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THE, CHINA MAIL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 80, “ 1954.

FROM NEPHEW, MacCOLL TO AN AUNT IN KENSINGTON COMES THIS CABLE OUT OF IN-THE-WORLD'S-EYE SIAM

Oh, Auntie

Here's

a kick in the SEATO

H

We

ERE in Bangkok is between England and Siam houses various "alphabet" where the Thais (we the other night when I was international

do - gooding used to call them the feeling a bit low.

agencles, Siamese in the days when

In Siam the currency is You recall, auntie, all цвет to call Oslo

a bath or a that talk about teeth back Christiania, and now we're called either

in Manila how doing it again) would like tickal (it's the same thing), there

I said to see SEATO" come to. So,

to myself, in many teeth ought to be England we have a slap and shoved into SEATO's gums? roost.

n tickle and here in Slam. Well, here they are making I wonder if the SEATO they have a bath and a a rather unkind joke. They chaps would really like it tickal but now I look at say that Slam would be in- hero, auntie? The air is it in cold blood it isn't terested In seoing lots of soupy and Bangkok has no awfully good,

gold teeth in SEATO. centre, and all the streets

look exactly like one An- I was so low that night, other; and while it is auntie, I believe I'd even quaint to see women stand- have stood Morgan Phillips ing up to their armpits fully a drink if he had come clothed in the canals, ap- walking into the restaurant catch where I was, It was a most parently trying to

by Rene MacColl

something other than careful imitation

of

an

Gold Temple

BUT there is plenty of gold

leaf on the temples. They glitter from afar. The motif is maintained by the Buddhist priests опе Bees everywhere, earnest men with shaven heads and sandals. Their garment brilliant yellow-gold

cloak.

rheumatism, and the water American nightspot, and the buffaloos resemble docile slender songstress, almond- There are 3,000,000 Chinese in rhinoceroses, and Siamese eyed, and so forth, did a this nation of 18,000,000 and it was calculated sounds like someone trying painstaking rendering of a at one time

that one-third of the entire to tune an old banjo in a Western torch singer.

national income was going back hurry, and all the temples

to China in the form of remit- tances from the Chinese living and working here.

resemble big bells with But, as an American col- razor-sharp handies, and league remarked as he look- the traffic drives on the ed around Manila the other left when it can drive nt day: "It's like America all, and the papers are apt seen through distorting to publish last year's air- mirror."

line schedules by mistake

I'm not utterly certain

£

But about SEATO. If

that the SEATO chaps the chups did decide to

would regard it all us home from home.

Incidentally, 1

But I am still worrying about those SEATO chapa. I honestly do not believe they would like

it much.

Black Box

MAKING SURE OF ADENAUER:

World Copyright by arrangement with the Ma

† Guardian

the Star

UNO

Vishinsky is

Performer at

New York, Tuesday.

HERE

T

were three big openings in New York, but only one the Old Vic Com-

restaurants boll down to pany in "A Midsummer

DON IDDON'S DIARY

about one. Ant in the Night's Dream"-was on He is always a draw whether

no windows to my room, Just a

41 come here, they would prob- ably do their deliberating in what is called the United hotel where was there were Broadway. The United thought Nations Building. This is n up one of the differences new two-storey job, near conditioning tried

sort of black box where the air-Nations General Assembly to stranglo began its ninth session at these one of

black mud itself

all night long and the Peace Palace in mid- Mouth-East Asia Treaty Organ canals which at present sounded as though it was BUC-

town with two of its main sation the Pactic NATO.

ceeding once or twice.

stars - Mr Anthony Eden and M. Mendes-France missing..

•

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Coldo

Even the slightest cold

is to be feared.

Do not let it spread! Defeat it from the start

by taking 1 or 2 'CAFASPINS'

CAFASPIN BASER

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I can picture the SEATO chaps, their hard day's work done, repairing eagerly to the one restaurant in search of re-

The other opening was at Iaxation only to have their noryes set on edge by the an old regimental armoury ministrationa of the little on 26th Street where the songstress who takes the roof off the joint night after night,

Blank Look

he is throwing out insults or turning on the charm

which.

think his "Fight or eise" attitude will win many votes,

BOND STREET BRIEF

LES: ARMOUR

London, "I ports a Swiss maga (TN Bond Street," re-

rine devoted to stimulating the airline business, you'll probably find yourself with- in a few yards of a literary genius, an International drook, a kind..

The journal goes on to prođict that the enraptured tourist will find himself rubbing shoulderw with a "femme fatale, a famous athlete, a Scottish laird, an English duches, an Empire builder, a great painter, a field marchal ve a legulator."

Acting swiftly on the tip, wel threw all caution to the winds and inverted divèpence in 'a bún ticket for Mayfair.

tu

Upon arrival—in - a teeming rain-svo were somewhat daupped

dlicover that Bood Street appeared to be filled with just people, mostly poking seedy-looking umbrellas into one another's faces and scurrying for shelter - ins' a manner · hardly appropriate to an Empire builder för"even a “literary genius"

Best Bet

* But we were determined" to give our Swiss Informant reosmeble, amount of latitude. After all, "within a few yarda”. might be a pleasantly metaphor ichi way of putting it. Any- where on the street would do,

Election campaigningʻis «loav Ing Washington descried. Fred- The Empire builder peemed away in the best bet for a start, And dent Elsenhower' is Denver until October 18. Assist there he was or socmed, to ba ant to the President Sherman standing with an amused ex- Adams is on holiday in Canada. In the window of one of those pression on his face and looking Vice-President Nixon - la

rang

jewellers' shops where' the cash registers work only on four figure bumbery.

ing

the country

making speeches. Under Secretary of State Bedell Smith is saying goodbye, after his resignation and his successor Herbert Hoover Jun. E in Canada. Four Cabinet Ministers-are on tour.

1

Fight inquest

(Gambled to suggest thatčio knew`

|

Apply what w

* His umbrella was neatly roll- ed. An Empire builder, obvious- ly, would not, delam to take notice of a little rain. His bowler gates' hands, buy reporters Mr Trygve, Lie secretary-...

Nat was set at just the right drinks, or he might erupt general of the United Nations This government by absence | angle to make it plein that he into venom and fury. for seven years, has shown and default was discussed and would brook to DOLEDBO..

the Democratic. His square-cut, dark blue cont good timing, in having the denounced at t Convention here Vishinsky's most remark publication of his book, "In the

who was who and what Democrats met to draw up able characteristic is that Cause of Peace," to

coincide Somȧ experta milling the was nblueprint for victory in he survives year after year with the opening of the United political winds that blew from We moved up to get a closer November. Most critica here- while other Russians dis. Nations. You can buy the Lie Maine, where a Democratie look: Just then he reached into give the United Nations top appear in purges or in the book, which is 473 pages long, governor was cleated for the his pocket and drew out three drut time in 20 years, are pre- pernios, looked ⠀⠀ at them ' dis- billing.

mists of Moscow.

in the Peace Tower for $0. Like, dieting that "the Democrats in guatedly, and began to search READ somewhere the other

its author, it is solid, patient, and November will capture both through his pockets one by one. · day that "there is a notable]

Our man at the United Actually the public's de-

a bit ponderous. You can also Sonate, and House of Repro- At length he found a fourth,

sentatives, which would in. Picason absence of Interest

He smiled at us," "Lucky," he In political

Dixon, buy at the United Nations questions in Slam with the ex-mand for seats hasn't been Nations, Bir

of evitably cripple the Eisenhower wald. "Just coough for cup as big as it is usually, called a few of us in for a talk copy of the current Issue. Administration. It could happen, too."

***Hud me siroct ception of Bangkok."

tradin although the veteran draw, and a drink the other day, but Colliers Magazine, in

licence suspended last week and It was all off the We Well, you could not my that Mr Andrei Vishinsky, who met at 99, Park Avenue, one of Senate majority leader William

danbo Wot "I'm gonna do now."? Bangkok comes out of a thumb is apparently indestructible, New York's newest

Tin flattened, we set 'off to Knowland pulls out all the nail examination on current

· buildings.

look for the "international offairs all that well. I have is on board.

with a battery

of high-speed stops in an article entitled "We

crook," A quick glance up'a lifts, including one you work Must be Willing to Fight Now" yourself (this is an inovatión

holding Inqueris" on Senator Knowland, who is

to Rocky Marciano-Ezzard Charles for a New York office building, frequently embarrassing

championship bout which bored afthough routine in small President Eisenhower, and some 34,000 paying customers

sometimes downright annoying, at the Yanicoo Stadium.", VISHINSKY, at 70, isn't apartment houses).

». Ho was sixing up a row of tiny really disliked here even

has in the past few weeks sug="3"

barred windows at the sido "of Sir Pierson, quiet-voiced and though he sometimes calls serious, sat at a long, green gested that diplomatic relatious MAXXI coming to the conan opulent niversmith's shop. Americans and British "pige baize table in front of pictures with Russia be broken off, that clusion that if Britain's Don The athletic build, the swarthy they had ever heard of Burgess and monsters." New Yorkers of the Queen Mother and the Russia be asked to get out of Conkell has a wounding punch look, the row of flashing teeth,

and can make Marelano bleed the spring in his walk all UNO, and that the consider him a character inte King George VI. He sipped

heavyweight champion of the No doubt

he wa

planning a The only man who brightened and an outstanding show a whisky and gave at States seriously consider leav- we may have a Bridal him away at once.

world. Rocky's skin; rips." liko major coup up at the question said: "Ohman in a fairly drab cast. ground."

tissue paper...

would confederates yes aren't they the star for- The crowd which gathers in

ba Now the senator goes or four questions further

one

somewhere near with a fleet of Only three

and-

When the fight ended his nose high-powered ca awaliing saya that to that's going to play in Moscow the big marble halls of U.N.

asked by the la always more interested in were

as halt the Communists line had a two-inch gash and was nightfail. Somewhere" on the Vishinsky than ⚫ anyone

sembled correspondents. I ask- must be drawn in Asin and a pouring blood lice claret out of coast, there must be a swift else.

ed: "Is the American attitude warning given to the Reds that a stoved-in barrel, and a slash motor launch-engines warm on the whole loss rigid toward if they cross it they face war, over his left eye an old wound ready to make the dash for At the moment the Rus general

which has bothered him before foreign parta. United Nations prob- Knowland will be one of the was wide open and spilling | We watched patiently. The sian delegate's mood is un-- lems?” But apparently the chict campaigners for the Row blood too, I doubt whether he crooks pulled a small sliver predictable. He might pour attitude im't rigid at all these publican Party En the forth- could have gone another couple pencil from his pocket and began out charm, kiss women dele days.

I don't of rounds without the referee

irled the SEATO and Manila conversational gambit until

And as if they

am hoarse and cross-eyed. people look at me

thought I was trying to scil them · life insurance or some- thing.

"SEATO? SEATO? What's that, pray?" It reminded me

of asking people in Russia ir

and Maclenn,

wards in the. Arsenal team

this autumn?"

A tough world for us inquir- ing reporters, isn't it, auntie?

Your agectionate nephew (Tiptoe through the SEATOS),

·RENE MacCOLL. London Express Service,

I

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Washington.

THERE is a new rush for riches in the Yukon

ing the United Nations,

coming elections, but

United

TO LOSE MONEY!

By HUCH DUNDAS

FIGHT fans here are still

the

being forced to half the fight

Robert Anderson

wanna what" wrote

would llics Deborah

Tea and share

and to

tie alley revealed him.”

A Giveaway

to make notes, The silver pencil was significant. A giveaway to the alert.

Twarmers."

workmen's clothes came down the alley, The crook turned to them woukin 1?) hann take about 30 feet of pipe to Right Bill be said, "should

state. In, mil his plays ⠀⠀ - playwright

now play opening. høre

(Which

With that, we slunk away.

As

"All-Summer Long "we 2koa: those bars, Leta, Lot more light into the shop it wo Of course, they don't all strikes #lella me: "I wrote: 100@plays [fifid, smaller ones. - Just

before I had a SUCOČAS ***** He enicient, too. it rich. Some of them, knowing recently sold, Ten" and "Byyne nothing of the oil business party for $100,000 to... Metro- beyond the opportunities it pro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Vides for tax evasion, have avoided paying their dues to the Government only to find them selves paying, a great deal more to the local wide buys.

Stars upset.

And it he does strike' oll - a million dollars for it. That only this time it's for oil. ng he most probably will if he money is subject to a tax of only $8.50 And one of the men to stake has ut himselt sood advisor to 20 percent, leaving $750,000 do

a claim is film star James the first place? Well, then be is spert, 25.00 Stewart.

altting pretty. He can still charge So it comes to this: From a 25.00

about 70 percent of his drilling invoelment of $400,000-every Bald my Wall Street friend: THE biggest excitement seems 35.00 That news is all of a piece expenses against tax. And he is penny of which was due to be "A lot of Texans have taken a m 10.50 with what has been going on well on the way to enjoying a stripped off him anyway lot of Yankets along path success "The Boy Friend 10.50

tax-free income for two or three ilmsiar, has got a return of with rings in their nose. They They say, that Stewart, and years,

arly a million... He has saved are the ones you don't 5.00 Bob Hope, and Bing Crosby ure threo of the richest men in

theso days among the stars. *

N

4.00 & 5.00 Hollywood-not just because they 1.00 are good actors but also because 1.00 they are crafty diggera,

No Hiding Place (Behind, Scotland Yard) KAN

Comana, Mariña: Food: Fishes of flongkong, Em (second larged adition),

MILLION DOLLARS:

Mèo be over the British

I hear from Holly's

rwood: that

I reported many of thiens

his taxes and, provided himself about though. I do know that some stars are annoyed becaitre with arough spending money to one ruch victim was Balty fast until another well pays off. Grable.

Stewart are not tho

at though certainly they been among the most ssful, striking oil at every

Hope Hollywood M

and... Crosby

4.50 They earn their money in front depletion allowance

Tax free? Yes, for he claimi 10,00 of the cinema cameras. But they and jealously guarded conceuri

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buy are of likely and dinding caketa An explor

digging To the big olla 2734 percent of his ince

- allows/totalt exception

Jst ichovn

WORTH:RISKS :::

Still, the risks aro Ang, 15 seems to the

|on the G Instalirion

that some are in

Thare

SOUTH CHIN.

MORNING POST,