Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-24
Protests Rise
InWakeofB Biz
Soviet Blast
Russian People
Not Informed of
Test Explosion


LONDON, Oct. "a (AP). -
Protests and demonstrations
spread throughout the nom
Communist world today against
Soviet detonation of a giant
hydrogen bomb.
Government leaders, scien-
fists and newspapers, especially
in Western Europe and Japan,
expressed shock and horror at
the 30-to-50 megaton blast set
off in the Arctic yesterday
midas Prime Minister Nehru
said he was deeply panied and
shocked"
The Russian people them
selves were unaware of the
blast, not reported either by the
Soviet government or press.
Students Protest
In Italy, tens Of thousands
of high school and university
students marched out Of classes
and paraded through streets in
a dozen cities in protest. In
Manila, more than 1900 Fill
Pine college students were re-
ported to have signed a petition
urging the Soviet Union to halt
further tests.
Earl Bertrand Russell, SO,
British pacifist and philoso-
pher, let a ban-the-bomb dele
CATION to the Soviet Embassy
in London to deliver a protest
letter and said afterward: 1--WE
had a nice interview, but in the
end it was to much for the
Soviet charge d'affaires."
Lord Russell said the Rus
slams told him there would be
no fallout from the blBSt. But
Harold Watkinson. British de-
Tense minister. said the British
Government is taking steps to
make substitutes for fresh milk
which might be contaminated
from the Soviet blast.
He said preliminary evidence
from the huge Soviet blast and
its accompanying smaller one
suggests a yield of the order OF
80 CPS"
Still Get Shock Waves
In Australia, however, Off
Gals of the Common Scientific
Industrial Research Organiza-
ton said its measurements in
dictated the Russian explosion
was in the 50-metagon region.
They said shock waves from the
explosion-8,800 miles away
were still being registered to-
day.
West Europe's newspapers
were almost unanimous in their
condemnation Of the explosion
as an act Of terrorism without
any scientific Justification.
"An actual act of hostility
against the whole world" de-
clared Rome's independent II
Messaggero.
"Senseless. not only militarily
speaking but also politically"
said the conservative ALICE
meme of Frankfurt.
"Khrushchev doesn't give a
damn about worldwide pro-
tests" commented the Express
of Vienna in neutral Austria.
Japanese were alarmed by a
warning from experts there
that highly radioactive rain and
dust from the blast would reach
their shores around Friday.
The Tokyo Government called
a conference of scientists to de-
eide whether the expected levels
of radiation would be harmful
to humans. The experts sought
ways Of coping with water and
vegetable contamination.
NOrwegians Irate
Japan has been protesting
the Soviet tests. If it is true
that a 50-megaton bomb was
exploded. it is an outrage
trampling on our fervent
pleas" Masayoshi Ohira, chief
cabinet secretary said.
The Norwegian parliament
was debating a proposed resolu-
ton protesting Soviet atmos-
pheric tests when word of the
blast was received. A Socialist
deputy termed the Soviet ex-
plosion an "abominable" act
and recommended the resolu-
ton be amended to make it
stronger. But the original
resolution was adopted when
other legislators commended that
any delay might be considered
weakness.
Newspapers in Scandinavia
grimly noted that the atmos-
phere had received the largest
single dose Of radioactivity to
date.
Mr.. Nehru declared that
such tests not only contami-
nate the atmosphere but
pollute the hearts and minds of
people everywhere"
How can peace be estab-
lished if the big powers con-
tinue their ornaments racer"
he asked.
He called for a moratorium
on an nuclear tests until the
great powers reached agree
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