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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961,

Ambassador Thompson's recall to Washington

Russia likely_to

in Geneva talks

KENNEDY'S FIRST MOVE TO BETTER agree to a delay U.S.-SOVIET The Queen plants a tree French police RELATIONS

Washington, Jan. 31.

U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Llewellyn Thompson's recall to Washington for consultations, announced here today, was the first concrete indication of President Kennedy's desire to proceed rapidly to a detailed examination of American-Soviet relations.

The President's decision was made in the new atmosphere which by a sort of tacit accord between the two capitals has been created since Kennedy has taken office.

Africans

shout at

Sandys

Salisbury, Jan. 31.

A dozen African men and women leaping out from

As £15

Averell exomple Hardlinan newly-nupointed U.S. Ambassador at Inge, who was

before the appearing

Senate Foreign Relations Commitive nt the very moment Mr Thrones's recoil was announced declared

that although Western leaders

were perfectly free to say publicly that the Soviet Union's : objective remained world

domtration, it WALD 13 neessay to nule insuits and verbal altatieg against the U.S.S.N.

WITH KHRUSHCHEV Harriman, whose appointment must be confirmed by the Senate also affirmed that private con-

under wayside trees versations he hind had with pronced and shrinked in. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush- front of a car carrying Mr chey had convinced him that the Duncon Sandys, British leader of the Kremlin. wanted to with Commonwealth Relations vold a "major conflict"

the West.

Secretary, here today and halted it.

Police rushed to the sput and | led nway two men.

Mr Sandys and his secretory were in the back of the chan- Ieur-driven car, traveling frusu the assembly building to Government House for lunch.

Mr Sandys is presiding constitutional talks here. Afri- cans agala paraded with

ban-

Himan's attitude was very much that of the new President himself.

Kennedy after hiressing that the recent freebig of two KB-47 flyers by the Soviet Union removed an obstacle to the Improvement of U.S.S.R.- U.S. relations. Instrusted the two aviators La make no public statements 50 25 avold the danger of somehow giving a

the biller tone lo event. Tao President and the

to

hurs as he and the delegates Secretaries of State and De-

Drrived for today's Reuler.

sitting-

Minister dies

Lener lave already take energetic measures to prevent high American military leaders trom making speeches foreign policy.

vi.

Admiral Arlelgh Burke, Chief of Naval Operations, had to en- tirely rewrite Jast weck * speech he planned to deliver in which he had intended to attack the Soviet Union.

Al font two ether top rank-

Poina, India. Jan. 31. Dr Sri Krishna Sinha, Chief Minister of B.nar s.ake, dică ai kls home here today after a enonth's iness. Dr Sinha, who ing officers have been required was 74, had been Chief Minister to modify speeches they were since 1946-China Mail Special, due to make.--AFP.

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The Queen waters a queen of Flowers tree after she had planted it in the grounds

of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi on Friday. At left, standa

the Duke of Edinburgh, who planted a yellow guimolar tree-AP ploto,

June Allyson

Allyson wins divorce on grounds of cruelty

Santa Monica, Calif., Jan. 31.

A tearful June Allyson won a divorce from her husband Dick Powell today charging him with cruelty.

Rhee may lose civil rights

Seoul, Jan. 31.

take fresh action against pro-insurgents

Paris, Jan. 31.

London, Jan. 31. The Soviet Union is likely to agree to the proposal by President John Kennedy of the United States to postpone the resumption of the Geneva conference on a nuclear test ban till late March, a Communist source said here today.

The two-year-old conference djourned on. December 5 rending the American presiden

Fresh action by the authori-|{ai chingeover. It was to re-

Pitsident Kennedy was re-

out

tics against Fronchmen me on February 7. alleged to have helped tho ported to have sent a note to Algerian insurgents · was [ihe Soviet Union requesting the reported here today. postponement, to give his team

sources Justice

four of divisera me to work sald lenders of "Jeune Resistance," their policy.

The courec sald the Soviet understood the government new team's need for time, and a short delay ΠΟΥ felt that might be time saved in the end.

an organisation said to be sup- porting The insurgalt and urging conscripts for Algeria to refuse call-up or to desert, had been charged by an examining magistrate with nets against the security of the state. They were remanded in custody.

Was

The principal accused named as Pierre Hespel. a 38- year-old Mason, who unsuccess← fully stood as a left-wing vendi- date for a Paris constituency in

the 1058 parliamentary, elec- tions. He is alleged to be the no- tional head of the clandestine "Jeune Resistance."

Police arrested cll four last Friday as they held a meeting at Hespel's Paris home, and seized Iructs and other documents.

ABBE ARRESTED

At Lyons, in the Rhone valley, police fast Sunday arrested Abbe Robert Davezies, author of a pro- Insurgent book, Le Front, who was sentenced in his absence last April to 10 years' imprison ment for alding the insurgents, It was learned tonight.

te le now held in the Bante Prison in Paris "at the dis- posal of the m13lary court," A Paris examining magistrate yesterday charged Mr Claude Estier and Mr Maurleg Laval, of the leftwing weekly news- paper France-Observateur, with acts against the security of the state

anction with pubileailan by the newspaper last September of an interview

with Me Forhat Abbas, "prime minister" of the "Algerian provisionti govcrument-Azuler.

Questions on prosecutions in Hongkong

London, Jan. 31. Mr Ernest Thornton (Labour) Exiled former President asked the Colmial Secretary in the House of Commons today Syngman Rhee has been what was the number of pro- included in a list of 658 secutions in Hongkong in each persons who face tempor-quarter of 1950 and 1000 for bry loss of their civil rights breaches of the factories and here for taking part in

ance and regulations in respect olection rigging.

of women End young persons Rhee was named in a list being employed for seven days prepared by police for ap- per week. proval by il special revolut

onary prosecution offer. The

Industrial undertakings

ordin-

CONSIDERABLE GAP

However, in the source's view It appeared that there wa elill a considerable gap between the the positions of East and West.

For

the Soviet example,

As ал

Union regarded three adequ: le quota of annual 111- specitions for susp:eted under-

explosions ground

in each other's territory, while the United States spoke of 20.

Another complication in the Soviet view was state to be the position of France, and the question whether France would be willing to adhere to a treaty, | drafted the existing conference powers-United States, Soviel Union and Britain.

Britain has no objection in the to the postponement of the con- ference til late March,-Reuter,

No reduction

of U.S.

troops

overseas

Washington, Jan. 31. President Kennady has ruled

out

reductions of U.S. troops overseas as a means of casing balance of pay. mente difficultios, official sources said tonight.

The sources raid Mr Kennedy has quashed plans-tentatively considered under the Eisen- hower Administratión-to with- draw some U.S. troops from the European continent.

These plans were motivated by the continuing outflow of gold and dollars from the United States.

PRESENT STRENGTH Immediately after assuming office, Mr Kennedy decided that are to be maintained at their

present strength, ocial sources said.

Claim made on US troops overseas

estate of Chessman

San Rafael, Calif., Jan. 31. Mr George T. Davis, a law-

yor,

hat askod US$20,000 in

They said Mr Kennedy does not view troop withdrawals from overseas as an appropriate means to curb the dollar out- flow.

The State Department is ex- pectedl to Inform U.S. alles for shortly about this policy do- suit | cision-UFI,

in

against the estate of Caryl- Chessmon, axocuted the Son Quentin gas chamber fast May 2.

Mr Davis based his claim on an agreement dated October 26, 1065, for $20,000 cash and ali present

future royallies and from Chessman book, "The Face of Justice."

Ex-KMT troops Burma may

in

go to Formosa

Mr Davis served from 1959 35 lawyer for Chicasman, zen-

Bangkok, Jan. 31, tenced to death for the kidnap-

The evacuation to Taiwan of pings of two women.

hard-pressed remnants of А сору

of the agreement, Nationalis. General Il M's 03rd was bronched un- which Mr Davis filed with the division

omeinlly in Thailand's high sult, said it provided that Chess- man would write the book as a

circles today. biography of Mr Davis and The former Koumintang share the royalties.

soldiers, who remained after the bulk of the division was re- patrinted to Taiwan in 1953, were reported fleeing trom northern Burma before advan- cing Burmese troops. The Bur-

had mese

Jaunched a major campaign to clean out the former KMT and Shan robeis.

Chessman's will named an- lawyer, Miss Rosalie other Asher of Sacramento, as execu- trix of his estate. An appraisal July listed of the estate last

cash and several US$1.896 in unpublished manuscripts, The number of cases deter- Chessman said practically all mined in each quarter of 1960 his money went for legal fees.

officials reported that were; women 22, 59, 41. 48; A Richmond, California, pri- many ex-Koumintong had bech young persons 2, 0, 10, 13-vate Investigator, Mr William J. driven across the border into Reuter.

| Linhart, has led a claim for northern Laos. Many of them, US$10,436_ogainst the estate- principally women and children, AP and VP1,

Mr Hugh Fraser, Colonial Under-Secretary, replied: "The After the brief hearing shep to be in exerss of $2 mililon, proposed rights

Institution of prosecutions be Euspension said she still hoped for a recon- Sho was granted enstody of wofild bar

the end of 1359 him from voting, Ean towards

and the first hearing began in ciliation.

the couple's

children, running for office or holding a two

1900." Judge Allen T. Lynch granted | Pamela, 12, and Rickle, 10.

Kovernment Job for the next the blonde actress the, divorce,

Powell, 56, was given "ren seven years ending their 13-year marriage. ronable rights of visitation." "Richard seemed to prefer his Powell did not appear in court. offer to his home,” she testifled. | UPI.

"He spent much of his tone at¦ the office. Many times ww would have guests for dinner and Richard wouldn't comu home. He would come hom fute at night and say he was sorry but that he had a meeting,"

"He was in mesting most the time."

CRITICAL

Miss Allyson, 37, ne vously wrung her hands.

"He was critical of just bent! everything." she charged. "It started to affect the children. Dinner wasn't right. It was too late or too early,

She also said Powell criticized her clothes.

Others ол ihe 1st were Covernment officials or leaders of Bhee's Liberal part.-UPI.

London should have a

statue of

of Gandhi, Lord Altrincham says

Manchster, Jan. 31,

Lord Altrincham, British Conservative peer and journalist, said Mahatma Gandhi, India's "Saint of Nationalism", should be honoured by the "I just seemed to cry all the British people with a statue in London. time. I seemed to lose weight."

In a The actress, dressed

Recalling that Queen Eliza- simple black

skirt, white, beth stood in silent homage be- blouse and black trimmed, fore his tomb near Delhi, Lord

the Quar while coat, agreed to the pro- Altrincham said in

national up dinn

newspaper, perly settlement drawi for

lawyer her by

well ne- Jerry Gandhi was "a man Giesler, which was rumoured quainted with her father's and

her grandmother's Jalis."

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YESTERDAY'S CROASWORD-Across 1 Retard, & Admit,

WORKSHOP

Manlia, Jan. 31.

- OUR REVERENCE But he has been described us the greatest mai India had known since the Buddha and Load Altrincham himself con- greatest the since Christ.

Farm experts from six un-sidered him "the tions opened the third Far East world has knowa

seed improvement workshop "Surely It is time for us, is

here today.

The workshop seeks to im Britain, to show our reverence prove farm outputs in Asia for Gandhi In a visible form," through the use of belter seeds. he added.

Government.

"I suggest, 100, that the Gandhi, though he too used trustees of the Mahatma Gandhi force to establish the principles Memorial Fund should, be un- in which he believed, he added. known people, not names, and

GOOD TASTE that the bulk of the

money On the site for the statue, reised thould go towards some

said a plinth praeteal good work of which Lord Altrinchain Gendhi would have upproved, was vachțit in Trafalgar Square, that might not be the most "Most of the money should appropriate rite," especially as te available for aliving it would give as his "op-

number memorial, and if the press paite

King George KAVO the fund-raiseri its. Fourth on forstback.' backing there should be a bir But Lord Altrincham thought responso,"

incongruity and contrast were essence of good Lord Altrincham and a few sometimes the cranks" might object to the idea taste. He remembered acring that "London should honour in a statue of Gandhi. foelb

of Queen Victoria in Bangalort, 'enemy of Britain'."

nra teoling that nothing could Their attention should be be more suttable. drawn to the statues of Gcorge Washington-anti-Field-- Marshal Smuts, former Bouth African Prime Minister, in London,

Both of them fought against Britain, Loni Altrincham point- ed out, and they did so violently.

It would do the BIRIT OF South Afcies-louse (Trafalgar. Square) no hero to conich. glimpse of Gandhi through thele windows,” Lord Altrin chem said.

The 28-day-workshop is spon- "He would not have" wakteit spredt by the United States in money to be spent an statues, ternational Co-operation Ad- ministration and the Philippine but as there are statues of him In Indin I think there ought to Countries taking part are be a statue of bim in London,

But wherover the slature might 8 Eels, 9 Header, 11 Folar. 12 Police, 14 Sere, 10 Strad, 18 Thailand, Janah, Indonesia, For and it should be paid for by the Stone, 19 Beed, 20 Reaper, 24 Inleo, 25. Pofalo, 20 Shut, 27 moan, Bouth Vietnam and the people of Britain, suboribing Gandhi's method of fighting be situated, "its very existence Yards, 20 Palma. Dówat 1 Náro, 2 Trap, 8 Real, ☀ Derido, 6 | Philippines,

voluntarily to a fund, not by Britain had been non-violent. I would be appreciated la Inilo, The first workshop was held the state, with its vasi, petesnal Abraham Lincoln, whom figure and would help the growth of Asperse, a Mallard, ✅ Tornado, 10 Dozen, 13 Aah-icny, 14

friendship." Hodler, 15 Redress, 17 Tonet, 10 Sap-up, 21 Pols. 22 Itail 20 in Talpet in 1950 and the second resources obtained by compul- is also to be seen in London, Indo British Lots.

In Tokyo in 1939--Hauter. Irion,

was in somno, waya noster to) Chine Mail Special, -

Thai

crossed into Thailand.-UPI.

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