THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1052.
"Canistes" In A Marked Improvement Shown
The Sahara
A strange British expedition is now in the Sahara trying to find out how to stop the Desert encroaching onto fertile land. The expedfilon, formed by the Men of the Trees organ- isation, is on a re-afforestation survey of North Africa-the idea belog to stop the shifting sands by planting trees. Here the expedition is seen studying a map of their route.--Express
Photo,
Nose As Exhibit Huge Naval War
Ai Trial
Exeter, Nov. G. Norman Fry, 23, senman, was found not gullly and discharged on a charge of wounding with intent to disfigure Percy Scott Jack- 62 year old hotel
keeper,
He was also found not guilty of causing Jackson grievous bodily harm.
Jackson was alleged to have had part of his nose tavern A
hitten off in
argument.
Part of a nose was ex- biblted in court in a jar of spirit-Heuler.
FIRST OF
ITS KIND
Games
Start
In Mediterranean
Convoys Meeting Heavy Weather
In Relations With Egypt
EDEN PAYS A TRIBUTE
TO GENERAL NAGUIB
-
London, Nov. 6.
The Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, speaking in the House of Commons today on the Sudan question, said: "So far as Egypt is con- cerned I think we have all been glad to note that there has been a marked improvement in our rela tions since the present Egyptian Government came into power.
"We have watched with interest the courage- ous efforts of General Naguib and his friends to cut through the tangle of maladministration at home and international disputes, which were the legacy of previous Egyptian governments..
“We have just received the Egyptian Govern- ment's comments on the new constitution for the Sudan, which the Governor-General submitted to Her Majesty's Government and the Egyptian Government," Mr Eden said.
"As I told the House of Com- mans din Cetober 22, we should with to give the Egyptian view proper consideration. This will now be done.
"If we can do that, can we not at last hope to get the wider agreement which is in the minds of
many members of this House?" Mr Eden asked.
to
"Admittedly the Egyptia
DELICATE MATTER comments do raise a number of
About promulgating the important points for discussion but the central fact, it seems to constitution, the Foreign Secre me, is that the present Egyptian tary sald Britain had to tread Government, unlike its predeces- rather delicately because it was which the sor, is showing a readiness to not a matter on accept the principles of self-Government could give instruc- government and self-determina- tions. They had already given tion in the Sudan and
tho to authority
Governor of The co-operate with us in giving General
Sudan them effect.
promulgate on November 8.
"He is not under any oblign- tion to do so but he can do so and I have no doubt be will also want to give the Egyption com- ments full consideration.
"So clearly he will not be able to do this before November 8," Mr Eden said
Naples, Nov. 6. ' Convoys battling through the Mediterranean against simulated submarine and air attacks in a huge six-nation naval manoeuvre headed tonightments which will be of enduring towards a pre-invasion rendezvous,
The convoys are carrying troops and supplies for an amphibious landing that will climax "Exer- cise Longstep", the largest peacetime sea, air and land operation yet held in the Mediterranean. It
"On this basis it ought to be possible for this country, the Sudan and Egypt to reach agree
value.
Arabs Make
is being directed by Admiral Robert B. Carney, Protest To
of Commander of Allied Forces, Southern Europe.
Leeds, Nov. G. An
panel emergency doctors, first of its kind in Britain, hus been set up to speed the battle to restore sight through cornen grafting opera" tions.
The task of the doctors the punch will be to ensure the speedy removal of eyes from who have just died. people Surgeons say the eyes must be two hours if removed within cornes operations are be completely successful.
the
The .planned... landing, by Onc of the two, carrying U. S. Marines, French and mostly troops involved in Hallan Comniandos and Greek exercise, steamed towards the Raiders will be "somewhere" | strategic Straits from the North in the Eastern Mediterranean, African coast near Bone where probably in Turkey, the only heavy winds and high seas foll NATO nation on the Mediter- ed a planned rehearsal for the ranean that has
common
climactic "Invasion." border with Soviet Russin,
A total of 500 aircraft and 170 ships of the U. S., Britain,
HEAVY SURF
Officers at Admiral Carney's
W.
Germany
Bonn, Nov. 0.
The Arab Longue delegation here has sent a note of protest to Chancellor Dr Konrad Adenauer against West Ger- many's 3,000,000,000-mark agrec- ment to compensate Israel..
The note was delivered on October. Its existence had been kept secret and the West Ger
to
"I am keeping in close touch with developments in Khartoum and I have no doubt that the Governor-General will bear these considerations in mind in deciding the timing of the steps necessary to
to brin
on ind forte, the constitu
British Government represen- tatives in Cairo had also dis cussed further with the Egyptian Premier the question of com pensation for the victims of the January 20 riots,
Nehru Studies Refugee Problem
Pandit Nehru, the Indian Prime Minister arrived recently in Calcutta to study tho situation created in the State of West Bengal by the indux of 160,000 refugees from East Bengal. West Bengal's new refugee problem has been caused by the introduction of a passport system for travellers between the sister Dominions of Bilin and Pakistan: East Bengal refugees, cut off from their co-religionista West Bengal by the parition of 1947 when the Dominion of Pakistan came into being, fear that the introduction of the system may make it impossible to visit their relatives and families in West Bengal when they wish.
Express Photo,
Sir Gladwyn Jebb Makes Appeal For Kashmir Agreement
United Nations, Nov. 6.
Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British representative, to- day appealed in the Security Council for an agree ment between India and Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir.
Introducing a joint resolution by the United States and Britain, Sir Gladwyn said the demilitarisation of Kashmir, before the holding of a plebiscite, was near to a solution.
JAPANESE
The resolution urged the two conteriding governments to ach cept the proposal of Dr Frank Graham, United Nations Repre- sentative for Kashmir, to de- militarise Kashmir on the fol-
TRADE WITH Lowing lines:
STERLING
AREA
Seeking Increase
Food Poisoning Case In Paris
Paris, Nov. G Sixty-one people, mainly women and children, were treated for food poisoning In the St Germain Hospital outalde Paris today.
They had been eating chocolate-comled ice orenin
sold in several etnemas in the district-cutor.
Yugoslav Purge Revealed
Zagreb, Nov. 6, Interior Minister Alexan- der Ránkovic, chief of Yugoslavia's security, police, disclosed today that 11,130 tion there would be left on the persons have been "punlah-
'for side of the line from ed"
pro-Cominform 12,000 to 18,000 armed forces. sympathies since this coun- try's break with Russia and the Soviet satellites in 1948,
1. At the end of 'demilitarisa-
Indian
2. On the Fakistan side of the
line there would be betwee 3,000 and 6,000 armd forces.
He furnished his report to the Sixth Congress of the Com-
Sir Gladwyn was sure he re- munist Party of Yugoslavia and flected the views of most Couneli told the 2,300 delegates that Tokyo, Nov. 7.
delegates when he expressed 4,089 persons of that total still trada deep regret Japan will seek more
solution are serving their
that no
two convoys but had practised disembark man Government -had-not relations of those who lost theirgreement, Kyodo News A Dr Graham to reach an agreeing its future--operations-and-
Italy, France, Turkey and Headquarters here chil the Greece are taking part in the troops had not been able to 10-day minceuvres,
land because of heavy surf, Under a
Jaw, new
Meanwhile, which
eastward from the ing came into force in September, headed
ships from their Britons can bequeath their eyes Western Mediterranean into the smaller craft.
their tortuous Sicilian Stralts, scene
The other hospitals providing executors or next of kin agree at the time of death.-Heuter.
10
into
ald,"
reports.
Increasing
WRITTEN ASSURANCE "The Egyptian Prime Minis-
written as with the Sterling Area in the had yet been found to the dif- socially useful lakes, "doing ter has given a surance
that the Egyptian forthcoming conference for ferences of India and Pakistan M. Rankovic's figures came Government has decided to give revision of the present Anglo- on the question of Kashmir,
he submitted, on behalf of. Onancial ald to those who Japanese
overall payments
the Party's Central Committee, auffered injury and to the
After recalling the efforts of the new party statutes govern-
answered it.
lives, and steps will be taken Japan wants £200,000,000 a ment, he said: "I should like to designed, he said, to
to concentrate The' nole put down in writing to expedite by all means the
year for exports and imports explain to the members of the its activities for educating the of such
and Council the general considera- masses Mr each In the new agreement. convoy carrying the Arab countries arguments payment turned
eastward into that West Germany should not Eden stated.
Under the present agreement, tions which have guided the public. work. the narrows after a four-day, ratify the agreement.
funds had Additional
been
exports aggregate £10,000,000 United Kingdom as co-sponsors gale - swept voyage from
made available to the commis-
and imports €15,000,000 of this draft resolution. Southern France.
Arabs say that the deliveries slon established by the Egypt month. The convoys,
comprising will increase Istuel's ability to lan Government to examine about 75 ships, will rendezvous wage war and that Israel should all such claims, and the сом- Augusta, on the west coast not receive compensation for mission had been instructed to of Sicily, tomorrow with a third Nazi crimes as Israel did not settle them steadily. group of cargo ships sailing exist as a State during the Nazi from Bari, Italy Ank with elements of the US. Sixth
of many past naval engage-supplies ments.
A British Crossword
Puzzle
3
μ2
20 21
સા
24
126
29
ACROSS
1 Timid (8).
3 Sharp (5).
8 Copa (5)
Piece of bacon (0),
บ
10 W
11
12 Uninteresting (4).
Pipe
14
DOWN
1 Shortens (8),
2 Determined (8),
y' Detail (4). "
4 Scoffed at (7).
5 Bears witness (7).
0 Pure (0),
(6) of
distance (6).
7 Concise (6),
14 Rears (8).
13
Melitated (0)
13 Precipitous (5).
33 P
16 Reposed (0).
18 Indulges in commerce. (0),
20 Water vapour (6)
22: Bitter (4).
23 Crack (6)
25 Place of pilgrimage - (6),
20 Speaker (0)
27 Dipule (6).
28 Distributed (ʊ).
29 Felt (0).
NE
10 Fortification (7).
17 Solemn (7).
10 Rogue (0).
21 Subject (8)
24 Peilgree
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD:Across-3 Eggs, 7 Miser, 8 Exit, 9 Pert, 10. Compile,-12 Scan, 15 Ioane, 18 Stun, 19 Lasts. 21 Cheer, 22 Seth, 23 Evict, 20 Roll, 29 Artisan, 30 Able, 31 Pass, 32 Remit, 33 Heel. Down: 1 Pivot, 2. Respite, 4 Grean, 5 Sets, Rita, 9 Plan, 11 Inuro, 13 Cash, 14 Noce, 18 Elect, 17 Scar, 18 Seal, 20 Mtired, 22 Sirc, 24 Value, 25 Habit, 27 Opal, 26-Dab
in
Fleet.
era.
The
·
which
MI
SOVIET PROTEST
the
He cautioned
Congress almultaneously that certain faxi- ties had developed in the private members of the Hfe of some Party among
a harmful
effect of
the
The Government hopes to
the veterans as eliminate the effects of the
"In the first place we do not well as the new recruits which present British import restric believe that this dispute over the was having tons of Japanese goods through future accession of the State of upon tho education the signing of a new pact, Jamunu and Kashmir can be left masses.
The plan to
to boost trade be
to settle itself, in that the efforts tween the two countries was of the United Nations to achieve
Throughout their movements Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt this case would be dealt with drafted because it has become a settlement can be relaxed."
the Regarding
of the derth
Trade Canadian Government's Commissioner, Mr Eden sald
between governments. "We have been acting for the Canadian Goyerrment in this matter. This case will not go commission," lio before, the
GOOD AUGURY
delegation, an
Ls represented, awaiting the three conveys have been are
from the Arab continuously harrassed by. U.S., instructions British, French and Greek sub-League's Political Committee. marines and by Italian motor
A member of the Arab League torpedo bonts.
delegation said the delegation said. Land planes and aircraft from had no plans for doing trade with the French carrier Lafayette and East Germany as Press reporte the U.S. carriers Roosevelt and had alleged. Leyte have joined in "attacks"
on the ships.
CRUCIAL TEST
по
Trade with East Germany was a mbtler for each Arah Slate to deckle by itself, he said.
Destroyers and smaller escort
He wished to remain craft of all the, participating ancnymous "as the West German nations Have provided protection Government has told us,
10 for the convoys,
should not talk to the Press and There are
"umpires" to
we are guests in a foreign cours. record exactly what is going on try."-Reuter. in the manoeuvres," a test Allied ability to keep open the crucial sea fune from Gibraltar to Turkey.
Admiral Carney weather has
of
anid: "Heavy bo-dovilled the manoeuvre forces in the Western scheduled Mediterranean, but
events have been carried out none the less."..
Red Cross To
Send Parcels.
Admiral Carnoy sald Chat already the six-nation force had
Tokyo, Nov. 7. Achieved notable BUCCOSS in The Japan Red Cross Society handling heavy communications discloses that the International traffic.
Red Cross Committee in Switzer- He added that to date the land, at the former's request, various headquarters Involved in | win shortly send a frat batch of the operation has exercised very los packages containing soap, effective control over activities. towels, tobacco, ote to Japanese -Associated Pres.
war criminele now being held in the Soviet Union, by using part of the Japan Red Crass funds In Genova.
Situation Was
dicar that Britain will not relax
ILLOGICAL He challenged ng illogical the ho cald had argument which been advanced in some quarterv its import ban on Japanese goods M. Valerian Zorin, the Soviet that the Party should not in- unless Japan steps up its Im- delegate, objected to the fact terfere in the private le of ports from Britain..
that Dr T. F. Tsiang, Chincot members provided their The
Government · recently | Nationalist, delegate, was pro-public work was well performed, received a
a British note in reply siding. the Japanese request to cor-
to
i
group"
M. Rankovic's speech was pre
Поот
of the Yugoslav
reet the current "abnormal" M. Zorin protested that the pared and printed before yester- "I hope that these exchanges trade relations between Japan occupation of the Council chatriday's incident on tho Congress
the arrangemente
high-ranking with Egypt,
when by and the and Sterling Arca nation on "Kuomintang
a representative
Communist was for these payments,
sulting in the over-accumulation
waslected forcibly from the formal Megal.
ejected improvements now made in our
of Japan's Sterling holdings.-- relations will prove a good
meeting after publicly accusing Associated Press,
Dr Tslang, who is presing another top Governmental for the settlement of augury
over the Council for the month offcial
stealing of
his wife. all outstanding Anglo-Egyptian
of November in accordance with
Bankovic mid in bis problems," he declared.
the that Eden added
the usual rotation system, ro-
that the Party Mr
Speech today British Government would be-
torted that a similar Soviet membership, has been increased move a year ago had been out by 311,000 new members since discussing with fore long ba
of order and it was still out of the last Congress in 1948 and the Egyptian
Government the
order. question of defence.
"I believe that if both sides can. approach this task in an atmosphere of mutual
been
good-
will and confidence in one an- other, that has unfortunately lacking in the past, it should
not be beyand our capacity to and સ
solution broadly acceptable to both parties.
This indeed wouki ba contribution to peace," the Foreign Secretary concluded Router.
a
-Death Of
Well-Known Diplomat
Parls, Nov. 6. Count Charles de Chambrun, French Minister and Charge d'Alaires in Washington from 1931 to 1923, died in Paris today at the age of 66, HO. WAS descendant of General Lafayette. During his diplomatie career, Count de Chambrus served in various French embassies abroad: including those of St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), London, Ankara, Athens and the Vatican. He was French Ambassador
URGENT APPEAL
BY. PRAGUE in Rome from 1938 to 1938 chid
Vianna, Nov. 0,-
ployed t
a leading role in the Mme. Ludmila Jankovcova, French Government's offord to Czechoslovak Minister of Food, reach an entente with Mükste Acting on innumerable in today broadcast an urgent appeal unl in 1935-
After the First World War quiries from the familles of to the people of Czechoslovakia Capetown, Nov. 6. Japanese war criminals in the to save the sugar beet harvest he accompanied Marshal Foch Pleading that he was in a Soviet Union, who recently wrote which, she said, was in grave on his visit to the United States In 1921 end remained at the desperate hurry taking his wife, that hereafter they would be of
Much of the beet was still in Washington embassy until ap an expectant mother to hospital,
Desperate
a driver at Vereeniging dared
to accept parcels from the ground and in danger of 1.pointed · Director of Information)
Africa, was acqulfed of three motoring offences.
The Soviet protest was not followed up, and Dr.Tatang then
M
now,ropresents 1.43 Yugoslavia's per cent of
avia's population
Gen. Othmar, Krescir, Chalis invited the Indian delegate, Mrsman of the Party's Finance Com V Lakshmi Pandit, and Dr mitter, told the delegato-thi Frank Graham, to the council Party now has approximately
Reutor. table for the debate on Kashmir. 7,000,000 dollars in property and
cash--Associated Press.
the Japanese organisa- destruction, and much which had find boop asking the inter- been harvested was lying on the Services in the French Foreign DOT
Ministry ́in., 1923, TAM, national, committee, in Geneva Cams and could not be transe,
He was a painter of talent Said the magistrato: "I'd like for its good offices arid was lit-ported to the factories oying to to see anyone stop me if I were formed of its consent yesterday lack of railway trucks, she said, and a member of the French In the same position.”
Reuter:
Academy-Associated Press...
Reuter."
LEADERS
The 1,650 for triste Whis Pirms in which the British néain-barsh was vepisood F for Man: losì in the Mento Bello Islanday eft: "A hárkia.) The frigate was vapourised by the ex- plosion Centful. Ercan Photo
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.