HUSSEINT'S TALE OF FAVOURING A "SHAM" ATTACK
Amman, Aug. 20.
The chief accused in the Abdullah assassina. tion trial here, Dr Musa Husseini, was said today to have admitted suggesting a "sham” murder attempt but to have opposed a genuine attack against the Jordan monarch.
The Court today heard three statements which he was alleged to have given the Attorney General on August 2, 3 and 6.
According to these, Husseini said that Musa Ahmed Ayubi, a former Jerusalem merchant who
commander, who figured in the carly fighing with the Jews of Isel, and then broke with
exiled Associated
la being tried in his absence, King Abdullah and sought re- was Introduced to him by tuge in Calro where the former
Murt Abedeg
Okke,
Jerusalem eattle merchant who is also on Press. irin).
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Ayubi had come to assassinate King Abdullah, according to the
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PERSONAL SPITE?
Amman, Aug, 20. but alleged statements,
Tho Attorney-General of Husseini told him that it was Transjordan, Wail Boy Salah, dangerous and harmful, adding who is prosecuting 10 men that what were needed were accused of plotting the murder "constructive mensures."
of King Abdullah, sald today behind the the motive.
Ayubl later again approached that Hussein! about an assassination, King's assassination was personal and asked if he had changed his
splie and not polllies,
mind. Husseini said that he In չի exclusive interview hed not.
Ayubi thereafter the murder of less people, according to alleged statement.
proposed
with the United Press, Walld
Bey
said the farmer Jordanian important Officer, Li-Col. Abdullah el Tel. fussein's one of the defendants, who
became
a
Husseini replied that "sham" attempt might be made. Other evidence about Ayubi's alleged activities was given by an Arab Legion Engineer Corps officir. Captain Kazem Badawi, who was called for the Prose- cution.
being tried in ab commission
dissatisfied when his
as
Governor
Military Jomuralem was terminated,
of
El Tel is charged with guiding the plot against Abdullah and is now in exlie in Cairo.
nol
Another defendant is also on trial in absentia. The prosecu- Eleven months ngo he vald tion has claimed to, have con- all the rest, but afessions from Mun Ayub told him that
defendants pleaded of Syrian
Army five -number
officers wanted to contact guilty. King Abdullah or the Arab Legion Chief
about of Staff talks to implement the "Greater Syria project.
(The "Greater Syria" project was a dream of Abdullah for union of Jordan. Syria and
It had and has bitter opponents in the Middle East). Captain Budawi told the Court that he informed the Chler of Staff, who advised him to tell Ayubi to go be- he did not meddle in cause politics. Reuter.
FIRST PHASE
Amman, Aug. 21. The purported confession of one of the alleged conspirators Court declared "the read in assassination of King Abdullah was the first phase of a plot aimed at eliminating the Hash- mites."
Wälld Bey sold
el Tel had
been very friendly with Israel when he occupied the post of Governor of Jerusalem and sold he did not favour resistance against Israel. The prosecutor called el Tel's alleged actions gainst Abdallah high treason gainst the Jordanian Army and said he had deserted the King who had been
Instrumental his rise to high rank.
In
Walld Bey added that el Tel bad started his career as a passport officer on the Syrian- Jordanian frantier and at that time was earning £3 sterling a month-United Press.
Invitation To Patriarch
The statement was from Dr An invitation to attend the
third world
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Expedition Finds Polio Epidemic
Queen Of Sheba's
City At Mareb
London, Aug. 20.
Archaeologists, probing in the ruins of South- ern Arabia, believe that they will be able to throw light on the life of the mysterious Queen of Sheba, Mr Wendell Phillips, President of the American Foundation for the Study of Man, said here.
Mr Phillips, the leader of the million-dollar expedition, told a Press conference that he and his colleagues were the first white men to enter the city of Mareb, in Southern Arabia, regarded as the Queen's city.
In France
Paris, Aur. 20. Eleven new cases of in- fanille paralysis have been reported this month from Eastern France, the Minis- try of Health disclosed today.
Six were in the Moselle Department - nearest the Baar, where an epidemio of claimed 109 pollo has victims-two each in the Haut Rhin and the Vo@gem and one in the Bas Rhin.
In France
whole the outbreak, which reach- eif its peak In July last year, is receding-Reuter.
To
1951.
TO-DAY
U.S. SENDS SHOWING? QUEENS ALHAMBRA MILITARY MISSION TO SPAIN
Washington, Aug, 20. A United States military survey team has left for Madrid, Spain, the United States Defence Department said tonight.
The team had been named. by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the reauit of the earlier visit to Spain of the late Admiral For rest P. Shorman, then Chief of Naval Operations, the announce ment said.
Admiral Sherman died TU- rently in Naples, Italy, after discussing
Spanish leader; General Franco, the use
with the
of Spanish naval and alr- beses by the United States.
thot the
WILK
The Defence Department sald
team military hended by Air Force Major- General James
W. Spry, now Commanding General, Allantle military Air Transport Service, Westover Airforce Base. The other Air Force member Is Colonci Gene H. Tibbets of
Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington.
The Army members of tho team are Brigadier-General Frank B. Besson, Office of Chief of Transportation in Washing- ton, Brigadier-General Samuel G. Copley. of Headquarters, European Command, Heidelberg. Germany,
and Lieutenant- Colonel David C. Wallace, Office of the Chief of Staff in Washing- ton.
The Navy members are Rear- Admiral Robert L Campbell, Chict
Commander of Staff, Sixth Fleet, London, and Cap- tain Henry J. Welf, Office of Chief of Naval Operations, Washington
The Department said that General Copley and another alternate from Europe would [replace General Besson within a few days to allow General Besson to return to the United States-Router.
Be Tried officials are fairly
The expedition, sponsored by|fect of ancient times, construct-
Sudy of Man, comprises 38 Arabian historians have ut- American and European scholars. | tribüfed the downfall of the!
fabulous kingdoms of Southern
the American Foundation for the ed in the 8th-Century BC. In Absentia
Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 20.
The chief archaeologists Pro- Arabia to is eventual destruci Luiz Carlos Prestes, feader of fessor W. F. ¦ Albright," from
tion. Johns Hopkiris University, In the United States.
It has been in Arabia for the past two years, Excavations of Mareb began few weeks ago, Mr. Phillips said.
Mr Phillips said that the the Brazilian Communist Party, ancient dam was a much greater will be tried In the Criminal sight than all the greatest Court In his absence, it was works he had seen in America announced today. today. The irrigation systemi
United Press adds that the move indicated that American conident of reaching
agreement with an General Franco regarding bases. Defence oficials would not name any of the bases to be surveyed by United States officers.
British Envoy To Israel
Sir Francis
Geneva, Aug 20.
Mousa el Husseini, a cousin of
of the dam must have made Presies, generally, belloved to Haj Amin el Husseini, exiled faith and order to be held
conference on
the kingdom of Sheba a virtual be stiil in Brazil
London, Aug. 20. in
and well-.
Edward Evans, Mufti of Jerusalem who has
Sweden in Augusi "next year
The expedition found that the paradise, as it was described in hidden by the Communist Assistant Under-Secretary at ward long-standing feud
sent to the Russian city consisted of several hundred the Bible land of franking underground network, is charged the Foreign Office, has been has been with King Abdullah.
Patriarch in Mos.
acres of ruins lying 70 feet under cense, apices and precious Abdullah and his royal cousing Orthodox
the sand with portions of temples stones." it was Enounced here
with conspiring against the na-appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at today by the World Council of and buildings-protruding.-----
tional security of Brazil.
Tel-Aviv in succession to Sir Alexander Kriox Heim, “ the Churches,
announced "to-
med of a union of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and
Palestine.
No invitation has been sent Lo the Vatican which, On The Mufti and the Husseini
bitter rivals of previous occasions has indicat- family were Abdullah for the rule ofed its inability to be represent- ed officially, but it is hoped The statement sald el Hus-hero that some members of the sein! plotted with Col. Abdullah Roman Catholic Church would el Tel, former Arab Legion attend as observers-Reuter.
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Mr Phillips wild that that of Abraham-2,000 BC. or expedition had gone originally against President Getulio Vargus even before that.
day.
to the site of the ancient city and spent seven years in prison SL Alexander Knox Helm
of Timna, 40 miles from during the Vargas regime. He has been appointed Ambassador to Ankara, replacing Sir Noct general Charles, who is retiring.
The now
Minister to Israel Was untli recently Consul- General in New York-Reuter.
Two miles from the city was Mareb. a great circular ruin, the Temple "This was the capital of the of Shoba, shaped like the ancient kingdom of Gatakan, amnesty and
icteased by a was
was elected a Communist Senator when the May specimens had been dis-party was made a legal political covered and the chronology of organisation, the ancient Kings established.
Prestes went underground The entire expedition was now
was again Mareb to
party moving to
to join the ad- when the
outlawed, and is believed to be vance party there. The people of this area in
Full-scale operations would directing the Communist Party's ancient time called themselves begin in the cooler weather in secret propaganda activities in the "Children of the Moon." Navember.--Reuter.
the country.Reuter.
Coliseum in Rome with a great about which little was known. monumental inscription. The party planned to excavate this temple in the immediate future. BURIED CITY
The expedition had found a great "Moon Temple" with pillars protruding more than 30 feet out of the sand. Also In the area was huge mound of sand, beneath which, according to legend, an entire elly was -preserved intaci after being burled by a sandstorm.
"I belleve, from my ex- périence, that is very possible,"
Mr Phillips said.
The greatest sight of all, he
added, which
NATO Works On
Expansion Plan
London, Aug. 20.
The North Atlantic Treaty Council of De-
was the March Dam, puties today worked on a report on the admission ts mentioned in the of Greece and Turkey to full membership of Koran. A great irrigation pro- the Pact..
Jap Scandal Recalled
L
Tokyo, Aug. 20. Japan's biggce! post-war
political
The report will be submitted The Standing Group Itself
to the Pack's 12 Foreign Minis ters when they meet in Ottawa "'in- mid-Septémber...
scandal, the Showan
to begin tomorrow,
will present is own report on this question to the Ministerial Council.
ANATO ́ spokesman said
The Foreign Ministers will tonight that the final decision
then Jointly consider, the on whether to admit, the two Balkan - countries Would
be political and military problems
in any decision.
to token
yg by "thứ full NATO involved
admit Greeco and Turkey to in It understood Denko Fertiliser Company .cuso, opposition, uarters 'Here that the defence alliance.
to the admission by The Council will not make a some members has now gen decision on the intended Com- in which 2,300 million yen (£2,470,000) L involved, will crally been withdrawn. be reopened in court hearings their discussions, br. 137 203
The deputies will continue mand structures. This question report is expected to figure at the Home meeting of the Ministers- at their next few The scandal, which brought London before giving I finall October the downfall, of the - Anhida form...
The Deputies Council at: Ite Cabinet three years ago, involves Meanwhile, the permanent meeting today also discussed huge bribes alleged to have been Military Standing Group of the the Pact's internal budget,!!! paid by the company to Govern Attantic Pack in Washington A NATO spokesman disclosed ment officials. In return, for has been examining the milliary tonight that the deputies were Dans touted aspects and implications of the awaiting an interlim, report from Slate loans,
A former Premier, Mr
Turkey.
In Paris "Ashida, former Finance Minister
on the overall question Mir Takeo Kuruma and Mr.Set-in the Standing Group is be algnatory
·ling af discussion
6. by bf contributions mado
powers suro Hinohara, former President
rearmament
recommandations wit forwarted the, deputies
titesh admission EAN 0 Economic and Finance Board
The general lind
of the company, are among more lieved to be that Greece should
| thah 90 defendantsi 3
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