President of the Security Council.

Throughout August, Mr. Malik successfully prevented the 11-nation group- from considering the American measure, which was the first order of business before the Council.

TAA MEN TELL STORY

Rangoon. (September 4. Mr. Franels James McGowan, of five of a one of the crew Trans-Asiatic Airlines plane detained by Chinese Com- munists for eight and a half months, today described his experiences.

Instead, he tied up the Council

the 'on

procedural question of whether the Koreans should be invited to attend its debates.

Mr.

menaure

skirmish

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Chlongo, Beptember 4. Mr. Wilam Grean, Presi - dont of the American Federa- tion of Labour, Bald in speech today that the Korean war was merely the open- ing skirmish of a global struggle

Break which may out into open warfare at any 1imo.

*He told a Labour Day rat-- ly that "Korea gave us the warning and the opportunity to get ready for any serious contingency of the future,"

"Our army of production at home must stand and fight with tho military force's abroad until the victory over Communism and totalitarian- lom is

he decisively won," sald-Reuter.

GERMAN MINISTER RESIGNS

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TYPHOON JANE

BRINGS HAVOC BRAATHENS

TO JAPAN

Tokyo, September 4. Typhoon "Jane" killed at least 250 people in Westem Japan and made more than 250,000 people homeless.

Figures released today by the National Rural Police* Headquarters were still incomplete but they indicated the extent of the damage and casualties caused by "Jane", the worst gale to hit Western Japan in 16 years.

The densely populated Osa- ka, Kobe and Kyoto prea re- ceived the full impact of winds which reached a "maximum of 108 miles an hour.

The police reported that nearly 12,000 houses were totally des troyed, 22,000 partially destroyed and more than 170,000 flooded.

Seven hundred ships were re- ported to have been destroyed or damaged,

CABINET TALKS ON DEFENCE

Anal briefing for

Also on the agenda was the

the

If Mr. Malik succeeds in pre- venting action on this tomorrow, the United States is expected to demand

a special meeting on Wednesday to con- alder another American resolu- In its first meeting under the tion which would appoint "India

London, September 4. chairmanship of Sir Gladwyn and Sweden to investigate Com

The Prime Minister, Mr. Cle- Jebb ot Britain, the Council munist · China's charge that

The Government despatched ment Attlee, called his Service, solved that tangle last Friday. It United States plones flying for

four Cabinet Ministers to the Ministers and Chiefs of Staff seated the South Korean Am-the United Nations raided Man-

acenes of disaster which covered to a Cabinet meeting today to bassador. Dr. John Myun Chung, churla.

Bonn, September 4.

16 of Japan's 48. prefectures. discuss the fighting "în Körca and over- The United States delegation The West German Minister Vice-Ministers in conference at the Council table

resolution last of the Interiór, Dr. Gusta today decided to disburse from

and West German security. whelmingly refused to nereds to circulated the

Mallk's demand that the week in order to give all dele Holneniann, hus tendered his the National Treasury 85,000,000 North Koreans be invited as well. ratlons time to study it and con-

emergency The resolution rends: "The sult their governments before it resignation as a protest against yen (205,000) for

the was introduced formally.

the Federal Chancellor, Dr. relief of the stricken, arens. Security Council condemns

Korean authorities for

Action wanted

Konrad Adenauer, keeping him It is a Japanese custom to give North their continued dellance of the United Nations; calls upon all Sweden, a traditional neutrol, and other members of the girls' names to typhoons.

Government Cabinet in the dark over his

Plecemcal reports here from The crew flew their plane to States to use their influence to and India, whose

has made a determined effort to security policy. authorities of Kunming to evacuate refugees prevail upon the

this

According to political circles various localities, Indiented that de-mediate betwen Russia and the

the final assessment fleeing fore the advancing North Korea to cease

to West on Korea, have both. con-

here Dr. Heinemann is receiving damage done by the typhoon will Communist armies, but landed flance; calls upon all Sintes

from assisting! ensented to serve on such a Cam-support from three other Minis be enormous.

or

tera Herr Jakob Kalser (All- after the airport had fallen into refrain

couraging the North Korean au-mission. Communist hands.

two countries were German Affairs), Dr. Thomas thorities to refrain from action

(Justice) and Herr selected by the United States to Behlem

Ederhad Wildchmuth (Housing),

The Telecommunications -Mini- Today, the Chancellor and the show American good faith sponsoring such a measure.

Minister of the Interior had astry estimated that the damage to

Ko

There

in

They were chosen because they

which might lead to the spread of the Korean confilet to other areas and thereby further endanger International peace and security." This measure, especially the last paragraph, was patently un- and both have diplomatic repre-

Mr. Malik sentation in Peking roomncceptable to Russia.

Mr. McGowan sald in an inter- view that,

for the Aret six months, he and his comrades were allowed to where they Weed in Kunming so long, as they did not try to leave the city. They were confined to one in the police headquarters, were allowed to

to get their

of

the

Irreparable losses

Foreign Secretary, Mr. Ernest Bevin, be- fore he leaves on Thursday for the Foreign Ministers' conference

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One question before the Cabinet was the problem of German re- armament and the possible need to atation more Biliish divisions on the Continent.

Two more Cabinet meetings will be held later this week, ond on Wednesday and one on Thurs-

had no troops fighting in Korea. long discussion over their differ-/!tlephone and telegraph facilities day, them, Mr. Alltec and hlj

sald

the

for a

Mr. Ernest Gross, deputy Ame but was expected to use his full pro- God;paganda arsenal under as wide anrican representative, from the British Consulnie. Two interpretation of the rules as Sir Americans would press and, a half months inter they Gladwyn, a strict Parlamen-favourable vote on the resolution were allowed

to teave Kunming tarlan, will permit him in ari-by not later than Wednesday. under an aimed escort prided ment against it. by 11 Communist soldiers,

Cartain voto

In the final analysis, how- aver, the majority of the Council were certain to voto for it, with Russia gaining sup port anly from Communist Yugoslavia.

The party travelled the 2,000 mites 19 the Chinese-Burmese border in eight days in a chur- coal-burning truck. There, the escorts photographed the plane crew crossing the border, into Burma, and gave them 200 rupees for immediate expenses.

Mr. McGowan, his co-pilot, Mr.

Carden, and Filipino members of the crew are It would be the 44th veto cast flying to Manila. The flih mem-by the Russians since Andral „ber of the crew, Mr. A. V. Ozorlo, | Vyahinsky

The first exercised manager, power during the first General the company's traffle is flying to Hong Kong to join Assembly in London on February hi fumily-Reuter.

'10, 1948.

In that event, Mr. Malik could cast n veto, which would prevent the measure from going on the two Counet books,

Pontiff's message to young workers

Vatican City, September 4. Pope Pius in a radio address today urged young Christian workers to be apostles for Christ in labour's ranks.

The Pope spoke to more than 100,000 working youths from 50 nations gathered in Brussels to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their organisa- tion. His words, however, were directed to Cathol youth in general,

tion of souls in categories."

lual aspect of the social question and show an Intellectual myopin unworthy of a Catholle."

The Pope, without mentioning Communism by name, said that materialists today strive to give a cultural aspect to the "war of the classes.".

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"We want action, not words," he said.United Press.

Industrialist challenges Mr. Attlee

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Stackport, September 4. Mr. Joseph Greenwood, Chairman of a firm muking machine-tools here for Russia, tonight challenged the claim made by the Prime Minister. Alr. Clement Attlee, that these exports did not harm Britain's home or foreign requirements

amounted ences. The necting is to continue the Osaka district

to 600,000,000 yen (£800,000).

tomorrow,

From the standpoint of the stability of Dr. Adenauer's Coali- tion Government, political circles regard it as absolutely necessary that Dr. Heinemann should re- main in the Government parti- cularly as he is its leading Pr testant member:

trroparable togata to natione treasures included the destruc⚫ tion of the 700-year-old Thasto Pagoda in Wakayama,

The Golden Pavilion of the Osaka Tennoji was also des troyed.

In Kyoto the Sejkatei Pavilion, in the former Imperial Palace,

Dr. Heinemann, a Chairman er the Evangelical Church Counell, has large following in the coun- was crushed by a falling tree.

1 try and enecially in Eastern Germany and Berila.

At

Mmines will consider the pro- graumie for Parliament's special session which begins next Tues- day.

Delence will be the princip theane of the session, with thr Government expected to elaborate its plans in some detail.

A bill extending National 'Ser- vice in the armed forces from 18 mouths to two years is 'likely be hurried through without an The headquarters here of the opposition. But Conservative Op- American Relief Organisation has position leaders will mee! Later this week to decide whether to despatched sufficient It has been an open scere already

table a vote of censure, on the that Ministers were nellied by the clothing for thousands of victims.

In the Chancellor's action in Ignoring

coastal prefecture of Government's handling of defence them when framing his security Toyama the authorities estimated and foreign affairs Reuter.

food policy asking for a Federal pro-that the damage done tective police equal to the East resources alone amounted to

295.000,000 yen, zone's People's Police-Router.

AIR MARSHAL'S WARNING

Britain's

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was

The biggest shipping loss the_ 6,345-ton Tatsu Maru which broke away from its moorings, smashed Into a dry-dock

and sank with a large hole on the port side. This happened on the day the ship was due to leave Kobe harbour for United States. Reuter,

CAIRO PAPER ACCUSES ISRAEL

Norfolk, September 4.

chick fighter plane Mr. Greenwood is Chairman of

sald today that blind lying in the Craven Brothers, the firm named by the Opposition leader, Mr. Royal Air Force is not up to Winston Churchill, when he re- the standard which we need to cently criticised the Government defend our country in time of for permitting such exports to Russia,

Air Marshal Sir Basil Embry, Mr. Alilee replied in his broad- Commander-in-Chief of the RAF east last Saturday,

Fighter Command, made his com- Mr. Greenwood sald tonight. ment in presenting a trophy for "On-August-4-the-Government instrument-flying-to-Squadron

Cairo, September 4: announced that we could not No. 74. The trophy is offered The rearm without American help by General Gervase

newspaper "Almisry Duncan, today quoted reliable sources and said that early deliveries of chict-of-Staff machine-tools, raw materials and Air Force.

as reporting that Israel has other items from United States "I hope this competition will driven more than 2,000 Arabs sources are essential to the execu- succeed in raising the standard from their homes in Jewish- tion of the Government's pro- of instrument flying," said Sir held Palestine territory. grammo.

The report claimed that Israel "Our fighter squadrons cannot troops drove out the unarmed be a fair weather force. They Arabs with machine-guns, must be prepared to fight under pursued them to the Egyptian the worst conditions."Associat-border.

"Apparently we plan to con- tinue our export of urgently re- quired machine tools to the USSR and get what we require from

the US."--Reuter,

The Pope warned his listenera

Young Christian Workers, not to make an error that is too therefore, he said, "must be vigi- diffused, unfortunately over among Catholies; the classifica-lant because the spheres which occupy themselves with the wor- ker's world from a cultural poin! "There are not," he said, "two of view. represent the concept of categories of men-workers and

Mr. a purely worldly life outside re- non-workers. To think thus, Isligion and the Church." 10 delude oneself about the se

But this situation, added the Pope, "Is also a favourable de- cision for your success.

"Only one tie unites the worker with the spiritual world and that is his religious basis.

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It added that the Arabs on Sunday took refuge in a village 40 kilometres within Egyptian territory, in Sinai.

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time Falestine Arabs to the Jewish re since he fell ill just after his ligion. 80th birthday three months ago, Later in Alexandria, the War said that the recent

A bulletin issued yesterday Minister, Mustafa Nosrat Bey, Influenza confirmed the report, adding: British Embassy officials said which lasted longer than usual, tlona to check these savage acts attack had left a depression | "Egypt will ask the United No- that his two-day stay in Roo "Awakening it is the only way would be private, but he would the General must be kept quiet," will free the bindings of her truce "Heart atrain has reappeared and of aggression, otherwise Egypt to 1 him above vulgur materia- call unofficially

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