1952-03-12 — Page 3

THE CHINA. MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1952.

CLASH IN She Has The RUSSIAN PROPOSALS ON Freak Catch

GREECE FEARED

Opposition Object To Appointment

Athens, Mar. 11.

King Paul's appointment of the Liberal leader. Sophocles Venizelos, Acting Prime Minister, re- placing ailing General

Nicholas Plastiras, may lend to a clash with the Op- position lender, Marshal Papagos, head of the Greek Rally Party.

The appointment was made as Gem ral Postiras, aged 68, who 15 stricken with cerebral thrombosis, is expected to be bedridden for อง โeast three months,

General Plastirus has been suffering from slight cerebral thrombosis and yesterday he!

unable

his left

was

to move

which WUN partly paralysed. He had been re- covering from an attack

angina pectoris, which he suf- fered inst November;

Tony Mai shul

Papagos

attacked King Paups

Vpment of M Venizelos and

threatened 10 raise the matter in Parijument.

The Grack Rally Opposition claimed that the King's decree was a "Constitutional deviation. und contempt of Parliamentary procedure"

SHOULD RESIGN

Plastiras

Tr. General

Was with his

uneble to carry on1 Gutles, then he ought to resig with the Cabinet led by him, the Opposition claimed.

Government quarters, in reply to the Opposition protests, say: 1. The decree submitted to the King was signed by Premier Plastiras

himself and

uther Cabinet Mimistors.

2

A

itz

The provisional transfer of Premier's

dulles was accordance with an emergene law passed in January 1951.

had

3. The Royal decree, already published in the Official Gazette, been vouched for by the Council of State as far as its constitutional correctness, -- Reuter.

Right Twist

Whirling her drum-sticks with confident dexterity "IsSergeant A. Willis, tenor drummer in the Women's Royal Army Corps. (Territorials) Bugle Band of the, 683 Mixed Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Ports- mouth. The band, formed in 1947, is the only one of its kind in the WRAC and the girl musicians, all volun- teers, practise eight hours a week. Reuterphoto.

THEFT SCANDAL

IN NAVY YARD

Sacramento, Calif., Mar;-11, Federal Judge Dal Lemmon today sentenced 17 Mare Island theft defendants and warned that the investigation of pilferings at the navy ship. yard may spread to navy personnel in high rank.

GERMANY GIVEN A COOL RECEPTION

Suspicion

In The West

Of Kremlin Motives

London, Mar. 11.

Western diplomats today viewed with suspicions caution Russia's overnight note to France, Britain and Amerlea proposing immediate four- Power talks to draft a German peace treaty for discussion by all States concerned at an international conference.

Some observers wondered whether the proposals were merely a manoeuvre to hamper Germany's integration in the Western community of nations.

The Russian proposals were delivered in notes to the three Western envoys in Moscow last night. With the proposals was u Certain points which were not Russian draft for discus- settled today will be discussed sions on the treaty and an again tomorrow-France-Presse. indication that she ready to consider possible proposals by the other Powers,

was

BERLIN SURPRISE

Berlin Mar. 11.

East Berliners buriedly un- furled flags and slogan-bannt:# to great the Czech President, Dr Klement Gottwald, who paid a surprise visit here today."

The draft called for Germany -to-be-restored to a single State, the withdrawal of all cecupying armed forces within one year His visit was hexpected of, the coming into force of the alike in East and West Berlin, Dezac

treaty the scoord to Germans of democratic rights, West offeints and politicians including freedom of speech,suid that the visit might be de- Press, worship, polítics and signed to strengthen the Con- assembly.

muuiet compaign for a speedy She would be permitted na-many.

peace treaty with a united Gor-

tional armed forces for her de- fence.

Kidnapping

Of Korean Refugees

Oslo, Mar, 11. About 50 smalt WİLKİCİ, ranging in Kigo Irem 200 lba to 800 16a, svere drivan athore in a muali bay at Kabelvaar. West Norway, by bad weather yesterday,

Local füaermen

caught killed them all. -

and

Ieuter.

CURFEW IMPOSED

IN TUNIS

The

Tunis, Mar. 1E French

authorities clamped a nightly curfew on the Arab quarter of Tunis to day after yesterday's