1953-01-08 — Page 3

Syria Closes Frontier

Reprisal Against

The Lobanon

Beirut, Jan. 7. Syria today closed her frontier with the Lebanon as a reprisal against violent attacks in the Lebanese Press against Colonel Adib Shishaki, Syrian Deputy Premier and Chief of Staff. Hundreds of lorries loaded with Lebanese citrus fruits and other products were stopped.

But the situation was expected to return to normal tomorrow after contacts between the two Governments today which were reported to have brought better understanding.

The Syrian

pro- authorities mised to reopen the frontier f the Lebanese Press changed its tone, it was understood,

The Lebanese Premier, Emir Khaled Chahab, called Lebanese editors Info a conference and asked them to take a "more positive attitude" towards Syria, especially in view of the forth- coming economic talks between the two countries.

Since three Syrian political leaders, Akram Hourant, of the Arab Socialist

Party and

Michel Afaq and Salah Elbeylar of the Al Beath (Resurrection) In the Party, sought refuge Lebanon on New Year's Evc. the Lebanese Press has carried

THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, JANUARY: 8, 1955.

Discussing Central Africa Plan

Dr. Nunn May, Freed From Prison, Turns

Vets Baffled By Strange Disease

Philadelphia, Jan. 7.

A University of Pennsyl vania veterinarian reports a strange disease is caualog serious damage to poultry flocks

the . throughout United States.

Tr F. George Sperling. Director of the State Poul- try Diagnostic Laboratory at Penn, said the cause of the baffling kafection, for which there is no effective treatment. Is silli unknown, "It has hit the poultry Industry so hard that it has lot of the small forced a Krowers out of business," he said.

Dr Sperling sald poultry affected by the chronlo respiratory disease stop lay- lag eggs. They lose their appetite and Anally lose weight. The ailment may last for several months, then most of the poultry recover...........Associated Press,

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Down A Job

WON'T CHANGE NAME

London, Jan. 7.

Dr Alan Núna May, the atom spy, who was released from gaol last week, has turned down the only job yet offered him because he refuses to change his name.

The 41-year-old physicist left Wakefield Gaol after serving 6 years 7 months of his ten years' sentence. He earned the maximum remission for good conduct.

At the request of the Home Secretary, Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, special efforts to place Nunn May in à job had been made by the Rev. Martin Pinker, director of | Men Prisoners' After-Care,

Only one full-ime job was, college seems willing to employ offered. An industrial Arm sug- him. gested a moderately pald scienti- Though he docs tot posses! the post which did not involve much money, he has turned security.

down, an offer from a firm of publishers to write his memoirs.

The firm made one condition: that Nunn May would have to change his name, which has be- come a traitor's brand.

Nunn May refused. He said

he is not ashamed that

of his name under which he is listed at Cambridge øs

"Double

reputation by hard

The security authorities are most anxious that De Nunn May should find it possible to lead reasonably normal and satisfying

разона life in Britain--so that he will not be tempted to dee behind the Iron Curtain.

Almost all the once-secret access during his work at the Canadian Chalk

River atom station has since been published.

un a campaign against Syria's 'DANGEROUS First and he wants to work information to which he had

regime.

Radio. Damascus

the tind

Syrian papers have replied with aggressive comment.-Reuter,

Increase In Consumption Of Rubber

Washington, Jan. 7. The Government today re- ported that the United States consumption of natural rubber had increased in the first 11 months of 1952, compared to 1051, while Russo-Chinese con sumption appeared to have de- clined slightly.

Fur the January-November, 1952. period, the United States' 720,840 consumption totalled Lons, compared with 680,230 for the same period in tons 3051.

Estimated imports into Russia and Ching totalled 133,000 tons compared to 134,500 tons in the first 11 months of 1051.

The figures were compiled by the secretariat of the Interna tional Rubber Study Group and released by the National Pro- duction Authority.

World consumption of rubber for the first 11 months of 1952 totalled 1,330,000

tons, down 4.7 per cent.--United Press.

Rum Jungle Pact

Washington, Jan, 7.

ILLUSION AVOIDED

alone.

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Nunn May argued that many first-rate research reports have been published under his name

But Nunn May has not helped and he would be foolish not to the security authorities to check

pick up the threads of his selentific career.

ÈFFORTS FAIL

on his Communist contacts who helped him to spy on the war. time Canadian atom project for the 'Kremlm.

Washington, Jan. 7. The principle of collective He has been warned that all

NO PASSPORT measures to forestall aggression ather efforts to and him a job had found expression in the have failed so far.

The Identity of the Russian An approach treaty of Rio de Janeiro, the

to the Medical agent, who first contacted him in North Atlantic Treaty and Research Council for a post as a Montreal is still unknown. So several treaties concluded by medical physicist has been un-is the identity of the person who outside the the United States to reinforce successful.

was to meet him Nunn May knows that nearly British Museum on his return to security in the Pacific area. President Truman recalled in all ator Jobs are closed to him England. his last annual State of the beenuse mont industrial Inbora-

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Carlton

The conference on Central African Federation opened Imat' week at No 10 Ilouse Terrace, London. This picture shows the Conference in progress.—Express Photo,

African Federation: TV Network Compromise Reached

London, Jun. 7.

The Conference on Central African Federa- tion reached a compromise on the crucial issue of safeguards for the 4,250,000 Africans in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland — the two Protectorates which, it is proposed, should be linked with self- governing Southern Rhodesia.

London, Jan. 7. The Associated Broad- cast Development Company

to plana

build

up to во commerclat television stations with a radius of 10 to 15 miles throughout

Britain

allows,

when the LAW the Manchester Chamber of Commercs an- nual report said today Beuter.

GERMAN CARS FOR JAPAN

The British Government, op, tector." The Colonial Secretary, posed by the white settlers of Mr Oliver Lyttelton, has the territories has Insisted until promised to receive them.

Honn, Jan. 7. now on an African affairs board

The Volkswagen (People's which would act as a watch- The Africans of the north Cor) works, Germany's biggest dog for the British Government want to govern themselves, with car manufacturers, will export against any legislation

dis a constitution on the Gold Coast an estimated 1,000 cars a year criminating against the Africans. model. They think the quickest to Japan, its director, Dr Heinz

way to this is to stay under Nordhoff, said today. Tonight, a communique sald the British Colonial Office.

Ho believed the Japanese agreement had been reached in

market could take a total principle to amendments which In a memorandum addressed

10,000

cars, of which for themselves and at the same time Nyasaland chiefs declared that attach

the safeguarding they and their people are united machinery more closely to the In rejecting a federation. It is federal parliamentary system."

untrue to say, they add, that this is the feeling of only a nority of educated Africans.

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JOB HELD

UP BY SQUIRRELS

New York, Jan. 7: Five husky men walked off a wrecking job today and refused to go back Puntil someone geta rld of those squirrels,”

The`rigging · crow find been- chased down a 125-foot riatdr tower by two · angry, squirrels protecting a nest in steel crORI- - beats.

Boys rigger Frank Hebert Bald that "that was the last straw. The squirrels had been charging his men for two days before that, baring their sharp jittle teeth as if they meant business. Herbert said that the American Society for the Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animala ind refused to chase the squirrels away.

The Bizto Conservation Department had suggested that the riggers try rifles, Herbert said, "but the Department sayo that we can't fire a gun in the city limits.",

The top of the water-tank in f the courtyard of a manufactur- ing plant has been removed bul the steel supports DELI stand. “And they'll stay there," said Herbert, until someone geta rld of those squirrels. They chased my men right off the job."--United Press,

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of this he ran boy to the not this time fallen prey to the dangerous illusion that treaties alone will stop an aggressor," he added.

"By

series of vigorous actions as varied as the nature of the threat, the free nations successfully thwarted or that threat of aggression aggression in parts of the world by different

have

"Our country has led or sup ported these collective measures. The ad we have given to people determined to act in defence of their freedom has often spelled the difference between success and failure."-Reuter.

are

would like to return to teaching science he was a 10-a-week lecturer at King's College, London, when he was arrested in March 1946-but no university, school, or technical

one,

be granted a passport if he M.I.5's anti-applies for subject to

renewal of his old which has lapsed. Communist screen.

In Wakefield, as Prisoner 0409, he first sewed mailbags, but for many months before his release he wore the official armband he marked "Librarian, served as an efficient pay clerk. His morale was always high, He was not cowed by prison life, He

and nt, with his neatly trimmed moustache he has an nimest military bearing.

Smuggling Rackets In Britain

London, Jan. 7. Revenue men have discover-

Point Four Projected that some of Britain's retail

Amman, Jan. 7.

The US. Ambassador, Joseph A tripartite agreement for Green, today inspected Jordan's development of the Ham Jungle first completed American Point uranium fields in Australia was Four project. It is an irrign- algned here today by representa- tion system 35 miles north of tives of the United States, Bri-Amman where 1,700 acres 1ain

Press,

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and other traders are caught up in the receiving end of tobacco, nylon and watch smuggling rackets.

The Customs and Excise Commissioners in their 1952 report, issued today, said that considerable quantities of theso

and Australia.-United barren sands have been made articles on which no duty had

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fertile-Associated Press,

British Crossword Puzzle

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20

21

AUROBS

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7 Scatter (8).

8 Shun (5).

10 Meadows (4).

12 Threatens (7).

18 Track (3).

16 Fuss (4).

17 Scold (4).

10 Mature (6).

20 Out of the ordinary (7),

21 Wound (4).

23 Cheerful (8).

24 Comfort (8),

26 Urge (5),

20 Jewish quarter (6),

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1 Violinista (8).

2 Disliko (8).

3 Smooth (4).

6 Turns aside (0).

Forced open (0),

D Danger (6).

11 Ghosts (8).

12 Ethical (5),

13 Shrink (8).

14 Mexican hat (8).

18 Come into view (0).

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been

paid were found in the possession of individuals, in- cluding traders.

Though there were smaller omcial seizures of goods in

and

He is staying with relatives and later, as a bachelor, he will live alone, as he did before the War.

The authorities hope that life will not be harder for hirn out-

This is understood to mean

B

bo

Volkswagens.

Dr Nordhoff has just completed 30,000-mile tour of Southeast He visited India, Siam, Asia and Japan. Burma

Dr Nordhoff said Volkswagen, cars would also be exported to Burma, Hongkong and Siem, but that India was "not offering any chances for us at the moment." -Router.

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INDIA

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SABU GAUSSELL DEY

印度之歌

that the affairs board would be a select committee of the

TREATY NEVISION federal parliament instead of a body which included cutelders,

The slow but standy pra- answerable only to London-gress modo in cucial relation- Reuter,

ships in Nyasaland' hat, to great extent, been due to tho Christian missionary 'influence. London, Jan. 7.

Federation, they allege, threat- Thirteen African leaders from ens to destroy this influence. Nyasaiand and Northern

The time has come when past day named Mr John Hannah, 11, 6. Story of Robin Hood. tribal Rhodesia, most of them

President of Michigan State, H. The Wicked City between the British

College, to replace Mrs Anna chiefs, are gathering in London treaties. to urge the Bellish people to Government and the Africans of Rosenberg as Assistant Secretary

14, W. Siya Vingere

AFRICAN PROTEST

stop what they call a "betrayal" previous generations should be

New Appointment

9, F. THE BARBER TAKES A

WIFE

New York, Jan. '7. President-elect Eisenhower to 10, 8.

side gaol than it was inside-ashe federation of their coun-reviewed. Fresh treaties should / PK Defence in charge of roan= |

it will be if society rejects him. -London Express Service.

Automatic

Reversion Impossible

Melbourne, Jan. 7. The influential morning news- paper, The Age, sald today that the arrival of the first post-war of "commercial con Japanese Ambassador in Au- spiracy" to evade purchase tax til began a new era in rela- and customs duty, smuggling tionships, but "it would be offences continued on a con- topish to assume there can be an zutematic reversion, to a rela- where Scale.

were 1,823 convictions tionship approaching that of pre- of smugglere and total seizure war years between the peoples of articles amounted to 28,332. of the two countries."

Tobacco (22,371 lbs) and spirits (424 gallons) represent- ed more than half the total goods confiscated.

tries with Southern Rhodesia. be drawn up, because the old power and personnel-Reuter.

don't trust the white ones appear to be considered setllers," they said.

"obsolete" and "less respectet

We

They will address public by the Briflsh Goverment of

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meetings all over Britain as a the present day," protest against the government conference now discussing the The document Insists that ag

federation.

Africans Nyasaland proposed

Protectorate, refused to attend the conference. any constitutional changes af- The chiefs are to petillon | fecting this status chould not as "Our Pro-be made without the consent of Queen Elizabeth

the Africans.

Lancashire

Hits At Australian

Restrictions

Federation, the Africans claim, will retard their political advancement. "Our land rights

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economic

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independence. imposition of fodera-.

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against our solid

and unanimous opposition would be In an editorial, the Age said:

regarded by the African propla "No one can expect immediate

as a breach of faith

the obliteration of the memory of

Manchester, Jan. 7.

part of

the_British Govern- strocities perpetrated against our Australian import restrictions The report sald customs and young

with

primeval held up more than 63 millon mart" · excise work at the consumer barbarity during the war years. yards

The document concluded: "We 20 of cotton and rayon and of the chain was becoming At the same time, it must be plecogoods ready for shipment do not trust our future in the an important deterrent against recognised that

of (white) extitors."-- the bitter anlor in production, valued at over hands organised smuggling.-Reuter.

trocities mosity born of those

toa Reuter, £12 million, according cannot be kept alive for ever."

trade report today. Reuter.

JAP APPLES IN S'PORE

СЕВОД

Singapore, Jan. 7. Japanese apples are arriving In large quantities in Singapore, according to dealers.

estimated today that They

have more than 100,000 arrived

from

Japan. Japanese apples are selling at five to ton cente cach, and dealers expect Australian ples, which have been Largo sales here, would have to reduce prices slightly to com- pete-Reuter.

ap-

having

Police Dogs To

men

the

The report, inted at the an- nual

ual meeting of the Dominions Section of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, severely criticised the restrictions.

The report said the executive action which condemned the Interfered with the completion of contractual obligations it belloved that other measures off loc

drastic could have been 1944|dovised to avoid damage to de the interests of exporters and

importera

RELATIONS RESUMED

Santiago, Jan. 7. Diplomatic relations between Chile and Japan were official ly resumed today when new Japanese Minister Plen!- Mr Kathuschia potentiary, Narito, presented his credentials to President Ibanez,

Relations were broken by Chile In 1942, and in the Chilean Government clared war nguinet Japan. Reuter.

AUSTRALIA

TO HELP

Colombo, Jan. 7. Australia will soon sond, two Red Cross teams to Malayn to

Exporters still had large quantities

their 'some time' must

honds and

of goods on

elapse before they could be fiquidated.

Fight Man Mau help repetie the Malayan jungle on exports to other siarkets.

Two

was The report mid this causing serious hardship and embarrassment to many: British manufacturers and if allowed to continue might have a bad effect

population in

The report also viewed with in newly act up

concern the exchange restrictions villages thero. Pretoria, Jan. 7.

by the New Zealand Mr Geoffrey Wilson, Director Imposed, South African police of the Technical Assistance Government in a bid to improve dorco members will go to Bureau of the Colombo Plan, the balance of payments post- Nairobi tomorrow to help the nounced this at a' Faces, con- tion.

the report These restrictions, Kenya police train dogs for use. Serence to "Settling people saki, had prevented many

Im- against the Meu Mau.

They were assigned at the living in the Jungle in a new porters from honouring their request of the Kenya Govern environment and making them contractual obligations. ment. They will take one police happy far more important The report? bonaitiered -- that dog with them. Ollier dogs are in providing machines and immediate prospects for British expected to be..., ment fater-toold under the Colomba. Fign", exports were not encouraging →

TRouter. Reuter..

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