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DE the report that

Man Mau fighters have oren advised by their chief to lay down their orms, there is little or no concrete evidence pointing to any quick end to the trouble in Kenya, London's ЦЕНСКА-

est of the situation is manifested in the announcement that another Brigade of troops is being despatched to the colony to bolster General Festing's present forces, it being recognised that until the hardened Mau Mau com- butants have been smashed, law and order (cannot be. restored in Kenya. The. Army is now tackling thin task in three ways. British troops

are being used to penetral the forests, hunt

out the terrarigt bands, and destroy their positions: an altempt is to be made to starve them out of the forests by denying them access to food, especially ment; and terrorists are to

CHINA

No. 35602

Established 1845

MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1953.

Trieste Latest: Troops Lined Up On The Border

ITALIAN TANKS

PARADE

Prompt Reaction

Wins Approval

Trieste, Aug. 30.

Italian and Yugoslav troops glared at each other across the border as the Italian Government waited for any sign that Marshal Tito plans to annex the part of Trieste territory occupied by his army.

The Defence Ministry would neither 'con- firm nor deny that it had redeployed troops to the touchy zone. But last night, Italian tanks and he harried so incegantly troops of the Gorizia garrison paraded in the border town within plain sight of Yugoslav

that their positions come

untenable. The operation is

fur more difficult than it sentries. scumds. The forests are vast

Reports from Venice said that call papers for re- and not easy to penotŕate, Į serve army officers, non-coma and carabinieri were while the loopholes on the waiting in the Central Post Office. Post officials said fringe of the forests are the papers would go cut tomorrow.

numerous, therefore,

are

Quick results, unlikely.

con-

Nevertheless #igns are gratulated the government on were receiving

visible that many Mau Mau

On all sides, Italians

State Department authorities reports on the Its prompt reaction to a state- į situation from 'United States ment by the semi-oMelul Yugo Embassies in ttoslavia and and their sympathisers, who press Agency that set of the Italy. Spokesmen were reluctant

forests furore. It said Yugoslavin was ure hiding in the are begiming to suffer considering

heavy rains,

changing

its

from the elements, particu-moderate tolerant attitude to

ward the Trieste problem. larly the

The official view was that is discernible if the Yugopress

report wis

back

and there

a

the mountains

slow movement from intended as a trial balloon to to test Italian reaction, the balloon the Kikuyu reserve. And had been pricked. this is where the loyal Kikuyu Guards are able to strike hard and

nchieved

NUCECHBES

Authoritative

.

sources

said

that whatever happened Iinly have had shown the Western Altics the biggest that public opinion here would

of

recent

most important development, however, is

operations. THE

the fact that the Kikuyu

not stund for any concersivis to Marshal Titu

United Press.

on Tricate.---

STRONG ACTION DEMAND Rome, Aug. 30. Demands for strong arm ad- 10 meet any Yugoslav

tribes are slowly turning tion

against the Mau Mau. On challenge over the free territory the other hand, it is prub-of Trieste swept Italy able the process could be amid unconfirmed press reports

today

to make any comment, pending thorough study of these reports, except to say it was the Depart-

ment's hope that "cool would prevail-Reuter.

Several Cabinet

heads"

Changes Likely

London, Aug. 30. Political sources here ex-

hastened by the Иво of of Italian troop movements to-pect Sir Winston Churchill intelligent psychological

ful

1

are

newspaper In

ward the frontier, Almost every

to retire some of his older Italy, joined the demands..

ministers and reshuffle his Italy is claiming the whole of Cabinet by the time Parlia-

territory,

tvns

the

"13".

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Of York Comet's New

Wants China Admitted

To United

Nations

London, Aug. 31..

The Archbishop of York, Dr Cyril-Garbett, today called for Communist China's admission to the United Nations and for "high level personal contact" with Russia.

In his monthly letter to the York Diocese, Dr Garbett said: "The sooner the Government which represents the vast majority of the Chinese people is admitted to membership of the United Nations the more hope there will be of a permanent settlement, though it is very

.

Record

Britain's

London, Aug. 20:

Jet airliner Camel It tonight flew from Zurich to London in the record time of 78 minutes. Sir Alice Thomas, pre- sident

Convertibility

Of Sterling

"Proper Circumstances"

Condition

Washington, Aug. 30. Informed sources said today that the United States Government probably would be willing "under the proper circumstances" to back a $4,000,000,000 or $5,000,000,000 fund to help make the British. £ sterling freely exchangeable again. The proper circumstances, as outlined by Administration sources, would include:

1. Participation by the Inter- Informed officials here sold [national Monelticy Fund.

that British policy must pro- 2. Success by tho B:kish ducen “hard £” at homo, be- Government in halting inflation fore It can again be made and increasing production in the "hard currency" internationally. British Idles and the Common, wealth.

3. British agreement to lith, at loost in large part, present trade and monetary restrictions.

4. Indications that the United States Congress was willing to liberalise tariff policy.

In the past year officials here said Britain had gone ter 10 checking inllallan at home and in the Commonwealth. British production had increased, too.

TIME ELEMENT The officials sald, another right.

5. Prospects that the Dutch, to ten months must pass before Belgian, West

German, and

it can be determined how last-

improvements,

Probably the Frenchs Governing are the British, economie merris "would move with Britain, or soon after, to make their cur- oncles convertible and free their | trade of most restaleitons.

FACTORS' DISCUSSED

000.

It proj

progress continued, they said, and other conditions were satisfied, the United States would probably be willing to licip underwrite a Sterling Stabilisa- These factors were discursed tlon Fund as high as $5,000,000,- by Administrations officials with

of this, About $2,000,000,000 reporters, following the reicans, loat work, by President Elsen they said, should come from the hower of a report

on dollar international Monetary Fund,

The United States Government sterling relations by

Mr Lewis Dougins, former United would then ask Congress is ap

Ambassador to Britain. ticipation of $2,000,000,000 to

Word 13,000,000,000 by giving

to borrow uthor Stabilisatio

ber

prove

-direct

American

54-nation that much for the

WA States The Douglas report of British Overseas

longed only fortnight before 3, Airways Corporation who the mooting here from Septent accoury authorit was aboard the plane, said the record was ""only"tem-

· The Comet · IZ porary", will make a transallantio crossing 'to South Americ on September 15-France- Presse.

Rigden Has

difficult to admit a state as long as, by the persecution Talk

of religion, it denies a fundamental right.

Salvaged Money Dried On Hotplate

"But it is inconceivable that His

China should be permanently excluded from the UN if she wishes

to become one of its members."

Dr Garbett Bald a resentful isolation would

be fostered while China was excluded.

Ho atided: "If war should

weapons there might be no need

attacked.

as soon

114

·

9 to 17

directorate the

things

por

the

Fund if and when needed. The money would not be borrowed the or used unless called for, Bri-

Fund and World Among other Douglas report stressed that tain would borrow from it if her convertibility to foreign curren- particularly of the pound sterling, must be nought because free trade, could not exist apat from free currencies.

The British Government on-

4 -

gold reserves run too low in

Not the toast of the question marks is the attitude of Congress toward lowering United States. tariffs-Reuder.

nounced after last year's Com Forest Fires

Out Of Control

hoped to move With

Parents

London, Aug. 30.

monwealth conference that it

towards con- vertibility of the pound.. Two basic conditions for that were enunciated:

Toronto, Aug. 30. More than 1,000 fire fighters 1. Freer United States tarift using planes, helicopters and policies to allow the corning of bulldozers fought 115 forest fres more dollars.

raging in Northern Ontario to

Io:

started by careless campest

Officials said

at

Continental

TYRES

2. Some protection cushionCorest oilclair said 22 of the warfare. So fur little

Mr and Mrs Rigden this under the sterling as if ven- appears to have been done

afternoon had an hour alone tured-out-into-convertibility fires were out of control. Three to win over the moral

A Stabilisation Fund cushion persons have been killed fight- 4cluding Yugoslav- i ment

with their lendership. To be success- | occupied

son, Leading would give the British Governing the outbreaks, The of Western powers in 1948

ofi- October campaign

break out, probably it would be Aircraftman Anthony ment ready dollars to borrow

Hot dry weather and a series cially psychological warfare must claims on

supported

Italian earlier.

due to a state anxious to strike | Rigden, whose dis, in freeing, the pound from of lightning storme are blamed that the grounds induce the smaller fry to Yugoslavia

The switch of offices may in-

the first blow--and with nuclear appearance

in the Suez current restrictiona, so many for the majority of blazes, but

officials said "too high a num denying the volve 12 to 15 senior and junior

were exchanged Prinds surrender without running population of Zone "" basic ministers, these sources said, the risk of being harshly human rights.

Brussels, Aug. 30.

of a second blow-before it was Canal Zone on July 9 caused dollars that the British Treasury ber" of the fires had been Sir Winston Churchill's plans

an Anglo-Egyptian incident, ran out of dollars. Dollars and pound sterling treated.

-general⠀⠀.forest Britain To date only 15

It is of vital importance that

has reserves Italian hopes that Yugoslavia ere reported to be only at dril

the

conditions in the districts had They said afterwards: "Tony present Mau Mau activists have was backing down in ront of ang stage, but it is widely assum- notes salvaged from

possible personal

of about is very cheerful. He is being what she had in gold and dollar hours, but that it would be one-third Improved during the last 24; voluntarily surrendered, No Iuty's betermined reaction were ed they are based on his con-wreck of the United States contact on the highest level

kept at the camp for, security action

reserves in 1937, when the three or four days" before the has been taken not so bright last night when inuing as Prime Minister with freighter Flying Enterprise should be made with Rusais. reasons.

Mr Anthony Edeo the deputy and dried on the kitchen

No against them, but at the Belgrade Hadio broadcast a Prime Minister as

charge has been The advantage of the pro- made against him.

was a free currency.

danger would be past-Router. bj same time the Authorities editor

his personal Communist

Sir Winston hotplate in the "Brussels Posal! made by Party o gan, Borba, stating flatly

Churchill on this matter cannot make up their minds that the whole of Trieste should

was Mr Rigden sald he had been The process of zooming Mr Bank" here lay tonight in that it envisaged a meeting bo troubled by reports that his son whother publicity should be be Yugoslav. This included Esen for his eventual takeover sorted bundles in the Bank's tween the beads of the states was under close arrest. Ho given to this policy. Trieste city and the rest of zone of the rebus of Government will strong room.

which would be informal with- asked the commanding oficer Mau Mau terrorism "A" which are occupied by 5,000 continue.

sot agenda, Dr Garbett of the Royal Air Force station out a may or may not collapse American and

They were brought ashore atald. 6,000 Brillah The Prime Minister will not

In West London-where Air- relax his recent close perional Ostend last-week by the 530-ton

NOT SUCCESSFUL overnight, but the indicn- troops-United Press.

craftman Rigden ic being tiona

that the

attention to foreign policy issues. Italian salvage vessel Rostro, "Long range diplomacy by detained-what his son was

Sir Winston Churchill is said which is trying to recover the lengthy and controversial dis- doing in the detention block. toughened fighters of this

Ilmelight con- thinking of reducing his cargo of the Flying Enterprise. officials much Department

criticised system of She sank somo 40 miles off the patches and

"He told me it was just an- make a desperate attempt/ were today following with the cabinet "overlords"-senior peers | Cornish court in about 240 foot ferences which are broadest to

the world have not so far been | other way closest

of being held for of

year latest who take responsibility for the of water in January last developments in the long stand- co-ordination of several depart-after her captain, Kurt Carlos,

conspicuously successful.

security reasons," Mr Rigden devastating blows before

"There must be frank re-sold, ing dispute between they allow themselves to be Yugoslavia over Trieste.

Italy and

had made n 13-day bid to save conlilon on both sides that be It may deatroyed. What the Kenya

replaced by after.

io exist for Reports reaching Rome from scheme giving the responsible

will have

"My son was very guarded-In Authorities have to try and Belgrade on Friday night said

The Restro is now back on many years very different what he had to tell my wife and a senior deputy.

the scene of the wreck

and economle me about his experiences, calculate is whether the that Marshal Tito might employ

and la political, social This system already works at expected to return to Ostend in systems.”

He would only say that he Mau Mau will spend them-force to annox the Yugoslay the Foreign Ofes where in about 12 days' time.

Dr Garbett sald "solated bad been held by the French selves by making all-out occupied Zone B of the free addition to the Foreign Secretary M. Theordere Simoens, a bank actlan" by the United States in police in Parle, handed over to attacks against the territory of Trieste,

there is a Minister of State-Mr official concerned in the note United States

breaking

the the British authorities and wat away from "disloyal" among their own

newspapers and

Selwyn Lloyd.

drying operations, fiatly refused Korean peace conference table mediately flown to this coun Tadlo reports stated that all

Several

ministers junior

to comment today on people (who have been the

troops on the Italian side of the

West Drayton." co-operation. main target in the past) or Italo-Yugoslav border' had been Parliamentary under – secretaries that Mr Jakob Isbrandisen, Pro would be a fatal blow to world and then taken by

cennay be stepped up to such aident of the shipping company whether they will

Unless China takes open ag- Mr Rigden added: "He expects con-put on the alert and that some offices.

which owned the Flying Enter gressive action, centrate their Intimida-units of the Italian

this country to be interrogated tomorrow.*** navy had

The Prime Minister gave aprise, had expressed surprise would

explanation has tions against the isolated been ordered into the Adriatic house party this week-end at his about the money being found in against her. It is hoped that be forthcoming so do not 20 homesteads of white Mr Guiseppe Pella, the

allan oficial

country houIC, Che the wreck

this is clearly understood in the airman, orginally alleged settlers and Asian shop Premier was said to have warn- quers, Buckinghamshire. Guest Bank officials were sworn to

United States, Dr. Garbettve been leidnapped by Egyp!" Mau Mau. Ised the United States, British Included Sir Walter Monckton secrecy about the

amount of added.-Reuter.

lars, got lo Frencs-China Mail and French Governments through and Mr Patrick" Buchan-

Special completely unpredictable, their embassies in Rome that

chlot Hepburn, and it is virtually impossituation of the utmost gravity whip, who ible to guess how the end would develop if Marshal Tito when the Prime Minister makes will come, when it finally were to attempt any coup of Ministerial changes. - China does.

secret society are likely to

to strike

keepers.

number

attention

the nature Indicated.

ments. It

Mail Special.

Government will bo consulted

Retaliation Against Food Seekers

Berlin, Aug. 30.

-

a report

Involved. These officials said the money being carried by the Flying Enterprise for the Swiss No- tional Bank. It was now being held at the disposal of various insurance companies who had already paid compensation to the Swiss Bank.--Reuter, raz

Meat Prices : Cut

there

refuse to make war

3,000 Africans

Screened

Hitherto, no

"

car

to

Foreign Ministers

To Meet

** London, Aug. 30, Nairobi, Aug. 30.

The three-Western Foreign Over 3,000 Africans were Ministries: dealing with the screened in large-scale opera- Austrian state treaty will meet Lions by pollon, and troops in In London tomorrow Nairobi and the surrounding according

morting Paris, Aug. 31.

to well-informed district this week-end,

sources in London to discuss The Government today: an-

Fifty auspects were detained. They are exported nounced a 10 per cent reduction In one operation ten miles Russia's rejection of the Western in medt prices, effective

on from here troops of the Blacknote,, but these sources do not

East German Communists today fired from their jobs and evicted from their homes hungry food seekers who went west for Eisenhower food packages,

At the same time, the Mayor for the Communists as the June employees campaigning for September 3, in an effort to Watch fired mortare into a think they will take, any action better working conditions and improve living standards and swamp to prevent the rape of other than to refer the matter ordered those who go to the West for free avoid new labour; trouble suspects who had been surround to the council of foreign munte- programme as prest at detent Soviet Zone Industries to Sre American food.--United Press United Press.

|ed near some quarries--Reuter, | tera-France-Preme,

of West, Berlin, Ernst Reuter, 17 revolt,

hiniled the American food relief. The Communier

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