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COMMENT OF

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THE DAY

Housing

"doubl and mia-

givings" which the Hon M. W. Lo expressed un Wednesday concerning Gov. ernment's housing achemu are rendily understood. They are, quite clearly, prompted not by any uncertainty as to the prin ciples which have guided Government's derision, but by the magnitude of

thu

CHINA

No. 35804

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FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1954.

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£4 Million Trade Deal Desperate Attempt To

With Communist China

CONTRACTS SIGNED BY

project. No local nuthority Why Britain

in England

would

template the provision of

low-cost houses for 300.000 Said No To

people without a sense uf

awe, and few, if any, would

go so far as serimusly

TU

put forward such an under. taking

to the Housing

Ministry. But while it la

Indo-China

true the size of Hongkong Air Strike

housing scheme is équival. į ent to resettling a large- sized English city, yardstick when it comes to doing something

UNT

From DEREK MARKS

Geneva, Apr. 29. Delegates here are attack- about housing

ing Britain in private con- different. Any action to bnversation for her refusal to.

positive has to

taken must be comZIYOTIMAFI" -

BRITISH BUSINESSMEN

Cover Wide Range Of Commodities

Berlin, Apr. 30.

British businessmen have signed contracts Join America in an air strike worth £4,000,000 after five days' negotiations in ate with the magnitude of to relieve the French gurri-East Berlin with the Communist China National the problem, and so far as Bon at Dien Bien Phu.

Import and Export Corporation (UNIEC), it was one can see the only agency

Now can reveal three rea-announced at a press conference here last night. which ean aspire towards sons which guided Britain's de the needed target in Govern-esion

Representatives of the 47 British business- The plan was rejected

men attending the talks told the press conference ment. To date the provision at the highest level because: of suitable, sanitary,

that the contracts included Chinese orders for crowded housing for

British chemicals, medicines, textile raw materiais, machinery, electrical equipment, metals and cables. In turn the British businessmen had ordered Chinese oils, silk and raw products.

Colony's population. been restricted

or

It was assessed

-

that

an

the Fair strike would do nothing

love the situation for erul de Castries' men

Gen-

2. It was assessed that such

an air strike could not be an

And

|: Ա Գ in The construction of Mars and dwelling houses, rents for which can he met unly try

end in Itselt. Strong ground the middle

higher

troups would be needed to to: income groups.

None will ow up and thus Britain underestimate the valuable | America would at once take on contribution which private military commitment of un- enterprise Ins made inpredictable size. this way towards VaЯing the housing shortage, but it still

untouched leaves the real problem. Thus the question is posed: is any thing

nothing Or done about it? If action is then it munt

to be taken,

to

3

It was assessed that such

And That

The British businessmen also said they had opened relations with East Germany.

A spokesman for the British businessmen said the East German Chamber for Exports had asked them to a reception at East Berlin's Hatel Johannishof yesterday, They had talks with a number¡ equipment, scientific instruments a strike would inevitably proof leading East German trade and textile raw materials, the voke the gravest political

officials, visited an exhibition of East German news agency ADN diplomalle repercussions

East German export goods and reported,--Rauter. have endangered! would

the saw a film on the East German be Genova conference and that

Industrial Fair ot Leipzig

The spokesman said

most of British businessmen attend- ing the talks with the Chinese tradc

it

might have been taken to jus-Saxony.

tity

Chinese intervention in Tudo-China, thus precipitating a of necessity be on a large, third world war. acule, otherwise the pro- ject defeats its own ends.

in shurt it must be all or nothing.

WITH

We

to

ONLY A GESTURE

There

s&K bU આક્ long been convinced that heuring must be tackled in which was

if it is a big way tackled at all that we wela politien! comed Government's pro- disaster. ject. We still do. This is

But among not a matter of Government versus Private Entreprise. American The essentini requirement is to find the

agency

(11

full- 21

The howing

forthright. lower-

the

Bol

more

Americans are

They claim hluntly that aid for en Bien Phu was "blocked by the British."

A East?"

the

DIEN BIEN PHU

officials had received ASSAULT

They orders.

fos

had Chinese

order fur

given Lausning

10

contrac

BY REBELS

EXPECTED

at

at

do

Of these only £4,500,000 worth of British goods were in fact exported to China because the British authorities

were

Was the

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at

Geneva Reactions To Casey's Speech

Geneva, Apr. 29.

A Soviet brleting spokes. man commenting tonight on Mr Casey's speech before today's Geneva conference emphasised that the Aus-

tralian Minister had sald

the Korean

Escape From Ship

Kiel, Apr. 39.

Shouting that he would be thot it be returned to him hip, a scuman who izled to escape from the Palish steamer Huro Kotabaj 'by jumping into the Kiel Canal wws today escorted back to his vessel in a dinghy while a Netherlands crew looked on powerless to help him.

The incident occurred xi Ure Brunsbuettel Dock, east of Cuxhaven.

When he plunged into the water, the Netherlands milors pulled him out and handed him over to the captain of a small German boat. But the Polish ship anchored and sent a dinghy to fatch the would-be escaper,

Later he was acca with his hands bound being escorted back to his vessel.

Going through the Kiel Canal iaken several hours, bal lator the Kiel Marithme Police said they had not been warned in time to take action-France-Presse.

Soviets In Port Arthur To "Safeguard

China From Japan"

Geneva, Apr. 29.

Tel. 21433.

Another Revolt By Socialist MPs

London, Apr. 29. Sixty-three Socialists staged

"revolt" against their official leaders

• now

| tonight, supporting a move ---- defeated by 219 votes to 63 votes -- to pre- vent Britain from pro- ducing a hydrogen bomb without the consent of Parliament.

The 63 Ignored the advice of Mr George Strauss, Labou official spokesman and former Supply Minister, and voted that a new clause to this effect be in. corporated in the Atomic Energy Bul, now passed through Pørux- ment.

The Angurin Bevan, Labour left-wing leader, who recently resigned from the "Shadow Cabinet" in a dia.

party's

Foreign policy issues, is

the North Korean proposals tonight that Soviet forces were in Port Arthur to believed to have voted amory

A Chinese Communist spokesman said here agreement with the official for solving problem, "although not "safeguard China and the Soviet Union from the 83. complete, deserved atten-being threatened by Japan and the forces allied

to Japan."

tion."

An American briefing officer declined to comment later on differences between

suggested today's speech by Mr Casey and yesterday's Dulles.

address

wus

by Mr

The spokesman

asked whether differences between the two ministers were indicated by two

conciliatory apparently points in Mr Casey's speech:

1. The Australian Minister's hope that South Korea would agree to all-Korea elections Il

this were necessary for Anal agreement.

2. Mr Casey's call for "care- ful consideration" of the pro- posils of General Nom 1, the North Korean Foreign Minister, for a joint commission elected by the two Korean parliamenta to

prepare for all-Korean elections.

The briefing offleer replied: "No comment" to both ques- tions.

On

Then he said: "I do not think I should comment on alleged differences between ministers.

EXCELLENT SPEECH "Mr Casey made an excellent speech. He is

cloquent speaker and quite able to ex-

whatever plain

hls be may case.

American spokesman said the Communist delegates had congratulated Mr Molotov after his specch In the buffet

The

un

Couto Mexican ques-

who asked for his con- ments on French and American

The spokesman was speaking at a briefing after today's Geneva Far Eastern conference.

A journalist asked the Chinese spokesman if Mr Chou En-la's with- call yesterday for the drawal of all foreign forces from Asia included the withdrawal

of Russian forces from China.

The spokesman said: "Are you referring to Port Arthur?"

The journalist said: "Yes." The spokesman then answer- ed: "The use of the naval base of Port Arthur by Soviet forcer

of the Sind Js on the basin Soviet treaty of friendship and the revivat alliance--owing to

world

the

Eden's Question To Nehru

Mr Strauss urged the Labour party not to vote for the clause. The official Labour Party line was to abstain from voting.

Mr Strauss said a vote for the clause was bound to give the Impression to peoples abroad that Britain was propes'n" take unilateral action in advance of an international effort to bun nuclear weapons,

COULDN'T HELP

ц

Sir David Eccles, Minister of Works, said

if the propos-1- made by Labour member Frank Beswick-was adopted, every- would know Britain, had got the hydrogen bomb. That fact will be taken into the

calculations

one

not

alchemy.

.a

He did not see how it could London, Apr. 29, of Japanese militarism by

Britain has asked her help Britain aven to say at the United States after the Commonwealth partners of present time, whether she had

war-which threatens

Fit or not. the security, of China and the India, Pakistan and Ceylon Afterwards, some Parlia- Soviet Union."

if they would consider asso-mentarians described the Another journalist interjected:ciating themselves with development 13 a "Bevarite" "The Sino-Soviet treaty was

guarantee which safeguard-revolt as it attracted the support Japanese signed before

ed a peace

of the left-winger's settlement in of come

But the group was adherents. peace treaty

said: Indo-China, It was reliably GAL

not confined to the Bevani.es the learned tonight,

and Mr Beswick, the span or of the clause, is not identifled with British the left-wing section.

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the

from

PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT

Asked

if there

were

Ho would,

party allows much lattitude in such casei,

The Bill was passed by 193 voles to 187. It now goes to the House of Lords.—Reuter.

TEN KILLED. IN BUS DISASTER

Buenos Aires, Apr. 24. Ton bua pa sengers

warn killed and seven were injured today when a bus plunged over the edge of a cliff near Mendoza in the Andes Range,

The bus was carrying 's group of pilgrims-France-Presse.

Geneva, Apr. 29.

hoped to boost

The spokesman then 4350ssments were British-Chinese trade all more

"There was originally arrived 4 t independently by in the future.

of the A spokesman for the British

agreement that the use Brilain's military and politics

navo!

Port base of

Arthur Mr Anthony Eden, said The orser Both say an air strike groups

But have experis

silk consisted of piece

would be ended in 1952.

Foreign Secretary, asked this in No action will be taken by the at Dien

could only Chinese Barn Phu

because there is still no peaco military gesture goods.

personal message amount to a

sent yes- Labour party against the 63. und trealy between The fail and bound to

Japan

The vote may be construed as terday to Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, Soviet Union, China

and the

"conscience"- olmost certumly would produce substantial

Indian

involving Prime

in one, Minister, Hanoi, Apr. 29.

because Japan is becoming # pro- diplonial extracts and engineering

Labour members feel strongly and

Vietminh General Vo

follower of the aggressive policy Colombo, where he is oftending doucts.

that Britain

make should not of the

United States, it the Asian Prime Ministers' con- hydrogen bombs and the Labour He added that though the Nguyen Giap's next move

necessary to prolong the agree-ference, the source said. the French and

group was now dispersing will be a massive attack on

ment on the use of Port Arthur delegates here in doubt a number of the British

Dien Bien Phu, where he

the Mr Eden said he hoped 12 Geneva different views are negotiatora would

10 safeguard China and have to

Soviet Union holds the initiative.

being' would be possible to find D taken. The French, with some return later

complete

Asked whether Mr Dulles had threate

threatened by Japon and the settlement of the understaleinent,

Britain's technical Buy

details and submit That

Indo-China opinion

congratulated Mr Casey, he re- forces allied to Japan." the best position to pro attitude is "unpleasing.”

further orders arising from the pressed in competent circles in

question at Geneva. If there mote and nanee

present piled: "I think so yes he did." talks just concluded.

tanol who expect the

A Soviet briefing spokesmant

not were auch a settlement it was low-cost scale

The British spokesman S01 week to see A decisive isque in!

said at a press conference to Russian forces in other parts of possible some kind of guarantee for the scheme

most of the

the battle. businessmen 1X-

that night

the French prut

Manchuria, of it would be envisaged. income members

China, particularly of

licences pected to get export

Brigadier-General Christian de

American for the goods they had

press had reported Castries, defender of the besieged yesterday's zon-

the spokesman answered: "Tell Molotov Bidault

therefore, be community, Government ap-

trocled to

to sell to the Chinese. camp, is awaiting the decision of

us any other place?" to be the answer

on Indo-China But the British Governmeni pears

the Vietminh headquarters It was pointed out here that

"What about Russian military grateful if the three Common- lo talics because it

at bast is convinced that its attitude is Can

missions and technicians?" was wealth Prime Ministers would of the £15,000,000 deals made

attack. The forces at his disposat British observers at sponsor a long-term under correct.

consider whether they could be businessmen British

the next by

not allow him to try П tioner taking permitting of capital Geneva rate the question es

The

replied: "It associated with such a guarantee last

counter-attack in force. July, unl

only being simply one of "does Britain Peking

The situation in

one does not want to be deceived in some form at a later stage, entrench- ho 250,000 were inter recuperation over a 20 to want to provoke a third world 20 years' period, Private war, or does she want to nego-

by such fabrications given by ed camp is grave but not des- press reports of the meetings, he

Mr Eden also asked the three went on: "I have noted that in This is the expression his question the journalist and

the United States one should could enterprise

perate. be late a

settlement in the Fur

Prime Ministers whether there being now

used openly

look upon them with contempt. expected to Masumo

about Port was any other action they might Hanoi. 10-

General Glap has re- not only him has represented

Pressed further

The three Communist nations similar obligation. This in It

clear militarity and

ported to have refused licences grouped the forces at his dis- the case that the Soviet Union Arthur, the spokesman said th be able to take to reinforce arr is not buman towards the

attending the Geneva conference a point which the Colonial

politically that no possible ad- for the

paan before making human

agreement on the use of Port Indo-China peace settlement, (the Secretary failed to mentiun vantage could

have suggested that no session Arthur was "for the purpose of The rest a come from

The spokesman suggested that wave attacks,

Mr Eden was today concernod should be held on May Day of evacuation

the French taken prisoner seng recruits question of the wounded specifically

Japan and when he re-carrier-borne air strike at the the deals at the East Berlin

preventing days ago, wounded from the beleaguered

about somewhat misleading re- the International Labour Day with Japan, which ferred to subsidies

rebels around Dien Bien Phu,

negotiations bed purposely been one of whom was sixte Indo-China fortress of Dien Bien restarting

ports

Reuter) of (not received

his holiday on May 1-a conference against message emanating in Colombo source said tonight. aggression he anid Government Wax British nascasment of the situa- limited to a far smailer volume

rushed military train-

Phụ),

China and the Soviet Union. of ex- of goods for which they could

ing and

sent to Diens wero

Bien

sources from "unidentified prepared to make availabletion is based on years

In The proposal has been ch "Japanese militarism is not Colombo, it perience

Malaya. rentonably expect to get export Phu to complete their training. to the Housing Authority.

Ruined in

was understood.culated among non-Communist revived and if Japan becomes a Reuter. The Vietminh Commander-in-

debbgates-Reuter. There, in a much smaller country licences. It is, in effect. a hidden than Indo-China, Briin had 23 Branches of Industry re-

Chief has received continual "Nobody can fall to notice the Democracy and does not com subsidy, but it remains an Aghting battalions. much presented at the talks included supplies from Communist China tendentious nature of this state-

mit any aggresion, then it would be very integral part of the low-greater force would be heeded to rolled iron, steels for tools and

difficult to conceiva over Colonial Route 3 from ment, cost housing scheme, more secure a mlitary conquest in fahipyards, diesel engines, non-

that any other Asian country cab especially as the Hon R.B. Indo-China. London Express ferrous metals, textile machinery,

start aggression. electrical generator plants, Black made it clear that Service.

"It is obvious then that the

are to bear a

use of Port Arthur is for the rents

de-

purpose of the safeguarding of the finite relationship to

pence." real cost of the flats. Manifestly this can only be done, and at the same time make the accommodation available at rentals within the income of the tenants, If the charges against the capital account Can bo spread over a long period. The practicability of the official

project has still to be tested. But It already possesses the merit of being the product of very careful thought; and

Soviet Planes Violate Swedish Territory

Stockholm, Apr. 29. Military sources said tonight that Russian military planes-believed to be heavy bombets-wandered over Sweden last night,

"The direction of the planes revealed where they came from,” said an Air Force spokesman.

The planes, possibly lost on a, Denmark, just outside, territorial fight over the Baltic Sea from waters.

to it can be applied valu-the huge Soviet bases facing the

able lessons derived from tree world's Northern flank, The vessel, in a imbesage to

the pilot housing schemes, aroused

now

concern

the coastal radib' station at

TENDENTIOUS"

Caobang and in particular "I should like to remind you

at

connected

forces

The spokesman was asked in what circumstances would China regard Japan having becORTIO · Democratic country, but

he

food and muntiions. petrol,

that Mr Molotov has stated that Soviet delegation Among the supplies he has the

feels received by the River Namhou sympathetic towards a decision coming from South China have on the question of wounded been

hundreds of tons of rice without delay. weekly, which is dimcult to re- "In order that this may be quisition

the Red River done, it is necessary that the re- presentatives of each side meat Delta, as the harvest shapės up

immediately, it necessary as a very bad one.

declined to answer, On the other hand the Franco-Genova.

The

Mr rcin- Vietnamese have been

spokesman. -gald "In view of this statement by

Molotov's speech today had, "te forced and supplied by air is Mr Molotov, I cannot fall to read communications

full support of the Chinese ex- express my ústunishment at the are

and the Chinese Govern- treme Vietminh have the equl and organs of the press regard-

dimcult.

tendentioumess of the question people ment."

"He said in substance it was ing the position of the Soviet

dificult to find any difference the speeches of Mr true that Vietminh represent- Halphonce panel and delegation." Asked if it were kult

atives were present in Switzer Casey and Me Dulles Reuter. land to be available for talke if called upon, the spokesman A Chinese Communist" brief- Mexico City, Apr. 39:

ing spokesman said in

answor series of strong, earth to. a question at a press con- "The United

valent of a division watching

Halphong-France-Presse.

Earth Tremora said: have no information."

We believe. It has a wood Southern Sweden, where only to talk to the czech plane by tremors wore registered today ference tonight:

of flying ALLOFTE to

JACKIE COOPER MARRIED

Washington, Apr, 20. by seismographs at the Tacu-. States invaded and occupied Jackie Cooper, former phild chance of succeeding and recently

baya Observatory here.

Taiwan (Formosa) and violated screen star who we now 31, and aventually of giving to the reports Inspired the belief that radio but got no answer.

Sweden's General staff. con-- The two shocks recorded at Chinese territory. The Chinese Mi Barbare Re, Krause were loss privileged sections of Communist guided missiles were

Brmed that foreign aircraft of 10.53 and 11.98 am, GMT.

people will

today in Municipal the Colony a population streaking over the Atlantic..

The Danish motoeship Tacaria undetermined number violated

The instruments indicated the wan to China, ly tore Tai-married

Court Asked hausing accommodation

a Czech twins | Bwedish territory during the disturbances took place at about radioed that a

by a reporter "how". It was Coopee's thir which they need, but which ene bomber circled it for two night but said their lodity had 1,200 miles from here, probably, he closed the conference by and the dry **26*** Witherto has been denied hours this afternoon in the not been establlation, outcially in the vicinity of Costa Ricwmying it was getting lates

Reuter, United PreOK. North Bea between Britain and| United Press. 'them.

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