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General Gruenther Says:
"Dissolution Of NATO Would Be Catastrophe"
Chicago, Mar. 12.
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, General Alfred Gruenther said today the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation must not be allowed to disintegrate.
"To do so would be the beginning of the end," he told a news conference called to clarify his stand on NATO,
In a speech fast night to the Economic
of his remarks might have
said some interpreted.
Caracas
But
there were frienda there, ordered herself a glass of her
Lavounte {nut und joined them.
Lily
al ht friends
round a tabi,
plctures
Roy
solenu as one Commission
to be, yet enjoying themselves
immerwely (us D10
camol
think Royal Commissions do).] discussing the affairs of their families and friends.
MENTAL ARITHMETIC THEY
THEY drank their drinks
had
10
buy
Conference was
Dulles's Anti-Red Plan Attacked
Caracas, Mar. 12.
auto Argentina
Mexico
slowly, spinning out the pleasure, for none of the group
enough money more than a couple When today led an attack against those were flushed, they left. the United States'
anli-
The effect of the drink upon Communist resolution as Lily was to fill her with affec-
fellow-crea-possible weapon tion for all her tures. In particular,
a collective
belog
whelmed with love for her
in grandchildren
her house, where she lived.
Lily
paused on the pavement outside the public-house, und looked in her worn old purse. She did a little mental
arith- metic.
YES, theme wis
of future intervention
in
Club he been mis-
! Historically allisonces tended to break up when the danger Ist. However, he said, NATO must be an exception to these precedents.
"It would be nothing short of a catastrophe if NATO should begin to dissolve," he said. "It will not break up. It must con- thue regardless of any com- plications or disappointments
102
that may occur,
"NATO will continue regard- Jess of the Soviet threat.
General Gruenther said that NATO should be a keystone of
US. Foreign Polley,
80 DIVISIÓNS "There will be a time, when the satellites alone will have 80 divisions stunding foc-to-100 against us" mile perimeter from the up of Norway 16 Turkey.
along
the
4,000-
BOW
The Soviet Air Force numbers 20.000 Arst-line air- trail, he said, with at least 25 The par cent Jet-powered. percentage is moving
קנו חנם
grandmother, she Was over- the internat affairs of
son's hemisphere nations.
Strong words used by the of both nứtions 171 delegates
closer to support of amendments to the
United States
plan indicated 60 per cent.
The biggest
problems for that they might vote against or
NATO were air power, develop- abstain from supporting the
a system of supply und LILY'S PROBLEM
resolution unless it is
revised ing a
creating
trained reserve forces just enough by the 10th Inter-American
the 14 nations in the in the purse for her to buy Conference. A show-down vota
alliance. something for the children. is planned for tomorrow.
NATO plawing, he said, Lily set course for a shop she
The U.S. Secretary of State,
based on the use of new weu - knew in the Walworth Road. Mr John Foster. Dulles,
atomic bombs. pons, including Inside the shop, a problem ever, drew support from Brazil, assailed her, She had money El Salvador, Peru, Cuba though
a present for Bulivia during the start of final pons to NATO to buy one child, but not enough to debates on the anti-Communist | provide for all. She sow her-strategy. Bolivia said it would self branded as having favour-
vote for the plan with ites, then sow a way out of theservation awkward sliuntion.
Lilly
how-
and
are-
that declaring
It would operate under a terme is A very small old
with its lady, and perhaps she felt that accordance
laws.
A
in the Saturday crush she
AL would not be noticed. counter where children's Rocks were sold, she stole two palms. Then she bought a third pair.
OUT ON BAIL
In
own
Ole
Minor amendments to the Dulles plan to condemn Com- munist intervention hemisphere and coff emergency meeting it it spreads seemed certain of approval. But Indications were that it would
ILY left the shop. Outside
she was stopped. Her thefts go through basically unchanged had been seen. Jn. the man-with majority support despite ager's office at the store, БЛО confessed, again at the police-Mexican and Argentinian cen- station.
They let her go, on bail, and all week-end she had the crime and its possible consequences hanging over her head.
plaints against it.
Argentina, generally siding with the Mexican amendments Mr Dulles has rejected, deliver cd the most outright and blunt expression of its opposiljon.
NOT ADEQUATE
Ist
But he emphasis:d that the con- trol over releasing atomic wea- lies with the United States.-United Press,
Saar Talks Postponed Until April
Paris, Mar. 12. The French Foreign Minister, M Georges Bidault, and the West German Chancellor, Dr Konmd Adenauer, are expected to continue their talks about the Saar early in April, it was learned here today in usually well-informed quarters.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1954.
Camels Bring Is Britain Going
Silver Dollars
.
To Tibet
Calcutta, Mar. 12.
Camels laden with sliver dollars from Communist China are arriving dally at
the Tibotan capital Qi Lhasa, according to a new.J- paper report here.
The Kalimpong corres- pondent of the British- owned newspaper, Blates- man, said the Paking Gay- ernment was flooding Tibet with
Currency brought in over a caravan route from Chando.
Communist authorities at Lham have warned Tibetan Jewellents they wil bo charged with sabotage if they melt down the coins for conversion into trinkets and
the images.
report added.—Reuter.
SYNOPSIS
A 40-0 VICTORY
ON
By. “PAK LO”
the
To Move Suez
To Cyprus?
Base
London, Mar. 12.
Two senior British Services officers are to make a tour of bases in the Middle East which may be linked with a possible transfer of all or part of the British Middle East Air and Army Com- mands now in the Suez area to Cyprus.
The War and Air Ministries here tonight announced that the Quartermaster-General to the British Army, Lieut-General Sir Ouvry Roberts, and the Air Member for Supply and Organisation, Air Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones, will leave London tonight by air for a joint tour of air force and military installations in the Middle East.
In Bulgaria
"Disgraced" Reds
The Bnnouncement seld General Roberts and Air Mar- Bhal Jones would inspect instaliations in the Suez Canni 661 Zone and the Island of Cyprus. They will be accompanied by Sir David Roseway, Assistant Under-Secretary for War and by senior offlcers of both branches of the Services,
Political circles here linked the trip with a possible trans- ter of all or part of the British Middle East Air and Army Comunanda now In the Suez area to Cyprus.
The British Middle East Headquarters are under Gen- crol Sir Charles Keightly Commander-in-Chicf of
al Land Forces in the Middle East, and Air Marshal Claude Polly. Commander of the British Air Force in the Middle East,
the return trip, Air On
Jones is Marshal
expected to stop over at the R.A.F. base of El Aden, near Tobruk in Libya, where Her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh are due to land on
their way
to Malta May 1 and Gibraltar.
The touring officers are pected to return to Britain by March 20.France-PressE.
Yesterday afternoon Fijians, playing for most of the game with fourteen men, walloped the Services XV by the large score 40 points (5 goals, 5 tries) to nil. Without question the man of the match was Orisi Dawai who scored 12 of the points and assisted in most of the others.
Within two minutes gume opening Dawai Intercepted a pass and, easily outpoeing the defenders,
scored under the posts. Radrodro converted 5-0. kater Kabuka A few minutes Intercepted a pass and went to the Services 25 where he passed
who out to Nabaro
passed to Duwal and, again outpacing the backs, scored under the posts. Radrodro obliged, 10-0.
of the
on
Iraq Expected
To Get US
Ten minutes later the Fijians won a scrum on the Services 25 and the ball went to Dawal who Wert tearing
and twough scored. Radrodro's kick bounced off the upright. 123-0.
ball
Immediately after the
olineout to Maul came from who
to Nabaro who passed scored, Rndredro missed, 16-0.
NO WRONG FOOT
Tee score stayed that way
half until
time. This nearly all the Filons half and although the Services plenty of chances due to fin: hooking by Holt, poor passing in the threes spoiled their chances.
Military Aid
An
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between
Reappear
Vienna, Mar. 12.
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Bulgarian cricles in said the surprising thing was the Kong
number of old Communista, who were believed to have been in disgrace, who had now been contact re-elected to the Central Com- Society by dialing 37870 by mittee of the Party.
Among them was the partisan Subscription artd Donation General Dobri Terpeshev, who
from the Com-should be sent to: was removed munist Party after the death of his friend Dimitroff in 1948. At the same
time he was re- moved from his post as deputy premier and sent as Bulgarian Minister to Bucharest,
Equally surprising. the Bul- Barlang
some
said here, was the re-
of the appearance
former Chief of the General Staff of the Bulgarian Army, Lleuten- ant-General Ivan Kinov, who had been in disgrace for tirne.
Three former Bulgarian ministers, Sava Ganovski, Kiril Dramalley and Boris Taskov, who were
the removed from
spring of 1952, Cabinet in the have also been re-elected to the Committee.
Washington, Mur. 12.
Informed American source sald tonight an agree ment granting military aid to Iraq would be signed shortly, ANOTHER SURPRISE probably next week, was
Another surprise, the Bulga- the United States and Iraq. rians snici here, was lite re- had
Negotiations to conclude this election of the Minister of agreement have been going on Culture, Ruben Avromov Levi, in secret during recent months, who was attacked in the Com- It was understood that Britain, munist
paper Rabotnitchesko For quite a while in the which has a pact with Iraq, was for allowing the operetta second half play remained mid-kept informed.
"Deljana", which was not true Aeld with the Fillans pressing. The
of aid to be to life, to be performed in
Sofia. A Franco-German agreement
Then Wawal again scored from granted is not yet known, but it |ka
This attack was at the time of On the Monday morning, at
about the future status of the his own 25 and Radrodro con"
was understood that a certain the Slanisky trial in Czecho the Lambeth court, she pleaded
Saar territory, with its million verted, 21-0.
sum would be made available to slovakia when Jews in the guilty
Mr before Mr A.W. Whit~!
Hodotto Munoz, of German-speaking inhabitants Straight away the ball came wick, to stealing the two pairs Argentina, anid that
beast a piTL of socles, valued at 3s od.
bulles and its coal and steet resources, front a loss maut and an Iraq to purchase in Britain at Soviet Union and the peoples of the equipment Democracies were unler are. In changes proposed by Mr Dulles
is a prerequisite condition for
Radrodre she needs There
took it and scored,
he is given the modernise her the new list. arc two previous were not adequate on the non-
the French Government for sub-
Ruben Avromov missed, 24-0.
forces.
name of convictions, alr,"
police intervention issue A
the ming "For officer sald, when the story of
interventionism
European army From now on the Fijians just Iraq would thus be able to dropping the Levi. the crime had been told,
with "In synonymous
Brodenism." treaty to Parliament for ratifica- piled on the score with Saukuru keep her equipment standard in The Committee consists of 68
Kabuta from a at he said, she was bound over
scoring, then with
candidate reference
view of the supplies she has members and 32 pasa from Dawal, then Qio already obtained from Britain members which is 37 more than added to the total and finally
France-Press.
the Committee elected in 1948.
Another name Dawni scored again. Radrodro
to reappear after the long silence is that of converted two of these tries.
In the second half the Fijians
Slavicho Transki, the partisan just could not put a foot wrong
Cairo, Mar. 12.
general who fought side by side and fully deserve this fine win. Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt with Tito throughout the war,
won practically
entered the men's singles final He fell into disgrace in Decem- every Ineout and made full Usc
tennis ber, 1940 after the execution of of the Egyptian lawn their chancer,
championships today when he Trajteho Kostoff and was con-
Gardini of Italy beat Fausto 6-4, 2-0, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.
1927.
Clerkenwell
chairs."
LIN.
is
ion,
to
Some
progrcas towards n
for stealing four Argentina's complaints against common viewpoint was reported adde
former U.S. Ambassador
to have been made on Mar 0, Argentina, Mr Spruille Braden.
when Dr Adenauer called on M. "We reject it for ourselves and
Bidault for three hours on his our sister Repubiles of America. There is to be found the basis
way to Athens. lo dur comments on the United States resolution.?
Mexico's
"Chairs?" "Yes, sir.
Then in 1937 sho was fined £1 for stealing some stockings."
THIS woman
vegetable
HORROR ENDS
works preparer
-
as a
in
Originally, it was expected that the two statesman would They
Covent Garden, and her pay is Cordova, likewi, Mr Roberto meet again in Brussels at the
vise turned down
end of this month, when the next meeting of the six foreign
£2 a week, but it is only sea- Mr Dulles effort to quiet fears ministers of the Coal and Steel sonol. She gives the son with that bla proposal for an Pool nations was scheduled to whom she lives 25s. a week for emergency meeting if Commu- discuss political institutions for her keep," the officer said.
nism spread would be used to united Europe. What do you want to say?" cloak collective intervention. the magistrate asked Lily,
Mir
Cordova said that Mrin
of
It was amazing how most of the scores started on their own 25 and the defenders could not catch them.
Weil done,
the latest in- | FI | 11!1 here, this meeting is resolu- likely to be postponed for some ward off the time. The Dutch have indicated
"I'm ever so sorry, air, didn't Dulles addition to the
have no intention
tion "does not
really stealing or anything."
Lily
It
said, dry-eyed but tense. peril of collective intervention" that they think the plans for "Well it's a very long time le charged that the US, resolu political Europe are not suffi since you last did any shoption could begin operating even clently advanced to warrant an-
American lifting the magistrate said, soit an
state should other foreign ministers meet- "spontaneously" exercise Its ing. of government,
I'm not going to take any notice right to change its own system of that. Pay a fine of 23."
"Thanks ever so much, sir," sald Lily, and she bustled off, giach to get that week-end and the horrore it had contained, out of her. ayatem at last.
Blames Japanese Competition
London, Mar,, 12.
Japanese competition blamed by a textile firm for the
VIGOROUS DEFENCE
The Brazilian Foreign Minis- ter, Mr Vicente Rao, vigorously dafended the Dulles plan and rejected Mexico's amendments.
camo
from
Glasgow Badminton
Tournament
London, Mar. 12. The French
Jeff Robson of New Zealand Government would
reached the men's singles semi- welcome the postpone- ment until tho position here Anal in the Glasgow Invitational
Badminton.
1. Tournament, today about the EDC ratineation is
by defeating the Indian player, clearer-Router.
T. N. Seth, 15-0, 15-0.
BOYS AND GIRLS SOLUTIONS
He said he did not believe in CROSSWORD: "so-called national Communism”. The danger of aggression and intervention Moscow-backed strategy.
Bolivia's Mr Walter Arze re- looted the Idea that the United
loss of West African orders States alone would interveno in worth £10,000 a month,
the internal affairs of other
The firm, which had been states. He said that this was a supplying bly quantities of un- "shadow found in past events" derwear fabric to be made into which had no application to the garments, dismissed one prosent. But he did voice cut-
has man and put 11 more on short corn about the possibility of time because of
of the lost orders, combined intervention and made -Reuters
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