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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1955,

CHINA ATTEMPTS TO WIN CONFIDENCE Creation Of Danubian

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Sept. 15.

A handful of British political staff in

Editor, business communications and this Protectorate will next month start the "peaceful penetration" of the least- known state, Mahra, in this 80,000 square miles territory of mountain and desert.

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From there they will extend their activities to the other three states; Quaiti, Kathiri and Wahidi.

it will be no easy task to win the confidence of the parily nomadic and intensely proud tribesmen of this area for they are resentful of allen influence. All the mon carry arms and have been engaged in feuds for centuries,

Colonel 11uth Boustend, the British Resident Adviser, and

of

the the

CHIEFTAINS SEE FARMING MARVELS

with the penetration Mahru State, although advisory staf belleve that it

achleve- was a considerable ment to induce the Sulton of Socotra and Mahra to leave his pleasant green island homo last year and visit his mainland tribes. After a few uneasy days, he succeeded in gaining their ex- and concluded Assistants know that

they

preased.allegiance

Treaty with the will have to proceed with cru-an Advisory ilon

The Qualti treaty was diplomacy. and

They

British If not prepaid booking for stress that their role is purely signed in 1937,

Since then British influence. advisory, almed, at developing the territory, by giving advice, never openly displayed, has been the local and often to unite the three main states through

ground. A recent attempt rudimentary administration un-

in a Federation failed, mainly, der a sullen or sheikh.

British officials here say, because

The the other states feared Qualt The most advanced state, supremacy, Quaiti, ruled by Sultan Sir Although British assistance Salih bin Ghalib al Quaiti, in- has helped the more fertile areas cludes the territory's most to develop large-scato Irrigation fertile region, the Wadi and agricultural schemes 450 Hadhramaut, and the chler city, water pumpy had been installed Sultan, whose in the Wadi Hadramaut by the | Mukilo. The uf assorted stamps. KEN packets From 20 cents per packet upwards great-grandfather, Omar 1, es- end of 1954-the discovery of An entirely

South Cablished his rulo here in the oil would give the Protectorate's China Morning Post Lid., Wyndham Street, Hongkong And Salisbury last century after being a high-economy a much-needed fiillp.

ranking officer in the army of the Nizam of Hyderabad,

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NOTICE

this

ace on the edge of Į decisive" month

Builder"

But British officials series. Now stock DOW available.

From South Chin with

Say that so far testing has not Morning Pont. Lid.. Wyndhara India. Street

longkang and Ballbury He is about 80, although his merited the start of large-scale Hoad, Kowloon.

exact age is not easily to be operations. It is hoped that calculated, a tall, distinguished-geo-physical survey being start-

will be a ed looking man. He lives in

more rambling

is certain that the discovery It is to be the coolest the sea, said

oil would lead to a big change of of Mukalla, and disposes of spot in

of in the Prolectorate's way of life. army of With the a brightly-uniformed

new wealth would about 350 warriors, including a

as come a new nationalism, in the camel detachment,

view

observers of competent the Mukalla

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HUNG TONG

PROBATE JURISDICTION

11 The Goods of EDUARD LIPPA inte of The Victorin

Park Hotel 1 Lower Park Mukaila, Hood. Husholme, Manchester 14. England. Retired Electrical Engineer, deceased.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Caurt has, by virtue of Section 60 (1) of the Probate and ministration Ordinance (Chapter 10)

Ad-

town

known

of

Are here, and the British influence houses framed on a. rocky bay might wall wane, between high, bare, brown mountains and a blue sea has, at first glance, or from the air, Mediterranean aspect. The hurbour, with its

age-greened

made un Order infting the time for wooden dhows, lying nt all

reditors and others to end in thougies, on ciobn against the above estate to the tire day of October, 1953.

All creditors and others me se cordingly hereby required to send their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.

Dated this ath day of September.

1950.

LO AND LO, Solicitors for the Attomey of the Executors

Quera's Building, Zion Zoor.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 By Air Formosa, 6 p.m. Burma, India, Paklatan,

Middle Esa), Africa, Great Britain' & Europe,

p.m.

Filippines, a p.m.

Korea, 6 p.m. Japan, 0p.m.

U.3.A., dapada, dpm.

By Burfice

Indo-China, 3. p.m.

Burma. 4 p.m. Madan, p.m.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 By Air

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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

THE PILL TURNED

1 ME --INTO A KID!

the

the foreshore, has a lazy air. People lounge in the shade of the city gater.

Bul

the tail spires of mosques soon proclaim that this is un Arab city, and for The political officer hy the field. conditions are rigorous. While encouraging chiefs to keep the peace, or supervising the build- ing of dams, wells, and perhaps a school and first-ald centre, he ncy hundreds of miles mhy journey

with through parched country

the only a small escort and BUNDAY POST-HERALD minimum of food and shelter. for commercial Often, he is out of touch with should be the outside world. He may have

than to map unexplored areas

construct foris.

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small party of the British- controlled

Hadhrami Beduin Legion travelled upcountry,

Mistakenly, men of weigh- bauring. tribe

In the Mahra State thought the Preparations were directed against them. Information was about 85 heavily vive that tribes- men were planning a concerted night rush on the British force,

After sleepless nights spent on the bara dunes, with Da attack expected hourly, supplies and rudimentary defences were rushed in and the sllun- tion was saved.

Such crises are an inevitable part of a political officer's life.

Tel. Kowloon 52222 Such problems will crop up

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FU HOUBE. HONG KONG..

IT'LL ONLY LAST A. WEEK, JAKE. THAT'S NOT ALL--

FERD NAND

NANCY

YOUR SANDWICH AND MILK ARE ON THE TABLE, NANCY

THE GUY MADE A HOLE IN A BRICK, WALL WITH THIS GADGET--THEN

THE HOLE FILLED

| BACK--LIKE THERE

NEVER HAD BEEN

AKOLE-

AND DON'T DARE TOUCH YOUR LUNCH WITH THOSE DIRTY HANDS

JOHNNY HAZARDTM

· SHARI'S NOT IN HER

ROOM, BHAP? WHAT DO

IT'S NOT LIKE SHARI

TO LEAVE WITHOUT A WORD MAYER THE DESK

YOU SURPOSE HAPPENED / CLERK WOULD KNOW.....

TO HER F

Notices

Philippines, N. Bomeo, 6 p.m. Japan awall. U.S.A... "Canada. Gp.m.

Maloya, Indonesia, Australia, Now Zealand, Thalland, India, Pakistan, Middle East, Africa, Grent Dritala

Europe,,6 p.ni. Formosa, 0 p.m.

By Burface China. People's Republic, 9.50 am, N. Borneo, 11 am. Thailand, 11 a.m Formess, Norn, Macao, p.m. Korea. p.m.

Philippines. 5 p.m.

Japan Hawalj. U.S.A., C. & 8. Americi, 3 pm.

China. People's Republic, ô p.m. Macao, p.m.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

By Air Thailand. India, Pakistan. Middle

10 p.m.

In Yorkshire to study agri- culture and farming methods In a party d Northern Nigerian Chieftains. They visited Springdale Farm si Rudston,

Bridington. pear where all the latest methods

and modern machinery are .employed. As most of the farm work in their own coun- try is done with hand tools, the visitors were overcome with wonder at some of the

modern machinery they mw. Watched

his fellow- by countrymen one of the visti- ing Chieftains from Northern Nigeria tries his hand at the controla of 4 combine harvester which was working on a field of oats, — Express Photo.

London, Sept. 15, Mrs Elizabeth Privoli, a 08- Fast, Africa, Great Britain, Europe -car-did widow who was rescued

Formosa, Japan, 0 p.m.

by police after being studie in

Dy Burface Macao. p.m.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 By Surface China People's Republic. p.30 am. Macao. 2 p.m.

Philippines. H. Borneo, 2 p.m. Macao, G p.m.

WHAT HAPPENED

TO ME--7

a bath of water for about 30 hours was at Mayday Hospital, 'Thornton.

She was said to be "quite comfortable." China Mail Special.

By Lee Falk and Phil Davis

I SLUGGED YOU WHEN YOU TRIED TO AUN. I DIDN'T WANT TO LOSE YOU--TOO VALUABLE!

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-ERNIE

BUSHMILLE

HIT ME--? HOW CHILDISH! I CAN'T IMAGINE AN ADULT STRIKING ANOTHER ADULT--

7.15 k

YOU TALK FUNNY,

WHO ARE YOU?

WHERE YOU FROM?

By MIK

By Ernie Bushmiller

By Frank Robbins

LTWD NOTES, TO BE PELIVERED TO

· MR. HUNTER AND MR.HAZARDI-

|· SAMENT

AH, YES (THE YOUNG LADY LEFT

Federation Possible

Viena, Sept, 15,

Observers here in Vienna believe that there are indications that the Soviet Union is considering the creation of a Danubian Federation as part of the neutral belt between herself and Germany.

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They believe, too, that the Soviet leaders consider that such a Federation would tend to lessen the distrust in the West aroused by the creation of the Eastern bloc as a counter-balance to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

The Soviet Iden appears to be combination of" two old European schemes--the Balkan Foderation and the Little Entente,

The Balkan Federation has long been

a dream of Serb, Croat and Bulgarian politicians, The creation of a great federal Balkan State

was designed to form a powerful milliary unit defence purposes, a great economic unit for trade pur-

about the size of a united Germany and with a population of about 66,000,000,

Such a Federation would form B powerful military unit, under Yugoslav leadership in milltary maltors and would, incidentally, bring Tilo's Yugoslavia back into the Soviet fold by an in- direct channel. ton of such a Federation would the erea- Economically, too,

have beneficial resulta. The in-

poses, and to solve the tangled dustry of Czechoslovalda, Hun- problems of Balkan nationality pay and to some extent Yugo- the federal Iden, which of raw materials and food from slavia would get good supplies by would give each ruce its free-the more agricultural states of dom within the federal cI- ganisation

Its Object

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Rumania and Bulgaria. The creation of a bigger economis unit would bring great economic advantages.

'Neutral Belt'

The Balkan Federation From the point of view of planned, for exemple, by King racial problems, the Federation Alexander of Yugoslavia with would also tend to modify, the

from tho Bulgarian problems arising Slambuliski,

the have clalins of minorfiles in all the leader, would peasant included Albania, Yugoslavia, countries involved By Wilmin

and Rumanta and ting the hard and fast frontlers Bulgaris,

though the between the countries it would Greece, perhaps Greeks fought shy of being make it easier for the Rumanian Included in a combination sö

Yugoslavia, the minority in Hungarian minority in Rumania, predominantly Slay.

and the Yugoslav minority in The Little Entente WE ຄ French conception between the their own people.

Hungary to keep contact with

It two World Wors.

WALK of composed

Czochoslovakia, Rumania and Yugoslavia and its

It would also solve, perhaps, great object was to create a the

age-old problem of mitary unit which would help Macedonia, divided between Fringe to enefrele Germany and Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, and prevent, it was hoped, renewed striving for union and autonomy. German expansion.

It has also been claimed for The new Danubian Federation the Danube Federation Idea that would include not only the it would bring considerable Little Entente countries Czecho-advantages to the Soviet Union slovakia, Rumania and

would become slavia, but niso Hungary, Bulgn the "neutral. bell" from rin and Albania. This would Arctic to the Mediterranean, create a new geographical unit which the Boylet Union 19 believed to be working to create. Such a

raise a

TALK

ABOUT

MAGIC!

Have you seen

Admiral

AIR CONDITIONERS

AND REFRIGERATORS

*TER JAM THAT MADE TASMANIA FAMOUS=

DAIRY BOX

MILK

CHOCOLATE

... this situation

calls for a

San Miguel

"belt"

the

would barrier between tha Soviet Union and Germany, whose ultimate union is considered here as Inevitable.

act as

Second,

It would

military counter-balance to the united and rearmed Germany, which is confidently expected here to arise within the next low

years.

Third, it would do away with

some of the distrust which the present Eastern bloc of states has created in Western Europe. It would be given for greater autonomy from the Soviet Union than the present satellite states have been allowed

Would and

do away with the fear that the Soviet Union was preparing to swallow, one by one, the satellito states into the Union

new Soviet Republics.

the creation In Vienna,

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such a Federation, largely com

of

posed of the territories which at one time formed the Austro-

suspicion.

Hungarian Empire, would be regarded with considerable The natural head- quarters for such a Federation would obviously, for repeons of communications, geographical position, history and convenience, be Vienna, Chiria Mall Special.

Gas Co. Has

Good Year

(Continued from Page 10) be an entirely suitable arrange- ment under locai' conditiona.

In previous years, therợ have been shown three separate Pro- visions for Amortisement and Renewals of Plant etc. This year the accounts have boon con- solidated and the

£240,928

with

total compared £190,505 Last your. The vialon

of Retort etc. Honevals not included in the con

as this is in effect o for equalising the

Gas making

Wea

Margo for repairs to the

plant. The figure in the Fixed. As- sets for Land, Works de Plant shows an "Incrcbse of £67,234. or this, 250,000 is expenditure on the new Works at Matanicols arud 10,000 for Main Saying

The cash at Bats and on de- posit at a quarter of a million pounds many bupeat consider. able but gron" dead” of new plant has arrived since the year end and the cost of this has had bo met out of these funds, whilst further commitment for plont and mains voru

ample

cash reserved.

There were

represented at the meeting.

Director of the Com

floated

pany, on a resolution Mr W GE