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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1953.

EISENHOWER

Russian Intransigence May Doom Big Four Meeting

American Reciprocal

Trade Act

Recommendation To Allow It To Expire

Washington, Dec. 10. Edwin Wilkinson, repre- senting the National Asso- ciation of Wool Manufac turers, today recommended that the Reciprocal Trade Act he allowed to expire when it comes up for re- newal next year.

Mr Wilkinson aald he thought that Congress should reassume the function of tariff and Im- port quota regulation.

Mr

Wilkinson testified today

In Republican Scouter George Malone's Sub-Committee in-

India May Ban Crosswords

New Delhi, Dec. 10. The Indian Government Is considering whether to ban crossword puzzles, Mr B. N. Datar, Deputy Home Minater, told Parliament.

Asked whether the pro- pered legislation would be applied only to crossword Duzzles or to all similar pussies, Mr Datar raid that the whole question was ander Government study, China Mall Special,

:

Actress To The

Rescue

French Officials Dismiss New Communist Be Nice To France Campaign

London, Dec. 10.

Angry and disappointed British official quarters feared. today that Russian intransigence will doom agreement at the Big Four meeting in Berlin.

As Soviet radios and newspapers blared out attacks on President Eisenhower's atomic plan and the Bermuda conference, British quarters became pessimistic about Russia's willingness to compromise.

But quarters here also hailed the welcome of the conference by the East German Vice-Premier, Walter Ulbricht, as an indication that the con- ference will go on.

Ulbrichi did not ray whether Soviet Foreign Minister V. M, Maloloy would ceme on January 4 as proposed by the West. vestigating the availability of Uruapon, Mexico, Dec. 10.

Informed sourcer here noted strategle materials and facilities. Movie netrees Susan Hayward

He said that he had been sprained her ankle today when how the Soylet and satellite Press against the Trade Act when it she jumped to the rescue of a and adio were urgently appeal was approved, had been against seven-year-old Indian boy rolling to France for a close alilence the sgin Gormany in an attempt it ever since and still was op-ing off a lava ledge of

o try to split the French from "volcano, Paricutin

The boy and scores of natives the American and British before

the the Berlin meeting. crowded around hod

Garden of Evil" here and hoof President Eisenhower's atom cameras for the filming of

And Russia's virtual rojection accidentally knocked down. The boy fell Ave feet to the plan as the stacks on the Bermuda Big Throe meeting left tedge and was about to fall antic doubt in British diplomatie

when other 15 feet

against a compromiso. quarters that lae Kremlin is

posed to it.

con

"It is high time we served our resources," he de- clared. "We are not conserving

them when we allow floods of Imported products to destroy our domesite industries,"

DETAILS LATER

the red-

Mr Wilkinson did not specif-haired actress jumped down and cally discuss the wool industry caught him. but cald that he would submit a detailed statement on the wool The boy was not hurt but Miss situation to the Committee la-Hayward required first aid.

Director Henry Hathaway sald

ter.

be

from

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be

because

CLOSE STUDY

These moves were under

that the injury would not inter-close study at the Foreign Omec. Mr Tyrone Gillespie, repre-

the They expected to confer soon senting the Dow Chemical Com-rupt production

will working on with Washington and Paris. pany, told the Committee he be-

Considerable lieved that

attention was domestic industry horseback.-United Press.

fccursed on the protected

chargo by must

President ruinous

Moscow Radio that imports, but added "It

Eisenhower's alom pool offer is currency convertibility, rather

und the Bermuda conference than tariffs, which represent the key

to the world trade picture."

had proved the Western Powers' unwillingness to case the inter- Mr Dewitt C, Echleck, Scere-

national tension.

tory.

of the Cordage Institute, said that raw materials used by the hard fibre cordage and twine industry, were not avail- able in the United States and must be imported.

Japanese Glass In Hongkong

to cause friction among the powers, tho French Western officials said.

•

BRITISH OVERSEAS

of

TRADE

It was clear that the Soviet leaders considered France to be vulnerable of the the most

Washington, Des. 10. for such

The Department of Commerce Western "Big Three" tactical manoeuvres, they added

reported today that the British The Communist Party is cer- overseas trade in the first 10 tain to exploit the new Soviet months of 1933 showed the least approach towards France to the deficit of any such period in the full in its nation-wide anti-art three years. Qualified cbservers be jove European Army cumpaign. This resulted from a down-

it turn

imports. According to the Department's might have some impact on public opinion.

Foreign Commerce weekly, Bri- tain's trade delicit for the period

only

CO £588,000,000 paned to £1,039,000,000 and But French parliamentarians £000,000,000 in 1951 and 1952 are unlikely to be impressed periods respectively. unless Russia gives part of Its of imports Lotation £2,703,000,000 good will by agreeing to a Ger- for this period, compared with man and Austrian settlement at £3,278,000,000 and £2,858,000,- the Berlin Foreign Ministers 000 in the same 10-month periods

GOOD WILL

The value

VALUE LOWER

The Wilds Of Darkest Africa?

Under a galvanised iron roof at Elstree Studios England, 140 foes of Afrion's: might Zambest River roared and swirled while two Hollywood stars fought to keep their eLNOG afloat.

No one knows how many thousands of years it took the real Zambesi, to develoy. but Elstree Lechplcians did the job in seven days for a new Blus, "Duel in the Jungle” starring Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews. The result is an ugly stretch of muddy water bordered on one alde by tangled: Jungle with two 10.1%, electria paddles at one end of the 150. It long tank to keep the water racing and submerged home i boll up into dangerous- cross currents. The water was heated to 70 degrees in case either of the stars should fall In-Express Photo.

French Control

Dien Bien Phu

Paris, Dec. 10.

French control of the city of Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam had caused the French High Command to make the decision not to defend Laichau, capital of the Thai federation, now being menaced by the advancing Vietminh 316th Divi- sion, according to authorised military sources here' today.

Thus, it was stated, an order had been issued to evacuate the civilian population from the small which was its small air strip, which, for several mountain town, the only interesting feature of months, had been used for supplying Thai guerillas fighting in the jungle between the Chinese frontier and the Tonking delta.

Vietminh Rebef Cfalms

The

London, Des, 10, ..... Communist : New, China News Agtnoy said to. day the Communist-jød Vietminh rebel forpes küljest, 3,600 French Unión troops In North Visinam dara November.

** communique Issued by the Vietminh Military High Command, the agency said the rebels 818 captured

weapons incladius 190 machineguns, destroyed

- two ^^ railway

coaches, four Arms depots, 25 -tanka Land... amphibious -and transport vehicles. ---

Beuler.

US May Return

Jap Islands

Tokyo, Doc. 11: The Vice Foreign Minister, Mr Kalauzo Okumuray hinted at

his press conference in that Foreign Office yesterday official notes on the cofurn of Amami Ostines Islands

and Eathe United

conference in January, political of 1951 and 1952. quarters sald

In any

case the first Soviet

foll reaction to

Tho President Elsen-

value of exports hower's proposals for control of off also from the levels of the atomic energy indicates that two preceding years, but not general Russia is far from prepared enough to offset the to modify her policy in a funda improvementde. The value Britain's inental manner, these sources added.

of exports dropped noarly Diplomatic speculation sug-

three per cent this year, the re- gested that this foreshadowed a

French officials described port said." very tough Soviet line in Berlin. omo of the statements contained

Although both the value of Tokyo, Dec. 11.

Official British quarters felt in the Pravda article as "quite imports and

had exports HEALTHY CONDITION

The Asahi Gliss and Nihon anger and dimppointment

at childish."

dropped, the volume of British He said that the industry was

companies have

Russia's apparent refusal to co- One example was a reference overseas trade, both imparts en essential one and must be Sheet Class

1,500 cases of sheet operate in the world atom pool to shipped

the Soviet Government's and exp has risen.

exports,

The mainin

tained a healthy con-

In

glass to Hongkong in an effort even before details of the plan 1941 offer to give France every į volume of gobda "Imported High Council of the Federation held in the classic military man- group will be exchanged be dition "which can only be done at recover the British Colony's have emerged,

and co-operation in the first nine months

of 1953 through the assurance of a

the joint struggle against Ger- was between five and six per- market for Japanese glass pro- maximum normal business the

ducts,

to Japanese according

in the cor cent greater than United States market can afford."

months of 1952; Russla'a Andrel Vyshinsky "The way the Russians gloss responding Any circumstance Lending to press reports today.

Until recently Hongkong has decrease the productive facilities

the choice market fer endorsed this rejection with a over the Soviet-German Pact of and the export volume for the

was alight of cordage and twine in the been United States would be

serious Japanese sheet glass but the statement that nothing short of 1939, one of the main causes of first nine months

a prior atom bomb ban is ac- the catastrophe of 1940, is typi=ly higher than in 1952. This

volume blow to "our national peace inadequate

cpl of the naive Soviet ap-upward trend in proach," the officials comment trade continued into October. time economy and a deadly blow glass by Japanese manufacturers ptable to the Kremlin.

to Hongkong traders

United Press. Simultaneously", an editorial | ed-Router. from buy goods

European in Moscow's Pravda

The Arahi Glass Co. and the extended an offer to France for

reinforcement principally from the Nihon Sheet Glass Co. are now the

the Philippines, Indonesia, Africa awaiting the reaction of Hong-Franco-Russian 1944 agreement and Central_and_South America kong traders to test the ship of mutual assistance,

but that the manufacturing ments. Industry should be protected by If reactions were favourable, "rensonable" import tariff on they would ship another 1,500 hard Abre, cordage and twine cases shortly, the reports said. products-United Press.

-Routet.

to our national defence," he caused said.

countries.

"He added that the United count States must import abaca

cisalana

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supply

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RUSSIAN OFFER

ond súveral satellite radios in effect

of

Pravda warned the French

be that they would otherwise reduced to insignificance by the United States and Britain and lowered to the status of a smull power if they accepted, the European Army.

This was held to reaffirm anew that Russia will opposo German rearmament in Berlin and will go to almost any

bar German unification in- definitely.-United Press.

FRENCH OPINION

assistance

many.

▪!

Queuille Stands Good Chance In French Election

Paris, Dec. 10.

of

Former Radical Premier, M. Henri Queuille, length to avert it, or else will is believed by political observers here to stand a

good chance of being selected as the next Presi dent of France in the highly complicated political manoeuvring that is now going on to find a suc- French officials tonight dis- cessor to President Vincent Auriol. missed the Soviet "be nice to

But, even days before the pro-is certain to be Inconclusive. France" campaign 09 manoeuvre to divide the Western sidential election, no candidate There will have to be addition- powers and to reinforce French for the high office appeared to al ballots until a point is reach- opposition to the European Army, have rallied sufficient support to ed where a definite majority is

win an absolute majority on the gained.

Paris, Dec, 10.

A

These officials said an article first ballot.

If an impasso' is reached, In today's Soviet newspaper The campaign de still being which somo observors consider Pravde on the anniversary of the cries and gingerly and it is now as likely. it may be necessary 1044 Franco-Soviet Pret was clear that many candidates and for some groups to draft Pro... blatant attempt to exploit French many political groups are waiting sident Auriol as a candidate, anxieties about German rearma- until the eve of balloting or even ment..

The French Foreign Office declined to make any ofcial comment for the time being on, the Soviet press and radio state- ment.

Up to now, the President has the Arst ballot there may have energetically refused to permit name to be suggested but to be several--before; assuming a his definite stand.

ho may be persuaded to no- Voting for the President will nounce his decision if the eleg bo €27 Deputies and 320 tion results in one stalemate Senators and a winner will after another, need at least 460 votos,

Today the lobbies, foreseeing Russia had gone out of its The groups are, at prosent, the trend of the elections, are way for some time to "won", so; divided three are about already akking: "Queuille or French pubile opinion in a bid ten groups-that the first-ballot Aurloi!”--Fratico-Presso.

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The President of the Thai minutes away from Hanol by federation, 80-year-old, Deo van air, instead of 75 minutes from Long, is safe in Haupt with his Lalohau,

The Thai country cannot be the family, it was learned, and the

Japan and has been transferred to Dien ner, it was explained, and was

States around December

ecember 30, ac- Bien Phu, following the oc- ideal for the guerilla

conding to Japancae

99. press of that alty-by the fighting. cupation

ports today. For the last six months,

Agreement, he said, had been Franco-Vietnamese forces three weeks ago.

groupe of partisans and

reached between the govern- ments of the two countries on It was pointed out here that guerillas, recruited by the strategic situation of Dien Thais, have been harassing the substantials concerning, the re- Bien Phu was far more advant-Vietminh and the immobilisa-turn of the Islands except some

of 'ona whole Vietminh minor technicalities. ageous than that of Lalchau- tion especially since heavy rela-division proved the success of Since technical adjustments can be made after the exchango forcements had been cont into this strategy. The entire action the former city.

of this Vicimiti division was of official notes, the date for Dien Bien Phu has now be devated entirely to "mopping the exchange of notes had been come the new headquarters of up" guerillas in the Thai coun- tentatively set for December, 20, the Thal guerillas and is only 40 try-France-Pressa

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