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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, DECEMBER | 23, 1955,5

New Trouble Anticipated In New Engine

New Role Planned For USS Kentucky

Norfolk, Va. Dov. 22, The uncompleted battle. ship. Kentucky will prob- ably be the Unlice Blatte Navy's first floating plat-

a medium form for

minile.

ballistic

range the

Norfolk Virginia Pitos

said today.

The newspaper sald this frot had been confirmed by the Navy Under- Secretary, Mr Thoman 9.

Galow, Jr. who also wan quoted as saying a newly designed light cruiser would be the world's first atomic powered surface vessel. Special.

China

Mali

Algeria

SEPARATE NATION

RECOGNITION

DEMAND EXPECTED

Paris, Dec. 22.

A move to demand recognition of Algeria as a separate nation was reported today from the troubled French North | African territory, where new terrorism is casting a growing shadow over the French

Dutch Refuse election campaign.

To Budge Over West N.Guinea

The Hague, Dec. 22 Mr Joseph Luns. Minister for Indonesian affairs, and head of

Ne

úklegation at leperimuls print Indonesian-Nether. fakat mera, sad to- the Sovereignty

verri

The

11.

Jams

1141 3

Netherlands

over

In the past three days, 52 people have been killed in a new wave of attacks by

rebels who want to change Algeria's status

as a province of France.

The French Governor-General French governments have re- there, M

Jacques Sousteile, Is fused any concessions in this reported to have asked for an- direction because Algeria is other 00,000 troops to reinforce officially part of France. There the 108,000 now stationed in are a inillion Frenchmen in the Algeria.

territory and handing over res- possiblity to the North African population would be even greater Ishan it was in the case of French

living in MorvCCO.

The present French caretaker government In charge of the

te succesNOT the country until of

formed after poling on January second la believed to be em- barrassed by the reques

New

West

ife Cinnea was “indispulufje." declared "we will not budge in Ich from this position.

Mir Tams was speaking in the Second Chamber of the Nether- fonds Pay Bament in the face of Parliamentary retivist of the

talks

He said the Netherlands could not have refuse the Indonestun request for the talks, since the aim of the Netherlands foreign prodiny

to establish was

good

between

two

Lelaki

Countries,

The

Mr Larns said Ühe Netherlands Government had

"

pinciple"

the

no complaint

+Hainst chuice of Geneva for the talks. The change from The Hague had been made. at J113 Indunesiah added.France- request, Presse

be

Unpopular Move

An unwritten convention pre- vents 11 as a temporary govern- ment, from taking a major de- iston such as sending big re- Inforcementa

This also means recalling more conscripts-an unpopular inove which would almost cer- anly damage the chinees of the Government centre-right parties In the election.

The Prime Edgar Faure, decided last night to send out a small commission

Minister,

M.

of inquiry to find exactly what

but is needed,

this la widely felt here

to be a temporising measure designed to stave off

any action until after the

Australia To elections

Thoroughly Test Vaccine

the

Meanwhile in Burgundy. there was A local

success for M. Pierre Poujade, Jeader of shopkeepers Lax reform movement, which is putting up candidates for the French election.

Due To Apathy

"Poujadist"

candidates WOT! elections

the

must of the seats fu for the Chamber of Commerce of Dijon and Beaune, in newt of the Burgundy country.

wine

It is said the sucoeste) were

mostly due le apathy.

M. Poujscie's adversaries con- cede that he will win a million votes which would embarrass a number of centre-right candi-

diates.

M. Jacques Duhamel, the Premier's chier personal The clear cut party Altisbees assistant,

will lead the Inquiry, formed by leaders in Paris - It was reported from Algiers us between the Reyubĺjean Front led by M. Pierre Mondes-France today that the action committee

and the Union of Independents of the "01" group-Mostems elected to the Aigerlin Assemb~

led by M. Antoine Pinay, Con-

Foreign Minister ly ur to local government bodies servative New Della. Dec. 22

lost to view in the MacFarlane Burnel, the, had met and was expected to

provincial constituencies, French Austration vidogisk, said here produce a resolution calling for

Journalists reported.

Sir

taxlay that Australia bad de-recognition

Auntieas

would!

usually

Algerian

of "the cided to mak the Salk "anti-

Until lately, these men have pollo" vaccine, but in view of the

those controversy

represented recent

over Algerian Mosiers favouring issur the vaccine unly

continuation of existing Franco- after thorough texts.

Sir MacFarlane, director of Algerian relations, under which is rated as a French the Walter Institute of Medical Research, province and all its inhabitants Melbatta. all a world

Eilza

Halla

thority on virus diseases, told

was pro Australian ehldren with the Salk vaccine when they entered school at the age of five or six.

a press conference it

posed to immunise

The infants

are French citizens.

Have Refused

But under threats of death at the hands of the rebels, these public men are rapidly shifting

problems of vaccinating their ground and going over to had sill to be solved the altitude of the rebels, who but ultimately it would have kiwnnt Algeria to be at least be said.-China dependent be overCOTETU,

Mail Special

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They thought that in casca, it would be differnt to say Ju the new Assembly who was for whom. This may, experis thought, be specially dieult in the case of the Radicals,

1

M Mendes-France 13 Radical and M. Fuure, now one of his opponents, has been ex- pelled from the party.

But once elected, it was sald

it would by no means be cet- tain that members would follow In the Assembly, the leaders to whom

they allegiance.—Router,

now

claimed

US-German

Donna Carla Gronchi, wife of Italy's president, Giovanni Gronchi, last Saturday Inaugurated the world-famous Milan Doll Show, where a striking variety of dulls from many na- tions were on display. Pleture shows Donna Gronchi admir- ing "Coronation of the Queen," a dall offered by the local British Consulate.-Express Photo.

TOWNS EVACUATED

Eight US Rivers On Rampage

San Francisco, Dec. 22.

Torrential rains driven by gale force winds struck northern California today, sending at least eight rivers on wild rampages and forcing evacua- tion of scores of towns.

The fresh rains, an extension of a storm that has continued almost without interruption for the past seven days, dumped more than 61⁄2 inches on some mountain areas in 24 hours.

of

For Test Comet III

Montreal, Dec. 22. HE de Havilland Com-

THE

pany has been asked to fly out A new engine from England for possible replacement on the Comet III.Jet airliner which was forced to turn back to Montreal last night, a de Havilland spokesman said here tonight..

The spokesman said the Comet would fly to de Havilland's Canadian plant at Toronto ona three engines for A more thorough examination.

The glant plane, which was on the homewarding of a round- the-world test flight when it was forced to turn back, will not return home until after Christmas.

Fuel Pipe Fault

Tho spokesman auid today's checkup showed that a fitting a fuel pipe had failed shortly after takeoff Jost This was duo night.

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primarily

to tho extreme

cold and a big change in tem-

peratures.

This caused the fire warning to

flush on the plane's

control

board and though there was no fire or donger of one Captain John Cun- Group

ningham turned lunded ufler

back ane!

dumping 4,000

gallons of fuel.

"Wo huve thought it best to have a new engine flown out from England in ense It should prove necessary to make 1 replacement," the spokesman sald.Reuter.

General Strike

Called In Chile

Santiago, Dec. 12. Chile's United Labour | Central called today for a general strike in support of an outlawed strike by 14,000 copper miners now in its second week.

Labour Central announced that a membership vote on a general strike would be taken next Wednesday. demanded release of 33 copper strikers held for triui on charges

violating the law for defence of democracy.

of

tha

The office of the Controller- General of the Republie rejected a copper country in its present form

workers' code recently approved by Congress, "several Workers #t the

huge had been American-owned mills County and Chuquicomata, Potrerittos and El

Reports of lowns beingporary refuge in the poured In from court house. Evacuated

the throughout

norther half

Late

sald reports the

One of the hardest hit was Oroville hundred" people On the Feather River where evacuated in Butte purts of the southern half of the 200 at a labour

Gridley city had to be evacuated. Home- less residents were given tem-

Pakistan Not

Isolated In South Asia

Washington, Dec. 22, The Impact on

Pakistan of the recent Soviet diplomatic offensives in India and

Atomic Pact Afghanistan was discussed at

length today during a talk be tween the Pakistan Ambagsidor

Washington, Dec. 22. to the United States, Mr

The West German Ambassa-

dor to the United States, Dr Mohammed All, and the Assis

Heinze L Krekeler, was under- tant Secretary

atood to have discussed the

量

State, Mr

George Allend

Mr

possibility of a bilateral atomic newsinen that he did not fool part between the Federal that his country

Government. and

Statce.

All told

had been Isolated by the recent Soviet moves in South Asin:

Why

the Unlied when he saw the Secretary of State, Mr John should we feel isolated, we have Foster Dulles, today,

got good friends," he said. A well-informed sourco · sald He indicated that he had not the Bona Government Minister |specifically discussed with Mr for Atomic Affairs, Herr Franz Alen the Americar offer of lis Josef Strauss, was expected to good offices in the Pakistan- arrive in Washington to sign Afghanistan dispute.

the pret at the end of February, Asked about the possibility of a plebiscite. for Kashmir, the Tho United States has former Prime Minister, expressed atomic pacts wila hope that such a plebiselte would countries-France=take place in the future.

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The commander at Hamilton Air Force base in Marin County ordered "immediate evacuation" of all aircraft after flood waters moved on the field.

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The

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Hamilton said its planes would

Bane, Dec. 22. other bases for re-

Communist-led Italian Juge

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The aircraft at Hamilton in December 29 to support clude jet

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"Everything's got to go," 0 base spokesman

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Non-Communist" railwayman's unilons refused to join the striko describing it as "inopportune at the present time."-Reuter.

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