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THE CHINA MAIL WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1957.

EFFORTS TO GOLD FROM RUSSIANS

Madrid, Jan. 8a.

Efforts announced by the Spanish Government to secure a return of the Spanish gold reserves which were sent to Soviet Russia in October 1936, during the Civil War, are not expected to meet with much success.

The Soviet Government labogan nogotiations to give the [.@xpocio;) to aruo that the Spanish Government the TO- money was spent in supplying cčipts given by the Russians the Republicis Government when the gold reaches Moscow with war equipment, food, and in February 1937, primary materiais.

Exnet figures

have hever The

announcement made recently by

published, but the figure the Spanish been Government that, with the help most often quoted Is. 501.070 of the family of the

kilogrammes (some 500 tons) of Jate Dr

worth, today. some Negrin, Prime Minister of gold Juan the Republie during is last $733,899,000 or £200,000,000, year existence. it had now gained exist Possession

und cleven

months

of the Cocuments concerning Spain's Kold re- serves, has revived one of the most controversial episodes of the Civil War.

Was 64

a

De Juan Nepin, who was 04

he died when

recently of heart attack in Paris, in the capacity of Finance Minister of the Republie in 1030 was on" of those principally concerned

In the transfer of the Spanish Fold to the Sovlat Union. Before he died he apparently

The removal of this sold to Moscow w

the defended by Communist on the grounds that the Fronco Offensive on Madrid placed

danger, It in that Franco might succeed in blocking it if it were placed in elsewhere in Ецторо от America, and that the transfer was necessary to guaranice the flow of arms, munitions and food from the Soviet Union.

L

No Doubt

There is no doubt that strong Communist pressure was placed on the Republican Goverment to send the gold to Moscow.

Mail Notices The transfer of the gold from

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GET BACK SPAIN'S Practical Jokes 'War Between Berliners

BOAT SHOW OPENS

LONDON

COUNTRIES

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Geneva, Jan. 8. Bulgaria and Albania have Madrid to Cartagona for ship-noted the World Health Or- ment to the Soviet Union was ganisation of their decision to

out by a carried

famous resume an active part in the

civil, work of the organisation, begin. Communist figure of the war. "El Campesino" (Valentin ning this month. Gonzalez).

These countries, along with Some

years Jater, now others in the Soviet bloc, have disillusioned with communism, been regarded

inactive "EL Campesino" fled from members of the WHO for Soviet Russia, where he went several years,

Russia

p9

to live at the end of the Civil Wer, and wrote a book entitled

The last assembly of the "Life and Death in Soviet orgutisa.ion acted to encourage In this, he described the return of these countries by the transfer of the gold as "anį providing that they need mly immense robbery carried out pay token dues to cover the against the people of Spain."- | period of their absence.-Farnce- China Mali Special. 1

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Spaniards Indemnified

Madrid, Jan. 8,

The Japanese Government will give Spain the equivalent of $5,000,000 in indemnities for damages suffered by Sponds) citizens residing in the Phillp- pines during the second world war, it was announced tonight in Madrid,

An exchange of notes definite- ly settling the matter was held tonight at Santa Cruz Palace in the Spanish capital. Represent- Ing Japan Was the Japanese Ambassador, Shiguru Yossano, |while Spain" was represented by Foreign Minister, Alberto Mar- tin Artajo.-France-Presse.

More Poles Expected Home

Letodon, Jan. 8. About 100,000 Poles are like- ly to return home from the Boviet Union this year, Pop, the Polish news agency, sold today.

The numbers, of repatriafes arriving from, the Soviet Union

STATION STALL, in the last months of 1950 had

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Orders Accepted Deliveries, Undertaken,

in

been considerably larger than expected, and reached 4,000 December

The Ministry of Agriculture

· had,'about. 5,000 farmaloods re- served for the repatriates, 2,000 ief which can be ütken över im- modiately. Finncial assistance to the repatriates would be com aldorably increased-China Mall Special.

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LEBANON DEAL OFF

Beirut, Jan. 8. The Board of Directors of the Lebanese Oil Company today

off decided to call

I agree. ment under which Grook ship. owner, Aristotle Onassis, would have bought 45,000 now shares in the company.

was concluded last July 27 and was to have financed greater oll prospecting in Lebanon,

Berlin, Jan. 8.

The psychological war between East and West has entered. a new phase in Berlin, with Communists and anti-Communists trying to outdo each other in elaborate practical Jokes.

Forged letters have been sont knives, all with obvious meen= from West Berlin to Bost Ger- ing, have been sent them for many for, some years now by cash on delivery, after being various qnil-Communist or ordered by telephone, ganisations with the alm of

bowlldering and embarrassing Serious embarrassment Вая Communist oficials,

But East Berlin sooms to have talpon to retaliating with the same coln.

1

The first sign of the new Communist "folta" tactics came

been caused" "by' anonymolts letters accusing. Froo Jurists offlalels of a variety of crimes, such as adultery, assault, rob- bery, blackmall, murder, pro curing and forgery.

By

The Froo Jurists, :- most whon Horr Carl-Hubert Soh whom are former East German wornicke, Chalimin

the judiciary

officials or lawyers,

of

Free. People's party and nu, out-devoted to exposing injustice, ári chilm to, know spoken anti-Communist, was East Gürmany, colebating "ht 30th birthday the regenisation behin these recorily.

Aricks. They any that a special department was formed for the East Germbar purpose by, the Stato Security Servion [["demoraliso, West German poli- tics." Most of its movies have been spotted immediately, they say..

*PRESENTS'

Well-known West Berlin firms sent vans to Herr Schwonnicken vilin with prepared luncheons

FORGED STATIONERY

for 60 people, scores of bottles of

silver-ware wines.

and various other "preserste" Hern Schwennicke soon discovered. however, that he was expected There was,

Each of the latter typed an to pay for it all. Items had been ordened by tolestationery

the phone, and the West Berlin Lemmor, police believe that this was Communist prank.

of

to

for example,

the forged durat Wes GormKANA a Federal Minister of Poste and Chairman of the Christian De- mocratie

in Berlin, panty aflasking the Social Democratic party, its coalition partner the West Berlin city

in

govern-

In support

of their theory they cite the delivery soon afterwards of five tons of un- wanted coal at the home of an ment. official who works for the

The authoritiça detected Eastern Bureau of the West

news | forgowy 'within hours of Berlin Social Democralle party,

lotter being posted, and the plot It is this Bureau

which has reported coal shortages In East Germany.

the the

boon sopt to people in all walks came to nothing, although It had ot public life here.

were sent many

The anti-Communist Invent!-

The next to recolve, the at- gation Committee of Free Jurista tentions of the practical Jokers reported in December that wore West Berlin students, members of their staff, too, have many of whom are rather

poor. been the victims of various in- Letters

practical students, on the forged station- cidents Aminal molcitation"

ery of a students' organisation, wreaths, complete luncheons for several people, ́binoculara, compasses and long

The Board of Directora de- cided to seek other groupe or companies who might replace Onassis. The agreement" be- tween Onassis and the Lebanese Jokes lo The deal, which would have | Oil Company was

Funeral rufified by Lebanese brought the company's capital the

Parliament on up 6,500,000 Lebanese pounds, December 4.—France-Pruss5€.

IF THERE'S ANY SABOTAGE

AHEAD ILL SPOT IT.

OR RUN INTO IT! YOU MAY GET HURT OR WORSE!.

IT MUST BE

QUITE OLD

WHAT MAKES

YOU THINK SO?

WHILD IN THE DARKNESS, SEEN ONLY BY THE

LIGHT SENSITIVE CAMERA.

BPLEASE, COUNTESSÍ HAVE YOU TAKEN LEAVE

OF YOUR SENGEST YOU!

ARE 'BEAUTIFUL, YES BUTTE AM MARRIED, ME, MPOWER I LOVRE

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MACHEE; SO THAT: ENIGMA CAN GET THE NECESSARY PICTUREEN

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THAT'S A CHANCE (MUST TAKE

CONTINUED

By Mik

By Ernio Bushmiller

IT'S DOING THE CHARLESTON

BUSHMILLORA

By Frank Robbins

I-I'M SO ASHAMED, YOUR HONOR FORGIVE ME FOR

A MOMENT YOUR NZARNESS

|| UNDER THE STARS...YOU,

[SBB, I TOO ÁM LONELY?"

OH-HI DON'T KNOWL IT IS I - WHO SHOULD. BEL.

FORGIVENID

from

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CADBURY'S It is Perfection

NANCY MEAN

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FROZEN PEAS. TODAY

ROWNTREES

A TEA TIME TREAT

„this situation

calls for a

San Miguel

calling for a meeting to discusse an increase in the value of scholarships. Only a lmndful of students turned up and dispersed quietly when the forgery was explained.

Then came

"advertisements”

udkircased to the many" tinoin-·* ployed In West Berlin and Offering

transport workers, mamequins and port- ers. The addresses to which ap plications were to be sent were those of well-known West Ber-

in anti-Communists.

SOME ANNOYANCE

These advertisements resulted In some amoyance when more than a dozen tough-looking men queued up outalde the flat of un official, or, worse still, when the wife of another answered the doorbell to and a score beautiful girts asking

for

jcbs

10

as marmequins. They led to the arrest, be West Berlin of • man whom the West Berlin po- Lice state to be an agent of the Host Gorman State Security Serivce. He is awaiting trint by Federal Court at Karlsruhe,

Some of the anti-Co organisations

Kera

50 have

similer. jokes on the

commin with varying success, for many years. East German now- papers have often issued warti ings that invitations to this or that conference were forgeries, and no heed should be paid to them.

INCREASE PRICES.

Letters on the stationery of East German Mindatories have buon sent to District Councils ordering an increase in prices pali for carinki lindustriak

ducts, or a reduction in the compulsory quotas of agriculture al

exacted products

drom privato farmers in some. CREDE the heat is known to have treen successful and resulted in cone akbaraba

budgets.

disruption of · · loegl

But the anti-Communist or ganisatione claim that their most successful frauds have been the "calling" of conferences. Hun- dreds of East Carmen party, trade union and stato, officials, they claim, hava, travelled thou- sands of miles for upthing- China Mail Special.

Literary Prize

The

Paris, Jan, 8. French "Guillaume Apollinaire" poetry-prizo was awarded jointly lo Jacques Baron for his volume "Fes Quatre Temps" (Tho four senacos), DİDİ. Gilbert. Trolljet - for "La Colline" (The Hilly in a ceremony in a Paris Latin Quarter restaurant, tosight.

The prize winners were cach handed over the sum of 2,400 france

The selection commiifod

'the' prize," "founded in 1941 to

commemorata. the poet, Apoll mire, included Aciadorlari... Cocteau "and other French literary figures.

Presse,

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