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THE SLASHER SLIPS UP
S
ENOR CASALES held the little oil painting up se that Dr Kang could see it. A fine cut had been scored right across the canvas. "Can you under- sland that?" asked Senor Casales and his One aristocratic face under the sweep of white leonine hair was fall of distaste.
Dr Kang sipped at his whisky and auda and for a moment his
mouth Lightened so that the smiling Buddha-like face was grim and the mild eyes behind the thick-tensed glasses were bern. His plump bule stirred untily in the deep chair,
"In my time," he said, "I have stolen paintings. I have forged them, and I have painted over them to INLES them through Customa But jver have 1 destroyed one. This must be the work of conyone who hates you very much,"
MANY ENEMIES Senor Casales put the painting down on his desk and shrugged his shoulders. "Like all power- fui men," he said, “I have many enemies...
* lie strolled to the French wuulows and gazed out over the garden that fell in ter races to the ses, a son that lay in a sheet of shimmering sliver under the noonday Mediter- rancan
sun "Here, in Spain," he went
and hatred on, "enwy grow quickly. I come here each year to relax, to enjoy myself ....my servants I have known for years and trust, I can only imagine it is one of my guests who has done this.
"Until now I had regarded these happenings a celdents ...n vase found broken in the morning, a mirror slipped from the wall und smashed, a marble Always overlumel. statuotte some small but valuable passĘS= slon, But now." he jerked his heari towards the picture "There can be no question of an accident. This was done the night before last."
he
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THE RETURN
OF Dr. KANG
by
VICTOR
CANNING
No. 1
canvas. It reached from the top right-hand corner to the botton was very left-hand corner and dink.
"No."
"Or to your sonɛ?”
then
and
"To them, yes. But they are the only ones. Ah, hero they are now, back from their swim,
The French window was Pushed open and two young men entered, carrying bathing wrope, They greeted their father
Dr. Kane, whom they atready know. Jose was the cider
about
ond twenty-four, Dominic was a couple of years younger. They were both tall and lean like their father, sun- with the same browned and
Young cubs, long, serious face. thought Dr
K beginning to feel their strength.
and
"Dr Kang," said Senor Casales to the young men, "is here to "be help us in this matter.... waved
a hand towards the painting.
"Tell me," Said Dr Kang. "about the guests. How many are 110707"
"Four," sald Senor Casales. "There is Monsieur Arbin-he is 4 business, associate and I have known him for years.”
enough, but un- derneath there a envy."
to
They went on discuss the
other
·
guests.
There was
Colonel Gomez
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Was
and The
and his wife, and It clear that both Jose Dominicked them. Colonel was an petive officer and his wife was much younger thou ho was. Later that day when found
Dr Kong met them, he
the wife pretty and, he fancled,
that Senor Casales was much more interested in her than her husband,
DIFFERENT FEELINGS
In
Dr Kang sprinkle the pigment Sit inside the door of the main saloon,
blood. Merlo ls, you know, the daughter of a fisherman. We are lucky, Dr Kang, to be bachelora
and so escape worries,"
these family
THE TRAP
Late that night, before he went 10 bed, Dr Kang sprinkled the pigment he had The last guest what Joe's obtained from Jose's studio in o fanece, Maria Lamlella. The large patch just inside the door alept moment her
of the main saloon, He name was men- doned Dr Kang saw that all late the next morning and was three men had differing feelings roused by Sonor Casales coming into his room just after nine o'clock.
about her.
**Wall?" asked Dr "the trick has worked?"
Kong,
Senor Csajes sold stiffly: "Senorita Lamielin is young, Dr Kang sat up in bed end beautiful, talented. But she is a reached for his spectacles. Senor flancer and, spook Casales, frowning, stood by the ballet frankly, born of the people, window. There is an ugly rumour, too, La insanity in her that there family and that Maria is subject to irrational outbreaks—”
"It's a lie Joge erled Senor Casales shrugged his shoulders. "It is her birth I object to. However, since they are clearly in love. I have given my consent."
"Moments of madness or not she thinks only of herself and money," sald Dominic, "Jose Is a fool not to see through her—” "To hell with the lot of your Jose blazed out suddenly. "This talk of insanity is an ugly ile. You don't want me to marry her because she's not one of us."
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Dr Kang heaved himself up and went to the desk. As picked up the canvas to examine it, he said, "These things have all been in the same room?"
Dr Kang said gently, “Love "No, always In # different
is a great deal but money room, und every olher night.
us," Faid Jose more. A woman is happy when So for the only Foom not sharply, “Ever since our com- she gets both. Tell me, Jose, touched
his been the mula pany absorbed his flim-~"
would you marry her if this saloon,"
rumour of Instnily were proved to be true?
SONS TOLD
"He hates
"Jase!" Senor Casales spoke sharply.
"But it is true, father," said "You have said nothing to Dominic. "It Dr Kang is to "Maybe your guests?" Dr Kang ran help us he must know the truth his Anger along the cut in the Monsieur Arbin 13 friendly
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"Yes, Dr King. The guestz are at breakfast now and I have just made the round of their rooms. There was nothing on any of the slippers But list night another painting was slashed in the main saloon."
"Nothing on their slippers, but you found traces of the pig- ment in one of the beds?"
"1 dld. At the bottom of Marta Lamfella's bed there were
› Communist leaders met yesterday to discuss the issua "centralism" or "bi-lateralism"
MÃO said all would be OK it the central.
authority satin Pakin. He saw no.nzɑsor
why he should be run by a bunch of office-boys
just because they lived in Moscow.
TITO suggested Belgrade as a nice place for an ideological centre. He could suggest a new leader, too, 'GOMULKA said he knew the very man, and Warsaw had a beautiful climate. AVOICE: "Why not
NEW YORK?" (Dissent
as the
meeting "broke up)
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Pressure On Peasant
The
The
THE COMMUNISM OF THE TOWN IS BUILT AT A Disastrous COST TO MAO'S COMMUNISM THE COMMUNISM OF THE COUNTRY.
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HERE is increasing
evidence that col-
By A. N. PARKER
ports.
The major reason for the un- to
was
011
the
themselves mainly with fulfilment of the grain, produc... · tion plan. lectivised Chinese
and materials must agriculture is facing made if there are clear indies- equipment
They fear that secondary serious administrative dif- tions of injustice and dissati be paid for in agricultural ex- production might interfere with
faction among members,
The State is compelled it, and generally discourage bound
extract blue markings from the pigment.ficulties which are
ever-rising such work by fixing low scales I have said nothing to anyone to have a profound favourable economie develop- proportion of agricultural out- cine yet. You wil appreciate, economic effect.
ment of so many co-operatives put to meet these varled de. of prices and charges. Dr Kang, that this puts me in a
the insufficient attention mands. And It must do so at They deprive members of dimcult position. The girl's low At the beginning of 1956, given to secondary production. the lowest possible cost.
the most important means of birth I could accept. But since
There the Chinese Communist
can be liftic doubt
It is for this reason that col- carning their income. It is this. she is not mentally stable, then
that the economic efficiency of lective farms are set up they pressure for plan fulfimient called for the clearly forbid any Party I must
collectives could be greater ff
orc thought to be the most which lends to "bureaucracy" marriage between her and Jose, speeding up of collectivisa- agriculture
received a
a greater effective Instrument of State and commandism," the systems Jase will be hurt, but eventually tion.
share of national investment con
control. When the mounting of maintaining production dis- he will do as I say."
Y well as more supplies of pressure affects production, the cipline by fines and punishment, Mao Tse-tung's insistence fertiliser, most of which would state must tighten the screw and to cřlilcism in the Press.
have bo
But its more. that "semi-
to Socialist"
Imported. the deliberate policy of Com- agricultural co-operation
munist planners to give the should be completed in 1956, Ilon's share of investments and and the fully-fledged imports to heavy industry.
This policy leads to a vicios kolkhoz system established
circle, The development by 1959-60 tooks like being agricultural
proceeds
bed
Dr Kang slipped out of and pulled on a robe. He walked rather wearly to the window and stood close to Senor Casales,
Joso hesitated before answer-
and then ing,
quietly. not. One hos to think of one's children."
Senor Casales sald, "We have are
talked enough of Maria, What I wish to low is who is des- troying my passtasionė, What do you suggest doing. Dr Kang?"
HEART RULES
non-
"Senior Casales," he said with a slow shake of his head, "we both long past our youth. Maybe we have both forgotten how when the blood is young the heart and not the head rules. You brought me down here to help you. I mean to do that. This talk of insanity is Dr Kang smiledi. "It is sense. There is nothing wrong simple, Jase, I believe, has a with Maria. It is her low birth little studio where he paints. I
accept. She will shall borrow some blue powder mary Jose. Their happiness is
from him and late their planent
own concern. You must Tonight I shall sprinkle it on the stand aside and let it be." floor inside the doorway of the main asioon. Whoever comes to
"I cannot do this?" destroy things will step on it in the dark. While your guests
you
cannot
"You will because you will not breakfast tomorrow morning, BO
risk being humiliated before through their rooms. If any of our sons. I should see that that their slippers have blue pigment happens if you refuse. Meria did not slash your on them or, for they may walk Lamiella barefooted, if on the sheets pictures.
kat the bottom of the bed there is blue pigment....then you will know."
"You say there were traers of blue pigment in her bed, I told you I was going to use blue. But in fact I sprinkled red pigment MANY TENSIONS on the floor. You jumped over the patch of pigment in the dark and you slashed the pictures, It
an uncomfortable Senor Casales. This morning. Wax dinner
that party
evening, while she was at breakfast, you They had it on a terraco above rubbed some blue pigmentin the garden in an arbour over- Maria's bed. hung by bougainvillea, and with a round yellow moon rising over the sea.
Dr Kang was aware of
行
"It must have been you, for the person who, slashed``the pictures is left-handed, and you
aro left-handed end your sons are not, You held the picture by the right-side of the frame and draw a razor from the top right- hand to the bottom left-hand corner....
more or less achieved.
output
of
★ TARGETS ★
This
Lenin sald that "every intel- ligent Socialist will agree that Socialism cannot be imposed
But
peasantry by the system of agriculture, Stalin's times and
the means high production upon targets, (and
political pressure force."
collectivised to achieve fulfilment and the lowest possible
evolved in level of pro-
peasants from
21
at an even pace, while the demand for it rises through an
an curement prices, to prevent as now adopted in China, does
In just that At present more than Increase of population and the Pen
chgaging unauthorised transactions," from the
Under the statutes of the go. half of the agricultural co shift of population
★ GOAL ★ country to the towns in the operatives, members are enabled operatives are already course of of the industrialisation proper collective farms.
engage in secondary produc Since China's transformation The magnitude of the
certain crops and flowing at into a major industrial Power is speed-up
fruit, rearing the avowed goal, it stems can be gauged
of livestock and poultry, oil ex- certain
that the combined from the fact that at the
the following of certain economic and political pressure
high
plan against the Chinese peasant will which
often, increase,
drive.
★ OUTPUT ★
to tion, that is the
beginning of July, 1955, it Demand also risca through tracting, the
crafts.
Whether he will allow him-
the needs of the light industries, was intended that one-third which use agricultural products according to official admissions, of all peasant households as raw materials, and through unrealistic and do not take into should join co-operatives by exports. The latter play an account local climate and soil self to be exploited for the sake 1957. Full collectivisation tal part in the plans for conditions and fertiliser sup- of an Industrialisation
developing heavy industry. Im- plles, Induce was to become effective in ports
the co-operative gramme which ignores his wol- of essential industrial and Party officials to concern fare remains to be seen. approximately 15 years,
Even when Mao Tse-tung called for an intensification of the drive later that month, he suggested that one half of all households should join co-operatives by the spring of 1958 and the remaining half by 1960. The gradual change to full Socialist status should start after 1960.
★ QUOTAS ★
داد.
-INDUSTRIAL PLANS REVISED
And
www
pro-
consumer
A
#
for
essential "Industrial imports
this
to kind and the development of the WAGE REFORM recent
taska
un
and
Ger
GOOD deal of comment has main source of State revenue. Counell, in charge of "light' been caused by a recent The development of heavy industries, stated in May, 1950, article in Prople's Daily, the industry presupposes a large that capital invested in dis central organ of the Chinese output of consumer goods be tillerica, would be "returned" in communist Party, warning cause it is through them that six months and capital in against undue stress on the im- purchasing power in circulation cigaretle factories in two and a portance of heavy industry in can be channelled to heavy half months. Spiriis and wine
to agriculture and light industry.
represent a very high proportion Some observers have
of revenue. that this
By far the major source of Some boos represents
boost for agriculture is of light industry's raw materials is also needed because its products fundamental change economic policy and have agriculture. spoken of far-reaching changes goods are required to induce serve as exports to be exchangod In the Five-Year-Plan is favour peasants to deliver 'agricultural to now most of-these- EM» of the consumer, In view of the produce to the State,,
porta new co-operatives and importance of arguments of
have como prom the
Soviot The
Union andther satellites, but collectives aro expected
events in Poland efficiency In the Chinese economy in general, it prove their period after the harvest, when is worth having a closer look at
Hungary have disturbod variety of tensions about the
Living standards can rise only orbit the remaining crops, after the the situation.
planning table, Colonel Gomez clearly did
and very gradually, and Industrjali...". of Individual .counts the attentions Senor
delivery of State quotas and not ko
Mao Ted-lung made a signi- Communist planters are worried many has just found of agricultural tox,
Fation must continuo, But The fact that payment Casales was paying to his wife,
und it neces arc distributed among cant statement in his speech at by the widespread discontent sary to reduce its industrial and Senora Gomez was os clearly
members. Last year, in view the Communist Party Congress among Industrial workers and plan targets on account of the irritated by his jealousy. Marid
of the forced pace of collectivi- in September, 1866, Lamlella, dark, composed
peasants. Without some
events in Hungary and Poland sation, fiqures are of particular with sereno grave beauty, cald SECRET KEPT
According to
He said Tha the Interest,
con- provement, the Industrial ex- is also likely to have HOMO Little
in response to Jose's
bearing on China'a economic plan 90 percent of fronting us today are in general pansion programme would be in direct attempts at conversation, and "Come now," Dr Kang'a hand co-operative members were to similar to those confronting the jeopardy Investment funds economy. Dominic scarcely spoke a word, rested gently on Senor Carnies' receive higher incomes. In the Soviet Union in the early would not be forthcoming, and
arm; "Let them marry, and words of the directivo on the period following its foundation the food eituation of the urban TURN WEST Monsieur Arbin, an elderly, what I have said in here will distribution of the
nover be repeated. Remember harvest ent
autumin
deteriorate China, he implied, is passing population would raibar untidy Looking French-
the Chinero policy phase, by
ess through Its New EconoRDY isted man, was the only one who that no family is older than
on November 20, seemed untouched by the mother. The only diference is it is on
Gextremely
complicated, ctmosphere that prevailed. He that some weir the clonic of difficult and
enormous chattered away and laughed and pride and others the cloak of
The decree expressly confirms ate with great appetite, so th poverty."
After dinner bo- jólped. Dr
For a moment Senor Casales King for a stroll around the said nothing. Then he turned garden and at once showed that and enlied suddenly, you are was a man who missed a good man, Dr Kang, I thank nothing.
you." CAS DE AME **This is an - unhappy. tamilly,
A moment of justies is worth Dr Kang. Ever since Jose fell an hour of prayer, Sosior, I shall In love with Mark Dominic leave, after breakfast and read loves her also, you know. But you my bill from Madrid, his love is like take because alo hins chosen Jose, and my good friend Senor Cakes thinks only [of his family, of hair doble
THURSDAY Salut THE PRISONER. IN THE
trom
from ikely that more from
UP to now China has been As' a result of the wage re- obtaining fair amount of forra carried
out. carlier this industrial equipment LIGHT INDUSTRY year and the large sumount of Eastern Germany, and
purchasing power in the hands Foland, and it seems the view, for which preceding The leader writer in People's of peasants, much of it in black she will get even evidence
'had provided a mails- pally (in at paina to point out market channels, inf
inflation, now on. factory : basis that w many that the polley of speeding up already considerable, is likely to It would be prematura to members of co-operatives and development of agriculture and get worse unless something is argue that China will be com collectives, are not receiving a paying attention to the growth done quickly, to make more con polled to turn to the west for higher income in the co-op set of "light" Indusiaty a fa of sumer goods avaliable, And Industrial imports, but it seems tip and that many households «tremendous practical and Prices are rising sharply. ht considerable, surplus of
fossible. And to do thi theoretical significance industry is thought useful here. tural produce is required. Restricted expansion
the system of labour and pro-
The Communists, admit that
The light industries, which : In contrast with heavy c
Whether
or not: théroïwill be duction quotas, which forms still account for more than half industrial
projecte [expital ony - Increase (ih! be baald organisational wire of China's total industrial outs invested in light Indurley, cars, porta un from 110s-Co ture of teach an on-operative, púly represent the major source; be recovered within a relatively countries," one-iking in. closely modelled on Soviet ex- of Investment funds for this, short time.
The primary alm of boosting perimen "is not plways rescon» buildings of 2 heavy"? Industry's Chia To-fu, - Director of the the light, Industriesige, at short- miale “e Adjustzienda should be many peonia, tammy alegrare the: aldrin once of the State; term/ one-sto /impegni mom
are a lot poorerig
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