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NEW MOVE FOR A CEASE-FIRE New Major Effort Planned By The Asian-Arab Bloc- Resurrection Of Plan For General Peace Parleys

COMMENT

Lake Success, Dec. 27.

RUSSIANS

HAVE 170

DIVISIONS

The lull in the major clash of armies in Korea con. tinues but ominous in- deed are the portents. Both sides are reported to be building up for what may be the biggest and most decisive battle of the Korean war, and American headquarters are convinced that Chinese assault is just around the corner. If the worst fears are realised, if Peking com- mits its forces to a major encounter with the United Nations armies, then the Western Powers might have to face the prospect:

Mr The Philippines was the only of a prolonged and costly

Chou En-lai, Foreign one of the 13 that refused to Minister of Communist China, stalemate which would be

sponsor the peace parley pro- said last Saturday, in announcing gravely against their in-posal, introduced at the same reaction to the cease-fire over- terests..

time as the cease-fire resolution tures, that Peking's price re- but shelved because of United rained the withdrawal of United States' opposition.

The Asian-Arab bloc is planning a new major effort in the United Nations to ease the Far East crisis, it was learned today. Spurred to action by Communist China's rejection of the United Nations cease-fire effort, 12 of the 13 Asian-Arab states that initiated

that a that frustrated move held an emergency Christmas Eve session to consider another approach. Delegation sources said the 12 nations would meet again later this week.

or

It was believed the group was planning to press for General Assembly adoption of their temporarily-shelved proposal for a peace parley on broad Far Eastern issues.

This belief was heightened by the fact that the Philippines-13th sponsor of the cease-fire move-was not invited to the new series of urgent meetings.

The three-man cease-fire team met today, ostensibly to consider its final report to the Assembly's main Political Committee, which is due to convene again next week.

Nations forces from Korea, de- parture of the United States fleet from Formosa and admis- sion of Peking to the United

Nations.

The United States has stead- The meeting was held at the fastly maintained that it will not new offices of the Assembly even talk about other Far East- President, Mr Nasrollah En-ern issues until a cease-fire is tezam of Iran, in the United achieved.

It was taken for Nations' new glass and marble granted that Peking would have headquarters building in Man- to have a seat at a Far East

peace parley.

hattan.

Both President Truman and Mr Attlee have de- clared, as they were bound to declare, that

not they would willingly withdraw their troops from Korea. Sooner later, however, all Wes- tern statesmen must frankly face their dilem- ma. To withdraw troops now would indeed only

Mr Entezam and Sir give fresh heart and im-

The hope of the Asian-Arab of India

were bloc apparently was that adop- petus to the Communist the regular -Committee mem- forces elsewhere in south-bers present, Mr R. G. Riddell tion of the call for a Far Eastern parley would induce Peking to again attended in place of the reconsider its refusal east Asia. Yet even in Canadian Foreign Minister, Mr with the cease-fire group. It was to deal south-east. Asia the Lester Pearson.

emphasised, however, that the forces opposed to Com- The 12-nation proposal for promise of a conference was -a munism are hard pressed, a peace conference on a broad long way from actual fulfilment and elsewhere in the range of Far Eastern issues of the demand by Peking for a such as Formosa and Chinese cease-fire. And anyway, it was whether in Communist membership in the considered highly doubtful that Europe or in the Middle United Nations-touches the the resolution could be passed in. East the defence is heart of the problem of halting view of the United States'

opposition-United Press. calamitously deficient in the Korean fighting.

world

both men and supplies. While the fighting goes on

in Korea there is still time for the coldest re- view of world strategy as a whole to ensure that the areas of vital im- portance are, first of all, recognised as such by the Western and other

Benegal Rau

Dean's

Appeal For

Return Of Relic

London, Dec. 27.

The Dean of Westminster broadcast an

friendly powers and are emotional appeal at the peak of British radio then adequately covered listening time on Wednesday night for the re- by troops on the spot or by agreed plans for im-covery of the Stone of Scone. mediate help.

While the marshalled

Paris, Dec. 27, The French Government warned on Wednesday armed with 170 divisions, Soviet Russia was totalling 4,500,000 men under arms, in addition to 952,000 in her satellite States in Europe.

The

Committee Of 3 Defence

To Report

New York, Dec. 27. The United Nations Korean Cease-Fire com- Imittee of three met today at

the residence of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, of India, to consider the Peking Government's re- ply to the United Nations appeal for a peaceful set- tlement in Korea,

Mr. Nasrollah EnterMIL and Mr R. G. Riddell, of Canada, attended. Mr Eid-

dell was representing Mr Lester Pearson, the Cana- dian

External Affairs Minister, the third member of the Committee.

estimate was made by Minister Jules Moch during a debate on the rearma- ment Bill which the Govern- ment is seeking to push through the reluctant National As- sembly before Jan. 1.

M. Moch said these figures date back to the beginning of this year, and were the latest in the possession of the French Government, He said Russia also has 18 air armies, and her military budget for 1950 totalled about $20,000,000,000, roughly ten times France's military ex- penditure for 1951.

M. Moch said: "If peace threatened, it is not by the United States. France also in- tends to

- herself prepare against any aggression." M. Moch said France was an- xious for the Big Four con- ference that will be convened in. March. would

The Committee begin to draft its final re- port to the Political Com- mmittee today.--Reuter.

Dr Alan Don said he would "go such a fabulous feat had been VOEU DE NOEL to the ends of the earth" to accomplished. re-recover the relic, and appealed It provided. relief from the

customary diet of war news, and newspaper cartoonists pictured. Nelson's statue, atop the column in Trafalgar Square, as being next on the list.--United Press. BOLD EXPLOIT

New York, Dec. 27. editorially on Wednesday

The Herald Tribune said that the theft of the Stone of Scone "is a bold exploit which ranks

sources of the West are to all listeners to "Keep your still perilously straitened eyes and ears open," and report the Western Powers will any information to the police or

to him. be obliged to decide which areas are to be defended A force of 70,837 men and in strength. The unhappy A Scotland Yard spokesman said women is working on the case. truth is that they have orders had gone out to every not the means to resist police officer in England, every challenge. To con- Scotland and Wales to join, in serve sufficient strength his regular duties.

the search or combine it with as the sort of strong meat of for the areas of vital im-

and mystery on which The Dean's unprecedented the pens of Robert Louis portance is work for the broadcast came just before the Stevenson or Sir Arthur Conan military strategists and six o'clock news. He expressed Doyle would have gladly fed. horror that "sacrilegious hands" That the thieves were able to statesmen of the highest had touched the stone, and said make a getaway with a sizable rank; and it is work he knew King George VI was slab of yellow sandstone is a without which the new "greatly distressed" over the reflection on British guardian-

loss. But mixed with such pro- ship of Western

its chunks of history, provision for defence will falter and nuncements of solemnity was which Scotland Yard is working a widespread mood of hilarity strenuously to rectify."--United fail.

among ordinary citizens that Press,

drama

M.. Moch attacked the Communist attempt to block the Assembly debate on the Government's arms Bill. United Press.

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