THURSDAY. MAY 5. 1955
West Germans Gain
I ndependence T oday
BONN, Germany, Thursday, May 5 (JP) —West Germany joins
the ranks of independent nations today, and a big economy ax
swings down on U.S. forces that have occupied this country for 10
years with British and French troops.
The big change comes automatically as soon as British and
French high cdmmissioners depos
it th6ir documents ratifying trea
ties restoring sovereignty and per
mitting Allied trpops to remain
only as defense forces. The United
States and Germany already have
taken this step.
“Now the gravy train has come
to the end of the line,” commented
one veteran of the occupation.
This is what it will mean for
the Allied forces:
Strict Economy
Ike Will Adopt
'Wait and see'
Chinese Policy
WASHINGTON, May 4 (/P)—
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
outlined today a "wait and see"
policy for dealing with Commu
nist China on a possible cease
fire in the Formosa Strait region.
The President also told .a news
conference this country has no
present intention of stationing
Dig or permanent land forces on
Formosa to help Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek defend that Chi
nese Nationalist stronghold.
And he said he expected the
Chinese Reds to provide ample
clues as to their intentions if they
strike at the offshore islands of
Matsu and Quemoy. This country
has indicated its readiness to de
fend those islands if the Reds at
tack them as a prelude to moving
against Formosa.
Eisenhower was brief and al
most casual in his discussion of
the Pacific situation. His manner
as much as his words suggested
he may regard the tension there
as having relaxed somewhat in
recent days.
Eisenhower also was asked how
he would go about distinguishing
a “local” attack on Quemoy or
Matsu from one that was aimed at
capturing Formosa.
His answer: If the Communists
attacked with a strength far in
excess of what , was needed for a
local attack, then it would be fair
to assume the onslaught had a
broader purpose.
Besides, the President added/
the Chinese Communists never
have talked about taking the is
lands for their own sake, but have
consistently declared their inten
tion of capturing Formosa.
Strict economy is the order of
the day. No more castles on the
Rhine for Allied high-ups. The al
lies dependents already have lost
some Occupation frills, such as
vast numbers of cheap domestic
servants.
Allied troops in general will be
required to observe German law.
The Allied courts that tried their
various nationals for offenses
haVfe faded out. Military offenses
will still be tried by courts-mar
tial, but the soldiers will be liable
to civil suits in connection with
road accidents and similar mat
ters.
Customs-free Goods
The soldiers will be able to
keep their most valuable privi
leges—the right to buy customs
free goods m the servicemen’s
stores. This means continued ac
cess to cheap cigarettes, coffee,
tea, liquor, perfumes and other
luxuries at prices far below Ger
man costs. But rations on some of
these items have been cut at Ger
man request, such as the present
limit of 10 packs of cigarettes
weekly for U.S. soldiers instead
of 15.
Foreign Trade Bill
Survives Senate
WASHINGTON, May 4 (IP)—
The Senate defeated three at
tempts to make major changes in
President Eisenhower’s foreign
trade program today and pushed
closer to a final vote on the key
legislation.
Sen. Matthew Neely (D-WVa)
pleaded in vain for an amend
ment which would have limited
oil imports to 10 per cent of do
mestic consumption. Imports
reached a level of 13.6 per cent
last year.
The Neely amendment was re
jected on a standing vote.
THE DAILy COLLEGIAN. STATE COLLEGE. PENNSYLVANIA
Viet Namese
Decide Fate
Of Bao Dai
SAIGON, South Viet Nam, May
4 (JP) —Seven hundred municipal
and provincial officials from all
parts of South Viet Nam met to
day to decide whether Chief of
State Bao Dai should be stripped
of his powers or deposed.
By car, truck, plane and horse
drawn cart they poured into Sai
gon for a “States General’’ Assem
bly, the nearest thing to a popu
lar National Congress Viet Nam
has ever had. They were in all
kinds of costume, from the stylish
white sharkskin suits of Saigon
to the blue silk jackets and red
headclothes of the Cham tribes.
Before them were two propos
als, both indicting the Chief of
State who has remained in France
a year while his country was be
set with war and postwar prob
lems and tom by civil strife.
The first, drawn up last week
by a National Revolutionary Com
mittee, would oust Bao Dai.
The second, apparently spon
sored by Premier Ngo Dinh Diem,
would oblige the ex-Emperor to
yield his powers, first to the Pre
mier and then to a popularly
elected National Assembly.
This scheme could produce a
constitutional monarchy with Bao
Dai as figurehead ruler or a re
public With a figurehead Presi
dent like those of France and
Italy.
Wonderful Way to
u!”
Red Pilots S
TAIPEI, Formosa, Thursday,
May 5 (Jh —Communist jet fight
ers yesterday challenged National
ist planes for the first time in
the Matsu area, underscoring re
ports of an ominous Red air build
up on Formosa’s approaches.
The Chinese air force said four
MIG 15s attacked four propeller
planes which were on patrol off
the coast 50 miles north of the
Matsu Islands and about 150 miles
north of Formosa.
A communique reported the
four Nationalist planes—presum
ably single-seat fighters—returned
undamaged. No damage to the
MIGs was claimed.
Other Nationalist planes at
tacked five small gunboats in
Amoy harbor across Formosa
Strait. The air force said one of
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rike at Matsu
the gunboats was set afire and
two others were damaged.
The big news, however, was the
appearance so near Formosa of
the fast Communist jet fighters of
the type that fought in the Ko
rean War.
The Interior Ministry’s Tatao
News Agency asserted the Red
land and sea buildup was moving
ahead steadily along 'the south
east coast, from the Quemoy area
175 miles northward to the Mat
sus. Tatao, which claims under
ground contacts on the mainland,
said the Communists were organ
izing “dare-to-die” units to lead
attacks on the island outposts.
The old Engineering Building
at the University burned Novem
ber 25, 1918.
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