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Comment of the

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MORE, MORE

AND MORE

TORE talk, more

M

maten,

mare protests. That's all the Alles can do alot the Communist squeeze Du Berlin, unless they want to fight over it. While they talk tough, they're not talk- ing that tough.

The Russians and East Ger-

Cloudy with occasional heavy showers, Fair periods during the afternoon, Temperature at the Observatory at 10 am was 80 degrees F, and the humidity 85

por cont.

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Forced by 'war psychosis of the West'

USSR HALTS DEMOBILISATION Pending treaty PANZERS. IN PEMBROKE NEHRU FIRM

with

East Germany

Moscow, Aug. 29.

The Soviet Union tonight announced a halt

in the demobilisation of soldiers whose terms of service were due to expire in 1961.

Moscow Radio said the Soviet Defence Minister, Marshini has been

mans have put a stop to the flood of East German re- fugees who have been fleeing to West Germany by simply crossing over from East Berlin to West Berlin. The U.S. Secretary of State. Redion Malim.vsky,

Mr Dean Rusk, hacked by structed to issue orders on a President Kennedy, while tem.orary deferment until the denouneing the blockade comeftion of a peace trenly against the refugees as vio with Gesmy." lation of a 12-year old. Eust-West agreement, has

sintty are aggravating the In-

The broadcast sold the Soviet and the accusion for some Unión "has to take this enforced anti-Soviet propaganda, measures when Nate member This won't improve East-ernational slivation in every West relations. Hat, sier way, addressing direct threals a show of force to break against the USSR and other the blockade against the socialist countries, stepping up refugees and let them the arms race and fanning a through might mean war. war psychosis," Mr Rusk probably feels propaganda Is the most! belligerent weapon he can afford to use.

Propaganda

Bave been using

The will

The orders tu Marshal Malinovsky were issued by the Central Comunitice of the Soviet Cornmunist Party and the USSR Council of Ministers.

ESIDES, the Hussinns "The Centrul Committee and the the Soviet Government express Berlin dispute for all the

the hope that commonsense will prevail umong The trading propagandha they can get oỤI

quilers at the USA. Britain of it. So Mr Rusk's recent

and France and other Western statement just adds up to

Western powers, and that the a few more words in what powers will not revist the will รางน become international of the peoples who are vitally shuttling match.

the maintenance Interested in and consolidation of peace," the Soncinicement suld,

French by

Mr Husk, pointing out that the Russians wouldn't let the East Germana vote on The Soviet statement, broad whether they wanted cast in

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Muscow Communist government, Ruetis, did not say how many be involved by said by their light they troops would

the hah in demobilisation, hud "voted with their feet" against communism.

It declared that the Defence been instructed Minister has The fight alone, without the rise orders on a tempor- ndded criticisin from Mr ur deferment, until the enn Husk, was embarrassment clusion of a peace treaty will enough to Premier Krus Germany, of the transfer chov who previously had the reserve

of the necessary of sotillers, embarrassed himself by de. number

sailors, manding that We rants, sergeant majors and pelly officers whose terms of recognise the "grandeur" service expire in 1901"-AP. of Russia.

the

He must have blarted this out without thinking, for there were [Wo things wron with it:

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He lifted it wholesale from the satturous phrasing of President de Gaulle who! is forever talking about the "grandeur" of France.

It in nationalistic and therefore contrary to the teachings of Mr Krascbee's favourite Soviet saint, Lenin, who insisted that communiam is Non-

nationalistic.

A delay

HE agreement which Mr Rusk and the Soviets had violated by stopping East Germana from cross- ing into West Berlin fron East Berlin-was made in Paris

19/19 by the British, American, Fronch and Russian Foreign Mini- stery. That was after the Rugalaus hud abandoned the blockade of Berlin and the four:

Ministers made an agree- ment for the future re- lationship of the city to the! Western world.

They agreed that in the four zones of Berlin under their authority each would have an obligation to:

"Take the measurce

It

HCCCA- нигу to ensure nortni functioning and utilisation of rail, water and road transport for

.movo- ment of persons and goods."

flucan't

much requiru Imagination, to feel that nný agreement about Berlin with Russia in only a delay and not a solution.

CHOLERA FIGURES

The statistical position at

10 дм today was as fol- tows;

Confirmed casts to date, 01 (Including 11 deaths),

Confirmed cases on dan- ger 1st, 1.

Suspects under observa- tion, 3.

Cants recovered and dis- charged. 25.

Carriers recovered

and

discharged, 10.

Contacts in

rued

quarantine

Chatham- centre,

196.

Contacts discharged date. 411.

to

People Inoctilated #t Inoculation Government

and by mobile yesterday, about

entres feams 10,000.

|

Reds

shoot

fleeing refugee in canal

Borlin, Aug. 29. Communist police shot and

killed an East German re- fugce today as he tried to escape to West Borlin the by swimming across Toltow Canal, West Ber- lin police reported.

The new incident came Western troops in West Berlin swung Into a series of man- oeuvers to keep troops and equipment in tup shape in the event of an emergency.

of U.S. troops

the battle group of 1,500 men dispatched

to West Berlin by President Kennedy carried out their Ars: war games in the city. British troops using

0: a company soldiers, four Centurion tanks, un armoured car and several |

personnel carriers, armoired also begun manochvers and Pinnned . new exercise for tomorrow

DEVELOPMENT

In another developinent, West Germani Luebke flew

President Heinrich Into West Berlin on a surprise, unheralded visit.

About 200 West Berliners were drenched by water sear Heidelberger Strasse when Communtal police turned water hoses on them. The crowd had

been beckling Communist police, West German police said the refuger who vainly attempted to escape today was killed by the first volley of fire from Com- munist police guns.

MIN

was!

The unidentißed the second refugee to be kill- ed by Red police in six days. A young man was shot dend last Thursday as he tried tu cross sandbar in the flum- boidt pool loword the West

seclor.

The East German govern- ment warned

In

off the border.-UPI.

Eight-year-old Anthony Perkins.. a local boy, gets his sallor hat autographed by German soldier Walter Hibbelen as a crowd of youngsters watch in Pembroke, Wales. Jibbelen and olher soldiers from the advance party of West Germany's 84th Pantor battalion, which is to train In

· Wales, were visiting the town.

AP Photo.

8 DEAD, MANY INJURED

Le Mans, Aug. 20:

today it would A fotal of eight persons were further measures to seal killed, 32 were seriously in- Jured, and some 30 wore slightly injured loday when the express train between Roseoff (Normandy) and Paris wall by a diesel focomo five.

TOURISTS FACE A NIGHT OF TERROR

Chamonix, Aug, 29.

Thirty tourists, wearing light summer clothing, are facing the prospect of spending a night of terror in freezing cold in cablecars sway- ing dizzily hundreds of feet above the snowa of Mont Blanc.

to the

WILT

They TRAIN CRASH

were still trapped in light tomorrow it is hopedi

cur" "bubble

cabins nearly rig new winches to huu 1,500 feet above the Vallee cabins to safety one by one, KILLS FIVE

The train, which had left Le Blanche hours after French i Late tonight the sky

sliced through the clear and starry, with tempera- Muns at 1590 GMT had just jet plane passed through the station of cable railway wires.

tures plunging down to freezing Bonu, Aug. 29.

Teil

Six dend "have so far been sur Hulsne when the

over the mountains, Five persons died early today after

diesel locomotive, which

Hospital officials Later, op- brought here.

32 tourists an express locomotive

say they are four Ġermans and ported to have been rescued through slammed into a group of pedes parcntly had ran

shonal struck

About 15 people } from cable cabing on both sides. trians at a railway crossing at rain

the two tallans, fourth car.

have Wuppertal.

been rescued 012

jof the Franco-Italian frontler, Under

the side mx two on

Christian Moller, a trained The necklent occurred after a

the violence of the Italian railway electrician

ali allegedly shuck,

the

were French side of the cara

cable rail-alpino guide who was in one of opened The railguards

the car, was reported to have without derailed and two turned over way which crosses the border. autorisation, police said.--AP. AFP.

BRITONS

lowered hima nearly 500 feet

UNIONS REJECT PAY FREEZE POLICY

London, Aug. 29.

Union leaders representing 800,000 white-collar workers in all branches of Britain's civil service rejected the Government's pay pausa policy here today as "unjust, unreasonable and seriously damaging to good staff relations,”

A cost two Britons are to gately down cable. among those stranded.

were re..

The reports sold 20 other

A helicopter pilot who flow people followed his example to

over the valley sald; "Several reach

of the cabins were askew or off Reuter,

their pulleys. These might have

le stay out there all night.

It in a slow job pulling the cabins back. And it is imposal-

ble to get food and clothing to ¡them,"

the

mountainside,

Diamonds in

baby's pram

Catoulia, Aug. 20.

Some reports here say that crack British alpinists Chris General Bonington and Don Whillans Customs officials found dia- Scereinry of the National who earller became the Arst Union of Teachers, said after men to climb the central pillor wards; "For the first time of the 14,000-ft Frenty Peak on In history a number of black- Mont Blanc-are helping the coated organisations have got together and have reached complete unanimity.

Selentiile workers, brcadenating nounced a "pause" In the Sir Ronald Gould,

staff, gas counell employees, health servico workers and teuchera were all represented as a special conference called by the National Unden of

Teachers.

The conference decided to send A deputation to Mr Selwyn Lloyd, Chancellor of the Ex- chequer, with an appeal to call of the pay fretze, Last month o Chancellor an-

wages and solaries of publle servanta as the of the Gov- ernment's measures to deal with Britain's current coono- inte diMculties. Today' conference adopted resolution linanimously sirendy opposing the Govern- ment's interference" with the independence of negoliat- ing machinery and arbitration procedurca

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"No government can afford to ignore the views of three quarters of a million people in key positions."—Reuter.

rescuers,

Rescue work had to be almost completely suspended as dark- ness fell. Engineers are trying to pull the stranded enblem to- words Chamonix using the snapped pulling eable.

Offictate sald that from first

monds worth about £15,000 hidden in a baby's pram Dar- ried by a ship's passenger, It? was reported here yesterday. The diamontla wero seized and the

when passenger detained last Saturday. the ship arrived from Singapore Two men who came to meet the man on Sunday were also dotalned, officials sald-China Mall Special

IN STAND AGAINST TARA SINGH

New Delhi, Aug. 29.

The Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, today rejected the Akali Sikhs' demand for a Punjabi- speaking state.

He said any further division; Tara Singh, now in the 18th

of the north Indian state of f,day of bis fast.

Punjab would tear up the Inbric The 76-year-old Sikh

leader

et the Integrated communily has lost 20 pounds and was Hving there.

reported by doctors to be "ex-

winding up a three-hour dis-tremely weak."-Reuter. cussion In Parliament of the

situation in the Punjab arising

¡out of the "fast unto death"

of the veteran Sikh leade CHARGED WITH

Master Tara Singh, the Prime Minister and the Government, In rejecting Tara Singh's de mand for a Punjabi-speaking slate, had taken all the cons sequences into consideration,

Mr Nehru strongly criticised the habit of people going on hangor strike to achlove political objectives.

JK PLEA

The Sikh community in

• Hongkớng^^ hàăvo” sens~~ the - Following cable to the In. dian Prime Minister, Mr Nehru, In New Delhi;

longkong Sikha whole- heartedly support Punjabi Subs demand stop pray concede and save o of Masterjee."

BID TO KILL HONGKONG

POLICEMAN

Winnipeg, Aug. 29. The newspaper, Free Press, says a special Chinesa society here is organising a defence for a man ac- cused of hitting a visiting Hongkong policeman with a moat cleaver. The accused Moon-wai,

man,

45, appeared police court today and

Wong

In

was

remanded for one week with-

out pics on a charge of at- "We should make it perfectly templed, murder. clear that hunger strikes will. The policeraan is Sang Tuen- not be recognised as legitimate wang, 27, on loan to the Royal for the solution of any pro- Conadion Mounted Police blem," he added.

from the Hongkong Police

that

If the impression went round Force. He received head and # hunger strike could hand cuts in the attack. succeed in securing political ob- jectives, there would be no end

ANGRY :

The incident

gration hearing.

was said to

to the problems of India, he have occurred during an immi- added.

Earlier the majority of speak-

The Free Press says money ers in the Lower House debate from Chinese across Canada is opposed Tara Singh's demand expected to pour in

for the for a unilingual Punjabi-speak- defence of the accused man, ing state. Only three out of 14

"Angry Chinese in Winnipez, speakers supported the demand, who feel they, with 70,000 others Meanwhile reports from the in Canada, are being persecut- Punjab today said police were ed because of their yellow skin," Ughtening up security 'measures are prepared if need be to peti- all over the state as public con- | tlon Ottawa to ask for freedom cera mounted over the de-

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