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THE CHINA › MAIL, THURSDAY, "AUGUST::6; 1953.

IN THE BEST OF HEALTH British Doctors Report On Released Prisoners

Talks On First Batch

From N. Korea

Sterling's In Good Physical Condition

Future

Now Going On With

United States

Capetown, Aug. 5. Mr N. C. Havenga, South African Finance Minister, told the House of Assembly today that negotiations were taking place between the sterling area and the United States on the price of gold and sterling convertibility,

Mr Havenga, who was reply. ing to the budget debate, tald the most important factor in the Union's economle #tuallon was Unt in conlist with the rest of the world use price of 115 male: export-gold-was exactly the same as it had been u the years before any other ho added went up und

p17cx

that there was little possibility of any rise in the price of gold In the near future unless steri ing was made couvertible.

He could not go into details about negotiations

coing

und

on

between representatVC sterling countrica

their American friends, both on the question of a higher gold price and sterling convertibility.

They lind, however, go so far as to have these two questions linked, hir Havenga sald

Britannia Camp, Aug. 5.

Doctors who examined returning Commonwealth prisoners of war at Britannia Camp today said the men were in the best of health and showed evidence of "reasonable care and medical attention”.

Some of the medical staff were even more enthusiastic. One army doctor said most of the men appeared to be "fit and in tip-top condition", while the senior medical adviser to the operation, Colonel Walter McCannel of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, com- mented on the new and well-fitting dentures which a few were wearing, Certainly today the British prisoners seemed fit and well. They told cor- but play sport and this was respondents that they had had nothing to do evident in their good physical condition and sun-tanned arms and faces.

ANOTHER

CASUALTY

LIST

At Britannia Camp this after is a fair or even good sample, noch, while a group of young families and relations should

have no worries. soldiers at wailing for inter views, they gave the impression than anything of behig moro

from returning schoolboys school.

scen

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Thailand France Relying On America

To Prevent Chinese Red

Somewhat

Apprehensive"

:

Washington, Aux. B.

Tho retiring United

Alates Ambassador

Thailand.

Mr Edwin

Stanton, fold President Elsenhower today that the Government of

Thailand

was "somewhat ADDTU hensive"

about possible future Communist spoves in its neighbour, Laos,

Afterwards, he fold *reporters

That Thailand

feared Vietnam Communist forces might resume mill- against tury operations

Kingdom - of... Lase after the rainy - season ended in November,

the

My Stanten sald military operationis

had - ceased

during the

rainy season,

but the Communists left behind about a division of troops.

These troops, he said, were busy

to trying indoctrinate the Lacs people for servicb .ON guerilla bands.—Beater.

REFUSED

Was marched PERMISSION

A

Corporal, Gloucester wounded and captured when his regiment was overrun dur ing its historic stand south of the Imjin River, today told how his prison party

and forwards in backwards North Korea during December us the Communists ex- 1951,

truce almost daily. pected a

Corporal The

Gloucester Gorton Elliot 20, 1951. Afier his capture ho Devon, was captured on was marched north to prison and had only been there a short Korean Camp time before the

the addressed Commander. paraded men telling them all prisoners were to get ready to go home because no armistice was to be signed.

TO LAND

Indian Passengers In Difficultios

One group of young service men about 20 years of were smiling and cracking jokes and asking about friends in their

not battalion they had Washington, Aug. 5,

Two of the boys fell to dis- The Defence Department an- during "ier."

United that today [nounced

States battle casualties totalled Cussing one of their platoon 141,705-1,150 more than that re- commanders in the prison camp, "I wonder what oli Patchy ported last week- the fight-a Chinese

tonight," one ing that stopped nine days ago. will be doin

Mthough the date-of-the

a correi four said. He turned to

"That was weekly,

carne ..summary

poradent and added:

He went the platoon commander.

to ball him 'compatie days after the cease-fire Into effect, the Defence Depart-liked us

new total but we nicknamed him Patchy ment said that the

his trousers. He'd slid not necessarily include all of because of CONCERN OF ALL

killed, wounded or be- ct us and him that to his face, Elliot said: "Next day they Mr Havenga raid that at the those

marched us out and we started of cordference lieved to be missing before the too." Last Commonwealth

south. After a few days But there was no doubt that

to lose in Lorkion he managed to get armistice.

we seemed marching A spokesman said there would the boys were glad to be home. the support of the rest of tho

be at least one more casualty The National Servicmen couldn't the Koreans and got picked up Commonwealth

and they some Chinese by that it was taste enough at their new tree- unel

continually ( 2.. they were well as important governments summary

Chinese reports from dom;

(nese at the friendly marched us back north again. on the Continent for un increase posable belated

"Then we lost the

citizen wer the new silent batikfront would looking around

OVCT in the price of gold

we star This had become no longer prompt the issuance of add-British uniforms and losing a- and some Koreans took

tention during interviews owing tional summaries.

into 30- purely a South African concera

Eventually Today's report was completed to familine sounds from outside and but one for all countries par-

who other group They started

we ticularly those in the sterling before the beginning of these bugles and trucks on the

In highway which broke in

118 began exchange prisoner

would listen for a moment be- Korea last night-Reuter.

fore they came back to the out-wound up at Pyoktong where

there was

a big camp with a joot.

lot of British. We told

to be there was going armistice and it was the first time they had heard of it. I think we were wrong now."

group.

countries

as

It was not only his opinion but that of some of the world's foremost economists that there convertibility of

could be to

without ad.

Mr Haven

He odded, that he

In gold

could only

hope a depression would not

have to coud now voluntarily

aboul what goV-

ernments

do with far less disturbance.

Me

Israel To Oppose

LESS BOISTEROUS The older men, ice most of the prisoners from the Royal Ulster Rifles, were much jess boisterous. They spoke quietly and earnestly and all were getting looking

forward to back to their families.

These men, averaging over 30 Jong arms to the Arab years ago and that is a

Jerusalem. Aug. 5.

Israeli Moshe Sharett,

Minister und Acting Mr Haven

venga said that proposed Foreign increases of the price of bread Prime Minister, said today his

His budget of Western

back south

we can

of Chinese north and

who

5.

TC-

Invasion Of Indo-China

Hanoi, Aug. 5.

The Commander-in-Chief of the French Union Forces in Indo- China, General Henri Navarre, today told the press that if the Chinese wanted to invade Indo-China they could do so but France relied on the Americans to prevent them.

General Navarre made this statement following an inspection trip to. North Vietnam.

He said that the Indo-Chinese confilet hnd become a focus of interest for and the Indo-Chinese the whole world. He expressed the view that the Korean wars should have been closely associated.

If the Indo-Chinese conillet effort to make to put them- were to tako on international selves really in the war. proportions tomorrow, sald Referring to their attitude to General Navarre, it would be the struggle, he said, "The has not illogical for the United States spiritual mobilisation

not to interveno,

of the

was

yet been achieved."

He continued, "I hope that independence will place Vietnain totally at the service of the object to be attained.

GENERAL DESIRE

For, he said, the motive for the participation in the Korean war would

also be valid for Indo-China.

General Navarre said that today Franco

bearing

"I

have felt in France a alone the brunt of the struggle

"wo general desire to reach a sqlu- Free World and would like it to help us more, tion satisfactory to both the The armistice in Korea could Associated States and France. influence the development of the If the present negotiations with war in Indo-China the these States are satisfactory, Chinese could now direct on think I will obtain satisfaction Indo-China

Paris." some of

their in

General Navarro sald, "I mean rotential now set free,

affect of this could bo by satisfaction A favourable felt immediately. The General reply to the so-called Navarro then

sald that if the Chinese Plan whose existence I intervened, the French Expedi- only on my arrival in Paris and tionary Force could only hold whose purpose is to out for "about three weeks".

In

for

INTERNATIONAL

་

pilendive against o V

France a

but it

of

learned

an

Split On Kashmir Widens

Differences

Srinagar, Aug. 5,

over Kash mir's future among the rulers of the former Princely State, subject of a six-year- old tug of war between India and Pakistan, are becoming increasingly evident.

the Prime Sheikh Abdullah,

and Iris Finance Minister, Mirza Afgalbeg, hold Minister, that the accession of the pre

Moslem State to

people giving them

least for the

Valley, which 19

ask-dominantly "It is true that I have . Salisbury, Aug.

ed for a temporary increase India in 1947 by its Hindi

Sir ruler

Harl Singh, Was A group of Indian passengers

the condict in the expeditionary force but any case,

tain conditional and temporary. certala numbering between 45 and 50,

They now feel the changed who arrived al Berin in the would then be an International It is a question

conditions in India require a liner Kampala on July 25, were one and brought before the personnel whom I lack. There

majority op land United Nations, he said. 10 refused permission

In answer to questions, Gen-posed to the negollations with new decision" by the State's

4,000,000 must be by the authorities it was

eral Navarre said he did not Vietminh

that France Is believe in

the opportunity to choom in- liably learned here..

defensive attitude recognised

ba dependence-at Most of the group, who all held Indian passports, Intended in future campaigns in Indo-wandering if she will

Rhodesia China. He asserted that Opera- capable of making the necesary Jammu. to settle in Northern but one of them

evon is a woman, Lions Swallow and Camargue financial effort to continue the

Moslem Pakistan accession to who says she la the wife of an showed the determination of the war."

Corps to

that The. General added French Expeditionary who

a Southern

It they wish. Indian

depended on Rhodesian

French decisions living in take the initiative.

Minister But deputy Prime negotiations being Bakshi Ghula Mohammed and *Bindura.

The French Commander then the present

Vietminh front conducted that the

with the thret The group were refused per-

the President of the Constituent line

States Increased Associated potential had

of Indo-Assembly, Ghulam Mohammed mission to land because they

Ave Just campaign and | China. did not have permits to enter since

Sadiq, are strongly opposed to that their troops were better-

General Navarre returns to Northern

this ine. Rhodesia as settlersama. They could embark on Saigon In the past no such permite large-scale operations,

tomorrow. France- b. 50-Presso,

them An

were necessary.

them

clared.

wore

NOT IMPOSSIBLE He indicated that if the

sway

peopled

by Hindus-or

without largely

↑

WANT A PURGE They want the State to re- The group of Indians

mein semi-autonomnosis, unit; ! PRESIDENT'S WARNING General Navarre believed that permitted to' co with the

within the Indian Union. They Kampala to Lourenco Marques, within a year, French and Viet- nemerso the

Washington, Aug. 5.

are also demanding a purya of where the local authorities Damn forces doult

President Eisenhower was on

"dishonest and corrupt people allowed them to land for seven military position In Indo-Chin,

STICO especially

the Vietnam the record today with a frank in the Government and National days.

then have many warning to Moscow and Peking Conference Party, the State's They then re-embarked in the Army would said the Kampala for Beria, where they battle hardened veterans. But that the United States caunot biggest political organisation, this would not mean the end of and will not permit Indo-China which is headed by the Shelich.

Sheikh

Abdullah anti are due to malve tomorrow.

to fall under Communist The High

Commissioner for the war, he warned. East And India in

Central

either by conquest or subver supporters hold that such

punge Is impossible unit the Blon.

Stake is decked his headquarters in Nairobi, is

Diplomats, caught by sur- The Fit has emerged Africa, Mr A. B. Pant, who has

prisc

by the President's unex- Cabinet and Party Executive matter with the Northern struggle, the Vietminh could say pected major policy declaration

on and Workers moelings which believed to have taken up the Chinese did not intervene in the Rhodesia Government but not "good-byo" to their hopes of in Seattle, said that his force- bare been marked by rowdy declaration that the freedom genes and barrages ut accust- yet had a reply,

No oficial comment

"It would mean then that it or Indo-China was of "terrible tons and counter-accusations.

United was not impossible to envisage significance"

to the

A now crisis point was rench- available-Reuter.

negotiations with Vietminh Stee went a long way

Stat

to ed in the disputo yesterday whets leaders

-- suspcrded. who have remained clear up the Elsenhower Ad- Sheikh Abchillah,

opponents nationalist, except for Ho Chih ministration's attitude ani several party elections, His

because his Cut Minh," he stated.

global policy questions. said this (I was General Navarre said that the

They..

that President nainees were not getting it Vietnam people had still an Eisenhower appented to have Reuter,

accepted

WELL TREATED

Elliot Corporal

captured who Chinese treated them very well.

He added: "The first Chinese in the Union would be reduced country would oppose the supply years of age, were captured 2 scened to be very young and very happy. They were always by one half-penny. speech caused a storm of protest Slates as long as they refused time to be away from families laughing. The Chinese took us

of growing children.

to Kaesong on our way norili throughout the country last to make pence with Israel.

allowed to buy There is a possibility that to and we were Partin- in He was commenting month when he announced that

candy on the white bread would be increased ment on a recent statement re-day's exchange of prisoners may cigarettes and

I had a pocket- Mr Henry resemble that of "Little Switch local market. here by

and by two pence and brown by one ported

States early this year when the pri- ful of South Korean Byronde,the United Penny-Reuter

Secretary of State for soners who came through first they told us to spend it while. Assistant

I bought Middle East

Affairs, that pre-stole most of the publicity and we had the chance, Bury St Edmunds, Aug. 5.

of the cigarettes and sweels. The first large camp for Army ference should be given to the were by far the fittest

North Korean officers stayed Move To supply of the

of whole operation, the Stanlord Arab States in Cadets hell in

countries. Today there was one indica- around to see we weren't did- battle area of Norfolk, where all arms to Middle East men who went to Korea re- Acting on Me Sharett's suggestion that some of the treatment died. When I tried to give the

saying me, in-wouldn't let ceived their training, finished tion, the House decided not to mated cut last night.

couldn't give something

A British Crossword Puzzle

won

had not been as rest of my money away they Tuna Import

for

Is

debate on the statement, but to good as general interviews The camp had been attended leave it for the consideration of dicated.

This

Washington, Aug. 5. was when Royal nothing". by 4.500 boys from 48 schools in the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs

Elliot said on the trek north

A move to restrict imports South and East England.-China and Security Committee-Reu- Northumberland Fusilier Willis,

ter. Mail Speclul.

of Hull, talked of a camp dug the prisoners found a Chinese into the side of a hill called interpreter and after they had of tuna from Japan will be made when the US. Congress namazed | nƐho caves" near Pyongyang.

talked with him for a while he

reconvents. come asted if he could bring "AWFUL PLACE"

friends.

"Next minute we were Etr- Willis told of being held in rounded by lots of Chiacse who this "awful"

place

ho wern studying English. I' described it while several British prison crops most of the guards prisoners died of neglect.

were learning English from us," There were also come ugly the Corporal end-China Mall rumours today of hard inter- Special." rogating

and solitary prison meted as punishments. terms But the prisoners, particularly the officers, refused la laik about these while at the came time leaving the impression that to have

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120

124

ACROSS

3 Desiring carnestly (8)

6 Plunder (4).

0

Guided (8).

11 Advanced (8).

13

18

Victim

(4).

DOWN

1 Fallure (4).

2 Extinct bird (4).

4. Narrow opening (4)

5

Frozen

(4)..

16other (9).

0 Bury (8).

7

Dizzy

(5).

n

1 Drups (5).

10 Drive back (5).

10 Chose, (B),

10 Class of things (4).

21 Chide (0)..

25 Vehement supporter, (9).

20 Repast (4).

27 Joined up (8)

12 Spacious (5),

14 Pilchers (5).

14. Pic

10 Requires

17 Devil (5).

(6).

19 Sun, helmet (5).

20 Danger (5).

31-Amista (4).

22 Companion

23 Goat (4).

24 Arnost (4).

he

and

victory.

+

Jap Whalers'

Catch

ful

said

the astu valuo

the Indo- French thesis that China battle

not a "colendul

wart have i kety theatre in the MANOEUVRES

free world's struggle to stand

off Communist efforts to destroy

IN EUROPE

By the samo tokers, they raid,

Fontainebleau, Auz. 3. Elsenhower pertainly threw his influence against that Headquarters of Allled Land and cewhee which favoured announced that two mandezzyres spent of opinion in France Forces, Central Europe, today negotiating some icin of a live will be held in the Northern and-le-live sotient between Area Command. In September.

The first, Exercise "Monto foreca dry the Carlo, will be

be staged from

Visminhu

President Tokyo, Aug. 5. Jayanese whalers in the North It will be led by Mr Robert

total of 444 Wilson (Republican, California) Pacific caught who believes Japan is menacing whnies up to August 1, Records American tuna fishing fleets ing to reports reaching Japan's by her plan to export 102,000,- Fishery Board,

The Ogure is about 75 per cent the pounds of frozen 000 tinted tuna within the next of the target of 900, fixed for Communist

the season ending September Areocidled States. year Wilen introduced & Bill 30.

In appealing for nationwide September 13, with American, the support of his policy of all-out French and Belgian unlisatak- A breakdown' showed to cut

the hal imports in

had caught 23 blues, war effort he made clear that backing

to the French-Vietnaming part.

The second "Grund Reimilse, Landon, Aug. 5.'

hours of the first session of the whalers Two Japanese prisoners stated 83rd Congress, which adjourned 387 finners, 22 humpbacks and

he believes that the stakes are will be from September 18 been captured

on Monday. The Bill will re- 10 sel

taking Nations with United serving

Accompanying factory ships so high that Communist power September 24, with British and ceive Congressional considera-

DI

must be hurled back at what-Dutch units

Reuler. when the now session had produced 8,013 tons

ever cost. United Press. tomorrow, the Com- Judging from the first prisoner fores in Korea are to be re-ev

whale oll-China Mail Special. begins in January.-Reuter. lite in the

British leased Lexiconer-of-war

out na

these were true.

SOH

JAPANESE PRISONERS

while

camp3 must munist Now China News Agency

must announced today. have been a routine of every They are Kiyohilo Tsutsui of

of sport imaginable with Tokushi Massi, Tolcushina plays, concerts, and occasional Japan, stated to have been clasics and lectures in the

while serving in the captured evenings.

63rd Field Artillery Battalion While in today's batch the of the 24th U.S. Division and lectures and classes did not seem Tasufumi Yasul, of Osaka Pro- to have

converts to feature, said to have been taken won any Communison

at the same time

un prisoner September 1931, the returnees gave the impres while serving a scoutin sion of being better-spoken and Syngman Rhod's 1st Division, more skilled in evaluations than the agency sald-China Mail

Special

the average soldier.

MATCHING WITS

This could be accounted for by the intellectual stimulation

of matching wils against the Communist, Instructors.

President Going

On Holiday

New Electoral Law In W. Germany

reference

Bonn, Aug. 5. President Reinhold Mater who been allowed to put up a single directly to insure it halda 20 in each of the 243 per cent of the seats of that

province

the Federal Parliament. The West German Federal sometimes voley with and some candidate

There are hine times against the Federal Gov- election districts..

This would have insured a

defood in all provincos Parliamentary elections onment, will not change mill

tho men who in thế giả m the but

bridkustrial heaviest 1954 September & will be held provincial elections are held stinging Socialist under a law calculated to The low governing the elec areas. But the small right wings portocal peals are spotted by permit all political parties to

parties deared that this work party chiefal with zo be represented in the Lowar Lon of 484 deputies to the pack their suscryalon, or to 20 voters, a

ической

**Each...

water, has House of Parliament in an end result of two years of bitter langer parties, and

These are the key points of Each ballot paper will contain amount equal to their m-inter-party strife. To give credit

The pres

lew, finally adopted two columns On the left side,

for the It is duc, Chancellor the pa tional popular

You Kot all deputies be elected

Adenauer (wo years

20 unnn FINDOW 120 names of the - egudidate

Funning in the direct clcolon strength, regardless of how

The approximately 33,000,000 will be printed in black. On the few sents they may win in directly, on the British system,

of the One interesting aspect arose

but he could find le support afgible voters will elect 404 sati, idej k the names direct election.

the towel hoe various from questiona on ill-treatment

partits running in the with the Darlier connected

Washington, Aug. 5. However, the law also will for this idea even among his deputies to

Christian": Democratle (Bundertag), that 15, 82 more

Each operation Tattle Switch".

members than sat in the fireProportional representation fight The White House said today prevent any poriy receiving less own of the older British

voter will note his... pruitmenog, Some prisoners without being asked would set up temporary offices fiery Ave per cent of the Union

vote being

The Chancellor then swung Bundestag elected in August, will be printed in blue, Lowry Field Colorado, national

first on the left, then on the volunteered testimonials on

during csider sentowe ruted in Parlament of all, thus

One-half of the deputies will right side of the ballot. Chinese treatment.

one ingowover, a party: that pood, an oction toy patterned

directly elected holiday in and around Denver preventing a revival of the to the opposite pole, and pro- 1949.

the bo Typical comments were:

system The President, is expected to splinter party

oach of 242 districts. The to win souls in the proportional Italian cach Weimar Republic that rammed through

Rómo

by They treated

half will be selected in Abolf treated us as best they love this week-end to spend plagued the

contributed to about three, works in Colorado and

to the national presentation fight only if it office would be malt Hier's eventually gaining con- which -fire so disastrously.

vote each party rewing intre than five per cent off the national popularivate, or as tained throuhout

་

which Pre-trot of the Government, r the None, however volunteered

of these matements for the Northsident's stay, although he is ex Netherwinable -- eflection

a direct ter bus 10 per cent of the totoi

seat, of Adkmauer's Koreans whose camps we appealed to move about while on direct the Ino-up in the Upper

number of seats at stake in In 1949, 24,500,000 persona, House (Bundeœat) of Parlia- parently much more relia his holidays: a buceta

poca direct election in a proviste 18.5 per cent of the eigh the Chinese, took them. The President's melalimentsincode is made up

would, have phemilted busmans nach: as recalving any: delegates (appointed, by panter

blogs, that is, all of the but captured 20 per cent of the voted; and experts prodlet that over, inilala 1991. à la still too

Chioma oficial visitors, ikanding paper stemmeibe.Í Upper House

wing partica who between popular vote, party. A will be about the same proper kon will Of all work and signing of balls veli,nnesup, with the tractalacio

thong it won muntah be carried on at Lowry Fladen, malt posent votes, connicolind & bar then contre around to par pe given enough extremely to turn out this a year,m United

of the populas your would have addition to

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