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COMMENT OF

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The Value Of

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Diplomacy

NE interesting feature of the Genova discussions in that they have not rigidly followed the pattern of recent conferences between the West and Soviet Rusain. On ul} thes four-power meetings on Germany and other European problems, Im- Soviet obstructionism posed

of П atmosphere sterile formalism and un-

it. reality. At Geneva IN noticeable there has been a greater sense of realism: and the two upposing sides appear to have come some. what nearer to grappling with the practical issnes Involved. One noticeable development in the onrly stages of the Geneva meet- ings was that Communist China's claim to identical status with Its four inviting powers was not allowed to hold up the talks dealing either with Korea or Indo- China. Nevertheless, this still left a vital task to be accomplished the

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ference had to be led beyond the stage of set speeches delivered, on The Communist aide, Jurgely fur the purposes of propaganda directed towards Авіли opinion. It had to be steered towards genuine negotin- tions, conducted in less un- productive forma, and it has been Mr Anthony Eden who has

the played principal part

or

in guiding

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CHINA MAIL

No. 35825

Established 1845

TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1954.

A Little Progress Made

Another Small Success

From Derek Marka

Geneva, May 24. The mont Important aspect of today's merling of the Indo-China con- ference WAS that din- cussions setually started on the question of a cease- fire

This is the Brst point of the

agreed basis of

acgotiation.

No decision lu been reached or is yot In sight. but it in regarded to most encouraging

that at Inst the conference

kway from matters of procedure and is getting down to the sctual business of restoring In Indo-China peace In

Mr

here

Eden arrived back

after the London Cabinet meeting only one bour

before

be took the chair at the Indo-China talks. And at once he scored another of those small suc cases which are keeping the conference alive, but not much more.

He persuaded the Com- munists to add the dis-

Ming ol guerillas and the exchange of prisoners of WRY to the five-point plan which was

agreed last Friday as the bas for negotiations.—London Express Service.

Gary Crosby Injured In

Car Crash

YOUTH KILLED

Was

ut

At Geneva

DETAILS OF A

CEASEFIRE TO

BE DISCUSSED

Geneva, May 24. France introduced a compromise plan for ending the Indo-China peace talk deadlock today and won Communist agreement to start discussion tomorrow of the mechanics of a ceasefire.

Foreign Minister Georges Bidault submitted a seven-point plan on how to proceed in the Indo- China debate at the eighth session of the ference.

con-

It appeared designed to skirt for the time being the key problem of how to arrange armistice in Laos and Cambodia separately from a settle- ment in Vietnam where most of the seven-year war has been fought.

programme

which

M. Bidault presented а paralleled the five-point plan of procedure submitted on Friday by Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov.

for

the

con-

Mr Molotov proposed at to- day's secret session that the belligerents should discuss all

military problems cerning the ending of hostilities and that contacta should be established ether here or on the spol in Indo-China.

ampu

M. Bidault's Predicament

Geneva, May 24.

* Georges Bidault, French Foreign - Minister, darted into a corner and stood with his face to the wall to avoid being photo- staphed with Vietminh Communist delegates to- day.

As he was leaving the conference building after 1 secret session on Indo- China, M. Bidsult found himself in the same door- way as the Vietmjah dele- gates.

Photographers rushed forward, búi M. Bidsuit was too quick. He turned and made for where he remained fill tho Vietminh delegates hind driven off.

$

corner

Then looking flushed and flastered, he came out and get into his own ORF shaking

admonishing an finger at his driver, 49- parently for not reaching the footway 190der-Red- ser.

Rebels Raise

72-Day Seige

Paris, May 25.

The Vietminh have raised The thelr 72-day siege of the

nine-nation conference, could,

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Singapore Students In Riots

Police riot squads swinging 3 ft. clubs and rifle butts fought with 500 Chinese boys and girls in Singa- pore. Twenty of the schoolchildren were Injured. Six police were stabbed and one was badly hurt by Bying stones. The children were marching near Government House in a protest against the recently introduced three-year conscription. Police told them to disperse.

Rocket Soars

158 Miles

They refused. Then the police charged. Picture shoe Into The Sky

One policeman seizes a small Chinese student; another swings with his wicker shield.-London Express.

US Seventh Fleet Not

To Expand Activities In The Pacific

Washington, May 25.

Washington, May 24.

The Navy announced that a Viking rocket reached 'a record altitude of 158 miles above the earth at White Sands, New Mexico, today. The rocket was a Viking XI. tho It exceeded by 22 miles record altitudes established by three earlier versiona of the Viking in

In 1951 and 1952. The Viking is a test misslio sent aloft with n fond of instru- ments Instead of a warhead. The instruments gathered in- formation ⚫ high atmosphere and transmit it to

ne

the

It reached a high speed of 4,300 miles en hour today. cum-.

models. United

The Molotov plan called for discussion, in order, of cessallon of hostilitica, zones for regroup- ing the rival forces, measures for banning foreign arms and forces,

ceasefire controls and the conference in this direc-

guarantees against violations, tion. His method has been

The Bidault

plan, French to define points at which

sources said, also starts with the there was

A MARANC

same two points. However, the meanwhile, continue to negotiate post of Nam Tha, in north- third point would be to consider agreement between the two

a pollucal settlement.

ern Laos, according to disarmament of irregular forces. sides, and to try to extend

His The French would insert the ported by Mr Chou En-lai, the communique received here proposal, which was sup-French High Command areas of agreement by seok-

question of how to stop foreign ing greater clarity wherever

Chinese Communist Premier shipments from ncoming to Indo

and Foreign Minister, and

loat night.

The United States Navy does not intend to there has been vagueness on

China between we ceasefire con- Pham Van obscurity,

trois and, the guarantees,

VietminhThe Eaoilan garrison of the expand its existing commitments for the defence wherover

stations came after M The only her afference is Deputy Premier, elther side has hinted at the

White San Jose, Calif., May 24.

Georges Bidault, the

post near the Chinese frontier of the Chinese Nationalist island stronghold of receiving French

Sands. possibility of concession. Gary Crosby, 20-year-old son that the French plan includes a Feren

Minister.

{had been supplied by olr and Provision

had Bing Crosby, of crowner

ex hange of The procedure has not pro-

the Formosa..

The Navy had no other de given air suppor* since mitted a new seven-point peace Vietminh surrounded them

on today's duced rapid results, but if Mexican national killed

injured

prisoners of war -- & proposal early today and 4

This was the reaction in naval quarters here to tails immediately on When which was included in beth the Plan for ending the war.

March 13. has kept the

reports from Formosa that the Nationalist leader, fight." The session, took no decision and conference young Crosby's car and another,riginal_French Vietminh

on Mr Molotov's proposal

Reconnaissance parties from alive.

The Viking is manufactured carrying Ave Mexicans, collided programme for ending the Indo-

Nam Tha confirmed the with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, was proposing that the the French plan.

Martin Co, and by Glenn China wit.

Seventh Fleet, now shielding the island, should extend its un a busy Bayshore highway,

One

powered by a Reaction Motory IN the case of Koren, at a

drawal and reported that 53 Thus the Bidault plan avolded Callfornia

delegate Highway

sald today's Vietminh dead had been moment when the formal Patrol, refused to release more podia and Vietnam and how to confusid and it was

len protection to a group of Nationalist-held islands off the rocket specific mention of Laos, Cam- discussions were

"extremely behind.

China mainland. неянова seemed tu have details Cresby

dimcult to sent to

The Foreign Office announced see whether reached a

we had moved dend point, Mr hospital with contusions of the dissociate them, The French in-

tention is

The United States Secretary of employed to shield Communist pared with 4,100 miles reached moved last night that Madame Bidault, from the right knec. Attendants Eden intervened with this

to get negotiations away

procedural

by earlier Wilson, China." started and to

to try

wife of the French Foreign Defence, Mr Charles here de-

deal wrangle or not? O'Connor Hospital

Another de- |

Congressional supporters aim, Making his first formal lined to let the press talk to separately with each state under legate, however, thought

of Press. Minister, would preside over a fand General James Van Fleet, that "aison office for

Chiang com-Generalissimo

bailed #peech

prisoners of former United Nations was the various headings of the today's debate whose condition Crosby,

as "unleashing" question he pointed out that reported as "good".

had been "en-war pot up during the week-mander in Korea, have conferred this

the Na- Nurses on

couraging" procedural plan,

and that the de French sources sald that both legates had got down to some french Union men captured in their For

to speed news about with the Generalissimo during tionalists for attacks on the Although

Communist his Door said, however, that he Red China's Chou En-la and matters of substance and away Indo-China.

Eastern fact-finding mainland while sasuring them of PLANE CRASH

protection against a Communist proposals were unacceptable, would not be discharged today. Russia's Molotov were

Dead was Felix Oliveres, 24,

**in. at least

temporarily from nevertheless,

Relatives of soldiers will be pro- procedural wrangling. agreement on many points: of Santa Clara, a small college terested" in the Bidault

posals and promised to give fuli

Mr Dong, according to

able to

telephone the office for for instance, that a unified suburb of San Jose.

were consideration to them.

terence to hospital

cows and the names of between sources, said the iwo Korea should be free to carry Jesus Hernandez, 30, driver of Molotov and Chou threw sides were

4,000

and 5,000 soldiers report already in direct on its own affairs without the second car, and three other scare into the conference when contact over the evacuation of ed by the Vietminh as prisoners

interference, but passengers of the Hernandez they launched the secret meet the wounded from the fallan Hadio

tomorrow by

this afternoon with Oliveres was riding in the Ing appropriate car.

new French fortress

Blen Wednesday. of Dien argumen's supporting other Hernandez car.

the Phu. from

Familles of political demands of Vietminh. FRIEND IN CAR

M. Bidault said the Genova tovai prisoners He also set out

Riding with Crosby when his Mr Molotov vaguely talked of five basic principles for an

car and Hernandez' collided at possibly having military ond ngreed solution, including the Intersection of the Bayshore political discussions on alternate quickly dropped elections genuinely reflecting Highway and Lawrence

Road days but he the will of the whole Korean was George Lebreaux, 21, of this line after M. Bidaull pre-

He people, taking into account Palo Alto.

"identified scnted his proposals, Was

The United States, the distribution of popula

a friend of Crosby's. only as a

sald Highway patrol officers

and France tion between North and} they "believed" the two youths Molotov, noting that South, and hold under Inter- were returning to Palo Alto, agreed at the previous meeting cussing national supervision.. And where

Crosby is young

last Friday that the political on this last extremely con Junior at Stanford University, problems should be shelved, Mr Molotov's intention, it was be. double date. troversial issue, he has put following forward a compremise-that Dabreaux received lacerations lieved, was to remind the dele- of the car and chest. He was Rates that political problems are supervision might be released from O'Connor Hospi- only

put aside for the time conducted by the United tal following emergency treat-

being. but not forgotten. Nations countries which had ¦ ment.

there

the on

WIA,

foreign protected guarantees countries.

the

war,

the

Korean

Also sent

сле

con-

many

and оп

Neither the Defence Depart Invasion across the ment nor the Chinese Embassy wide Straits-Reuter, here, could confirm the accuracy of the report, which did not give any indication of the views of Mr Wilson or General Van Fleet. Asylum Sought

100-mito

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+

But a

naval spokesman told

ordered by By Red Officials Reuters that, as

Berlin, May 24, President Eisenhower, the basic

Two highly placed East Ger- men be duty of the Seventh Fleat was to conference had been called to news of them for seven yearsing islands of strategic im- today reported to have fled to

have had no protect Formosa and neighbour-man Government officials were end the war and that this should, Reuter. therefore, be negotiated in the conference room here.

NO ADVANTAGE

Mr Anthony Eden, the British Radioactive Britain Foreign Secretary who was in

quickly squelched the chair, could not see what Rain On Sydney

was advantage could come from dis- complicated political problems now before the dificult military

questions

were solved. If the conference could make progress on the military side of the problem, they could then go on to political issues.

General Walter Bedell Smith.

was Hermann

portance like the Pescadores West Berlin last week.

One of them grown from Communist attack. and there was no intention of Dikmann, Minister of the. In changing the order to cover torlar. France-Presse, groups of Islands 'closer to the

mainland

To do so, It was felt here, increase the would greatly Sydney, May 24. chances of a clash between the Radioactive rain fell on United States Navy, and Com-

ro-munist pir Sydney yesterday, it was ported today.

and aval forces, which have been reported to ro-be more active than Usual in

the area.

P

British atomic

.

was Mild radioactivity corded by a firm of geiger coun- ter manufacturers. The · Mana- In putting forwards his new the lender of the United States gelger counters gave abnormal

ger, Mr D. Davies, salð 12 NOT, UNDULY WORRIED not taken part in the Korean First reports from the High-proposals, M. Bidault gave a delegation, insisted that The

According -to dispatches It cannot be claimed way Patrol, prior to their refusal long analysis of the rival French three Associated States of Indo-corded after the

readings similar to those

reaching Washington the that any progress has been) to dividge further details pend- and Vietminh

proposals. H China-Vietnam, Laos and Cam-tests at Montebello..

| Nationalist authorities fear that that there were many bodia-must be fully represented made in reaching a Korea ng full investigation, said the noted

is the this increased activity "Under Toft front of Crosby's car was common points in both and that in any discussions, military or

circumstances, the agreement, but the British damaged and the right rear of tho

on the Soviet suggestiona took political.

there is only one theory that is prelude to an assault Foreign Secretary has cloar Hernandez

islands. · Nationalist' mosi. -- United

reasonable that we were sub outlying also cognisance of WDB

Another secret session will bejected to some sort of radio-planes have recently been ly put the conference on the damaged.

Press.

held tomorrow (Tuesday).

action right road for a acttlement.

against the Communist activo rain as a result of a MOVE OPPOSED

COMMUNIQUE Similarly with Indo-China, Bayshore, a highway speedway

Geneva, May 24. A communique issued aftorne" Mr Davies said..

hydrogen bomb test in the Paci-ships and planese tee Defence Department officials Mr Eden got down to rock running between San Francisco The three Communist powers the Afth secret session of the The amount of radioactivity here" did" not

to be bottom essentials, and the and San Jose, and Hernandes urged at the nino-nation Indo-Indo-China committee at the recorded was not dangerous unduly

Appar worried about this) bante questions which he was going. South on Lawrence China peace talks here today Far East conference here today China Mail Special.

activity. Significantly when Me directed to the nine-nation Road at the time of the collision. that "both sides in the Indo-said:

Young Crosby, a singer in his China war should · establish Tho nine delegations con-

10th Hongkong delegates provided the neces-own right, only two weeks ago "direct

leaving Formosa, he was contact" to end the tinued their discussion of the sary starting point for Mr signed a radio

the clastics contract as his fighing. But the

quoted as Western problem of the restoration of

saying Molotov's five-point plaa and famous father's

zhould be regarded in the samoriime powers? ¦ opposed the move, peace in Indo-China, They will

category of horder incidental conference sources, said,

(Conta, on back page, Col. E)

It was also holed ♬ Kere

Orosby was driving west on

M. Bidault's seven-point replacement-United Pren, counter-proposals, The im- portant thing to observe ta

and

Alison arrivod

Pay Increase For MPs

only last wook the Nationalist | Army - Chlef of Blaff, Glenerul London, May 24. Chou, had the Nationalist

Composer Forgot His Working Permit bera of the British House or were capable of handling

that the delegatos have been manoeuvred away from pro-

of Commons tonight voted to the situation themselve paganda speeches

London, May 24. requires 11 Jabour permit. his labour permit if he wanted give themselves a 60 per cent The Seventh. Flood was, fest directed into something ap- Immigration officlats detained | Stravinsky had forgotten his, to conduct.

pay increase making go their sent utól harmóni Awities proaching real negotiations. the famous Russian-bom comTM The 71-year-old musician, Stravinsky was baffled by the salaries £1,000 a year, What the final outcome will poser Igor Stravinsky when he now an American citizen, fumed whole affair.

„The vols, was 280 to 166. the outbreak of the "I do not know what will The House rejected by 376 in June 1950 to ne their regulations. ·

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be it is still too early tol arrived here today from Genev. | wilio Immigration officials we happen es: the parmit should | votes: to 204 a proposal for asi talarid forecast, But it is clear that beenuse ho had no work polinistry of Labour was telo have been arranged: bstore 1 i alteoriativa" = £300 /m 2 year on : on the United Nations aldel Stravinsicy came to London phoned. Aleport authorities New in” ha mildz. !y want very expwna" allowance, favoured

genuine and strenuous to receive a Gold Medal from also checked Sir Arthur Blim much to conduct in the new many Conservatives and effort in being made to the Royal Philharmonie Bociety Master of the "Queen's Musick, Festival: Hai I

Thursday. Umalele ...... ncl.love a“ negotiated mattle-| D

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and one of Britain's leading matter can be and hope the Government Me

GAME FBir Winston Churchill. mulcians.

Labour Ministry omicials de Prime Minibar, allowed ment, and it is mainly due to was nothing wrong with that but he also planned to Mr Eden's diplomacy that it boriduct that ordiestra after Finally, the ometals decided obeyeballoved Birovinsky Conservat

clined to comasand tonight, but party, has been proved possible towards. Conducting an orchestre to let Bravinsky into the coun, taithe) wachhile waandi, tomorrow. Thiwand undertake this effort.

fs, work and work, in 2eltain try but than warned him to get.

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San Antonio, May 24. At least two of the crew of five of a military C-48. plano been were belleved to have killed when the plane crashed on a hillside 50 miles north of San Antonio, yesterday, it was announced here

Debris of the

plane, which Paso to San Antonio, crashed while on a flight from

found this morning.

were

- The aircraft had giveny, no sign of life since last night Franco-Presse.

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