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THE CHINA MAIL, :: MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1957.
RETIREMENT PLAN SUCCEEDS TALK OF £150,000 TO
Chiang Reduces Average Age Of Troops To 25
HIGHWAY PROJECT ACROSS TAIWAN
By ROBERT BROWN
Taipei, Aug. 25.
Nearly 80,000 old and ineffective troops have been weeded out of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's forces during the past two years in a touch-and-go programme that could have exploded into trouble on Formosa.
Treasure
House
To Be
Opened
THE
Jaipur. Aug. 25.
TRE mysterious "Tiger Fort" at Jaipur, fabled
It took six million in US aid funds to replace them with alert, young troops. But today the average age of Chiang's 600,000-man force is down to about 25.
Two years ago top American officers, and some Nationalist officials, became seriously worried about the aging soldiers who had retreated with Chiang from China mainland in 1949.
They were a detriment to the combat effectiveness of a mill- farce that America is
GLOBAL WARmmending millions to equip and
UNLIKELY SAYS
treasure house of the RAF
Indian Maharajahs, is to be opened to the public, it
was learned here today.
MARSHAL
Melbourne, Aug. 25, - Marshal of the, Royal Air [Force, Sir William Dickson,
maintain,
But the 69-year-old Generalls- simo himreif and many of his
were Top offers
reluctant
( turn out his old and loyal troops. Many bad brilliant combat records. Most of them know rothing but military Me.
It Was Clear
The 300-year-old fortress over Chairman of the Chiefs-of- I was clear that the shaky,
looking the City from high
American-support island eco- Staff Committee, said to-omy of Formos. could not rocks has been reputed holl the gold, well and night that the West's poten- absorb that many retired troops colns plundered during the tial
"Ho great that without trouble, even on a gra-
wanted dun basis. And the Americans to retire tlacera ብና quickly as possible.
By
Was
Ab and Punjab experi cannot see how an enemy tions of the Best Maharajah Mansingh of dapur under the can survive"
Moghul kings,
traction, the Maharajah
may
future war. "If we maintain our, potential power with meltar weapons, 1 The primary concem was that ir 80,000 retired veltrans be- not think global way is a rubing do
conne discontested Cr Over- enter the likelihood," Sir William Dickson
anxious to return to the China Pert oily once during his life- † said in a lekcvision appearance
the mainland they could be He is blindfolded and here. ilme, jed Into the treasure house,
The Soviet Union was likely fuse igniting the powder keg on
Fonnosa, where he mtty choose one ob- to try other means
Sume to gain its
officials also Jett from the treasure,
alm of world domination if worried that they would becom? major warfare was ruled out be-
д disrupting political force internally, cause of the West's nors, he added,
prepared
were
Fecting it was absolutely
Kussla might try various typescerential to the combat effective.
of coups, loltration, or "war by proxy as in Korea, Formosa, 21 The Middle East and Southeast
JEWELLED BIRD
The prezeni Maharajali visited the Fort in 1944, when he
to have chosen Was guld
eyes now Palace.
ruby and
pluninge. kept
the Jaipur med J21
ness of the Nationalst forces, US officials allocated $42 million jewelled bird with diamond Asia were the most likely places for a four-year programme that
would phase them into vilian economy without where ruch
rupting it.
moves might be
Sir William Dickson is visit- Ing Australia with the British Defence Minister, Mr Duncan Sandy, for talks with the Aus- tralian Government.---Rouler.
Young Artist
AN ANGEL GETS A HELPING HAND
An American "Sikorsky" helicopter was used at cells, near Udine, North Italy, to place a copper gura of an angel on top of the streple of the church of S. Nicolo, The firure fell from the top of the steeple in 1030' follow- Ing
Photo an earthquake. shows the helicopter lowering the Azure to the top of the steeple during the delicate operation, Keystone Photo,
BIRTH RATE TROUBLE: 'MEN ARE TO BLAME
Singapore, Aug. 25. It's the men who are to blame for the rising birth rate,
the according to Chairman of the Singapore Family Planning Associa-
tlon-a woman,
the
dis-
One of the principal alms was to make them scl1-supporting.
Never Tried
It was a project never tried before in the history of American have aid programmes-which tackled almost everything else.
Chinese and American omcials the half-way gree today--it mark-that it has been success-
In 1945 silver was brought out from the Fort's hourd of coins to relieve fumine- stricken families in Julpur.
For some time, however, it has been rumoured that the Fort's coffers
emply. arc Its reasure vaults have been depleted over the centuries and since the marker of the princely states after 1947 when India beenne indepen- dont, it is unlikely that any Mahutajah could afford to "It's the only thing I can oldest of the relring troops, maintain ruch fabulour draw," zoid seven-year-old many of whom need intensive
Lynne Alliver-United Press.
Treasure-Heuter.
New Orleans, Aux. 25. An artist who painted a prize, winning "Modernistic Embrace in a local show explained today why she chose the field of modern art.
A British Crossword Puzzle
15
22 23
26
24
19
ACROSS
1. Shut up (8).
7 Ventiluies (4).
27
• Food for a Derby winner
(B).
10 King of snakest. (5).
11 Hothouse) (4).
13 Senseless (7, 3).
15 Angling accessóry (4).
18 Copy-cat (4). "
10 Great respect (30),
22 He calls to the faithful (4).
24 Talce as one's own (6),
26 Invigorating air (0))
28 Cilent's right legally (4).
27 First-born (0),
SATURDAY'S
DOWN
2 What language) (5).
12
3 Product cf a lazy miner?
(5).
4 Ten years (0),
5 Small scat (8).
6 Historie Umes (4).
8 Bad-tempered (5).
12 The clutching band? (5)..
13 Service dresů (8).
14 The punctilious stand on it
(B).
17 Dodge the column? (5).
In Used with mortar (0),
20 Much the same as "17" (5).
21 Fetters for golfers (5).
29 Principal sea? (4).
CROSSWORD—Across: -1. Fickle, 4 Scamp,
7 Rumour, Inort, 10 Hull, 12 Regular, 15 Eeric, 10 Serz, "17 Acts, 10 Promm, 20 Dresses, 21 Dolt, 23 Stung, 24 Repair, 20 Pride, 20 Spread. Down: 1 Furchtad, 2 Compleie. 3 Laud, 5 Confused, e Mortar, 9 Jeers, 11 Lessened, 12 Rlpen, 13 Lemonado, 14 Restored, 18 Crater, 22 Prep,'
A 37-year-old sergeant is the
She is Mrs Goh kee, who said today
Kok-
that
It was difficult to convince people of the need to cut down the birth Fale.
Addressing a discussion group alle sald that family planning workers. were hindered by centuries of tradition.
She said: "It's the men who are to be blamed. They need education. Men sze so selfish that they don't sympathise with their wife's aims to limit their familles."—Reuter,
medical attention. About 15,000 BING
aro tubercular, 800 leprous and several hundred more ure an- puters.
The US ald funds went to set up replacement centres, add hospital facilities, start con- struction projects on which the men could be put to work.
More than 5,000 solders are cutting out 192 miles
former
SINGS 'MACK THE KNIFE
Washington, Aug. 25. Crooner Bing Crosby bas
of rend on a cross-Island high-recorded the opening ballad way project from the Pacific to Mack the Knife from the Fontosa Straits, It will span 0.009 to 10,000-foot high the Brecht-Weil musical of passte in what were once almost the 1920's "The inaccessible mountains.
Timber Projects
The highway project will open thousands of miles of virgin fores: land where other retired servicemen will be able to set
up timber projects or farms,
A vocational assistance
pro- greme for the retired service- me, has been effectively boused. by Chung's eldest son, politic- ally powerful Li-Gen. Chiang Ching-kuo..
lle makes regular inspection
penny Opera.", .
Crosby's recording
Three
وا
Pope Pius Warns Workers Of False Prophets
Vatican City, Aug. 25.
SETTLE ALL CLAIMS
TO SARAWAK THRONE
London, Aug. 25.
The Colonial Office today declined to com- ment on a report that the British Government had paid £150,000 to settle all claims to the throne of Sarawak.
A spokesman said it was a private matter for the Brooke family, former rulers of the 50,000 'square mile territory of half a million people.
The Sunday Dispatch had reported that Jawyers were working out how to divide the
£150,000,
The
PAYING AGENT
newspaper Bald the Sarawak
money came from revenues with the British Gov- ernment acting as the paying agents.
Half of the money, it added
CHINA REJECTS NEWSMEN
(Continued from Page 1)
"Going by this international would go to 44-year-old Mr praciico, It suid," is not Anthony Brooke of Uckfield, dimeult to expose the trickery Sussex, who once hoped to be of the State Department which come the fourth Rajah of will find Itself unable to divest Sarawak.
itself of the responsibility for His uncle, Sir Charles Vyner obstracting mutual visits Le- Brooke, the third, Rajah, now tween the Chinese and Ameri- 02, handed over the territory to can people." Britain in 1940.
ITS TOOLS
wants
said
He took £100,000 in com-: persation for himself, plus The official newspaper pensions for members of his | that The US
to use family and court dependents. American correspondents "as is tools to eollect intelligence and Among those granted pensions carry out netivities on its bc- were his brother, Mr Bertrain half" because it is "highly in Brooke, and his three daughters terested in the anti-party, anti- Princess Pearl, Princess Vold socialist activities of the right- and Princess Bobo,
Ists within China."
"What the US Government is now trying 1o do is 10 send. people into our country to search The newspaper published an out opportunities to creato Interview with Mr Anthony trouble," it said, "But the Brooke, who until 1951 cam-Chinese people, consolidated the family regime in Sarawak.
AN INTERVIEW
paigned for the restoration ofas never before in their history, are perfectly sure and deter- It quoted Mr Brooke us say-mined about safeguarding their
"My uncle,
third socialist cause. Rajah, gave up
Pope Pius XII, addressing the biggest inter- national labour rally ever held in Rome, tonight warned young. Roman Catholic workers against "false prophets" who "sow the seeds of hate and rebellion, deluding the workers with deceptive against the wishes of many promises."
Hc was speaking to 30,000 young workers from 84 coun- tries, gathered in Rome for the first World Rally of the JOC (Jeunesse Ouvrière Chretienne Young Christian Workers) movement, founded 35 years ago in Belgium.
of youth,
OBSTACLES
EGYPTIANS
WANT JUSTICE
Cairo, Aug. 25. The Pope sald the world of today puts terrible obstacles in A defence lawyer at the the way of the natural optimism | trial of an army officer accused of plotting against "You see all round you masses President Nasser appealed of men struggling amidst insur|to the court today to match mountable material difficulties, the standard of justice set hunger, destitution, Ignorance: sone who
forget even their earlier this year at the dignity, lose their ideals, con- trial of four Britons accused with vulgar on spying. tent themselves satisfactions.
"Then false prophets insinuate their way into there depressed groups, sowing the seeds of late and rebellion, deluding them
with decepilve promises,
the
the the
throne
PRISONERS
of the inhabitants. He got
£100,000;
"The wrecking activitios of father-his my
the US Government will come brother has had £8,000 a year to nothing and will ever be and I have been receiving tolerated by the £2,800 a year,
China
people ol
The paper accused the US ǝ! "Now my father and I have agreed to tako slump sum attempting to decide before- instead of the taxable pen- and what the US newsmen sion. I don't know what other should report in Chine. members of the family will This was 'refercice to the decide to do but I think they State Department's were selling about £4,000 that it hoped the correspondents year in pensions between would be able to report on American prisoners still held on the mainland-United Press.
them.
DEPENDENTS
"There are, too, some depen- coats, such os
old civil ser- vants whom my uncle under- took to look after, So the £150,000, big as it scena, will prend fairy thin,
OVÉ
"My £75,000 is based on my normal expectation of life. Up to now, under the pension pre- viously, if I'd been run and killed, my family would have had nothing
"When my uncle coded
statement
Russians In 'Brain-Washed'
State
Mr Ahmed Hussein, seeking
New York, Aug. 25. acquittal of Lieutenant-
Mr George Abrams, 25- Colonel Hassan Stam, said the
year-old Harvard Universi- court in that case hnd die- regarded the fact I could have territory. It was said he was United Nations report on the ty law student who read the based the decision "en British giving crimes during 80 years of en assets. The capital payment to Tomb in Moscow, said on £3,000,000 of Hungary from Lenin's "On the pretext that the slavement." world's natural resources will
my father, Bertram Brooke, to feed a not suffe
Another lawyer, Rachid El growing human population, attempt Nabad, accused the Egyptians are made even upon the dignity | press and radio of blased
Ma
of marriage and of the family," ports against the defendants. He said the alleged plot could not have всел American- inspired "since four of accused told the court they were
PAGEANT
proud they were Communists."
A pageant staged by the young workers and the Pope's address Slam and four others accused the Supreme Military were transmitted to millions of before viewers in Europe by Euro-Court of plotting to overthrow *vision and to listeners in ond assassinate President Nasser dozen other countries by radio, have withdrawn their confes- pions, which they claimed were the Vatican sources had predicted obtained by torlure-Reuter. latest indication of the strong that the Pontiff would make a hold Well's music has won (pronouncement of fundamental on American audiences. The Importance on American production of the Church's social teachings, musical play with an English fibretto by Mare Blolzstein shorting the members of the But he limited himself to ex- still running in New York.
away
who passed up the succession his return here today that In my favour, and to myself the Russian people "are in will absorb a large part of the a brain-washed state."
£150,000."--Reuter,
FAURE TO GO TO MALAYA
Paris, Aug. 25.
He told reporters: "I feel strongly that the Russian Gov- ernment la really separated from the Russian people.
in
*"The Government has
them
vacuum and they feed thera
whatever they want, The Rus- sian people are actually brain-washed state."
HECKLERS
in a
Mr Abrama said he spoke for
18 days to crowds of Russian
French Secretary of State people, sometimes as many
aching Catholic Slot-Machine for Foreign Affairs Maurice 1,500 at a time. Heelers fol-
Famed Jazz trumpoler Laval ors between the ages of 14 and
JOC movement, grouping work-
Satchmo
Armstrong recorded.
Parade and was
25, to intensify their efforts to the ballad last year when the spread the Christian ideal in the
ng ranked high on the field of labour. Reuter.
a long-time favourite on juke boxCA, trips to the vocational centres takes most of the sting out of Crosby's pleasant warbling and often thakes up slow-mov-Weil's music. All
the daring Ing. offelals,
stacento rhythmn derived from the jazz beat that gave the;
Blavour is work its distinctive. ront.-United Press.
US ald officers say the over- all programme has progressed to well they believe the total cost will be about US$37,095,000 hot Ove million loss thon originally dioen led.
The
A Sky Jeep
Munich, Aug. 24. Ug Air Force today apologised because one of it Jeeps fell out of the sky.
Television
The Hague, Aug. 26. A coin-in-tho-slot tele- vision hire system has been introduced horo by a Hague radio and tele. vision dealer.
one
The sels come equipped with the cola-slot machine and silver guilder (about 28. sterling) buys one full our of viewing.
Under the contract, minimum rental period is six months and The Jeep, dropped by parn- minimum monthly rental a 30 American participation in the Rank and fie members of the chute out of a transport plane guilders. programme will
The dealer plans to start clla- end when all Malayan Federation Police will during airlift exercises, ploppert physical facilities have bees start wearing a new headdress Into the bockward of an apart-tribution of some hundreds of provided-probubly in June on from tomorrow...a amart officer-ment house after the chute coin-rental sets carly next 1950.-United Press,
siyle peaked cap.---Reuter, falled to open.-United PresS. · month China Mall Special.
·
Singapore, Aug. 25.
AUTOMATIC SPEED DEVICES FOR CARS
Klagerstown, Ind. Aug. 28.
ΑΝ
N automatio spred device for motor vehicles, called the Speedostat, has been in- vented by blind engineer After 11 years of work. Me Ralph Teṛlor, 67-year-okl retired comPEGY president wald the Apeodosiał will on« abte a notorist to select any cruising speed and maintain it withoul alert,
Mr Testor, blind since he was
· Ave, naded that he Grst got the ides white riding, along main highway in fast traffic.
He perfected 11 in his home workshop over MARY. 'yours and the peodosini will now be produced by his old Arm, the Perfect Virela. Company." Three car manufacturers plan te include the davion as an
optional extra on 1858 models.
_the_company said. The Speedostas dial is fixed on the dashboard or sivering wheel, and driver, chooses the [spond' he wanla. [When a motorist wants to trulso steadily over long perioda, ho simply sets the lipoedorină; at iko required, mileage, and tho | darios taken over-sutounali- cally.
Faure will leave Paris by air lowed him everywhere." tomorrow to attend Malaya's He spent 19 days in Moscow a guest at the Moscow Youth independence ceremonies.
Festival.
on
0.9
He said ho spoke in. Russia interpreters who volun- through
The French statesman will arrive in Kuala Lumpur August 29, where he will remain until September 3. Faure will bring the greetings of the French also distributed 100 pamphlets
toured their services in tho streets of Moscow. He said he
Republic to the newly independ also
written
cnt
state of Malaya.
by Hungarian students
During his clay In Kuala expressing their views of
rising. China Lumpur, Faure will also hold year's political talks with numerous Speclo1. foreign representatives at the
Malayan
independencʊ
.core.
Last
monies. Among the persons with: MAO & CHOU'S
whom he will conter arc Могостоп Forcion Minister Ahimod Balatrej, American Under-Secretary
of State Christian Herter, and Freskiktit Elscnhower's personal envoy to the Middle East, James Richards,
STOPOVERS ·
During his various stopovers,
BIOGRAPHIES RELEASED
Washington, Aug. 25. The House Committee on Un-American Activities to-
Faure will hold courtesy talks day released the blographies with national leaders. He Is of Mao Tse-tung, Chairman scheduled to meet with Indian of the Peoples Republic of The driver can remove his foot Premier Jawaharlal Nehru and China, and Chou En-Ini,
from the gocelerator `us the Shal Mohamined Reza Pahlevi par travels at an oven rade, || of_Irun.
und the Speedosłał will oHS- It was expected that Faure penmte for bilis,
Premier.
Prepared by the Library or
Top Water and that by w
would discum the main probleme Congress, the biographics A touch of the brake pedal roof interest to France and these part of a nerics on rulers of the
least the devios. Mr Tector countries. On the eve of the Communist world. has also invented a solpole UN General Assembly xomion,
bord what thopO gear shift and several Im Fauves will also dispans the fusing to
which will be rules are, America is fast losing provoments in platou sing major problems design- and -- matse torpedo | on the Assembly's agenda---| in the battle of survival.****
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