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Soviet Overtures

To Yugoslavia

THE motive behind the

Soviet bloc'n overtures to Yugoslavia uver the past few months still remains obscure. It is possible that Moscow is endeavouring to win. over some of the Yugoslav lenders as she did once before. but on Lise other hand it is more likely that the Russlans are louk- ing for a buffer state in Southern Europe similar to Germany in Central Europe

and Finland in the north. Yugoslavia' and the Soviets are now committed to a policy of normalising relations and the abandon- ment uf open hostility towards each other, but i thero is a great deal to be done before the suspicious Yaguslavs will accept the promises and high-scunding phrases of the Cominform countries. It is also highly improbable that the Yugoslava will wish accept once agnin The position of a Cominform satellite. In fact they have stated categorically that they only wish to establish and maintain coltural and trado relations with other | countries-Marsha! Tito's visits abroad, like bia current tour of India and Burma, are achieving these спан.

HOWEVER, it is interesting

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BRITISH RAIL STRIKE CALLED OFF

Union Leaders' Decision Clouds Of Smoke Billow From Stricken Freighter

After Tense Meeting

GOVERNMENT GIVES PROMISES

London, Jan. 6.

Railway union leaders decided to night after a tense three-hour meeting with the Government to call off a national railway strike, planned to take place from midnight on Sunday.

After a day of negotiation with the Government and the British Transport Commission, which operates the state-owned railways, the executive of the National Union of Railwaymen said they had been given. promises during the discussions and added: "We are of the opinion that the assurances created a satisfactory basis for immediate negotiation and speedy settlement.'

"In the circumstances we recommend that the strike notices be suspended," the statement added.

The Union statement tonight, rates for Britain's 400,000 rall- anid that #C Chis round-table men would be adjusted "In the meeting the Transport Com-light of past events,"

wage The railmen are claiming in- mission had pledged that

HONGKONG'S WEATHER

A Chilly Week-end Likely

that since the Keep those extra blankets, death of Stalin, Russia and hot-water bottles and wool her gatellites have rq-

len underwear handy the established full diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia, cold spfo not over stopped the propagatida war despite today's warm

and suppressed the anti-shine,

Tito journals; hundreds of

Yugoslav citizens who were

detained in the Cominform

yet,

Those Bangs Last

Night

Those loud bangs, heard

arcases of bewteen eight shillings and ten shillings a week. Thir would cost the Railways -- already run at a big loss--£8,-. 000,000 a year.

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Was

The Unten statement made after a round-table meet- Ing at the close of the second day of peace-making efforts by Sir Walter Monckton, Minister of Labour.

ONE LAST EFFORT

Sir Walter Monckton calledă this crucial meeting early today, after a 20-minute meeting with the N.UR, chiefs his third within 24 hours.

The Union leaders agreed to meet the Commission for one last effort to settle their claim for wage rines.

A

Tonight's meeting climaxed day in which the rail strike threat discussed by Sir Winston Churchill's cabinet for the

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all over the Colony last night second time within 72 hora

were caused by R.N. ships and the weather!

The gunfire in fact come from

and in which the Commission chiers had Mr. John

scoret meeting with

sub-the Port Shelter range where Minis Doft, "Penter,

According to the Weather-

H.M. Ships were carrying out normal routine advertised fring practice. Usually this is in audible.

-

countries in 1948 are being mun, there is no chunge in The reason the firing sounded native the "situation." The intense so near last night was explained repatriated to their

by the Director of the Royal land and communications Siberian anti-cyclone spread-Observatory this morning. are improving. Trade has ing across South China con- sald during cold clear weather--- been resumed, although not tinues, and in all probability, and particularly during the sill- on a large scale as yet, and Hongkong will have a chilly heard at a much

ness of the

the night-sound can be greater dis- equanimity prevails in the

week-end.

tance than it can in sunny or East Europeen Danube

warmer weather, Commission. Whether the

The minimum temperature The ring occurred between Soviet bloc will go to the

last night was 44.7 degrees 7 and 9 o'clock and sounded go extent of renewing the various treaties of friend Fahrenheit-a rise of 3.7 de close to the heart of the Colony Radio Hongkong and newspaper ahip and assistance remains grees in comparison with the that many residents telephoned minimum of 41 degrees onomers to ask what was happen- to be seen. There is also the

Thursday morning. question of the payment of reparations by Hungary running into many millions of pounds and the repay- ment of loans made to Albania before Yugoslavia expelled from the Cominform; and not leaat; the resettlement of the minorites in the border areas of Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania. These

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internal problems will have to be settled in due course to satisfy the Yugoslavs, but In the meantime Marshal

Tito holds the key to Southern Europe and in consequence will be courted by both East and West,

Ing.

BRITAIN & EUROPE

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A PROMISE FIRST"

India To

Get One U.S. Airliner

(and Probably More Later)

Washington; Jan. 6.

The United States: late The Commission entered to today approved the export of a super Constellation day's joint meeting willing to negotiate afresh on the wages passenger plane to India. claim, provided the strike despite the possibility that threat was lifted.

it may be used on com- mercial flights from Hong- kong into China.

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The Union chlofs' sttitude was that they were determined not to call off the strike unless they had some prior promise from the Commission that their cleir would be substantially

met.-Reuter.

New Phase Begins

Army To Pursue

Mau Mau Men

Into The Forests

London, Jan, 6.

closed today.. President Eisenhower's acceptance of an "world stalemate" was welcomed in diplomatic quarters tonight as reflecting Sir Winston Churchill's own assess ment of the stage reached in the cold war.

US

The President's alm-set up in the objectives of peaceful co- his "State of the Union speech existence with the Communists. today-of honourably negotiating It is regarded here an "enduring pence" is precisely definite repudiation of Britain's own interpretation of "Liberation policies urged on

the

Tho State Department an- nounced that. the Scerotary of State Mr. John Foster Dulles personally approved issue of on export licence to Air India In-

al after the Depart 'office' of munitions con- trol had delayed it for "con- sideration."

There had been reports that

the US was holding up the ex-

raport Agreement between

British Glove Makers

Plan New Drive Against HK Exports

From Our Own Correspondent

London, Jan. 7.

These two graphio, pishires

of the Bercely burning Lima haerak (destroyed by fire in Singapore harbour on Christ maa.night were repoved 'from Singapore...this - morning. The

· plotures show how the Intense

1. heat buckled, the ship's

side The fire started in one of the forward holds when part of the ship's cargo, caught alisht. All passengers, Thembers of the crew were -rescued safely.mėtraits Tim

Photographe

Police Search For Missing Beauty Queen

London; JaIL) The London polios - wéro : in- vostigning today: the disappear- ance, of "Min Greece 1952" beautiful 21-ymrwold, Linfy VaORD, who left her, Kensington Rooms on December 17, and has not been seen alace,

Ming Vacus, who was studying dramatic art in London. with a in mind, was last film career seen getting into a waiting.car

The National Association of Glove" Manufacturers outside her fat... whose 200 member firms represent 90 per cent of the British glove-making Industry decided at a meeting today to step up their campaign against the “terrifle” imports of Hongkong gloves.

the Republican Administration the operation was not planned as /ON/D for il governor duty, Nor would, it consider,

by

extremist

Heyman sald elements in one to end all operations, but was a switch in Army efforts

ENGA

On Christmas night, telephoned to the fat care taker to say that she would not be coming back until December. 28. As Miss Vacae did flot, rem turn, the caretaker informed the police who are conducting ais Inquiry.—France-Prone

Smart Colourful Walls Cast So Little

port licence to bring pressure ca India, to negotiate a new, .air

the two countries to place the one which India cancelled effective January 14. State De partment official denied this.

The

Defence Department was Nairobi, Kenya, Jan. 8, HAIL IKE'S SPEECH

A major zilitary campaign then reported to have raised the e question of whether would against Man Man terrorista · in this Colony's forests wis

Bisbe in the national interest to "We want more publicity for up against. the same difficulty in allow one of America's most our problems," the President, Mr enlisting the support of the trade Major-General Heymans said modern airliners to land and be Alfred Lowcock said, "And we union movement,

will try to get more questions at a Press conference um: the serviced in Communist China.

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asked on the subject in the operation will be of division strength, with four battalions of

But COMMENT

State Depart-Henue of Commons, "gn British troops taking part.

ment Fross- Officer Mr Henry "He admitted that the Associa- The date, time and place for Suvdam declined to answer any the beginning of the campaign questions concerning the holding ton's past efforts had met with were kept secret.

no success. The Government had Up. of the export licenes,

India A SWITCH

restrict imparts of more than a year ago refused to ordered three Major-General

of the

new super Hongkong gloves either by quota Stato raising the minimum Common- akling. Washington.

that export licences preference regulations, THE CONTRAST

He added for ke other two planos, to be "WE CAN'T COMPETE" - The contrast between today's areas to the forests,

efficiency of delivered Improved

In April and May, the American that message and

"Falling Government polley aims. enunciated by Ad- Police and Home Guards had would be approved when they

action them fully capable of are ready for shipment,

to cartall these imports many ministration leaders only two made

Mr Suydan told reporters British "glova manufacturers, years ago stems not only from keeping arder in the former, the increase in Soviet atomic re-kuyu Reserve, the Rift Valley stood

This was especially too in the the State Department under- especially those in the kultted that India wanted to glove, action of the industry, sources, but from the moderating infuetes exercised by the Pre-and Ja

to lesser extent

extend its air routes. from will inevitably go out of busi Another feature-packed China Mall will be ready for sident personally, it is held. Nanyuki, he said.

Hongkong into Communist China,ness," said Mr Lowcock. you tomorrow morning with a full ration of the brightest The fact that he has Intely The Guneral said that the He added that he did not know

According to Mr Lowcock, and best reading available anywhere in the world.

own operation's aims were to dill whether the new planes could able to assert his views more forcefully is largely terrorists and to teach marauders be used on the route. If it was British cotton fabric was being

:ཟླས་ Evelyn Irona, tells you the story of Claire { reèribed them

exported to De- that the forests say no, tongeria | opened..! From New York

o Hongkong and refugo. Mann; head of Overweights Anonymous,

were then shipped back But he said, there waĽO

made up into gloves, These .... who has converted 100,000 people to her. on Capitol Hill.

#mple diet methods.

this licence."

England where they were sold at only one-third of would have cost in. Bri new the glove alone.

"Britab, glove manufacture just cannot compete with these prices," he saidii

In Tomorrow's China Mail

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mocrats resumption of control sale refs can be done there is no unusual conditions attached to

The President's warning tudung for them,” he said. against complete dependence on weapons to hold the

Chapman Pincher tells how the Atom com nuclear cheapen power and communications and peace is expected to appeal to bulid a new, future for Britain,

those nations who fear

prosped

the

would

that

of localising any virtually dis-

Sarah Rothschild, a girl at large in a conflict mon's undergraduate world asks: -- "Where apped with the eclipse of cre those Oxford orgles?"

armies and weapons on the model of World War 11.

From Capetown Rene McColl sende another despatch on his new investigation. This one tolls of him visit to the shantytown areas.

In addition, Doppia Barden writes on the "The Russian

Encyclopaedia of Misinformation", while Eileen Ascrete nds something new to replace that horrible custom

Policy

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IN PARIS: THOR claration made

de by President Elushower to ta- mwa goneral-

i well received in Francé, Although it was not consider-

od vary stimulating. It was tell wt least to ba t the inte BAT

Madame:

“No___Laughing

On Our~Telephones”

Copenhagen, Jan. 6. After the woman's phone -hud- þessa› changed", nevetal

hai, been

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lomaties

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"Sitten" she went to the

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