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Situation
In Iraq Improving
Baghdad, Dec. 22.
General Abdul
Amia
Mutalib, Governor of Bagh-s
Steady Increase More Controls
In Crime All Over World
and district, today-released Prosperity May Be The Cause
20 people detained during
the
November disorders,. which began over dissatis-
faction with the programme
Geneva, Dec. 23.
A United Nations expert said that crime has increased steadily throughout the world since the war and that 50 to 55 per cent of all criminals in re-Britain and France are "repeaters".
for elections due next month.
About 13
people were
leased at the end of Novein-
freed a week ago.
M. Paul Amor (France), representing the United
ber, and 10 politicians, in-Nations Department of Social Affairs at the United clating former Ministers, were Nations first 16-nation conference on crime prevention Further releases are expected and the treatment of offenders, which met here in mid- December, said that the reasons for the increase weTO the | still a mystery, but he thought that it might be due to
prosperity.
within the next 24 hours.
An
announcement
・
opening date for the elections is expected this week.
General Nuruddin Mohmoud, Iraqi Prime Minister, announced on November 24, Immediately after the rioting, that the Government would shortly end martial 1nw and would hold elections.
These would be based on a new electoral law and would be by direct suffrage..
the present system, voters elected
224 clora-who in turn
chose Parliamentary deputies.
"Pooplo who were able to cam money very quickly, es
workers who cer-
EGYPTIAN.tainly deserve improvement
OFFICIALS
VISITING
On November 24. General THE SUDAN
Abdul Mutalib ordered the dis solution of Iraq's five politics? parlles. and suspension of all civil laws during a partort martial law.
Assemblies of more than five people were forbidden and a 12-hour curfew, from six in tho evening to six in the morning, was imposed.
This has been twice reduced until it covers only the hours from 10 p.m. to 40.m.
Ten were killed and 100 in- jured in the incidents, according to unconfirmed reports at the time.-Reuter.
Soviet Singer III In U.K.
London, Dec, 22. Murk Raizen, noted Russian busso of Moscow's Boisho Theatre, became ill today with a throat infection and was un- to his homelang able to return
troupe of Soviet must-
with
Lew
che artist, whose
pearances In Britain evoked critical notices that included favourable comparison with the late Foodor Challapin, was treated by a British doctor for possible pneumonia. Later 22 Russian doctor was called.
The Soviel group cuded its lour with a concert, yesterday at the Royal Festival Hall,— Associated Press.
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may have become used to a better type of life, and havo refused to live less well," ha said.
The habit of earning a live- lihood casily may be part of the reason, he said,
Jettisoned
London, Dec. 23. Manufacture and sale of -all 'inçat products (except uncooked beef and pork Lausage meat and earned corned meat will be freed From control. in Britain on
was announced to. by the Minilaler of Food, Bajor Lloyd George.
Most meat products are now plentiful. Many of them are selling at less than maximum price. Controls -on sausagen and
mest will be reylawed Boon-Reuter.
America To Buy
British Warplanes
Paris, Dec, 22,
An American `plan to spend nearly $500,000,000 "Some people were inspired by 1955 for first-quality by those who rose rapidly British and European jet without working," he added.
Three
years from
now the Aghters was reported today United Nations will hold by informed officials, work congress in New York to recommend universal
mollaods
About half the amount-in- for dealing with crime prevenning to $225,000,000-bas nl- lion and offenders, he said.
Khartoum, Dec. 22. Two senior Egyptians a Minister and an army officer-to-
ready been approved by the day met the 'Sudan's two rival
OPPOSES "CAT" ·
United States Congress under American religious landers before visiting
$1,000,000,000 M. Amor personally disagreed the the primitive. Southern Sudan with the practice of whipping offsitore buying programme, cut
ณ. inspection tour. The two Egyptians are Sheik indors, as some people in for the 12 months ending next June. The balance is expected Britain had suggested. Bakury, Hassan El Ahmed
under the United States 1989- (rellglovej mapping is
not a good Minister of Waqts
ho' told a British 1854 and 1954-1955 foreign ald foundations) and Major Satch Sallot, an officer who has taken opposed to all violent methods
"I am appropriations. kennewspaperman, adding, part in the Anglo-Egyption talks used ci prisoners. I don't want be Britain, France, Italy, Del- on the Sudan's status in Cairo. to interfere with any practice In
They
The
"Main supplying nations will gium and Holisnd, approximate- The exact contribution Belgium wili, munke at the moment is uncertain and is being discussed.
Although final status have yet,
arrived here last night Britain, but personally I am ly in that order, and today mel Sayed Sir Abdel very hostile to the iden.""" Rahman El
El Mahdi, leader of M. Amor, sald that crime was Ansar religious sect and arsentially a social rather than patron of the pro independence juridiest problem which is why UMMA Party
and Sayed Sir the United Nations placed it in Ali El Mirghan, leader of the the Deportment of Social Wel- rival Khaimir religious group. fare. Both men haye immense follow- He sat that the rate of crime Ings among the Sudanese. In the United States is pretty Major Salim, teld El Mahdi high, as is the rate of "repeaters", the results to date of the Calro but he did not off-hand ramon talks on the Sudan. Before her how high-United Press. iving for the Southten. Sudan
he
is also to see individual leaders of other Sudanese parties and tell them about the patalks. Cairo
Inquest On
RAF Men
a
to be agreed in Washington the expectation is that mes: of the plants ordered will be British- designed probably the newest British types of Swifts, Hunters and the Gloster Javelin all- weather fighters. As far as can be established the planes may not be ordered in quantity,
The United States intended probably to buy a total of 1,700 The position of the Southern
war-planes from European Eudon, is a key issue in the
countries by 1956 for distribu- Cairo to tks. Because of its
tion among the members of the pagan primitiveness Britain has Bassingbourn, Dec. 22.. 14-nation Atlantic Alliance agreed to the Sudan Governor- Recording
Verdict of whose air defences need General having special responsi-2ccidental death today at a strengthening. bilities safeguarding its 3,000,000 Bassingbourn
RAF station
But the informants reported, people in the proposed new inquest on three pliot officers that figure is likely to
be res constitution to give internal self- who were klited when the Canduced somewhat because of the government to the Sudan. berra jet bomber in which they. Allled determination to con-
Egypt hoa cald she wants wer
were flying crashed on Friday centrate more on getting quality these special responsibilities at Steeple Morden near Roys- instead of quantity for their abolished. The 6,000,000 people ton, Lancashire, the Coroner said The Allies decided in Lisbon in the Northern Sudan are evidence Indicated, there was Mostem
and much more ad- possibly some fault in the on-last February they should set vanced and it will be northern-gines of the aircraft which must out to have 9,000 operational ers who will make up the have caused them to burst, inte aircraft in Europe by 1055-a target ngure they probably will
majority of the Sudan's pro-fomes.
posed new parliament. Self- "But there is no evidenos such need to revise in view of their government will precede self- #5
determination.
Also visiting the south on Saturday will be representatives of the main political parties the north.-Reuter.
Indicate would acgligence."
criminal general decision to slow down The pace of their arms drive.---. The dead were Pilot Officers Associated Press.. Henry Lloyd Westwood, 20. Thomas William Tench, 23, und Terence Joseph MacMillan,, who would have been 20 on Christ- mas Eve.
The Deputy Omeer-In-Charge frights told the Coroner that the plane hat beer. checked during the morning,
Flames coming from the on- gines Indicated there might have been something mechanically wrong-Router.
Major Killed In of Canberra
Accident
Stoke-on-Trent, Dec. 22: News was received in Stoke- on-Trent today of the death by accident on Saturday at Fayld Canal zone, of Major Ronald
Hussary Copeland, of the 11th son of Mr Ronald Copeland, Managing Director of T. Copeland and Sons,
makers Limited,
of spode chinn. Details of the accident are
พ.
THREAT TO GERMANY
Washington, Dec. 22. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
of the German. Republic quoted as saying that greatest military
was
threat
the to
Pakistan's New Western Germany came from
ConstitutionTM
Czechoslovakia rather than from the Communist Ea
East German or Follsh
armies. Karachi, Dec. 22. This comment was made in a told the Constituent Assembly United States News and World Premier Khwaja Nazimuddin eopyrighted interview with the
Pakistan today that the Major Copeland was paying stitution will make it a State news magazine.
can Report, an independent weekly visit to Egypt and was hoping to rejoin his wife and tre song In Cyprus for Christmas.-- Reuter.
not yet known.
BAN MAY BE LIFTED
Tokyo, Dec. 22, Information reaching trade sources here intimates that the Singapore Government may lift
terests of non-Muslims will be there in which the rights and in- The Chancellor wen asked if was a danger that the guaranteed.
German Soviet zone army · and
fully
He made the dectoration ine
the Polish army might under- giving the Assembly a report take an action against Ger- on basic principles embodied in many without open Soviet par the draft of the Committee ticipation.
which is framing the conflitu- tionUnited Press.
Bo-
Hits quoted reply was: "I do not foar it
so much from the Soviet zone. The great threat I Indian Senate Recess sea is coming from Czecho
slovakia. Apparently the New Delhi, Dez, 22. the ban on the import of biryela The Indian Senato (Upper victa are now engaged in secur→ port
House) adjourned sine dle this inga Armer hold on Czecho
At the moment they information
caused evening after concluding a six-slovakia, enthusiasm among manufac-week scosion. Both Houses of are meeting with certain dim- turer's who expect. export to Parliament are due to meet culties as the recent trials (the Indonesia via Singapore in large again on February 11 to discuss purgo trials of 14 leading Com quantities-France-Pressp. the budget-France-Presse. munists) have shown"-Reuter.
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