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BEVIN PLAN FOR SOLUTION Six-Point Scheme For Settling Korea Crisis
COMMENT
Ex-President Herbert
Hoover's recent isola- tionist speech has had a somewhat surprising. sequel in the United States Senate.
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Presented To Conference
Of
Empire Premiers
London, Jan. 8.
Senator Robert Taft, who
A plan for solving the problems of Korea and is generally regarded as the
Communist China was presented to the Common- next Republican Party presidential can-wealth Prime Ministers here today. The plan, didate, has made an at- presented by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr tack on President Tru- Ernest Bevin, as a memorandum, consists of six man's policy of global
points: defence in which he echoed some, if not all, of Me Hoover's argu- ments contending that the United States would buttress her safety by concentrating her de- fence upon the Western Hemisphere. Senator Taft's attitude is
all the more surprising in view of the corrective administered to Mr Hoover earlier by Mr
1.-Recognition of Communist China and its representation at the United Nations.
2.-A cease-fire in Korea.
3.-The creation of a cordon sanitaire-a "No-Man's-
Land."
A Hypothetical
Question
London, Jan. 8. British officials said on Monday night that the question of withdrawing recognition from Commu- nist China was hypotheti- cal.
These officials said, "At present the British Govern- ment is not contemplating, such a step." United * Press.
CHIANG
INVITED
TO U.S.
San Francisco, Jan. 8. Genéralissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been invited
to
come to San Francisco to discuss world affairs, including Communism, ac- cording to Richard Chase, President of the San Fran- cisco Press Club.
US WARPLANE communications had been
PRODUCTION
Washington, Ján, 8. Under-Secretary of Air, Joe 1. McCone, expressed confidence Monday that within one 4. The setting up of a United Nations Commission. on 5.-A. "phased" withdrawal of both Chinese Com-year war plane production will be about five times the present munist and United Nations forces.“.
output by stepping up produc- tion in existing aircraft plants and by converting part of the automobile industry to plane production...
ex-
Mr Chase said that several
changed between the club and Chiang's Headquarters at Formosa. Madame Chiang was included in the Club's invitation.
If the invitation the meeting will be at a public is accepted,
forum, and Chiang's views would be disseminated by the Press, radio and televisión.-- United Press.
Washington, Jan. 8. The States Department said today it has no information on reports that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has been ini- vited to come to Washington
Mr McCone said aircraft pro.
for military discussions. were also thrashed duction will reach the peak now planned by about May 1952. He said orders had been placed since last July, one for about aircraft and $3,750,000,000 in parts.-United Press,
6.-A free and impartial plebiscite for a united Korea. au- Close secrecy has been kept conclusion, it was learned on the plan, which has been thoritatively tonight.
Formosa and the problem of the basis of the Prime Minis-" ters' discussions
a cease-fire on the Far how to negotiate Eastern crisis. But informed in Korea John Foster Dulles, the sources said that there was a out.
of the con- over one Today's session Republican Party's wide gulf tonight foreign affairs expert. point of the plan between those ference lasted 80 minutes.
Commonwealth Prime The nations favouring the recogni- Senator Taft's speech cantion of Communist China and Ministers met this afternoon
the only increase
an- those opposing it.-Reuter. when Mr Liaquat Ali Khan, the xieties in Europe about PROGRESS MADE Prime Minister of Pakistan, was
also present.. the extent of the isola- tionist resurgence in the United States.
Senator Taft's military arguments are, of course, fallacious. Abandoning
The Ministers regard the Far continental Europe would East as
today's danger point,
It is learned that this will mean abandoning the in- even though in the event of an
the necessary back- dustrial centres of Wes- actual conflict other areas might provide
be more important.
ground for the Prime Ministers tern Europe and in-
discussion of The Prime Ministers discuss-to continue the creasing the Communist ed a suggestion that Communist Far Eastern affairs and China,
an from where be branded
they left offensive power
against China should
London, Jan. 8.
Britain's top military advisers The Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference today were also present at the con- ference. It is understood that made considerable progress towards finding common ground they gave the Prime Ministers of the military in their attitude to Far Eastern an assessment
in Korea and the problems, it was authoritatively position
strategic value of Formosa and stated.
other aspects of the Far Eastern situation.
the United States, though aggressor without reaching any Friday.
he has advocated, in a
subsequent speech, American aid in defence
of Africa, a prime source STOP PRESS
es-
Miller Scores
His Century
•
CRUCIAL ISSUE
There was a full muster
were:
was
it on
of
Secre-
If any private groups had invited Chiang to Washington they had, not kept the State Department informed. United Press.
Blueprint For Empire Defence In The Middle East
London, Jan. 8.
It is understood that a blueprint for the de- fence of the Middle East and the Eastern Mediter- ranean is emerging out of the informal defence talks which some of the Commonwealth statesmen had yesterday and this morning with Mr Clement Attlee and the Chiefs of Staff.
a war.
The
at
be-
is
the nine Commonwealth states men for this afternoon's plenary session except for Mr of radioactive ores
R. G. Menzies, of Australia,
It is understood that on ac- troops in the Middle East and, sential in the manufac-
who has a cold. Mr Eric Har-count of the defence commu- the Eastern Mediterranean was ture of the atom bomb.
rison, the Australian Residentments of Britain in Europe and discussed in detail. Minister in London, This is one of the main
re- the Far East, greater responsi-
Prime Ministers of presenting him at meetings to- bility will be assumed by some Canada, Australia, New Zea- factors by which Ameri-
day.
of the Commonwealth members land and Southern Rhodesia, as ca's allies help her to
Mr Liaquat Ali Khan was like South Africa, Australia well as Mr Attlee, were pre- balance Russia's man-
in this re- accompanied by Mr Moham- and New Zealand
sent. India, Ceylon and Pakis- and
Sydney, Jan. 9.
med. Ali, Secretary-General for gion, especially in the event of tan were power superiority,
not represented Mr
these talks. Taft
After 15 minutes of play in the Foreign Affairs, Mr S., M. Ik- apparently
resumed third Test match this ramullah, the Foreign
It is reliably known that Defence co-operation realises the necessity of morning Australia had taken the tary, and Mr Habib Rahimtoo-South Africa has alre tween Ceylon and Britain not allowing it to pass overnight score of 362 for 6 to
la, the Pakistan High Com- agreed to take on an important defined in the Anglo-Ceylon to the opposite scale.
377 for 6. Miller was 107 and missioner in London.
burden for defence in an eisdefence agreement of 1947, Johnson 68.
The Service chiefs attending gency in Egypt and the Suez and there have been talks just
conference the
Field Canal Zone, as well as in the before the Prime Ministers' Perhaps the best means by Miller, who started today with
Sir William Slim, Eastern Mediterranean Zone of Conference began of an agree- which Western Europe 96 to his credit, quickly obtained Marshal
General | Greece and Turkey.
ment between the Ceylon Fleet of the could refute the resurgent the four runs required for his Chief of the Imperial
There is, of course, no ques- Prime Minister, Dr D. S. century. It had taken him 279 Staff, Admiral
'Lord, tion of South African troops isolationist arguments in minutes to compile and included Lord Fraser, First Sea
Senanayake, and the British and Sir John Slessor, Marshal relieving the British in Egypt; Government on the implemen- the United States would only three boundaries.
of the Royal Air Force and and the Suez Canal Zone, as tation of this agreement.. Chief of the Air Staff.
under the Anglo-Egyptian Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, the their determination to
The Indian Prime Minister, Treaty only British troops can Indian Prime Minister, returned create for themselves
Pandit Nehru, was accompanied remain on Egyptian soil, but into London this morning after that
at the conference by Sir Girja the event of war in which Bri- spending the week-end in the military strength
Sydney, Jan. 9.
Bajpai, After half an hour's play, the Shankar
Secretary-tain is involved, Commonwealth country. which is the factor still
Australian Test score stood at General of the Indian External troops could be used in Egypt. His social engagements in- deficient in the free
384 for 6, Miller being 111 and Affairs Ministry, Mr Krishna It is understood that at these cluded a lunch given by Mr
talks world's preparedness.
Twenty-two runs Menon, the Indian High Com- informal
between the Louis St. Laurent, the Canadian- and Mr South African Minister, Dr T. Prime Minister.
advisers with the Chiefs of Nehru will be meeting Indian The question of the recogni-Staff here, a rough blueprint nationals in this country at § tion of Communist China has for the quick and effective dis-reception at the Indian Em-
(Contd. on Page 4, Col. 1) |positioning of Commonwealth bassy —Reuter,
be to show by action
!.
TEST LATEST
Johnson 71.
The isolationists might had then been added to the missioner to Britain,
and the M. O Matthai, Private Secre E. Donges, and his military Later in the evening, Mr.
then admit the truth of overnight total,
the axiom that solitary Australians were 94 runs ahead tary to the Prime Minister.
with four wickets in hand.
defence is never im- pregnable.
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