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THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1951.

TA OG AKCD SHP

BURP

A LOVELY SPRING-BUT FOR THE WEATHER

World Copyright. Dy arrangementʼwith Daily Herald.

Close-up of a country the world is watching

AMBITIOUS

PERON

By A DIPLOMATIC

CORRESPONDENT

THAT is President Peron up to. In the beef negotiations with Britain he is notoriously a tough bargainer. But his present ambitions are clearly not confined to starving British stomachs into submission.

His air force is one of the bastions of his power and glory, though is difficult to take the charitable view that Peron is merely providing his pilots with now expensive toys. Is he aiming to full Simon Bolivar's dream of a United States of South America--this time under Argentine leader- ship?

The Argentine's refusal a few days ago to support U. S. proposals for a collective defence force for the South Ame- rican countries has revived suspicions (bluntly expressed by the U. S. in 1946) that he is planning-when the time is ripe -to overthrow the neighbouring repubiles. There is, too, the refusal by his Government to supply a single soldier, ship, or aircraft to help Western Hemisphere defence outside the Argentine borders.

Suspicions car. only be allayed by the Argentine's future ́conduct at the current conference of American Foreign

Ministers at Washington.

THE

HIS AIR FORCE

by Wing.Cdr. Paul Richey, D.F.C..

twin-engine

FAOLIVIA

NEW YORK

STRETCHING down to the toe of the continent, the Argentine, second largest of the ten South American republics, covers 1.113.000 square miles.

Whats going

Mrs. Morrison prefers her semi-in S.E.9-

By EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE

.London.

for her

This child of the aristocracy THERE- has been: much who swopped. petticoats dungarees has "practised discussion about tough profession for 20 years.

where Mr Herbert Morrison, the new Foreign Secretary, will live.

I can tell you that he will almost certainly keep clear of the great house in Carlton Gardens which is the official residence going with his job.

The reason: Mr Morrison

Now the Marine Engineers' Association, which once regarded her with undisguised suspicion, neclaims her.

Flower girl

ALWAYS WARRIORS have *llked to carry with them into battle pictures of their wives and sweethearts. When acro

would much rather stay where planes went to war, girls' names she is, in a semi-detached villa were at Eltham, S.E.9.

painted on many

fusciago.

General Eisenhower Two people, at least, are

exception. On the side of his delighted by Mrn Morrison's new plane is painted the word modesty.

"Columbino."

reference to Columbia

of which the general

One is Mr Devin, who is in Unit lately president?

no-hurry—to evacuate—the-was- splendid quarbets which he Wrong. Ites so well.

مياء

And the other is Minister of Works, Richard Stokes. For, in Cariton Gardens, he sees

alternative

the "Cripps Arms"-Park Street's | Government-run VIP hotel -- which cost the taxpayer £10,- 404 last year.

Bower-

"Columbine" is the symbol of the State of Colorado. And Mrs Eisenhower is Q Colorado girl.

Lost ponies

FOOD MINISTER Maurice! Webb is not the only one to have trouble getting things out of the Argentinos. The Viscount

Mr Morrison, I hear, has two Cowdray, one-armed polo player, plans in mind for Whitehall is a fellow sufferer.

pled-a-terre, He may keep Last year the viscount sent an Fome rooms in 11, Downing agent to buy ponies in the Street, where he already has an Argentine.

lice. Or he may reopen the fil I understand 20 were selected on top of the Foreign Ofee building used by Mr Anthony and ordered, Eden during the war.

Family fashion

some to found a new stud for the famous Cowdray Park team (last ditchi rendezvous of British polo on the alap-up pre-war scale), some to be ridden this summer, and FROM NEW YORK I hear some to be sold to other players. more about Mra Carmel Snow, the editor of Harper's

Months have passed since the

Bazaar, whose visit to London I agreement of sale was signed mentioned recently.

and the money paid. But so far not a pony has left the Argen-

When I talked with Mrs Snow tine...

she was, it seems, too modest to People are asking whother mention that she is just one of a perhaps, Mr Webb hus entered happy family which dominates the lists as a rival buyer. New York fashion writing.

For here is her sister, Mrr Christine Holbrook, who, at 65,

Better

Bells of freedom

is taking on the job of editing.

À FRIEND of mine in Venice Count Carlo magazine, called Living, reaching out to a great Robilant has told me a story number of women in working which comes as a tailpiece to my Land middle-class homes.

reference to Admiral Count Fer- rante Capponi: new Assistant The difference between the Chief,

General of Stoff to two sisters is that Mra Snow is Elsenhower. a small, handsome woman,' Mre Holbrook a big, handsome woman.

Words spoken by an ancestor of the admiral have echoed down the centuries us a slogan Both have daughters who have against aggression. Inherited the human and busi-·

When Florence was invested, ness qualities of their mothers, in 1484,, by a French army under Pierro Charles VII., Mrs Holbrock's daughter, Chapon, went out to parley with Carmel II, is an associate editor the invader. The king demanded of the magazine Interior a huge sum in return for the Design. Furthermore,...........she is city's immunity., Cappont: re-

so I am informed one of New fused to pay York's stunning young Women,' "Then," cried the king, "we

And Mrs Snow's daughter shall sound our trumpets."

"And we," Capponi replied, Nancy is a journalist and a "shall. ring. our bella"--the Journalist's wife. She is fashion signal calling citizens to arms.

This suggests he has found

la.

What a fine family record this

And there was no fortune or influence behind the two sisters when they first went from Dublin to the US. 50 years ago,

never sounded.

'Please, Mr Stork'

I HAVE been talking with Mr.C. F. J. Hankinson, the knows all about Iman who Britain's nobility. This month he brings out his new Stud Editor of Book, for he is the Debrett's.

Heisenberg, former head of the to create the necessary

heat, editor of Good Housekeeping It is fitting to remember at THE Argentine's air force Argentine - built

Max Planck Institute at Golia Richter talks ovasively of "iland is married to Ralph Do this moment that defiance of fighters. has

Ishaye a strength ap-

first-rate 850 A

theoretical ant laboratory explosions."

Paine jun., managing tyranny peld off. The trumpets editor of Fortune. •, proaching 1,000 aircraft. Forty Avro · Lancaster and physicist, he is now at Buchos

long-range heavy Aires University. Peran's army numbers 800,- Lincoln

How far have they got?

a method of making one of the 000-a remarkable figure for a bombers were also bought from

Richter, to balance the tactical

Peron's mouthpiece, rare otopes of hydrogen like country with population of Britain

has gi

He talks trilium. given two clues. Great Britain, with forces of home-built bombers. 16,000,000.

of thermo- nuclear (Le, heat) three times the population, has

This is a Jaboratory step Recently Peron has ordered reactions and be hints at the only $15,000 in the Army.

100 Perciva Prentices the creation of "little suns.". Both towards the manufacture of

standard advanced add up to nuclear research in hydrogen bomb. But only one. The Argentine's two battle- RAF's

the 10 de trainer; 70 de Havilland Doves, to

light. clements, like three cruisers, ships,

There are

atomic arod.

and. 15 corvettes,

Bristol Freighters and 20 hydrogen and stroyers

which "secrets" Nothing which could

WETH are largely Vikings have been added to his Interchange in the sun and the be written on a piece of paper. three submarines

He is also stars. out of date, but they far out- transport_fleet.

This austere and noble book Atomic secrets today are the in building Rolls-Royce jet en- number

Beet any other

In other words, they are still thousand and

woman has its lighter side. Says they gines,

one details South America.

pinning the hopes to the con- large-scale

editor, in his 1950 preface, under muxleur ronctions She is Miss Victoria Drum- the heading "Mr Stork, please Ope

carrier,

the Argentine stituents of heavy water. In research,

possessed only by nations with mond. After

nott":- cruiser, four destroyers, and has been most active.

vast scientific technologies. For a hydrogen bomb? Cor-

She is a godchlid of Queen three submarines are on order. the war German alr experts

And this Peron has certainly Victoria. were welcarried. Most famous tainly not yet. was Professor Kurt Tank, once An H-bomb has to be trig- not. got, `.

gered off by a charge of uranium chiot designer of Focke-Wulf.

nérerufs

But, it is the Argentine's air force--commanded by pro-Nazi Brigadier-Major (General) Os- car Muratorio--that is making the most significant progress. world by flying a 050-mile-an- hour swept-wing jet fighter of

Last year he surprised the

In 1948 the Argentine bought his own design - built at the 100 Gloster Metsor 4 jet fighters Argentine's research establish- from Britain, even before

the ment.

R.A.F. was equipped with them.

A big airfield building

already They went into service with gramme

Fist fighters and swing.

100 Italian

HIS ARMY OF SCIENTISTS

by John Pomfret

PERON

pro- full

ERON obtained a first- "Meyer, who had worked

rate assortment of nerve gases at I. G Farben.

helium,

now no

-(London Express Service)

A reluctant France gives in TWO WOMEN MOVE UNO

NEVE

and

ASSEMBLY TO PARIS

From SAM WHITE: Paris.

Miss Engineer

CAREER girls in mind, I have sought out the present fortunes of a of with a unique job.

EVER underestimate the The French sympathised but power of a woman...or replied that what with South American diplomat, UNESCO, ECA, QEEC, NATO

on And when you have two women and SHAPE, the housing short- a South American reins nge in the capital was reaching forced by a prominent French a stage which threatened a scientific braina.fr.om Some of the Peenemunde politician the result is a force second French revolution. Jewish refugees from Ger-pocket staff and many phy capable of moving the United sielals led to Spain and later. under a secret agreement, went on to the Argentine.

many.

And then there were the Nazio, at least 69,000, of them, who went to the Argenting bu Koro and during the war!

The physicists grouped theme selves together near Cordoba. and established a rocket ran

Nations all the way from Lake: It was at this point that Success into the unwilling arms two sisters, citizens of Paris, of France,

Komike their influence

Lie, Secretary-general of UNQ, One, a

Four months ago Mr. Trygve arrived in Paris, to plead wita. South American dele

"friend" of

Heavy water expert, who had ballistician from Kiel. ESTA NOT harboures that, exalted".btdy algup the fight for:

There were' men like Mahler at Mendoza under 'a-Dr Docks the. & French · · Government V49," sisted that hoshiako

Most publicly, her been given Paris for the next isceaton, sed her indo

mpiled that while prominent member

Torelay""Affairs, Commission ould die with the's reach Parlament

worked at the great" Hjúkan

hydro-acctria plant in Norgay to 47-year-al

It was wrecked by the AINS,

Mwaler, hopeltk to mekot

'out of hebry, water?" He

Will trying In South America. ShAire - Argentina), provided, an wis

Idoat haven, for

"It would be of considerable. Her home is a castle in Perth- assistance if arrangements could shire.

made thereby Interesting events could take place by not later than the end of Septem-

And she sails as an engineer officer of the Merchant Navy the only woman to do so..

At the moment she is in the Egyptian ship Medway Queen, somewhere in the Mediterranean.

Peers, please noté.

(London Express geroine)

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