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THE CHINA - MAIL, FRIDAY, APRIL

1955.

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OPPOSITION TO IKE'S FOREIGN

General Collins AID PLAN

To Testify

Washington, Apr. 21.

A State Department spokes-

man said today that the prime purpose of General Lawien

Collins' return to the United States was to testify before the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee.

General Collins, President Eisenhower's personal emissary Indo-China, is due in Washington late today or early tommorrow.

to

Asked

whother

Collins would go

General back

EO

Saigon, the spokesman said: "As far as I know, he is going back."Reuter.

Batons Used

Against

No More Large Programmes For Asia

SEN. BYRD'S OPINION

Washington, Apr. 21.

'The United States Government's foreign aid programme of $3,530,000,000 proposed" by Presi dent Eisenhower in his message to Congress yesterday, appears to be running into difficulties.

Democratic Senator Harry Byrd of Georgia, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and his Republican colleague, Mr Charles Potter of Michigan are both opposed to further direct American economic assistance to the allies of the United States.

Mr Byrd, a strong supporter of Government economy told | the Press today that he is

RUSSIA WILL opposed to starting another

RETURN 62

US SHIPS

Washington, Apr. 21. Russia today agreed to return 62 vessels lent by the United States under the

large programme in Asia."

الد

ONLY "POINT FOUR" He said that the the has come to climinale economic aid to other coun- tries except for 3 reasonable amGuat

"Point Four technical assistance in other countries."

Democratic Seriater Mice

to

Mansfeld of Montana wants the Eisenhower programme cut ess than $3,000,000.000, walle Danceratic

Senator Walter

Demonstrators World War II Lend-Lease George of Georgia, Chairman

agreement-called

in

an

programme.

The Jchantsburg. Apr. 21.

principle-was Baton-wielding police

leday agreement charged a crowd of Africans worked out during a meeting between the Soviet Ambassador, demonstrating against the new Mr Georgi Zarubia, and State Bantu Education Act.

officials. Earlier, the demonstrators set Department

Papers agreement fire to the Dutch Reformed with "cetails of the Church Missica School, in the remain to be signed. East Rangi, Several demonsira-

State Department officials said the vesels are expected to _WLTO BITESİed. Some 10,000 African students be returned to the United have been boycotting. Bantu Stales between June and August schools for the past nine days of this year, The transfer is in protest against the Bantu ccheduled to Take place at Kiel, Education Act,

Germany,

The vessels concerned are primarily PT boats and sub- chasers-United Press.

LOTS

The

Department of Native Affairs in Pretoria said today that a small militant organisa- tien in Johannesburg TURA responsible for the boyscts. Meanwhile, in Sophiatown, near here, a 18-year-old boy was stabbed by a group of African youths "because he attended school," the police said.

PRICES SLASHED! CHEAP ISOTOPES

Washington, Apr. 21.

of the Foreign Relations Affairs Commities of the Senate and Democratic Congressman Janzes Richard of South Carolina, Chairman of the Fertigs Affairs Committee of the House of Re presentatives are showing very little haste in beginning study of the foreign 3d programme- France-PressC

European Economic

Integration

Monday was the last day of The Atomic Energy Com-said tonight that he hoped

an

Amsterdam, Apr. 21. Mr Johan Beyen, the Dutch Foreign Minister,

early oppor native mission (AEC) today slashed its to have school prices on radioactive isotopes: tunity of putting forward under the Bantu Education From July 1 the Commission concrete proposals on Euro- Act. All those who do not said isotopes used in all attend on Monday will bo biomedical

agricultural pean economic integration banned

10.

grace" given children to attend

and

13 truants under research and research in medical to the foreign, ministers of orders from the Native Affairs therapy would be avaliable to other countries. Minister, Dr H. F. Verwoerd. I demes.te users at 20 per cent of

United Press.

the catalogue price-Reuter,

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"I have cause for confidence that the support of our Benelux pariners (Belgium and Luxem- [bourg) can be oblined for these proposals," be told a meeting of the Europtan

movement.

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"On the other hand I cannot see a similar objection on the part of the Continental European countries to participating in supranational organisation

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Easter Christening In A Cathedral Garden

At five weeks, Garry John Jones was not taking much interest in his christening, but in the years to come he will be proud of this picture because it's unique, He was christened on Easter Sunday in the fond among the flowers of the first Easter Garden ever planted in St Paul's Cathedral. Performing the ceremony was Mr. R. Simpson, Sacristan of St. Paul's, Garry John is "the sau of Mr Jolin Henry Jones of Ilford, Essex, who has worked for many years in the Cathedral-Reuterphoto.

GLOOMY AND GLUM

Londen. Apr. 21.

Showmen. bookmakers, football pool chiefs and news agents today glumly toted up the losses they suffered in Eritain's news-" paper strike.

The chaolie repercussions

for

of the

caused by the Loppage enveloped millions of small businessmen.

They will smart under its lash some time to come.

Here are some effects it had.

Football pools: Fools re- ceipts are believed to have

by 50 per ceai,

Ticket agencies. blocks of

tickets for new shows with- out Press reviews.

Stores: There was little demand for spring fashions which

would normally

fur

in

almost daily newspaper advertisements.

News Agents: some

Jos

up to £50 weekly--a hard blow a small shopkeeper.

to a

The big demand for maga- zines did not offset

the losses on newspapers.

Bookmakers; Some firma said they were doing only

cent

their per normal turnover as clients could get ne information about possible runners.

There were some smiles from bookshops. They could

find not

Crough novels to keep customers satisfied in the first days of the strike,China Mall Special

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Gen. Ridgway

-Kaiser

Executive?

Morning & Sunday Papers May

Increase Prices

London, Apr. 21.

Londoners had newspapers to read again to day and rush hour buses and trains regained the absorbed atmosphere which marked them till the strike banished newspapers from the capital almost four weeks ago.

KOREA PLANE INCIDENT

Truce

Supervisors Split Decision

Munsan, Apr. 21.

The Neutral Nations Truce Supervisors to- day handed down a split decision on who was to blame when United States Sabre-jets shot down two Communist planes which attacked an Ameri- can bomber off the North Korean coast in February.

The Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission, composed of Communist Poland and Czecho- slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland, informed the United Nations Military Armistice Commission that it had been unable to arrive at a joint evalua- tion of the Yellow Sea incident.

the

have been carried

The Communist members of could have the Commission insisted that land,

United States made an "illegal attack" against the Rad Although never admitted by planes

February 5 and the United States, officials

"violated" North Korean terri-studying the incident said that tory.

it was quite possible that the fight took place over North Korca,

CONTRADICTION

The Swedish and Swiss members charged that the Communist claims were contradiction of the truth.” They said that the Communist charges were "nog proved"

t

MATTER OF SECONDS

They said that when the American plane was attack- ed over laternational waters, the United States Jets swinging in to defend it -and-travelling at high speeds could very wall have, within a matter of seconds, shat over North Korea,

The jet dog-fight broke out 10 miles off the North Korean coast near Pyongyang on Feb- rary 5 when a light of Com- munist MIGs attacked a RO-45 They pointed out that this patrol bomber. The escorting was not a violation when the United States jets pounced on Communist jels attacked Arst the attacking planes and sent and the two down in fames,

Major-General Leslie.. D. Carter, senior United Nations Command Military Armistice. Commission member, said that the truce supervisors vote "reveals the true picture of the NNSC's ineffectiveness."

He added, "The fact that the NNSC,

a supposedly neutral. commission, was unable to come to a decision was due entirely to the obstructierist lecties of

the Czechoslovak and Polish re- presentatives."

The United Nations Command said that during investigations it had given the neutral motions detailed information and docu-

logs, Bight charts and radari photographers &

In attempting to prove their

Today morning and evening newspapers rolled ments including the navigators normally off the presses, but the three-London evening journals brought bitter-sweet news to their From tomorrow they said they must readers. raise prices from 1d to 2d. They blamed "re- cent events" and noted that outside the capital Briton's already pay 2d for evening newspapers. United States jet and fell ca

The decision heightened ex- we are again" and Londoners pretation that the morning and seemed everywhere pleased to Sunday newspapers too may see them, soon need to put prices. up. Only

one of the London evening newspapers made much of the strike, it was the Lon- don Evening News which in addition

publishing editorial

attitude

COST OVER £IM

ard stubborning the indexible

"Go

BEAMING VENDOR

the

The strike of 700 main- tenance men which halted them sincs March 25 has cost a grand total of “over four million pounds ster-* strike leaders carried à red ling." newspapers said.

masthead with the legend "News Most of today's

- davin newspapers Again" and frontpaged made no serious effort to cover pictures of a Fleet Street name the major news that has gone plate and traffic lights signalled unread in the past weeks. Eut the Times-as much as ari Institution as a newspaper produced an arabiticus supple ment in which it devoted half of one of its large pages to the news of each day it has. missed publication,

The Conservative Daily

too producd Telegraph

The maintenance men IC summary

of the lost news in turned to work last night after the form of a supplement,

a

It gave pride of place to 3 photograph of a beaming news vendor selling the paper and in its news story quoted a bookstall mallager as saying: "People are hap- pier than they have

been for a month."

accepting the employers offer But the popular 11⁄2d outraals of 12 shillings weekly pay rises looked straight ahead, glancing on condition that new wage backwards only to pick up mala talks begin within eight weeks. points of Britain's Budget which-Reuter. apart from immediate personal interest will echo on to the general election campaign,

Oakland, Ápr. 21. Headquarters here of the Kaiser interests said today that there

Most newspapers pegged the had been discussions with Gen- eral Matthew Ridgway, US Army surviving core of big stories Chief of Stoff about the pos- ingeniously or to topical develop sibility of his becoming President ments, a technique which they

their

relaticeship, economic especially because supranational military co-operation is now no longer bound up with it," Mr Beyen said-Reuter,

Israel Accepts

Y BESPAIRS Four Proposals ALLIANCE

X

ANNEYE

PHEASANT S

*

ACROSS

3 Putting out 'of countenance

(B).

8 Pigment (6).

9 Stubborn (8).

11 Numeral (8).

12 Saucy (4)

13 Sources of water (5)....-

18 Assesses (5)...

18 Jealousy (4).

22

Give hope (8)

up

24 Confederacy (8).

DOWN

1 Flower (5),

2 Margin (5).

3 Someone else (7).

4.Infant (4).

5. Avold (4).

6 Likenesses (6),'

7 Visitors (8).

10 Distributed (5).

14 Burdened (5).

15 Snake (7).

10 Run off (6).

25 Supplementary building (6). 17 Slim

20 Game bird (8)..

20 Slenda (5)

21 Show In (5).

22 Platform (4).

23 Scrutinise (4).

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Acres 3 Amicable, Sewer, 8 Escorted, 10 Recant, 13 Prepare, 15 Bede, 17 Encores, 18 Saloist, 20 Eria, 31 Similes, 26 Resist, 27 Register, 28. Inter, 29 Turespit Down: 1 Ugurp, 2. Twice, 3 Arena, 4 Crop, 5 Bitter 6 Eddles, 9 Stress, 11 Error, 12 Apron, 14 Entire, 15 Boris, 16 Denes, 18 Secret, 19 Linger, 22 Merit, 23 Lista, 24 Story, 25 Asks.

On Gaza

Jerusalem, Apr. 21.

Israel has accepted three of

four

CEYLON REDUCES TEA DUTY

Colombo, Apr. 21.

of Industries Kaiser-Argentina | hope in a few days will bring Export duty on tea will he after retirement. No definite resert reasonably abreast of the reduced by 30 cents per pound agreement had been made, Dis- unrcad news,

with effect from midnight to- cussions, were being continued. London's main streets quickly night, as a result of a decision General Ridgway will retire began to accumulate the litter made by the Ceylon Cabinet next August. He is in Argen-which had aknost vanished in today.

per

tina now as a guest of Mr Edgar recent weeks, The news vendors The new import duty will be Kaiser, Vice-President of the back at their corner stands had one rupce (about 5 cents) Kaiser subsidiary.--Reuter. chalked up cutices such as "bere | pound.—France-Presse.

proposals aimed at reducing Ban Lifted On Prostitution

tension on the Gaza strip border

made by Major-General Edeson Burns, United Nations Palestine Chief of Staff and supported by the Security Council, authorita- tive sources said, today.

The proposals Ismel has accepted are: Negotiations for agreements, between loca: Israeli and Egyptian commanders along the lines of those reached be- tween Israel and Jordan for the Jerusalem area;

Construction of a double apron barbed wire fence along certain.

In

Buenos Aires

will put up

Year

of ace who are under buildings at municipal the influence of alcohol or expense and rent them as 'brothels by public tender. The red light district will cover

Each will have a dining hall 200,000 square yards

¿west Buenos Aires. and vervants”, quarters as well as a medical inspection centre.

Buenos Aires, Apr. 21. Buenos Aire ANCING, gambling and drinking will be banned and only "well behaved" prasii- tutes allowed in a closed red light city to be set up within Buenos Aires," il'was '-au- nounced today.

parts of the demarcation line; Official regulations issued by

and the manning of all outposts

the municipal authorkies, sud

and patrols by regular troops.control will be exercised

The rame authoritative sources said Israel had rejected the proposal to have joint patrols by Israel, Egyptian and Unid Nations personnel in sensitive sections pt the line. They said the Israell Foreign Ministry handed a reply to General Burno

yes erday-Reuter

It is estimated unofficially that The cost of the project. Includ- ing gardens, will be in the region of 90 million pesos (about £5,620,000) Usually reliable sources said the love city, will, consist of 12 ground flour

"houses with 18 tris in

selling their favours must be at least 22 years old and permițied "10 refire at their own request, They will be expelled in cases if III health ar breaches of the regula Hans-Reuter.

Infraditoving the pro- The househ Prostitutes

through good conduct: epril- deates awarded by police to eligible prostitutes after careful screening. The official Announcement follows a Christmastide degree A legalising to prostitationẩn

Argating after a 20-year | They will not he allowed to ban

fession will be entitled to have all records showing ther aki Uved in the city destroyed.

entertain youths under 18

style

will

gesoe

will be in Roman colonnades. They cost

£500,000 (£168,700) | rich and will be HUTCHÁ OVER gardens and new- ly paved sickels Benter,

charge of air violation, the Communists produced gas tanks which

were ejected from the

North Korea,

The United Nations mid that- these tanks, if dropped at sea.

American platics in defence followed in pursuit.” United Press,

SOLO AFTER

5. MINUTES

Frankfurt, Apr. 21.

Turo Communists

young

anti-

who escaped to freedom in a "borrowed" through sports plane

Czechoslovakia's **MIG

Alley that

confessed today never really

they fearned to fly.

But they said they would like to join the American Air Force and learn,

Not

"Flying came to me na turally" Karel Kucera,. 20-fold a Press conference.- His total time in the air before the start of his dramatic fight totalled Bye minutes as a passenger.

Kacera and

Zdock Machliner Landed their rickety old sporta plane in a ploughed field in Bavaria Last Thursday after A fight from a field nHEAT Prague-Enited Press...

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