1950-12-06 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1950.

European Army Expected To Be Set Up This Week

The pretty ice skaters are not sext uplets. They are the 19-year-old Scot- vold twins. With a stroboscopic light, Acme Staff Photographer Eddie Eckhardt caught them in three phases of their act in Chicago, Ill. In each phase of the act, Joanne Scotvold is on the left and her twin, Joyce, is on the right.

Britain's Delegate Entertains Peking Representatives

Lake Success, Dec. 5.

Sir Gladwyn Jebb, chief British delegate to the United Nations, entertained the chief of the Chinese Communist delegation at luncheon today.

the

It was the latest phase of ¡sembly's steering committee was the accelerated social round due to meet to put on affording the Peking delegation agenda of the 60-nation group an opportunity to talk peace the West's charge that the with the non-Communist world.

Chinese Communist Govern- British sources said Sir ment had sent its troops into Gladwyn gave the luncheon to Korea to fight the United Na- General Wu Hsiu-chuan, chief} Xons.

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the nine-member Chinese Sir Gladwyn's lunch party Communist delegation, and followed a dinner given Chiao Kuan-hwa, his top aide, Monday night by Secretary- at the Jebb home at Riverdale, į (iuneral Trygve Lie for the north of Manhattan.

Chinese Communits at Forrest Hills home.

Informed sources said the de- sired result of the get-together

his

These present at the luncheon at Sir Gladwyn's home was to included Sir Gladwyn, India's "convince the Chinese Com-Si Benegal Rau, Pakistan's Sir munists that Russia is not a Zafrullah Khan, Israeli's Moshe, country that is willing to talk Sharelt and Sweden's Dr Graf- peace and that there are other governments which are willing to recognise the Peking regime and have dealings with it.”

The luncheon was held two hours before the General As-

strem,

Atomic Energy

For Power?

London, Dec. 5. Britain's State-owned electricity industry is con- sidering possible develop- ments in the use of atomic energy for generating power, the industry's second yearly report said today.

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The report made further references to these developments, but it is known that scientists at the British atomic research station at Harwell have, for some time, been engaged In designing atomic piles for generating purposes.

"Wo estimate it will bo 15 or 20 years before such energy comes juto general use," a Ministry omcial said, "but the

first experimental models may be running in three or four Ja, time."— Reuter.

Bulgaria

propositions Accused

Informe:l Sources said the Chinese talked with everybody

r. sent but no were advanced by either side.-

United Press.

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London, Dec. 5:

The Atlantic Pact nations, scared into the spectre of war, are expected to set up this week an allied armed force under General Dwight Eisenhower to defend Europe.

The 12 Atlantic Pact deputies met on Monday night and were reported near agreement after wrangling over details since July 19. An nouncement will be made on Wednesday.

German manpower will form

once

a vital part of the fighting force -if the Germans are willing, The big job ahead,

the other nations themselves reach agreement, is convincing the Germans.

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A British spokesman said Monday his Government would like to see recruiting start in Germany as soon as possible. The wheels should start rolling even if no definite agreement was reached on whether Ger- man should be part of # European army or as individual units of an Atlantic force.

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RED

PLOT

IN SOUTH

AMERICA

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Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 5. The independent Brazilian newspaper, O Globo, reported today that a meeting of police chiefs from all South American Republics was being considered America's turning her face to- plan a co-ordinated action ward the Far East has had far against an alleged Communist Greater effect

spurring plot to "eliminate" Europe into action than all pre- Heads of States in the Americas. several vious warnings by the United States delegate, Mr Charles

The newspaper reported on Spofford, chairman of the At- November 25 that Brazilian lantic Pact Deputies, about the police were in possession of the need for "urgency" and "speed." | Communist plan for action in

How soon General Eisenhower South America, will come to Europe to take over his old command is not known,

police sources, it

Claiming authoritative infor- He will not have much to work mation from with in the beginning. There claimed that

the plan repre-

subversion in the

are now two American and two sented "a vast programme of British divisions in Germany, diabolical with each nation planning to Americas," send another early next year. The goal is to get a force of 50 divisions including the equiva- lent of 10 from Germany-with- in three years.

The paper reported today that the Brazilian Minister of Justice. Senhor Dias Fortes, yesterday held talks with the Federal police chiefs and the head of Any agreement reached by the political police to study the the Deputies will have to be Communist plan, a smoothed out by the chiefs of which it alleged

copy of staff and the defence ministers, been examined by the Brazilian had recently but the basic job is being done Ceneral Staff,

on a lower level.

This job has been terrifle, and The newspaper stated that one big stumbling block has the South American Federal been financing the forces, The pelice chiefs would consider a United States will undoubtedly common offensive against Com- foot a good share of the bill, but munism throughout the South difficulties on that score which American continent with the loomed so large a few months special objective back, have shrunk in face of the the "subversive plot."-Reuter. of stopping common danger.-United Press.

Washington, Dec. 5.

State Department officials on

Tuesday confirmed reports from "Situation

London that the North Atlantic treaty deputies are consider- ing the Dutch plan for the ap-|

pointment of a commisioner in In Korea

control of German armed forces which may be recruited as part of a Western European defence establishment.

Fantastic"

the

However, officials said there was some question as to whether certain European nations, and

Washington, Dec. 5, most notably Germay herself, Senator Harry Cain, Republi- would accept this plan.

can for Washington, thinks The Dutch proposal was General MacArthur should be acceptable to the United authorised immediately to use Slates and had been under every weapon against consideration for some weeks. Chinese Reds.

Diplomatic sources here

The Senator said that as mat- predicted

the Germans would ters now stand the situation is insist they control any German both impossible and fantastic. armed forces themselves on a basis of equality

General Mac- with

Asserting that the Arthur has been denied authori- Belgrade, Dee, 5. other North Atlantic powers. The Yugoslav Communist However, they

ty to strike at and destroy the said, such a newpsaper, Borba, charged solution would probably not

enemy's supply and communi- Bulgaria today with "open acts be

cation unacceptable to

lines, Mr Cain France "Such

said of provocation" and slander which has consistently opposed

problem has never against Yugoslavia.

the creation

confronted of anything

an army in all of sembling

history. а German

My view is that we defence ministry-United Press.

must endeavour to simply remove the United Nations forces from Korea, Whether this latter and possible step could be accomplished at this

The Bulgarian Government "ruthlessly fabricated diplomatic no.es, endeavouring to present Bulgarian citizens as being per- secuted and arrested in Yugo- slavia," Borba said.

re-

Karachi Arrest late date I am not qualified to

say,"

Karachi, Dec. 5. Nubl Durrani,

Pakistani inter-

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In spite of Yugoslav explana-

Ghulam tions, "the Bulgarian

Foreign middle-aged Ministry is continuing to propreter at the Afghan Embassy duce notes in order to slander here, has been detained by the Yugoslavia."

"At the same

time, the Bul- garian authorities are organising provocations on the Yugoslav- Bulgarian frontier as well as armed assaults on Yugoslav frontier guards," the paper said. -Reuter.

police for security authoritative here today.

reasons, an

source reported

Senator Cain spoke at a lun- legates to the opening cheon meeting of some 500 de- session three-day American Municipal Congress, United Press,

of

the

Pakistan-Afghanistan tions have long been strained North-West Frontier.

rela-Pushtu-speaking Pathans, of the because of Afghanistan's sup- port for "Pushtoonistan,"

Afghanistan Is at present re- an presented Independent

in Karachi by homeland for Charge d'Affaires.-Reuter