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DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO SAVE EDC

Land Values Spaak Suggests

Ministers of Greece, Turkey Land

and Yugoslavia signed at Bled formalises a situation which has existed in fact for eighteen months, It Was during 1952 that the menacing attitude of their Cominform neighbours con- vinced the three Govern- ments that Home form of defensive co-operation

WAS essential. The result has been that defen. sive plans for any contin- gency of a poyalblo nitack from the north have been worked out jointly. There is no common command or Integration of forces as inj the case of NATO, but the order of battle and mobilian- tion plans are now based on the assumption of mutual co- operation in the defence of the Balkans. There hna thus been for Moine time called a do facto defensive alliance, but none of the!

might what

threo partners had given any formal pledge to come to| the assistance of another." Now the alliance is formal (

well as factual. One

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obvious difficulty presentedį itself in the drafting of the pact. It was easy to deal with the contingency of] direct aggression CLS the formula wns based on the Atlantic Treaty-attnek onaj and the others come to its. assistance.

BUT there is another possi-

bility. Greece and Turkey, but not Yugoslavia, are! members of NATO. There- fore, the case might arise' in which Greece and Turkey might find themselves in- volved in a

war as a result of their obligations to come to the assistance of some other NATO member, but Yugoslavia would be under) no such obligation. The sol-į tion is a familiar one. Yugo- slavia agrees that in such a contingency the three would! consult ench other on i mensures to be taken in such a situation. More could not ; have been expected and all parties are satisfied and so' are the NATO countries,

Rise To

Peak Levels

By A Special Correspondent

Hungkong land values' at present are probably as high as they have ever heen,

leading R

Real Estate authority told the China Mail yesterday.

"You might even say they were artificially high," he said. **There have been some specta- cular rises recently."

The reason for this was possibly the easiness of money in the Colony at present. Many people with idle money on hand were seeking to invest it; in land as a security and this had stimulated de- mand.

Recently a lot of money has entered the Colony from Indo-China.

"There was a period in 1949 when people had so much money on hand they idn't know what to do with it. They were scared

of inflation. They put heir money in land and prices rose quite high

hen," he added.

See P. 9—Share market Interest in land sales,

Congress Switches

Its Stand

Compromise Anti-Red

Bill Passed

Plan To

Break Deadlock

Brussels, Aug. 19.

The Belgian Foreign Minister, M. Paul Henri Spaak tonight tried to rescue the six-nation EDC conference from a deadlock threatened by the "I won't budge" attitude of M. Pierre Mendes-France on his amendments and the equally firm refusal of other EDC nations to accept the French proposals. At the end of a tense afternoon session, M. Spaak put forward a compromise proposal aimed to sidestep the more crucial issues.

At the same time, London reports said Britain became alarmed at the deadlock and highly authori- tative diplomatic sources made the statement that a modified EDC would be preferable to no EDC at all. Or, as one source said: "half a cake is better than no cake at all".

But Britain insists on two conditions before accept- ing the French amendments:

(1)

(2)

that they do not entail re-ratification of the treaty by Parliaments of those nations which have already sanctioned it,

the changes do not involve outright dis- crimination against other partners of EDC.

At the end of the afternoon might be followed by an Atlan session, M. Spank suggested tie aliiance crisis which could that France's mendments

be only beneft Russia. divided into two sections

those not requiring Parlia- German Chancellor, expressed

mentary approval to be dealt with immediately and other that present more difficulty to be held over,

Dr Konrad Adenauer, West

the general feeling of the other Ministers when he commentod that changes which might help ratification in Paris could very His suggestion was expected well have the opposite effect in to bo considered tomorrow, the other

But lice But there is ao Thaleation the other Ministers he was careful not to shut the door on whether it will be accepted. ·

the

countries.

It followed an all-day the possibility of finding a com- battle between

French premise colution. Prim Minister and his EDC partners in which the usually

COMPROMISE SCHEME

persuasive M. Pleite Mendes- It was towards the end of the France falled to carry com- plete conviction.

not

Queen Wears A Mac' And A Scarf U.S. Naval Visit To Tachen Island

The Queen, simply dressed' In a blue mac with a hood, a two-piece fawn coloured suit and a Paisley head scarf, steps from a car during her visit to the Sledmere stud farm. The Queen, who stayed for three days with Sir Richard and Lady Sykes at Sledmere House, was shown the pick of 24 colls and fillies at the famous Sledmere Stud, near Driffield, Yorkshire. - London Express Photo.

Attlee Sees

India's

Rival Plan For Asian Defence

Has Red China's Backing

From RENE MACCOLL

Peking, Aug. 19.

day thrt M. Spank put forward [his compromise scheme. RETURN TO PARIS

The Speak plan is to deal with The Spaak propusni.

the various French modifications adopted, would incan that Mr. two stages.

Suggestions which વધ Mendes-France would be obliged to return to

to Paris at the end involve further Parliamentary of the conference without any ratlleation will be dealt with ot Washington, Aug. 19.

agreement on the main points this

conference. Suggestions But even so the overall The American Congress of his own plan

which require action by the position is still complicated today overwhelmingly ap-

The Ficach Premier made examined in each country and various Parliamenta will be and not satisfactory. There proved a

cfort 10 new compromise great

An Indian plan which has the enthusiastic convince thei Ministers that fallure to eventually adopted--but only in Europ two anti-Communist bill which other

support of the Chinese to set up an alternative to trialy defensive systems: NATO does not make membership DC changes would after the existing EDC

the French Parliament has been ratified by France and America's SEATO was put before the leader of Illegal.

rejecting EDC together. This Italy.

the Opposition, Mr Attlee, in private talks he had with Mr Nedyan Ragavan, the Indian Ambassador to China.,

are

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and the Balkan Alliance with!

Greece and Turkey forming The Senate Brat approved !! the link between them, while by: 19-0 vole; the House fol- there is no provision for lowed with 286-2 vote of eventual military co- approval.

ness

what

18

a

mean

NO ENTHUSIASM

Ricca

Holland which ore

Mr Nehru is all against ended the isolation of which

On the Chinese gro so conscious, essential prin- the proposed SEATO.

As for the delegation,"

ها

Red China Accuses

America

Accuses

Of

"Armed Provocation'

London, Aug. 19,

The New China News Agency reported to- night that American naval and air forces "in close action with the remnant Chiang Kai-shek forces, have intruded into the Chinese seacoast on the castern part of the province of Cheklung,” con- ducting armed provocation against the Chinese people.

The agency's despatch said: "At 0550 this morning, an American cruiser, a destroyer and four escort destroyers, in close action with Chiang bandit forces of Tachen Island, conducted activities off the seacoast east of Chekiang Province.

"On the same day, United Washington today said they States military planes in more arrived on a clear day and that then. 100 single sortles on more the Chinese mainland 14- miles than 40. occasions Gew and away "was clearly visible." circled near the Chiang- Officials suggested the broad- occupied Tachen Islands.

cast might refer to earlier visits by United States vessels. group of four of these

Seventh Flect has planes went as far as to con- cruisers and aircraft carriers in duct reconnaissance activities the China Seas and American over the seacoast cast of Wen-naval planes have been patro:- ling and

kilo-ling the Formosa Straits and metres north of Sungmen in nearby areas for several years. Chekiang Province.

-Reuter,

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The agency said men of United States. Pacific Fleet American military advisera Tachen Island took part,

NO KNOWLEDGE

the and

on

Washington, Aug. 19. Dolence Department officials said tonight they had no kyow- ledge of any United States", nir reconnaissance activity, over-the}]" Ching coast near Förmosa,; as charged by the New China news agency.

The

Sweeping Victory For Malan

Johannesburg, Aug. 19. A Naval spokesman said: "All Dr Daniel Malan'a Nation- we know is that four of our alists ousted the United destroyers have gone to Tachen Party from control over the on a routine call and the crew Cape Province Council, re wice given normal liberty leave ashore,"

turned to power in Transvaal The spokesman referred to an and swept the United Party earller announcement reporting out of the Orange Free that Admiral Felix Stump State In yesterday's "littl United States commander in the Pacific, had visited the Tachen general election". Islands to inspect Nationalist This decisivo Nationalist

defences.

victory in the provincial polls He travelled aboard a Chinese left the United Party in control topal stronghold retained by by four American destroyers. Nationalist warship accompanied only in Natal Province, a tradi

In last June's The official report released in the, Opposition

The elections, final elections, and yesterday

in of which were known

rosulla

Formosa

45-Knot Gust Of Wind

tonight, were fought by the Nationalists primarily in their colour bar policies,

a role,

(See also F.10 for further news of the Labour Visit 'to. China).

A German spokes. eastern Asin mutual assist stumbled into the limelight of humid

an apparently peace-muking themometers soar well over 90 South African political history.

The final Agures for the 68 operation between the two. Republican leaders predicted

sents in the, Transvaal The Spaak pin aroused no Italy md

ciol Council Have Any planning for such that President Eisenhower would

sign . The measure was thehusiasm in the French dele- Insisting on the

United Party Lats It means the Premier ciples of supranationalism being his urgent instructions. Mr reasonable, to suppose they are

23. 45, the co-operation would pri-

For the past two days Hong- The edure of a compromise between Ration.

Nationalist Cape Province p: marily concern Yugoslavia the Senate and House to meet returning to Paris without the preserved.

has experienced On the other hand, delegation Ragavan sketched out the not displeased at the fuss which kong clear-cut solution he had hoped

brief victory won them the majority and Italy. But because of administration objections.

for. The House approved the mea- the Trieste dispute their}

spokesmin were insisting that Indian plan for Mr Attlee. has been made of them and are heavy showers and gusty winds there for the first time for 21 the M. Mendes-France left Paris despite this there was no cause This would mean a South-not overlooking the fact they bringing rellef after a week of years and their clean sweep in heat which made the Oranye Free State -- made relations forbid it and that fure without debate after Involves a dangerous weak- Senate spent several hours talk-convinced he would have to get for gloom.

ngreement for the major part of

man said that despite appear- for ing it over, in

"a serious

effort would ance pact in which, by giving its approval te is proposals if he was in win Before

be made

cf bilateral pacts, geographical reasons a par- the

tomorrow to salvage the series ineasure, the over the French Parliament due compromise

EDC

on conference." ticularly vulnerable area-Houre approved by a voice vote to start discussing

Britain, China, Indonesia Britain A London report says the historic Ljubljana Gap. and sent to the White House Mr August 28.

to strip the Eisenhower'n proposal

Full effects of today's discus- is now prepared to accept almost and the Colombo powers --

and Communist slons ecnylcled American

deadlock any kind of European Army in but not America would Italo) for prospects

could not be calculated tonight, view of the dangers and pitfalls pledge themselves to go to of Their U.S Yugoslav

on agreement

PROFOUND DIVERGENCE which its rejection would almost the help of any of the others On the adopted a Senate

ene hand there ap-certainly entail. Trieste are better than they

victims of which over have been and it is to amendment which would limit peared to be a profound diver-

to party members; gence be hoped that an agreement the measure

reached shortly, who are convicted of performing attitude calling for big changos will be

in EDC and that et Germany, The next step might be "wilful" act.-United Press.

FORTUNATELY

Italy's adhesion to the

Balkan treaty. The aim-

plost

ators

The House

and Inost logical ANDREW

solution would clearly be

that Yugoslavia should her-

self become

NATO.

a member of

However, the

immediate problem as soon

apparent

betwcen

SISTERS -

TRIO

the

French

BREAKS UP Hollywood, Aug. 19. The Andrew Sisters, famous American vocal slavia permit in the forging trio, seem to have broken up for good.

as the necessary relations

between Italy and Yugo-

of the link between

the

Tho

the end of

Androws

aro

were

aggression.

RETURN TO POWER

ISRAELI INVASION ALLEGED

The United States and British Governments are aware of the

Mr Attlee, according 10 Kremlin's mounting efforts to smash the EDC at any cool and of its race to stop German re- highly-place Indien sources, did not commit himself one way or armement, officials said.

CLEAR-CUT DECISION the other. Mr Attico must

Jerusalem, Aug. 19. Both the m

States and know that any such plan would'

The Jordan Press Office Britain want a clear-cut decision strike a deadly blow at Ameri- now, one way or another." It can world strategy and almost said here tonight that 150 troops penetrated agreement on the EDC proves certainly bring an end to the Israeli impossible, Britain would prefer Angio-American alliance. Jordan territory in Hebron outright rejection to further in-

aren this evening and after definite delays and a new period

clash with Jordan forces of uncertainty, the sources said

But the Chinese are gambling retired leaving three dead. The United States and Britain

Mr Attico committed

returning to to restore on sovereignty to the Federal Gor-power in Britain at the next

The Press Offee, situated in man Republic within the provi-election. They think if he does the Jordan sector of Jerusalem, After 20 years of team singing,

sions of the Bonn conventions will be their firm friend, sold the Israeli troops crossod The Attlee. visit has the demarcation Kirsc hear that the two trentinofilng Inta television as nostalgie far. But Patty Ilken- DC

because, she said, "ed the split to that of the Marx If the. Brussels talks were to Ankara and Bled-do more want to expand."

Brothers,

fall it w

it would be necessary to than croate

to military

returned

They

were great together, contemplate early steps on the Sucessful but from n Hollywood alliance. They also provide

can do just so much, and question of German sovereignty In "orie for co-operation in other debut alone in a nightclub net at then Groucho went out on his and her rearmament

"she said. Las Vegas Lost Frontier Hotel. fields between the three Not one customer, she said, In-

other form possibly within the own."

her hus-North Atlantic Treaty alliance. Walter Wechsler, Governmonts. This should

what happened. quired

to bond, "accompanist and adviser. --Router and United Press, provido a practieni demon- Laverne end. Maxene.

added "we just felt Patty had

A bus FRENCH DENIAL

collided with a I think my doing a single is stration that not morely

pore as far as she should with

private caron, Nathan Road The Israelis wore said to have Brussels, Aug. 19. pencaful co-oxistence, but success eɔ I'm definitely going the girls.

Mongkok Police use three-inch mortars pod You have to grow: The French delegation tonight, outside the fruitful collaboration is it alone." sho

"It opens we'd sald.

formally, denied, the Recount of Station early this morning.. futómatic'fire. There were nd deno perfectly possiblo: between up a new world

everything. Premier Pierre Mendes-France The accident occurred when casualties in the Arab side, the on. "Toured countries which have pictures,

the first session Kowloon Motor Bus Co. Prom Offlor rald. Esta Bobrusy wil Moro movies, records, we could of the Drurich Confermos alven veldte on the No. 1 route, re a pilot film of a musical go no farther. I'd sung with by a spoldandn of the West traveling i towards an

Balkan alliance and NATO.

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summer.

...

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tory".

Bus And Car

In Collision

4

"

until

It is the first time, a Provir degrees.

In the 24 hours ending at 11 clal Council has been made up a.m. this morning, rainfall mea of representatives of only one sured approximately

7 of an parly. loch. Most of the rain fel Compared with the 1949 elections, the between 8 p.m. and 9. p.m. lost provincial night.

Nationalists gained ten seats Omeg workers experienced all at the expense of the United dimculty in keeping their Party.

Party gained umbrellas under control this The United morning. At 8.45 p.m. a gust of four, three of them from Labour 45 knots was recorded at the and one from an Independent. Royal Observatory.

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