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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1950.

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Man of Science ....

or Menace to Society?

Penne Panera Lan. Pervova

Robert BEATTY Mervyn JOHNS

Nova PILDEAM

Counter blast

Margaretta SCOTT

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LIBERTY

The Perfect Murder?

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"DUAL ALIBI"

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Phyllis DIXEY

Filiased Then Setonational Filopa Lill.

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"OUTPOST in MOROCCO

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BETWEEN CHARLES KEMPER ANEE ALAN MOWBRAY - JANE DARWELL

Written by Frank Nugant and Patrick Ford Produced by Argosy Pictures Corporation Distributed by PKO Rodia Pietūrās fan

The crew of an RAF "Washing ton," one of the B-29 Superforts which Britain has received from the United States in the arms aid scheme. The crew are being briefed by the skipper before departing on a long training

flight. (Central Press)

HOPES FOR

UNITED

CREATION OF

STATES OF

EUROPE FADING RAPIDLY

Canada Puts Pressure To Delay Action

Washington, Nov. 23. Authoritative sources said to- day that Canada brought strong pressure on the United States to

agree to delay any United

Nations discussion of the futuro of Formosa.

Strasbourg, Nov. 23. Hope for the creation of a United States of is fading fast. The European assembly instead. is looking more and more to the United States and to the Atlantic community-as-a-whole-for-a-link that will justify- continuance of this European organisation.

Europe a true federation

Britain, Ireland and the Scandinavian coun- tries have killed whatever hopes the continental countries France, Italy, Germany and the low- lands - had of turning this consultative assembly into a real European government.

SECOND SESSION

Those countries have made it to direct diplomatic, military plain they will not join such a and economic strategy in the They said that strenuous federation-a supra-national or cold war.--United Press. Canadian representations in New ganisation which would require York were largely responsible them to subordinate their for the Amercan decision to perforeign affairs, international mit this item to be placed at trade and military matters to the end of the agenda of the current Assembly of the United the majority rule of a Europea creation of a United States

Nations.

Parliament.

Strasbourg, Nov. 23. --- Ambitious plans for the early

of Europe dwindled perceptibly to- The Canadian objections to

For a while the Continental day as the 15-nation Assembly representa- any discussion of the subject countries-toyed with the idea of of Parliamentary were advanced in Washington going. ahead without Britain, tives entered the second day of by the Ambassador, Mr Hume Ireland and Scandinavia, but its debate on unification. Mr. Lester Pearson, the Canadian grade Wrong, and at Lake Success by support for that is on the down- Apart from a small minority even among some of of ardent Federalists, con- Foreign Minister, who heads the most ardent supporters of tinental spokesmen appeared his country's delegation to the federation.

resigned to aiming, for the time United Nations.

Europe already is split be-being, at the creation of inter- Iron Curtain. To split Western tween East and West by the governmental agencies on sub- jects like agriculture, industry Europe into two groups-one European

and transport, rather than a Parliament with would he disastrous, in the view federated and the other not-

legislative powers. of many delegates here.

The Canadian argument was that any U.N. decision concern ing the fate of Formosa would inevitably involve a U.N. mili- tary commitment which nobody

would be able to undertake at this time-United Press.

DANGERS IN SITUATION

The Canadians argued that if the UN should decide that Formosa should

go to

Red China the world organisation would then be faced with the milltary problem of how to get rid of the strongly entrenched Nationalist forces of General issimo Chiang Kai-shek.

LINK

WITH U.S.

Summing up the trend of the Assembly's 'work since its in- ception in Strasbourg more than a year ago, the French Socialist member, M. Guy

However, this session of the Assembly has heard repeater | Mollet, said: pleas for this organisation to link itself with America,

"No Federalist, even an active one, now thinks that a A modest proposal along this majority can be gained for a line was made last week by one partial federation on the Con- of Europe's elder statesmen, the tinent." Italian Foreign Minister, Count Carlo Sforza,

Britain and the Scandinaviun ... · countries would not join such a move and the others would to the Conservative, Mr Robert Booth-not have a little Federation,"

They added that if should the UN, rule that Generalissimo Chiang had the right

On Wednesday, the British

Island it would place itself in a by, suggested a more grandiose position of having to guarantee and admittedly Utopian plan.

"Even the German Socialist his stronghold against Commu- Count Sforza merely asked for representatives have said that nist attack.

this Assembly, to try more in- the scheme should be formal links with the Ameri- abandoned."

M. Mollet urged the. Assembly

The argument advanced by cans. MrrBoothby. - suggested a the Canadians was said to grand design 'which would call have influenced the Americans for a supreme council composed to approve unanimously, the to decide that consideration of of représentatives of Western compromise officially laid be- the Formosa question by the Europe, the British Common-fore them by which "specialised Assembly might be "prema wealth and the United States

ture."

The British concurred in the Canadian view that discussion municated to. Mr John Foster of the Iuture of the island at Dulles, American delegate to this time would raise. more the United Nations by Kenneth problems than it would solve. Younger, Britain's delegate This British position was.com United Press,

authorities" with limited powers may be created with the option of any State to join after approval by

Its own Parliament.

Ho described this scheme as “probably the greatest step we have made this year."--Reuter.

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