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THE CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1954.

EISENHOWER STATEMENT CAUSES

STIR AT GENEVA

Legless Farmer Becomes Pilot

Adelaide, Austraila.

Mir Roger Pitt? 21, legless farmer of Naracoorte, 240 miles from here, has quall- fled na a pilot.

Mr Pili toset his legs fou“ In a swinging-

years ago

saw accident.

Part of his text

was lo make forced landings, minu and recoveries.-China Maj Spectal.

Bevan's Rebuke To

Morrison

Mr

Commonwealth See

It As Attempt

"To Force The Pace"

Geneva, May 5.

President Eisenhower's declaration today that a Southeast Asian collective security arrange- ment was "in process of formation” caused con- cern in British Commonwealth circles at the Far East conference at Geneva.

Some Commonwealth delegates tonight re- garded the President's statement as an American move to "force the pace" in the matter.

They pointed out that there was still broad agree- ment between the United States and the Common- wealth countries including Britain that there should be talks on such a Southeast defence pact.

But the Commonwealth coun» [a Southeast Asia security tries had made plain before the arrangement.

from Geneva

London, May 5. The rebel Socialist, Aneurin Bevan, refused to conference opened That they Osicht› statements, made ben become involved in

wanted to see how the Indo-fore -- the Geneva conference 1475

China talks shaped before be opened on April 26 had referred deputy coming argument with the

Involved In detalled to United States Allies. speci- lender of the Labour Party, walks.

fically Britain and France, 03 Mr Herbert Morrison on the Today's declaration by Presi- having agreed only to "examine floor of the House of Com- dent Elsenhower that

possibility" the the

of such NATO-typo pact was already arrangement. mons today.

being formed appeared to some a quiet rebuke to a public attack node Commonwealth delegates to be en him yesterday by Mr Morbid to press America's friends Into taking action before they Mr Morrison, writing in the thought it desirable.

suggested that the

statement

might embarasa the Western cause in Soull and Southeast Asia and possibly jeopardise chances of attracting Asian nations into a defensive bloc

Mr Bevan returned

KON.

#L was ragazine Socialist Commentary. President's denounced Mr Bevan's recent walk-out from the Labour Party's shadow Cabinet as "the answer to the Tories' pras

**suicide

declared deck

the

backing Mr Bevan's rebellion

Rully were

or "damaging foolahness" and recalled

that

Mr Bevan's 1948 characterisa“ tion of the Tories as "a bunch of vertnin" Jost the Labour body in

Party 30 to 60 seats

1950 elections.

Mr

Bevan suicl Today: *** have always munde it a rule never to make personal attacks upon any of my rolleagues. I do not propose to depart from t on these matters.

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the outcome of the Geneva conference known. The

Press reports have described the British Gov- enment as being

the free nations of the

that

South

Dropped From Balloons

Czech

Protest

Over US

Leaflet Campaign

Vienna, May 5.

Czechoslovakia has protested to the United States against the alleged dropping of leaflets over Czechoslovakia from American balloons, Prague radio announced today.

"Pravda's' 42nd Birthday

King Panl Goes Driving

Kink

Paul of Greece saluted by the Guard sa ho drives out of the Royal Palace in Athena

In his British Jaguar XK120 car. Every day after his daily taska ni the Palace the King drives to the summer residence of his family

city at Tato in the suburbs --Express Photo,

Molotov Goes To Dinner

Page

Has A Cough And Doesn't Look Well

Malta Concerned

At Queen's Tired Appearance

Valetta, Malta, May 6. Authoritative sources last night said Queen Elizabeth was in "good health and the best of spirits."

They were commenting on the expressions of concern voiced by some Maltese who said the Queen did not look well and appeared to have a cough.

Earlier, circles close to the Royal Household had said the Queen was "probably suffering":" from the after effects of lightning change of climate from tropical Aden to Mediter ranean Malta.

&

Valetta Radio said last night the Queen was' "very tired" and

needed all the rest she could

no specches

The Navy beat the Army by four goals to two, and the Duka #cored the Navy's second goal.

The firet was scored by the Navy's captain, Admirul Flari Mountbatten, Commander-in-

Chlof Mediterranean, who also scored the third goal,

If was the first time the Royal their father children had seen

play

In a match. Earlier the Queen put out in

get. Islanders were naked not to trouble

her and the Duke the Royal barge from the yacht during days when they were Britannia to the aircraft currlor free from public engagements.

Eagle, accompanied by the Duke There were

or of Edinburgh in the unifcam of long ceremonies yesterday. This an Admiral of the Fleet.

The Queen talked with the Queen and the Duke paid in- formal visili to the atrcroft Bailors and the Duke with old cartier Eagle and the cruiser

from the frigate hipmates Glasgow in Valeita harbour,

Magpie, which he used to com- Yesterday afternoon

the mand. Queen and Prince Charles and Queen and the Duke spent a few On the windy flight deck the Princess Anne watched Duke play polo for the Navy in minutes taking the colute at a the annual Rundlo Cup match march past by the lip's .com- at Marsa here,

pany, China Mail Special.

the

With Eden HOOVER

In A Bullet-Proof

The

Car Convoy

This "balloon" action was

Geneva, May 5. a severe violation of inter-

Soviet Foreign national law and constituted Minister. Mr Vyacheslav interference in the Internal Molotov, drove in his bullet- affairs of an Independent proof car to have dinner to- country, the Czechoslovak night with Mr Anthony note said.

Eden in the palatial Lake-

The note said: "An American-side Villa here once used by sponsored organisation called the exiled King Leopold of the Crusaders for Freedom" Belgium, had released the balloons from

reluctant to start the proces of fortning the defence arrangement before en Indo-Chlau settlement has been reached or fully attempted #t the Geneva Fur Easteru conference.

President Elsenhower, ILow- of described most ever, today MONSOONS

east Asin area and others direct- Asian nations could well gainly concerned as having shown the impression that the Unitex affirmative

in interest" the He said that con- States was building up a NATO-arrang

advance of the verration were

arrangement

'actively pro- rine-nation Indo-China talks at ceeding. He then described the Genova,

Southeast

Asia Organisations as This could lend

support

process of formation" and the propaganda of the Russians said that this fact "could have an and the

Chinese Communists important bearing upon what directed against "American im-

happene at Geneva during the perialism" in Asja.

Indo-China phase of the соп- ference

On the basis of reports from

implication Geneva, the

was the negotiation of an Indo-China settlement al

The Soviet Foreign Minister scason

Geneva would be alded if it

London, May 6 Won-Camguy at the end of d been host last week'nt a in Indo-China is expected to

was known that such a settle-

Sovlet

on the beginning newspaper April

Hunch for the Brilh Foreign halt military operations in Indo-

meni would be backed

Pravda received China for at least four months.

May. State a

Secretary and the Chinese guaranteed by a system

Thay were an effort to die Prime Minister, Mr Chou En- There is general concern

And Preal Award of the Lenin banner turb May Day celebrations in cer on collective security. of Britain's delegates dent the part of the issue at

Eisenhower

that on its 42nd birthday today Czechoslovakia and to influence Parliamentary Labour

Party that the non-Communist powers

"progress this matter has an Russia and other Com the population regarding the at the conference shoul do

been considerable"".

munist countries of Europe forthcoming Natidal Comunittes that might nothing

appear 13

The President's statement to-

elections. prejudge the failure of the cun-

day appears to be an advance celebrated "Press Day." therefore possibly on the pre-Geneva position of The first issue of Pravda, n. ference and

"HOSTILE CONTENT" news- anti-Tsarist affect its outcome.

merely "examining the possi- Bolshevik

The balloons had Britain's

In starting bilty of the motive

Southeast Astu paper, appeared cat May 5, 1012. early military talks in Singapore defence organisation.

St. Petersburg, then the leaflets "with a hostile content," separates Mr Eden's villa from the Soviet Southeast Asia

is to plan

It was Russian capital.

sup- They called for sabotage, made that occupied by possible guarantees

of a settiC-

SIGNIFICANT?

pressed eight Limes between unfounded accusations against delegates.

Soviet the Czech Government and tried

plain clothes body- mem in Indo-China for whlen

1912 and 1914, Sir Winston Churchill promiseci

The language of President

Each time IL reappeared to spoil the good relations Budg

guarda stood in the roadway support in the House of Com-

Elsenhower's statement today under a new but similar name. between Czechoslovakia and the outside both houses as the So- mons Jast

has in mind a

Pravda-the Russlan word Bovlet Union,

viet cars swung out of one, sped the note said. month.China Mail suggests he too the Special.

Southeast Asia security arrange- "truth"-is now the organ of But this trick had

along the road, then turned into failed" Asla Southeast

ment which would not be the Central Committee

the other. of the because the Czech workers recog- directed against any bloc of Soviet Communist Party with nised the organtoars as "cruel nations and would not be de-| Q daily circulation

stated to exploiters and colonisers," signed primarily to justify mill-; be between two million and The noto

wold

the today tary Intervention by the Unned ree only central Soviet last July tried to stir up the "Crusaders for Freedom" had

FIERCE ARGUMENT

observers

With that Mr Ветил B01 down, and political promptly forecast а llerge argument over

meeting tomorrow,

0

The Party recently adopted a rule that members should re Frain from erit.cssing cech other in the press

and on the plat form.

Mr Morrison, the Party's deputy leader and Mr Clemem Attlee's righthand

de- nan, parted from the rule yesterday In attacking Mr Bevan,

In

Mr Bevna resigned from the Labour Party's shadow Cabinet

a brook with Mr Attlee's moderate Socialists issue of the

security pact.

over

He condemned Mr. Aftlee's re- tusal to condemn that pact us an American pressure move des

monsoon

On

AN ADVANCE

Washington, May 5. President Eisenhower

signed to menace "Republican announced "considerable pro- China"--United Press,

gress" towards the formation of

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But Mr Chou was not present at tonight's dinner.

A four-car convoy of Russian- made Zias cars accompanied by Swise

cycliata pollen motor drave at high speet along the of lakeside rond that dropped mile

newspaper which publishes for Czech people against their low-

days He traced United

# week. Other, ful Government. Reuter. States even thinking on the Southeast Asia newspapers, including Izvestia, Govern- of the Soviet recurity arrangement to the organ famous Senote "Vandenburg" ment, appear every day except | resolution of 1948 which led to Monday.

news-

the Western hemisphere ald Moscow Radio said that be- pact, the North Atlantic pact, side the award to the the Anrus and other Puciic paper, several members of ita alliance.

sht also received decorations.

-Reuter.

He then made this important statement which appeared to be designed to allay any "neu- tralist"

apprehensions about joining in such arrangements: arrangements are in-

Those variably to assure the peaceful security of the contracíing na- tions and to prevent the likell- hood of attack; they arrangements designed pri- marily for a war".

are not

It may or may not be signi- Bcant in this connection that the President in his references to

Dien Bien Phu

Wounded

Four Killed In

Ambush

Singapore, May 6.

я

Other Russians strolled along the road apparently enjoying the cool breeze from the lako,

Gursts n tonight's dinner in-

cluded Mr Georg Zarubin, Soviet Ambassador to the United States, and Mr Evelyn Shuck- burgh, Mr Eden's private secre- tury,

and Mr Denis Allien Foreign Office

expert Reuter,

Far

Eastern

SEARCHING FOR

A SETTLEMENT

Four people, including

Rome, May 5. European police lieutenant, were

Proposals for a setement of killed and three others wounded the Trieste problem will bo in a bandit ambush on the made this month to the Italian Penggarang road,

Government by the British and on the west

coast of south Johore, yesterday,

| Americans,

SAW

med che

cies said here

The Sums

The bandits, about 30 strong

said that and heavily armed, fired on a the unofficial talks which had ing a party of polios and special London between the British and constables, Malaya and Chinese. Yugoslay Governments had been

Intensified during the past few chys so that the question should be on its way to a solution when the Italian Parliament deals with. ratification of the European Defence Community Trenty- France-Presse,

Reach Paris police vehicle which was carry-boen hold for some time in

Paris, May 5. Thirteen soldiers seriously Casualties were brought by Mr Dalles's original proposals wounded in the battle for Dien boat across the Straits of Johore for Southeast Asian security at Ben Phu arrived here today to Chang), Singapore, and then no time used Mr Dulles pobon from Hamol in a French hospital transferred to the General Helly belligerent phrase "United:

plane.

Hospital at Johore Bahru. - Reuter:

action".

Waldomar Bahr, 24, a For Western diplomats here were sign Legimaire, who lost a leg impressed by the optimistic tone and arm told reporters he had of the President's statement reto wait three days to get away garding the progress being from the fortress after being

by [the] Geniva Farwounded.

made Eastern conference-Reuter,

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