Around The World

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 August 1949, Page 5

Around The World

Alleged Russian Spy The Jugoslav Communist newspaper, Borba today accused a Russian Orthodox priest. Alexei Krishko, of being a Russian spy. Krishko was among a number of Soviet citizens whose arrest recently' was the subject of strong Russian protests. Borba alleged that Krishko was the main organiser oi Cdminform followers and the “unaccredited Soviet consul” in Sarajeve.— Belgrade, August 1.

Group Tourists From N.Z. A party of 40 New Zealanders who, since June 6, have been touring Britain in motor-coaches, were among the Bank Holiday crowds on Hampstead Heath yesterday. The New Zealanders are going on io see France and Switzerland before their tour ends. Some of them intend to stay for* a British Christmas. There are seven married couples in the party of 18 men arrd 22 women. The leader of the party, Mr Thomas Ritchie, estimated that by the time they return home, each will have spent about £looo.—London, August 2.

Hitler And Christianity The secret diary of the Nazi philosopher, Alfred Rosenberg, which has just been published, discloses that Hitler planned to deal decisively with Christianity after the war. . Rosenberg said that Hitler told him in 1941: “We must take Christianity away from the education of minors. Only adults may be called to church. Nobody will be allowed to become a priest until he has first served in the Wehrmacht.” Hitler intended to set up “national popes” for such Roman Catholic countries as Italy and Spain. -r-Berlin, August 2.

Modern Zionism Reuter’s Jerusalem correspondent says that a shell-proof tomb is being prepared on a hill west of Jerusalem for the remains of Dr Theodor Herzl, founder of modern Zionism, which will be reinterred next week. Dr Herzl, who died in Vienna in 1904, had asked to be buried in Palestine when the dream of a Jewish State was realised. A military guard of honour will remain at the tomb until a permanent monument on Jerusalem’s highest point is completed. This will include a forest of 100,000 cedar trees, and will cost about £soo,ooo.—London, August 2. Television In Australia

The decision of the Australian Government to establish its television services with 625 scanning lines to the inch would give Australia the clearest television in the world, said Mr G. E Condliffe, one of Britain’s foremost television and electronic experts, who arrived in Sydney today by air from England. Mr Condliffe said the decision was a very sound compromise between performance and cost, and tlr the standard should endure for a long time.’ It was too early yet to estimate the extra cost of receivers, but they vzould sell in Australia at between £5O and £6O, as in Britain and America. Television costs were falling all the time.— Sydney, August 1.

Poliomyelitis In U.S. An infantile paralysis epidemic which is sweeping the United States has resulted in at least 8000 cases m the seven months up to yesterday With August and September—normally the months of heaviest incidence—still to come, it is feared that 1949 may prove the worst year for poliomyelitis in United States history. The record was set in 1916, when about 30,000 cases were reported.- Last year was the second worst year, with 27,680 cases. Insurance brokers have been swamped with applications for the. new low-cost poliomyelitis insurance. Some towns have banned public meetings, including public funerals. Others have forbidden serving drinks over bars. Some have closed .all their beaches.—New York, August 1.

India’s Present Status The central committee of the United Left Front has decided to hold protest meetings and demonstrations on Indian Independence Day (August 15) to “expose the • hollowness of India’s socalled independence.” The front, which comprises more than a dozen radical and Leftist organisations in West Bengal, includes the revolutionary Communist Party of India. A resolution passed by the central committee, calling for the protests, described as unconstitutional the decision of the working committee of the Indian National Congress to hold General Elections in West Bengal with the old electoral rules, although the Indian Con-' stituent Assembly had adopted the principle 'of adult franchise—Calcutta, August 2.