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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1956,

EARL ALEXANDER VISITS CANADA:

STALIN COMMEMORATED

Don't Let Middle East

Buenos Aires Badly Hit By Floods

Buenos Aires, Mar. 13.

HE southern part

T Buenos Aires state has

bern badly hit by floods. following 18 hours of tor

rential ruin.

All railcomly northeast of Bohin Hanes urc ent d many

Explode

VITAL IMPORTANCE

TO THE WEST

Montreal, Mar. 13.

The West must do everything possible to prevent the Middle Eastern "powder keg" from exploding, Earl Alexander of Tunis said on his arrival from London

vilinges are isolated by the today.

flood-waters.

Hundreds of

vt cuttle havi

been drowned and in many Joenities, villagers have been forced in mrek suitely on The roofs of their homes while awailing resque,

The Navy has sent seaplanes to help in the rescue work an though there haz been 41 heave toll of Ilzeatoris, un kars of life has been reported--

France-Presso.

SNOW IN ITALY

Rome, Mar. 13.

Continued nowatornis have cut

Takav Coreammunities

Intly, the worst har

Conical bring the Castelluccio

til

villagg Norcia

of

in

Umbria. There D walk of snow more than 15 ert high hos completely isolated the

inhabitants.

The former Governor-General of Canada said, however,

that

| Rights Of Pathans every day of peace in the Mid-

Pakistan Endangering

Peace

New Delhi, Mar. 13. The Afghan Foreign Minister has said Pakistan's refusal

the 10 recognise

the. rights of Pathans on

border Pakistan - Afghan

"will endanger world peace,"

The

ing

accord- announcercat to tu Afghan Embay press release here said South- vast Asian Treaty Organisalon the policy was against the welfare

inter-

ILL Cincti praciper in

Abruzze region, 90 of 102 1 the region anic! cornununities have been cut off terenge with the rights of

teams composed Puthan." and rescue

which complicated military

and existing sensiz personnel civilian volunteers have bee's formed in an attempt to get:

elothes to the villagers,

During

theranc

today meier never rose above nunus 12

Centigrade, the ogrees lowest ever recorded in the peninsula.--France-Prost,

The

11

le

East improved the chances of ayolding a hot war.

He

sabel the aren wns of tremendous importance to the West and particularly to United Kingdom, pended on Middle East oll.

which

the de-

"At present it is like a pow- der keg and we must do every thing to prevent an explosion," sald Land Alexander. "The trou- ble between the Arubs and the Turals is bound to cause a good dest of friellon for a long the But one hopes that it will not lead to war"-United Press.

NATO Strong

Enough When Germany Armed

Ottawa, Mar. 13.

North Atlantic

The The statement said Afghanis~ food, mediteal supplies altan would continue to withhold Treaty Organisation is not

recognition

the Durend

yet strong enough to Line unless the Pakhtunisian

Western Europe, defend istic was satisfactorily settled.

General Alfred Gruenther, Foreign ministers of

Allied Supreme Comman- eight SEATO nations sukl

told the after der Issued communique

in Europe, their Karachi tolks last week Canadian Club here today. that they recognise the Durund The Soviet aggregation of "Line" us ́Pakistan's frontier with power is the strongest in peace- the history of the Afghanistani. ----Router.

time in world," he saki.

When

NATO FORCES TO EXERCISE

il

OFF GREECE Sultan Invited

Naples, Mar

13.

The Southern European forces Di

Atlantic Treaty The North Organisation will hold mano- euvres in Greek waters for four chuy beginning

tonight.

Saturday,

To Madrid

WAS

Rabal, Mar. 13, The Spanish Government has invited the Sultan of Morocco. NATO headquarters announced Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, to

ell Madrid.

learned from official sources here today.

The invitation during Muroccan Premier, Si Bekkai, and the Spanish Consul-General. M. Alcover.

The minecuvres, first of the year, will consist of a combiner submarine and jet bombing al- luck on battleships of the United States Navy.

ຄ

wun

made

Germany was armed,

In another three or four years NATO would be able to prevent of Western the overwhelming Europe, the General added,

In the

however. meantime, Europe was not at the merey

attack. u Soviet

Even if Russia could overrun

of

It would lose the war

the West's of power-Reuter,

Europe because

offensive air

talk between the Eden Not Going

the SI Bekkat passed 11 British Canberra jet bombers invitation to the Sultan, but no will be useck to the attack.-reply has yet been made

France-Pressi".

Franer-Presse,

A British Crossword Puzzle

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YESTERDAY's chasswoRD—Aovőbei 1 "Affirm, 7′′, Ibis,

9 Cruel, 10 Demon; 11 Urge, 13 Improbabļu, 18 Adāk), 16 Spas, 19 CofMavrod,' 22. Earl, 24 Laver, 25 Ernos, 20 Rudé (27 Seinte. Downi 1. Trump.: 3, Je/po, 4 Medlar, þ. Bimulatoj & Hills, 8 Bored, 12 Eksed, 19′ lavó, 14 któmoľvech.

20 Drosd, 21 Roast, 23 Alum.

To Paris

It

WILS

London, Mar. 13 authoritively stated Anthony

here today that Sir

Eden, the

Minister.

British

Prime

had TIO immediate

plans to go to Paris to return the visit made to London last weekend by M.

French Premier.

Possibility of

Mollet.

the

visit Д

to

Paris by Sir Anthony, had been reported from Paris' today.

Reuter.

Thieves

it

Paris, Mar. 13. night stole Jast police van from in iront of the Paris famous Cherche Mid! wns 031- military prison, nounced today,

The announcement said the when had been empty stolen.--France-Presst.

yan

Earl Alexander

American

Churchmen

See Russian

Archbishop

Moscow, Mar. 13. GROUP of nine Ameri- ean churchmen began talks here today with Archbishop Nikolai, of the Russian Orthodox

Charch, on the possibili- ties of eo-operation be tween the Russian and American churches in the cause of peace, Archbishop Nikolai represented Patriarch Alexius, head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

handed the The Americans

Archbishop a statement say- Ing the United States Pro- testant churches considered it Was an urgent necessity to reduce ornaments and 16 work for the peaceful settle- ment of international disputes.

UNAVOIDABLE

ABB

The statemen't added that until there was trustworthy inter- national

of control ments,

was unavoidable that the United States should maintain an "adequate mili- iary establishment,"

It

IN NATIVE GEORGIA

But Moscow Closing Exhibition Ol · Gifts

Moscow, Mar. 13. The third anniversary of Stalin's

death on March 5, ignored in Moscow, was marked by a memorial meeting and by newspaper tributes in Stalin's mative Republic of Georgia, it was reported today.

The Georgian newspaper Zarya Vostoka (Dawn of the East) for last Friday, which reached Moscow today, carried a three-column photograph of Stalin, together with Lenin, and a three-column editorial headed; "Third Anniversary of the Death of Stalin,"

*

The anniversary was not} The closing of the exhibition mentioned by Prayda and other follows the removal of many central Moscow newspapers paintings of Stalin in Moscow's and there has not been any Tretyakov Gallery, and is pact mention of commemorations of the process of elimination

of obylous anywhere except in Georgia.

signs attesting the In view of the

of the "cult of per- current practice

and China campaign against the "cult of sonallty."--Reuter

Mail Special. personality,"

L observers Moscow were intrigued by the amount of attention given to the anniversary In Georgia. They said it was a mystery why the Georgian newspaper hesitated five days before noting the anniversary. The commemorative issue appeared on March 9.

No Explanation

Thero Was no

explanation

fot Moscow an

Tokyo Rose' Told To Leave U.S.

Mrs

Chiengo, Mar. 13.

better Uva D'Aquino, known as "Tokyo Rose", was ordered today by the Stato 10 10 Department country April 13

by deportation proceedings.

leave the or face

Mrs D'Aquino, who was convicted for making broadczala from Tokyo during World War Two and served a term of im-1 prisonment in a Federal prison, was bom in Los Angeles.

She was paroled in January and has been living since with her family in Chicago.-France- Presse.

THAILAND - U.S. ATOMIC PACT

Bangkok, Mar. 13.

Mr John Foster Dulles, United States Secre-

Com

for the delays but it was us-tary of State and Prince Wan Waithayakon, sumed that the Georgian Com- Thai Foreign Minister, tonight signed an agree-

leaders waited munist instructions from

ment here under which the United States will help! how the anniversary was to be Thailand in the peaceful uses of atomic energy.. handled in a

Republic with which Btalla

had been

parti-

The agreement covers associated for cularly

many operation in the elvilinn uses of years, and where he was born. atomle energy and the establish- The Zarya Vostok editorial ment of an experimental atomle referred to Stalin as "an out-reactor, standing pupil" of Lenin. It described him as "one of the revolutionaries," and greatest "an outstanding Marxist who profoundly

understood the Marxist-Leninist theory."

Such

now tributes to Stalin

to be out of generally appear vogue following criticism of "the cull of personality" during the recent Communist Party

This criticism was Congress.

not mentioned by the Georgian newspaper.

L

Continuous View

Were

Mr Dulles, at the signing bali in the gilded ceremony

sald of the Foreign Ministry that Thailand and the United Blates had "forged yet another link in their partnership for peace and human wellbeing."

Deeply Grateful

"In signing this agreement here today," he added, "Thai- land. Joins in this programme

to advance designed

frontiers

the

of science for the benefit of mankind."

Prime

At the same time the Soviet

Prince Wan sald Thailand was Government 19 closing exhibition of gifts sent to Stalin deeply grateful for this asyls- tance, "and gladly accepts It In 1949, birthday in strongly criticised the on his 70th

continuous the spirit in which it is offered,. World Peace Council, of which have been on

for we know that no sinister which the Russian Orthodox view ever since, it was reported motive lies behind it." Church is a member, for its gifts, numbering several Mr Dulles had earlier dalked "Inaccurate"

that hundreds. charges

reduced to a for an hour with Flold Marshal American churches were con-

large

representative selection Pibul Songgram, the trolled by millionaires.

after Stalin's death in 1953, and Minister. Archbishop Nikkolai la under- these have been

show in on stood to have replied that Moscow's Revolutionary Museum times had changed. that since then. American

Shortly Russian

after tive

recent churches were fully Independ-Communist Party Congress, at dent and that past misunder- which Stalin's "cult of per- standings would not be new sonality was attacked, changes peated,France-Presse.

to be made. Many of began the more obvious gifts were removed, while others have been re-labelled, omitting

any reference to Stalin.

and

Sudan-Soviet

Embassies

Khartoum, Mar, 13. The Sudan and the Sovial Unlon have agreed, to axchange diplomatic représentation at Embassy level; it was announced here today.

The agreement was reached with

the Counsellor of the Soviet Embassy in Cairo who is now visiting Khartoum,

The Sudan, which became an

independent and sovereign state last year, has commbassies in Cairo. London, Washington and Addis Ababa-Reuter.

European Integration

Brussels, Mar, 13.

M. Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Foreign Minis- ter, tonight described new plans for European integration.

:

He asked the Common Assembly of the six-nution coal and steel pool to support the atomic energy pool project known a. "Euratom", and a plan for a common market free of internal customs duties and irtrade · restrictions.

M. Spaak announced that the six foreign ministers would bo able to moet lato, in May to make a hol decisions on the plana before the drafting and migaing of a, treaty,

Spalla Doom

RC Priests

In Mines

Antarctic Islands Discovered

Demands by some sections of the press and opposition poli- should that Thailand icons trade with China, were possible toples at this meeting, according to American Embassy sources.

Thailand's attitude to neu- trality was outlined by the Prime Minister after he had left

Mr Dulles.

Realise Dangers

"It is not possible in the world of today to be neutral," he told newspapermen.

Asked to comment about trado with China, he stud: "China tries to subvert countries through commerce by trying to create a division in the free world by premises of trade.

18

London, Mar. 13.

"We relaise the dangers, but British explorers have dis

we do not think the volume of covered several new islands in

trade between Thailand and Antarctica and have set up Bri-

China, which is indirectly con- tish bases on two of them, the

duoted through Hongkong,

im- Colonial Office announced today sufficiently large to bo

One of the now. island bases

located оп the Antarctic portant is

Government has banned Circle

the coast

of all direct trade with China but "Loubet," on arca which was Chinese consumer goods T nam

by members of the ex-ported through Hongkong are pedition, officials said.

selling in Bangkok'a shops. other base lies on an Reuter.

The

neor

Dear

another

island

newly christened area, the "Danco” coast. Both bases are

off the

west porat of Grahamland, the officials said

The discoverers, anembers of

the Britiei Geodetic Services

13-YEAR-OLD MOTHER

Nancy, Mar. 13.

in the Falkland islands, arrived A 13-year-old girl gave birth

in the newly-found island to a baby in a cilnic here today. groups aboard the British hydro- The young mother and ber graphic survey

John child werd reportat tonight to

health," Shackleton.be In "excellent

'Franco-Presie,

Biscoo and

France-Presse,

vessels

Says Radio Sheum's Circus

Minich, Mar. 13.

More than 100 Roman Catho- le priests are working as slave labourers in Communist Czechd- slovakia's uranium mines, Radio Free Europe mid today.

Quoting a former, inmate of

labour Câmp

But, he warned that to give the

the

the

anul-

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