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Part of the chilti'en's wing at the Masan tuberculosis hospital in Korea, run by the Save the

Children Fund. Every one of

these children was once a des- perate case; now they are on the mend, but one little girl still snuggles down. She is typical of

so many Korean children — un- dernourished and ill, they are too lethargic even to be naughty.

~ Power From The Atom

By ANTHONY WHITE

LONDON rAlP) —- They are an odd sight, these huge steel and concrete demijohns which loom above the ancient countryside of Britain. But they gladden the heart of an Englishman. for they point to a new British leadership.

These oddly shaped things are atomic furnaces for making elec- tric power.

In many ways. Great Britain’s International inﬂuence has dimi- nished during the half - century. But the English are bounding ahead of the rest of the would in mapping a future powered by the atom.

For the last two years, power from one atomic station—famed Calder Hall —— has pulsed into factories and omes, turning the wheels, lighting streets and cook— isg meals.

‘ LONG-RANGE PLAN

A network of these stations is planned. stretching from the bleak north of Scotland to Sussex in the south. The second will open Jan. 1. Four more are under construction. In eight years there will be a dozen of them turning out a quarter of all the electricity Britain needs.

It’s the same old electricity. It doesn‘t make lights shine any brighter or the toast radioactive. Basically, an atomic power plant works on the same principle as any conventional station. .Instead of using coal or oil to fire its boilers, it uses a nuclear reactor. The heat to run boilers Ls produced by nu-L'lear fission— the splitting of atoms.

Compared with the new stations under construction, Calder Hall is

small. Its output is 150,000 kilo- watts.

DOUBLES PRODUCTION

I A new plant rising at Bradwell in Essex will have a production M 300.000 kilowatts when it is completed in 1961. In time it. too. Will be dwarfed.

. When the network of 12 stations ls complclcd in 1966. it will gen- erate. between 5.000.000 and 6.000,~ 000 kilowatts.

The stations will cost 321.000.— 000.000 12,800,000L But they Will save the nation 18,000,000 tons of coal a year while reducing its fuel bills. And eventuﬁly. the British housewife's fuel bill will be lower.

'But the atomic power plants Wlll bring no sudden prosperity. It wrll take scientists at least 12 years more before they can pro- duce atom - made power more cheaply than through conven- tional processes.

LEADS THE WORLD

Officials of the British Atomic Energy Authority say Britain al- ready leads the world ~ even Russra and the United States —— in the application of the atom of industrial power.

' Sir John Oockcroft, director of .he atomic research station at Ham's-ll, says Britain heads Rus- sra by two years in putting the atom to this kind of peaceful use.

Almost every year since the Second World War Britain has had to import coal. Last year she Dought 2.900.000 ions —- most of it from Ulle United States. That cost the country $71,274,000.

Yet that was just a fraction of the nation's $700.000000 fuel imv Dm‘l hill. The halare was made up of flch oil imports.

Britain has no natural oil re sources. The demand for electric

DOWer is doubling excl-y 10 years. The extra \ll'tllll on Ilt‘l‘ finances f-and the rill-cal of a s’lltII-(ll‘ﬁ'll in all supplies from the ficklc ‘\Iidrl'c I-'.l _:

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power. Britain turned to the atom. RISING FAST

The giant new power factories are rising fast. .

They are being built in sparsely populated areas, at least 25 miles from any centres of population. But there are tiny villages near some, and most of the villagers don’t mind.

“Most of the people in the vi]- lages are proud.” says an Atomic Energy Authority official. “They have been told the chances of anything going wrong are 3 mil- lion to one. And they think thel stations will bring them some kind of pmspenity too."

Now scientists are working to control an even greater source of power — by the fusion, instead of the splitting. of atoms. And if they can turn this to commer-

: Is Reiuvenaling Britain

heavyweight hydrogen is rela- tively cheap. It can be concen- trated from seawater.

llf you could create electric. energy from a thermonuclear re- action using heavy hydrogen as fuel you. need never want for power.

But all this is in the rosy fu- ture. Scientists at Harwell —— the “workshop” of Britain’s atomic energy program — are still in the early stages of trying to achieve a positive fusion.

Earlier this year they did get it for a minute space of time, but it was not definitely estab- lished that it was the result of a thermonuclear reaction. Now, after technical modifications to ZFJTA, they are ready to try

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By JOSEPH MacSWEEN

Canadian Press Staff Writer

Christendom celebrated Christ- mas in solemn worship. but there was conflict as well as joy.

It was an uneasy peace as the birthday of Christ—the Prince of Peace—was marked around the

ands made the pilgrimage to an— cient Bethlehem.

But in some parts of the world, the message of peace had an es- pecially poignant meaning. Thcre was still tension on Nationalist islands off Communist China and the war continued in Algeria, where France has been fighting a Moslem rebellion four four years.

. MOSLEM WORDS

The Moslem world had a few tsings to say during the Christ- mas season, of interest in con- nection with the cold war.

King Hussein of Jordan. who considers himself a custodian of many sacred places, broadcast a message of assurance to Chris- tians. The Moslem monarch as— sured them of his friendship.

President Nasser of the United Arab Republic made a speech attacking Communists in the Mid- dle East. classin-g them with im- perialists and Zionists as agents of disunity in the Arab world.

The Arab leader was not, of course, speaking in connection with Christmas, but took an un- usual occasion for one of his rare attacks on the Reds—the second anniversary of the withdrawal of British and French troops after their invasion “of the Suez Canal Zone in 1956.

RED LINE

Russia was not idle at Christ- mas. One announcement from Moscow on Christmas Eve pro- posed a stepped - up program of atheism to fight the idea of Chris- tianity.

In a more ofﬂicial way. the So- viet Union issued a warning on the Berlin crisis, in terms that Western diplomats said were en~ crusted with the barnacles of old diplomatic proposals.

Russian Foreign Minister An—

drei Gromyko continued the Kremlin's campaign to get the Western countries out of Berlin by‘predictions of nuclear war if they stay. He bolstered his argu— ments by stating Russia is well armed for any trouble. QUEEN’S MESSAGE Queen Elizabeth, in her Christ- mas message to the Common- wealth, talked of the importance of spiritual and family varues. She said: “R seems to me that Christ- mas is just the time to be grate ful to those who add fullness to our lives. . . The prophets and dreamers, philosophers. men of ideas and poets, artists in paint, sculpture and music. . . .

“Even so, we need something more. We all need the kind of security that one gets from a

again.

happy and united family."

ciall advantage, Britain could achieve unheard-of prosperity. ‘ The scientists have been mak- I ing their tests with ZE’I‘A, a fan— tastic machine in which they heat a puff of hydrogen gas to terrific temperature in efforts to make the hydrogen atoms collide, 10m and release energy.

Festivities . . . The

URANIUM NOT NEEDED Instead of expensive uramium as fuel, heavy hydrogen is used.1 Chemically n is indistinguishable T from ordinary hydrogen. And ‘ a ,

YORK NOTES

Mr.and Mrs. Leith Watts and son Dan/id, Charlottetown, spent: Sunday in York at the home of I Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Watts.

Miss Lavina MacDonald and niece .Iaunice Watts, Charlotte- town. spent Sunday in York at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Crockett.

Mr. and Mrs. Ira Lewis and lit. tle daughter Heather of York, spent. Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Colby Lewis, Freetown. _

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Crockett and Mr. and Mrs. Laken Lewis and son Allison, all of York, spent Sunday at Glen Valley.

Rev Walton Elliott and Mrs.* Elliott and little son, were guests ‘ at York Manse with their re-. spective parents, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. George Elliott. ‘

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest MacDon- ald, York, spent Wednesday af- ternoon in Charlottetown.

A motor party of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Crockett, Mr. and Mrs.‘ Laken Lewis, Miss Marjorie Lew- ' is, York,.atiended the Hunter Riv- er Christmas Concert on Tues.‘ day evening, December 16th.

Arthur Vessey, Work, spent Wednesday in Charlottetown.

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Vessey,‘ York, spent Wednesday in Char-l Iolielown~ l

Randolph Hurray, York, was a visitor lo L‘hm'lullclmlnon Wett llcsdaj'. December lfxlh.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vcssey. and daughter Lois. were visitors to Charlottetown on chllesday_

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I The Queen explained shc ha Idecidcd against allowing her two .chlldrcn to appear with her on television, adding “I am sure that all of you who are parents will understand."

POPE'S XMAS

Pope .Iohn xxiu. in the first

world. Millions observed the holy year of his reign as pontiff cf the day in their homes, and thous-lRoman Catholic

Church. cole— Ibrated Christmas Eve Mass in the presence of the Vatican dip- lomatic corps—a custom that had been abandoned 15 years ago.

In an earlier message to his flock. the 77dyear-old Pope issued a statement at once benevolent and warning: "Let our gestures, befitting men of good faith. con- tain nothing of war or Violence. But it is necessary to be vigilant in the night of lengthening shad- ows. to be aware of the insidious- ncss of those who are the enemies of God “

MONEY NEWS

The two most powerful coun— tries in the world gave news of their government-money plans.

President Eisenhower an— nounced he will submit to Con— gress a budget b allanc ed at around $77,000,000,000 fo r his country of 175.000.000.

Finance Minister Arseny G. Zverev of Russia proposed a bud- get of about 700.000,000.000 rubles," which on a strict calculation would amount to nearly $190,000,— 000.00, but for various reasons the government budgets in Soviet and Western blocs are not com- parable.

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The 12-year-old girl. at play, somehow allowed her tongue to freeze to an icy iron bridge rail- ing. She wept. terrified. while by- standers puzzled how to pry her loose.

Then a Christmas reveller ar- rived. with a bottle of whisky. A judicious portion of spirits was poured by a policeman — and prestol—the girl was free.

Remand Accused In Car Theft .

HALIFAX (CPI John V. Sulek. 28, of Montreal. was re- manded on $3,500 bail here Wed- nesday on charges of car theft.

Sulek. who was retumed fiiom Montreal by Halifax police, will stand trial Jan. 2.

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Dec. 29 on the same charge.

Sheikdom, Twice Size Of ,

By TOM MASTERSON

KL'WAIT AP A sir e sounded in the early morning over the distant desert.

Lackeys flung o p e n doors, guards jerked to attention.

Two hawk-laced Bcdou-ins gin- gerly lifted tiny hoods from the heads of fierce-looking hunting falcons perched on their arms.

Everyone in the headquarters of the Kuwait security depart- ment froze in their tracks, and their eyes swivcllcd toward the main door.

Through it swept the “Eagle of the Gulf" —Sheikh Aubdullah Mubarak — his long black Arab robe and swirls of fine desert sand trailing behind him.

The sheikh‘s hca‘vydiddcd eves pinpointed each person lining the path he strode to his office. There were lean desert tribesmen. his favorite falconers. a British army officer. an ambassador from Saudi Arabia, a European envoy, businessmen, clerks, lanckeys and newspaper correspondents. COMES NATURALLY

The majestic entrance wasn’t

an affectation of Mubarak, the deputy ruler of this oil - rich Aralbian sheikhdlom. To him it comes naturally. ' Art 43, Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak is the heir-apparent to the throne now held by 63-year-old Sheikh Nbd‘ullah As<Salim Avs~Salbalh.

When the ruler is absent, Mu- barak rules the sheikhdom, which is about twice the size of Prince Edward Island and is one of the most valuable pieces of real es-

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“black gold.” His main job.’as commander of the army and security forces,

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Powerful and aggressive. Mu- barak looks tall in his flowing‘ Al‘atb robes. Actually. he is only, of medium height. ‘ TITLE EARNED ,

Hooded eyelids conceal gimlet‘ eyes. His jowls are heavy. his complexion slwarlt‘hy. All this gives the impression he is ruth- less. He is. He has well earned, the title “Eagle of the Gulf.”

Tiny Kuwait is washed by the northern waters of the Persian Gulf, only here they call it the Arabian Gulf. It is bordered on two sides by Saudi Arabia and the other by Iraq.

The oil in Kuwait has made Mubarak, the others of the royal famin and most of the 80.000 Kuwaitis inordinately rich. lit has given lucrative businesses and employment to 140,000 foreigners and provides Britain with a seem. ingly inexhaustible supply of oil.

Encircled‘ by Arab countries seething turmoil. Mubarak toler- ates no nonsense in his.

Yet is is apparent there is less restraint on the people of Kuwait than in any other Arab country.

Mubarak tempers his toughness with the genuine graces of Is- lamic politeness and traditions. And that’s swiftly fading among the new oil-rich Moslem An'isto- racies.

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with 03 bedrooms — is can“; ercd the finest in the Middle

His frequent European visit. have become legendary. Abroad”. he dresses in European clothes He cats with a knife and fork; But at home he reverts entirely to Arabism. He cats with hi, fingers, as do all good Moslemg And he beams with delight on u. foreign guest who adopts his cu;

Sheikh Abdullah Mubarak keg, no harem. Divorced from his firs wife, he has been married to 131 second for 15 yea-rs. They haw one daughter. _‘

He is a shrewd politician. _._

One by one. Middle East who fought Nasscrism—the Ara; nationalism personified at an moment by Dresident Gamal Ah dul Nasser of Egypt — in m countries have fallen from powef in the last few years. Mubar" has intently watched this. rim of fighting it, he’s joining it. ‘2

In Kuwait, Arab nationalism gaining momentum every thy, The young nationalists am Nasser. ..

So does Sheikh Albdullah Mus barrak. F

“Ilt isn't in our interest to ind, late Kuwait from the rest of ti. Arab wor ," be said. ,

The violence and intrigue. M plague other Arab countries not likely to erupt in Kuwait;

There are many reasons wlﬁ. One is illustrated by what haﬁ. pcned in oil~rich Iraq. Mlost Ib qis lived in extreme amidst extreme wealth so tli ghastly end of Nuri A's-Said wﬁ inevitalble. \ g:

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