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THURSDAY, MARCH 26,

1953,

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NATIONALIST

Grievous CHINA BE

CHINA BE BRANDED Shot Down By Mig-15s

Loss:

FME death of Queen Mary is not only a grievous event for the Royal Family. It moves, also, the hearts of millions of people whose deep respect and sincere affection she commanded. Her life spanned many momentous eventa, both trugie and glorious, and all | of which had their impaci on the nation which she helped her husband, the late King George V, to rule for 25 --

years. But her calm

AN AGGRESSOR

Troops Spreading

'Reign Of

Terror'

Rangoon, Mar, 25;

Burma today asked the United Nations to

serenity was never shaken, brand Nationalist China an aggressor for main-

To the people she embodied taining troops on Burmese soil.

all the virtues which make

an ideal Queen Consort, a

devoted parent, and a kindly

The Foreign Minister, Sao Hkun Hkio, cabled the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Trygve human being. But of all Lie, complaining that 12,000 Chinese Nationalists were preying on the Burmese countryside and spreading a "reign of terror.”

the qualities with which Queen Mary was endowed

none appealed more to the

man in the street than her

The Burmese National Army, already hard pressed by a variety of rebellions among the coun- try's own citizens, has launched an offensive against the Nationalists.

The War Office announced today that Burm- ese troops had completely freed the Central the last link Salween sector.

steadfast courage in the face of adversities, both personal and national, Id has been observed that the passing of Queen Mary is af the 8kme tíme the passing of an era. She was, tu muny, between the stately, un-

The War Office said the engent of Formosa have com- raed, gentle living Chinese Nationalists, esconced mitted acts of infringement Victorian period, and the bustling, somewhat raucous Times of today. Yet in the has transition, which shaken nations, Queen Mary remained the

same gracious, gentle figure-a symbol to the people who loved her and in whom she, herself, never lost kindly Interest.

In the inaccessible Shah, states against the territorial integrity near the border of Yunnan Proof the Union of Burma and acts vince, China, had pulled back to of violation of its frontiers. the left bank of the Salween "2. It recommends to the River.

Securly Council to condemn the The Foreign Minister, Sao Kuomintang government of For- Hkun klo, asked Mr Lie to mosa for the said acts of aggres- place the complaint against the slon and to take all necessary "Kouminining government of steps to ensure immediate cessa- Formosa" on the agenda of the tion of acts of aggression by the current session of the General Kuomintang government of For- Assembly.

mosa against the Union The cable sent by the Foreign Burno. Mister said the complaint was "3. It calls upon all states lo or importance and urgency." respect the territorial integrity A 1,500-word memorandum and political independence of the stating Burma's complaint. said Union of Burma and be guided there were now about 12,000 by the principles the charter Kuomintang Chinese Nationalist in their relations with the Union troops on Burmese soll.

of (Burma."--Reuter.

THE people always knew Queen Mary as a friend, And never did she shirk any of her royal responsi- bilities. In a life that was not untouched by deep shadows, she remained a source of inspiration to all the Royal Family. She and troops in Burnu were "engaged the present Queen were in what is no less than aggres each slon," Queen

deeply

attached to

other.

and to

Elizabeth

the heartfelt

The

"AGGRESSION" memorandum said the

• It went on:

This aggression is indicated by the refusal of the Kuomin- sympathy of her subjects istung forces to submit to dis-

has

extended for what is a very armament and Internment In real personal luss. A accordance with international law blographer

revealed and by their acts of hostility that Queen Mary had a against the forces of the govern- ment of the Union of Burma great influence

and by their

the on

Liberation Of China Mainland

of

bringing-up-of-her-grand-against the civilian

Population Confident Claim By daughter, and many saw in "It is clear that, in engaging Nationalist the young princess ain the legal activities, the reflection of Queen Mary's į Kuomintang troops are being

own more serious side. And directed by the government of United Nations, Mar. 25.

Formoon."

A Chinese Nationalist

The memorandum said that the ahared Buima, faced with this aggres-pokesman said today that

sion

"The

the on

part

·

The wreckage of the American Thunderjet aircraft

is examined after the crash which followed the shoot- ing down of the plane by two Soviet-made MIG-15 jet fighters coming from Czechoslovakia. The pilot of the Thunderjet baled out to safety. - London Express.

Mr. Churchill's Tribute To

Memory Of Queen Mary

London, Mar. 25.

Mr Churchill, the Prime Minister, in a broadcast to the nation tonight, paid this tribute to the memory of Queen Mary:

"I have been, friends,, head of her grand-daughter, is

my asked to say just a few words for more broadly and securely upon the aid event which alls based on the peoples' love and our thoughts this evening.

the nations' will than in the sedate days of her youth, when "Men and women of all modes rank and privilege ruled society. in life, in all the lands owing

allegiance to the Crown, have

body has been Victoria.

since

you

1

"I hope that she realised that borrowing hearts tonight, "Queen (her sympathy, her inẞuence and- Mary was loved and revered her example played a notable far and wide, as perhaps no part in all this and that it was Queen for theag services to the British peoples that our race all over the world and in this frland, with the younger. woman,

"During six reigns, far longer their keen and seldom erring destined to become

that is than meet people can instinct, placed and held her to ruling monarch,

of the Generalissimo Chiang Kai- remember, she has moved among high in their affections. with her grandmother a fine Kuomintang government had shek's Government would us with the poise and dignity sense of dignified polne in decided to take up

"Queen Mary will long live the matter "liberate the Chinese main which, as age drow on, made public. Queen Mary loved formally with the United Na- land on its own initiative" her a figure of almost legendary mellow and gracious in all our manories and In the annals of little children, and it was ons.

Dr Chang Chun-wing of the distinction. How few of an affection not informed

The Foreign Minister's cable

listening to me tonight can re-these tumultuous times.

"We pray that she may now merely by sentiment, but to the United Nations Secretary Chinese delegation sald in the

General Assembly's Political call a time without Queen Mary,

and even those who never saw rest in peace."--Reuter. by sympathetic under- General said Burma proposed to

Committee that the Nationalist her will feel a deep and slicero standing. And no greater submit the following resolution:

Government was determined to

5 DAYS' MOURNING General Assembly, CH

pang at the passing of this Inst tribute to the Queen's sweet

· Tokyo, Mar, 20. *pirit

kindly under- having considered the complaint recover its lost territories and great link with Queen Victoria's of

The Japanese Imperial House- concoming standing was ever paid than butted to it by the delegation believed it could do so because relat

the pro-t of Burma

"When she was born, Napoleon hold today announced that the by the children themselves sence and

and hostile activities of people.

"My Government will liberate III ruled In France and Pal-Court would go into five days who found they could armed troops of the Kuomintang

mainland

on its merston had only recently ceased mourning, for always treat her as

of Formosa, within the Chinese an government

own initiative, 11 has no need to be Prime Minister of this death. equal. "I like you" as the the territories of the Union of

United | country. Railways were COST- Burma,

Crown Prince Akihito would is viewing with grave of assistance from the sinull

had child

poratively new electric light concern the serious situation the States," Dr Chang said. trustingly confided to her continuance of which would

He was taking part in a de- and the internal combustion en- depart as scheduled for Queen

Keen Elizabeth's - Coronation, leaving | on a treasured day nearly present a threat to International

bate on charges by Czecha-gine were unknown. She know Yokohama on March 30 on the slovakia that the United States Gladstone and Dismell: her 50 years ago. The life of peace and security,

American liner. President Wilson Queen Mary clearly points "1. It notes that their pre- was fomenting espionage and grandfather

for San Francisco-Reuter. behind the "Iron George III. a moral. Through all the sence within the territories of subversion

Union of Burma. years of turmoil she herself the

Dr Chang sold he was failure to submit to disarma- did not change. While the ment and internment as required

mprised that Czechoslovakia, A swirl of events swept around

of the "most brutal her she remained guardian of hostility against the armed Boviet aggression" should have all the thrones of Europe to thei

international law, their acts victim

BO

by

had the support of

eir Curtain."

the

Gur

the was

Bon of

"Yet" she lived Into this atomic age, through the two .* | fearful wars which cast almost

ground, but also transformed ne the world.

Queen

Mary's

CHANGES IN CZECH GOVT

of the eternal verities- forces of the Union of Burma sponsored the complaint. The true woman, and she will and their depredations against real sponsor, he added, was the

HELD NO TERRORS

London, Mar. 25. always be remembered as the civilian population, armed Soviet Union. No country in

Prague Radio tonight, an unique and beloved figure, troops of the Kuomintang gov- the West could hope to carry

"The chasm which scientific out campaigns of interference

nounced the names of Ministers social change in the Government formed by and with the same efficiency as the invention

have wrought between 1007 Soviet Union, Dr Chang said. and 1963 is no wide that it re- Vilem Stroky, the now Primo *Minister of Czecho- not only quires

courage but

slovakia. mental

for those resiliènce whose youth lay in calmer and

Indian Police Break Up Demonstrations

New Delhi, Mar. 25.

Police broke up demonstrations in Jammu, Kashmir and New Delhi today as the Indian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, turned down an appeal in Parliament here for a conference with Hindu leaders demanding full Integration of Jammu with India..

Rouler.

188 QUAKES RECORDED

to the

Jet Bomber Flies 60,000 Feet High

London, Mar. 25. A twin-engined Canberra Jet' bomber of improvėd design and powered by new Olympus turbo-jef en- gines has climbed to a height of more than 80,000 fect-over 11 miles--it was announced bere last night. The official world' height record for an alteraft - is 59,440 feet. An attempt en the record may be made it It does not interfere with for the main programme the engines development,

The Olympus engine, made by the. Bristol Aero- “plane Company, is the only two shaft turbo-jel engine apart from Sho American J57 flying in the world. --- Kenter.

Confident

Prediction By Mayer

Washington, Mar. 25.

M. Rene Mayer, French Premier, expressed con- fidence of final victory in both Korea and 'Indo-China on arrival here today for talks with President Elsen- hower's Government.

He Was Becompanied by Foreign Minister Georges Bidault, Fidiance Minister Maurice Bourges-Manoury, and the Minister for the Associated States of Indo-China, M, Jean Letourneau...

M. Mayer said he was, con- fident of victory" in Korea, and that the pooples of Viotxíam, Laos and Cambodia would "reach victory in Indo-China.

He said the American-French, conference would discuss common problems Inside and outside Europe. · M. Siroky, formerly a vice-

"In Asin tur two countries more slowly moving times, in premier, succeeded

have

fargo order that they may

unfortunately adjust Premiership when the former numbers of soldiers engaged, is themselves to the giant outlines Premier Mr Antonin Kapatocky bitter fighting against the same and harsh structure of the 20th became, President on the death enemy, M. Mayer mid. century.

of Dr. Klement Goitwald "But Istanbul, Mar. 25.:

Queen Mary did not

Prague Radio mid the new Istanbul observatory said 188 cling to tho Insubstantial Cabinet would have two new earth tremors have been re- shadows of what had been. She deputy Prime Ministers Mr corded in Western Turkey up moved easily through the chang- Oltyh Beron and Mr Rudolf Hindu to today since the big earth- mg. soone. Now ideas held no Barak Police, opened fire in Jammu (slaves) broke up

18 which terrors for her. SAY to extremist.

demon-quake of March procession when demonstrators tried

Mr Jon Blick who has been storm the Assembly building strating in support of integra- caused 250 fatalities.

said this is Dispassionate in judgment, Minister of Industry and Mining Cambodia. Scientists there while the State president, 21-tion and arrested 34 people.

not unusun and the tremors practical in all things, she was was relieved of his office, and year-old Crown Prince Kara-

also far too unich interested in succeeded by Mr "Jozef "Nelch= "In many other areas of the addressing the In Parliament Mr Nehru may continue for a month of the present to be unduly pre mener who has been deputy world we also have a common singhi, WEA opening session, and

categorically rejected an appeal more,

A noticeable quake was felt Judiced by the past Minister of the State Beveral persons were wound-by Hindu' extremist leaders for

"She died in the knowledge Planning, the State Office of noonesbility or identical dirties conference with at Zamir. a round-table ed by bullets, and some police-

The

also appointed President also"

stores and brockbats.

problem at Jammu, a predom Command, last night, but no worn gloriously by her husband

part of the damage or casualties were re- and by her son and soon to beter of the State Office of Pisti In the heart of New Delhi Inantly Hindu

ported.am/ssociated Press, set with all solemnity on the | hing-Reuter. police armed

Inthis state of Kashmir. with

E

headquarters'' :of

"How we can best defeat ng- estantial greasion will be m part of the talks, We are com Bident that we will, like you kay Korica, rouch victory in Dido- Chinn with the participation of the people of Vietnam, Laos and

men and others were injured by the Govĕrument": do solve' ~ the NATO's Southeast Europe 'Land that the Crown of these rodilih sir Jorolav Kian deputy Minià i economic wellfare in the under

Tag which advancement of democracy and progra devaloped areas occupy a pro- |minent place,*--Teut

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Mid-Air Battle Aboard

'Freedom Plane'

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Frankfurt, Mar. 25.

The pilot of a Czech commercial airliner to- day described a mid-air battle against other crew members before flying his "freedom plane" across the Iron Curtain to Frankfurt two nights ago.

Miroslav Slovak, the 24-year-old pilot, said that with the aid of one of three passengers in on the plot, he "over.. powered" the three new crew members and locked them in the luggage compartment.

Slovak facett a battery of

news cameramen

and reporters

in a United States State Depart NO WONDER

ment building here. He

clined to give any details of the battle because other people may want to try it another time."

The airliner, a twin-engined DC-3, look off from Prague with 20 persons aboard.

None of the four conspirators -nor two passengers who elect- ed later to become refugees with Chem----would confirm that tho crew was overpowered at gun-at

point.

United States High Commis- sioner -James B. Conant sold: yesterday that three of the party used arms,

WANT TO RETURN

HE'S PUZZLED!

Hanover, March 25.

A German war, veteran Staddorf, near here, is trying to figure out where "militarist" begins and where a "soldier outpost against munism” ends.

A

on an Com-

Two letters set him thinking Me Conant is now awaiting about it one from the United

Washington

Instructions from

States Army, the other from on a formal Czech request for repatriation of the plane and 23 the United States immigration Czecha aboard, who want to

authorities, return to their Communist The Grst told him proudly homeland.

that his son is now standing “as Most of the passengers were a soldier in an outpost against unaware of the fight in the the Communists in the, servico pilot's compartment until the of the United States,” plane flew over West Germany.

Some of them then became The second told him that be nervous of the long. tight and could not emigrate to the United began hammering at the door States, since he was a "mill- of the pilot's cabin

tariat", having fought with the Slovak said that after locking German Air Force against the up the crew, he headed west Soviet Union. and reduced altitude. At the The Bon, Walter Steinbrucg- frontier he expected to be met ger, aged 22, did two years ago by Mig jet fighters of the Czech what his great grandfather did Air Force, anti-aircraft fire and almost 100 years before and scorchlights,

what his father would like to do

to emigrated

the

WHA

By switching off the plane's now-ho navigation lights, and radio and United States, flying low to escape radar detec- Ton months ago ho tion, he succeeded in crossing the drafted into the arny and Iron Curtain without being at eventually came back to Ger- tacked.

Helmut Cermak, 20-year-old organiser of the escape party. who flow with the British Air Force in World War II, said they had planned originally to fly ali the way to England-Reuter:-

many as a soldier-Reuter,

BIG ROUND-UP. -OF- KIKÜYÜS.

Nairobi, Mar. 25, Police and troops have arrest- Stole Tombstones

ed 3,500 Kikuyus in a raid on an African location at Thiica, 20 Charlerol, Belgium, Mar, 25. miles north of Nairobi, Polica Roadworker Rene Fettes, of headquarters announced here Nalinnes near here, stole

20 tonight. tombstones from his village churchyard intending to re-scil them.

The raid on Monday was the second big combout

fo

the

The Charleroi court sentenced Nairobi area within 24 hours. him to two months' gaol and On Sunday, 2,000 Kikuyu and 1,520 Belgian francs (about £10 Embu tribesmen were arrested sterling) fine.--Router.

at Pumwan£--Router.

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