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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1957,
EAST GERMANY INTENSIFIES
DRIVE FOR RECRUITS
Berlin, Feb. 25.
West Berlin intelligence sources réport that East Germany, contrary to a declaration made six months ago, is not decreasing her armed forces by 30,000 men but instead has intensified her recruiting drive.
In recent demonstrations in East Berlin, factory guards have marched in blue overalls, with rifies slung over their shoulders, while their officers carried sub- machine guns,
The Fighting Group Against workers should be recruited AS Inhumanity, an anti-Communist members. organisation which interrogates Fast German army and polloe desorter and other refugees, thaims that East Germany began 1057 with about 283,000 uni- towned men,
army and police troops, permanently under armNS, There were also 215,000 armed factory workora (a kind of "home guard") and 225,000 merobers of the
para-milltary
Society for Sports and Technics, making a total of 723,000 men with military training.
REDUCTION
on
The Fighting Group said that between the announcement June 30, 1956, of a reduction of 30,000 men and December 31, 1990, only 8,200 soldiers and officers had been dismissed from
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COMPULSORY
and
on
The Society for Sports Technics has promised to train "the snipera of tomorrow," the pattern of a almilar Soviet organisation which once claimed 1 have trained 6,000,000 "Voroshilov adpers."
MIMary training and shooting exercises are compulsory for all members of the East German Society. But its general approach to East German youth has been through their hobbies. Sectiona for motor-cyclists and motorcar the "National People's Army," "fons have been formed, together most
of them "unreliable with special groups for radio elements." During the sume and telecommunication, gliding, period, about the same mumber Aying, parachuting, model air- of young Communists were re-craft construction, model ship
building, and water sports,
The Defence Minister is re- ported to have called the "to spread a close net of
cruited to replace them.
of
on
The People's Army, for which the reduced maximum strength} of 90,000 was announcexi, the end
1958 numbered † to be an important factor in the 100,000 ground troops, 9,000 strengthening of the people's airmen and 8,500 sailors, a total power and the defence of 117,500.
homeland."
"aty units over the country
The People's Army was set up carly in 1980 under Colonel- General Will Sloph. the Minister for National Defence.
Herr Ernst-Friedrich Woll- weber, the site security chief, is reported to have a further 78,000 armed mkun under his They include 22,000 command, members of the alert police, 45,000 border police, und 8,500 transport police.
In addition, Herr Karl Maron, the Minister of the Interior, is believed to control 15,000 bar racked "emergency" police and 75,000 territorial (ordinary)
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IN FREE TIME
Communist The
Parly, Fighting Group stated, stepped up its drive to recrult workers "home guard” Immediately after the events in Hungary last November. Rellable Communists were the first get orders to join this militia, which was then completed by what the Communists regarded as trustworthy non-party work-
ста
The
to
factory guarda аге organised in companies and are trained in their free titno in the handing of such weapons rifles, carbines, mb-machine guns and light and heavy machine gu
Nover Weg. 2 Communist Party periodical, commented as follows on there factory guards "Party leackers in the factories, administrations. tractor stationa and all other institutions
mark- ed down by the Polkbureau of the Central Committee for the formation of fighting groups, must keep an accurate check on the strength and training these groups. They have to decide which comrades will be ordered to join the groups and which progressive non-party
GETTING
READY FOR BIG TALKS
Washington, Feb, 25.
hablis, status, The White House Press
etc. The illustrations, Secretary, Mr James except for three plates | Hagerty plans to leave for
of photographe, are all Bermuda on Thursday to
Cdr. A. M. Hughes,
by
and include four attrac work on advance arrange Live plates of the heads menta for the March 21
of 12 species and many meeting of President Eleen- useful drawings in the bower and Mr Harold Mac- text. The writer of this review
have millan, the British Prime would benented greatly from Minister. Mr Hagerly will this book when station return to Washington on ed in Hong Kong some
Saturday. Even now, ou referring to it, some 40 unfamiliar species
The advance party will in- cludo Darcy Edmundson, in- on which notes "wore made at the time have formation ofloer for the Britt
Embassy herd, and Robert almost all proved easily.
the Canadianı Identifiable, D. W. 8. Ferquliarson of
JERTE DEO.
(ŒExtrant, from "The Ibis" offtolat
Embassy
The Canadian Primo Minia--
organ of the British Ornithologister, My Loule St. Laurent, will Union, Bristi Museum).
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SAME LEVEL
of the
ZATI
Both the Society for Sports and Technics and the factory militia have regular army police officers as instructors, to of ensure that the same lovel truning is reached in all forma¬ tions.
are
The Fighting Group Against East Inhumanity says that the Forces German Armed designed primarily for home de fance, especially in the event of a divil war.--China Mail Special.
HE WEARS NEW FIREPROOF SUIT
Bentham.
A demon- strator tests the efficiency of a new firefighting suit made of glass fibre, by oil walking through an fire. The suits, which weigh only 10 pounds, are made in Sweden. Tests in Bentham were on be- half of the Royal Navy. -London Express Photo.
TRIAL IN SYRIA
Damascus, Feb. 25. Twenty-four members of the
outlawed Syrian Social Nation- alist Party are to free trial by court martial on bomb-throwing saud charges,
rellable
sources here today.
will be charged with The men hurling explosives last month Court in Aleppo, where the martial will be held.
They face possible sentences of death or hard labour for life. --United Press.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
LOTHAR, BRING THE
BLASTED NONSENSE!
CAR TO BROWN'S FARM, ROUTE FORTY, NEAR DUNCAN FALLS. MAY, BE SOMETHING INTERESTINGU
FERDINAND
קזז
NANCY
HOW MUCH MONEY DO
YOU MAKE MISTER ?
PERFUME 254
JOHNNY HAZARD
JOHNNY! WHAT'RE YOUivi
THE ONLY
WAY
CHIEF THIS IS WHERE THE CAR VANISHED INTO THE LITTLE
FOG.
NO FOG
HERE
NOW.
KEEP
YOUR NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS
BUSHA
JAPANESE PRINCE PRESENTS GIFT
Copenhagen, Feb. 25.
Prince Mikasa of Japan today presented a silver and gold Inlaid cigarette box, ornamented with a chrysanthemum, to the Chairman of the City Council of Copenhagen, Mr Sigvald Hellberg, at a dinner in honour of the Prince given by the Council In the city hall tonight.
About 200 guests assembled in the banqueting hall which was decorated with the coats of arms of Denmark's cities and hung with Japanese and Danish flags. The Prince and Princess have
trout
were
OSLO POLICE THREATEN TO STRIKE
Oslo, Feb. 25. Policemen in Oslo, are threatening to go on strike--or to volunteer for United Nations police service. in distant Kashmir-because they are dissatisfied with their pay and chances of promotion.
The situation has boen serious!
As a result of this shortage for some time In the Oslo of manpower, the regular con- Police Force, at present badly stables in Oslo oro also over- under-staffect. There are today worked. There are not enough 75 vacancies in the Force whielt men to carry out the many It has been found impossible to routing tasks which fall to the All. Each year nore and more police in a capital city, let men resign to get better paid alone the extra and emergency jobs, and fewer recruits apply jobs which continually
arise. to join the Force,
Walio Oslo is not a large boundaries. It It is the ordinary, uniformed elty, has wide constables who feel that they Its population is only just over are underpaid: the point duty 450,000. There is also a com men who direct the traffic, paratively low rate of crime in those who patrol the streets of the city, although, os night, gather in the drunks,
population increases, crime is and have their benta In the on the increase too, and thero tough districts around the docks is no back of minor offenders, and railway sidings.
A
juvenile
delinquents,
the
drunka Must Be Content and other
try whio take up much police time.
One of the claims of the Osto police is that there should bo some extra bonus for the men
do duty in the who
capital. Their tasks, they say, are much noro arduous than those of A police constable with eight who sit in their police stations constables in provincial towns
"A policeman's lot is not happy one" sany Gilbert and Sullivan in one of their famous Savoy
operas, and this might be the theme tune for the Oslo police.
years' service in the Force who
crowng
cannot earn more than 13,000 most of the time and have only (£050) par annum, very occasionally an arrest to Having reached that maximum, malte. he must be content with his lot unt!! he retires, and he has no chance of promotion.
No Promotion
At present, the Oslo Police
with men. married man fold na
A typical policeman in this Force numbers just over 1,000 category, a
large family, newspaper recently:
n
Of these about 70 per Oslo cent can look to a maximUE MYA "Why wage of 2650 a year with no
should I tramp the streets of further promotion possible, Oslo for a mere 13,000 crowns
carn
These men are not supposed The crew of "Raldar Viking"
a year when I can probably to take on extra jobs in their the aircraft which brought the
30,000 oTowns 09 an free time, But the
majority of Prince to Denmark
also
international United Nations them say that they cannot beep present.
their
wives and families on Prince Mikasa was tonight policemany"
48 Resign
their police pay, and openly dressed in a-dark blue lounge
admit that they have extra jobs wife in a pearl
out the help
family been resting this afternoon after sult and his their
Last year, trans-Polar light
48 constables in in and grey kimono,
Anances. Many of them aro resigned The Menu consisted of cold Qalo
to take botter
taxi-drivers In their neither of them tonight showed
In the same period, 24 reserve with green mayonnaise, Jobs.
joined the Fargo spare time, sirivia of beer with vegetables young men signs of strain after the 31 hour Journey.
started ол and
Rix their
criminal police, The and ercam caramel,
In a short speech at the ban-months course in the national letectives, plain clothes men and much in But of these investigators are the Chairman
the police school.
position. Carl Council, Mr Hellberg, bald that recruits, no less than 18 said at botter
They have scales and better the flying suflensch of the once that they intended to leave different pay
It for posts In chances of promotion. Anderssen fairy tale had been Oslo to apply
#8 the ordinary sur-provincial police sintions a reality in new
constables, re- made
as they had completed ferred to in the ald day roundings through the opening GOOD
bragdos because of the new Polar route-Reuter. their preliminary training.
of the rows brass buttons uniform, who are disconicated.
of the ordinary
Among those present at the banquet were the Danish minis- of the Interior, Mr ter Pelersun, the American Am bassador,
Mr Robert Coc, the Halian Ambasador, Mr Bernarde Mosca and the Japanese Minis- ter, Mr Takio Odu.
THIS IS BROWN'S FIELD--WHERE HIS COW DISAPPEARED. WHERE WE SAW THE GIRL--**
DO YOU WANT
of
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
SHOW
ME HER
FOOT-
PRINT.
TO BUY THIS?
AS JOHNNY STEADIES HIS AIM, THE MARDS,
| PUMBSTRUCK FOR A MOMENT BY THE BRACH [ACTION, PULL THEIR BUNGJI
THAT'S HEMI THAT'S THE YOUNG SCAMP WHO SNATCHED MY TICKETĮ.
SHE WAS-BAREFOOTED) INTO
-THE FOOTPRINT
WAS HERE-
IN THE DUST.
IT MUSTA
BLOWN AWAY
THE FOG
NO DOUBT!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
12-19
KEEP YOUR BUSINESS OUT
OF MY NOSE
By Frank Robbins
There's More Than Magic FRY'S
CRYSTALISED GINGER
COVERED IN
FRY'S CHOCOLATE
CUTEX
THE WORLD'S
MOST
POPULAR
NAIL
POLISH
ROWNTREES
SMARTIES
SMARTIES
this situation
calls for a
San Miguel
of
B
on
ntables belong to the
Polico
of mo
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50
their
Oslo
Union and at a stormy
moeting recently the possibility
Most
dis-
men
drastic
steps
resignation was
the of expressed the view that it time that some
were
takon to
Improve
ditions in the Force. The mass resignation of well over half show the the Force would Government how hopeless the situation was, they felt, and
lead to possibly
the desired negotiations.
。,
Critical
So far, no defnito decislan has been taken. But the union has distributed forms of resignation to all members and, if these are filled in and returned to the Union, it may meun that about 600 constables will
leave their duties in the summer or early autumn.
Both the Chief of Police and the Chief of Criminal Police in Oslo have said that they fully understand the constables' dis- Both also say that satisfaction. Oslo would be in a most critical situation if over half the ForeD came out on strike.
The Ministry of Justice has stated
that the Oslo Polica Union has just as much right to Elve
strike nolico for its members so any other union. The constables must give three months' notice and may be re- tained on duty for a further three months. `But, if negotin- Lions ITC unsuccessful, Oslo may be without poller protec Hon by next September,Ching Mail Special.
Royalties Now For Climbing Everest!
The ment
Katmandu, Feb. 25,
Nopalese Govern- decided today to charge approximately $640 for the privilege of climbing Mt. Everest,
The government fixed royal- tion for all Himalayan peaks ab cording to their heights which are to be paid by all fubung expeditions.ia.
Overent not the seven other highest peaks have a royalty of 2,000 rupees (3040),/4-
Other major peaks above ,000 foot will cost: 2,000 rupoos, peaks. below 25,000 feet, 1,000
royalties must be paid, before the expolitions start the mountains,
Death compensation rates for Halaon officers and porters WIKO met på 0,909 rugmen ($1,083) and 2,000
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