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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1955.

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DEFENCE OF COMMONWEALTH Pakistan Anxious

British Government ·

Announces

Latest Developments

London, Feb. 17.

The British Government tonight announced further plans for the defence of the United Kingdom and the Common- wealth.

The statement followed repeated criticism of the Govern- ment's alleged mismanagement of the Services departments.

Development of the hydrogen bomb will be given top priority, says the annual defence report.

ROUTE TO

For BOTTIC time the have The report warned that Com- been rumours mong scientists mundal wittins und so far pre here that Britain is developing Į videri no real prin for be-

threat new type of hydrogen bomb Beving that the

to the the same principles of the free world had searably ditulisi- Americam H-xonal but med.

the backup of muclear

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IN AFRICA

Woman's Claim

Pietermaritzburg,

Feb. 17.

A Pietermaritzburg wo man who, in her youth,

As

NO COMMENT

Officials Lonight would not comment on there re- Porta от ау whether the British II-bomb 1 now actually in existence or unly in proce

The Government statement on delence antivened these khes developments:

with

travelled round the world 1. The Navy is to start busid-

archaeological ing a new ап

class

of warship student, claims to know armed

guklest WVC-THANIR the lost city of the Kala- These will replace older cruisers

Good progress has been hari desert in South-West made in improvising high-speed Africa.

ago, a Clapet own Some APS expedition under Dr P at T. for Krul

C

Van Zyl searches.

solutium

African mystery

Women 1:

ruleu

xxy

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this

Mrs H

submarines which can operate

submerged for many miles.

3. Development of air-to-air guaded weapons which planes will be able to fire at enemy air- craft, has reached an advanced sluge.

4. Guided weapons which can 4 fred from the ground # attacking leanters are more coin- plex. But good progress dag been made.

improvements

The Forsyth, il standend +f Zimbabwe

in Southern thodesia and a member of the world

Investigating whether Atlantis rently existed.

She says that while still a woman she met the famous big-gune hunter, Selous, in Nairool, and Haier went on

tamin

Journey with him? lá ring this journey that ho te a page out of his notebook expable of carrying alum

you?

£1

was during

and old her that he had recent- ly returned from a journey to Eloshin Pan area in the

Kalahari

SAW CITY 110 toki her that when fus party reached certain spot, the African carriers refused to continue. He looked through his binoculars and saw the ruins

of a Inge efty. The Africans was a derelict ancient Sald R

town now Inhabited only leopards.

Mr Selous returned to

by

the

it

J. Recent marcraft carriers will make possible to use at sea heavier and after fighter and strike aircraft The Strike brcraft launched

from the decks of the carriers

ixmix.

USE A-WEAPONS

The report made it clear In the event of war Britain will not hesitate to atomic weapons,

It declared: "The consciences of civilised? nations must na-

chance of work! peace.

"In fact, from

universal nellion that the results of a major war can only be utterly Avantras for both sides m emerge a new hope. The armed truce

Ten years may develop through 'co-existence* into a real prace," the Govern ment statement said.

AMERICAN TESTS

Recalling the power of

11-bumb American tested in the Pacific the re- port said:

the

20

no technical eclentine nitations on the pro- duction of nuclear weapons, suit more devastating."

It went to describe the Rees of an H-bomb explosion, saying "I would be a struggle

Me for utvival of

Krimmest

on

United The report said the Kingdom must

ready 10 defend the dependeni izrritories

for which she

oversclu

responsible.

La

They also had to be protected again Communist threats to internal sourity.

Enst

The statement said that Bh- tain's reduced commitments in Middle Trieste, Koren and the

made it possible to dist now rebuild a strategic reserve of land forces in Britain-"essential both in the cold war and in our preparedness for a major war." The total defence budget pro- posed for 1055/80, allowing for American aid, is £1,537 million. cut of £102 million over the current financial year.

This is o

turally recoil from the prospect of using nuclear weapons.-ROURT.

Nevertheless in the last resort most of us must feel that deter- mination to face the threat of Physical devastation even

on

pluce but a sandstorm forced the

The immerse scale which must

him

He made now

now be foreseen is manifestly

to turn back. sketch in his notebook marking

the position of the ruins.

Mrs Forsyth still has #kotch but she herself cannot

this

undertako okrenuous journey

to

h

the Kalahar owing to ill health. She will not part with

the sketch

to her home

preferable Lo an attitude subservienen to militant Com- munism with the national and individual humiliation that this would inevitably bring.

"Morcover much weaknes ur heartt

a show

of

to use

Magsaysay

Wins

The year-end festive season is really over now, and even Dumbo, the London Zoo's His spadework la Indian elephant, has gulped his last bun and reported back to work. helping in the demoliiton of Monkey H, once the home of 200 munkeya, in its place will rise an animal sanatorium-Reuterphoto.

Children Steal Britain Accused

Platinum

London, Feb. 17. Climbing a wante pipe up the side of the building. children broke into a pre- clous metal broker's pre- mises at Vauxhall (Lon-

and stole don)

platinum waste to Lle value of of £185. a small

money and a fountain pen.

certain

of

The police are the offence was committed by children because fraces left behind.

Bus what tho polico would like to know is how the intruders managed to Avold setting off the com- plicated burglar alarm system.—France-Presse,

Helen Keller

Wanted

In Singapore

Singapore, Feb. 17. Heavy interest in Singapore and Malaya in the round-the- world trip of famed Helen Keller today prompted the United Stales Information Agency's Jocal

office to ask her funerary could be altered to permit beri glopping heat.

Heated Wagon if

Battle

Manila, Feb. 17.

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The blind and deaf Dr Keller scheduled to by-pass Singapore, going from Rangoon to Manila next May.

Of Adopting

New Strategy

Moscow, Feb. 17.

Soviet Fleet, official organ of the Russian Navy, today accused Britain-of adopting a "new strategy" in anticipation in American preparations for atomic war.

It said this policy threatened Britain "with the greatest shocks in her history."

To Avoid Arab-Moslem Split

Karachi, Feb. 17.

Important decisions on Middle Eastern de- fence are expected to be made during Turkish Pre- sident Bayar's 10-day state visit, beginning to-

MOITOW.

Foreign Office sources said the decisions would concern plans for implementing the Turco-Pakistan defence agreement signed in Karachi last April, and attempts to bring Arab countries and Persia into a collective security system:

The sources said Pakistan was anxious to avoid a split in Arab and Moslemi unity resulting from Egypt's opposition to the proposed pact between Turkey and Iraq.

Pakistan mude overiuares

through Saudi Arabia to re

concile other countries with the pact, which

shortly, they added.

is to be signed ALARM CLOCK

FOR DEAF

WARSHIP ESCORT

will

President Bayar artive here tomorrow ta his racht, escorted by Turkish and Pakistani warships. There is already close con- sultation on

matters defence between Turkey and Pakistan under their treaty. A group of senior Pakistani offetre visited Turkey last year to confer with their opposite numbers there.

The report of this

LL group. stated, will come up for decision during Presiden: Bayar's visit,

Official sources here sald the F'akistan Prime Minjeter, Mr Mohammed Ali, wil now be ablo to promise

on increased contribution to defence planning for the Middle East as a result for his talks in London recently with the other Commonwealth Prins Ministers.

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They said Mr All was anxious that Pakistan should play its full part as a link between the pro- East collective posed Middle security system and the South- east Asia Treaty Organisation.--- Reuter.

Real Cold Spot

Oslo, Feb. 17:

A temperature of minus degrees

Rome, Feb. 17.

A focal clock-maker has patented an alarm clock for the deat.

A1 the set

It

hour, the clock doc not ring. sends out vibrations strong emaugh

to jerk the dent sleeper awake.

At

the same time, the electrically

worked clock switches on the bedroom lights confirming to the owner that it is there for him to rise.

The clock was inocem- fully tried out

·at. Ales- sandria's institute for the deaf and dumb. Mall Specisi,

-

Chiria.

PROPOSAL REJECTED

Berne, Feb. 17. Communist Chind "has X- jected a Swiss proposal that the Armistice Commission in Korea should be disbanded,

Tho

Chinese Government'a 43 reply to a Swiss memorandum Centigrade (minus 49 to Peking of January 27 was dagrees Fahrenhefty WAA remade public corded at Nolden, North Nor- the

Communist Government niggested a re- Britain's rulers, "unable to tain of military worries at the way, today.

(The lowest recorded bern-duction In the size of the Com- their edges of the empiro and give her driny any lessons from

perature is minus 94 degréem mission, provided this did not Editnichtrategy,

a free hand in stepping up war multing a still more fatal mis- preparation in the main opora-Fahrenheit-120 degrees below affect the efficient control and freezing point-In Siberia 70 administration of the Armistico Europe." take by plunging into the abyssive direction West

Convention—Franco-Presse. years ago)Reuter, of a new British strategy," the

newspaper said.

Gro

DOW

Commenting on this strategy which reportedly emerged trem the Commonwealth Prime Minis-

in ters'

London, conference Soviet Fleet said the Premiers' to the activation decision "led

of Britain and her dominions in the now world war being pre- pared by the United States."

BITTERNESS

of

Observers here noted the bitternes of the attack at a Hone when Britain and Russia are engaged in diplo- matto contacts

the over Formosa situation. Soviet Fleet is an influential

and comments newspaper this sort would receive top-level; approval before publication.

Soviet Flest said: "Britain is male and striving to increase her umpertahes in the aggressive North Atlantic Alliance and to Singapore's blind Braille in-

the her influence in step up saysay today won the first strucior, Mr Reuben Jacob, said.

souuticar of basic questions of round of a show-down bat-It has always been my dream tle with a powerful Senator, hand and thank her for the work

now British strategy" is Mr Claro M. Recto, over she has dong for blind people

that

of active participation by the Philippines' stand in everywhere. Although most blind Britain in preparing and waging war, extending the people here cannot speak Eng- atomic connection with Formosa.

Lish they know about Helen frontiers of the North Atlantic Keller and it would be thrilling pact from the Tropic of Cancer for them just to hear her voice southwards and forming military

but interested all the means of defence at our persons, she sayo, may come disposed would not reduce the President Ramon Mag.

bnd look at 1-sk. All story proves the con- China Mail Special.

Brary."

A British Crossword Puzzle

EARNED

SOPRT'S

by

After several days of debate and compromise attempts found himself

to meet Helen Keller, tuuch her love word.

ELEG

EEP on the short crid saya," undation of what she place in the Middle and Near

of

16-0 Committee vote that

to Senate floor a

The Singapore Director of the

ABREABLE 7 Rodion, the Spy backing MrUSIS, Mr. B. d. Conion, sald that

ศ USABE KIN "ENARNCE

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Magsaymy.

a request that Dr. Keller stop over here had been sent to The battle between the Pre-Washington-United Press, sident and Mr Recto centred on the statement of the President

also envisages the suppres of the national aspiration movement in colonies by punitive expeditions from the dominions which are thereby to rid Bri-

that the Philippines was direct- RUBINSTEIN MURDER

Jy concercied over whether Feemoen remained "free and __in friendly hands" and the declara- tion that "we must stand square- ly behind the United States in defend its dctermination" 10 Formos.

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1 Printed (0). Kinds (8).

7 Friendly (8).

8. Custom (8)

Straightforward (0),

11 Holghten (7).

13 Hermit (7)

18 False (0),

18 Povl

(5).

19 Shortened :(8),:

20 Shelf (0),.

21 Was tidden (0).

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Protect (0) Mother-of-pearl (5). 8 Arttuos (7),

4 Dalective (0),

B.Servant (8).

6 Calmi "(6)...

10 Calculated (8).

12 Taking neither

13 Remember) (0); (3)

14 Insecure (6)

-10 Royal lino (0),

İN YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Adrome 1 Burk

§. Aute: 9-Firm. 10 Ontrosi

11 2014-15 Roba, 11) Soleil";

20. Beam, 27. Hips: 28 Dilated,

The showdown between Mr Magsaysay and Mr Recto,

who

is a foreign affairs expert of the President's Nacionalista Party, had been shaping up for

Mr. Magsaysay, who has been becoming less pilable to Mr Récto's suggestions on foreign affairs, rejected any compromise

this into.

POLICE GO TO SING SING

New York, Feb. 17.

The search for Serge Rubinstein's murderer led to Sing Sing Prison today with the disclosure that a convicted thief might be able to give the police information on the murder of the million- aire draft dodger last January 27,

-Reuter.

Hia stand capped a recent

mild-mannered Police disclosed that Elosano [The frail, chain of event in which Mr Train who has bem in sing chouitate was ordered held on Ricto has consistently bucked ging since 1003 on a grand fat $25,000 ́yesterday after the Ailnintention's foreign

oetry cluargo, ispcheduled,' for | offioc

had named polley usually by walling until quotioming tomorrow about an Rubinstein's shyors crucial moments to takon alleged plot to kidnap Rubinstein.

|publla stark). DE

Prior to the fight over the resolution backing Mr Magray

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Defectivas nabi Harinai Bohol,

nervousloboditeur, alleged (to. have named Hubbatein "reáterday, back bolt them.

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