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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1949.

120 SHIPS TO TAKE PART IN

WAR

GAMES

U.S. Navy Conducting Biggest Ever Manoeuvres

The

Washington, Feb. 20.-The Navy today an- nounced the start of the biggest peacetime war manoeuvres in history, featuring for the first time the use of a simulated atom bomb attack. games, which are to take place in the Caribbean, will involve 120 ships, several hundred planes and 35,000 men from the Navy, Army, Marine Corps and the Canadian Army.

The major warships, including the huge new aircraft carrier, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the battleship, Missouri, are to leave East Coast ports today to begin the exercises, which will open to- morrow and last until March 19,

The Navy said, "These exercises will be the largest and most extensive peacetime manoeuvrès ever held." Vieques The major "operation" will be an assault on Island off Puerto Rico. It will be assumed to be part of the "American-Eurasian landmass, an heavily fortified and hold by a substantial number of troops."

Calwell Defends His Policy

"White Australia"

20 The Feb. Melbourne, only people who want to water down the "Whitc Australia" policy are graziers, extremista of the right and left, and "silly Arthur sentimentalists," Mr

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The manoeuvres will provide a chance lo test the latest American device as well as anti-submarine the effectiveness of Navy jet fighter planes which, will operate for the irst time from aircraft carriera.

The announcement did not Bay how or where the simulated stemle bomb operation" would take place. It said only that it would be used as an "offensive weapon" and that the mock bombing would be ac- companied by "simulated guided

missile attacks,"

Admiral W. H.-P. Blandy, Com- Atlantic mander-in-Chief of the Command and the United States Atlantic Fleet will be in overall command.

THE OPERATION

Here is the way the Navy out- tines its operation:

The first phase consists of

Indicted As

Spies

Indicted in Sofla by the Communist-led Bulgaria government on charges of acting as spies for the United States and Britain were (left to right); Bishop Paul Garber, former dean of the divinity school at Duke University and Methodist Bishop represent- ing 11 European nations of the United Evangelical Church; Cyril Black, Professor of history at Princeton, and Dr J. Hutchison Cockburn, director of reconstruction and inter-church ald of the World Council of Churches and former moderator of the Church of Scotland-AP Picture,

Mindszenty Persecutors Condemned By Pope

PACKED ST PETER'S SQUARE HEARS FORTHRIGHT SPEECH

Vatican City, Feb. 20-A crowd of 250,000, thronging St Peter's Square, today. heard Pope Pius XII compare those responsible for the condemnation of Cardinal Mindszenty to the persecutors of ancient Rome.

The Pope, speaking in Italian from the central bul- cony of St Peter's, said the sentence, on the Cardinal was an incident in a chain of acts directed against the doc- trine of the Christian Church.

Calwell, the Australlun fant-fork. Six guppy Snorkel type and OKLAHOMA”

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to

eight standard fleet submarines will engage. the striking force on its way

at Vioques landing protect Island. The striking force will be land-based aircraft protected by

gration Minister, said in broadcast here today.

"These people do not want toa help Australia or Asia," he said, "They want to return to the good old days of Kanaka labour that aro best forgotten." (The Kanakas were low-pay

labourers recruited from

and Hunter Miller type anti-

and

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After referring to those who were martyred under Nero, he de- clared: "The modern persecutors showing themselves faithful disciples of that inglorious school.

masters and "They copy their

only models in methods modified

Intest by the employment of the

technique, with the aim of dominating and enslaving the propie in a way which would have been inconceivable

The Navy said. RECORD RUN progress in science and submaring ships.

"This phase was planned primarily to put

submarine crews."

the Intest anti-submarine London, Feb. 20.-The Lon Pacific Islands for the Queensland methods and devices agalust modern don version of the musical } past times."

sugar plantations about the year 1830).

its

The show will then have played 852nd performance at Drury Lane, thereby breaking a record for long runs at that huge and historic theatre.

has

favourite,

Bradley's Far East Trip Postponed

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reliably learned that the Chief business communications and advertise. of Staff, General Omar Bradley.ments to the General Manager. had postponed his visit to the Far East--scheduled for April -until after the middle of the year, due to current Congres-: sional hearings on the budget and the fact that, in May and June he has to consider tho next Army budget, as is cus tomary in other Government Departments.

General Brailley postponed П

PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS

Coples of photographs taken

Flanilar vilt in the inst part of 1940 by the South China Morning due to pressure of work. So far,

his assistants have not succeeded in Port and Hong Kong Telegraph taking the pressure

off of work

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him, but it is hoped this will be Staff Photographers are on view accomplished in a few months that he will have more time to travel.

It was known that General Brad- ley regretted he was unable to visit the Far East Inst year. The trip would have enabled him assess with firsthand knowledge the strategic altuation caused by the Communist advance in China.

to

The Chief of Staff reportedly takes a keen interest In For Eastern same time strategy while at the recognising the priority of the claims of Western Europe-United Press.

POCKET CARTOON | URANIUM QUARRY

by OSBERT LANCASTER

"You mark my words, tri only be a matter of weeks before some scientist discovers- that the tsetze is really man's best friend and it's all been a ghastly mistake and next vear we shan't have any meat or veg."

Jews Prevent

"Oliver Twist"

not only "their chosen victims," but Film Showing

also those who were defending their homeland and human society.

manter

SU

· EXTERMINATION PROCESS Next comes the main part of the sensation "Oklahoma", with its Asiaties mock battle, the landing on Vieques, practically all-American cast of

The persecutors force of 50, has a date to celebrate next

were using the "The fact is that only

A Joint

expeditionary

Canndlan American

soldiers and who are political agitators are in-

progress of selence to exterminate, Thursday night. will terested in our immigration policy,"

planes sold The supported by ships and Mr Calwell added. He

attack Vinques on "D-day, March "ordinary Asiatic" did not want to The island will be defended by come to Australia and if he did ho

It was characteristic of the per- Berlin, Feb. 20.—A crowd of would not have any desire to min- 330 United States Army ofeers and men. Together with their "mechani-

secutors of all time that they were Polish Jews today burst intol gle his blood with ours

ral devices" they are supposed to be

Up to now, Oklahoma has been not content to strike down their vieKurbel Theatre, in the British "We-are-cager_to_meet____our_

seen by some-2,000,000-people- and tims-physically-but hold them up in obligation to help the people of equivalent-to-5,000 cuciny_troops.........

pillous £845,000 at the boxen

offenders sector of Berlin-and-prevent- taken

British ed a showing of the Asia raise their own standards of

SECOND TASK FLEET Ilving, but we would not be help-

The Second Tusk Fleet will aid in office and pays £214,000 in enter-against country and society. ing the Asiatic intions if we took

the attack with 57 whips, 14 land- tainment lox.

"The Church of Christ-pursues the film "Oliver Twist," which was road marked down by the 16 carrier- 20 or 30 or even 40.000 people from

Divine to have had its Berlin premiere. based plane squadrons,

LIKELY SUCCESSOR

"This Alm Shouting

is anti- "It their teeming millions. If we took

based squadrons, a helper group and

Redeemer," the Pope declared.

will not allow one part of Asia we would

Another Broadway would several bilmps.

is not afraid. from one

It does not inter-Semitic" and "We have to take from another. Before

50 and 20, would become at Prior to the assault an advanced "Carousel", is regarded as the most fere in exclusively political or cro- this film to be shown, the crowd, long, Australia Eurasian nation, with its coloured force is slated to pave the way with likely successor

to discuss the merits or demerits of burst open all the exit doors and people no better off than in their underwater demolition teams. re-the Drury Lane management foreseesnomic problems, and does not seek estimated at between

against their Second U.S. smash hit is "Annie one or another furm of government." fought with members of the audi- und native lands, and its white people moving beach obstacles. Following no end of the intter's popularity,

To prolonged cheers the Pope ence who protested reduced to poverty except for the the "capture" of Vieques in three

days, according to plan, there will be Get Your Gun," with two American

"It is always anxious to Intrusion. Seals were broken ruthless few."-Reuter.

another. submarine battle in the stars and Brilleh support, which will added: "Hail phase" and

on March 15, be two years old in London in June. be at peace with everyone, as far as several people were injured before Caesar what is order was restored by British and carrier-based planes will make an Its takings are well over £500,000. It can render unto

The all ume record for the longest Caesar's but it can never betray or German police.

DELEGATION'S DEMAND air attack on the United States Naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba This running show in any London

UNPROTESTED RIGHTS also will include anti-aircraft fring is held by the Oscar Asche musicnf forsake what is God's. at radio-controlled target planes and piece of the first world war fame,

The totalitarian and anti-religious six-mon delegation to his office Second place honours go to mances. special torpedo firing at high speed "Cha Chin Chow" with 2,230 perfor-

Coward's comedy Blythe state, he said, would have "a Church with a demand that the show be tow targets. United Preas.

Spirit", second world war hit which which transgresses the Divine Law cancelled He added that another.

for 1,097 performances.by adapting it to human desires when British picture would be shown in- it should proclaim this law aloud and stend. Associated Press.

defend it," and one which did not

The West scetor German police protect the rights and just liberties handquarters said a number of the of the people.

Grenade Explosion Injures Nine

Pelping, Feb., 20.--(Delayed)-All members of the alne-man delega- tion of farmers around the city's hand West Field were injured in

011 lu Peiping Krennde explosion

AIRLIFT RESUMES Saturday the official Jen Min Jih

All were sent to Puo reported.

Berlin, Feb. 20.-After being fog hospital.

hours, the Anglo- "The paper said the grenade ex-bound for 42 ploded in the midst of the group as American airlift to Berlin resumed they were presenting a captured full-scale lying today. A Royal Air Nationalist flag to the Communist Forces spokesman said that the first authorities in appreciation for what plane to break the suspension land- the liberation army had done for ed at Gatow Airport, in the British sector of Berlin, shortly after noon, them.

Others came in irregularly for The paper declared the grenade thrower was presumably a Kuomin-time, but then radar-aided landings tang secret service man-Associated were made at the rate of one every

three minutes.-Router.

Press.

ANG SATURDAY

BERNIOR.

"Do you mind throwing me out by the Fitzroy Street door happen to be going that way.

Nori

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to Oklahoma, but

Brighter Peace Prospects

in the Morning Post Building.

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Paris, Feb. 20-Quarrying for aranium has begun near St Sylves- towards tre West Central France, a target of five tons of ore, Mayor Jean Bouyer, told Reuter tonight,

Samples of the ore produced 20 percent of uranium-tho highest 0930. yield in the world,.Agence France Presse reported tonight. Previous samples of ore yielded from one to two percent, the report added. - Reuter.

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for Arahs commence.. kath CLASSES February. Subject "Baby care and enteK » Apply SeorS- gençler". Bix lessons $10.

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Washington, Feb. 20.-Costa Rica "Latest Samba. Tango,

and Nicargua have agreed

to

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two- (Enquiries 1-3 p.m.).Tony Hudson, B

China Buliding.

peaceful settlement of their months' old dispute and delegates from the two countries will sign an This is Rlo

amily pact here tomorrow. the first major success of the

mutual defence treaty, which binds the 21 American republics to main- NUBNER tain peace in the Western phere.-Reuter.

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The manager of the theatre suld "OLIVER TWIST”

that shortly before the show was due to begin the Polish Jews, sent a

Polish Jews had been arrested. to the

The Polish Jews' action was backed The Pope then referred

and up

tonight by several prominent "tearing away with violence guile" of churches united to Rome, Western Berlin politicians, scientists of the Imprisonment of Greek and actors who sent a protest to the

bishops, Catholie

disruption of British Military Government saying

of

Richmond, Feb. 20. The prospects for world peace are brighter today Church organisation, deprivation of the film was "ikely to stir up anti-

10 educate their Semitic feeling."

The resolution said the Alm gave than a year ago, Mr Aiken Barkley, parents' rights

and Imprisonment

a "distorted and repulsive" picture for protecting the secrecy of a Jewish person and should, there the United States Vice-President, children, sald here last night. In a speech to Priests

withdrawn from German a Democratic Party rally, Mr Bark- of the Confessional.

The Pope's speech was broadcast fore, be ley said this was in spite of dis-

throughout film theatres.-Reuter. couragements, drawbacks, handicaps by the Vatican Radio and the intransigeant altitude of the world. It was preceded by Pontifical Mass in St Peter's, cele- the enemies of democracy."

brated by the Pope himself, with The United States as a leader of another Mass sung at a temporary the nations of the work should Altar on the Cathedral sieps- maintain a strong military defence Reuter

and a strong economic structure "which will give force and validity

to all our proclamations and all our efforts," he added.-Reuter.

Strained Cuba- Soviet Relations

Havona, Feb. 19.-The informed morning newspaper,

well-

AUSTRIA RESISTS COMMUNISM

Vienna, Feb. 20-Chancellor Lea- pold Figl said today that the Com- munists have no more chance to

Death Of A Famed take over Austria in 1949 than they.

Scientist

did in 1948.

Mr Figl told a People's Party rally in the Soviet zone, "Austria

af

Palo Alto, California, Feb. 20.-is no fertile soil for Communism, Dr Bailey Willis Internationally The year 1949, like 1948, will sco

getting outaldo known seismologist and geologist, Communism dfed on Saturday night. He was Austrian frontiers. The Austrian people guarantee the world that a 01.

Dr Willis went to China in 1902 totalitarian regime will not take

toover our country,"-United Press. the Carnegie Institution

Mundo, sald today that the impres- sion provalent around the Cuban for State Department was that a rupture search for fossils

of older forms

in relations or at least a cessation of than any known to exist in North for water diplomatie connections was imminent America. In 1010 he began an ex-

ploration Patagonia Df between Cuba and Rusela.

The paper drow attention to Cuban and other resources in connectión

with a settlement project

by the resentment over the Mindszenty affair, as well as the clash between Argentine government. representatives of the two countries

Huks Mix it. With Constabulary

Manlia, Feb, 20.-Press reports Tho, second volume of an auto-today said ten-Huks were killed and at the Mexico City radio conference, biographical work, called "Friendly four Constabulary soldiers wounded

El Mundo said it was unable to China, is being prepared, for pub in an encounter yesterday near the confirm the impression oficially, "but llcation. His first volume, "Yengul border ling

no one denied the report"-United in Patagonia," was published several Nueva Prest

years ago.-Associated Press.

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