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Commons Security Check-up

London, August 4. Scotland Yard officers carried out a surprise security check-up an hun- dreds of workmen at the Houses of Parliament to- day in the first big-scale Acreeping there since the recent wave of sabotage in Britale.

The big check-up 14223 traced to reports that new evidence of sabotage h been uncovered at Fatlia- ment, where telephones And water tapy were damaged a week ago.

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The police scrutinised the credentials of every work- engaged on the con- struction or the new chamber for the House of Press. Commons-United

Forest Fire Threatens Riviera

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Atlantic Pact Defence To Be Speeded Up

London, Aug. 4.

The North Atlantic Treaty deputies tonight announced that they will recommend to their Governments an immediate increase in "effective! military forces for the common defence."

In a long communique on their week's work in London, issued tonight, the deputies stated that they had continued to review the overall defence position and had charged the agencies of the Pact with establishing a programme to speed up the pro- duction of "certain high priority armament items."

The deputies called for the fafter meeting reports on the speed-up of Cabinet

The text will be arms production to be ready after it has by the end of Augist. The washington. Treaty agencies concerned

ters.

of the Inner

published been received In

The reply, it was

Icamed,

STAFF EXERCISE

The Wonderu

Frantainebleu, Aug. 4.

Union Defence inisters ari General today

deal with production, supply, will say that the rearmament of finance and economic mat-Atlantic Pact nations should be)

the remalt of a collective effort and not of individual national "The efforts-Reuter. The communique said: deputies expres.rd their great Tuulon, Aug. 4.

Jappreciatim of there monstress More than 5,000 troops, and also noted with satisfaction The villagers and firemen

being taken by were the depa battling desperately tonighter North Atlantic Treaty ur

- Their "tactical exercise with- to isolate Riviera resortsanisation governments to

jenare their defence rifort." from forest blaze which i After

that the contit trogs" was personally co- the Western Union had already sent British ference

adjourned until teted ht Spark

by General the deputies re- Headquarters here and other holiday-makera Augu

the pesceful sins of the jacun de Luftre de Tasrigny, the affirmed! trekking a safety,

Fact and the belief of its mom-round forces Commander-in- Thousands ters Ditche: pred

that "this can best be Chief..

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Erded their staff exercise.

to have

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1950.

Windsors. In

Paris

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor were among the many thousands of spectators who gathered in the gardens of the Palace of Chaillot, the River Seine and in the vicinity of the Eiffel Tower to watch the celebrations in connection with the Grand Night of Paris. (Central Press).

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Big Battle Looms As North Koreans Advance On Taegu

With MacArthur's Headquarters For Korca, Aug. 5. Field guns set the central Korean front ablaze today as North Korean forces advanced on the Allied Naktong River defence line around Taogu, the second largest city remaining in South Korean hands.

I

DOUBLING lieved to be massing for a Allied forces would still be out-

DEFENCE OUTPUT

London, Aug. 4.

At the same time North of the newly arrived Marine Korean divisions' were be division would join battle.

It was manifest, however, that

strengthened effort to over-numbered if the Communists run the American 24th and put three divisions against them 25th Divisions defending the on this southern sector for what may prove to be the declaivo south coast approaches to battle of the war-Reuter.

Pusan, Allied supply har- bour on the southeast tip of the peninsula.

The first shots in the battle

the

as the Best North Korean as

IRO LOAN,

Geneva, Aug. 4. The International Refugee Organisation bas offered the United Nailor a loan of £1,-

The British rearmament for Taegu were reported as programme announced to-darkness fell last night.

Reuter's correspondent, Lionel 600,000 for the relief of Korean day will mean a doubling af Hudson, said that American War refugees, it was learned

here today. present output of defence phosphorous shells struck equipment and stores in this dark hills with bursts of light country, it was learned a-sault force struck the river de-Secretary-General thoritatively in London. It fence line above the city. will call for a big reorgani- Sation in industry, particu- the engineering larly in trades.

ON

The offer was made in ro- sponse to a request from the of the United Nationi, Mr Trygve Lle, United Nations' unding all COASTAL ROAD

speclailed agencies to provide announcement

A MacArthur Headquarters any assistance required by issued at mid-General Douglas MacArthur's night anki that Communist forces unified command. attacked arist

wern counter-

let up

The IRO is also offering us a gift $150,000 worth of medical

i under-attacked The Government

without meod to have decide that it "atong the Chinju-Puzan axis,” in represents the maximum con- the constal road area in which supplies and large quantities of Britain can American forces are still hold-clothing and material-Reuter..

tribution

which

The Soviet Union, in the Security Council to night, proposed a cease fire in Korea and a with drawal of "foreign" troops.

came The proposal from the Russian Chairman of the Council, Mr Jacob Malik, whose provisional agenda calling for discus sion of Chinese Communist representation and "peaceful settlement" of the Korean issue was last famy-blackened breas e. i-achieved by the strengthening! I was understood

night rejected by the Council. fighters, red-eyed with moke and maintenance of adequate been a demonstration of a mack

between and lack of sleep, toiled on in eollective

Western Immediately defence forces song "battle"

after the 2. Grant

to the a hearing The St Tez peninsula, about enough

one-item North Koreans. deter antreston ground, air and naval muts

3. Halt military 10 mule east of Toaton.

aint any of their countries" against forces trying to invade adoption of the

was, the Korea agenda, which Wedern Europe.

An

4. Withdraw troops from the make without affecting morale in out west of the Noktong announcement Anerican motion condm-

in this country or the reputation River. it und afterwards dut Then the North Korean Compendeuta.

TSIANG OBJECTS

of Britain in the world

In this area alone yesterday which work of this exercise,

munists

aggressors,

It regarded as meaning, the North Koreans insi 600

Pretoria, Aut. 4. Dr T. F. Tsang, the Chinese Inevitably, increases Ieded for dups, covered all the

in British dead as Amurient troops, with The South African Govern- Nationalist delegate, immediate imports and problems of the defence of adopted by the Council last

cula used night. Mr Malik introduced objected to the Russim pro-exports with in British air support, including the air

ment has decided to offer a and

a serious effect wing of the first Marine section nighter sundron with ground Western Europe

Davideabl interest coming all la draft resolution which Dormal to invite a Chinese Com- суду the balanes of payments that arrived in Korea on Tues-

personnel

the United to aid those who took part.

asked these things:

day beat of two major assaults.

Nations forces in Korea, it was The North Koreans are be

maneed here today, AT TOP SPEED

lieved to be rushing parts or all The British Government does or two more divisions Into the

The squadron will be a re- na intend to proceed with the four-day-old battle along the

The to Pusan, ular

decision to Both sides implementation of the plan until southern approaches

Amest with axes to felt finder-Reuter dry pines, they included squads from the Telon nuval

base. Six fire-ghita have been in-

explosion

jured by

th

FRENCH REPLY

Paris, Aug 4. Govertiment to ut The French

cratied il reply to

request the

to

grenades, hidden in the ground t

by the French resistance moves Washington'u ment before the Allied landing Allante Pret nations for details of tier created mifitory jers need The fire on The north side of paratroom. the Gulf of St Tropez

In 1944.

With

checked {tij:སྶགྲྭ་ through thei

efforts of

Semertale soldiers.

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The seven days old fire hua Consul Inquires

rearly rurcounted Le Rayol, a

mall amit west of 51 Tropeż. Grinaud is mules inland from St Tropez, was partially de Iroved. Iteler.

Big Blaze In Turkey

Baloker, Turkey, Aug. 4.

About Ship

Trial

mem.

minist representative to the Council's deliberations. "The Minister of Defence of į 1. That the Security Council

Me Malik, the five countries of the Bro-invite ausentative of Com-hic proposal among the

after circulating!

efs Treaty

Forth their matanist China to take part

bers said: "It is necessary to Cloverment's vowpoint: in fas Bre Council's deliberationa

invite both sides. ppesence of Field Machal Loyd | Rorea.

hav always been invited Bipaleemery (the Clenirman of

the Charmander-in-Chil{_Cra mitter,

Connauurder-in-

Chief of the Ameriem foes in Europe, and a large number of General offigers

Dir live

London, Aug. 1. Air Edward 7. Down. 1

in Taurus. For¦ Britch Compar Bursa, Tas asked the Chines Nationalist authorities there about the detention of the Bri-

4.748-Lena theda

hip, Caryto Glow. Northern

Forsson, Oflice spokesman said today,

The ship was detainedd hyn Morin de Atelen the Belgian Damage was Nationalist wary hip in the For-Defence Minister, and M. Willem estimated at more than US$10,-nea Strait, escorted to Gehnen, Frederick Suckling, the Dutch 900,000. Four persons were in Island Jurely-United Press.

A tire which swem out from the centre of this city of 40,000 persona dettoyd 2,000 homes and shops today.

EDITORIAL

and

Renter.

Me Camuel Shinwall, the British Defenen Minister, m Ms Jules th, the French De- fence Minister, together with M.

detained! there... ; Defence Minister, were also pre-

Agerit. Henter,

Neutrality Delusory

AR SEHRUS impressioned Justifiention

M

an

WR8,

4

1 of the policy of the Government of India

Koren

of course, unnecessary. No-one would venture to question the deep sincerity of the Indian Premier or the honesty of his considered opinion. Underlying kis personal approach to President Truman and Stalin was the conviction that the invasion of South Koren was inspired by Moscow resent- ment of the Security Council's refusal to accept a Peking delegate the representative of the real China, and belief that recticution of that sore point would create mu ntmosphere facilitating a penceful solution in Korea. Hnd the world bien dealing with a group other tkun the masters of the Kremlin, 'Pandit Nehru' might well have judged soundly. Had Moscow's altitude at any time shown the slightest trend towards renson and compromise, the results might have been valuable. But every known fact throws out contradiction. Mr Malik's biting Heade against the United States Thursday afternoon provided object lesson. When Mr Warren Austia ncensed Russia of shameless travest lest under- of realities he was gulily of statement. The savage aflack on Mr Trygve Lie, Secretary-General United Nations. falls inte the sunte entegory, a further demonstration, if any were needed, that today there seems to be friend- no honourable but independent liness towards Russian Communism. Mr Lic, in his efforts to promote peace and salve that wreckage of the - United Nalions tried very hard to see the Soviet viewpoint and searched, for n formula acceptable both to Rusala and others. In the result, he drew criticism

on

of the

to

in the United States for being too friendly towards the Russians! When Communist

launched troops

The on- slaught on South Korea, Mr Lie carried out the obligations of the GN. Churter with promptitude and rectitude. Beyond envil, he showed himself to be a man of the greatest integrity. It was that faci which roused the Ire of the Soviet Union, und drew their renom. Addiilenat Intolerance is possibly inspired by the fact that Mr Lig is a liberal democrat, and it is curious that Muscow Hadlo is more definitely hostile to international groups such as the British Labour Party theft is to thnge who are admittedly rightist and capitalistic. But the real sin is refusal to he subservient Kremlin dictation. In the Communist book there is no such thing as an agree- ment, far less an agreement to disagree; there is only obedience. The six months' hoycott of the United Nations by Soviet Russin, which was what Mr Nehru thought kis gesture could terminate with benelli to promoters of world peace, was merely an. outward manifestation of a determined and doctrinaire frame of mind. No guarantee that Moscow would settle the Korean war in return for grant of a seat In Security Connell for the Peking regime could be accepted with any assurance of implementation. Those convinced that the Korean problem could be solved by yielding to Moscow intimidation con well afford to re-examine Mr Malik's attack on the United States, Soviet communism has yet to exhibit the slightest toleration for truth or Independence and in the fare of what she has revealed, there can be no moral neutrality and promise.

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India Not

Neutral, Says Nehru

New Delhi, Aug. 4. The Indian Parliament to- day adopted a motion by the Prime Minister, . Pandit Nehru, approving the Gov- ernment's Korea policy.

disputes sellied by the Security Council."

Mr Warren Austla States) said

parition,

SOUTH AFRICAN OFFER

one.

it has learned how far Washing where they now have a division make the offer way announced ton is able to give the assistance or more committed. These new after an all-day Cabinet meet- But, meanwhile, forces, spiled with armour, were at the home of the Prime (United Bopert for. that the Soviet the increases in defence pre-reported to be moving by night Minister, Dr Daniel Matar,

had which

been along west east corridors over-

The Cabfnct announcement propesal, in its entirely,

was antion

Far East momced earlier in the House run by the North Korean drive beyond the agenda and the

will be carried on the naval base at Mokpe last sald service in the of Commona businys now

would be voluntary, as members confronting the

week. Concil.

forward at top speed.

of the permanent forces were The rearmament plan to e- The proposal, he said, way

only liable for service at home. for peace sentially conceived out of onler and "irregular time defence and

It was not for the

Legislation to legalise the war. Any would be

conduct."

a of

OUTNUMBERED

Air Austin fermet the Russion draslic use of powers of t: from Kochang, which lies about position of the volunteers would

miles cast of

the

next

acces

they believed that

deployed southward prosecution

in be Introduced move another devious attempt

miles southwest of Tacquession of Parliament quisitioning plat or directing 40 to delay debate on the only

labour was, therefore, ruled out, down to the south coast where

Bary. A special session might izue before the Council numely,

She American line is holding a be necessary to authorise addi- “Angression upon the Republic It is expected that the caplare about 11

tional expenditure for forther of Korea,"

tal investment programme will Chinju.

modernisation and

of expansion Answering Mr Austin, Mr

25th Division South Africa's armed forces. now be cut and there will be The American Malik said that he had made some immediate effect on con has just moved in along the

It was understood that the southern sector to meet the ex- his proposal notas Councilsumption.

pected strengthened asault, but squadron could be on its way Some luxuries may disappear there was as yet no indication to the Far East in a fortnight-- the st Jew days had shown because production would be when or where the main body! Heuter. that the United States delegate stopped and other "At no time have we been was prone to draw hasly con

time do we clusions. neutral and at no

to be neutral," Mr propose Nehru declared in Parliament toxlay, replying to a two-day #debate on India's attitude to

ward the Korean situation,

Chaliman but as, the Soviet de- legate, and that the debates of

STATE OF HOSTILITY Sir Gladwyn Jebb (Britain) said that the North Koreans by their refusal to obey the United Nations had put themselves "in India's policy was not to com- slate of hostility will the ft herself "previously to fol- United Nations itself." Jow

a certain

line," he said, Sir Gladwyn added that it policy is inde would be impossible, therefore, adding: "Our

That is to to invite the North Koreang tó pendence of action, kay, at any particular moment! the Council, The North Koreans, we decide for ourselves what must, by their behaviour, pul possible in our interest and themselves right before the 1 the interest of world peace" Council and then, if necessary. they could appear before it, he

The Prime Minister Was answerlag, eritiem from some said.

Alter further debate the members that, in dealing with

next the Korean eltuation, India had Council adjourned unlit

"policy of Tuesday without taking any departed from her

deelion-euter. neutrality."

NEVER HAD IT "There is no question of iny having left a policy of neutrali. ty. ever had it," he said.

Parliament passed amist Minister's

cheers the Prime

11

Hoods may

be diverted earnings up.

to

keep

export

will be

It is not yet dear where cuts in bome consumption felt first-Reuter

Albania Protests To U.N.

London, Aug. 4. Albania today sent a pro-| test to the Secretary- General of the United No-

HO CHI-MINH'S tions, Mr Trygve Lie, alleg-

CONDITIONS

news

The protest said that in one

ing five armed provocations! by Greek forces during the period July 6 to July 29, Paris, Aug. 4. with the aim of inciting un Ho Chi-minh, head of the armed conflict in the Eal- motion asking for approval of Communist-led nationalist Viet- India's Koren policy.

minh movement

and in Europe, the in Vietnum, kang

Albanian Referring a "warning to sold in nes Interview published official India" given by member cre today thal the tulal agency reported.

of Vietnam gainst "dollar imperialism", Mr evacuation

by Nehru cald that young Ameri-French troops was in absolute cans who were fighting in Korea cendition for the opening of of the incidents a Greek soldier was blown up by a mine after were not taking part in "dollar negotiations, diplomacy or

The Interview any other in-

was printed penetrating Albanian territory 1/10 Jn tripue".

Communist evening and was then carried back to

Greek roll by his companions. They are fighting for what newspaper, Le Soir. they

to Imagino

be in

Albanian frontier guards had Asked what he thought about furtherance of the United Na- the "now open intervention of opened fire on Greek intruders Lions or their country's effort in the Governinent of the United on several occasions, the protest the right direction. For us Stales In the affairs of Vietrin," sald, and on July 15, 80 Greek altung comfortably at home to Ho Chi-minh. said that this in-soldiers had sprayed machine- fire in the direction of criticize them or their country, tervention was anti-democratic gun com

or for that matter the opposite and would- certainly meet with Albania" for several hours from party there, is just sat good," the same Mr Nehru added.--Router,

Reuter.

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