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Liu Shao-chi Speaks at National People's Congress
"Step-by-Step" Transformation
To Socialism
Earthquake
Death Roll Necessary For China
Rises
Algiers, Sept. 15. Government oficials os- timated tonight the Anal death roll in the Orleans- ville earthquake would riso to 1.800 when the bodies of All
the victims had been discovered.
Beares of bodies are ly- ing in villages and hamlets Oricaturville, the near centre of destruction in last Thursday's 12-wecond shock but
the authorities have
wounded
not been given dotalis,
About 100 of the 500 who had been taken to hospital, would probably die from Kan greue, the officials added. The disease had set in be- cause many of the victims In outlying villages received no medical treatment for 48 hours after the catas- trophe,
Oletally, the Orleans- ville earthquake victin Ictalled 1,400 killed and 566 seriously injured and laken
hospital in
Algiers, Oran Boufarik Milawn of the Governor- General's Office announced this evening.
1
estimated WAS injured
totalled 5.000,
becluso
the nearly largo number of the slightly hart tefarned home-Reuter & France-Presse.
Adlai Stevenson
Attacks Republicans
Paris, Sept. 15.
The Chinese Vice-Premier, Liu Shao-chi, told the first Chinese National People's Congress that the Socialist revolution would have to be carried out in China "not through the overthrow of the Capitalist state system" but a "step-by-step" trans- formation, the Communist New China News Agency reported tonight.
a
This, he said, was because China was people's democratic country led by the working class. The Socialist economy owned by the state had already become the leading force and the capitalist sector was not dominant in the national economy.
Liu who was presenting a report to the plenary session of the Congress, added that the transition period to Socialism would be "very long" and must be achieved "gradually".
He said that the "national Congress in Peking to build bourgeoisie" would continue to their country into a "great in- exist during the transitional dustrialisert. nation with a high period, providing that it kept standing of modern culture.” to the lawa. Liu said lasting The Congress has replaced the world praer was a necessary Chinese People's Political Con- cinditien for bulding Sceizlismaultative Conference, which up in China.
to now has taken the place of Since the founding of thean elected Parliament, People's Republic of China five The delegates unanimously years Bg), the country had approved draft Consultution nded her former poslilen as a which named Congress the colony vassal state "under "highest organ of state power the rule of foreign imperialism" and the sole organ exercising the
the state." and had become an independent legislative power of
She had emerged a state. great power in the world.
Together with
Soviet the Union and the People's Demcera- cles, China had become bulwark in the defence of world
prace, Liu said
Jr
а
TRUE MASTERS China, ho added, was People's Democracy where the overwhelming majority were
the true masters of the tale, This was a sharp contrast with capitalist you
countries in which the ruling bourgeoisie formed only a minority.
He said the draft Constitution s.lpulated that all state organs,
Election of deputies front pro- vinces and municipalities began earlier this year with local elec.. tions and continued until 1,426 Congress delegates were elected.
Reuter.
Cincinnati, Sept. 15. from the State Counelt to local Adlai Stevenson, titular Pople's councils at the lowest established, super- wer:
level we
COURT HEARS
Alleged Statements
By Accused
head of the Democratic vised or, where pocissary, re- Statements allegedly made Party, said tonight that moved by the National Pople's by the accused were admit-
local Congries or "Americans were ready to
Cong:esscated in evidence and read to elect:4 by the people. get off the Republican diet
The state, as established by the the Jury when the trial of of "niceness, nonsense and Constitution, would materially Chau Hing, a factory work- facilitate freedom of speech. or, charged with the mur- nastiness in Washington".
My Stevenson, appearing at the press, assembly, association, der of Ng Chung-yim, profession and religious belief, rally of Homilion
"The pubile interests of our Democrats here,
from Individual Interest."
£
County Bald the vote in Maine showed the Ameri- tired of the can people were "diet" because "the Republican Government is not working as it should
The unsuccessful candidates
state and society cannot diverge
Road, second floor, continued at the Criminal Sessions before Mr Justice Gregg this morning.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1954.
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SHEAFFERS
SIDE GLANCES By Galbraith Three Appeal Motions MPs Visit
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Lodged Against
Ruling In King Case
Squatter Areas
were
deeply depressed whatever have been The squatter areas, and tremendously: impressed by the improvements that have boen
Three motions arising out of an appeal made the Rev, Reginald against the Magistrate's decision in the King case Sormsen, MP for in Leyton came before Mr Justice. J. Reynolds in the Members of Parliament after a Supreme Court this morning.
(The magistrate found that Mr. J. J. O. King, merchant, charged with alleged fraudulent con- | version, had no case to answer).
(Labour), one of the visiting
tour of the squatter and re- settlement areas In Shamanuipo
this motination rived here
The delegation yesterday.
the
They are Representatives
United Kingdom. Branch of the Commonweal Parliament-
Court to quash a case stated,ary Association have been
NOT MOTION TO QUASH Mr Bernacchi said it was not
The first motion wes by the of a motion before the High appellant, Mr M.W.H. Seymour, Director of Geo. Falconer and Co. (H.R.) Ltd. who asked for a rule nisi calling upon Mr Y. H. Poon, Magistrate, to show
a motion to quash an appeal but
viilting -the branches in Sout
Those who wen
a motion to dismiss an appeal. shulpo, tour this
'ciation's
AED, 2
Sham- "in-
cause why the case stated by Mr Clifford said it meant the cluded the Rt him dated February 19, 1954, some thing and suggested that Assheton. MP fer should not be application it met invented by are burn (Conservative), Bl cordance
with the application learned friend. He said there Robinson, for Bla for amendment dated July 6, was machinary laid down for South (Conservative), and 1954
the hearing of the appeal and at Percy Morris, MP for Swanso The respondent, Mr J. J. O. that
Mr hearing
Bernacchi West (Labour), Sir Robert King, Bled two motions for dis-would be perfectly entitled to Boothby, MP for ... East missal of the appeal.
argue cach and every point. Aberdeenshiro. (Conservative), Mr A. J. Clifford, instructed Ho had no right, Mr Clifford was not with the party by Mr F, D. Hammond, of Mostre Johnson,
Stokes and Master, appeared for appellant, Representing respondent were Me Brook A... Bernacchi, and Mr Patrick Yu, both on the instruc tions of Mr M. A. da Silva.
MJ. W. D.
D. Hebley, Crown Counsel, appeared for the Magistrate,
Mr
Poon Yan-hol FIRST MOTION
pro-
submitted, to bring up Opr. 1964 by kɛa Baries, Ini,
Itminary points on a motion.
Hearing is proceeding.
"You've raved for years about buying a chicken farm→→→ and you won't even feed this canary I got you for your birthday!"
DULLES DEFENDS SEATO PACT
TV, Radio Speech To The Nation
Washington, Sept. 15.
The Secretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, said in a radio-television address tonight that the eight-nation Manila pact signed last week would make a "substantial contribution to pre- serve free governments in South-East Asia and to prevent Communism from rushing on into the Pacific area where it would seriously threaten the defence of the United States."
met -
no
is
Mr Clifford Informed the Court that Mr Hobley was only interested in the first motion,
Malan And
The Empire
Dr
126 Arriving in Government cars
after 9 a.m. ny the bot-
tom of So Uk Village, the MPs accompanied by Mr K. Kecn, Social Welfare Officer, and Mr D. R. Holmes, Commissioner for it settlement, were J. M.
met by Mr
mem.comlands, Chief Resetila-
W. Segrue,
Once in Charge of and Resettlement, Mr Assistant Commissioner Commander of
Kowlocal lice
Pretoria, Sept. 15. New Territories, and Chief lo- The Prime Minister. Making a preliminary point, Daniel Malun,
spector Dow said today. It Mr
Clifford
climbed the loo sold
In the that
slope was wrong to think of South. The party
the squatters huts and visited the lower Court a very simple esse Africa as part of the British there for half an hour. They of fraudulent conversion, was Empire. extended to about 50 hearings.
next went to Shek Kip Mei This consisted today only of Village where now brick houses The extension was dus to
04 Britain and the Colonies, he and five-storey buildings have maga of irrelevant facto and told the Congress of the been erected after the disastrous Irrelevant arguments. He was National (Government) Party Christmas fire, aut
The party then went to the
very anxious before they came in Transvaal, to consider the points that hu Lordship's Court should not be reason, that
Dr Malan said it stood to Maple Street Social Welfare 1 future South Centre where dro violins who used in the same
be had Jon their home
in the Mr Cifford submitted at African Republic should
that
from separated
the British various -- fren vero. receiving the two motions brought by his Crown
their morning meals," The party learned friend were not only Bouth Africa wis already showed ; : great interest . in 'the- without precedent but they separated from It by the Centre's clinic, Pete
The party ended; their tour vented by him specially for, the
The with visits to several factori purpose of the trial. If Counsel the Crown was divisible.
union had its own crown and
were a method of action in
that acceptance of the fact
was right in law that there was could deal with it as it thought
no
then the Court had
miti Za Mr Clifford sub-
Dr Malan said the Common-
no
He suggested that his Lord wealth now followed a course
which could lead. only to chip should first decide whether dest
destruction. Certain of its he had jurisdiction or not, and members were now interfering If he decided he had none, be with the household matters" would then hear Counsel's motion.
of others. The British Labour
added-Reuter.
Now
Soldier Gaoled
For 12 Weeks
Party was guilty of this, he Indecently Exposed
/ Himself To 3 Women
Sen. Knowland's Wife Taken II
"Have you read any books on intellectual and sexual, pers
versions? Mr Hin-shing Lo
Mr Dulles said that under tain their economic and political the treaty "powerful naval and positions in Asia."
AGREED air forces of the United States Mr Dulles
noted that te
His Lordship; remarked be already in the Westem Pacific Soviet Union had denounced the
agreed with the course can be used help protect the pact, particularly complaining gested. fellow-tenant, at 81 Talpo area covered by the Phat the united resistance to armed al- ] that an application for a chee
of the article which provides for
said Continuing, Mr Clifford Mr Dulles charged Chinese Communist shelling of tack and political subversion, Quemoy during the conference Mr Dulles sald, The Manila Magistrate. The
stated was made to the learned
asked Gar. Frederick, Charles- Magistrate "Orkland, Calif., Sept. 18. Mortimer, 20, of 23th Fiela 'FAKE DEMOCRACY'
was an "effort to intimidate the pact is.
pact is directed against
Mrs Helen Davis Knowland, Regiment, who pleaded silly Liu Shao-chi raid any mem-
Manila conference"
granted the application and did that it government, against no nation state on February, 19, wife of the Senate majority to three counts of indecent ex- ber of the national bourgeois
and against no people. It
ate. a case It is alleged by the Crown ended in "total fall Democratle willing to accept
leader, William Knowland, was posure. 1954 The Secretary recorded the directed only against aggression. the Socialist that accused set fire to the pre-
tenna found unconscious in her Pied- for President in
speech for telecast and broad-The fact that the Communists
his learned friend
WIS
"No": replied defendant, who transformation would have ap-mises in the early hours Di oat several propriate work.
morning
Her physician, Dr Robert had "molested” thres European of May 24 and
cast before leaving Washington find that objectionable, is tragi seeking by a series of motions more home today. They would the
Mr to dismiss the appeal: Republicans not be deprived of their political stabbed several of his fellow by air for Bonn, Germany, revealing of their ambi cilford addot that
he had McIvor, id she had recovered women along Laigard Road and two years of rights
tenants the Eisenhower administration.
earlier in the evening. with a triangular flo.
consciousness and was "snap-Harloch Road at different times The Peking
People's Daily, Ng Chung-yim died of burne on
heard, not The Secretary described
from a
reliable listed "evaporation of quoted by the New China News Muy 25.
Pacific Accused's wife and
Charter which
able authority, that In Singapore Ping out of it very nicely. He on Tuesday by exposing his was Manila pact as a "considerable
said he had not determined the person while, in uniform. American Influence in the world,
someone applied for a divorce cause of Mrs Knowland's con- young
worked out in connection with accomplishment". daughters also died
He said he dianegration of our alliances, a teda said in a leading article two
on the defence treaty "proclaimed would have been glad If it had
No medical evidence was that the Chinese people in the fire.
a specially endorsed writ. dition. #reat Communist victory in cherished their own Poople's
Prosecution la being con- certain basic principles in come earlier but it is definitely. In his submission, this was the Senator Knowland was notf-produced in Court and Mr. Lo Indo-China, fallure to liberate Congress system and disliked ducted by I Mr D. F. O. Mayne, relation to the right .of poopics better now than never-United Hongkong equivalenta com- fled in Long Beach, California, questioned defendant on his Russian satellites, the break of the "fake democracy of the Crown Counsel, while accused tc self-determination, belf-Press.
plete lack of foundation. and was flying home to his family background and HIS the unity
health. Mr Clifford said that nowhere wife's bedalde. United Press. and the highest Ilving cost and
the Western Europe; capitalist Parliamentary system." is defended by Mr Percy Chen, government and independence
1932 pointed "fallures"
of the
during the first
He
the lowest form prices, and in-
a Party, it's a brawl,”
+
'DEGRADING SPECTACLE
of th
Commenting on the
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the
Mir Dukes noted that the
The former Illinois Governor ople's Congressés really can his family of Tour rather then ited States was in a "special |
ald, The ugliest of our exhi-reflect the will of the people billonister and the blittrest critic and carry it out because they ism of our public policy in two are created by universal and years has come from Republi-equal elections. cans." Ho referred to "the degrading Army McCarthy spectocl:
slowly
col
Mr Dulles noted that the
`position”” at the Manila ference because it was "the only one of the signatories which did not have territorial Inforests in the treaty' area."
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"This Pacific Charter was tho first session of the Brat of Johnson
Johnson, Stokes and Master the idea of President Magsaysay creased unemployment," National People's Congress, the
He Mr Stevenson
Police is a distinguished fighter for bald the newspaper said the capitalist altached tofong interpreter of the Philippine Republie publicans did not want these Parliamentary system, once ad- Station, told of
wording four freedom Things to
against Communiam happen, "but the vocated and tried out in China,
statements which he said
and he felt it was very im reason for their happening is not had been thrown overboard by accused made. In answer to portant that our; Manila con- hard to find, for as someone has the mass of the people.
charges of murder.
ference should make dear that said, the Republican Party is not
In his first statement, accused we were seeking the welfare of "Our people's ardent regard legedly said the people in the the Asian peoples and that we for the People's Congress sya'em arises from the fact that Bat would not let him work, so were not
promoting colo
coloni- ho decided to burn himself and alism,”
wly starve to death.
ŘEMOVE SUFFERING In his second statement, the accused said he could not afford to educate his daughter because 'A NEW STAGE" The present meeting of the be was poor, and if the whale occupied the Congress represented
new familly died that would removo nation and revolted the world.”
hope
Repubilenns Bocialism.
stage in the steady transition to her future suffering, the
Accused in his third statement have learned that a foreign
Mr Dulles sald ho explained polley conducted by slogans and be passed at the meeting will be night before and when he States had so many respearl Philippines, N. Borneo,, 8.pm.
"The Constitution which is to said he had been drinking the
THURSDAY, BEPTEMBER DE the United me byHair Trend at Manila 1. that bluda
produces a bitter harvest,”
a. Constitution to carry out our the wives of the other tenants bilities that it would be better awoke he started thinking how he Bald.
Socialist transformation and to Recalling his own words from build a Socialist society.
ware combining to 'bully him. not to cammark forces for the 1052 campaign, Mr Stoven-
South-enat Asin bus to develop umalterable, Boclallet
them, so he ine and
burned his wholding power reason
hostility between the basic principle of developing family so that they could bibsizes and the Democratio Socialist
these women.. “co-operativë Party. "regret" the Republican n
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to
for
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please 165,000,000 pocple capitalist economy.
fellow-tenant) (another was by "granting special favour
These plats airwady, call for New Zealand. "Herein Hlow the historical him and swore at him.
Then our
maintaining af, all times significance of this meeting?” wad. acuffle and
powerful: and
striking at any agen
and business to a few
Mr. Stevensen eritiolaed he
Republican Congress for "killing
proposals
bed
the
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up a knife and in the Western Poolfie capables
to liberalise foreign Tee-tung, supreme lender of CTOR-oxamined by Mr. Chu
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government
Iron
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wrote down the statement
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Soviet Union and other brother hand in bandages. He readmit Ccountrie
his own, alignature.
ban farm surpluses soruml
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the army, father, in
and mother, residing at his home-
Bound health.
in any of the authorities could it be found that one could ap- ply for a divorce on an endorsed writ and equally so there were sald one no authorities which
a motion to H.K.T. could apply for
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