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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1953.

Coronation Troops' Tour French Reds Seeking

Servicemen and women from Commonwealth Coronation contingents pictured aboard the pleasure craft Viscountess of Tower Pler, London, as they were about to set out for a trip the British Empire Service on the Thames arranged by

League-Roulerphoto.

Mr Dulles Confers

With Greek Leaders

Athens, May 27.

Secretary of Foster Dulles, American Mr John State, today met Greek Cabinet Ministers to discuss the nation's defensive and economic problems.

He was accompanied by Mr Harold Stassen, chief of the Mutual Security Agency.

To

"Enrol" Rabelais

Party Member!

As A Party

Paris, May 27.

The French Communist party, which last year claimed Victor Hugo as its spiritual member, is this year trying to "enrol" a still greater name in literature: that of Francois Rabelais.

The anniversary of the great satirist's birth cannot be celebrated for the very good reason that it is not known. The literary histories give the date of his birth as "about 1494",

of

But experts are agreed that Shakespeare as the twin Rabelala very probably dled In Falstaff. It has been entirely 1553, and 1 is therefore this discredited by much serlous and year that the fourth centenary scholarly research.

emerges...

·

IN MONASTERY

་

life

He was born near Chinon, in Touraine, possibly at la De- viniere, his father's country

of his death will be celebrated. This research, however, has rather more Thin latest venture in "literary to far destroyed corpse-snatching", as anti-Com than it has built. Only the out-

of the salirist's munists have called it; began linc late last

last year with the publica- tion in the oflelal Communist

"Humanite" of newspaper, version of one of Rabelais's works, the early "Gargantua"", In the form of a strip-cartoon.

Since then, regular articles on estate. In his twenties, he en Rabelals have appeared in the tered a monastery, and became Communist press, lectures on a great Latin and Greek scholar. But the Franciscan Order, of his work have been given in

a member, con- party study groups, and meetings which he was

sidered the

Greek of have been held in his honour.

study

were In all these demonstrations, dangerous and his books Rabelais is presented +14 a confisented.

and partisan"

the "Peace

He obtained papal_permission popular nature of his work is to transfer to the Benedictine

left: the stressed.

Jater Examples are taken Order.

lay to become -almost exclusively from "Gar-monastery

gantus", in which the legendary brother, and studied at Paris giant

hero of University and probably in many of that name, book, and his father the others. In 1530, he went to the glant Grandgousler repel the University of Montpellier, where as a Bachelor of invading armies of the wicked he quaiifled

Medicine. King Pierochole.

Rabelais literary career be- 1532 with the appearance

The

ment

curly

Me

wise and benevolent Grandgouster tries to settle an in

at the Lyons fair of "the Horrible the conflict-a stupid war caused by the just chastise and Frightful Deeds and Prow-

the

Greatly Renowned of some of Pierochole's Csses of henchmen of Grand-Pantagrule, King of the Greatly Renowned Pantagrule, King of gousier's land-by peaceful

There is every Earlier both

nt Bore

means. But the aggressor inter-the Dipsodes".

Rabelais wrote "strictly business" luncheon at prets this wisdom as weakness indication that

this boolt merely to make money. at- and continues the war, which Router. the American Embassy

the defent ol armles .nsid 'his

л

Weather Expert tended by the American mill- results In mission Plerochole's economic

tary

and heads in Greece.

Prophesies Field Marshal Alexander

Premier, Papagon,

Severe Drought Stephen

Melbourne, May 27. Australia en expect one of Its worst-ever droughts in the next three years, Melbourne weather expert II.E. Camm predicted.

ale Comm, after 43 years of forecasting, was speak- ing on his retirement from

Weather

the post of Deputy Direc- tor

Melbourne of the

Bureau. "I won't say the drought will be worse than the catastrophes of 1902, and 1014 but will be pretty bad." he said.

would farmers to advine

begin laying in fodder immediate-

Mr Camm said the kell- hood of the drought wan comman knowledge among meteorologists "though wo could be wrong."-Reuler.

LANCASHIRE

REMAINS

SCEPTICAL

Not Impressed By Yoshida Remarks

Manchester. May 27. Doubt was expressed in Lan- circles cashire textile industry

statement today regarding the mode by

Yoshida, the Mr

that Japanese Prime Minister,

arc Japan's production costs higher

than the

International

ignominious light.

was himself a

Recognition Of Peking Not Solution

Madras, May 21. Mr George V. Allen, United States Ambassador to

India.

HATED TYRANNY and Mr

Rabelais himself detested Stephanopoulod.

He compared Foreign Minister, represented commentaries,

of Greek after-editions the Greek side at this

authors containing the com- noon's "informal" talks.

mentaries of mediaeval scholars Besides discussing Greece's to "fair robes embroidered with own needs they reviewed the dung"

dung and made fun in pre- whole Balkan and Middle faces of those who sought an Eastern siluation.

inner meaning-the "substan- tious marrow"-in his works. This is Mr Dulles' lost

but lous

But Rabciais DOL one visit of the Middle East

wise

and just mun, and his emphatically declared today that and Asian tour before return-

treatment of the tyrant be in- recognition of Communist China ing. to the United States.

vented certainly represents his by the United States would not POLICE ESCORTS

own feelings towards tyranny. in itself solve the Korean prob-

What would have been his at-lem. Police escorts

accor- titude, however, to his adoption ponied Mr Duiles and Mr by the

He pointed out that the re Communista us "our Stassen in their movements Rabelais" can only be a matter cognition of Communist China through the, capital.

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by India and Britain had not speculation for those who know, the works of this great helped to solve the Korea issue. Security measurės, were in-mocker, the non-doctor-scholar creased after

Mr Allen sald that the United Communists on who hated all bigotry, all affec- Tuesday night threw a home- tion. and most deeply of Stales was anxious, as a member

made bomb

have

containing

Dulles leaflets.

A statement issued by Dulles just before he

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all hated all restrictions on freedom of the United Nations, to settle the question of the presence of of expression.

Rabelais today is read deeply Chinese Nationalist guerillas in Mr

Burma and added that his left rather than

His widely. Ankara said he would stress strangely-spell, fantastical works country would contribute all it to President Elsenbower the are not easy to read. The could to affect the withdrawal "atmosphere of common

pur-language is at least as difcuit, of these forces. pose" he found during his and perhaps even more so, for a He made it clear at the same Turkish visit,

modern Frenchman as the Eng-time that the United States did He would "emphasise

the lish of

of Chaucer for ú

#twentieth-not have any responsibility for strength of Turkey's democracy century Englishman.

the troops being fi Burma. and the capacities of the

in modern paraphrase he He agreed with the view Turkish economy," adding that is heavy going; and those who that Communist China might the future of Turkey was one are tempted to read his works interfere with Burmo if Chlang of great promise.-Reuter, by his reputation as a "naughty" Kai-shek's forces continued to writer are entirely disappointed. remain in that country and said

Rabelais is obscene at worst, that this was one of the rear HELD OVER FOR ANOTHER DAY BY SPECIAL REQUESTI hearly and vulgar at best, but sons why the withdrawal of forces should be he is never tillating, there is Chiang's

in his effected at the earliest moment. writing. In all his outspoken-France-Presse. ners, there is an innocence and a total absence of self-conscious- ness which disarms all but the prudish.

Eisenhower At nothing pornographic

The Pentagon

Washington, May 27. President Dwight Elenberver I was the 'guest of honour at a level and that the days of cheap Pentagon luncheon which was Japanese labour are gone.

also a farewell and welcome

, UNREASONABLE VIEW

Of the life of Rabelais very 1tle is known. Until the bes

Mr F. S. Winterbottom, Chair-party for the United States our ginning of this century, he was

traditionally identifed with his

Red Diplomat's Departure

·

man of the Colton and Rayon going and incoming Chiefs of chief creation,-the-sharp-witted today it was expected that Mr

Rumanian

Washington, May 27. State Department cources sold

Merchants Association, sold al* | Stall. though Japanete.costs had been

of trying to In all, 20 high-ranking civilian companion of Pantagruel, giant blackmail an American citizent

half buffoon Panurge, inseparable Christache Zambetl,

diplomat accused rising in the past year there was and mlikary officiais tended

difference in their the lunch, given by Defence son of

of Gargantua.

into

as a Communist serving not much prices for grey cloth from those Secretary Charica Wilson to Because Panurgo is a great epy, would leave the. United of Lancashire's,

enable President Eisenhower to trencherman and wine-blbber, Sintes today or tomorrow,

was considered Finished goods were cheaper 61 goodbye to the retiring Rabelais

State Department de- because of lower charges for Chiefs of Staff,

glutton and a drunkard. Because clarci Mr Zambeti passoun nut Elsen- the character This was President

lecher, grata yesterday for "attempting packing and making up and

visit were in lower's first

to the Rabelais was accused of lechery, to subvert" Me V. C. Georgescu, also Japanese, prints

U.S. citizen naturalisca loose colours whereas Lan Pentagon reb his election to The author, too, was .credited cashire's colours were fast. the White House. Earlier, Mr with Panurge's love of malicious Rumanian descent, into spying

Mr J. Greenhouse, Secretary Elsenhower had a two-hour talk practical Jokes, of the International Federation with members of the National This iraditional view of in return for the release of his at Textile Workers of Manches-Security

two sons who are in Rumania.

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The

of

for the Rumanian Govertiment

ter, fald he was telegraphing senior offelais-France-Presse. able as it would be to picture-Reuter.

Mr Takita, President of the Japanese Teally Workers Asso- clation, which has a member-

WAS

COSTS-

ship of 200,000 for a clarifien- Lion of Mr Yoshida's statement.

Mr Greenhouse end it dimcult to make a true parison ofactum wages and the

could do was most they ascertain

the proportion wages the Japanese spent th maintain a reasonable standard of living-Reuter.

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Washington, May 27.

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