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COMMENT OF THE DAY

New Defence Programme

ON

NE thing can be definitely dedured from Lord Alexander's speech on Bri- tish roarmament made last week. It is that the Govern- ment no longer believes an outbreak of large-scale war to be probable in the near future. The Minister for Defence has said that the new plan "will carry Bri- tain forward into the years to come within the limits of what she can afford." Such a remark could not j have been made with assurance at any time between,

1947 Mily,

and

1962. Certainly it could not have been made in 1950-G1, when the Socialist Govern- ment embarked

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£4,700,000,000 rearmament and xolvency programme had to take second place to security. That scheme is coming towards the end of its scheduled three years. It admirably served its par- puse, for it was a vigorous

of expression

British strength and determination which helped to stave uff aggression in Europe. Now B now chapter opens. Although war may not be probable it is still possible, and will continue to be so in the absence of a miracle nt Berlin The British Government's first duty,

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QUEEN'S LIFE THREATENED

Hands Letter In

Adelaide Police

AUTHORITIES

Of Wedding Gifts

TAKING A

"VERY SERIOUS VIEW”

Wide

Search For Author

MELBOURNE, FEB. 4.

A LETTER THREATENING TO KILL QUEEN ELIZABETH IS BEING VIEWED VERY SERIOUSLY, THE SOUTH AUS- TRALIAN POLICE COMMISSIONER, MR IVOR B. GREEN, SAID TONIGHT.

DETECTIVES, HE ADDED, WOULD DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO FIND THE AUTHOR OF THE LETTER, WHICH WAS HANDED TO ADELAIDE POLICE.

Since the weekend, detectives and police of the special branch have been "secretly at work" trying to find the writer, of German migrants who is thought to be one of a group

therefore, in to have ready brought to Australia after a visit to Germany by Mr C. H.

Fodock, Secretary of South Australian Railways.

at all times a war organina- tion which can be rapidly expanded in emergency. At the same time cost is important consideration. The country must be strong

to support enough Government's foreign policy, with yel not ruin itself defence expenditure.

the

THERE are other insistent.

According to the Melbourne weekly newspaper Truth, the letter was posted in Melbourne last weekend.

Commonwealth security officers and Victorian and South Australian detectives were trying to locate the author, who was believed to be a German who once worked for the South Australian Railways, the news- paper reported. It added: "Detectives in Adelaide are checking the handwriting in the letter with the handwriting of every German labourer and technician brought out to work on the South Australian Railways since the end of the war.”

Truth said the author might be "a Hitler youth fanatic whose mind has been poisoned with anti-British propaganda and who has been taught to hate everything British, the Royal Family in particular.”——

requirements. Britai must contrive to have enough of the right arms and equipment and yet not be burdened with such a MANA of material that when becomes obsolescent country

Reuter. cannot afford to replace it. Wherefore, in- further volves

skilful

rearmament the must

IL The

balancing of factors and forces. Not only is the scene changing politically, scientifically as well-and a great speed.

SYDNEY GOES MAD

Sydney, Feb. 4. A sta le banquet

tonight elinaxexi for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh a day of

up-

From HK

London, Feb. 4.

A large Tientsin carpet and, handwoven brocades from Hongkong, sables from from Rumia and lingerie Purls, are among the pre- sents received by 23-year- old secretary, Jean Beckett of Liverpool, who, in fortnight's'time will marry 25 year-old Lawrence Blop- ford, Holt, son of shipowner

Burning Lawrence

Holt. Jean became engaged two years ago when her fiance to the Far East to went fearn the family busines During his absence she has tapped away on her type. writer in the Holt shipping jines Liverpool office. After Switzerland

and Paris the boneymoon couple will live in a ten bedroom- Liverpool house

ed

vacated by Mr Holt Senior when he retired and look up cattle breeding at Here- ford-London Express Ber- vice.

S. KOREA'S

LATEST

COMPLAINT

Molotov's "No"

To Eden's Plan

For Germany

Berlin, Feb. 4.

The Soviet Union today categorically rejected the Eden plan to reunite Germany under a freely- olected government and formally proposed to the Big Four conference that a provisional Govern- ment be created out of the present East and West regimes.

Mr Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister, in rejecting Mr Eden's plan, said this plan pald too much the attention to parliamentary institutions and to technical, organisational and procedural aspects of democracy.

According to a British spokesman, Mr Molotov said the Eden plan also neglected the important question of what results such elections might lead to.

Mr Molotov insisted that the organisation, pre- paration and execution of elections were a matter for the Germans themselves.

(Frauz Von Papen was Ger- Chancellor in February

Hence, the four powers should recommend to the Governments man

Their Faces Were Red

From Henry Lowris.

Washington, Feb. 3. American Air Force olli- cials were red-faced with embarrasment and anger today whan

Dze

of their beat-kept secrets was al- to

lowed by Congremen leak out.

with-

The Air Force is planning to build arsenals abroad to store 'special WDOIN including atomic bombe. The project is ultes bush- hush because no ne is supposed to know, where the atom bombs are kept.

A congressiona

met

secretly and gave Rs'ap" the proval. But today

Bervices Houre Armed Committee had to confirm the deofalon which it did at a public session. The plan

was identified only

by a number, but it was too late the secret w oat.

Air Force officials, went Into a quick huddle and de- olded to draw even lighter the security not about thetr $23 million stemio storage problem which calls for secret construction various world-wide loca= tion" London Beprem

Service, Hitler Chan-

of Eastern and Western Ger- 1993 and is reputed to have inany to summon urgently advised President Von Hinden- conference of their plenipotenburg to appoint tlary representatives. This cellor.)

Mr Molotov said that under conference should agree on the

bankers and organisation and powers of a the Eden plan, Seoul, Feb. 6.

all-Gerinan

throw In govern Industrialists could provision

millions of marks and dollars South Korea charged to-

ment. day that the Indian cus- This provisional government to buy. votes,

"DISTRUSTFUL" the existing Governments of "The Eden plan was imbued overstaying their assign East and West Germany, or, if with distrust of the Germans. todial forces were illegally could be set up in the place of

the Ger- ment in Korea and "have no this proved difficult at present. One could not love

these Governments could be mans out. It would be an in- business whatsoever" here.

The ROK Government issued matained for a certain period sult to their long democratic

traditions. of time. in a statement One of the principal tasks of

the Indian the the complaint refusal to release 17 North would be to draft, an election Korean and Chinese

law that would ensure the still in the genuinely democratic character Communist POWs

protesting, against

Bald

the

Must

law bo

+

Smuggling Suspect Caught Yokohama. Feb. E.

An attempt by a 23-year-

provisioned government 87 Mr Molotov asked.old youth to smuggle out

the

also

on

"Limited

even an all-German manufactured in A British spokesman Integ96 watches from the Bri-

that the Russian of the Eden plan

to

0

дель

name

youth, who gave his

of the

and tish ship, Eastern Queen, election: neutral -zone.

of all "detuocratie 012-

the tabling of an "unacceptable" here yesterday was failed. "Anti-Communist prisoners and the carrying out of the Soviet plan "makes it difficult by alert custom officers, were reichsed

as free citizens elections under conditions of to see how the conference can The on Jan. 23, the South Korean genuine freedom, which would reach agreement on the German

as Shiro Nakagawa of. the question." "And the preclude any pressure announcement said.

assignment ended al voters by monopolles.

After hearing the Western Osaka City, was caught as he police

In an article published today Indians' barrier, through the

Ministers' comments on his plan, got off the ship, Now the Indians

A Fourch revented that he the Argus, Williams said that time.

WITHDRAW FORCES Mr Molotov; Recording reaching to within a few feet of jin

Mr Molotov

proposed French spokesman, then added carried 350 ladies' and 40 man's her open ear, before they were crowds yesterday broke through have no business whatsoever in

Police questioning so preced back by motor cycles barriers, tried to rush the royal Korea"

sent that the four occupying powers that it seemed that the Western watches. The Indian Command,

rejected nis

for has failed to disclose how driven slowly along the edge of couple and fought among them-

the en here to supervise war prisoner should withdraw their forces Ministers had not

obtained selves-setting the police

Nakagawa 17 from East and West Gerinan | proposal. but almost

unprecedented crowds, the crowd,

task.

repatriation.

watches, "appaling" WOMEN FAINT

Mr Dulles quickly answered territories, except for It is conduct continues and prisoners, who are chargeations, contingents," even before the that if Mr Molotov thought he cheers and the rejoicing towns

The Eastern Queen sailed for What is folk of Sydney.

Worden fainted as they were

will

grow worse, murder and other

Yokkaichi and Kobe last night A temperature of 74 degrees forced to their knees, nd many believe i

should be held until their elections to "preclude any inter-

(Mr Dulles) had already

officers in those required from the Govern Fabreutfit (about 23 degrees were taken away by ambulance.aelther the Queen nor the Duke

ference and pressure by foreign cepted his plan, "somebody here and custom

ports have been instructed to ment and its advisers is. Centigrade) wearled some of the when the Queen lett, a stronger will be able to move about with-i prosecution was completed.

out a strong bodyguard, which Bt the ROKs said the POWs powers during the all-German must be misled," spectators but the Queen

The French spokesman, com- investigate the ship further- barrier had been erected.

om-should be returned the United elections.

to peared cool, serene and as fresh

Sydney has taken the Royal in itself would be a woeful com-

Pict p for this suggestion, the menting on the exchange at the United Picas.

if the session, sald, "we as ever.

munity's failure to recognise its "The Indians have no right to Soviet plan is substantially the

A tragedy occurred....on A pollee inspector collapsed pair to its heart so completely mentary on the Australian com Nations Immediately, and dies as 80,000 people packed that its citizens are missing the obligations and its plain duty to continue their activities in the same as that outlined in Russian hope that the music at tonight's

In the Soviet Embassy | Chinese New Year Dhy who a reception and judging by the its distinguished guests", Wil-

neutral zone and above all else notes to the West last autumna

out. the streets to see the Royal sleep.

six-year-old girl, Chơn Kit- llams wrote.

they have no authority to retain The three Western Ministers will smooth things

The three Western Ministers fong, playing on board a lighter couple drive to and from the number of children among the

The correspondent said he in custody the anti-Communist sald they would give their cu

Invited to Mr Molotov's at No 4 Kowloon Wharf, fell paid

to the reopening of the watched yesterday "mob scenes prisoners who should have been sidered comment on the Moletov

Korca opening of the New South Wales crowds, little attention has been State Parilament today,

which would discredit a people released long ago," South

proposals on The Queen, wearing a full school term.

Friday Mr John Foster Dulles, United concert at which Galina Ulano- raised and the girl was rescued we said. "The ROK Government more primitive than skirted gown of gold lace silk Tomorrow the Queen will go far

to Hyde Park

to open 4 Australians belleve ourselves to joins the United Nations Cen-States Secretary of State, sald va, the leading Russian ballerina, alive, but she died on the way taffeta, tok the Assembly in a

to her father

mxd in demanding Immediate the Bavlet proposals would mean was to appear.-Reuter. and be". three-minute speech: "The wei- memorial

He said he had seen women repatriation to the tree world of the exposure of West Germany and the whole of West Europe nghting to get nearer to the bar- these men."-United Press.

heard abuse yelled at policemen lining the routes and sem teccogers trying to mob the Duke.

He reported: "Just before the arrived at the royal Queen

besides knowledge and fore- sight, a generous measure of Inspired guesswork--and happlly the British record in that respect (at least on the technical side) has been superb in recent years. It 1 to be hoped that this will

be maintained. At all events Lord Alexander has given the assurance that "muny months of careful thought

and preparation" have been come accorded to us was so cor"! ||fu|=|=|=|

the wid

century-old Pope's Condition ricades,

Duke were

Deteriorates

Vatican City, Feb. 4.

Pope Pius XII was tonight re- banquet room a thousand people

WC that dal and spontaneous given to the new programme, shall always remember it.“ Even

the но

resulting

As she left the financial burdens are bound chamber and re-appeared in the to be heavy. They could be brilliant surwhine, the famous lightened, perhaps, if Ger- "Sydney roar rolled out agai

full and again. many were making a

to European Sho contribution

the first time ported to be very weak, and caught up in a potentially dan- defence. At present she is separated for

their arrival when the having dimculty in taking food. gerous mass, sweet through the not doing Bo-though this since

After first restricting the Pope's barriers past the police cordon could conceivably be recti- Queen lunched with members of

women's organisations, while dies to liquids, his physician has a surged into the roadway.

mounted As night,

police hed as a result of the Ber- the Duke went to Tate Univer- since had to resort to artifelal

if Hin Conference,

that sity for lunch.

feeding. At the scene time, the guarded the Queen and the result should fortunately The crowd of 70,000 which pontiff has been giver a series Duice "evidence that the police enough follow the approved lined the Queen'a route to her bf Intravenous injections in erder are aware of the growing Indis

lunch at the Trocadero broke to build up his strength. pattern,

Despite his weakness, Pope Plus has continued as possible to decide problems sub- mitted to him-France-Prekse.

TAKE A TEASPOLIM

O HOVRIL AND MEấm

BOYRIL

ask for delicious

HOT BOVRIL at the Dairy Farm Gloucester lounge

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cipline of the people."-Reuter.

Atomic Cannons

For Europe

Comets To Undergo 50

Modifications

to the "vast forces" that lay to the East.

M. Georges Bidault, of France, sold that at first sight he won- dered how conciliation between the Soviet and Western proposals could be possible.

TWO PREMISES The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, observed that the Soviet rojection of his plan

based on seemed to be premises:

was some- London, Feb. 4, 1. Because man

Imes evil he should therefore

The Britiah Overseas times Airways

Corporation re-not be free.

2. Because

two

parliamentary in- vealed tonight that the stitutions were sometimes abused, comet jet airliners which by totalitarian powers, therefore were grounded, after the they were bad.

The Soviet plan was produced crash of a comet off the afier M. Bidault, the first island of Elba last month after

speaker today, challenged Mr Washington, Feb. 4.

to state, whether he The United States Army said would not be put back into Molotov

to the another batch of service before the month of was prepared to agree over Aus- today, that

formation of a united German tralia's happiness was caused by cannone was going to Europe March.

Molotov

13 frank

grandfather (King George VI and King George V) in the form of a pair of bronze

The only clates.

a report from Melbourne that a lotter threatening

last

to kill the Queen had been posted. weekend.

to augment the six big guns Meanwhile, they would under Government by free elections. sent there last autumn,Ago_R0 modifications... battery is six guna.

This was announced by Sir answers," M. Bidault declared. The announcement said that Miles Thomas, the Chairman of "A united Germany will not be.

bound and cannot be bound the 204th Field Artillery Bat the BOAC, in a personal letter police when talion, equipped with the 280 to the 20,000 employees of the this is an absolute rule of in- ternational law Mr Molotov it arrived in South Australia, millimetre atomic cannons, had corporation.

Intercepted by

the letter was written in poor been alerted for movement to The modifications would in- knows as well as we--by poll- English and said "plenty will Europe,Router.

(the Queen) killed

ste her when she come to Australia,”

The Melbourne потерарет Truth, which published the re

defectives wero port,

All

at

Bald

who was Docking the author, belloved to be a German, per- haps a "lider youth fanatio "French military aircraft lost to who once worked for the South day over the Mediterranean near Australian Railway-Reuter, the Balearic Islands have been DISORDERLY CROWDS rescued by a hip, authorities

Sydney, Feb. 5, reported tonight. Crowds are rapidly getting The crewmen, who reported out of hand, according to Gornhurt, were picked up by the sabotage don Willams, the Argua cahib, "Maxis-Catherine Schiam

clude the filing of armour plate ileal obligations concluded ather shields between the zone of by the Federal Republic or by turbine blades, and fuel tanke, the East German Government." Minis Soviet Foreign and more fire warning detec Rescued By Ship tors. Sir Miles said that some of tar in one of the sharpest

West ever to had, bien de tacies against the modifications

Communit by Algiers, Feb. 4. cided upon after, a discovery of be made o

warned that

#new You five crewmen of the | Kigns from the wrecka me of the beddeden may; rise in Clev

recovered one iba of comet

Hitler will has his pupils

and we should not Umwual beat bear a fuel tank".

The letter said that so far, Carmory there was no indication of any allow them to take leading basle fatilt in the design of the positions even by Parliamentary

airliner, "While possible | means.", comat

Cannot

not be ruled out, • Mr. Roer soemed to have obviously. I must not assume Lmored that side of the mate

Importance tho and fad been curised aWAT

were residenco tonight to attend a into the sea. The alarm

to Kowloon Hospital.

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