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c TWO MEDFORD (OHEOON) MAIL TRIBUNE r"V " " TP L i ikJ Tuesday. M.y 16, 1850 , U-l!. 1. IVI-I.. Save Stranded Woman 'Aemt RndioTlephata JOVIAL TRIO United States Secretary of State Dean Aeheson (left), British Foreign Minister Ernest Bevln and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (right) share a laugh at Lancaster House In Lon don as they attend the opening session of the Big Three foreign ministers conference. The first day ol the conference was overshadowed by a sensational French proposal for pooling the coal and steel indua- tries of France and Oermany, and perhaps all of Western Europe, Freedom of Religion Suffered Setback When Communist Forces Conquered China (Editor's not Here ll the second of two dlipatrhrs on the ilatui or rrlljrlc-n and the clergy around the world. Today's dlipatrh deals with the Far East and the raclflc.) By Homer Jenks United Press Correspondent Freedom of religion suffered one of its worst setbacks when the communists conquered China. The world's most populous na tion. China long had been a fertile field for missionaries, With 463,500,000 Inhabitants, its population Is more than twice that of the Soviet Union and thrice that of the United States. The new Red mien of China, like their communist comrades of eastern Europe, already have begun gradually suppressing re ligious freedom and bending church institutions to their will. Forces Holding Own A United Press survey show ed, however, that the forces of religious freedom are more than holding their own throughout the rest of the Far East and mid dle east. Here is a country-by-country survey of the status of religious freedom In those areas: Far Easi and Pacific China The communist gov ernment at Pelping has restrict ed the spiritual activities of Christian missionaries, but per mits those who operate schools and hospitals to carry on their work. Mission property is taxed heavily. All but a few dozen Roman Catholic schools In north China have been placed under slate control and the pupils sub jected to communist indoctrina tion. The movement of mission aries, like thnt of other foreign ers, is limited because they are considered potential spies. Bund hist arid Taoist monks and nuns have been forced to work on the land or in factories. The of ficial creed of the government is atheistic materialism. Indonesia T h e constitution of the United States of Indonesia guarantees freedom of religion. The country is 02 per cent Mos lem, 3 per cent Roman Catholic, 3 per cent Protestant, and the remainder Hindu. Japan The post-war constitu tion guarantees freedom of re ligion, and it is working well in practice as well as theory. The state, which once sponsored Shintoism, is forbidden to exer cise any political authority over religion or engage in any re ligious activity. Shrines Torn Down Korea (Southern) The Lib eration of southern Korea from the Japanese brought freedom of religion. Japanese Shintoism was the state religion during the Japanese occupation, but all the Shinto shrines have been torn down. The most active religious group in modern southern Korea is the Christian 5110,1)00 Pro testants and 500,000 Catholics. Russian orthodox priests were deported last year, but Korean converts still hold regular serv ices in Seoul under a Korean pastor. Malaya There always has been complete religious freedom. The Islam faith predominates, wilh 2.575,0110 adherents, closely followed by the Chinese national religion (Confucianism) with 2, 560.000. Philippines The Untied Stales instilled the principle of religious freedom In the Philip pines, and the new republic has kept it alive. About 80 per cent of the population is Roman Cath olic. Thailand The conslilnlion guarantees freedom of worship, but the king must be a buddhlst. About 75 per rent of his 18,000. 000 subjects also are Buddhist. Next comes Islam, wilh 1,500,-j 000 Moslem followers. Middle-East Egypt The conslilnlion des ignates Islam as the state relig ion, but other faiths generally have complete freedom. There still Is some persecution of the CPTS (Ancient African Chris tians) and a few sects of the Greek orthodox church, mostly in the form of discrimination against their employment in public services. Iran The slate religion Is Islam, and the Shah, prime min ister and cabinet members must be Moslems. However, there is no real suppression of or dis crimination against other faiths. The Christian, Jewish and Zoro- astnan minorities eacn eieci a representative to the Iranian senate and house. I Iraq There is complete relig- lous freedom and no state church. Israel The May, 1948, dec laration of independence guar antees religious freedom. ; Religious Freedom i Lebanon There is religious freedom in principle. Each faith has its own religious court, which deals with marriages, di vorces and other personal af fairs according to its own tenets. Judgments are executed by state courts. The government controls and supports financially o n i y the courts of the Moslem Sunni faith, which has the largest number of followers In Lebanon. Syria A constituent assem bly charged with writing new constitution is considering mnk ing Islam the state religion, but there have been many protests against it. Each faith has its own court, as in Lebanon, and there dom. general religious free- Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 16 (U.R) Two Bell aircraft helicop ter pilots were the central fig ures yesterday of a dramatic res cue in which they saved a woman stranded on a rock above the American falls after their craft had crashed and exploded. The airmen, Owen Neihaus and Joseph Cannon, were dis patched to the scene by Bell yes terday morning in answer to a call for aid from park reserva tion police and firemen who were unsuccessful In attempts to reach her. The woman, identified as Mrs. Jcannettc Bugay, 25, of Niagara Falls, was taken to Mt. St. Mary's hospital. She was treated for shock and exposure. She was not able to sav at once how she be came stranded on a rock in mid stream about 300 feet above the falls. The pilots were hospitalized for treatment of shock and burns. Neihaus and Cannon were toss ed into the rushing water when their helicopter, hovering over the rock where Miss Bugay was perched, was pulled down into the current. The motor of the craft exploded, but no fire followed. The impact knocked the young woman into the water, fortunate ly close bv Neihaus and Cannon. The two airmen grabbed her and Swiss Bell Ringers Plan Appearance Here The oldest set of Swiss hand bells in the United States will be featured in a concert by the Ma son Swiss Bell Ringers, nation nlly-known novelty musicians, at f irst Baptist church on rriday. May 19, at 8 p.m., according to the Rev. W. A. Dawes, church puslor. The program will consist of familiar gospel songs and hymns. There will be no admis sion charge but a free-will offer ing will be taken. Other instruments which will he played arc the musical glasses, singing saw, triple oc tave chimes, Vibraharp, Solovox and a mysteries "Victor There min" which has no keyboard, strings, reeds or pipes and plays without being touched. The bells which will be used were brought to the United Slates in 1847. Knock, Knock.' Who's Jf? Jusf a Mubbibi Sarrim Cincinnati (U.R) Maybe you didn't know it, but that fellow knocking at your door to ask all those questions for Uncle Sam was nobody but a mubbibi sar rim. Anyway, that's what they called a census taker about 3,700 years ago in the ancient city of Mari In what is now Syria, Dr. George E. Mendenhall of Witten berg college, Springfield, O., told the American Oriental society here. In those days the census was about the snme thing as a mili tary draft. Dr. Mendelhall said. The mubbibi sarrim didn't both er to count the women. The names of the men were written on clay tablets and they went di rectly to war. Dr. Mendenhall said his translations indicate. ATTENTION STREET CLEAN Baltimore (U.R) The Women's Civic League of Baltimore is looking for the most glamorous street cleaner in the city. The league offered a prize of $40 for the four slreet cleaners who show courtesy to the public, proper handling of containers, care and cleanliness of equip ment, etc Garbage collectors also are eligible. Dead line on CtaealtleO Arts! s-.to p m tor following day: 10 a m Monday tnp MnnHav, nM o.. for Sunday a m. 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P. iportt editor, hopai li maraly a playful punch ot him. t 2X fl TAIPEI, Formosa During a visit to tha military hos pital, marking har first public eppaaranco since returning from tha U. S Mm. Chiang Kai-Shalt grants an excluiivs intarview to Arthur Goul, of United Pra. IONDON-Veteran U.P. correipondent Har old Guard interviews Seretse Khama, whoie marriage to an Englishwoman brought m threat by the British Government of banish ment from his Bamangwato tribe. 3. ABOARD THE U. S. CARRIER FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT OFF CUBA-Ai the "ongel" helicopter which hovers near the ship when planet take off and land pre potet for a flight, U. P.'s science editor, Paul F. Ellis, climbs inlo the cabin. rV r . " i . aarV W-s f "at " FRANKFURT, Germony-Out on ball alter U $. authorities jailed her for spying for the Russians, Reglno Row isVe.ga lo!!s her story to U P. corre spondents Wolter G. Rundle, center, end Jack Meehan. HOllYWOOD-'n an exclusive inter, view, Humphrey Bogort states his views en panda? and other night-club feune to U P.'s correspondent in the screen capital, Virginia MacPherson. aeaaaasssaaeaisasaskn.il esassaaasasasassaaeaeaaasaj Ismmmf -i v - - , ' jjj,l,i'll I'll) JM'V ') RIO DE JANEIRO At the South Amer icon conference of U. S. ombotsodors, Thomas ft. Curran, United Press vice president for South Amerieo. talks with U. S. Assistant Secretary of Store for latin America, Edward G. Miller, right. Seated at the left is Henche! V. Johnson, American ambassador to Irosil. TOKYO-Rusiion member of the Allied Council for Jooon, It. Gen. Kuima Derevyonke, refusing fa listen to American charges of Soviet failure to re patriate thousands of Jopanese, wolks out of a council meeting. To get a statement by the gener al, U. P.'s Earnest Hoberecht goes along with him. Read United Press Dispatches Daily In the MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
