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THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ' '20, 1957.

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U.S. TO RETAIN ALL FORCES IN EUROPE

Military Cuts To Have No Effect-Wilson

Washington, Sept. 19.

Mr Charles Wilson, the Secretary of Defence, said today that the United States would retain all its divisions now stationed in Europe despite the new military manpower cuis ordered to take effect by next June.

HC tokat a presH conference that the new cut of 100,000 men would not affect United States power in Western Europe.

Mr Wilson said the new cut would result in the elimituston of at least four Air Force wings, and one Army division and the mothballing of some Navy ships.

Further Cuts

He also said it was n "fair Besumption that further man- power cuts would be ordered in the 1958-59 Ascal year.

The new force pool by June, 1950, is a total of 2,000,000 men

CHARLES WILSON Numbers don't tell the story

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for all armed services. This would represent an overall cul of 200,000 in a period, of months.

Mr Wilson said no important change in the world military situation was responsible for the planned manpower reduc- tions.

"Our forces are getting more -powerful all the time with new weapons," he added, "Num-

burs don't tell the story unless you know what kind of weapons you have and what kind

bomba aeroplanes drop."

Bomber Strength

ut

He declared that the cuts would not affect United States bomber strength.

Asked if the United Slate

the had forged ahead of Soviet

ότι Union

relative strength since the Korean War. Mr Wilson replied: "We have galned somewhat by the better weapons we have."

agree to first-step dlantmement arrangements,

*We are nol a war-monger- ing nation and we Dre not iry- Ing to heat up the world," he said. "We still have a power- ful military organisation,”

More Worried.

Mr Wilson also sak! Ameri- -cans were more worried than were the Europeans about the Soviet Union's elaba to have suuressfully

test1 an inter- continental ballic missile,

He thought it was bernur e Amerkans were only just be- coming used to the fact they could be

Eil at home 'in the event of war whereas Europeans had been shot at for centurica and were used to that.

Mir Wilson expressed doubt that the Soviet Union had any, Operational units equipped with Intercontinental batistle mis-

Niles.

Asked if it was possible 10 perfect anti-missile defences, the Defence Secretary replied that it was but added that the solution is not richt Ground the corner,"-Reuter,

UN DEBATE ON CANAL

New York, Sept. 19. The General Assembly

Caledonian Limited Express-37 Minutes Early! STATE

Protest Over Children Drinking Vodka

Warsaw, Sept. 19. Many Polish

school- children are drinking vodka, according to Mr Marian Jaworski, a deputy to the Sejm (Polish Parliament). Strong measures should

taken be

to dis. courage

them, he sald, in a Sejm com- mittee debate on antí - alcoholism, › re- ported in the press here today.

The committee decided against any further increase in the retail price of vodka, which, in August,

wan increased by 15 per cent without any noticeable effect consumption. ----- China Mall Special.

ON

Steering Committee today Mao Tours

Notions

recommended United debate

the clearance of the Suez Cand and on the United Nations Emergency Force during the current Assembly session

The decision Wat laken

vote. 21

These two without

requested were

for topics inclusion by the Secretary- General, Mr Dag Hammarskjold, and the debate un them will centre on a report on each that | Communist China's he making. Neither report has been de public yet.

Shanghai On Inspection

At the request of Britain, the Steering Committee withheld making a recommendation on watch of the Assembly's seven committees the question shoult be debated.---Reuter.

Court Hearing

The

Tokyo, Sept. 19.

Flashing part to arrive 37 minutes early at London's Euston Station is the Caledonian Limited express from Glasgow, Scotland.

The whole journey took six hours three minutes, the fastest on the London Midland Region since the Coronation Scol's run in 1937 — for which the line was specially cleared.

Said veteran driver William Starvis: "My fastest run. It was almost a clear line. We touched 92-93 miles an hour",

The Caledonian Express is hauled by a Duchess class engine christened King George VI. It was built in 1938, long before the British railway modernisation plan and the impersonality of the diesel locomotive were conceived-Express Photo.

PLATYPUS DIES AFTER MATE

DESERTS HIM

Death Verdict-A Broken Heart!

New York, Sept. 19. Cecil, the Bronx Zoo's grieving duckbill platypus, died yesterday just 19 days after his mate Penelope deserted him in the Platypusery that had been their home for 11 years.

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Cause Of

A post-mortem performed by! Cecil and Penelope held the the Zoo's veterinarian revesleči | platypus record for continuous

speclic

death, captivity. They were captured William Bridges, a Zoo spokes-three weeks apart by zoologist man, sald a broken hoort was just as good a reason for Cecil's decease as any other.

LOST A POUND

draw your

"He lost almost a pound after Penelope disappeared, so you can top

own conclusions," loader Mao Tse-tung has said Bridges, noting that Cecil beon carrying out direct weighed only 2.31 pounds at field and factory inspec- death. tions of the giant "racti- fication campaign" now swooping his nation, according to a Now China News Agency report to-

day.

Kig-

The Hague, Sept. 19.

The Agency suid in a International Court of Justice in the Itaque will begin patch from Shanghai thut Mao hearings of Moulay on Por the course of his inspection tug's suit against India for tour" visited the leading Shang- The right of access across hui cotton mill on Wednesday Indian territory to Portuguese Ho said he

nothing enclaves, which allegedly maw

has morning. wrong In reducing military been cut off by Indian troops

despite the refusal

since Judy, 1954. Franes- of the Soviet Union so far to

manpower

Presse.

THE SKELETON

IN the Skeleton Crossword the

black squares and cle shers have to be fled in as well as the words. Four black squares and four elde numbers have been inserted to give you a start. The black squaret form a

ACROSS

1. Opening

spinner faced by the man

In 2 (two

words).

7. DAY

wood,

#iri

Holly

2. Just the

girl for a copper..

11. Pleased to

have the place dark- ened?

12. The Por

tuguese

don'l quile

actain their objective in the Elast,

14. Can the show the emigrants

where to go?

16. Revelations made in open

letters ?

16. The last of Mrs. Cheyney's

friend.

17. Related

to some Mackintosh family.

the

18. Barembled with whlaky.

perhaps 7 (two words)

20. Don't go away from this

weapon.

22. Animal sometimes seen la

Constable landscape.

26. Smartened up so that the

rocol mechaniam gleamia ?

DOWN

1. The place for Ilita.

2. There's nothing, in st.

5. Carling at having to change

from cus side to the other.

4. Where they obviously don'

hava day boys.

5. All this is permitted.

d. Movement for your money.

7. They put in tuo spadework

of the Commonwealth.

symraeleleal pattern the top half matches the bottom half and the two sides correspond. can fill in 12 more So you squares at once to orrespond with those given.

8. Disturbed by the ups - and

downs of travel,

9. Period of the superior

people?

10. Very much wanted to spend

some time with Ned.

13. Somewhat

saddened

by

having to provide the extras. 14. A thousand de so to lose

face.

18. Mark allowed to be red.

19. Len may come here to mo

the old tennis alsṛ.

21. BB top-And, you'll see 19/1

different.

23, Agree to have a na),

THURSDAY'S SOLUTION

AGCOMPANIET

VAYE ARLARSE U N ↑ A SIERA

ENU ALA

n FRACOR

TQ ARG

It said he wanted to "review the situation

the regarding rectification campaign and 1hc movement of socialist educa- son."

CARRYING OUT

Earlier this week, the Zoo announced that it had given up Its search for Penelope an the assumption that she had died in some Bronx pond or stream.

Penelope dug way out of her cage last July because it was courtship time

ever-loving nud Wie

Cecil wouldn't give her any privacy.

David Fley in a stream in Vic- toria, Australia, in Apt), 1940, when they were about a year old. Fley brought them to the Bronx Zoo the following year-- United PresI.

HUNGARY PROTESTS TO UN

New York, Sept. 19. berHungary again protested in the United Nations today to against a proposal debate conditions in that country at the current session of the General Assembly,

years old.

Coell was 12 about three years beyond thu life expectancy of most platy puses,

dig He managed to

barrier placed around every around Penelope this Summer to give her the solitude she so obviously desired,

LEAN BODY

for

After Penelope bolted the outside world, Cecil began to eat only 20 crayfish a day, instead of his usual 40, and was a little miffy about the and pound of earthworms and the went with "inquired about the carrying coddled egg that

On Tuesday night, the Agency caid, Mao received district Communist Party officials

out of the Socialist education movement

Government offices, factories and schools."

them.

Mr Imre Horvath, Hungarian also bitterly Foreign Minister, criticised the Assembly's

five- member special Hungary Com- mittee whoce "ill-famed report," distorted he said, "purposely the truth and falsified the character of evenin in our coun-- try last October and Novem- ber."

INTERFERING

Mr Horvath who was speak- in in the 16-member Steering an interested Committee as party-since Hungary is not a member of this body-sald "pertain Western states systoma... Yesterday morning, au at tically interfered and are in- tendant found Cecil's pititorforing in the life of -- fully lean body in his hay-gary," filled tunnel in the earth- He said the Assembly if t Though not mentioned by

was to discuss anything in con- bank where he and Penelope the Agency, the report of Mao's

housekeeping In nection with

Hungary should direct on-the-spot inspection

1947.

Since Ceolt was the approach it from this Rapect tours leaves little doubt of the seriousness

captivity and from the aspect of calling with

only which the

platypus vutalde his native Australia, } on these powers to put an Peking regime views the eur-

his death was a great loss to end to such activities which are rent campaign and perhaps in-

entirely allen to the United Na- the scientific work. sharply has dicates how

lions Charter"-Router, rocked the Chinese Communist rulers.

sat

up

Dr Fairfield Ostoru, president of the Zoo, announced that ho

It also probably indicated will apply immediately to that there will be little tet-up Australian Prime Minister R. G. in the compaign, one of the Menzies for male and two main purposes of which 15 to females to restock the Bron eliminate the "contradictions" Platypusery. The egg-bearing in the Communist system in mammals are so rare that the Australian government alone China which Mao first started criticising in his now famous has se authority to give them "Let All Flowers Bloom" speech away to foreign Institutions. last MayUnited Press.

They are never said

Vice-President

Peking, Sept. 10.

Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Indian Vice-President, addressed Chinese Communist leaders on democracy today and sold no government could afford [ñeglect the wishes of the people,

---Houter.

HISTORICAL AGREEMENT IN BANGKOK

Bangkok, Sept. 19. Four_Bautli-osat 'Asian" "nafibus un da histéry in Bingkök, this

operate in fire dévolupament er the Mekong ́Bletz, 'Ti Was learned from sa, suíborisalivo

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by the wetteso, skid,

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FAUBUS SAYS JUDGE HAS PREJUDICES

STATE DEPARTMENT

HOPES SATCHMO WILL VISIT MOSCOW

Washington, Sept. 19.

The State Department said today it hopes jazz trumpeter Louis (Satchmo) Armstrong will go to the Soviet Union despite his unhappiness about the handling of racial problems in the South.

But State Department Preas Oficer Lincoln While Baid the

State Department and had Armstrong's management

not made any "frm" arrange- ments for the world renowned negro jazzman to go to Moscow.

POSSIBILITY

White said the possibility of such a trip had been discussed with the trumpeter's managers.

"Louis Armstrong has undo a wherever ho fremendous bit

Little Rock, Sept. 19. Gov. Orval E, l'aubus today accused Federal Judge Ronald N. Davies of being "bias" and "prejudice" and has gone," White told a reporter. asked that he disqualify we would like to 100 him himself from holding an travel anywhere because he is injunctive hearing against | such a hit. the Governor tomorrow, The Governor, in an affidavit been worked out bouguen Arm- "However, nothing lem has filed with Federal clerk Grady strong's management and our- Miller, sald Davies has Q

selves about his going to the "Personal prejudice against

Soviet Union. him and a "personal bias in fivour of the plaintiffs." The affidavit sold that Davies would be unable to conduct a fair a Impartial trial, and render decision....that would be free from prejudice.

Faubus asiced that Davies "proceed no further" In the hearing and that another judge be assigned.

DEVELOPMENTS

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

The Government can go to hell,

"We hope he will go,"

garded as one of the United States' mout effective goodwill Armstrong was quoted in ambassadors. Но has draw Grand Forks, North Dakota and standing room only crowds on repeated in Montevideo, Min- his European tours. United nesota that he has given up Pr plans for a Government-apon- sored trip to the Soviet Union.

-IKE-TWO-FACED

He said he would not go be- cause of the "way they are my people DEC.

King Saud

The Government In Lausanne

In other development today:

Fatibus refused to 251-treating Doar in Federal Court at | South, haring on the validity of can go to hell" with its plans four stato sorreration laws for him. He was quotid (as passed by the 1887 Arkansas calling President Eisenhower General Assembly because of two-faced" and Arkansas arrived here today for a stay of the "obvious ulterior motiver" Orval Faubus un "uneducated

ploughboy."

of those who obtatued the subpoenaed

"Rep. Brocks Hays in-

dicated he had set a complished his job of break- for the deadlock between the Federal Government and the Arkansas Governor.

Lausanne, Sept. 10. King Saud of Saudi Arubla

several days at the lakeside Deau Rivage Motel.

The Stalo Department WAR

The King and the majority of plainly upset by Armoth his entourage will stay at the comments, and the propaganda Beau Rivage, where 30 rooms

value they will have on both had been reserved. Some other sides of the Iron Curtain. members of the Saudi Arabian Russia already has tested party are quartered as the down-

He said there was "no news” | vigorous global propaganda town Palace Hotel, today when he walked out 'bf) campaign omstring bet Integra-

Sasad WI vidit the LaureTINO

the Governor's mansion after tion problems in the South, his sixth conference with Armstrong, on the basis, of Trade Fair on Saturday morn Faubus-United Press.

previous

trips abroad, is Ye-ingUrilted Prem.

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