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EXCHANGE OF KOREA POWs BEGINS

Panmunjom Briton One Of

Twhich the Communist and expeditious manner in

United Nations representa- tives reached agreement un the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of WHIT opened an entirely

new

chapter in the history of the Korean War negotiations, |

First To

Gain Freedom

and if the exchange operaN. KOREANS REFUSE TO

tion is fulfilled without n hitch u considerable measure of valuable goodwill will be created on both sides, The portenda for Fubstantial progress towards a complete armistice in the near future

Far away

EAT

BREAKFAST

Panmunjom, Apr. 20.

Allied Prisoners of War began trickling

are undoubtedly encouraging. back into this neutral zone at 8.55 a.m. in the United today as the United Nations and Com- Nations headquarters, first munists began to exchange sick and then the General Assembly wounded POW's.

the Political Committee and

have succeeded for the first' time in obtaining unanimous

The first British POW to be returned

approval of a résolution of the 100 from all Allied nations fighting and the resulation refers to here was Trooper E. O'Donnell of St. Helen, the hopes of an early settle. ment of the Korean war. Lancashire. He was captured while. fight-, Another encouraging lgning with the Eighth Hussars in the First Clark, who, though cautious Commonwealth Division,

comes from General Mark

in his comment, clearly believes that nt long last there are definite prospects of successful truce 'delibera- tions.

the

been

Korean prisoners were the first exchanged. South Korean Private First Class Lee Chai Kook was turned over to the United Nations at 8.55. A North Korean POW was turned back to the Com- munists five minutes later.

control of a for

In the two

from.

of

.

Cabinet Ministers "Up In Arms”

General Nagulb's Egyptian Cabinet was “up in arms” when this picture was taken during arms training that is now being undertaken by the Ministers, The Ministers wore dungarees, and for their first lesson were instructed in the use of rifles. Picture shows from left to right Abdel Razek Bidki, Minister of Agricul- ture; Ahmed Hosni, Minister of Justice; Found Galal, National Guidance Minister; Dr Nureddin Tarraf, Minister of Health.-AP Photo,

Startling Move Made By The East German Govt:

Appeals To House Of Commons

Berlin, Apr. 19. ·

McCarthy's "Snoopers" To Visit The BBC

Paris, Apr. 19. United States Senator, Joseph McCarthy's anti-' Communist

investigators

said today they will visit London "to see certain people at the British Broad- casting Corporation”.

Mr Roy Cohri, 26, and Mr David Schino, 25, on a whirl- wind tour of Europe checking on the loyalty of American diplomats, told a press con- ference they: had been in- structed ia Washington" visit the BBC.

The visit to

to

the BBC, Mr Cohn said, would be purely to see how its overseas services operated.

"It will be most instructive to sit around the table for an hour with people. who know the Job 60 well,"

he said, answering a barrago of ques- tions from 20 American and British correspondents.

Restoration Of Cutty Sark Appeal

London, Apr. 10.

A £250,000 world-wide appeal was launched here today to restore for all time the B4-year-old Culty Bark, the famous sailing ship,

The tea clipper has been taken over by the Cuky Bark Preservation Society under the patronage of the

Duke of Edinburgh,

The Society plans repair and rells her

to

to

recapture her splendour and set her up dg a monu- ment to British merchant- men.

The Cutty Sark is now anchored in the River Thames here.—Benler,

Nationalists Raid Mission In N. Burma.

Rangoon, Apr. 19. Chinese Nationalist soldiers who raided a

The two dapper Americans, Catholic mission in North amployed by Senator McCarthy's Burma bound the parish Senate Investigating Committee, priest with ropes, forced faced a barage of questions

ranging from their knowledge of four nuns into a kitchen and Marxist theory to their impres- made off with sacred vessels sions of the European political and ornaments, according to reports reaching here today.

scene.

"NAVIGATORS" -

Cohn, mall and dark, did most

the

talking, answering questions put to his fall, falt, and restrained colleague as well as at himself.

The Mother Superior at the inission, In Lolkham, Kengtung. swallowed the Holy Sacrament contained in the. Tabernacle to present it falling-into the said-

ers' hands.

sion

East Germany's Communist-controlled parliament made an unusual and Cohn as "navigators" for forced their way into the mis- direct appeal to the British House of Commons on Sunday for an early four-power conference to reunite Germany.

This was the latest in a series of Communist gestures hinting that Moscow may be planning a sensational move today toward settling the East-West dispute over Germany to match the reopening of Korean negotiations at Panmunjom. But, so far, Moscow has left such gestures to East German actors. Russia has not spoken for herself.

TERRORIST LEADERS

IT is true that the Com- Shortly after Pfc. Lee was returned, Corporal munists have not accepted Omer Ulu, who was captured while fighting with General Clark's Invitation the Turkish Brigade, was released by the Com- to advance more explicit proposals than their general munists. He was quickly, followed by O'Donnell ised offer to resume full and by American Private Carl W. Kirchenhausen, scale negotiations, and some of Washington Heights, New York City. apprehension has caused by Mr Vyshinsky's All of the returned Allied, ing. Twenty-five South Koreans. declaration before the United | captives .wore

padded blue were in the first group. The Nations that the Chinese Chinese uniforma and black North Koreans had scheduled 13 Communists and North canvas shoes. They carried US soldiers, Avo British, two Koreans remain

blanket rolls Kirchen Turks, one Greek, one Canadian, in full blue

of one Filipino

and one South agreement with the Soviethausen was freed because

frostbite.

African in the first group to be contention that all prisoners

The Americans were laughing released. must be exchanged, volun-

and joking as they sat in un- The Canadian soldier Was tarily or otherwise.

But bulances awaiting the exchange. Lance Corporal Paul Dugal of against this truculent atti-

Sun broke through the clouds Quebec. tude is the fact that the ever this tiny village of mud

SECOND GROUP Communiata have tacitly huts, military tents and barbed

Repairlation of wire

the second accepted the proposal of the change began,

enclosures just as tho ex-

group began at 11 a.m. It was United Nations Command

to include 25 South Koreans, was just five day's less 18

Americans, that prisoners who refused

Seven British than 34 months ago that the and two Turks.

President Eisenhower, in his peaceful solution of the German repatriation should be placed fighting began in Korea. Except

foreign policy speech of last question which is in the interest under

exchanges, the Thursday challenging Russia to of all peoples" a few Allied prisoners Un

United Nations was expected get down to eases in her current

The Soviet-zone--message neutral state, and they have released-early-in-the-fighting o tum over 400 North peace offensive, brought the claimed that Bonn's peace con- not yet raised any objection In the summer

of 1950, these Korean POWs and 100 Chinese German question to the fore by tract with the West end the prisoners of the Clark's to General

Hug-are the first

the Communists

Communist to be

exchange saying the United States was European army treaty ralified by released to gestion that the neutral to

The exchange was the first

ready to press forward by a the West German parliament last carry out this responsibility fruit of nearly two

There was a tense years

silence "free and united Germany, with month, were directly pred ARRESTED should be Switzerland.

truce talks, which bogan at at the exchange point as the a government Kaesong and were later shifted Arst Communist ambulance, full and secret closed upon free to this interest.

"Therefore we express the of South Koreans, pulled up in The West German newspaper expectation that the members of T the very least it can be to Panmunjom.

of the The first

exchanges

Grilled Nations Telegraf, suggested that the So- the House of Commons wil join were front claimed that

receiving centre. the con carried off without Incident.

vlets may be getting ready to with us in the wish to enter the ditions for progressive Earller, however, 50 North

An American Military Police- abandon their puppet East Ger- way of peaceful understanding armistice discussions are Korean prisoners refused to man who got his orders con- man government to pave the between the peoples and will, for

to turn from munists where

In and present East before.

real which

German govern-demand the early calling of a ambulance. almost Pusan to Munsan this morning, the

drovement, leaders Art

four-power conference." hopelessly intentions

Com-

tainted In Western eyes. Several

UNBEST AT MINES munists will reveal them. They complained that the food past the centre.

in their mess kits was of low

South Korean

Meanwhile colonet politically inactive East German A

ཐ Communist selves at Panmunjom next

quality,

motioned to the North Korean notabled already have been drive for voluntary" increases

A Government spokesman said They emptied them into gar-driver. The Communist backed sounded out by the Soviets, the in work quotas has resulted in Saturday, and if they remain adamant on the subject of bage cans and filed of the train around and turned into

Telegraf sild.

clashes and arrests in Russian the roundup began early yester- forcible repatriation of in an orderly manner.

parking lot.

The Volkskammer's (Parlia-zone coal mines, the US high day and was still continuing. The top United Nations Com-

commission

Neue The Mau Mau Central Council POWB,

talks will

The South

the ment's) message to the House Koreans in

was formed after the arrest manders wero

in Munsan's ambulance

Zellung, automatically fail. General Freedom Village" to welcome stored out

They of Commons was published to-

reported. The Communists Communist

also con-leaders of the anti-white Mau Mark Clark has already the released UN prisoners. UN the

of the windows at day by the official

tinued their

against Mau society at the beginning of which said it

drive crowd of correspondents news made this clear to the Reds Commander Gen, Mark W. Clark gathered to witness their return, had been delivered to Ms). Gen. hertile eacmic among East the present emergency, he said. and they cannot, therefore, headed the list of greeters at the

The spokesman indicated that German clergy by sentencing a and G.F.C. Coleman, British com- Proscatant pastor to ten years more than a score of leaders, ell Americans, British and enter the negotiating tents helicopter landing area.

other non-Koreans, showed less mandant here, on April 11 for

hard labour as a

Kilayu except "Fascist pro-

one, had been at Panmunjom with any

restraint. They laughed and forwarding to London.

ATON arrested. misconception of the

An American hellcopter few joked back and forth between In Bonn, a spokesman of the vocator and war monger." ADN

British high commission saidported that a court sentenced many more would be seized or He was unable to say how position which will be taken two freed Allied prisoners to the the arst word heard spoken the message "will be passed on

Pastor Albin Drechsler after by the

The Nations hospital in "Freedom Village"

how long the operation would him guilty of "cod finds The nationality of by the prisoners was a loud in due course to the Speaker of representatives. The issue,

the two prisonera was

was not dis- "Lancashirel"

defamatory the House," But it is unlikely

agitations last

The enen arrested, he rald, had at the moment in dispute, closed but they apparently were

the German Democratie. against It was trooper O'Dorinell, a formal reply will

be made Republic

in recent months gained control is simple and can

and the world peace of Mau Mau both in Nairobi and very considered to

emergency Kirchenhausen accepted his since Britain does not recognise camp." easily be settled if the Com-cases. A pecond hellcopter distinction as the first American the East German republic.

Drechsler was the fifth East a number of districts. of the munists have the desire and whirled into the landing area to be freed with solemnity. He "DEEPLY CONCERNED" German crman the will to do so. The world 10 minutes later with two more posed briefly for photographers The 700-word message signed

clergyman sentenced Central Province.

in. less

ISSUED DIRECTIVES awaita with cautious hope men

Volkskammer but said nothing before he was by

President by Communist

than three months. With the They had been associated with General Claric watched as the rushed to "Freedom Village" for (speaker) Johannes Dieckmann

the movement since its inception for the Reds to reveal that men were lifted from the heli- his medical examination and an and eight other members of the exception of one Catholic prie but had only taken over control they are now prepared to copter and carried into a medical intelligences intonegation presidium, eafd the East all were pastors of the domin

zone conclude an armistice based tent.

-ant Protestant church-Asso-after the arrest of the main A Miltary Police Captain (legislators were "deeply con-

lenders last October, on the principles enuncialed

There were 50 Allied prisoners rushed over and ordered corres-cerned over the present political ciated Prosa. by the United Nations, In the first exchange this morn- (Contd. on back page, col. 1) development."

AT

Mr Schine described himself

the investigating committee.

When Mr Schine was pressed to give his qualifications for the Job, Mr Cohn broke in to say no one wanted to blow his own trumpet so he would speak for M: Schine.

The reports sald the Chinese

house, bound Father Locatelli and looted the Presby- ters Then they herded · thé nuns into a kitchen while they raided the Chapel.

The raiders took Father Locatelli as hostage when they left and tumed him loose in

Mr Schine, he said, was author of a pamphlet denning the jungle five miles away from

his mission. Communism which had been widely recognised and used by recover a statue of Our Lady The priest managed only to naval Intelligence. Ho was of Fatima,

"well versed in Communism,” -

which the raidera had thrown_away.--- Associated

'Asked how one could beco-Press. wall versed in Communism, Mr Schine recommended the reading of Marx, Engels, Lenin end Stalin,

Were

these books on the of United Sintes Infor-

Tornadoes Cause Eight Deaths

Nairobi, Apr. 19.

shelves

Atlanta, Apr. 19. Special branch officers of mation Libraries in Europa?" 2

reporter asked.

Windstorms and miniature the Kenya Police seized ter-

Certainly no!" Mr Cohn tornadoes, which, swept through rorist leaders forming the snapped. "The object of the parts of Georgia, Alabama and Central Council of the Mau US Information Libraries is to Arkansas yesterday, killed

educate the readers in the Icast eight people, injured near- spread secret raids during ter. the weekend, it was dis closed today.

at -

more favourable today than eat their breakfast on the train fused forgot to tell. the Com-way for their new proposal. The the purpose of achieving this aim Mau Organisation in wide-American way of life."--Reu- ly 250 and caused millions of

over

the

The

of the

United

delivered

them

FLOWN TO HOSPITAL

at 9.55 a.m.

bo

The

were zlient.

ambulances.

the

Rioting Arabs Try To Snatch A Body

Mombasa, Apr. 19.

One hundred rioting Arabs armed with knives and sticks omashed down the fence round a Mombasa cemetery today in an attempt to snatch the body of an Arab who died mysteriously in the hold of the British liner Karanja (10,294 tons), hero on its way from India to South Afrien.

ADN

It ascerted that "the Krupp Hitler's financial wizard Hajal- mar Sch former high Nazis general" Averc stead ly regalning influence in Germany, and were a

West

threat to peace.

newspaper,

courla

LUXURY SHIP

of

Three-quarters of the group operating in Nairobi had now been arrested, the spokesman said. Two months ago, this group established a Mau " Mau ON FIRE

Central Council in Nairobi, Isving directlyes Harwich, Apr. 10.

to district committees in various parts of The Danish luxury,mini the Central Province on wayh "In view of this threatening ture, liner Kronprins Frederik

'campaign of situation we declare with all war ablaze tonight at Parkeston of conducting a

violence. Quay, Harwich, and according

Tho instructions wore peace in Europe is a would be gulled. really liberated from

Icaders who had been placed in Horwich, police said 1wo Imperialem and militarism

detention and with whom, they Rife-carrying African police and died while working among

But the mob still refused to which once and for all abandona watchmen aboard the ship were claimed to have established con

slightly injured; in Everyone formed a cordon round the a cargo

of onions, garlic and disperse until they were allow all revenge ideas and devotes teaboard the shy is believed to

Faci

the spokesman stated, as leave a

District committees mortuary, to hold off the hysteri- cotton in the liner's hold. "Theed, to

six-shan guar! | entire energies to peaceful be accounted for, but the am- Man accepted the directives as of 'Mau cal Arabs..

Arab-religion forbids post over the body.

reconstruction, E The message bulances are sill standing by at authoritative person b mortems. The cause of the riot was a "Arab dignitaries arrived at Government analysts rushed "We consider the early calling The Kronprins Frederik, 3005 the polley of the Mau Mau The directives closely followed report that doctors were intend- the mortuary during the rot from Nairobi are examining the of a conference of the four great tons, arrived at Harwich today movement and were, notable ing to hold a post-mortem on They gave the mob an assurance liner's cargo to try to ascertain powers, Great Britain, the Soviet from Esbjerg, Denmark, She for the degree of terror they in the body of the Arab, one of from the police that the body tho ́ cques of the death--Asso- | Union, United States and was due to leave for horse to atlled," the epokeman said.. three workers who collapsed would not be touched,

[ciated Press.

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