THE CHINA "MAIL, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1956)
Free Speech Possible In
The Kremlin Soon
Ragged Man
Had Fortune
Sydney, Jone 20. Charity workers found £4655 in notes newn kita hidden pockels of a ragged Russian cripple who led here.
The man, Victor Hergic, aged 57, Ilved in a dingy and was a frequent room visitor
chartts kitchens,
la
Ira hun effects
threadbare shirt.
-
reat
and a pair of trousers Pellee found a bank book
with CA3,034 to his credik, -China Mall Special,
ROMANS HAD
A RHINE FLEET
Cologne, June 28. Further proof that the Romans had a flotilla of ships on the Rhine
has been lifted from the river mud by dredger at Luettingen, north of here, not far from where the Rhine enters Holland.
Th
dredger
zeetangular bronze
experts say had once
FURTHER SIGN SEEN
IN FOREIGNER'S
IZVESTIA ARTICLE
By SIDNEY WEILAND
A further
Moscow, June 28.
that Russia's sign
"parliament," the Supreme Soviet, may soon allow some kind of “free speech” was seen today in an unusual article in the Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia.
organ pro-
The Govertiment vided space for an article by a utanber of LZ Cone of the French Republic, M. Two Hamon, who said that the Soviet Union would be aided by a parlament where opinions were publicly voiced and personal views ex- pressed
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Hamon said, "During a period particularly when the tendency to enforce collective lendership was making itself strongly felt in the Soviet Union an Important part in the effec- tive realisation of this leader- ship could be player by a well informed
parliament where opinions are voteed publicly and everyone can be called upon to state his personal views.
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which of UK box,
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Implication
Western observers here say that prablication of such a state-
particularly by foreigner, was strange, becausæ implied that al present per- sonal opinions
voiced are not within the Supreme Sovi
Soviet. So far, the Supreme Sovlet meetings. which, necording. to thre consiitution, are held twice yearly, consisted of set speeches. Only criticisms allowed have wearing been of burcueracy or adminis-
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helmet and goiskin, which trative shortcomings, but never
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SIMILAR COVERS Experts say that the bronze was cost in the recond century or the beginning of the third, It is of Galie manufacture.
It was probably part trireme a vessel banks of ca.
of
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with Sunitar benzer envers, from luxuriou used by Roman emperors have
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The Romans had a large
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Vessels on the Rhine In this The remains of many
of their harbours have found. -China Mail Spectal,
bern
of Kremlin pieles
All Governaıml have always
opproved.
decisions
been unanimoudy
M. Hamon's orlice, which welcomed growing Soviet tacts
COR-
with other partiomerits. waid that Russia's prestige had grown 'ns a result of the asser- tion of new tradition, and os a result of the courage shown by the USSR in publicly correcting what che regards is mistakes"
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Wistem observers linked the publication of this article in an official Governmenti newspaper with the widespread reports Orculating here that the Hussins would try in introduce some degree of "free speech" in μεσημ to disprove the that the Supreme Soviet only a rubber stamp" for government decisions,
charges
These reports have coupled with theories that
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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD,—Kóróns: 1 Impute 5 Dermpa,
Russitou may also at some Ume permit voters a choice of con- didates at elections instead of the present system where un- oppoedt omisees are invariably elected to the Suprene Soviet and also to the local councils. In the Polish Seym (parlia ment) there already have been outspoken speeches by deputies criticising Government policies
Unanimity
According ko Communist sources, meetings of the behind- BCCLES commissions mnking preparation: for the next #sion of the Supreme Soviet also featured
d deal "I "pinta talking." There several such commissions
ne
Cairo Parade Celebrates
British Withdrawal
A three-hour military parado was held recently in Cairo to mark the evacuation from Egypt of the last Oritkali forces. Representatives of the forces of Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Lybia and Yemen took part. Troopes in plcture are of the Egyptian National
Guard.-Express Photo
Foreign Aid Bill Marathon
close commikulon sessions. This In self s 41 development, because
new
in the
Among the amenderatz
UK
torday were Johnston
Soviet-China Mali
Washington, June 28.
textile
Chinese
Judge
At The Hague Dies
The Hague, June 28. Mr Hau Mo, Chinese Judge of the International Court at the Hague, died here today.
It Page
Soviet Commanders Blamed For Wartime Setbacks
Moscow, June 28. ·
The authoritative journal “Problems of His tory" today blamed Soviet commanders for Russian military setbacks in World War II and emphasised the importance of the second front in the final victory over the Fascist enemics.
It was the frat public criti-, nem due to Stalin' arbitrary ro cism of individual any com- fasal to admit the danger of a taonders for their conduct
"
Nazi attack. milltary operations during the Red Star called these allega- jost war although Communist liens "quite false" and "harmful Party Secretary Nikilo S. Judgments." The army now. Khrushchev was reported to paper maintained that the Con hove
munist Party and Centrul Com mittee had taken the proper defence preparations,
blamed the "one-man" rule of the late Josef Stalin.
The controversy over whom to blame for the Soviet military reversals wha
believed by ob- rervers to reflect a difference of opinion between Communlet Party leaders and the military. The journal apparently express- rd the view point of the party.
Shortcomings
Part Of Cult
the
But the editors of the Prob- lems of History suid the
Red Star's contentions are 100- tradictory to historical truth." Some observers speculated that the criticisms of tha generals could be interpreted as part of the attack on the The Journal's criticisms were "cult of the individual" which collained in a review of tho was used to bulla
up certain recently published "Outline milltary men to positions of History of the Great Patriotic great popularity.—United Press, War"
The book, 11 sold. suffered from "serious short- comings."
The journal sald fatly tha the loss of strategic Initiative
by the Soviet Army was due to "tascos Incorrect exultation
Anti-Segregation Procession Broken Up
of the enemy, and individual commatiders and chiefs who did not know how to organic the nghting nction of treepy and direct them properly." Communist yourres said that
The Senate today began its second day of
London, June 28. The Journal attacked the book the Supreme Soviet
deputies debate on President Eisenhower's controversial
for its
London police yesterday omissions and mistakes. belonging to these commrdssions
It said the book glossed over the broke up an anti-sogroga- have been allowed to express Foreign Aid Bill with a series of important votes
defeats suffered by the Soviet tion procession marching critical opinions
during
the expected on more than a dozen amendments.
Mr Hau Mo, who was 62, was Army, and failed to show the elected
the International difficulties and
on Parliament, on grounds the hardshiper most Important | Little reef for
the
Coust at his dest djections in suffered by the Ruasion people. it was illegal during a industrialists of 1946. He was re-elected in 1943 awaiting decision | employtes and
stressed that the Soviet parliamentary session. Olin the United States could be ex- two by Mr
for a new term of nine years.
Union was part of the anti-
But (Democrat
women South pected from the tariff
wearing black In 1945, he took part in the Fascist coalition with the United
Bushes of mourning stood out- Carolinn), and others to restriction, he declared.
of Sures, Great Britain and other work of the Committee to the United cotton Imports
side Bouth Africa house while The commission's workings Unitexi Nations.
which "facilitated our Jurists, in states States in time of domestic cotton were so slow and cumbersome Washington, which
victory,
and aided in the hist
Labour MP Fenner Brockway prepared the surplus,
thal by the
appealed to time it acknow-tatutes of the new International torical task of destruction of and others
to South Court, He was an advisor the
to bloody Fascism
the African Prime Minister Johannes desplie Japanese officials and busi-ledged the need for help
Strijdom to end the colour bar. nessmvi
industry amcerned hud usually the Chinese delegation at the secret plans and calculations of were known
took with it a The delegation rocks". Ban Francisco meeting of the the imperialista." steeply
these already "gone on concerned by
100-foot long peilion with 100 Reuter
United Nations in June, 1945. moves, designed to protect the
signatures protesting the South United States cotton industry.
African Government's apartheid
reparation) policies. (racial
The right-wing Longue of Em- pire-Loyalists Tillfed to the
past the commisions reflected the Cursaralmity"
the
Supreme Speciál
5,000 Million
Books Published
Each Year
New Agency
be to
An unoillelad poll conducted by the Senate majority leader, Senator Lyndon Johnson (Demo- Cat, Texas) forecast that one or other of these amendments would succeed, political sources
London, June 29. More than five thousand million copies of books of one sort or another
are produced throughout the said. world cach усаг, senting two books
every person.
repre-
for
Another Amendment, spon serel by Senator Paul Douglas (Democrat, nois) called for Half the books published are the creation of a new govern- for use in
ment agency responsible directly schools, and about
to the President, entitled “free- three
of the quarters
total
dom administration." number of books coine from only 10 countries,
These are some of the facts and igures given today by Mr
Financed by a 20,000,000 dollar annunt grant, this agency would aseist any
semi- private or
R. E. Barker, Deputy Secretary private on-profit organisation
of the Publishers Association actively engaged in broadcasting,
of Great Britain, in
or
the
FEW WITH 10,000
The survoy,
2 survey correspondence or other goth-
of problema
the vities designed to keep alive the international book trade.
spirit and hope of freedom, anal the will to resist enslavement, in persons residing in Communist called "Books or non-Communist lands." for All", was commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientile
and Organisation, and to published proposals in creating a commis- sion for the study and evalua- tion of foreign aid policles.
Stretch Over
Cultural
by the Stationary Office here.
It shows that only very few countries publish more than 10,000 14es a year, and 75 per cont of ali titles published origiante in 10 countries, head- ed by the USSR, Japan.
Senator Kowland, in another amendment,
carlier followi
In uży case The debate the seemed
certain
to bo A
United Kingdom and Indis. marathon. All hopes that the
IɅ table showing the num-final vote on the foreig ber of retail bookselling bust-authorisation
ald
for the Ascal
now in 10 countries, Russia tops year 1950-57 could be reached
the list with 24,000, followed by tonight
faded before today's
Italy with 0,000 and the United flood of amendments, States and Great Britain
with
about 8,300 cach-China Mail Special.
Proposal To
Senator Knowland forecast that the debate would to on into tire night and resume tomorrow. Possibly it would have to stretch over to Satur- day, he said.
The Senator levelled a strong
commis-
Israel Blamed
For Incident
Jeruzalem, June 28.
Mixod Arxlstice charred
The Commission today Irael with responsibi in a frontier incident with Jordan
Sunday, 10 which two Isracil soldiers were killed.
The Commission adopted A resolution
the laying blame for the incident on ad Drpel patrol, which it sald spened fire
the demarcation lines.
An raci Foreign Ministry spokermakan fo
charge night decribed the as a "travesty of Justice." He sald there
was
no doubt the incident started
an unprovoked from Jordan territo
The spokesman sdded that
the
Axznistice Commifon's
to result was bound further incidenta-France- Prest.
Test-Intion
Steel Industry
Fails To Reach
Agreement
FORMER ENVOY
A former ambassador
Australla and to Turkey,
to
Army Dispute
Mr The article took the book Hsu Mo had been a professor soyeroty to tasic for paying of law at the University of tile attention to the import- South African cause, however, Tauisin (1922 to 1925), Dean angis of the second front,
and its loudspeaker trucks dir- of the "College of Arts"
In a significant footedly to clock around the "Black Nankai University in Tientsin, the article, the editors of the
"They look like dying and President of the Court of journal sided with the Milltary ducia Shanghal.
Herald, the organ of the De- taunted one,
in its dispute are left-wing cubversives whee concern is to malce the black man rupreme in Atrici,"
United Press.
.
While a
Ministry,
women.
L
fence le a professor, he wrote a book, "Notes on the Diplomatic with the army newspaper Red only Star. Bistory of China,"
He studied at the Tientsin and Washington universities.
France-Press.
The Military Herad had blamed Russia's Initial defeats in World War II on unprepared-
IKE DISCUSSES DEFENCES
WITH WILSON
Washington, June 28.
A thunderstorm,"
but these people
'MRS MOPS' ON STRIKE
Sydney, June 28,
A meeting od 300 women cleaners in the Trades Hall in Sydney decided to call a 24-hour stoppage of all women cleaners in the city to air their grievances over working conditions, rated of pay and working chifis.
A recent announcement that fares would be increased in NSW led to the calling of the meeting. The women claim that
almost impossible for them to a con continue, since, they have to
President Eisenhower today called the Secre-the increase would' make it tary of Defence, Mr Charles Wilson, to ference to discuss the defences of the United come to work each morning and States.
The While House Press Beerotary, Mr James Hagerty, ald they would discuss testimony Mr Wilson will give tomorrow before
Senate a committee headed by Benator Stuart Symington,
The Senate group is investi- gating the relative strength of United States and Soviet power,
New York, June 28. Mr Hogerty said the President azıd Management and labour ked to see Mr Wilson.
"discuss with him the nation's last night rejected cach
posture of defence." other's proposals to extend
Use Non-White attack on United Strice policies the present steel industry
Firemen
Capetown, June 28,
ww
enabling Jagancee textile im-contract beyond the pre- ports to injure the domestle text-sent deadline of June 30 tile Industry in a speech pre- pared for delivery in support of midnight. This amendment.
"After World War II, The Capetown City Coun-underlooks a programme to re- cil today refused to complybitatc poor war-torn, war- with a demand by the Muni-weary Japan," he mid.
Then Came GATT cipal Employers' Association that it drops its proposal to employ non-white firemen to
ing force.
"Out
Talked With Dulles
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industry began growing like in the meantime. fire out of control. In short The Association, which has me the Japanese industry had The union reteter thie, but an Adams, who is to accORY » - 3,200 members, will now apply rpassed its homo consumption current negotiations Eave not pany Mr. Wilson to the hospital, to the Minister of Labour for a and began reaching our foreign been broken off. The infon had would have anything to stay
said it would be willing to after the meeting with conciliation boord under the
tend the agreement with the Presidome. terms of the Industrial Con-
pirat a little here, a little ciliation Act.
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any settlement would be retro Gentral
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