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Salah Pasha Willing To
Meet Eden
Paris, Der 1 The Egyptian Foreign Ming- ter, Mohamed Sulah el Das Posho sou hear today that he was prepared to meet with The British Foreign Secretary. M: Anthony Eden.
Jatter wished to discuss the Anglo- Egyptian crisis during his Paris visit next week
If 11
Salah el Di Pashu lets the Egyptian Fleiegation to the United Nations.
Egyptian
cirles
here said that Mr Eden had proposed a Paris meeting with the Egyptian Master during a talk in Lor- don on Tuesday with the Egyp- tian Ambassador. Abdel Fattah Ani Pasha
here couri
British quarters nt confrers this but believed that Mr Eden told the Am- bassador of a new British desire for settling the dispute.
Salah e Din said today that hy had received no proposals.-
Reuter
PAKISTAN MEDIATION
Paris, Der. 13. Authoritative sources said to day that the Pakistan Foreign Minister, Sir Zafrullah Khan,
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Mr Lyttelton Replies To Barrage
Plane Lost In Fog
London, Dec. 13.
A passenger aircraft got lost for two hours after it had landed safely.
One of London's heaviest fors was closing when the big plane Tarxied. AX the plot taxied long the three-mile runway the miat grew so thick that he could
wing-lips
7
braked to stop The control Jasur ordered the pito! to slay ground crews roubl Put unl coach lum and guide him in
Thre to wing truck. เน Names and 14 fire ngine started
for The plane. Tunty menules later they were lost in The fog.
A second convoy was look for buth the sent out to plane and the best convey.
CHAMPAGNE PARTY The plot tell the 35 passen. gers to slay calm.
"We
ol
be musi
happy. Tav "There soid.
is plenty champagne and brandy aboard
One hour and 10 minutes
the
Janded plane
after
arching motorcyclist found it Everybody stopped celebrating.
的
The motor-cyclist confessed, "I've found you and lest my- self."
baggage
I lost in the fog too--United
Press,
-
US Diplomat Dismissed
Washington. Dec. 13. The State Department announced tonight that veteran diplomat John S. Service has been dismissed following 2 decision by the government's top loyalty review board that "there 1s
reasonable doubt" as to his "loyalty."
In making this decision. the Loyalty Review Board of the US Civil Service Commission in effect re- versed previous findings of the State Department's own Lovalty Security Board.
The State Department's Board on at least half a dozva occasions over recent years has declared Service to be neither disloyal nor a security risk-Associated Pres
Race Riots Sequel
4 Officials
Indicted
Chicago. Dec. 13. A Federal Grand Jury in vestigating violent race rioting
four
Of Questions
COVERS WIDE VARIETY OF LOCAL SUBJECTS
AT PRESS CONFERENCE
For half-an-hour in the Council Chamber this morning, the Right Hon. Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, answered a bar- rage of questions put by Hongkong newspapermen and foreign correspon- dents touching on constitutional reform, British recognition of Red China, local agricultural and fishing industries, reparations grant to the Hong- kong University and housing, among other matters.
The Cabinet Minister was introduced by Mr J. L. Murray, Press Relations Officer, and was accompanied by the Hon. Hugh Fraser, Parlia- mentary Under-Secretary.
He de-
Of the grant of £1,000,000 to the University, Mr Lyttelton said that was generally stated that such a grant was only for the benefit of the rich. clared, "I think that such judgment is extremely superficial. The training of more doctors and teachers in the Colony will help the poor in a direct way, "The Government endowment, tunity of seeing what the pro must have worsened somewhat.
Mr Lyttleton: Your Latin will be largely used for scholar- lem looked llke from the ships which is the best way ground but he had not carried Integral means an essential part EXT which this comparatively he matter any further, he said.
Another correspondent (inter- small sum could be used," he A corresponden! then referred jeeting): Mandarin his added
"I think this is the Mr Lyttelton to the report that language. (Laughter). wisest way to alleviate condi- the Prime Minister, Mr Chur- Asked about the political re- tions on the human side some chil had suggested the aplationship
Communist writi: pointment of Field Marshal China, the Secretary of State Lord Montgomery to be said that a good deal depended Supreme Commander in South-
(Contd. on Back Page Col. 4) east Asia,
in suburban Cicero last July, of the urgent matters in this indicted
village Colony." 100 three policemen officials and today
he
CAN'T BAY MORE The Minister replied that had released a statement to the Press in Singapore and that was the most he could say at the
Mie champagne and brandy
Replying to a question dealing went around again,
with agricultural and fisheries One bour inter The bus They were accused of de- industries in connection with reached the plane A radio i priving Harvey Clark, Jr., 29, nancial assistance from the equipped fire engine led it back Negro bus driver, of his con- Colonial Welfare and Develop to the terminal. Then every stitutional sights. Clark's un- ment Fund, the Secretary of body sat in the terminal for an successful attempt to move his State said that allocations had other hour and a half.
family into an apartment in already been made and that was moment. Trucks sent
bring the the all-white town of 70,000 one of the reasons why he came An American correspondent from the plane got touched off bloody rioting. to visit Hongkong. "When the asked that if Lord, Montgomery The rioting continued spora- metter comes up I shall at any were appointed would it indi- dically for three days, the moo rate be able to look at it with cale a lessening of confidence to sometimes reaching 5,000.
win some knowledge," he said.
over confidence of the National Guard troops were Mr Lyttelton was also asked Chinese civilians?
restore order. a question regarding a
Mr Lyttelton: It is very diff- report Twenty-three persons, including that the Colonial Welfare and cult for me to answer a purely soldiers
1 would and policemen, were Development Corporation had hypothetical question. injured.
how
many signified willingness to
lu say give besine finaticial bucking to a large co- Generals were Presidents of the operative housing scheme for United States in its history. The Singapore run something on the number is surprising.
mes of the Building Societies In A correspondent: Mr Secretary, the United Kingdom. He was reading what you said in Singa- also asked whether the Corpora- pore indicating that Mr Malcolm similar Macdonald was to be relieved tion would support a
and not to be reappointed. scheme here.
had resumed tentative and in. COMPANY PAYS
formal mediation. efforts be tween Britain and Egypt
"Contacts
both with
sides continue, souree close to the Minister stated. but struct secrecy was being maintained ca the method of approach as well as the response- if any.
Ser Zafrullah might discuss
witi
the Foreign M. Anthony Eden, next week--United
1
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here later
Press.
RECORD FINE
New York, Dec. 13.
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The Federal indictment, con- A trucking firm paid a record talning two counts, also named traffic fine of $4.740 today. 36 other Cicero policemen
The counsel for Harris Ex- co-conspirators, but not as de press Incorporated of Charlotte, fendants, They are not subject North Caroline, paid the fine in to trial. the Manhattan Traffic Court fo Each count carried a
max- wipe off the books 467 tickets for mum penalty of $1,000 ne or legal parking by its trucks a year's imprisonment, or both. since last April. United Press. --Associated Press.
COMMENT OF THE DAY
EGY
Egypt's New
VAR
GYPT'S decision to recall her Ambassador from London is not calculated to case the tension in present Anglo-Egyptian relations. On the other hand it is little more than a gesture and does not constitute a severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries which, at
time, ane threatened by the Cabinet in Cairo. The Egyptian Embassy will continue to function in London and immediate signs are that the British Ambassador will remain in Cairo. In fact the door is still wide open for the composing of Anglo-Egyptian differences by means of diplomacy and statesmanship. There the will be general satisfaction in moderate and inviting tone of Mr Anthony Eden's declaration that he is willing to meet the Egyptian Foreign Minister for discussions in Paris-u suggestion to which Salah el Din Pasha has verbally given a promising response. Informal talks on this high level may well produce more satisfactory results than the exchange of Government notes through diplomatic intermediaries. Mr Eden has been thoroughly briefed and his position is strengthened by the knowledge that Britain has a powerful moral case. Denials have come from Cairo that Mr Eden has actually com- municated new proposals to Egypt, but there is no serious reason to doubt that the British Cabinet has worked out a formula, capable of settling the dispute to mutual satisfaction. Egypt has said she is not interested in the proposition made by the late Socialist Government that Britain surrender her Canal Zone rights held under the 1986 treaty provided Egypt identifles herself with the Middle East defence scheme. Tho only practical alternative, therefore, is for a new Anglo-Egyptian treaty to be concluded, Britain will not, and cannot, recognise Egypt's unilateral abrogation of the 1936 pact, not only because It
Opportunity
own
would gravely jeopardise her interests, but because the very act is a denial of accepted principles which govern contracts made between nations. Whatever Egypt's aspirations, they are not to be realised by unprincipled and rough-shod methods reminiscent of Hitler and his Nazis. A new treaty, based on recognition of mutual rights and common interests suggests itself as the most appropriate solution to the existing impasse. But it would also have to tuke into consideration the future of the Middle East as a whole, and in particular the safeguarding of the territory from armed aggression. Only deliberate shortsightedness and bigotry can permit the Egyptians to remain indifferent to the peril in which the country places itself if it is not prepared to share in a common defence scheme capable of safeguarding the future security of all the Middle East. National aspirations must, to some extent, give way necessities of the day. In her own interests, and those of her immediate neighbours, Egypt cannot afford to create a vacuum that will deprive the Middle East defence scheme of its effectiveness. The current dispute involves not merely Anglo-Egyptian relations; there are much wider impl- cations and dangers to be taken into consideration. I, up to the moment, the Egyptian Government has allowed itself to be swayed by emotional nationalism, the opportunity has not yet been lost for Nahas Pasha and his colleagues to display statesmanship by making a new approach to the question of Egypt's future. There are reason- able and acceptable concessions to bo made by both aldea if the dispute is approached in the correct frame of mind. Dritain has made it evident that she is willing to reopen negotiations on
This picture by a staff photographer shows the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the Hon. Oliver Lyttelton, flanked by the Hon, Hugh Fraser, Parlia- mentary Under-Secretary, and Mr J. L. Murray, PRO,
at this morning's press conference.
"I am rather glad you asked Mr Lyttelton: I gave no indica- At the same time, that question," he replied, add- tion at all ing that the main object of the if General Eisenhower were to Corporation was the establish- be appointed President would meat of industries and its com- that be a sign that the country mercial undertakings which tended towards military dictator- private enterprise could not, or ship? might not be able, to undertake itselt
that he had
of
Wins Boy Scout VC
The Chief Scout has awarded the Cornwall Badge (the, Boy Scouts' VC) to 17-year-old Michael John'. Matthews who, despite losing the use of his legs has risen from a Tenderfoot to a 1st Class Scout. He plans to become a King's Soout before undergoing another operation. in March. Ple Jure shows the young man receiving congratulations after the award for the "plucky way in which you have faced long and serious illness" had been made known,
your
Disarmament Plan Revised To Meet Soviet Objections
Paris, Dec. 13.
A revised Western disarmament plan, aimed at meeting some Soviet objections, was presented today to the United Nations Political Committee, which, however, adjourned until tomorrow without discussing it.
A British spokesman said the revisions were an effort to meet some of the Soviet objections disclosed in the "Big Four" sub-committee last week.
The adjournment unlil to- armament Commission" because control "to ensure the pro- MOITOW,
proposed by he was afraid that it might be hibition of atomic weapons,
becaust, misunderstood as meaning total The new resolution spells out they said, the General Assembly disarmament and not merely a more clearly that it the task
wus
Columbia and Yeru
was meeting at the same time reduction in armaments. es the Comittee.
of the Commission to incor-
Another concession to theporate the question of an atomic The preamble of the revised Soviet view is contained in the weapons ban in the proposed draft contains new paragraph directives to be given to the treaty. in which the General Assembly new commission rearms its desire "that
by thr The Commission is also direct- The Assembly. Among these is one ed "to determine how overall a draft report for limits and restrictions an all
United Nations develop :in effective collective
to tation and reduction of armed forces and all armaments security the system to maintain the pace and armaments "and for effective can be calculated and fixed" that the armed forces and aring international control of atemic This is less direct than the ment of the world be pre-energy to ensure the prohibi- carlier draft which
Eave the gressively reduced in accordance tion of atomie weapons and Commission the clearcut task with the purposes and principles the use of atomic energy for of formulating overall limits of the Charter."
(peaceful purposes only.
all armed forces and The new resolution concedes In the earlier draft the Com- armaments. the Russian request that the mission was merely told tha! The new reεolution Αλεύ new Commission to be created one of the primary objectives of stated should be called the "Atomic the United Nalious was to should Energy and Conventional Arma- achieve ments Commission."
An American spokesman ex- plained that the Soviet Foreign Minister, Mr Andrei Vyshinsky, had objected to the name "Dis-
Water Tank Bursts: 4
Killed
Tucumcari, New Mexico,
Dec. 13.
Questioned on the possibility using Hongkong-trained He declared it was not the Chinese as policemen in Singa- object of the Corporation pri-pore, Mr Lyttelton replied that marily
ben financial instity- it was mainly a question of tion. Its capital was £100 getting
help in training of Chinese police. million. He said to international
not even any report of a hous A correspondent then read out ing project in Singapore,
several
questions regarding A huge water storage, Hongkong, said Mr Lyttleton, Hongkong as posed in a local tank burst with blast force lively editorial, end before enumera in this town of 8,500 popula-
ting them, asked Mr Lyttleton tion today, killing four resi
"You must indeed think 7 am dents and injuring three a slow moving politician ir 1 others and wrecking 15 had not," replied Mr Lyttelton, buildings. with a broad smile.
new basis; the responsibility is Egypt's to make a reciprocal gesture.
Was
one of the most
commercial fields one could find and there would not be a large field for the Corporation here.
WHY HE IS HERE
if he had read the editorial.
Opening the conference, the Secretary of State said he had
Water cascaded from the 3.- The Correspondent then asked 000,000-gallon steel tank, flood- nct come to the Colony to talk but to see the position of the about where Hongkong sing a two-block area and razing Colony and to
try and guage with relation to the British or damaging three warehouses, various trends of public opinion. Empire and Commonwealth and several business buildings and anxious that you if the Colony were attacked how numerous houses. "I am more should ask questions than that for would it be defended? I shoud make statements," his
INTEGRAL PART added
questions,
Several railway workers' ra- ported that they saw a blue flash just before they heard the noise of the tank giving way--United Prce.
My Lyttelton: I am going to Dealing feel with Constitu- make a statement at the Fair tional reform. Mr Lyttelton suid | this afternoon that this matter was under sym- number of the wring a large pathetic consideration and if course, Hongkong Is an integral meant just that, "One of the part of the Brilish Empiro and
Reject Request reasons why I am here is that Commonwealth. I will speak
Copetown, Dec. 13. when I get back. I can consider thin mito
afternoon
on hiter having hal
The South African) Indian this matter from first hand full consultation with Mr Chur- Congress rejected tonight the knowledge and not merely by chill and iny colleagues.
.. Prime Minister, Dr Daniel studying by documents,"
The American correspondent Malan's appen for all-Party Agricultural smaller on integral, whird, from the warm support of the Goverment
research 2113
depended on word
Gloverturent's
source: be took to mean, upright United Nations General Aftons- and honest
(bly, trutar,
while consideration would be given. He had had an oppor-
on
that the Commission
prepare. Its first-repqrt effective international by June 1, 1962----Reuter.
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