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COMMENT OF

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Christmas 1954

NOR the world, Christmas

FOR

1954 has been a memor- able and eventful occasion, alan not entirely free from the scourge of war, atill wanting in the peace and goodwill which the Angels proclaimed to the people of the earth outsido Bethlehem almost two thousand years ago. The world will rejoice that no gun shots disturb ed the festivities La the Holy Land, that the barri. ers dividing the disputed territory were lowered enable pilgrims tv make their annual visit to the shrine of Christ's birth- place for a fow moments of }

to

silent worship and praise. The world will rejoice that

there is no longer fighting in Indo-China and Korea but if there is cause

for

S

CHINA

No. 36009

MAIL

∙BON

MONDAY, DECEMBER

1954.

Price 20 Cents

HANGE

BRITAIN UNDER FIRE FROM PEKING

On

Chou's Strong Attack On

Pro-American

'IMPAIRING

Policies

RELATIONS' HE SAYS

London, Dec. 26.

The Premier of Communist China, Mr Chou En-lai attacked` Bri- tain for "vigorously following the dangerous policy of the United States bloc on certain major Issues.”

Mr Chou made this attack in a political report to the Second Na-

Political

Con- Consultative tional Committee of the Chinese People's ference--the organisation which acted as China's "Parliament" until the People's Congress was elected earlier this year.

The New China News Agency reported today that Mr Chou said there had been some improvement in relations between China and Britain during the Geneva conference due to efforts on both sides.

Batisfaction that the major Mr France Seeks

conflicts have been elimin- ated, thore

Ів сливе for

concern over the continued fighting in Malaya, Kenyo

and, nearer our shores, the Jaland

between war

the Nationalists and the Com- munists.

FOR Western Europe, it was

A Christmas

of tragedies

and disasters, An airliner crashed killing 28 people. High seas, gales and floods claimed the lives of over 115 people. The huge holi- day road toll in America mounted

The every hour. Western, world anxioualt watches France, as the National Assembly prepares to vote on the vital Paris

agreements which grant re-

Support

Paris, Dec. 20. The Premier M. Pierre Mendea-Franco staged пен

counter- political attack tonight to save his Government and

German rearmainens in 'tomorrow's showdown votes.

Ho

social raised the bencilla paid by the Gov- families and ernment to then put his last hope to American and Brithh warnings that West Ger- many musi be rearmed,

His own Premiership in

stake

In two.showdown confidence votes tomoZTOW afternoon.

at

More Important, to in the painfully se- bullt, Western slliance--Unlied Press,

· (866 · P8 • Weekend -

Developmenis)

had

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now

But recently. he said, the nwnipulating the United Nations British Government had been to prevent a peaceful settlement "vigorously following the of the Korean question. dangerous policy of the United The United States was also Middle States bloc on certain major | actively engineering a Leucs,"

the East aggressive grouping to line supported American treaty with the Na- up "into a great chain to divide world and encircle the tionalists and "encouraged the the United States in its seizure of Soviet Union, the People's Re

public of China and the People's Taiwan."

Democracies facilitato the world preparation for war," Chou said.

In contrast, the "peace-loving West had rations of East and made

cffcrt to reduce overy international tension and defend world peace."

He sold

principles for peaceful co-existence advocated by China, India and Burma had won universal support anony the peace-loving peoples of the world. The

visita by the exchange of Pranders of thes three cou)- irbes had strengthened their and co-operation, t friends VAN LIBERATION****

"This contravenes the obliga- Liens undertaken by the British Government in many salema international agreements and impairs relations between China and Britain

***The

Chinese

Government cannot but feel great regret at this nititude of the British Gov- crament," Mr Chou sald.

the 13

the

AMERICA CRITICISED Then he turned on America. The United

States was "de- liberately creating tension" over Americans convicted for spying in China, he said.

He said there

has been some rolaxation the international

mon the

United

CD is “China's territory 2 and the Stoles aggressive bloe and its Chinese people will

var `rest followers...are radking overy until Taiwan la liberated" offort to ex.end and deepen the China firmly opposed the lonalists and no "wir threats" could frighten them in their determined struggle to defend! their national sovereignty and

situation was the past six of Formos, he said:

the

never

armament and sovereignty Cameraman's Film antagonison and division of the American treaty with the Na-

to Western Germany And establish a Western Euro-

Confiscated

pean union of nations. In Sandringham

on

United the

A

Incident

New York,

Sandringham, Dec. 20.

who Nations Secretary, Mr Dag made a bid to beat the ban on

young schoolmaster, Hammarskjold prepares to photographing Queen Elizabeth embark

4 mission to as she walked home from church Peking which will determine yesterday, had his camera seized and the Alm confiscated by whether East-West antagon-police, according to newspaper ism is to remain lu per reports

The man - police will whether worki petuity or

give his meme-rushed in front

in to be reduced,

|

Christmas an

He

ran

tension There

can be thankfulness, however, that the American Government decided to settle

not

wo:ld and prepare for a new world

war. He attacked the Paris Agree- ments to reorm West Germany and the Monila Treaty.

VIOLATED'GENEVÄ PACT

territory.

the "absurd" propositions He blamed the United States that Formosa should be made

Vietnam

no effort 10 convert South Vietnam into its military base."

Не

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By "Rapier".

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Outsider:-Hiram 0.

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RACE 4

Gracechurch

Wild Honoy

Harvest Moon

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Caesar

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Charlerol

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Hallmark

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Whitest Christmas. În Europe For

AVALANCHE WARNING

TO HOLIDAYMAKERS

died under Experts'

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A COMEBACK

New Attack On Britain

"

Washington, Dec. 26,

Senator Joseph McCarthy said today he was receiving figures showing that Communist China "receives a lot more materials from the Allies to- day than they did two years ago."

He said the situation be- He said that while tie had no cornes words month by month. statistics at hand, Britain was The Senator said in an inter- the "chiet offender". He added. view that he planned to do a however, that, there also were jot of public speaking after "other major offendlers". He did

1 to stress his ides for not identify them. January

a blockade of Communist China "FEEL VERY STRONGLY", -"not a naval blockade by

United Binted warships, but a Senator McCarthy attributed blockado brought about by the alleged recent increase in cutting off ald to nations which shipments to Red China të sh do trade with the Reds".

agreement reached with-Brifeln

510 was the controversial and Franco-last-summer by the get tough with the Come Foreign Operations Administra

Harold It murdate" theme since he ac provided for the removal of cused President Eisenhower on certain goods from the strategic December

a "shrinking Hat, of

inter-

show of weakness on national Communiam,

"FREE CHIANG'

Senator McCarthy

the United

Senator McCarthy said that although the agreement had also said been in operation for some States should tree months, the real effect 19 being Chiang Kai-shek to attack the felt now. Naturally, I feel very

soft underbelly" of the China sirongly about it. mainiand...

to

odtuntries.

He said that unless Chiong's He said the Battio ́ ́ "Act," in-. Nationalist forces

penalise on Formosa tended were permitted to see action, which shipped behind the Iron administered "wither on the Curtain, was they

would

Senator McCarty "very, very badly

The vine”.

Act. thought an assault on the main provides for a cutting off of U.S. land would have a good chance, alt to such nations unless the

without American President deems a continuation. # of success

of aid in the notional interest. manpower.

He said there was nothing The Senator said he pianied nów" in his attack on Como further hearings before munist China trade.

January 6 when his chairman- Asked what he expected to ship of the Senate Investigating gain by his speeches, Selator: ab-Committee will be taken | ntcCarthy" zaid he believed the oven by the Democrats,Ret

puble would demand, à, chango & United Press, in policy if it knew all the facts, JUNGTI'S STILL WRONG

"I thought it, was wrong unday

the Truman administration and Son For Hillary

think it's still wrong," he said. "I don't think the change in administration has changed the morals of the altuation

Anckland, Dec, 20. `Lady Hillary, wife of Mount Everest, conqueror, Sir Educ Hillary, gave birth to a son tó-,

day,

Referring to the 11 U.S. air man gooled by Red Chine on sdd:" question is whether ounces. He and his mother, are

well-Reuter. the same duty 't öur spy changes, Senator McCarthy. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 7

uniformed men as they owe to thor country. If so, we ought

we

Y

cromie zinawa à ôf war - to captors."

Senator

ator McCarthy witho

should. -melon, against:

nut to be supplying the eco-U.S. Holiday Death Toll

New York, Dec. 26. At least 250 people have lost take their Uves so far in the United

States

the Christinas ́during 1. Nations that trade holiday with 201 of them killed

in car accidents.・・

Theory

Administration

2.

Those which lease ships

for Red China trado;-

Vienna, Dec. 26.

for "Betively penetrating into independent or neutralised or

The authorities broadcast urgent avalanche warnings

to divide China's territory.” sld resorts of three countries. Agreement" and for "Sparing put under trusters were "aimed by radio tonight to thousands of tourists flooding Alpine

The

Chinese people ·will

In the snow blanket, in Switzerland Se never tolerate this. The Chineso The whites Christmas The treaty between the people resolutely demand that years poised the threat of white is 1.20 metres (four feet), he United States and the Chinese the United States withdraw all death over mountain regions of said.United Press. Nationalists

wast a grent menace

Penghun Island and the Taiwan many where, a year ago more to peace in the Far East and fores from Taiwan, the Austria, Switzerland and Ger- crowd waiting of the

to see Asia," he said,

Straits," Chou said.

thm 200 persons To cove

cover up the "aggressive of

SUPPORTS MOLOTOV the Queen with the Duke

avalanches w Edinburgh as she left church United States was deliberately for the

subs.ances

this treaty, the

morning snowslide on the expressed arm supports mendeten wird in Aus- On Plane Crash rectly in Red Chine morning.

creating tension by setting up beside the Royal ite dispute with Communist couple and their children, clamour about the 13 American viot Foreign Minister,, on the tria trapped cccupants, of three

Prestwick, Dec. 20.. need for "normalising relations cars but mountaineers swiftly had been "justly convicted" with Japan who China

them over the imprisoned Alming

16 with his

lot

"China is willing dug them out. No one was in Alretaft experts think the millimetre movie camera

spying.

establista normal relatione|sured. airmen by peaceful menas

mystery, overturning i und ex- It had "manipulated The incident

Surod the lo

- perilous plosion of a stratoerniser at the in

with Japan if the Japanese

the familiar for undoubtedly any success Sandringham Park, part of the absurd resolution purporting to steps to normalise relatione," he threatened to release tons of have been caused by the slant United Nations into adoping an Government is prepared to take pattern; rising temperatures airport on Christmas Day may achleved by the United Royal Family's private catate.

condemn China." Members of the in this endeavour allowed into the park to watch Nations

public are

KOREAN POLICY

new-fallen snow in the Alpine plane touching down on soft will certainly strengthen its the Royal Family go to and from

ground before if resobed the In Korea, the United States (China and Russia are not peaks, q

runway. was intensifying the building up agnatories to the 1951 San

i DANGER "ACUTE”. position as the guardian of church on Christmas

the Experts Day and of Syngman Rhee's forces and Francisco-Japanese treaty).

investigating imme

'AJI" Austrim radio stations crash in which 28 peop's were liberty; justice and peace in Sundays. But there is a ban on

Chinese Government the eyes of a sceptical world. leave them with police officers People are asked to

killed hawe found deep rute in advocates the development of started carrying warnings ut the gate,

wide trade relations with Japan "acute avalanche

rose in runway's start.

of Yesterday's

provinces OBSERVERS may claim that

mutual benont and also the the snow-laden Christmas 1954 brought

contacte," Mr Chou said.

Thousands of foreign tourists happiness to more people than-In any year since the

Later the New China News were vacationing there. A twenty-year-old French Agency issued the text of a A number of small avalanches end of World War II. Yet

glider pilot, Bertrand Dauvin, declaration from the Second were reported from Western lost his He while trying to break National Committee universel peace and goodwill

a world record.. still oludes us.

cameras.

occurred

would-be Royal

photographer was escorted from the park by police. His, camera was returned after he agreed to having the film confiscated.- China Mail Special.

་

An unnt Four Killed In tainable goal, the fataliste Xmas Day Fire

Oslo, Dec. 20. Four: people, including

cald.

Record Attempt or the principles of equality and today as tem danger" early the ground. Just before the Ends In Death establishment of close cultural Vorarlberg, Tyrol and Salzburg. experts is that a sudden gust

Mansoilles, Dec. 20.

of the Salzburg and the Gastein region. Chinese People's Political ConBomo hishways were completely Flis one-cooter Krannich II sultative Conference ainting the closed to truffle because of blg

morning in the Alphillies dignant over the

of

Another theory puzzling, tho ot wind caught the aircraft during what Fooled ka ja' perfect landing and turned it on its port wing..

But they cannot explain. why the 80-ton stratocruiser should have turned on its side. Reuler. (See P. 10, Full Report)

or crashed cars on Sunday comfort, a year now, berries will say. So why continue

- DEEP SNOWTM- tains north-chat of Marmelles, war provocation committed by Weather offlelais said warm New York Critics striving? Hate, fear, suspl-

light on Friday, morning, and (on: Daavin started his endurance the cion, pride, avarice all mother and children were killed had been in the air for about 44

(on Formosa).

westerly, winds, would heighten others, in a.Are in southern Norway on hours before he crashed. these, and many

"We hereby pledge to carry night and tomorrow. morning.

the avalanche, danger, during the Pick Geneviève' through with all our strength Rala and fresh snow were pre are essentially human char Christmas Day..

New York Dec. 20, Tho - 30-year old mother and The present world record is the joint declaration for the acteristics which will con-

New York. "film"critica today. hor, two-year old daughter held by another French plot, liberation of Fornose issued on dicted. Cr

Melchior, Schild, head of the listed two British · Blms tinue as long as men and perished in the smoke when fire Charles Afger, who managed to August 22, last by all democratic women inhabit the earth. broke out in their old wooden keep his gilder airborne for 60 parties and groups and people's. Avalanche Department of the Genevieve and Romeo and Indistite, said this year's Christ Juliet" and a Japanese flat, bourg 15 Their.

minutes-France-organisations. The Violence,misery, destruc house in Kristiansand

people will never stop until mas was "one of the whitest on "Gato of: Hell" among their only way out was through the Prosse. Se

record.” Formosa la liberated:"Router. tion, poverty and all kinds room where the ire started.

The avarago depth of choices for the best films of

The Now York Dally of suffering is the prospect An old lady in the same house. Her Sixth Marriage

crilles sold that "On the, Water- before us if we succumb to escaped but died later from her

front was the best film of 1954 followed by "Seven Bilder, for

Brothers

Romhe

and Coins in

this fatalism, to the bellef that the pattern of progress of civilisation dia unchange-

able. The Christmas men. sage reminds us of the huge tank cost fanting us hot only,

of human but in rom

burns-Router.

The Pope: Getting We On Well'

Hollywood, Dec:' 28, Arlins Judge, the film actress, announced yesterday she would be furried for the sixth time "sometime after the first of the ceived an engagement ring from year. She said she had re- rae the first time for: 30 days Men Ed. Hodgd, a Hollywood Kept well fast night and was businessman, Routers!

ribed; as getting"", on very,

Vatican City, Dec. 26.

Pope Plus Xit alone at night

the

all today---Reitor.”

Nehru Leaves For Tall

Missed Chrlativas Dinner

Chinese

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