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"Since You Went Away"

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♫ THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1952.

France's

Position In Tonkin

DECISIVE BATTLE UNLIKELY

Hanol, Mar. 3.

It is beginning to look

the French forces in Indo-China Com- munism in Southeast Asin.

pretty hopeless for

to stem the tide of

Jean LeTourneau, French Minister for the three associated states of Indo-China-Viet Nam. Laos and Cambodia declared after a month's thorough study of the situation at first hand that it is impossible to destroy the Vielminh in battle because no front exists und "you need a front."

Today the major line of de- fence against the Communists in Southeast Asia is the Red River Delin embracing Hanoi, Moncay In near the Chinese border

and Northeastern Indo-China.

Boutheast Phat. Diem, 75 miles of llanol on the Gulf of Tonidin, Even this is far from secure French and native present. Vietnamese soldiers are almost daily Into intlltrations

nt

by

Helldillas,

ara d

regulars

the

Vietminh

French are pushing "Operation Leap Year"-intend- ed to push back two divisjona of Vielmin wito began infiltra- ling from north and south in

an effort to cut the Delta line

in two.

ABLE TO ATTAUR

The General Staff announced today tizat 531 guerillas had been killed and 1,000 wounded in the operation since Feb. 29.

The French say they launch sh offensive al any time now. But obviously they mean drive in the Della; mop-up

not a knock-out battle.

Binh

Con

little more than a week ago the French pulled out of Hoa 40 miles southwest ol Hands-on the Black River. That the French have no immediate intention of trying to push the war into western Indo- China where the bulk of the is scattered. Vietminh

means

General Raoul Salan, Com- mander-in-Chief, who ordered

the

do to Pacuation, does not seem

la

the withdrawal as a

It wa

was Gen. Salan, however, who, along with the late Marshal De Lattre De Tassigny

Baby Elephants · Travel

Russia Takes More Interest In Burma

London, Mar. 3.

The founding in Rangoon of a Burmese So- ciety for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union has focussed official attention here on the role Russia is playing in Burma today.

Monitored radio reports said that the Society was

formed on Feb. 17 in the presence of the Soviet Ambas

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By Air

One of three baby elephants that have just arrived in London by air from Bangkok. They are destined for the Brussels Zoo. -

Express Service.

PROBE OF SHIPPING

CHARTERS

sador, M Savelyv, and officials of the Soviet Embassy.

Washington, Mar. 3, Reports of big fees and Dr U Aung Khla, of the Ran-

University, was goon

elected $1,000-a-day prai's on the ship- of wor materials to President and

spoke of the ping desire of the Burmese people Koren marked new moves today

Drivers' Lot Not

A Happy One

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Mar: ~3.- Local taxi drivers went on arike today because they felt too many of them Fot murdered on the Job these days.

Drivers have been the targel of assaulis by gang- them who apparently kill In the small hours to drivers them Two

murdered In this today, United

rob were manner a little

Presa.

more than three months ago, hailed the capture of Hoa Binh as one of the biggest victories of the war in Indo-Chino.-Asso- ciated Press.

Duty To Find Disarmament Compromise

New York, Mar. 3.. A former French Defence Minister, M. Jules Moch, said today that the United Nations Disarmament Commission ind the duty to try to find a com- the disarma- promise between

Ethical Code For Journalists.

New York, Mar. 3.

code

for friendship with the Soviet for wide-scale investigation of the Government's mer-

Union" and for "deeper under- how

of

is being

tandled.

standing of Socialist culture."shant marine is

The day after the foundation Senator Lyndon B. Johnsen the new Society a Communist (Democrat-Texas) Bssigned. In-

his Senate Pre organised demonstration in Ron-vestigutars of

Sub-Committe the parednes protested against

the look into reports of highly

100M Burmese

Government's decision p

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The Senate Investigation.s The Government had long Sub - Committee, meanwhile, hesitated about

Lip continuing to sought to wind this

cek accept such aid because it was one phase of its study of fat put under the direction of a profils eaped by a group military organisation instead of of public figures on the charter- the Economic Co-operationing and selling of war-surplus Administration.

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programme.

Coincident with the Society's foundation it was reported that thrée Communist factions inside Burtha had joined forces.

Tun

NEW THREAT

Johnson's newly- inquiry deals with the Government's big Reet of mer-

of

lo

Red flag Communfais under chant ships and how some Thekin Sos and while

them have been chartered. 124 Communist under Thakin Than private Arms under negotiated contracts, and others turned are said to be working closely with the Burma Workers over to shipping agents on and Peasants Party which has fixed-fee basis.

for the Mari- A spokesman six seats in the Burmu Parllaume Board, which owns the

The United Nations 12-man ment. Sub-Commission on Freedom The union of these factions Vessels, said the chartering de- of Information today resumed is seen here 65 an Increased talls were handled by the Mill

tary Sen Transport Service draft an inter- threat to the Burma Govern- attempts to

They said MSTS of chics national

iorment which is already worried (MSTS).

vessels froni the journalists.

by events on the north-eastern draws the borders

Board's big fleet, primarily to the Communist hip munitions to Korea, Japan with The first draft proposing Chinose Province of Yunan.

bases--Associated standards of conduct for Press,

and other Communist Chinese forces are radio and film writers Was

Press. ment plans of East and West,

reported to be ranging along M. Mech, who is representing approved in 1950 at, a meeting the Burma border while some France In the Commission,

10,000 Chinese Nationalist arrived here aboard the French It was strongly opposed by troops under General Li Mi ore liner Ile de France.

sald to be massing in Kentung and Britain on the The 12-nation Commission grounds

North-east Burma, that it might attempt. Province, begin

between 20 formulate rules of conduct for an attack on Yunnan workers had stopped handling

would eventually limit United Press.

would

work March 8 and 10, he said.

in Uruguay.

America

which

He could not answer ques- | freedom of the Press. tions on whether he was optimistic about his job.

are

Both

countries these "If you take a job you must expected to continue their opposi- work as if you are opumisuc" tion at the present session. M. Moch added.

The Sub-Commission

today elected Mahmoud Azmi Bey of Egypt ra Chairman, Mr Salva- dor Lopez of the Philippines as Karlm Vice-Chairman and Abkoul of the Lebanon Rapporteur.

"We have no confidence in the Soviets and the Soviets have no confidence in us-with

they some reason when

see American soldiers marching around in Germany," he said,

He would not agree to the The Sub-Commission's session Russian plan first to ban the atomic bomb and then to reduce is expected to lost three weeks.

conventional

armaments by

one-third because such a move would put the Soviets ahead in their superiority In conven tional weapons-Reuter.

THE AGA KHAN Cannes, Mar. 3. Questioned about the health has of the Aga Khan, which caused concern since his ar rival here, persons close to him sald today that he was doing well and had spent a restful night.

The Ago Khan's

Reuter

Relaxation Of

Controls

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Cotton Market Reopening

Cairo, Mar. 3.

By order of the Egyptian Gov- ernment the Alexandria Cotton

Valetta, Mar, 3. British Servicemen today be- gan unloading Service cargoes from ships at Malta after port such cargoes in sympathy with 15,000 striking employees of the thive Service Departments.

The defence workers' strike is in support of a demand for a 14 chillings a week pay, increase.- Heuter,

STAR

Phone 58335OR

Futures Market will reopen to 17, Hankow Road, Kowloon morrow

After three duya

suspension.

The price movement will be limited to three per cent either way.

It was earlier hoped in bust-

ness circles that the market

I would be free of any restrictions

and find its own price level.

The market crisis, resulting Washington, Mar, 3. from the question of compensa- The National Production tlon between buyers and sellers, Board today formally relaxed its remains

unsolved despite controls on the use of lead. numerous conferences between Indications are that 1052 im- exporters, traders and planters, ports will far exceed last year's The Finance Minister, Zaki total and that the domestic sup-| Abdel Metal Bay, tonight con- personal ply will meet both defence and ferred with, the President of physician slated tonight that civilian requirements for at Alexandria's Futures Market, the patient's state of health was least the next few months. Jules Klat Bey, and other cotton

As satisfactory as possible. Franco-PreSKO.

But the Government will con-experts with a view to evolving

tinue to allocata leadReuter.

Telepathetic

BONG

a new cotton polley-Reuter.

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