1950-12-11 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1950.

WORLD PEACE AND

FREEDOM

Mr. Attlee Speaks On British And American Objectives

United Nations Only Way

This picture from Malta shows the Governor, Sir Gerald Creasy, welcoming Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (who was in London recently) on the latter's arrival to inspect the Dutch naval squadron at the George Cross Island.—Central Press.

De Gaulle Calls For Formation Of New Government

for

Paris, Dec. 10. General Charles de Gaulle tonight called the formation of a new Government under his leadership and a general election in France.

Speaking at Lille, Northern France, he said: "It is plain that under its present regime France is drifting. The Republic cannot stay where it is. The present is already too hard, the future is too threatening.

As

"There is one solution. for me, I am completely ready."

above

a

"It is necessary to form Government which shall be parties and touch the soul of France. It is necessary to rally the people of the country for its defence.

"It is necessary, while there is still time, to consecrate this Call to arms by a decisive national consultation,"

General de Gaulle called for an understanding between Ger- many and France.

"Certainly, after all that has happened, we need to overcome much suspicion and distrust to

take the road of Franco-German understanding,” he said.

"They unity of Europe depends on a direct agreement between the German and French peoples."

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General de Gaulle said that the member nations of the North

To Achievement Of Aims

Ottawa, Dec. 10.

The British Prime Minister, Mr Clement Attlee, in a nation-wide broadcast here tonight, said that there was complete agreement between the British and American peoples on the objectives of peace and freedom for all men.

Mr Attlee said that both nations were agreed] that the way to achieve these objectives was through the United Nations Organisation.

Mr Attlee made a seven-minute broadcast at 10.10 p.m. local time, the peak hour for listening in Canada. He had earlier made a one-minute broadcast in French saying that he was happy to meet the Canadian Prime Minister, Mr Louis St. Laurent again.

that we

"The greatest of all our prob- lems today is the menace of Communist imperialism. There are many points in the democra-

ex-

"You will sort of conversations Mr Attlee said, have read or heard the com- propose to have.

President Tru- munique that

I issued man and

after our talks in Washington last week. I shall not say very much about that now because my first duty tie front where we are holding is to my colleagues in

the in line. Malaya is one United Kingdom Government ample. and to the House of Commons "I do not think that the world at Westminster.

sufficiently realises how great a "But this I would Ilke to drain on our manpower and our say: there is complete agree resources is that unspectacular ment betweeń ourselves and but violent struggle against the the Americans on the objectives Communist effort to seize power we seek to reach.

in that particular part of south "These are very easily sum-cast Asia. med up: peace and freedom for "Communism finds the most all men with the opportunity favourable ground for its pro- to develop their lives happily

in paganda and in their own way.

"We were also agreed that reason we and other members the instrument by which these of the Commonwealth have met objectives must be attained is together to produce the Colombo the United Nations Organisa- Pian whereby we can not only, tion. There is no other way as

where

Crash Caused By

Racketeers

Barcelona, Dec. 10. Blackmarketeers were believed to have been responsible for a collision between two tralus in which eight people were injured at Clet, on the out- skirts of Barcelona.

It was believed that they pulled an emergency brake of one of the trains in order to throw out sacks of foodstuffs to waiting accomplices, While the train was stopped another train rain into the rear.--- Reuter,

ALL QUIET

poverty is widespread. For that ON EIGHTH

Mr Lester Pearson, Minister of in the interests of local inhabi- tants but in those of all the free External Affairs, said in his

to well, countries as

help from notable broadcast

Lake

demonstrate to the peoples of Success last Tuesday.

the world that freedom and them democracy can bring

advantages than the а slavery which lies behind the long experience of freedom and specious promises of the Com- democracy. We are accustomed

NEED FOR TOLERANCE

"We members of the Com-greater

monwealth of Nations

have

munists.

to working together on terms of

"Let me end by saying that I perfect equality. We understand the need for tolerance and un- go home well content with the derstanding of other people's resuits of my visits to Wash- views. towntribute to the furtherance forted and inspired once more We have therefore much ington and to Ottawa and com-

of the ideals for which the Unit- by the knowledge that the de- ed Nations stand.

sire and views of this country "If we can so strengthen the are identical with our own." United Nations that its members Reuter. act with the same remarkable co-operation that the members

of the Commonwealth have al- Price Control

ways shown in times of trouble, the world would have no need to fear aggression.

"When the ideals for which We stand are threatened we re-

Atlantic Pact must organise act in the same way instinctive- their defence

on the

"mostly. advance. line"

"solid and advance

must posts established."

never

to

"We in Britain shall

came be forget how Canada

our help without delay when in both 1914 and 1939 the ideals The alliance must have some

were that we share together practical value. The pact must be to the advantage

attacked. of all

Nor shall we ever States and not only one, he said,

cease to be grateful for your "The

understanding limitation

and of initial generous American

support to, for in-help in peace. stance, the defence of the "Now, once more, when the British Isles would be the most free world is menaced you are serious of

About

Rumanian Actor

Measures

Predicted

Washington, Dec. 10. The chairman of President Truman's Council of economic advisers, Mr Leon Keyserling, today that some predicted price controls would soon be-

come necessary.

He made Mr Truman

ARMY LINE

Eighth Army Headquarters;"

Communist sighted tonight only 30 miles Parallel-the between Korea,

Dec. 10.

were troops

moving south. from the 38th dividing Une North and South

United Nations Aghter pilots reported that they had strafed about 500 troops in the So- hung area of North-west Korea. The Communists, reported to

of north

the be 30 miles Parallel, did not make con-

with the tact

main United 1s now line, which Nations drawn up somewhere north: nt.. the South Korean frontier.

1

Units all along the North- Western frontier reported "all quiet" again tonight for the seventh consecutive day, but air and Intelligence reports. continue to flow into this Headquarters telling of large- scale Communist troops move- ments to fill the vacuum left by the United Nations Army in its large-scale withdrawal to the south from Pyongyang.

The Eighth Army had scatter. al engagements with the North Korean troops now operating 35 to 55 miles north of Seoul. He- ports from the area, said 'Gen. Walker was bracing for a Com- munist avalanche expected this week.

as the statement

weighed urgent

emergency to put impetus be-defence will be

after the Chinese attack is

Peter Kalischer reported from from Con- Seoul that the United Nations: economic, political again coming forward in help-recommendations

the Repub- and strategic errors,"

General ing to build Western defences. gress and the military leaders forces will defend de Gaulle said.

You and we and the members that he declare a state of nationallican capital, but the extent of a decided only :- "I say to the Americans: You of the North Atlantic Treaty insist very much that others Organisation. President Truman hind home front mobilisation.

launched. define their plans and

Mr actions, and I talked to good purpose

Keyserling emphasised

Enemy troops positively the about this Organisation last that

price controls but you yourselves to do

wage and

as Chinese were week and have every hope would be only a "superficial" identified same have no time to lose."

inflations un-reported to be at Haju on the weapon against 10,000 people listened that we shall soon be able to

they were

38th parallel, come 70 miles accompanied to General de Gaulle's speech announce that a supreme com-less Reuter.

mander has been appointed. by a sharp expansion of pro-west and north of Seoul. The MENACING NO ONE duction and still higher taxes. only effective natural barrier But he added, "I think some behind which the United Nations "This Organisation menaces

army can make a stand before will soon become necessary." no one. It's creation has been

Some of President Truman's Seoul is the Han River just forced on us all by those who advisers believed a declaration south of the city and the river fear and dislike our way of of national emergency might does not block a possible Red life. Its purpose is to defend shock the nation out of its advance down the castern "side that way of life and to guard "business 08 usual" attitude of the peninsula, the peace by action as a deter- and help to hold the Ene against General MacArthur announced -- rent to aggression.

inflation until wage-price con- early today that the port of "The 'world's problems are trol machinery could be readied. Wonsan in north-east Korea, 50 urgent and pressing and we Informed sources said Mr miles south of Huggnam, has can best hope to solve them Truman had not yet made up been abandoned after a five-day when we can talk freely to one his mind. He might hold off naval evacuation of the United another across the table. Our until after the meeting here on Nations troops, The announce governments are admirably re-Wednesday between top government said that American und presented abroad in each other's ment economie officials and ex- South Korean troops were capitals but the day to day ecutives of General Motors and evacuated from Wondan," It consultation which goes on Is Ford Motor Company. United, did not say how many trop usefully supplemented...ty the Press.

were involved, United

Passes

Hollywood, Dec. 10.

The Rumanian character ac- tor, Georges Metaxa, 51, died on Friday night in a hotel in Monroe, Louisiana, friends re- ported today.

The notor, who had long suf- fered from a heart condition, collapsed there when he and his wife, the former Swedish socialite, Margaret Brostrom van Kuyles, returned from a seven-month European trip.