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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954.
SOVIET PLEDGE TO Is
A
PREVENT WAR
But Armed
Armed Forces To Be
Strengthened
"To Ensure Our Security"
London, Feb. 10.
The Kremlin pledged tonight it would do its utmost to prevent the outbreak of another war. The pledge was made in a 9,000-word election The manifesto defined Soviet manifesto, issued by the Soviet Party.
foreign policy as one of "peace and friendship between all peoples".
But at the same time, it warned that it was necessary to continue to improve and strengthen "continuously" Soviet armed forces "in order to ensure the security of our country."
A United Press report stated that Russia was reported to be conducting an atomic defence survey in Eastern Germany aimed at placing atomic artillery with Red Army units deployed in the West.
Could Climb Everest Without Oxygen
Madras. Feb. 10. Tenzing Norkay, Sherpa porter and conqueror Everest, sald here he thought it possible to climb the world's highest moun- tain without using oxygen.
"We certainly can climb Everest without oxygen. given other favourable conditions," be added,
the
"Lambert (Raymond Lambert,
Swim climber) and I nearly did that when the Swing ex- pedition tackled the moun- tain," he pointed out, Bat he admitted that without retting to the oxygen
would berome
summit
more of a race
against
time and weather.-China
Mail Special.
news
the Cenmish East German Any might have been "leaked" Communist debenbelly by agents.
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On Hut Beát Fór 20 Out Of 12 Hapt
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America's New Radar V
Constellation With "Bulges"! QUEEN'S ITINERARY
The election manifesto, quoted
This first flight photograph of the new U.8. Air Force RC-121C radar aeroplane shows
radome "big bulge"
installations of the glant Super the Soviet
agency. by
the top "shark's fin" and lower
long-range Lock- Tass, reviewed Soviet polley at
Adapted for special defence missions, the Con.tellation-type aeroplane. hume and abroad. It was issued
heed transport carries America's most powerful search radar to high alütudes for line-of- lo bend over the They felt that the reports may in connection with the elections
sight surveillance, thus avoiding normal limitation of radar's inability USSR have been "planted" to strength L11 March 14 to the
the hand of the Soviet horizon. The flying radar stations can locate mtak raldera and can stay airborne for ex- af turbo- Supreme Soviet (Russia's en
V. M. Forolger Malston, Mr
tended periods of time because of high fuel capacity and large fuel economy "Parliament". The elections
compound Super Constellation. Similar radar planes are in production at Lockheed for the nee on a single list of candidates Molotov, with Is Berlin hints
U.S. Navy which plan to use them as far-ranging forward eyes of the flees to protect planes to any approaching approved by the Communist that the United States and Bri-
against surprise attack by lea or air and to help guide fighter
target-Express Photo. Party of the Soviet Union won should clear out of the con- to all their power to preventaent tid asume safety tren the outbreak of another war."
aggressor,
"We are not afraid of threats from
we but any teral stradesty and consistently for peace in the interest of our people and the peoples of whole world.
Are
in
atomie was
But the sources said o Russia survay to see how teptical alloic most be used weapons could
the terrai effectively
be Eastern Europe
following theograd" devolopment
Live
shipment
Europe October 12 of the US. 888th with Field Artillery Battalion six "Artca Amie” guns.
"We are convinced that there questions in no disputed the present international situa- on which could not be solved In 24 peaceful manner-Reuter.
ATOMIC SURVEY
10
of
4
Kri
MATADOR BOMBERS
American atom reinforcements from Europe, coupled with the
la expected arrival Germany States pilotless soon of United
London, Feb. 10. Tussia has been reported to be Matador bombers, may have Comlocfing an ntomic defence
forced the Russians to speed up survey in Eastern Germany
own European defence aimed at placing atonde artillery their with Red Any units deployed plans, the informants said. in the West, informert miary sources disclosed today.
10,000
Chinese
購
Guerillas Still In Burma
Recent military
reports, for example, suld that the addition II tanks have The sources said these reports of model Stalin
the Soviet
Army atomic artillery calibres)
hod "of
Iri
three Communist had attend the NATO Commi converted
yesterday's German motorised divisions into in advance for Moscow dispatch quoting well-more potent armoured
units. Reports said also that Ger- Informed sources as saying that
being trained tester] Imam pilots various Russia to fly MIG-15 fighters
will
be shipped back to Ger- ahead of schedule to The Soviet survey, the sources many said, is similar to nuclear defence expand East German Air Force Kussian- this in Europe by plans ordered Gentral Mathew B. Ridgway style air divisions. before he left to become United Under the Ridgway-sponsored
now included States Army Chief of Staff,
Survey, "In a way, we had been tipped wng cuming,“ one reliable Informant said,
Bangkok, Feb. 10, The Hurme Ambassador to Thalland, Pe Kin, told the that eight to press here today ten thousand Chinese National-t ist guerillas still remained Burma,
He said that "150 are expect- et to be evacuated every other
day under the new plan of the
joint committee,
DELIBERATE "LEAK" The report that reached the
Western military chicts before The Burniese government will last night's dispatch from Moscow extend the truce until Feb, 28. said that the Russian atom guna Burmese had been tested or were about Afterwards, the
Rusola forces will attack the guerillas to be ired in European
where the bulk of Russia's 214
and destroy them."
year
to
three
in the the
European defence plans of
Commander. Supreme Allied General Alfred M. Gruenther, American nuclear experts hedge-hopped all along NATO's 4,000-mile perimeler mapping detalled atomic defences against attack. United
any Russian Press.
Meanwhlie, American sources divisions are massed behind the Fourth Congress
here disclosed that they expect-ormour-weighted 32 Red Army
ed about 1,000 Chinese to with divisions assigned
draw, including 1,000, who Germany,
were
previously
co-operating
10 Enstem Of East
Western Intelige German Reds
Unia Eust night's Moscow dis with the Karen rebels but have patch,
the recent recently fallen out with thern authorities believed --France-Presse.
reports of a spreded build-up in
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22-Stupor (4).
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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Acros: 8 Globular
Berlin, Feb. 10. The
fourth congresy of the East German Socialist Com- munist Party
foundation in 1040 will begin Berlin on March 30, the Soviet Zone news agency ADN said tonight,
This Lebanese
(115 Years
Methuselah
Old) Is
Growing A New Set Of Teeth
Aramteh, Lebanon, Feb. 10.
Assad Mohammad El-Shemi, a Lebanese shepherd of Aramteh, a village near the larwell border who has just celebrated his 115th birthday, is growing a new set of teeth.
ALTERED TO AVOID
STRAIN
Sydney, Feb. 10.
The Queen's programme has been changed for tomorrow to avoid strain for the Royal couple, the N.S.W. Premier, Mr J. J. Cahill, announced today. The Queen and the Duke returned to Sydney today from a 1,029-mile up-country tour of New South Wales after being on their feet for 20 hours out of 32.
Mr Cahill said the State Royal Visit Com- mittee felt that after the heavy programme of the past few days, it would be imposing too great a strain on the Queen to drive back the 50 miles from Wollongong, as originally planned,
He said after the Royal visit
to Wollongong, on the south Coost, the Queen and the Duke would return to Sydney by train instead of by car.
.However,
the Royal couple showed little signs of strain or fatigue after returning from their up-country tour. And tho Minister in Charge of the Royal Tour, Mr Eric tonight the
and happy."
Harrison, sală
Queen was "fresh
The Royal visit "up-country"
state.
US Envoy To
Tokyo Returning For Talks
Washington, Feb. 10. State Department officials said economic
дете.
covered about one-third of the today military and total area of this vast sprawling | matters were expected to top the list of their discusions with the American Ambassador to The Queen
was on her foot Tokyo, Mr John Allison, during for 20 hours out of 32 and, in his two-week consultation visit addition, stood most of the way to Newcastle at the rear of the observation coach of the Royalive tomorrow morning. Hy is
Mr Allison is expected train.
accompanying the United Nations Korean Commander, the rush and General John Hall, in the latter's hubbub of the tour there plane. was a crowd stampede in which
Endured
Apart from
Ile has always refused to believe that it was scientifically impossible for him to grow new teeth at his age- not even to mark the beginning of the fifth genera-moree tion in his large family.
A Dazzling 21st Birthday For India's Air Force
New Delhi, Feb. 10. Live rocket, bombs and bullets will be used by the Indian Air Force in Its spectacular 31st birthday celebration on March 28 on Tupat Range near Delhi.
For over an hour opera- tional and training aircraft will fight a mock "battle" to the presenen of the Pre- aldent, the Prime Minister. the Cabloet, members of Parliament, diplomats and thousands of spectators.
parachute drops of Mas personnel and material and anti-aircraft barrages will be included in the demon- Mall stration, Chion
Special
Assad Until quite recently. Mohammad had never needed doctors advice throughout his
be life, and
going was not them about their to bother opinion on his new set of teeth.
the In January, at
of 115. of Mohammad
complained,
pains in the leg. A friend, Dr Dahan
that 500n established Assad Mohammad was suffer- Ing
Arom
A
touch of arthritis. Coming of long line of Methuselan ancestors, Assad Mohammad, short, fez-clad,
white-bearded, blue-eyed, believed to be the oldest man in the Lebazion.
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East Germany
Cancels All
Police Leave
Preparing For Workers' Revolt
to
At Officials here are anxious to weather con- get Mr Allison's first-hand ditions were unpleasant.
HUMIDITY AND RAIN
44
port
on the possibilities Japanese progress toward rearm-
sment, which the
Steamy weather and rain the persisted through both days of aid
noted that
#greement, under which
The ed States
Smerican military
the trip, which included the United States arms will be given big steel city of Newcastle and Japan, e expected to be signed the important farming towns of by Me Allison soon after his re- Lismore and Dubbo,
* Tokyu n-færtnight bence. Another matter concerns the On Thursday the Queen and Ameristin plon to purchase the Duko face a three-hour trip. $50,000,000 of United States ip Wollongong.
On Friday they surplus commodities to be sold fly to Bathurst, an inland cout in Japan for yen. A Japanese- try town. Then they will make American agreement on how to 3 long mat Journey back handle this food is in the final
Sydney
Prepare for processes of negotiation and also Saturday 10 is expected to
sheep
town Tokyo SOON. South Wales
10
the
Wagga
10
visit ont
a biz
Canberra.
Berlin, Feb. 10. in southern' New The East German Com- and
His grandfather lived to be
Kra 122 years old; his father died at
the age
of 132 after marrying munists today cancelled all capitol,
time twice the fecund
when leave for their 209,000-man A he Wes
80. HU second wife gave him five children within seven years.
the
national
be signed in
Mr Allison also, will be asked for hia views on the new Japanese "austerity" budget and Sydney newspaper, the the chances of Diet approval.
Problems which have arisen police army beenuse of un- Daily Telegraph, reports the rest in the Soviet Zone, but Duke of Edinburgh took the under the recently-applied ad- controls early today on the ministrative agreement, whereby he told Western officials said the Royal fight from Evans Hend, Japan has criminal jurisdiction me, very much wanted to re- Red regime was still in near Lismore, to Dubbo.
Mohammad himself,
the
“complete control”. "But as my
marry when he was 80, on death of his wife, children did not approve of the
over offences committed by American military and civilian The Daily Telegraph sold that personnel off duty and of base West German police enounced the Royal as at the contents of will be discussed too, officiala
match, I had to make other that Communist police shot and the Royal plane-a twin-engined sandals declared that Mr
"The B.I.F. Has arrangements," he explained.
Outlived
AS A MAN OF 20
stomach etc.—are
wounded a 32-year-old Soviet Convair airliner-for 45 minutes Zone refugee today, the first of the 350-mile flight. border Incident here since the Big Four Foreign Ministers be gan meeting in Berlin more than Two weeks ago.
FLEW "BLIND”
The newspaper reported the commnandet of the Convair, Captain James Marshall,
hour.
was at
Allison's views on the situation in Korea, particularly the dead- locked Panmunjom negotiations, also will be received with in- terest, although that is not a maiter directly in his field.
Soviet Protest On US Naval
Dr Daban, a icading practi tioner in Beirut, stated after examining his patient, that his internal organs-heart, lungs, Hver be held since lis Its Purpose”
In another development under- Representatives of more than healthy and robust as those of
a young man of 20,”
tining the growing crisis, Fritz caying that the Duke had flown United Press. B thousand texille merchants"
This was due to Mohammad's sellman, East German Minister the aircraft well on instruments. that the firms have decided
"has open-air life and wholesome of Heavy Industry, issued an He Dew at 14,000 feet at an British Industries Fair
so far as shepherd's diet, the doctor said.
appeal to miners to produce average speed of 250 miles per "He has lived all his life on The opening speech will be outlived its purpose
are concerned," Riven by Party President C. textiles
Man-milk, break, fruit and vegte more cool quickly. Wilhelm. He will be followed caring to reports from
bles," he added. "He has eaten His appeal emphasised the The Daily Telegraph also as by Vice-Minister Waller Ul-chester.
A survey undertaken by the most very rarely, only when gravity of the coal shortage, serted that the Duke bricht who will present the
Cotton and Rayon
wolves mauled one of his goats, which has shut down factories the Merchants'
blood pressure
12 and left homes cold. Party's executive report.
Association showed that asetile His
He
to 8 (lowest). exhibitors at the fair fell from (highest)
smoked
Reports that East Germans had drunk in 1945 to 192 in 1953, and has never 412
life, and still cancelled leaves for their police those were
garment alcohol in his most of manufacturers,
enjoys eight hours at sleep army and called back men an The
from the West the day. to main objection
Derim "Fighting Group Against The Congress
in taxlitza
Mohammad is now head of a Inhumanity". officials. The closing speech is port business
be made by East German sulted that could not be secured faralty of 70. He keeps the
methods," declared names of each member of his The organisation sold the Reds Grotewohl by normal Otto
dan in a little dossier carefully had brought their para-military the association.
In his vest pocket, force up to full strength in fear "Oversca textile buyers will deposited
new workers revolt, not continue to visit at a cou and speaks in loud, clear voice, jafa
United Press siderable cost to themselves an-China Mail Special. exhibition
A plan for modifying the parly regulations is expected to be submitted by Karl Schirde
wan.
to Premier France-Presse.
www.
to
or
will also elect. fair was its cost. Little ex- still coe Aight suă kewing are furlough earne
Returned From NATO Talks
!
London Feb. 10, Air Chiot Mashat Sir William Dickson, chief of the Air Staff, orrived at Londool airport today From NATO meetings in Naples and Mailer and a witr to Royal in the Middle Al: Pores bates Ta
TC-
so unrepresentative the British texille industry. of the
Private enterprise exhibitions oither at home or
might abroad be supported by groups of traders, the association added, but there was no sirong urge at the moment for a grand hibition representing the whole the scale of the industry on British Industries Fair.
is Britain
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developing new
Sir Willem was representative | types of supersonic aircraft and ia now doing much research into
for British Chiefs of Staff on the problems of piloted faster- ataviding groups of NATO.
He said he, had been taking than-sound fly, the Minis-
Mr Duncan
part in informal meetings with General L. J. Collins, Unitedter of Supply, said this in the
Commens resendty.. States
with representative
manufacturers, · Gut`it Commander-in-Chief the Forces
In Southern known that all the top-line Arza with Admkal Lord have startling designs on the "ör under Commander-in-drawing boards or
Admiral recitaler United States He did not name the planes or
Navy
Allied Europe, Mountbatten
He
that in the Canal he met the Commanders
In Air Marmani C.
Odour, 8 Lestatic, 10 Ermsor, 11 Rointed 15 Mese, 17 Diverts, Chief, Middle kalt All!)
18 Curtall, 20 Iris, 21 Talents, 20 Tureen, 27 Cylinder,
fer, 29 Enderred Down: 1 Lower, 2 Total, 3 difeet; 4: Bath, 0, talked over currie Lifter & Recor, y Credit, 11 Igcur. 12 Balls, 1142 Dijate. If the Command, Meter 19 Berto, 19 Circle, j19 Rifed, 22 Lærid, ES NOW, Zİ KONYA
hich
construction
First, of the new piaries, to pushed out of the "farignes vell be English Eléctele's new fligh
controls during a Royal Visit To Turkey
flight_yesterday from Newassile Evans Head, although this was denied at the time by tour officials.
The newspaper said that on that occasion, the Duke flew "blind" on Instruments through thick clouds.
The up-country tour today concluded at Dubbo, where the Royal couple saw an.agricultural show--Router.
He's The Cook, Meteoralogist And Handyman
The Ends Of The Earth Fascinate
norw
And
This
Young
Adventurer
Moscow, Feb. 10. Red Star, the Soviet Defence Ministry newspaper, protested today that Turkey was violating the Mintreaux Convention by Permitting a United States naval squadron to visit, Istanbul
The newspaper described tho squadron's forthcoming visit as miiliary demonstration which cannot be considered as a step directed towards the improve- ment of good neighbourly
| Iations between Turkey and the
Soviet Union."
The Soviet Governinimait also protested to Turkey last | year.
American pavai visit. ainst an
Red Star linked the American naval visit with joint Turkish-- American manoeuvres, the visit the United States of the Turkish President," Mr ¦ Celať
and
the Berlin con
of the earth have a peculiar fascination for husky 26-year-old Baydr
feretico,
Lancaster Brown. : He his fist returned from the Antarctio; the Canadian Arctic, according to cable reports from
such i tralin.
hese.... werG, :..
derhöristration “dig
There he
During the year, ho Invented lessening. Inforneilonai : baision Learned blogg.nnd · learned to a wide, beray of new dishes
roast penguin, seal and several new combinations of whale and that thes Back from the desert, he was bully beef, pad thiapped up by the Australian
With these
iose“: qualifications, ho pedition headed for Antarctic wat quickly, Haned on by a mrvky, team going da
Aretick
Heird fland.
the stre
with luck, he hopes:
falls in Join the relief exped Lion, which will take over Aus
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