1951-03-30 — Page 4

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1951.

GOAT MASCOT. LEADS THE ROYAL WELCH

Leading the parade of the Royal Welch Fusiliers is Billy, the regimental goat, in Southampton. The battalion was preparing to board the trooper Dilwara for the Caribbean. Yes, Billy went with them.

Skin-Deep Friendship

New York, Mar. 29: A man, aged 43, whose body had been so severely burned in a boiler ex- plosion that he lost 70 per cent of his skin, has been discharged from hos- pital after 4,680 square centimetres of his skin-a gift from 14 friends-had been grafted on him.

The friends attended a party to celebrate the suc- cessful operation-Reuter,

House-Cleaning Grant

The

London, Mar. 29.

Auriol Pledges Support By France Of Atlantic Pact

a. conference in the

--Washington, Mar. 29.

KASHMIR SOLUTION

REJECTED

BY INDIA

Lake Success, Mar. 29.

Sir Benegal Rau took the floor today to restate In- dia's position as the Secur- ity Council approached a vote on the Anglo-American resolution which is aimed at settling the Kashmir dis- pute.

Sir Benegal made it clear that India was unable to accept the revised draft of the Anglo- American resolution and de- clared that the plebiscite recom- mended by the United Nations' had been delayed by the

"invasion"

Pakistani

of Kashmir. He said Kashmir's ac- cession to India "continues to be effective and it will inevitably so continue unless and until the people of Kashmir settle the question otherwise."

Sir Benegal said that the. resolution sought to reopen matters settled by international agreements between India, Pakistan and the United Nations Commission in 1948-49-mainly the question of interpretation on the extent of withdrawal of Indian troops from Kashmir- and to make further concessions to Pakistan. India rejectedl arbitration in the case not on principle but because arbitration in this case sought to reopen issues already settled.

Sir Benegal addressed much of his speech to the British delegate, who in past speeches had strongly, criticised the In- dian position ›

"I would only ask whether Sir Gladwyn Jebb would agree to a proposal that matters of |military security vital to the United Kingdom should be de- cided not by its own Govern- ment nor even with its con sent but by arbitrators chosen by somebody else after consul- tation with the very country that invaded British territory.” President Vincent Auriol of France today told President Truman

THE DANGERS that the French people are determined to defend themselves against

Declaring, that parts of the foreign aggression. He also pledged that France will give all-out sup- Anglo-American resolution vio- lated the 1948 resolution and port to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

this alone was enough reason for India to reject the draft, Sir. M. Auriol and Mr Truman had) harbours, 60 percent of the to rebuild "this shattered land." Benegal said the recently-dis

Cabinet roads and bridges and all the He took pains to explain that covered plot in the Pakistani Room of the White House. M. railways, and had made great the recurring French Cabinet Army and calls for a holy war Auriol spoke in French and Mr progress in other fields.

troubles should not be mis-in Pakistan "indicate forcibly Truman in English with infer- It had been said that the taken for political weaknesses. the dangers of any failure to preters translating their remarks, French were

without courage. Regardless of changes in leader give adequate security to the The conference lasted an hour. "For you, 'gentlemen, who ship, France had had only two State". The White House announced know us very well," M. Auriol Foreign Ministers in six years India would have no objec- afterwards: "The remarks said, "it is not necessary that Georges Bidault and Robert tions to the appointment of a. of the President of the I recall the resistance of the Schuman.

new United Nations representa- French Republic included a underground, the Maquis, the

France had spent $24,550,000.-tive to make a fresh attempt Government today- ear- | statement that the French uprising of the French forces 000 to resist Communist aggres-to assist by suggestion, advice marked €275,000 to help Bri-people were determined to de-of the Interior, nor the fight in sion in Indo-China in addition and mediation how proposals re- tish landlords to smarten up fend themselves against foreign the Tchad, Bir Hakeim

the loss of 28,000 officers garding in to

demilitarisation Un- their hotels for tourists this aggression and that, in this Tunisia, in Italy, on the Rhine, and troops since 1945. And to der the resolution of Aug. 13, spirit, they were giving all-out on the Danuce or, finally, the day, he added, France was 1948 and Jan. 5, 1949 should be

one Atlantic entry of General Leclerc into devoting

third of The grant will repay hoteliers support to the North

her implemented, with due regard Berchtesgaden." some of the purchase tax theyTreaty Organisation."

national budget to defence. to assurances given to my Gov spend

equipment to

Meanwhile M. Schuman was ernment And since 1945 France had Mr Truman'a Press Secretary,

in connection there- attract dollar-spending and Mr Joseph Scott, said that M. been fighting a severe cam-expected to press for the ap-with, other visitors to the Festival of Auriol also assured Mr Truman paign in the Far East to defend pointment of a high-ranking "This, of course, is subject to

that the French forces and the Indo-China. She had lost 28, French, admiral to the com- my Government's views associated states of Indo-China ¦ 000 of her best

bined Mediterranean defence garding arbitration,. in effect, were successfully opposing Com- troops in the fighting.

command.

therefore, the revised resolution munist aggression. in Indo- M. Auriol declared France Another item in M. Auriol's continues to ignore the basic had the sinews and courage to programme today was the lay- facts of the situation in Kashmir The White House said: "Mr fight aggression anywhere in ing of a wreath of red, white and includes provisions which and blue flowers at the statue we all along made amply clear Truman was encouraged by Pre- the free world. sident Auriol's remarks, and

'AN INSULT

of General Lafayette, the French that we cannot accept... Con- expressed

intensive propaganda his confidence that

hero of the American Revolu- tinuous He continued: "The insistence tion. The statue, standing in in Pakistan for a holy war and peace could and would be main- tained and the democratic peo-with which such accusations are Lafayette Park.' opposite the levelling

wild, baseless ples would preserve unshakable made, even though explained by White House, was erected by charges against India hardly unity in the pursuit of their inaccurate information or parti- Congress.

provide a suitable background."" great objective-peace for Ansari passion, in the long run con- Tonight M. Auriol is dining-United Press.

stitute an insult as cruel as it is with the Secretary of State, Mr unjust.. We have good reasons Acheson, and Mrs Acheson, to know what aggression is and Reuter and United Press. what it costs, and that is why. we are doing and shall do all within our power not only to

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A high French source said that the French President was very satisfied with the talk. Present were Mr Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State, and M.

Robert Schuman, French Foreign

Minister,

ac-

officers

and

resist aggression should it oc-

cur, but to deter it and to save peace."

The real France was on her feet once again. following the devastation of two world

wars

FRANCE'S RECORD In an address to the National Press Club today, M. Aurol said that France resented

on her soil. The occupation of cusations that she was without France by Nazi Germany early the sinews or the will to defend in the last war stemmed from herself.

a crisis in the League of Nations news- and crises in international and collective security which left

He asked. American

Papermen to judge France by facts and not by propaganda. He recalled the state of ruin and paralysis that France was left in by the war. But France and had rebuilt 90 percent of her

France nearly alone.

France was left in a state of pain and paralysis by the war the German occupation and took courage and strength

Gold Coast Leader To Get US Degree

of

Farm Products

Up In Price

London, Mar. 29. The Ministry of Agriculture today announced a £73,500,000 Accra, Mar. 29. increase in the price of farm Kwame Nkrumah, leader of products. This figure was the Gold Coast Government, agreed between the Government has accepted an invitation to and thre National Farmers' visit the United States to receive Union, to compensate for great- an honorary degree.

ly increased production costs. He will deliver the beginning Observers here said that the of the term address at Lincoln increase would almost certainly University, Pennsylvania, on mean that the public would June 5 and receive the degree, have to pay more for some foods. on the invitation of Mr Horace The alternative was higher Bond, President of the, Univer- Government subsidies to farm- Isity.-Reuter.

er's-Reuter.