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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1955.

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EAST-WEST CONFERENCES Queen Meets Two Brothers Expelled

Big Three Democratic Powers Should Hold Preliminary Meetings

KNOWLAND'S OPINION

Washington, Mar. 24.

Senator William Knowland, Republican minority leader, said today it might be well to hold a preliminary meeting of the Big Three Western Powers to iron out their policy differences before meeting Soviet delegations.

He was speaking to reporters on President Eisenhower's statement yesterday that he would be willing to make conces- sions for exploratory East-West talks at a level below heads of state:

ACTRESS OFF HER HAY

Berlin, Mar. 24.

A West Berlin "actress," naw retired from the stage, refused to cat hay during her Brst days in private life,

She was "Lady Astor,""

A snow-white goat, which had had three appearances nightly on the stage of the Renaissance Theatre for the past five months in John Patrick's play "Tea- house of the August Moon."

Her attendants said they hoped she would soon give up behaving like a slage star-China Mall Special.

RUSSIAN

SAILORS

Senator Knowland, interpreted this as indicating the President was always willing to meet the Russians but

wants Some advance indication that such a meeting would be fruitful.

has

far, however, there has

So been no intimation that the Foreign Ministers of Britala France or the Soviet Union will in fact attend. United Nations officials, too, said yesterday that of reported they knew nothing plans for a Big Four meeting during the celebrations.

In an editorial, the Monitor said East-West talis promised to yield little or nothing, but | fruitful or unfruitful they would probably strengthen Western ties.

"Act of faith or no act of faith by Moscow, the time seems almost at hand when the United States must show willingness to

Consul's Daughter Elopes: Joins

Bedouin Tribe

Aleppo, Mar. 24.

CANVASS CONGRESS-

"We had better get some unity among the free, world allies before we have any such conference,"

he salt. There also should be a Canvass of Congressional sentiment about what American

representatives would be prepared to dis- cus with the Russians," Senator Knowland cautioned against top level Big Frald, Four talks on the ground that Most of its allies have looked "appeasement minded allics" beyond

of completion might agree to concessions for America's aims in building up the Russians leaving the United Wester European military States alone in opposition. power. They look to a period Senator Waller George, Demo of energetic and even daring

Chairman of the Senate endeavours to crat

relax tensions Foreign Relations

Committee, that could tauten into an atomic also said talks should be held with British and French officials before any four-Power meeting.

"Alter the Faris agreements for arming Germany, "bave been ratified. I hope work can be started level on an agenda for a high- conference." Senator

The desert sands and hidden valleys of Syria' held the secret today of two young lovers who de- fied an angry father and eloped to the nomadic begin preparing for talks-dramatic as any Hollywood ever conceived for life of the Bedouin in a true-life story as melo-

"sheikh" Rudolf Valentino.

UNLOAD George sagt. I would hope that

TANKER

Reykjavík, Mar. 24.

such an agenda could be develop- ed by autumn?!

war.

the

LESSEN CHANCE Later today Senator Knowland said that a big- four conference might actually lessen "the chance for peace" if it broke up in major disagreemenis,

The Arabs, true to their tradition of hospital- ity to any guest who comes among them, kept the secret of the whereabouts of an 18-year-old blonde beauty, Nicole Poche, and her Moslem husband, 23- year-old Rida Yamlikha...

They slipped through a ring| of 200 Syrian gendarmes to escape the anger of Nicole's

AMERICANS father.

M: Kowlood teld' reporters TAUGHT TO

that it was exential that the -United States and her alles "yes whether there is a reason-

Reports have been current here that United Nations diplo- mats thought a Big Four meet-iable meeting of minds" among San themselves before undertaking any talks with the Soviet Union.

ing might take place ini Francisco in June. In that month

Russian sailors have been un-the United Nations will celebrate loading oil from their American- their tenth anniversary in San built tanker here in the face of a

Francisco.. nation-wide

transport strike,

The Christian Science Monitor But Commurists who are sup-

said yesterday in a dispatch from porting the strike carefully re- frained today from calling them is UN correspondent that Mr Dag Hammarskjold, the United "strike-breakers."

The 7,176-ton tanker Lenin- Nations Secretary-General, had grad, christened in 1943 at Port-sent .out invitations to the land, Oregon, and sent to Russia Foreign Ministers of all 60 UN under Lend-Lease, docked here members to attend the celebra- just as the wage strike started |tions.. last week.

Striking longshoremen refused,

to handle her cargo of fuel oil. So the Soviet sailors themselves unloaded the cargo-United

Press.

WILL'ACCEPT

"He has good reason to - believe that a large number. including the Big Four, will accept," the Monitor said.

A British Crossword Puzzle

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ACROSS

Confer (8).

DOWN

1 Unfounded' (8).

4 District of Southern England 2 Throttle (8),

(5)

7

Sequcace. (8),

3 Insignificant (5).

10. Kind of heather (4),

12 Garb (7).

13. Dirt (5).

18 Rent (4).

17. Auction (4),

19 Blossom (5).

20 Cut-out pattern (7).

21-Knocks (4)..

23 Breezy (6).

3 Past (4).

5 LIX (8).

6 Mess (6).

'9

Fascination (5).

12 Precincts (8).

If some disagreements between Britain were the United States. and Great Tacit ironed out first, Senator Knowland said, the Soviets could

"play one free nation off against the ether."

Soon after the Senate met to- day Mr Knowland put into the record a listing of international agreements he cald the Soviet Union had broker.

MAKE TEA

£100,000 REFUSED

Her father, Mr Rudolph Poche, is Dutch Consul at Aleppoo. He offered £100,- 000 (Syrian) for the retur of his daughter, but the Arabe, bound by their sacred duty of hospitality, refused even this fortune to give the conpis ub. '

Mr Poche refused to talk "to

New York, Mar. 24. America's great "take tea and see" campaign raised imports to £116,000,000 dur- newspapermen, and was reported

to be still unforgiving. ing 1954, ten per cent more The young couple, married by than the previous year, 22 an Arab sheikh, told their story per cent more than 1952, ac-to a United Press correspondent cording to the latest figures in a Bedouin camp 100 miles along the rocky road" out of the millions switching Aleppo. No Westerners are be- from coffee to tea are being heved to have seen the young treated to elaborate free instruc- lovers since then.

And

on

Students

Indian student Mr M. S. Ran has a conversation' he will never forget with the Queen at a party given by the Dominions Fellowship Trust in Goldsmiths Hall, London,

·United Press,

A

Student

Created Revolutionary Study Cell

DISILLUSIONED

AUSTRALIAN

COMMUNIST

Hanover, Mar. 24.

Sydney-born | Mr Bernard William Maher ended six weeks' personal · and "illegal" investigation of Soviet controlled East Germany by declaring here tonight “I am no longer a Communist,"

Mr. Maher, 27, made the statement after relating to Pressmen how his "fact- finding" tour in East Germany turned into six weeks of Russian interrogation, a month in a basement cell in Berlin, and final expulsion by the Soviet authorities.

Mr Maher turned up at the "He did and from now on Helmstedt border town from although we will still belong to East Germany yesterday after the CP, it will be the Conserva-

absence

dating

from tive Party, not the Communist Feburary 14 and announced to Party," Bernard said. the West German authorities that he had betri expelled from the East Zone,

BROTHER TOO

Today his brother, 31- year-old Mr John Gerald Maher,

also appeared a't Helmstedt to similarly an nounce his expulsion by the Soviets, Mr John Maher had entered the East Zone "illegally” with his brother "after travelling by rail from. London, through Holland And

West Germany, into and thence Eart

West Berlin.

The Maher brothers were born in Sydney, Australia, and were brought to England as children

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 24, LETTER from Communist China

 congratulating former student of a Chinese

Derbyshire,

school in Kuala Lumpur for their parents in 1936. the formation of a'"reVOKI- Both brothers now live in tionary study cell" and urging Castle Donington, him to go on with his most England Bernard is travelling important secret activity was on an Australian passport he read out in the Supreme Court obtained from Australia House.

Londin here today.

last February, and John is travelling on a British

brother

The letter, addressed to passport.

"Comrade Kon Yew was 'an exhibit in a case against Chu John is expected to join his Kon-yew, aged 18, who was tonight. They will stay in a city in Hanover later charged, with possessing hotel until tomorrow when they terrorist document and a book, board a train due to arrive in *Chinese Youth" in his home London on Saturday, In Loke Yew Road,

Chu's

raided

house was

Telling the United Press today one of five of the events leading up to his by Special Branch expulsion from the Soviet Zone, Police on February 8 after Bernard said:

"In England I was a member

He added that for the Arst few days, we were troited fine.”

Then he described how the treatment given to him and his brother worsened after the Copt- munists discovered that we were riot turncoats but political idealists."

"We were interrogated by two Russian and one East German intelligence officers on the East Zone side of the Helmstedt bor- der crossing" Bernard said..

"They asked us if we were interested in attending a Conte munist school for six weeks and then would we do a little job

or carry out a little task for them in the West. When I suick ng their attitude changed.

"Suddenly they decided to move us from Helmstedt, and we were taken to Berlin They kept the windows of our car covered so that we could cbt see where we were going, but we figured we were in a house on the out- akirts of Bast Berlin," he said

were put in E basta- IN BASEMENT

ment seil with no blankets. no light and for long periods, no food. I am five feet seven Inches tall-but I could not stand in that cell without bending my head. The walls were damp and there was water an the floor We were subjected to daily in- terrogations, Bernard said.

a member of K

"All the time they would re- peat their offer of six weeks" schooling for that little task, but each time I turned them down," he said.

they had accumulated informa.. Hon concerning the activities of the Manchester Communist of several students and former · students in Chinese schools in Party but I wanted a chance to sea for myself what the Com- Selangor,

munist State was like."

"They were very interested in Cau admitted that the book "Instead of getting a walcame my military carcer: I served in "Chinese Youth" and the in East Germany I was asked to Germany with the Royal letter had been found in his do a job for the Russians when Engineers as bouse. The book was left I returned to England," Bernard demolition squad blowing up way behind by a friend who had said...

buillings in 1947 and 1948. The gone to Communist China and

"When I refused I was held Russians were very interested in He said the record ought to be

later sent him the letter, he and interrogated,” he continued. considered In weighing the

that. said. advantage of any such meeting

The Bedouin tent was luxuri-Chu said that he had not read

NOT A MEMBER ca how to brew it no at the summit without a demon- drink it, The Tea Council of the ously furnished with thick Per-

Bernard said that his stration of deeds not words" by | Uráted States of America are.

sian carpets.

brother John was not Moscow.

They fell in love three years Bashing a thrice-daily lesson civ

member of the Commeniet Among the pacts he listed were to the nation's television screens, ago when Nicole was at school

Party but had gone along here. some going back to 1920 and

She is a Roman Catholic

on the East German trip “to concerned with the and he is a Moslem. Her father 1921, non-aggression treaties of

help make up his mind.” and shurring opposed the, match from the the 1930's, the convenant of the aesthetics of tes League of Nations

proprietary claims, the Council start, although former Judge and agree-

Yamlikka ments negotiated by Mr Maxim advises "The best way is the Zald

approved his Litvino when he was Foreign English way."

son's choice, Minister,

Nicole's father took her on i Croons

beaming house long trip to Turkey in the hope wife-teacher You must boil that she would forget, Rida. your water and pour it straight Then last year he sent her to ot to the tea, in the pot; re-the St Joseph D'Apparition member, there must be one School in Beirut. teaspoonful for each cup to be Her school-mates and ber served." And then three husky uncle, Dr Adolf Poche, said that men are pictured drinking with she never mentioned the secret satisfaction the brew made in the correct fashion..

love.

GAP WIDENS

Purely

USE MILK

•

*

But Judge Yamlikcha said that "Nicole used to push iny sta. to elope as the only way to make

the book which was in a bundle with others. The Chief Justice, Sir Charles Mathews, convicted Chu. He postponed sentence to 5 Reuter.

April

STRUGGLE IN MALAYA

London Welcomes

N.Z. Decision

Reiter's Correspondent Paul Scott Rankine reported that the gap between Pre- sident Eisenhower and the right wing of the Republican Party over proposed East- West talks has widened. President Eisenhower's unusually favourable cominents en Senator George's proposal. and his emphasis on the bipartisanship of his approach to

London, Mar. 24. the whole subject, have been interpreted here as an indication

New Zealand's intention to put forces into that his attitude is now nearer

Nodle slipped away with hura the anti-Communist struggle in Malaya was warm- to that of the Democratic tea, the other half uses tea Where other searchers failed to leader than to that of Senator bags. But it admits restaurants find them, the Army stepped in. ly welcomed in British diplomatic quarters here Knowland.

still do not know how to make It was noted in diplomatic tea; they mostly hand customers circles that the President at his a cup of hot water with a tea

"Milk is recommended not her father approve the marriage." lemon," adds the instructa.

On the night of Feburary 13. Bays the Tea Council: half of Rida went to the school and

Amellea's tea drinkers use loose

Press conference yesterday came bag in the saucer.

as near as present direumstances India provides 35 per cent of will permit to taking the America's tea; Ceylon, 34 per Initiative that Senator George Cent, Indonesia, 13 per cent. suggested he should take in The rest comes from Formosa,

talks top level

press Service, with Russians.

SANTA REFUGE

Meanwhile, Nicole and Bids had taken refuge with

today. :

Diplomatic observers said that the defence

For the last four days of Our connement in that cell we got absolutely nothing to eat We managed to break out of the place by smashing a win- dow with a brick but they picked us up again in short order. Finally, we were taken away in another car, let out. near the border at Helmstedt, and told to keep walking" the young Australian said United Press.

Insp Bowler

Has Another

Escape

Nairobi, Mar. 24. "ENYA (Police Inspector

the Arab band led by statement of Mr Sidney Holland, New Zealand Sheikh Faycal

Prime Minister, was "firm and comprehensive." It Ennonat Haddiien.

did not come as a surprise because for Australia K Roald Bowler of Belvedere, The Sheikh said, "Arab tradi-,

me to protect them and New Zealand the centre of gravity in defence

Kent, who is the last year has

launching a movement towards / Japan and Africa---London EX- tion oblige of the last man has of late been shifting eastward from the Middle narrowly escaped death from

..the

The Fresident said the question of Initiative was not particularly important but there had "got to be new exploratory talks on a co- paratively Iow lovel He stressed his willingness to have such talks followed by a con- ference at the "heads of govern- ment level if there were, a

11 Shells thrown by hand (5) promise of success.

13 Love stories (8).

14 Diminished (8).

18 Clothing (6),

22 Luminous circle

Hindu Influx

Into India

down

in the tribe

Nicole told United Press cor- respondent Adran Inayeh, "We are safe here, while awaiting my father's benediction which we hope will come very soon as a result of pressure from his friends." United Press.

weapon caller

New Delhi, Mar 24. NEW ANTI-TANK The Prime Minister, Mr

WEAPON Jawaharlal Nehru, told Parlia The speedy official reaction ofment today that the influx of the British Foreign Office Hindus from East Pakistan was endorsing the President's pro- steadily increasing and that the

Oitawa, May, 24 posals, suggested that his state Indian Government was taking developed a

Canadian technicians have new anti-tank ment was regarded there as the matter up with Pakistan.

the "Heller positive

Call For East-West

Mr Nehru, exploratory talks as soon as the deteriorating economic con- bazooka by

the which can be fired like a said that Paris

Infantrymen Ptreaties German Altions, insecurity and the feel. effther a kneeling or lying, post- The ate (2

y chuncertainty was the maturition and without recoll The emphasis placed." by the

The weapon, now YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD.-Arom: 3 Ramparts, 8 exploratory talks with the Rus He added that the influx was Asteep, § Decorate, 11" Confused, 12 Bold, 18 Debar, 18 Dared, sians seems at variance with the a matter of concern to India and North Atlantic Treaty Organisa 19 Read, 22 Toreador, 24 Declined, 25 Seeped, 282 Entreats report of the President's position a meeting at Ministerial level tion is said to the bells of Bown: 1 Parch, 2 Flank, 3 Reduced 4 Apes, 6. Prod, Reason, given out by Senator Knowind with Governor Mirza Iskandar such force and heat they can Steady, 10 Cedar, 14 Baron, 15 Recedes, 16 Cradle, 7 Mascot, the day before the President would be held shortly—United pierce any armour -- France-

I spoke. Reuter 20 Adept, 21 Brad, 22 Time, 23 Beg

Presse. Press

24 Bird of prey (8).

Banquet (5)

-25

26 Brew

Tea?

President on, the necessity for reason for the influx Specialists "of the

+

East, they added.

New

shooting and drowning, an- vived another gear thing" last night when Mau Mau gurmen fired at him froma point blank range

the

hole

Mr Holland had defence talks During the one week Common- with the British Government wealth conference, many of the during the Commonwealth Prime Prime Ministers held separate Ministers conference here last regional defence discussions. Inspector Bowler was shot February. He was assisted at the then reviewed defence

by a terrorket in Februßry!" defence discussions” by Major problems (of the Middle East in

1994.). The bullet ricocheted General William Intry, Chief of the

recent

developments

off his cap bades and tore Zealand's General Staff and reached agreement on

through his basis for a new approach. to de- Observers noted that Mr fence planning in this area. But Four months later he played Holland's new defence policy details of the new appr

approach? follows his visit to Singapore were not disclosed.

The Prime Ministers concern- after the Commonwealth Con- ference here and the conference ed also discussed Southeast Asia

February at Bangitoic of the defence, Foreign Ministers of the South The security of Malaya was enst Asia Treaty, Organisation,

discussed and it was regarded SINGAPORE CONSULTATIONS Zealand as of:"vila importance

dvd by Britain, Australia and New

Now Zeniažd Foreign We, the And later

had consultations in Singas pore with (Mr. Holland.”

1'

They considered that future scint plann the three gÖVÉTERNÉ, cussions with older partie

Organisation would, go

into the flooded Nairobí, river to save thrée" people doom an overturned boat, Two Afelcim constables were drowned on

his occasion

pector Bowler!!

fire on him

ed into the truck Enspector Bowler was but he was unfucke

Mall Special.