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Water Shortage

PACED with the possibility

FACED

of more drastic water restrictiona during the recent drought, Hongkong residents must have breath-

ed a sigh of relief lo nee the rain water churning down the nullahs yester- day, not in trickles we usually BEC showers. but

after light

in foaming torrents like the one shown In our picture of the

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Tam reservoir. in das hours up to 1 am, this morning the Weather Bureau record-

ed L total

over

1 inches. The importance of such heavy rasti cap De gauged from the Inet that

last month the total Tall

amounted to 8.5 inches ur 6.0 inches below normal

and, but for the showers which soaked the Kowloon

CHINA MAIL

No. 35865

Established 1845

SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1954.

Britain And France

Appeal To Dulles

'COME BACK

BACK TO

GENEVA FOR

FINAL TALKS'

Paris, July 9.

IN HANOI

France Prepares For The Worst

BY RUSSELL SPURR

Hanoi, July 9. Everything is ready for

evacuation the final

of the military

Both Britain and France have informed the United States that they would like to see the return of either the Secretary of State Mr John Hanoi in case Foster Dulles, or Mr Walter Bedell Smith, to head situation deteriorates any the American delegation to the Geneva Conference, [further. Supply troops from

the big French A British Foreign Office source said in headquarters in buve

London tonight the British Government had told capital are already being the United States it would attach great importance moved to the "beach-head” to the return to Geneva of either Mr Dulles or Mr port of Haiphong. Bedell Smith.

bilis last month, reservoir water leveix would

been very much lower. The total rainfall since January

I so far is 27.97 inches, or 14.80 inches below the average, Hongkong there-

fore still needs much more rain in the next three

months to ensure adequate supplies of water for the dry winter months ahead.

caused

تورا

the typhoon

CONTRARY to reports that Hongkong's rain was named "Flussie", the Royal Observatory assures us that our deluge has been due to what they describe as

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over

military the delta

The force's radio station signals organisation and all but command stai ore

a skeleton due to move within the next two weeks.

In Washington, French diplomatic sources disclosed that M. Henri Bonnet, the French Ambassador to the United States, had yesterday General Kenc Cony, the informed the United States that M. Mendes- French commander in northern Indo-China, will stay until the France had said he would like either Mr Dulles Or end. He knows that any pre- Mr Bedell Smith to represent the United States at mature move may intensity the mounting panic in the besieged Geneva when important decisions on Indo-China capital and even lead to a wave were taken.

State

back for the final phase."

A **RO

Department decision on an Indo-China truce intensification of the south-spokesman said earlier to- by July 20. Furthermore, he west monsoon

the day that despite the French added. "It was always under China Sea." Typhoon request, the statement made so the blasters would come "Flossie" yesterday after-yesterday by Mr Dulles was was still 700 miles still valid. Mr Dulles said from Hongkong and so Itat. that time that no, plans han had no effect on our had been made either for weather. The Government himself or

for Mr Bedell | statement issued last night would seem to suggest that Smith to go to Geneva but the that it was possible one or the supply position at moment is reasonably satis-the other might go. factory and that with con.

Trieste Settlement Likely

Washington, July 9. Mrs Clare Booth Lace, United States Ambassador to Iials, reported after a Conference with President Eisenhower today she WHE very optimistic about the powibility of a solution of the dispute over

Trieste between Italy and Yugo. Klavia

Wan

vers

Mr Luce sold she also told the President that good chance that the Thaila Parliament would take up a proposal for and plas Italy's entrance into the Енгорово Defence Com- munity.

She arrived on Tuesday

and for consultations fortnight's holiday.

Mes Love would not speculate on when a Triesto accord might be reached, saying t might happen "very quickly or after I get back.”—Renter.

10 Dead

In Danube

Floods

of reprisal attacks against the Thousands Homeless

retreating French.

London, July 9.

Price 30 Cents

Down The

The Nullah

These two pictures taken yesterday by a staff photographer show the raging torrent tearing down the nullah and Tal Tam pouring into reservoir after the heavy. rains of the last two daye. In 24 hours to Friday morning Hongkong's dams received a flow of 245 million gallons.

US To Continue H-Bomb Tests

05

Every attempt will be made

Rivers and streams swol-

United Nations, July 0. to move the bulk of the military

The United States Berved equipment in the Hanoi area as len by four days rain and well as the splendidly equipped now went on the rampageutice today that it will continue Vianam army units in northern Austria, West Germany experiments in the Pacine

sts hydrogen and atomic weapon Indo-China.

and Czechoslovakia today long as the Soviet Union holds drowning 10 people, flooding such weapons, };" thousands from their homes The notice come from Mr. and villages and causing Mason Sears in a statement 10 thousands of pounds of the United Nations Trusteeship Council's committee on petitions. damage.

The committee was debating o Property damage was reported petition from the natives of the worst in Bavaria, where 20,000 Marshall Islands asking that no people

evacuation further thermonuclear expETİ- orders in a flooded area of ments be held at the Eniwetok- about 3,200 quare miles be Eiklni proving grounds. tween Munich and Pastau.

tinuous exchange of information He said there had been a con- between Franco and the Uniflett

*One thing la certain, unless the States on truce negotiations and Vietminh rebela suddenly raise their demands the French will prospects.

never fight again in the Red "You are as well informed of River delta whatever they may the present situation as we nee in Paris, the British in London

An official spokesman told me and the Russians in Moscow," he in Hanoi today "it must be peace

France-Presse and

cannot within a weck. We visualise anything else."

M. Bonnet is scheduled toadded. tinued heavy rains, it may have a conference with Mr Reuter. even be possible to con- Dulles later today, the

sider easing restrictions slightly.

behoven It

do

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our

French sources said.

JUST 10 DAYS

Paris, July 10. Premier French

Pierre Mendes-France will have just 10 days to win his great gamble when he arrived in Genevu to

delegation mt

say.

Plan To End Strike At

are

under

Three people were drowned.

A

huge pile up of water Scientist Fears

floods took Radioactive Cinders

born down the Danube in Aus

tria today, where

six lives, stopped

all Danube

all, however, to

Later M. Bonnet, sald after utmost to avoid any wasta call at the State Department age for it would be wrong that

Dulles, Mr John Foster to imagine at this stage United States Secretary of State: day to take charge of the FrenchUS Atomic Plant shipping and put 1,500 miles of that We are "out of the hied made "no final decision" wood". The weather is a on whether he or his Under-

Mr Waiter Bedell Peace talks. contrary and fickle creature Secretary,

Smith,

would return to the past at all times and in years Hongkong has been Geneva conference.

munal tub with cold water

each night.

For salvation the new French Premier,

M.

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Mendes-France, wanted

the Indo-China

experts

has

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Berlin. July 9. road under water. It was the worst flood in Austria since Washington, July 9.

Society has sent an appeal to M.

Director of Solutchine. were The Labour Secretary, James 1899. Official circles in Paris

ALERT leaders

DECLARED

Soviet Meteorological Services optimistic about his chances of Mitchell, and C.1.0.

to Prague Radio reported one and Vice-President of the Asla success on the eve of his depart- agreed today on proposals faced with desperate water

M. Bonnet enid he called on

MTC. Some usually well-end the three-day strike at the person drowned and "immense shortages at this time and Mr

Dulles to explain

logical Organisation concerning why Informed sources

were boldly key atomic plants at Oak Ridge, damage" with the loss of much Region of the World Meteoro-

foods crops in later months. We France wanted the Secretary or saying the even iz

Paducah, Ken-livestock and

hydrogen bomb explosions. would

be Tennessee, and ceasefire

from resulted

heavy There tucky, urgo our readers therefore the Under-Secretary to return.

$ the In

Dr appeal operative on July 18.

rain

of the to bear the present restric- "After all," he told reporters, seems no doubt that the mgotte-

AD official flood alert was Matakoyama, President Elwood Swisher. President of tiona with fortitude, to it is the final phase of the tiens conducted from Paris by

this afternoon In Japanese Meteorological Society. gone the striking C.I.O. Gas, Coke and declared (Indo-China) negotiations,” the com-

M. Mendes-France have continue filling

and hen Chemical Workers,

the Vienna. At the Bridge of the said, "An enormous quantity of has been The Ambassador noted that much further than

Union vice-president, Joseph Red Army in the centre of the radioactive cinders

the stratosphere Mcially admitted

Joy, immediately flew to Oak town the Danube had risen to projected into

and

the in Geneva Ridge and Paducah to submit the 21 feet early this evening Military

by explosion of the hydro- and Indo-China were reported proposals to the 4,500 strikers. was continuing to rise at the gen bomb."

Mr Mitchell said they hoped rate of four inches an hour. At here as having

He added that these cinders spread over the can to prepare detailed sugges- to persuade the men to resume 23 feet the banks and port in were being tions for a demarcation line for production tonight of the vital stallations will be flooded. whole world by air currents and

U-235, which is used to make

the the ceasefire agreement.

the moment there is no that atomic bombe. The workers

danger of a flood of the city atmosphere lasted a long time It now only needed, these walked out on Wednesday in a

France and to a considerable extent. proper-Hetter

say sources said, agreement at top wage dispute.

Presse.

The appeal went on to lovel as to where between the

that sea and rain water infected Eisenhower has

INCHES AN HOUR 18th and 14th parallels that line invoked the Taft-Hartley Law |

United Press says at least 70 the result, of a series of should be.

hydrogen bomb tests. It pointed in the dispute and the Justice villages have been evacuated.

The U.S. Air Force sent out that this could affect fishing In any case it was confirmed Department is expected to move here that the French forces in the Courts soon for na 80-feet of helicopters out to rescue and the yield of the soll and, would hold Hanol and Haiphong day strike-stopping injunction thousands trapped in towns and was consequently a permanent of Europe's Alpizio threat to the whole of humanity. In any ceasefire agreement, unless the walkout is endedvillages

playground. United Press, ---France-PreMO, Reuter.

United Press,

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