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7 THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST. 27, 1952.

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Canberra Arab-Asian Bloc To

Crew Mobbed

Big Reception At. Irish Airfield

Aldergrove, Aug. 20. Enthusiastic scenes were witnessed here today as the British Canberra, "the world's only jet bomber in Borvice, returned here after flying the Atlantic twice between breakfast and tea time.

As soon as the bomber touched down, hundreds of servicemen and women rushed across the landing held to cheer the crew, who had become the first men in the world to fly the Atlantic and back in a single day.

Service police teled to keep crowds of spectators in cheek but several people burst through to join in the rush around the plane.

The bomber came back from Carda at an average speed of over 600 miles an hour,

Wing-Commander Roland Dea- mont, chier test pilot of the matters of the Canberra, the English Electric Company, who was at the controls on the onl ward fight, met 140 miles an hour head winds at one period. These and minor radio troubles were the only difficulties,

RADIO SILENCE

The pilot for the return trip was Flight-Lieutenant P. 1- wood, 32-year-old English Elect- rle test pilot, who established record for the easterly crossing.

hour

on the homeward flight was broken at 1440 GMT when the Canberra with a in radio contact WAS

A

24/2

silence

Dutch weather ship about 000 miles west of Ireland,

Wing-

-Commander Beamont

"The flight to Newfound- land was smooth and we were very comfortable. The weather at Gander was perfect.

"There

were

no dificulties

at all except for the fact that.

some reason

for

we have not

yet discovered, we were unable

to contact the two weather

ships by radio telephone.

Continue Discussions On Moroccan Dispute

United Nations, Aug. 26.

The United Nations Arab-Asian bloc will meet tomorrow in a closed caucus to plot strategy for handling the Franco-Moroccan dispute in the forthcoming General Assembly session.

Thirteen Arab and Asiatic diplomats will convene at the mid-town offices of the Indonesian delegation at the request of Iraq's permanent delegate to discuss the Moroccan issue.

The group originally was to meet today, but the meeting was postponed becauso some dolegates were not available.

Inquiry Into

Plane Crash

Trapani, Bledly, Aug. 26.

the

A commission headed by an official of the Bri- tish Ministry of Civil Aviation, arrived here 10- day from London to con- duct an Inquiry into dis crash of Д Belfish four- engined Hermes airliner carrying 57

people which plunged into the sea three miles off here yesterday morning. Fifty

the of

people aboard were saved before the plane sank but three bodies were recovered and four others are still misa- ingReuter.

STRANDED

PILGRIMS

AIRLIFTED

Washington, Aug. 26.

The State Department today

At Gander the turn-round announced the successful com- was mudo exceedingly quickly pletion of an emergency airlift | and the aircraft was completedly

of 1,200 stranded Moslem serviced. There

sinal) electrical adjustment and the pilgrims from Beirut to Jidda. only delay was that the crew had not finished refueling."

was

Hillwood said: "We climbed to over 40,000 feet from Gander and made the best use of the wind. We stayed up there the whole way."-Reuter,

Swiss Exports

To P.I

The question of Morocco was the Tunision situation reviewett placed on the provisional agenda by the Assembly this year, but by the Iraqi delegation, Awal apparently many are somewhat Khalidy, railler is month. reluctant to act likewise in the

Informed quarters reported Moroccan isatio that he may ask the 12 other Arab and Asiatic notions to Join Iraq sponsoring the

in

Assembly move.

All 13 members of the bloe are sponsoring a move to have

"Big Three"

Preparing

Their Reply

There is no question that all the Arab and Asiatic nallons will Join Iraq in championing the Moroccan cause when it comes up before the 60-nation Assemb. there were indications ly, but that some would prefer to await development of the Tunisian siluntion before committing themselves too far in the case of Morocco.

Mansion On India & Pakistan Discuss

The Hill

FLIGHT IN COMET JET

One Of Most Fantastic Trips In The World

Arab and Asian diplomats are known to feel that the Tunisian situation. because of recent events in the protectorate, is more urgent than that of Morocco and there is some feeling that strong efforts to obtain examina- London, Aug. 20. Info:rnal consultations have tion of the Moroccan situation

distract The started between

Foreign may

attention from Office

the French - and

and happenings in Tunisia. American Embassies in London

AWAITING REPLY on the latest Soviet note Germany, Foreign

Informed sources said Arab spokegman said today.

Asian diplomats Similar exchanges pected in Paris and Washington. awaiting a reply by the French The next stage will be to pre-Government to a memorandum

I am just completing one of the most fantastic pare a draft in one of the three sent to it this Spring by Sil ben Yousher, Sultan of Morocco, capitals.

Diplomatte quarters are

from London to Singa- eziding for Increased Moroccan journeys in the world nol

of the the optimistle that

Western autonomy and revision

pore, a distance of nearly 8,000 miles, in 19 hours treaty

placed which Governments will accept Russia's 1912

Morocco under French protec- flying time. proposals as they stand.

The note proposed a Big Four Lion. conference in October with an The French, so far as is known agenda reve:sing that suggested here, have not replied to the by the West.-Reuter,

on

Office

were

ex- and

WESTERLING

CASE COST

The pilgrims, most of them

Singapore, Aug. 26. and women, were elderly men

The case of Turko Westerling stranded in Beirut because all

cost the Singapore Government nir transport was 5$7,309, the Colonial Secretary, commercial booked to capacity by Moslems W. L. Blythe, told the Legis- making the annual pilgrimage lative Council.

The to Mecca, 40 miles from Jiddn.

S$5,034 $$1,535 on his repatriation to

Mr Michael McDermott, the State Department spokesman, suid 13 C-54 transports of tho American Air Force started the airlift yesterday and completed

it today.

The pilgrima had to reach

Geneva, Aug. 20. The Chairman of the Philip pine Chamber of Commerce, Mr Delas Als, has been con-

an anoficial repre ferring us

of President Elpidio | Mecca by August 20. sentative Quirino with representatives of

"It is a demonstration that we are always glad to help when

the Swiss Commercial-Depart-

ment.

Mr Ala, who is touring Europe, we can," he said. was reported to have examined problems

concerning

the "The Air Force has made a

demonstration

of

development of trade exchanges concrete

between the two countries, and American friendship for the 300

an Increase of

the question of

memorandum.

were

Some diplomats felt it diMcult to bulld an immediate case against France without having her position on record,

the

Some Arab sources suggested that the French may be pur posely delaying their reply to the Sultan to avoid bringing the Moroccan question to a head at to determine this time and

what turn beforehand situation in Tunisia would take, ns The diplomats fait that,

as French policy-making was concerned, there was

a de Anite connection between the disputes.

Government spent

and far the lawsult on

Westerling, former leader of the Army of the Heavenly Host, which opposed the Republic of was Indonesia armed forces, arrested after illegally entering Singapore. After a trial, he was repatriated to Associated Press.

The Moroccan question was the Assembly brought before last year by Egypt, but in face of strong opposition to such a debate the group voted to past- consideralon until this Europe, pone

ycar.-United Press.

Muslims, Not

Mohammedans

PARIS DISCUSSIONS

Tunis, Aug 20. Count Jean de Houlcclocque, French

Resident-General

Tunisian Pre- Tunis, and the

In

Singapore, Aug. 20. mier, Eddine Baccaucho, are The Singapore Government expected

to leave here for

wis exports to the Philippince, million members of the Moslem has decided to call the followers Parts on Thursday night.

-France-Presse.

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24

12)

world."-Reuter,

A British Crossword Puzzle

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18

ACROSS

1 Game-bird (0).

6. Surpass (5).

8 Metal (4).

e Fruit (0)

11 Vehicle (5).

13

(Cavalryman (6).

14 Wagers (4).

10. On one's own (5).

38 (5).

10

(4).

20 Allow (0).

24 Ruffle (5).

25 Borrdom (0),

20 Jug (4).

27 Ventures (5).

28 Vanquish⋅ (0).

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MILA

DOWN

1 Expand (4).

2 Gem (4),

3 Symbol (4).

4 Bulids (6).

5 Beg (7).

6 Reserva (7).

Compared (7).

10 Bare (3).

13 Crammed (7).

14 Obstacle (7).

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18 Places of worship (7).

17 Sensational (5)..

10

Separated into groups (6)..

21 Lake (4).

22 Weary (4)..

23 Neglect to do (4).

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Comic, 4 Permit,

8 Abtado, 10 Essay, 12 Arenas, 14 Rostrum, 17 Pest, 19 Dimples,

of Islam "Muslims" and not It is expected that they will "Mohammedans" In future.

have discussions with the They hed been called French Foreign Minister, M. "Mohammedans" In the Colony's Robert Schuman, for the imple- laws up to now. Malaya made

mentation of the French reform similar change a few years ago, plan for the territory,

Muslim leaders welcomed the Dr

Salem,

former change, calling it long overdue. Tunisian Hos

Health

Minister, and They explained that a follower his wife, Princess Zatia, of Islam le о Moslem. Adaughter of the Bey of Tunis.. Mohammedan is a follower of arrived in Paris today from Mohammed, the Prophct of Aix-les-Bains, where they have Irlar.-Associated Press.

'been holidaying-Reuter.

Ben

"Stalin Plan" For

Asia Forecast

London, Aug. 26.

Since Communist China's mission, led by the

(From RONALD BOXALL)

Aboard BOAC Comet, Aug. 26.

-

Sergeant William Martin the United States Forces

of

Korea has named his quarter

д

**Mansion on the Hill”, and ba certainly seems to have adopted

"Lord of all I survey" at titude as he reclines in an in- provised deckchair, with, of course, his rifle ready on his kners in case of emergency

Express Photo..

Border Scheme

PLAN FOR KASHMIR

Geneva, Aug. 26. Revised proposals Kashmir wore discussed by the Indian and Pakistan de- Jegations when they met for 45 minutes in Geneva day, a communique sald.

The proposals Dro be- Beved to relsto to the

to-

member of troops to be left

on each sido

of the cease-fire

line at the end of the

militarisation period and

ac-

tho

dafo for the Induction into office

of the pleblackto administrator- designate, American

Chester W. Nimitz.

Admiral

by Dr.

The proposals were presented

P. Frank

Graham, the Nations white-haired United

American mediator and former Senator, at a private meeting with the two delegations.

Dr Graham has made 12 and Pakistan. Eight have been proposals on Kashmir to India

necepted by both sides.

India's attitude is that it agreement can be reached on the two proposals relating to the number and character of forces to be left on each side of the cease-fire line, the two referring to the period of demilitarisation and the Induction of Admiral Nimitz con be solved without

YUGOSLAV

OFFICERS WITH BAOR duty.

Bonn, Aug. 20.

NO TENSION

the

conference

In

Six of Tito's top-ranking staff

The revision of the proposals officers have arrived in the Bri- must have been made since Dr tish Zone of Germany to see the Graham made his third report to inrge-scale exercises by Bri- the Security Council in April.

Unometally tain's Rhine Army armour.

They are

the first Yugoslav was described as being in

atmosphere of cordiality and no generals to see British forces

tension. In action" since the war.

The delegations are to meet in After eight days many, the Yugoslav group will every moming for 21⁄2 hours, This despatch is being written, between London and Singapore fly to England to visit Sandhurst Ayyangar and Sir Zafrullah

The communique Baid

Mr and other military centres,

Yet soon it will be a commonplace weekly flight.

twice

ond

night miles above the bandit- next month.

Then there will be a ridden

Malayan jungle stretch- ed out like a distant unmoving weekly jet liner service, green carpet below. Outside taking about 20 hours from the Lonton Airport the temperature is 40 degrees take-off from below zero in

the at Singapore; purplish-to arrival high-altitude coloured

eternal other will include a night stop Calcutta, and will take about sunshine, Comet's cabin is

The

43 hours complete.. comfortable 70

able 70 degrees,

a

And in the minute it look to

at

Actunt flying time on both

hours.

Avrlic these words we have services will be a little over 21 covered another

miles of eight our dash across the world.

By now the Comet Is already

SPECIAL TRAINING

Ger-

co-

lad "ofored full Khan Leader of the delegation is 41-year-old Colonel-General speration to Dr Graham and expressed their determination Peka Dapcevic,

a fisher once

to build upon the basis of agree- boy and law student and now Thio's

ment already reached." Chief-of-Staff. Deputy

communique, The oficial Germany Colcnel-General

issued 41⁄2 hours after the con- Dapcevic will be guest of the ference had adjourned, said:

Commander-in-Chief, Brliish

"The conference began in a General Sir John Harding. The Gene

friendly atmosphere.

TO BE PRIVATE "The United Nations

two men last met in April 1996 Both were in command of corps heading for Trieste. The Yugo-

the opening slav won by two days. He in-presentative made vited Sir John to dinner when specch in which bo welcomed

the

around the table the British General entered the presence

of the Affairs Lor

a familiar sight at airporis en Aboard my Conset toplay we route bul this is not yet a carrying five pilots two scheduled flight but a training enptains and three fist lieuten city. flight for preparing air crews ant who have each had 5,000 But and ground statis before the hours dying experience, Camet goes into regular service they

special

The Dragons Wage War On

The Rockets!

are

this

Priority For

on

undergoing training

handling in revolutionary alreraft-arat

ground and then in actual flying.

the

Our esplain of captains is P Mains-Smith, DSO, DFC. Ho

end Captain M. Aites are gain""

The Soviet

-London, -Aug, – 20.

Minister of Foreign

Zafrullah

Gopalaswami

Pakistan

Sir

and Mr

Ayyangar,

the

Minister of Defenes of tha Government of Indla,

"The United Nations repre- his faith seatallve expressed

to full

that the work of the conferenco would be carried out in good ing experience over the London- Russia must have first priority will and in a constructive spirit the hopes Czech production with in order Singapore route before taking from

countries placed in this meeting. Communist

"Mr Ayyangor and Bir Zafrul- command of the regular service other

second and the home market of the first trans-world Comets.

offered full co-operation to Flying as a Comet passenger only third, a Czech Trade Union

Dr Graham and expressed their is an experience almost defying leader ordered today,

upon description Next month one Prague Radio reported today determination to bulld

Gustav the basis of agreement already New York, Aug. 20. will be able to leave London that the leader, M. Anything can happen in New after an early breakfast one day Kliment, told a union conference reached.

The conference then pro- on the In Zdar Bohemia that some fac- York nowadays, it seems. And and arrive in Singapore on

to discuss the revised y this week, The Dragons went to evening of the following day in tory managers were giving more ceeded

money for good work "accorting proposals presented by the war against the Rockets they plenty of time for dinner, That,

whims without any United Nations representative." is allowing for the to their Court are gangs of zoot suited teen-of

It was agreed that the meet- seven and a half hours time logical system," agers in the Bronx,

This must stop. Distribution ings would bo privato and Three people as a result are Singapore.

difference between London and

must be controlled by Trade there would be morning. In hospital suffering from rifle

Union representatives. Un-rions every day, the communi- Speaking personally, I found fortunately some of the Trade que concluded Reuter, Are injuries.

by 5ft 4in teen-age the only trouble with flying Union officials are as guilty In

ก terrorist named "Tiny" Rodri-/the Comet is that it is too fast that respect де the factory

themselves," the Dragons strolled into The transition from cool Lon- quez, Jackson Avenus with a long don to the sweltering heat of managers cardboard box. Children played Singapore it too sudden and Kilment added--Reuter,

The body revolts tag in

in the street. Women with extrenic bables In laps sat on steps, while the mind marvels. Others leaned from Lenement

windows.

uvenue.

But without question jet air travel is the future inter-

Editors' Visit

To Britain

of

M.

Boom Sweeps

Portugal

Lisbon, Aug. 26.

A boom in wolfram and tin, Then Tiny and four followers continental bus service for busi-

key minerals in the rearmament ripped the lid off the box, Jessmen

With the magnificent panora

London, Aug. 20. drive, la now sweeping Por- grabbed .22 rifles and tired

Four Indonesian journalists.tugal. wildly as they ran down the mic view of Singapore Island

Abandoned small mincs have now stretched out beneath me, arrived here by air last night for

been re-opened and the bigger Miss

Domaso Alvarado, 21, only two hours after I lunched a month's study of British life. went down with a bullet in her at Bangkok, I feel proud to

Editor

Abadi, the country's mineral areas.

The boom has led to large- whistling arrow on this

that Djakarta: Mr Suwandi, Joint will

cross the Editor of Djojobje, Sourabaya; scale smuggling of the minerals now regularly Robert Alvarez was shot in the hip while walking towards world smoothly, peacefully and Mr H. Rondonuwu, Editor of out of the country without pay- his home.

miles Pedoman Rakjat, Macassar; and ing the special export tax and too noisily eight Seventeen-year-old Joseph above the world's troubles. Mr Djaffar, Assistant Editor of some orrusts have already been

made.Router. Waspada, Medan-Reuter.. Lelto recognised the Dragons London Express Service. and trailed them as they raced

Foreign Minister, Mr Chou En-lai, arrived in Moscow back as she tried to run into a have been one of the first to fly Assistanre Mr Mara Karma, mines are working full-time in

house.

Radio has been singing the a week ago, Moscow praises of Peking's programme of extending autonomy for tribal areas.

Far East observers here see this as the start of a "Stalin Plan for Asia.”

Recent meetings of the Cen-| During the past six months for home. So Tiny shot him in tral People's Government Coun- autonomy has been established the thigh.

At the hospital Joseph de- ell in Peking have, according for the Yoon in Western Kwangscribed Tiny. The police arrest- to the Now China News Agency, al numbering some 18,000, theed him and two other dragons. resulted in the adoption of a 500,000 Yi tribe in Sikang Pro- programme which would give vince, and the Miaos of Western-London Express Service. local

administration to some Hunan.

40,000,000 tribesmen in scatter

tral areas,

"IKE" MARCHES

IN PARADE.

C00

.

Probe Into Air Base Allegations

Washington, Aug. 26.

basis, he

during

In a formal report, it recom- operations apron at Nouasseur is Mr Frank Pace, Secretary mended appropriate action operational to the degree has 10

agnst General Pick.

Ja currently being used by all of the Army, said today

General Pick, in a pubile types of Mats (military air The New China News Agency

that he would immediately ed areas of China. This appears

statement, said that the Senators transport servico aircraft)," he here to be closely modelled on estimates that the programme

look into the controversy were over-critic). It was nas said.

deficiencies do Soviet policy for Central Asian will eventually embrace some

Now York, Aug. 20. between Lieutenant-General ho but the Air Force who do "However, Chinese *tribesmen 40,000,000

Mr Dwight Eisenhower, the Lewis A. Plek and a Senate elded that the bases should be exist which are, in my opinion, More than-a year ago the whose administrators will have

struction Operations Peking Government formed the been fully indoctrinated in Com-Republican Presidentiel

didate, marched with over 15.000 group over alleged waste cuced on a "expsh", or rush, a result of the very rapid co principice, munist "Central Nationalities Academy"

With Mr Pace's return today, 1051," other ox-Servicemen up Now and fraud in the construc

The Senate Sub-Committee's. the

The emphasis given to the York's 5th Avenue today in an tion of air bases in North the Army made public a report capital of Communist

In the Peking regime's programune American Legion display. with branches

that - $200,000,000 from General Flick which sold report said Chinu

in the South-West

"deficiencies do exist" and since the arrival of the Commun- North-West,

The parade, which was ex-Africa. Moscow China to train st Chinese mission in South-Central

but banes o pected to inut at least 12 hours,

only two were partly Communist

During Mr Paco's absence on African air bases but that they had already been spent on five with more than was the high point of tie 34th been noted for governments.

has

an overseas inspection, a Senate could be corrected for an out in operation; that the project, interest here an Indication annual Logion Convention here. tribal areas.

would foar when completed, Far East observers noted from that tha Moscow, conference

Mr Elpenhower strode at the Armed Services Sub-Committee lay of about $1,100,640.

He wrote it after an inspec-

$430,000,000 compared with orx result in plans Peking broadcast roports that

-for Hond of the Kanas conungent, accused General Pick, Chief of Mening of the Communist

The pavements of Bih Avenue,

ago.

and that some paving wan, At the time of my recent ready crumbling because of with spectators, sive "full, frank and compre

to follow jammed

· ordinary, ...them much -- "discusited | specifications.—Houten, moest mass Thousand thore Teaned from henative testimony about the visit, all areas were operational failure windows-Teuter

projects.

113

:.

20 Certain, 22 Unit, 23 Terrier 27 Serenz, 29 Spiro, 30 Tolant, 31 | Tow, if any of the cadros, cape orbit în Asic as an answer to the | avenue of victay parades, wer Amy Engineers, of falling 'to/tion of the bases about 10 days, original erlimate of $300,000,000

Digest, 82 Melts. pown: 1.Chair, 3 Maree, 3 Cedar, 8' Even, o Muszel, 7 Tryats, 0 Erudite, il Sapper, 13 Eminent, 15 Oven, 10 Titter 18 Sure, 20 Curted, 21 Rising, 24 Resim, 25 Idea), 20 Rates, 28 Reds,

to govern autonomous tribes

camo from tribal areas them- West's Colombo Plan and Point selves, but avere soletbed or Fous aid for South-East Asia

United Press. the Chinese ruling classes.

-avon