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CHINA MAIL

No. 35159

Established 1845

TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 1952.

Big Three Adopt

Reds' Grove Firm Attitude Over

Problem

IT Is hardly surprising that North Korean und

I the

Chinese Communists, by their silence, have rejected the offer of the United Nations to Assist in stamping out bacteriological epidemica which, according to All indication 3, raging in and behind the Itech:* battle lines. The Communists know only too well that the presence of independent observers and medical

Bru

workers would

write finis to their propa ganda campaign which

seeks to convince the world that the Allies in Korea RTC employing

germ warfare. The allegations could not possibly stand up to impartial investigation. It is unlikely that the United Nations expected any response from the Communists to their offer; nevertheless, there

уди

good reason for making it. Epidemics, particularly of diseases such typhus

are

und bubonic plague, are not easily contained. Thuso which are now rife in North Korea, and presumi ably parts of Manchuria, threaten also other areas in Asia Extreme precautions required to prevent such scourges from spread- ing over wide areas, and it is because there is reason Lo doubt the Communists' abilities or facilition for successfully fighting the epidemics, that the United Nations made their offer. It is justified on humanitarian grounds alone.

WHILE

Germany's Future

Basic Points In Reply To Russian Note Revealed

London, Mar. 25.

The Western replies to the Soviet Note on Germany will be handed over in Moscow today (Tuesday) by the Ambassadors of America, France and Britain. They will defend the right of a reunited Germany to join any defensive alliances approved by the United Nations, it was learned in diplomatic quarters here.

cally.

The British, United States and French Notes are worded identi-

They reaffirm the anxiety of the three Western Allies to unite Germany and to conclude a peace treaty with her. But they insist that an all-German government can be set up only on the basis of free and democratic elections in all four occupation zones.

The Notes say the Western Powers do not believe that satisfactory elec- toral conditions exist in the Eastern zone at present.

Big Air Over N.

Battles Korea

Seoul, Mar. 25.

The

West asserts

that no clearer evidence of Soviet good falth could be given than the So- viot Government's agreement to the entry of the United Na tions Commission

into the Eastern zonc and Berlin to study conditions there.

The

American jet fighters encountered 112 Com-viet proposals. munist MIG-15s over North Korea yesterday (Monday) and destroyed or damaged 14 in four separate air battles.

The first MIG exploded in the air during a 12-minute battle early yesterday morning between 32 Sabre jets and 30 Communist jets. Sabres and MIGs fought two more high-speed, high.altitude battles just before noon. By early afternoon, when four slower Thunderjets beat off eight attacking enemy planes, the Fifth Air Force had destroyed three MIGs, probably destroyed two and damaged nine.

tles since Friday.

They were the first air bai-

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Handcuffed and heavily guarded are three of the five Egyptians who were sentenced to imprisonment with hard labour by the Egyptian Supreme Military Court for their part in the "Back Saturday" riots in Cairo on January 26. The three (left to right) Ahmed Ibrahim Mahmoud (10 years hard labour); Iuamil Fahmy el Sayed and Rifaat Mohammed Abon Husse (12 years hard labour), are the first of 800 accused to go on trial following the riots; in which nine Britons were killed, and millions of pounds worth of damage done to Egyptian, British and other foreign owned property. London Express.

Anglo-Egyptian Talks Will Go

On Assures Hilaly

Pasha

Cairo, Mar. 24.

The reply does not attempt to make counter-proposals to the draft treaty enclosed in the Rus stan Note of March 10 but re-

An intensive election campaign for the next two months was set in clarification of quests

the So-

motion today following dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, but the whether

Western Powers asic Premier, Hilaly Pasha, assured the nation that this would not be allowed

the Soviet "Govern mom would seek to impose con

to interfere with the more important Anglo-Egyptian negotiations. ". ditions which would prevent Germany's joining

Party leaders huddled with Wafdist Party's regional

power DS a | Anglo-Egyptian' talks going oncé association within the free- their top aides to chart their large number of Waldist voters they are started,

peasants and labourers.— work of the United Nations election strategy, Discolution of are Charter.

the Wald-dominated House United Press. came as Egypt and Britain en- gaged in exploratory talks on settlement of their common dis pute, which thus far has bogged on formation of a Middle East defence command.

CLEAR INDICATION This de taken in diplomatic quarters here as a cleor Indica- ton that the Western Allies re- ject in advance any solution which prevents Germany from taking her place in the Western European community, including the European Army.

The general opinion; appears

Commons To Debate

in

London, Mar. 24. Mounting unemployment

Britain's textile in- dustry, with 60,000 al- ready wholly or partly out of work, is to be debated in Parliament on Wednes- day.

A Labour member of Parlia- ment, Mr George Tomlinson, Chal-man of the Lancashire Regional Council of the Labour Pry. warned. Susterday that the industry was in danger of "going ou altogether unless steps are taken to bolster 4: up."

Various

employers and in- terested unions have made strong

representations to the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Labour, charging that the Government's polley is aimed at diverting labour to rearmament Industries.

Questions are also to be asked regarding the curtailment of Commonwealth, particularly Australian, imports of British textiles and

what steps the- British Government intends to take to safeguard British markets from overwhelming Japanese competition.

Manchester reports said that a visit to any mills aren Lancashire today is reminiscent

of

pf

the days of the war when long, orderly

queues hurrially and resignedly made towards air raid shelters as warning sirens walled.

This time it is not on air rald but a slump warning and the queues Ale into labour ex-

change, not shelters, but tha atmosphere is the same," the

report said.-Unlled Press.

Student Dies

to be that to wait for the poll-From Injection

tical dust to settle in Egypt may mean that both sides will misë

MARTIAL LAW

LOOTERS GAOLED

Calro, Mar. 24..

Egyptions

An

He died three days after the Infection desplie every effort to save his life.

the accusation that the Allies are indulging in germ warfare is a blatant fabrication, it

WHITEHALL HOPES may be taken for granted

London, Mar. 24.

Washington, Mar. 24. Britain would like the Anglo- the chance to keep the peace student died yesterday of an

18-year-old that the Communists are

collego confronted with the grave

Egyptian trenty negotiations, which is of vital importance to which entered the preliminary the whole world.-United Press infeciton of bacterially con* problem of Aghting

stage on Saturday, to continue

taminated blood given during contagious diseases which

despite the decision of the

an experiment connected with either have already

The election campaign is ex-Egyptian Premier, Hilaly Pasha,

Cairo, Mer. 24. war research by the University reached epidemic propor-

peded to be intensely vigorous to hold a general election on A Government decree extend.of Washington, tions, or are likely to very

The Notes also seck clarifica- as the Wald, which alone ob- May 18, offelal sources said to- ing martial law for an indefinite The young victim, Mr James The last of the day, in which coon unless drastic preven.

tion of the

tained absolute majority in the day. Soviet proposal to

perlad was published here

Freshman to- Stanley Leedom, the F-84 fighter-bombers out- tive measures are adopted. manoeuvred to the larger flight

rearm Germany. They affirm thus last general election in January "We believe that useful pur-night A-Royal res:ipt on the at Seattle University, was one this, coupled with the suggestion

ion 1950, is prepared to enter the pose can be served by continu- dissolution of Parliament

was of 19

of 14 volunteers participating Netther the North Koreans of swept-wing MIGS

and

that former Nazi Generals of the polling in full strength.

ing the negotiations and by published at the same time. in the project seeking better nor the Chinese Com- damaged. tue of them in a brief,

Wehrmacht should be given a

maintaining constant contact Mantial law here came into force ways to preserve whole blood. munists are properly low altitude dogfight, probably

At the same clean bill, contrasts strangely

time, Hilaly with the Egyptian Gover- on January 20 for two months.-- equipped to deal effectively | best demonstrated the superior

with the Russian complaint about

Pasha is expected to form a ment," an official said.

France-Presse, with such an urgent prob- tarties of the American pilots,

the Moslem new Party, and the failure to implement the

He stressed that Saturday's lem,

closed telks Potsdam Agreement to demili-

Brotherhood Is holding On the other hand The MIGs jumped the Thunder-

between Hilaly Pasha

The herd of the University tarise Germany.

meetings to decide whether to they cannot afford a whole gets as they were bombing ruil

and the British Ambassador, Str Fourteen more enter the elections or follow a Ralph Sleverson, were only

of Washington's Department of sale loss of trained military lines in the Sonchon area in

On the Russian proposal that

were sent to prison by court Medicine, Dr Robert H. Williams, "exploratory hands-off policy. personnel from these causes.

London, Mar. 24. Germany should be

and an "exchange martial here today for attack said that the blood became con- reunited

of views to find out whether Whether they can look to

"by The world's fri scheduled within the frontlers agreed at Hilaly Pasha has stated that there was

ing and louting the shons dur-taminated

some pheno- Russia for

jet airline service will open on Petatum, the Western Powers ask

common point of ing the disturbances on January menon" ald in

after it had been re- he plans to amend the electoral view this

on which May 2 whon BOAC's

negotiations 28 dilemma is open to question.

whether the Soviet Government

taw without prejudicing the could be usefully started. regards the provisional

"direct breaking Comet will leave cre now

we can ox- The

only way Soviets have

right for

Hilaly Pasha is said to destre for Johannesburg, South Africa, boundaries agreed at that time

it is that the bacteria associated themselves with

it was announced today.

voting. He did not elaborate on that Britain should make a de- years, went to a Police private, plan as a mal delimitation on

Ger- his

able to grow in some plans but Party circles #x-claration of her intent to pro- while a Police corporal got 10 was the Peking propaganda

PILOT BAILS OUT

(erritory.

to order pected him

manner while the blood was ot The 495 miles per hour cruis-man

more vide a basis for negotiation but years. alleging campaign

UN

Captain Freeland K. Mathewaj Ing speed Comet, which flies at

The other sentences ranged | freezing temperature and not at Finally, the Western Allies ask qualifications for eligibility of Britain is said to be anxious to participation in bacteriolo- of Huntington Station, Long a height of 35,000 to 40,000 whether the Soviet Government voter, such as literacy and avold making any sort of de- down to three years.-Reuter. gical warfare, but have faland, New York, who claimed feet, will cover, the 0,724-mile is prepared, as an earnest of its some measure of education.

claration which may prove to given no hint that they are AD MIG destroyed in the first, route in an actual flying time tons on the shorter Glate treaty would be likely to reduce the efforts to settle the Egyptian sincerity, do commence negotia- They said such A system be unhelpful to Haly Pasha's offering any

medical early morning battle, said he of 18 hrs. 40 mins,, reducing for Austria expressed by the

domestic crisis. 'services to combat the fred at on MIG with his .50 the present flight times by

alsenses. The probability is calibre machineguns and the about one-third.

three Western Governments in Notes to Moscow earlier this that the Chineso Com- enemy plane began to burn.

month.-Reuter.. munists will be left largely The pilot bailed out and a to their own devices-an split second later, the MIG ex-

ploded," ho sald,

where

Northwest Koren.

jettisoned The Thunderjets their bombs and then turned to fight. They returned safely to their base after grippling the

now

two MIGS.

anything but' encouraging prospect

medicat resources are limited to a point of being

record-

The total journey time for the passengers aboard the 30-seater

UNWELCOMED jets will be less than a day-

Berlin, Mar. 24. 23 hrs. 49 mins.

The United Nations Commis- Announcing Allied fighter Bombers con-

the Inaugural alon on free German elections nued their attacks on the Com-flight BOAC said that there will left Berlin today after finding munist, supply system and rail be one Comet flight a week inno welcome" aign put up by

clear, lines in the

sunny

cach direction: A plane will the Communists, a.weather.

leave London on Fridays and Acting along the 155-mile Johannesburg on Mondays. battlefront continued light. UN The Corporation plans to in- troops threw back three light crease the number of nights in

attacks June when probing THE "discovery of another Communist

quential.

inconse-

Rabies Danger

more Comets

case of animal rabies in during the early morning hours expected to be delivered.

yesterday, he east of the Nam

Slaughtermen

are

The initial leg of the "trip

electorate's

A

Two Die From Gas Poisoning

Stenhousemuir, Mar. 24.

a

BEST OPPORTUNITY From all available official sources It appears that Britain belleves that Healy Pasha's Government offers the best the dispute opportunity since began for talks but it is con- for him to declaration of British

A father and his son died to-sidered too much day in a gas-filed rocam at their expect

Bt this stage. Hilaly home in Stenhousemuir, A policy

Pasha's position vis-a-vis third man was found alive.

internal Egyptian affairs is The dead were both named

appreciated and it is fell Lully

Alexander Carmichael und that any British declaration

ср

The Commission came herd to Investigate whether conditions would permit uncontrolled all- German elections. The Russians and East German Communists Fived in a single apartment in a

tend to strengthen co-operate in any three-storeyed tenentent In now might refused to

his political CASC of way. As airesult, the Commis- Tryst Road, adjacent to

the the some for the Stereousemuir Football

Club Ponenta.

Officials said that they could man, of Folish only repeat the statement made In Parliament recently by Mr Anthony Edin, the Foreign Secretary,

that Britain la de- sirous of an agreeable settle ment with Egypt which would Egypt's

was

taken

10

Armoured Train take full account of

38 mins. compared with about Switzerland, over 000 miles, will take 2 h Netherlands

The third. 41⁄2 hra to: conventional planes. Tho Taglicho Rundschau, nationality,

BOAC plans ta uso lets for official newspaper of the Soviet heegltala Router. Arat-class travel on most of accur

occupation force, said yester- their Commonwealth routes, day that activity by the Com- extending the service eastwards mission would be meddling in via Pakistan and Singapore the Internal affairs of Ger-

many larger version the Avon

newspaper added that Comel-eventually will operate the job should be done by the a North Alimatic service. London, Mar. 24. Hopes of a settlement in the Avon is capable of linking Len-four Occupation Powers.Unit- British strike of meat. workers

trade don and New York with a atop ed. Press.

Newfoundland, in because three

men at Gander, dis- about seven hours-Reuter,

later this year.

the Now Territories is dia- River near the East coast and Landon to Romea distance of sioners left today, others for ground. concerting. Nevertheless the authorities can be com- River northeast of the Punch

the other two near the Soyang mended for the energetic bowl.Association Press. measures they have taken to limit the danger of any spreading of the disease. The incident, however, most be taken by dog owners as a warning. Their duty' ls clear: they must take all f precautions as luid ɖown In the regulations to keep their animals. immune to the disenso. They must not be allowed, either through would, not join a union, thoughtlessness..

de slputed today - when 700° Lon- liberate non-observance of don slaughtermen, walked off tho required precautions, their jobs.

or

to endanger the safety of

On Strike

A

The

Thieves Big Haul

The

Landslide Kills 28 People

Derailed.

nationalist aspirations.

At the

Middle

same time, Britain sticks to the view that the Suez Canal Zone is the key to the security of the entire East and wants a cirar under- Egypt's altitudo standing toward the projected four- Power

East defence Middle organisation.

DIFFICULT QUESTION · The

appears likely

of

Saigon, Mar, 24. An armoured train of the French army was derailed by a mine and attacked by Com-

troops Vietminh munist-led obeut, 60 miles Northeast of Djakarta, Mar. 24.

Balgon, but the troops on board A landslide killed 28 people,

question in the negotia- the train were able to fight off They cut work because they

mostly women, and injured" 44

the attacks, the French High to be a their neighbours, "All dog | were asked to handio

London, Mar, 24," yesterday at Twibodas village, Command announced, and were tions but omelats strongly In- owners *** throughout the diverted

second aleate that Britain is prepared Three thousand sterling in cash 100 miles south of Djalearto,

rescued today by a Colony, are advised to take where the strike started,

was onaiched from a car belong-

The victims were cutting armoured train sent out to help. to go much further than ever In Manchester and North- ing to the Royal Arsenal Co. rice in a little valley near n

Bix men on beard the train before to meet Egypt's demands West England 2,000 men have operative Society in Wimbledon steep slope, which suddenly were injured, the High Com-without abandoning the right of been idle for two, weeks becaure | Rodny. The anatch was made by i collapsed and buried them mand reported. One car of the Sudanero to self-determina- three aastatant depot managers three men in a car as the money Heavy rains were believed to the traip was destroyed andtion. would not join their union work end takings was being have caused the landslide five others were Hamaged. All-officials made it clear that i Router,

Reuter.

Britain wants Associated Press.

keep thei

heed of the official warning.

that "rables is a killer, and

no person having contracted the disease has been known to recover."

from

meat

Manchester

talcen do' a bank--Reutor.

The heaviest sentence, 12

strated.

body temperature."-Router.

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