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M.P.S PRESS FOR TRADE TALKS

London, May 25,-Members of Parliament to- day pressed without success for a Commonwealth economic conference similar to the 1932 Ottawa conference to plan trade and Imperial preferences.

The Commonwealth Relations Secretary, Mr Patrick Gordon-Walker, said that he was "very doubtful whether such a conference would be neces- sary at the moment as methods of consultation are different from what they were when the Ottawa conference was held."

India and

The Government had already had three meetings with other Commonwealth representatives since the war to discuss Im- perial Preference and other

matters,

on

"We are in close and contin- unl touch with other Common- wealth Governmenta economic matters generally and Ettall

propose further such Smeetings an occasion requires,

Pakistan exchange POWs

New Delhi, May 25.- Pakistan and India ex changed all remaining pri- soners of war in a festive borderland ceremony today, complete with flowers and music.

Indian official handed over 154 Pakistani PUWs in exchange for 691 Indians Many prisoners had been held in coils since the undeclared

Indo-Pakistani war

got underway in 1948,

he stated.

many

A Labour Member, Mr Ray- nwind Mackburn, declared that people thought it odd that a permanent organisation for European planning had been established before one for Com- monwealth and Empire 'plan- ning

Mr Gordon-Walker promised but to bear that fact in mind,

"Mir added,

Blackburn must remember that" the Common- wealth and Europe are very different sorts of places."

He did not at ee with a Con- ervative member that there that Common- was n feeling

Relation were being allowed to drift.

The ceremony was held at point on the border about mid-wealth

PILE. Commander,

Sinisern

way between the Indian city of A former naval Lirutenant- Amritsar and the Pakistani cily

The desolate heat-(Conservative) claimed that it of Lahore. seared field spanning No Man's

conference Land

In carnival was decorated

had been held the Govern- manner for the occasion.

"now be en- ment would not gaged in acrimonious negotia-

As returnst hins shuted

Commonwealth

acre the lie carrying kitbags with the West Indies. Hol Cross girls garlanded them with yellow blot and led them a flower-decked pavilion filled with food, cold drinks and

mindy.

The United Nations observer, Captain C, J. Benge, Stood at the Jine with Indian and Pakistan officers, keeping count-United J'vs4.

British aid

for Malta

London. May 25-Britain is i willing to provide £1,500,000 to

today.

world

Mr Gordon-Walker retartet that the West Indies would not have been represented at such ን ronference. They have been at an Imperial con- ference such as Ottawa, but he was only concerned with the Comunnwealth-Reuter,

Ministers

In Kuala

Lumpur

from Sin

THE HONGKONG – TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1950,

Schoolboys

At

Rome Ceremony

Some of the party of sixty schoolboys from Salesian Colleges in England. when they left Victoria Station, London, on the first stage of their journey to Rome where they saw the Beatification at which a boy of 15 who died some time ago was made a Saint.

Chinese takes

Alt

poison

unemployed

Tsol King-minn, 24, Diving at 173 Whig Lok Street, died in the Queen Mary 11-pifal last night after he had taken polson.

He was discovered by fellow tenanla in grrut palo and was rushed to thr Tung Wah Hospital and Jater removed to Queen Mary Hospital.

Queen asked to help the dustman

Reds promise no trouble at Berlin rally

Outlook is fuzzy beyond 1952

Manchester, May 25.-The vision of even the farthest-sighted diplomatists goes a little fuzzy beyond 1952, the Liberal Manchester Guardian de- clared today.

NO FOUL

PLAY IN

EXPLOSION

Washington, May 25.-—- The United States State Department said today that It was, "absolutely” sntified that there were no un- licensed or smuggled ship

The newspaper said in an editorial criticising Western policy towards Russia that that was what one could conclude from the recent series of con-ments of arms involved in ferences in London.

the South Amboy, Now Jersey, explosion dat week.

"The world may drop

m

Decisions were taken on some points, vague statements issued more neatly into tiso halves and on others, while yet others; were the possibilitles of local parti referred to newly formed com-relaxation of tension become

"LAST APPROACH"

mittees.

int is normal, and erudita-

But

these

slighter."

ubviously

onleer, Mr Lincoln White, said The State Department's press that the armaments destined for

Pakistan which

wero involved in the blust had been licensed for export by the State Department on assurances that they were for

exclusive uro Pakietan

bir enough in terms of the ob- "It is remarkable that when Jectives bel.

sem the Ministery talked of reintions partly to have been determined, with Russia they seem to have that thought in terms of a las

of the Art, by the assumption

establishment" 1952 must be a crisis year—in approach for an overall settle. relations with Russin as well as ment-which would

accepted in American polities and Euro-be futile-rulher

assurances," Mr While penn economies - treant, by need for any es pretentious cald, "and has no reason what- trenting Hussin as literally and machinery and habit of negotia-ever to believe that the equip- militarily aggressive, and third, lion.

ment would be used for any all-round by the belief in an

"Yet without this, and speci- | olher purpose.” East-west settlement”,

without fourth, fcally

those than of the

An effective

perhaps, by the notion of a United Nations, we may well of the arma

possible Communist collapse."

"In other words, if you believe that Russin is likely to attack Jug, will be strong enough to do

by 1952,

Is, however, in a basically precarious position and may eventually give in sit along the line, then we have dune quite well.

terms,

MAIN CHANCE

18

to

"But suppose that the Com- munist power is not so shaky, that. the Russians will neither Juttack now nor beg for

instead preferring Talus waiting game, and that the main chance of war menn- time will be through the rush netions of local commanders of minor

alties. Thes we must kek far beyond 1952,

Ho

commerce

Mr Whito cald that the export suffer in the future for it is not

was authorised in we who gain from the cutting of September last year. the East-west lles. And if we

sald he nian understood cannot get a favotumble 'general that a quantity of settlement in the next few dynamito involved was being weeks we shall not want the shipped to Pakistan for trans tension to continue indefinitely." rhipment to Afghanistan where the Manchester Guardian sald. It way to be used in construction;

work-Reuter.

---Reuter.

TAI HANG JEWELLERY

Wholesalers of CUT-DIAMONDS

and

Bole Agents for

and the Liberty Diamond Cutting Works (Pty) Ltd.

seem {11 some Berlin, May 25.-The Soviet authorities to-London decisions

respects short-sighted."

The paper mid, day promised the Western Powers that there

"The door. other words, is not to be de- would be no interference with their traffic on the

Pherately cut, but no particular Helmstedt Autobahn-Berlin's lifeline to West effort is being made to keep it

Germany through the Soviet Zone during the Whitsun rally of half a million Communists youths in Berlin.

Colonel Alexis Yelisarov, the Deputy Soviet Commandant,

said in a letter to the Western MIDDLE

Commandants that the only elanie imposed during the

Bebington, England. May rally would be a short detour of about nie miles "10 avald 25. Sympathetic fellow-

congestion." citizens petitioned Queen Elizabeth tonight to inter- cede

A

croach

on behalf of Sidney Runda Lampur, Alay 25-The Cooper, 46, a garbage col- help Malia regalu economie Scerctory

State for the lector who

was dismissed stabilly "on grunds analagous Colonies. Mr James Grimtha. to those which prompted the and the War Minister, Mr Jalan for tagging his orange dust- Marchall Plan", Me

John

a fact-find- cart on to the end of Strachey, making Dugdale, Minister of State for

procession nn Colonial Affairs, tuli Parliament tour on military and civil Royal

tion in Malaya, arrive! "mimicking" the Queen. problems here

Joely by air

"We consider Cooper was in- He said that Sir

George apore, where they stayed over- Schuster

disertet,' the pition declored, recently night. who had

believe the "but we

panish. studied Malta's econonile situa-

them Accompany log

in a tion at the request of the Malta special Royal Air Force Dakota ment to the severe, especially in Government, lind recommended were

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Major-General Harold lew of the fact that he has this assistance be spread over Redman, Director of Military [ght children and has had 17 years' unblemished Sarvice in the Wal Ofice, [**

the city's employment." Strachey's private The British Government was Operations at

The petition, with soverai prepared to contribute Psecertury, ir W. Gerachty.

At the aliport to meet them thousand signatures, was mailed

the next five years.

that amount development and welfare funds -Reuter.

colonial from

Mr

1 Buckingham Palace-United 2 | Press.

High Sir Henry Gunne Commisioner of

of the Federation of Malaya, Major-General R. E Urquhart, Central Officer Coin-

THEY CALLED maling Malaya District, and

HIM MAD

(Continued from Page 4)

Captain A Group

A. H. Lutein, re- Presenting the Air Officer Cum- anding. Malaya,

After an exchange of great. ins, the visitors drove to King's Hong, where they will be:

11:0

In Singapore were occupied in ¦ guests of the da Commis

Instructing

with

dealinger-Reuter, planters,

rubber diseases of the free, improving

of methods smoking and curing raw rub ber, und hipping seeds indi seedlings to planters, not only

it the Malay Peninsula, but all over the world.

Mr Riday's work was

British

10

left

cognised by the Government in 1912, when

made a CMG. He

was

of

Malaya in the same year,

Although he can truly bc called

father the

Mr Malayan rubber industry, Ridley has lived to see that in- face its first dustry

serious product. from a fival threat

product-American syn-

rubber-valuable 33

That

thetic

was in

was

have been

e

*

never be- had

need wartime,

necessary, the Americans

ed a natural rubber in-

in near Brazil, where the seeds of the

dustry

trees planted in the Fat originated,

from

first

East

Still active at 84 and as men- tally agile as a man of half his

Loukary years, Mr Ridley

lives Douvenirs of his

amid the

ami

iravels to many unexplored parts of the world. He has com- plied a diary, setting out in the minulest detail every aspect.j of his work an botnnist

and naturalist, and still keeps it up

to date.

Air

But although he is surround- ed by the evidence of a lifetime spent in the service of selence, Ridley's most treasured possession is a framed collec- tion of signaturca of forty prominent Dutch eclentists, which was presented to him on

his ninelleth birthday in

in the heelle days just

Java had been liberated

the Japanese.

1945,

after

from

H.E. Off To Macao

His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham, left Hongkong this morning by the Ming Sung Industrial Company on à private Yasal Yu Bien Viade to Macho, Ele will be re- twning this evening, it is learn-

.

Canada to hear

Ali Khan

Ottawa, May 23-The Canu- in House of Commons cheer

Wen Yuan-ning Talks Back

Florrice.

open.

Unters Mr Lie, who seems to

ve been given Rome cautious

(encouragement in Moscow, car persuade the Western Govern- ments that his plan fivolves In no risks, the United Nations may well come in this way to wither away,

EAST GIVEN Radio Hongkong

announcement, by WARNING

Paris.

ILK.T.

Kong Calling

May 25,-- Britain, CTS): 6.30, Cantonese by Itodio-

Mackenzie

After

Kromme Summary; 6.02 East German police last Thurs

A Feature Programine for Children. The Harvest day that traffle on the Autobelin

Field" would have to make a 40-rmite

France and the United States to- Given by Ms Lee Wat Lan and S. K. detour, the Western Command-

Lee (51udio): 0.50, Diana Lynn ants wrote to Celon:1 Yelisarov day warned Isael and the Arab

Plano) with Orchestra: 7, "Murde Would "en-States that if they find any of Lovers that this.

Hour Classical & Light saying

Presented by the quadripartite these preparing to violate fron-Classical Requests on agreement for free communicn- tiers or armistice lines the three Yvonne Charter (Studio); 8. World News and News Analysis (Lender between Berlin and the countries will take action "beth Retay): 3.15, Studio Concert-Mary Jolin Small West."

within and without the frame-Homway Soprang). A British spokesman said work of the United Nations". (Baritone) with Plano Accompani

ment by Betty Drown; 8.30, inter- regard the Soviet In a joint declaration on armudu-Albert Sandler & His Orchestra; today: "We reply

satisfactory," and purchases, published by the "Services Quiz"Conducted by added that strengthened British French Foreign Office today, the Kenneth

(Studio): and American military patrols three Goverunette said that re- "From the Editorials" (London will guide Allied traffle round quests for arms or war materint clay; 10, Weather Report: 9.11. from Noel Coward's the diversion.

from the Middle East countries tonçal Play "Pacific 1860"*: 9.30, Madison diversion was part of

Durbridge- Eastern German People's would be considered in the licht auf Triple and the

need for Mystery"-by Francis of those countries'

1 No. 4: "Hubert Green Entertains" police measures

clear all

certain maintaining

level of incTS): 10, "Composer of the trunk roads to Berlin for the

10.15, Time armicil forces for internal - Work-Ravel:

Midland Light 7,000 lorries and buses which, together

chestra (BCTS); 10.43, Dance to with more

than 150 curity and their own legitimate tule BBC special trains, are bringing the defence and that of the whole

11. Radio News Heel ILondon region,

Report: Weather young demonstrators to the elty,

Middle East countries already fields) 18.25.

11.10, Goodnight Music: God Save from Britain. the King: 11.30, Close Down. getting ara France and America had gaven an undertaking that they do not intend any atresion on any other State.

the

'The

ta

NO PUTSCH

May 25.

- The

Fastern and Western spokes Chinese Nationalist delegate to

men today assured the Germans UNESCO. Dr Wen Yuan-ning,

that the Whitsun rally would be today branded the deletes of

there would peaceful and that and Czechoslovakia us

ht no "pulsch" da bipeds" and politi-

in Western Berlin as some Western obser- [cally relegated them to

nethermost realms of

vers hati predicted. interno.

Western

Today's declaration followed. the recent Londos talks between

**13

Three" the the

Porelyn Ministers-Rewer. Dantest

ISRAELI PLEASED The East German Premier.

Tel-Aviv. May Otto Grotewohl, stated Dr "The Imperializ warmongers Irracli Foreign Office spokesanan satisfaction expressed have spread rumours suggesting today

Both delegates had threatened

fa Hal walk-out from UNESCO

It Natiounlist China remained.

Dr Wen's speech to the 1,00A

ed today when it was announced delegates to UNESCO With followed a that Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, the general conference Pakistan Prime Minister, would inceling of the Credentials Com- oddress a combined tension of traiter today at which a final both Houses of the Canadian deceision on Nationalist China Palianeat when he valts Ot-was postponed for four days.--- tawa next week.-Hunter. Reuter

SIDE GLANCES

By Galbraith

331

COPA 1900 BY MEA SEATICE. INCL 7, 14, JEO, LA, &, PAT. Orr.

"kist know ho's going to flank if that girl next door keeps helping him with his homework?"

-

An

the youth rally is likely to en with the three Western Powers" of the declaratios opposing an arme danger

peace. None

rer in the Middle East. your people will be hurt in Berlin."

The spokesman particicarly welcomed the joint statement The West Berlin Mayer that the three powers

would Reuter Errist

arms only on the k

that whole world has turned its eyesupply

the purchasing to

beetan e Berlin

the loudrance Communist propaganda tried to State would not undertake any act of aggression against any Impression that Berlin Hive the

uther State. could be conquered. As usual

stated:

The

War "The fact that arms and in critical situations Berliners materials hitherto supplied to have been quiet and will re- States which have never main quiet."

ceased to threaten a renewed The West Berlin and Western war against Israel and which to Allled authorities, were not re-this day obstinately refusa laxing their security precau-make peace, remaing a

German

to

source

however, and 250,000 of enve concern," he said.........

polica and Allled Router.

troops will be standing by ready

to restore order if any of the Son Of Sultan

monstrators attempted to march into the Western sectors,

Router.

Sharp Attack

On Menzies

Killed

11

Singapore, May 25-A-Malay Prince Berkcant, Regiment LAU. the adopted son of the Sultan of Negri Sembilan, was killed yesterday when a security force charged a terrorist camp near Mentakab, in Pahang. was officially reported here to- day. Sydney, May 25 The Daily

The prince was killed when a Mirror. the largest afternoon trenting terrorist threw a hund was paper in Australia's biggest city, grenade. Another Malay bitterly attacked. the Menzles- veriously, wounded.

bill

Members of the Negri Sim- anti-Communist Cadden

the the headline blinn, Rovol Family and yesterday under "Mr Menzies, Australia will not Commanding Officer of

were present tolerate Communism. will not Mainy Regiment

today when · LatifT was buried Tolerato Easelsm."

honours. The long editarint, the most with full millary

Reuter. attack yet by any outspoken major newspaper, asknowledge Menzies-Fadden mandate lo outlaw communism but demned the abridgument of civil liberties the bill.

The

con-

the

PRAGUE ARREST Praque, May 25-The Czecho- slovak authorillen tatiny arrest- ed Dr Ladislav Pinkas, an em- Nothing was cald during the lovce of the British Embassy elections that Mr Menzies and in Prague. his government would proceed A Czechoslovak note deliver- In stamp out the althy menace at the Embassy and of Communism to Australia by Pinkne was being arrested for noihoda similar to those used selfvition against: the security by the Gestapo, by thechain or of the Bfale Prokawi *"nam the, Russian secret police, the turalisod British subject-Reu- paper sald-United Press

ier.

that

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