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THE CHÍNA MAIL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1954,

CRUCIAL STAGE IN CHURCHILL'S This Was

LONG CAREER

Retirement Hangs On Outcome

Of Big

Four Talks

The success or failure of the Berlin Big Four Foreign Ministers' Conference may determine the date of retirement of Sir Winston Churchill from political life, informed sources in London belleve,

These sources say success at Berlin could conceivably lead to the high-level meeting of heads of states which Sir Winston favours.

The United Press correspondent said in a cable from London last night, "Any other than Sir Winston's squat beaming figure representing John Bull at He is the such a conference would be inconceivable if his health permitted. last of the Big Three who shaped the fortunes of World War II"

When Sir Winston does retire it seems certain the Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, will succeed him despite the growing popularity of and favouritism for the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr R. A. Butler.

Somerset Maugham

Is 80

London, Jan. 25. Somerset Maugham, doyen of British wrllers, celebrated hin 80th birth- day today in his tuxory hotri suite here by opening hundreds of Jellers And congratula- telestams of Lions,

Maugham came to

for a

LOTUBA Jast Friday mrcist round af celebra- Don. He will return on Wednesday to France where he has bren living for many years, "for peace Mall quiet."--China

Special...

Lendon. Jan. 25.

The Prime Minister, Str Winton Churchill, watched to-

dug us the Bg Four Foreign Min'sters hegen their efforts Berila to ease the cold war- for their surpeess or failure say determine th dute of lut 10% thement.

The icbbles of the House of Coronens, which the Prime {Munster has been seen for most for tha century. buzzed with speculation that he might step down when Queen Elizabeth res turn from her Commenwealth teur in May.

Wheller he Inten.is to do ra For not, what happens in Berla

could affect bit desisinu.

Buzzes at Be da muld ern- ecivably lead to the high-level meeting of heade of states for which Sir Winsice has called, And eine Menbers of Parlias anent believed that failure might pise indure the "el man" to

Influential veite again for

Lack

Serlet with the M: Georgi Mairokov. Last Autumn, after his illness, he told his Conservative Party he was staying on in office for Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 26. Wage cuts for Malava's the time bring because I have

Wage Cut For Malayan Rubber Workers

300,000 rubber

were

sec

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the feeling that may workers an Influence

annoured yesterday

by the government

trator.

arij.

have

on what 1 care

Mr Justice Taylor, A Welfare State

fw-month dead-

ending lock between estate ern- ployers and union officials.

10

For India

**k

above all else—the building of asure and fasting pence."

That has been his preoccupa- |

and his last great ambition, Deeling to those who know hlin.

Sir Winston returned to his: seat on the front Government | bench in the House of Commons last Monday with evident relish to be back: after the iong Christmas

revess. even us the speculation About him wha buzzing in the corridors.

With little delay he proved that he is still the match for any man in the House as ne slapped down a săreastie Labour questioner,

There was no apparent reason to those who saw him why his health should force him to re the very noon, though he is hard hearing and wolks more slowly since his illness.

of

He told Conservative Mem- bers of Parliament privately be fore Christmas that he would when his health down

step demanded it.

An article in the Sunday Ex- press, owned by his friend and wartime Ministër, Lord Beaver- brook, said flatly that he should put away all ideas of any carly resignation. It urged him not to lay down hin job.

return unless it became absolute- ly necessary, fellow Members of Parliament said.

SM WINSTON'S CHOICE

other It cited

elderly men Chan- such us West German

Adenauer, Dr Konradl cellor, New Delhi, Jan. 25. The sath would amount to A

fourth and the South African Premier On the

of the reduction of 25 cents (Straits

Dr Daniel Malan, who still are currency) in the daily wiges of anniversary of the Indian Re-

President Rajendra lending their countries. Jubber fappers and 15 cents for publle.

Prasad exhort: The [nati

In any case, he would not step feld workers.

nation to strive with deter- Spokesmu for the Malayan nination, sacrifice and devotion down before Queen Elizabeth's Manting Industries Employers

Iulia a hropy bad Association, Mr G. D. Haught, to make announced that the award was prosperous country.

Speaking in a radio broadcast, "entesfactory"

management

Mr the Indian President pledged

Secretary, The Foreign representatives.

himself and the Governinent to Anthony Eden, would almost Chairman of the Pan- The

welfaro state in certainly be his successor, they Rubber

Workersstablish Malayan

zald, even though the Charcelor Union, P.P. Narayanan declined India.

use the Exchequer, Mr R. A. He praised the Indian saying the union fr comment,

the Buller. corrands great respect Arbitration in force in Korta for the Issuing a state way hondirá en "erduous and ride the Conservative Party.

thankless task entrusted to it

Mr Eden is Sir Winston's KWC United Nations, » the

choice. His health is growing was apparent, however,

as a unique op- that there was widespread disunk upon it content in union circles.

portunity for our armed forces stronger after a long illness last your. A good showing at Berlin been given such award to nave Under the arbitration

would give him a good psycholo- the new wage will remain in 95signment in a foreign land in

gical start in the job of Prime effect so long as rubber prices the interests of peace and in-

foodwill-France Minister, remain under 60 cents a pound.ternational -United Press.

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would study

award before lucht.

Presse.

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Rescue and salvage teams at work digging in the ruins of the completely destroyed Hotel Kaiserstuck, Switzerland, after the avalanche, which swept the town recently. A num ber of the visitors to the hotel saved their lives by being in the wine cellar

at the time of the avalanche.--Central Press.

US Should Use Red China

As

A "Bargaining

Point" Says Republican

Topeka, Kansas, Jan. 25. One-time Republican nomines for President, Mr Alf M. Landon, today the United States could and should use the question

of Red United Nations admission as a potent international bargaining point.

The Law Fights

The Parents

For The Life

Of A Child

London, Jan. 25. An eight-year-old girl's parents-bath members of the religious sect, Jehovah's Witnesses--fought with law enforcement officers today over a blood transfusion she may need to recover from injuries suffered when she was hit by a car.

The

C.C. Crown Counsel, Savage, said he had made "no

In persuading progress" and Mrs Fred Prudham, to ap-

MI

In his test major address on International affairs since the Eisenhower Administration took

Landon office. Mr

tok the Topoka Kiwanis Club: "I like the idea of the (Red China's) ndinission (10 the United Nations) as little as

my

but caanut

as anyone, bellef is that one base, a national foreign

policy on likes and dislikes, sixd it seems to me that this matter is one of the bargaining polnis which we hold the cards."

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In

I do not believe we should nail ourselves down

one way another on this or any other our foreign involving question policy"

Landon sald it was a ma- ME tional habit of the United States to

Ita surrender

bargaining

position by building up public sentiment on foreign issues and hands of the ma- foreign tion's negotiators at weaken the council tables-United Press.

Djilas Expected To Lose

prove the festugim, even off All His Posts

warning them they might face manslaughter charges if their daughter Magaret d'ed.

Milovan

Belgrade, Jan. 25.

depored Djilas,

Mr Savage said he was in-Yugoslav Communist leader, is vestigating the possibility of expicted to be stripped shortly making the child a temporary of his last remaining omelal ward of the Children's Aid ports with the revocation of his mandate as Deputy for the city not certain that Sir Society under provisions of the

of Titograd, was learned to- Winston has made up his own Children's Protection Act

Margaret suffered a fractured day. mind.

pelvis and a damaged kibirey when she was hit on Thursday by a skidding car,

"UNSCRIPTURAL"

Probably Mr Exten nlone

If he has

knows the answer United Press.

The doctors have not decided

Now We Have To definitely whether an operation

Pay For

Qur Propaganda" tura".

Well-informed circles attri- buted this step to recent repeat-

of the

said China's

Mau Man Losses Mounting

Nairobi, Jan, 25, Seventy-eight Mau Mau terrorists were killed last week and 67 captured, in- eludli 20 wounded, the East African general, bead- quartets announced •: to- night.

During the same period were 23 loyal Africana killed and five wounded.

An African who failed to halt when challenged by the police was shot dead today

the Industrial arca of Nairobi where men of the Kenya Regiment had been carrying out a large- scale sweep.

In

Nairobi security forces had been strengthened by extra British troops whose presence had beneficial re- suite, a senior Police officer sald today--France-Presse.

Malenkov Hears

Report

On Agriculture

Paris. Jan. 25. -ed statements by residents in Radio Moscow reported 10-

his constituency that he was

Soviet Premier, Mr "no longer worthy of represent-Georgi

night the

Małenkov, Provident ag them."

Klementi Vorosk lov, Communist Dilles was expelled from the Party Scoretary, Nikita Krush- is necessary, but said they could

Yugoslav Communit Party's tshey and ather leading Gov- not perform one unless a trans-control commities and removed ernment and Party officials to fusion was given.

from other posts because of a day oftended e meeting of Prudhom, a bricklayer, said a series of articles he had written leaders of agricultural machinery blood transfusion was "unscrip-

criticism

Party and

At the tractor stations leadership.

Kremlin. "I would have no pangs of Kuala Lumpur, Jan, 25.

remorse for my action If Mar- It was also probable he would The radio said some. 2,100 The Malayan Federation

garet led," he said. "If I de- be relieved of his duties as the directorn farm engineers und Information Service today an- cided differently, it would be chairman of the Socialist Alllheads of collective farms who

effective from a crime against the child. Ac-auce.

attended the meeting heard February

According to reliable sources, report.

tho Agricultural by of vice-president fee un newspapers and news down to destruction, my children tho

the Minister, Ivan Benediktov, Federal

cclelins made Agencies using Information Ser-will go down to destruction with Yugoslav

Executive, on

by the vice photographs.

me while they. are still under Council, Mosha Pijade, would Government and the Party on age. I am only standing by the replace Djilas as president of Sept. 21, 1953 and their ap- word of the Lord. This is Bis the National Assembly.-France plication and on appropriate teaching,”—Unlied, Prens,

Fresse.

ways to increase the output of machinery and tractor stations in 1954.

Runced that

It would charge u│cording to our teachings, If I go

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22 Military uhit (8).

24 Worn nway (8),

26 Take away (0),

20 Propositions (8).

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Magic liquid (0),

7 Globe (0),

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14 Domesticated (6).

15 Dwells, (7).

16 Lucky olfarm (0).

17 Tank (8).

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spirit

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22 Bellow (4). +23 Meiche (D)T

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD. - Aerown 3 Talisman, Rover, & Attested, 10 Monato, 13 Extreme, 18 Tome, Pleaded, 18 Blashed, 20 Cedo, 21 "Resumes 20 Restat di 27 Exorcles, 28 Hizid, 30 Maitrose Ihwng 1 Frina, 2 Event, Trees + Idee, 6 Method, a Nodded, 9, To

In a letter to news agencies and newspapers, Mr A. D Peterson, Director-General of Information Services for the Federation of Malaya said, "It ina boon decided to impote a _༤༣ charge for the photo prints sup. plied regularly to you by the Prees division of the Informa- tion Services. The chargo will be M$200 per annum."

The letter said that nows- papers and agencies unwilling to pay the annual fee would no longer receive photographs.

The letter did not give a reason for the decision to im pose the charges:

Ah

Information

Stained Gloss Window For

Four Famous Women

London, Jan. 26)

Four famous English women will be honoured by

a atained-glass window soon to be unveiled · In- an

historic, but little-known, London Church.

Last December, Benediktov had been attacked by Pravda, official organ of the Party, for his Ministry's lacle of organism- don-France-Presse.

Col. McCaffr

Dead

Montclair, NJ., Jan.-28. Colonel - George... · McCaffrey, The women, Elizabeth Fry, married into the famous Fry one of the Army's top authori Service Florence Nightingale, Josephine cocos Family Florence Nightintes on military government, died spokesman informed the Ualled Piles and Rith Cavell already gale (1820-1910), Indy with a of a heart attack today at the Press, however, that the tow have their piße in history, as lamp," became the heroine of the Castle

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AUSTRALIAN WOMEN ARE NOT TO BE LEFT OUT:

A Mother Of Six Is Going

To Search For Oil

Perth, W. Australia, Jan. 26.

Two Australian women are forming a teum to undertake one of the toughest of mining assign- ments the discovery of oll.

They are Mrs Joyce Jackson, formerly one of Perth's leading amateur actresses and still well- known for her appearances in radio drama, and Mrs Margaret Heavey, a graduate of the Univer- sity of Western Australia and until recently lecturer in geology at the Perth Technical College.

A Syndicate,, known as Jack- The exploratier permit. does son Explorations, has been re- nos confer any rights to take oll gistered in the name of Mrs commercially. If and when # Jackscal,

auburti dirzd eompany la prepared to begin who hopes to commercial production. It has to team with séole a petroleum Izare over a woman chemist and a woman, much smaller aren, which it has palaeontologist.

to define Jackson Explorations has ask- ed for a permit to seek oil in An exploration petit la goud the Grent Southern district, for two years, but may be re- near Albany, on the southern newed from year to year or re- coast, half a continent away newed with modifications to the from where Australia's first oil area. The primit is dereribed as strike was made in December atque which enables an operator to Exmouth Culf on the northwest text co area to obtain scientific

Information.

mother of six,

complete her

const.

The women's

feam hopes ;to

of the

The Syndicate is the result of

husband-and-wife

hobby interest in geology. Both Mr begin its search noon after a per- Jackson mi her husband in-mit is wanted. Their task will dulged their Hobby the be a marathon one and their. vastly equlpinent will contrast with that

heavily financed groups which, well ad vanced in their projects, are and men into pouring money their search for liquid gold." But their enterprise will be wel- comed by Australians anxious to resources fee that the nation's are exploited wherever they le. -Ching Mail Special.

Albany district six years when Mr Jackson

WOK FC- cuperating from an illness,

They collected specimens and sent one of them abroad for analysis. It prove to be as- phattum, an ore closely ident- fed with petroleum,

Reports of oil Indications" In the district have been made for many year and following the Syndicate's application for search permit, Mrs Jackson re- ceived scores of letters from residents offering to show her where they had found indica- tions of the presence of oil.

MORE PLEASANT

The geological map of Western

Australia slow; portions of the area. which, cidentally, runs six miles out in ca, to be simiar geologieni etucture to the Ex nourt ; if | DIGG.

Huge Fires In Guatemala:

Alleged Arson

Guatemala City, Jan. 25. Police made new arrests today The country will be far more as a huge fire attributed to piensant to

central work than either

destroyed the the desolate Kimberley or the market. Tension mounted in the Exmouth Gulf

which capital and reports continued to focus of circulate of the discovery of n been the

vast anti-Government plot. search operations in Western Australia up to the present,

have

treas

A municipal councillor, Miguel

It is fairly closely Battled Cimacho, took refuge 133 the with a wall developed system Salvador Embassy ofter Police of roads and railways. Unlike announced they had discovered

parched

the hand grenades hidden in State, it has a plentiful rain-children's toy box at his home. fall.

the

north of

It is, however, densely wood. ed

and this would be 品 handleap to the 'oil searchers.

One of the few malo mem- bers of the Syndicate is former Imperial Army officer, Captain Roland Everett who, during World War I, was in Mesopota mis

And Persia and saw a good deal of the oll operations in these countries.

He said he has been most im-

Another suspect, Carlos Gandara Duran, sought asylum In the Nicaraguan Embassy.

Civil guards arrested several public figures, including: retired Col Jose Lima, president of the Guatemala Aero Club, Roberto Castillo,

of the Ciro's owner. radio station and another suspect named Ramirez.

pressed by the signs of oil in be connected with

search

The “arrests were reported to last week's the Syndicate's prospective attack on the vice-president of

area. He intends to the republic

and president of leave zoon for London where the congress, Senor Guillermo

says, he is well-known in Ovando Arriola. financial circite and believes

he

that he could raise the finance needed for a major drilling programme if such were likely ta, pravo successful.

GOOD FOR 2 YEARS

Today's fire caused several million dollars damage and de- prived a large section of the elly of electricity.--Franer-Presso.

in

If the Byndicate is granted an

London, Jan. 25,0 exploration permit, it will be Recruits for the British regular allowed to carry out the search, army last, year totailed 30,003, including scout drilling opera compared wit 43,071 tions, in an area which, under 1952, it was announced today. West Australian mining legisla. tien, must not be lers thane 1,000)

Wes the The 1952 Ogure square miles,

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