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A
NZUS. which menss the United States, Australia have and New Zealand,
issued a statement urging the need for immediate action to bring into being
IL Southeast Asia defence lliance, but noticeably they attached
munique
No
to the com- formula for such a scheme. No mention
10 WIR
which nations should become part.
in the Bers
proposed
made
alliance. In particular the announcement avoided any
Foference
the Axian
countries. It is this omission claim which denies made by American officials that the Anzus
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New Situation In Indo-China VIOLENCE GROWS
May Affect Geneva Parleys
Evacuation Expected
To End
Last Night
Hanoi, July 1.
the
statement
The evacuation of 50,000 and Vietnamese French
of agreement "on the need
for immediate action
to
FearsTM Of
A Vietminhese
Offensive
Geneva, July 2.
The large-scale French withdrawal in Vietnam bring about the early estab-troops and civilians from the has cast a cloud over the non-Communist side as intment of collective de- whole southern region of the the Indo-China peace conference meets here again
Southeast Asia" Red River delta may be in
French today in secret session.
tence
is much stronger than the Churchill Eisenhower de claration made earlier on The the subject this week. British Government, for one, is firaly convinced that the envisaged South- east Asia Treaty Organisa- on canot be offective ur
Дя
Киссенати without the willing membership of such Asian nations
India,
Indonesia and Thailand. And it is a view which is shared by Canada. The re- cent parliamentary debate on the Geneva conference in Ottawa made this per-
Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon,
ended tonight,
H
High Command spokesman Most delegates on the Western side are won- said today.
dering how it will affect the eight-week-old talks Tonight thousands of French-¦here. Vietnamese troops were moving roads towards Hanoi along the and rivers of the delta under on zone. French Air Force planes
air unbrella covering the whole
new 150 missions bombing and otraiing Vietminh concentration. The spokesman declared that the towns of Namnbinh, Binh. Bui Chu and Phat Die clashes. Apart from these towns. seme GOO other villages nod! forted positions held Vietnames militia have abandoned.
were evacuated without serious
by
it
Some non-Communist sources say that if the Vietminh have launched a major new offensive, Will imperil the chances of agreement here.
Others say that if the French have pulled back their forces either to anticipate a Communist on- Thai slaught or as a prelude to a partition agreement with the Communists, it will strengthen the Viet- minh position in the conference room.
Uncertainty over the effects of the French with- been, drawal and the absence in any case of the major delegation leaders has kept the conference here Roing at a snail's pace for the past ten days.
The secret session today will be the first in three days and the second in a week.
The intervening time has been used for intermittent contacts between delegations in an attempt to reconcile the opposed East and West views on the thorny issue of armistice control.
When the evacuation is ended,
the most southerly held position
will be Phuly about thirty miles south of Hanol on Colonial High- Way -the "Mandarine" route- France-Presse.
came
Sw
Where Is McCarthy
Hiding Himself?
From HENRY LOWRIE
Washington. July 1. Missing-Wisconsin's Senator Joe McCarthy. No-one here knows where the Hed banter is. No-one can remember his having disappeared so pletely before or for so long.
com-
McCarthy likes to relax at little known hideouts when he is ured, but usually his staff can get in touch with him.
On June
18 he went supposedly for a three-day holiday following the end of the Army versus McCarthy hearings.
The holiday stretched and stretched, but he was expeeled yesterday for the important Senate vote on income-tax. But he was
back as the only one of the 96 senators missing.
Where he hiding? Some say on an island in the Gulf of Mexico, some say on a Mexican ranch.
His fellow committee members have a whole heap of questions ready for him but a meeting cannot be arranged without his approval --London Express Service.
Jerusalem Ceasefire Agreement
Guatemala Armistice Hold-Up
San Salvador, July 1.
IN MOROCCO & TUNISIA
Casablanca, July 1.
The authorities throughout North Africa to- day grimly faced the prospect that terrorism and counter-terrorism might blow up into a large-scale Franco-Arab civil war.
Time was running short for the military and civilian administrations of Morocco and Tunisia to take the neces- sary measures to prevent irate French settlers from organising themselves into armed forces to fight "to the end" Arab nationalists attempting to establish a reign of
terror.
This explosive situation came; Incidents increased at a terrifying to a hend yesterday with the rate. murder of a leading French per- The situation in both pro sonality tr Casablanca,
Dr tectorates offered as usual much Emile Eyraud, director of the the same vicious-circle pattern. top French-language newspaper In both military men were In that town. It resulted from placed by clvilians In
recent what observers here called "an months as French Residents- moves which were infernal cycle" of vende te-like General in terrorist attacks and repression hailed by the French govern- ruent us providing the necessary
for openings conciliatory att tude which would often ha tionalist objections to French-
reform measures,
acts.
Official sources said that be
the alleged killer four
had been a
sides other Moroccans rested in connection assassination of Dr Eyraud.
both countries Meanwhile, in Tunis, a bomb instead of the desired results,
however, exploded in front of
with the POLENCE REDOUBLED
10.
Jerusalem, July 1. Representatives of Israel and Jordan agreed at a meeting of the Mixed Hopes of success in nego- Armistice Commission here tiations here for an armis-outrages, six of which today to an immediate "an- tico in Guatemala rose to- conditional and sincere day when the leader of the ceasefire" In the fighting anti-Communist Guatemalan |hich broke out in Jeru-rebels and the new Guate
salem last night.
fectly clear. Mr M.J. Col well, the leader of the Socialist Party, observed Western "For the that
to powers
enter auch u and Australia
NO BURPRISE part with New Zealand alone would in
Washington, July 2.
cvacua- our opinion be fatal to the News of the French
The Vietnamese The renewed air of concilla-
talks have democratic cause
tion of the in Asia,
rice-growing Mich
notion that marked the last secret been Red River delta
going on for about Tuesday may military session on
have month, "those for Laos started surprise to Arnerican and
vanished when the nine delega last week. political circles,
The third set From
of parallel † military standpoint tons meet this afternoon in the
start o dep is regarded Bound Palace of Nations, some Western negotiations should
05
morrow when Cambodian staff tactics, but there is considerable | sources fear.
its political
officers arrive to meet Vietminh concern over
offieres.-Router. on
WASHINGTON REACTION Washington, July 1. Some Congressmen today re-
military hat French garded withdrawals in northern Indo- China as indicating that moves
of
the Lester
ob- the
to
and fatal to the peace the world." And for
Mr Government, Pearson significantly served, in referring united action, "Is it to be against Communism as such, regardless of the military or otherwise, which it adopts to secure its ends
means,
4
In any particular Asian country? If it is, then wo should realise that arrange- ments to achieve this end will be interpreted 118 declaration of Implacable and fixed hostility, with all action short of genorn) war, and even at the risk such war, against Asian Communism."
THE
of
nro
percussions.
American experta cast Asia believe
re-
the
store in
being achieved. violence the workers' quarter of Zarzouna
doubled the French settlers at the big Allied naval base of attitude to the problems facing Bizerto. Damage was
wide the French administration and spread but there were
no to terrorism became me
more rigid. casualties, police said.
Military, reinforcements from No leas than hine
serious France and Algeria woro assaults, causing the death of hurriedly sent to both protec- nine persons and the wounding tarates, Light mobile elements of of another
occurred in
and parachutists
Algerian Morocco and
in eight Tunisia
infantry were
to despatched days, in addition to scores of Tunisia, where the problem of other attempts that failed.
protecting some 4,000 isolated OUTRAGES CATALOGUED. farms provided the French - with Here is the list of those major their toughest obstacle. Further
were units, equipped with armoured" against French, and three cars and tanks, were sent to against Arabs, believed to be Tunisian towns to patrol the
French acts of
anti-atrects and be on hand as soon terrorists:
an attack is reported. 28-a French, sergeant June 28 June
killed..
Only yesterday IL WAI men
25
French ad June ministration official shot in the announced that 4,000 conscripts would be hurried' to the troubled back and seriously injured.
June
protectorate. The Tunidan 25 Two
Des Resident-General, Pierro Voizard. (nationalist) Parly members
returned to Tunis yesterday and
Communist lawyer
consultation with the escaped death when unknown after attadioers
attempted to shoot government in Paris on measure them.
to be taken,—-United Press, Jine 20-Machinegunning of on Arab cafe caused the death of two Tunisians and wounding of four others.
In Motocro attempts to get IREN
Con, fine are less important
malan head of state-re killed police then terrorist outrages in Cha
But, even after the Commis-versed an earlier decision to and resumed talks asion's announcement, sporedicleave
fire continued in the city this which had earlier seemed to evening. and Israeli wounded were still being brought to first be deadlocked.
stations from the border ald
Colonel Castillo Armas, the areas.
said he was rebel leader, had
his returning Chiquimule, headquarters In Guatemala, representative here. Colonel Elfego Monzon, the new hend of state, had also decided 10 leave. But they changed their minds, today and resumed their talks here.
According to Bigures released so far, one Israeli has been killed and more than 20 wounded.
The Jordan delegate told the Commission today Israeli Are and had killed one Jordanian wounded nine.
French proposals
the on South-machinery to control a ceasefire the French got quallited approval from the evacuation 13 A prelude to Vietminh at the lust sesclun, A French agreement a parti- further effort to bring the two tioning of the country-if the sides closer together had been Communist Vietminh would ac- expected today. cept political partition line as But the Western sources say to partition the stato of Vietnam statement tonight
pari of a general peace settlement,
to
Indo-China that suspicions of a
new Viet-were minh offensive could cause the
withdraw to
a partition agree. ment might allenate the Western allie, particularly the Ameri-
been increased
In the
cans.
General Wins signe of restiveness here in the
ator
the
told
Te recommend three
verto
in
leaving a
second to order an un- Mr
a com-
one
June 20-Six Frenchmen, one of whom was to die later, wound- ed by machinegun fire,
June 30-A grocery shop was subjected to a sub-machinegun burst killing one Moroccan and wounding four others.
June 30-Two French tourists stabbed by a Moroccan and seriously injured.
elties
Made Marriage Unbearable
Hollywood, July
Film star Botty Hutton besti fed today, in obtaining an in- terlocutory divorce decree, that dance director Charles Ocurran
unbear made their marriage able by his violent outbursis of temper.
The
fold blonde actress June 30- Dr Eyraud murdered,
even more Superior Judge Orlando Rhodes This trouble serious in Tunisia, where bands in nearby Santa Monica that of "fellaghas" (outlaws) spread she became so upert. by one Observers are again optimistic terror in isolated Tunisian farms, of her husband's flare-ups that killing, raping and looting as she was paralysed down, my of success at the peace talks,
The Communist-leader, Carlos well as setting wheat felds on back and couldn't move for a
month," Manuel Pellecer, is reported to fire. Recently, this countryside
"That was the last straw,”. rallying
peasants terrorist sprend to major towns und Escuintle, 40 miles south-where the number of murderous the actress saidUnited Press. west of Guatemala City, a main Communist contre.
A Uni cd Nations headquarters
sald Genera
United Vagn Bennike, chief
Earlier well under way.
they issued Nations truco
had observer, Scnator Mike Mansfield,
munique saying: "Both sides that representatives It was estimated that the French
Democrat, their
a mem-proposed Montana,
should declare that they have decided to French withdrawal would leave conciliatory proposals whlie ber of the Senate Foreign Re- of Jordan and Israel.
extend the truce until 0800 July about two million Vietnamese in thoughts of
Committee, Jations
urgent mea- the delta area under Vietminh
porters: The evacuation of sures to their governments, first 2 in order to study the various territory control. Reuter.
in the Red River forbid and punish future proposed solutions." Delta area indicates a planned conditional ceasefire, third to re- States Ambassador
John Pourifoy, United to Guate- withdrawal based at least There have
part of
of the negotiations which port to United Nations observers mala, arrived here at 1220 from DIC
between
future the any going on
breaches of the Guates City and will meet past days
Vection French Premier Mendes-France ceasefire for immediate investi- both parties: delegation, whose accusations of French "treachery"
and the bc-
Communists on
an gation. Indo-China settlement. It ap- coming more frequent and more outspoken.
pears to me to be a prelude General Bennike also appealed to the two goverments to con- Seme Vietnamese sources
to the relaxation of He and other claim that the Freach, in military
Congressional tribute Vietminh authorities on the talks here with the
Southeast existing tension by making
clear that they have no intention felt that agreed to an Asia situation wunists,
have regroupment" which withdrawals would have a bad of starting military operations rein- would allow the Vietminh' to psychological effect on the and by withdrawing any
which may have most of
forcements Northern Indo-Chinese poople, Vietnam with the possible ex-
Senator William Knowland,
been mada yesterday.
The ception of the Tonking Gulf Republican leader in the Senate,
Irsaeli Chief of Staff, port
of Halphong.
Bald
there was likely to be "a Major General Moshe Dayan and These Vietnamese
victory of no mean assertions" in Indo-China and
General Vagn Beralke held a midnight meeting tonight on
Legal Battle
Dublin, July 1.
A retired British Eighth Army general won a long lawyers battle with Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill over 11 military issue today and at the
challenged time Winston's history of the mighty war in the North African desert
SAMO
Sir
take over
Ime
to partition."
MAKES AITEAL
bo
leftist
The army is expected to take action against Pellecer and his followers-Reuter.
MIE Asian countries have many common bonds be- yond political ideology, the strongest of which is the
of upsurge
nationalism since 1946. And while several of those nations are sensitive to the dangers of Communism, they equally wary of military alliances which they regard as being "imposed" on the Far East by the Western 12 years ago.
Eric Brigadier
Dorman powers. It is recognition of
won an out-of-court regroupment" is this which has largely in- Ogawan
that Sir fluenced the British Gov. agreement silpulating
Winston will include a footnote that the French
euphemism for partition and as a "the gravity of the situation", REJOINS TORY
have gono concerted effort later this year an Israeil army spokesman said. ernment to trend cautiously in all future editions of his in the matter of affiliating | volume of war memoires entitled / ahead despite Vietnamese ob- to bring Communist China into itself with the American The Hinge of Fate" specifi- scheme for a Southeast Asia cally absolving the general of Some observers think that only defence alliance. And the responsibility for the fall of slow progress, if any at all cat latost Canadian attitude to
Tobruk or the defeats at Guzala, be expected till the "Big Five". foreign ministers return as ex- the subject
The agreement was concluded cannot,
par-
horo ticularly by the
today by attorneys for Bir ported about next Thursday. United Winston and Ogowan aftern
The conference is expected to States, be discounted, much
Gocrat 12-month discussion regain its fullscale status to con- less Ignored. To Canadian which recalled the great figures sider the reports of staff talks to my colleagues
Southeast Asia who fought across the North settle the details of ending the ministration, I can devote my Treaty Organisation may be African desert in the summer lighting in all three of the As-full efforts in the Senate and
soclated Indo-China States, good, but far better, bo- of 1942-United Press.
eyes
love the Canadians, is the gradual development
of
closer political
And
jections.
only A
The spokesman said General
the United Nations through Dayan Invited General Vagn action by the General Assembly, Bennike to the meeting to put "On that day that Communist before him "facts" of recent in- China is voted on into member cidents
in Jerusalem,
and the "Violations of ship in the United Nations 1 Jordanian
resign
my majority leader ceasefire agreement."-Reuter, ship in the Senate so that with- cut embarrassment to any of
or to
المقطع
the Ad
(Contd. on back page, Col, 2)
CHANGES IN CANADIAN CABINET
Ottawa, July 1;
Three Canadian Cabinet ministers--Mr Brooke Claxton (Defence), Mr. Douglas Abbott (Finance) and Mt Lionel Chevrier (Transport)~~~~resigned from the Government today.
QUESTION ON HK VILLAGE
PARTY
London, July 2.
Sir John Mellor, who re- nounced Sir Winston Churchill's leadership and resigned from tho Conservative' Party on June 2, last night decident to rejoin it.
Sir John Mellor, who strongly objected to members of Parla- ment getting a pay rise, resigned at a time when it was thought, Sir Winston Churchill, favoured raking their salaries from £1,000 to £1,500 a year.
London, July 1. Mr John Rankin (Labour)
He objected to the Prime asked in the House of Commons! today what use the Government Minister overriding the objec of Hongkong Intended to make tions of the majority of Cons
of the site of the Txat Tze Nul vatives" on this ferue and decided and what was to happen to the to sit in the House of Commons theas an independent Conservativa. Inhabitants of prosent
Bince then the Government has healthy village.
Mr Oliver Lyttelton, Colonial ruled against a 'pay Increase Secretary, replied: "Fart of the area of Crown land now called which has Healthy Village,
Reuter.
economic understanding be- tween the West and the Asia gront countries of which remain free, The Ottawa parliamentary de- bate showed conclusively that a Western stampede to
Mr J. W. Pickersglil, State conclude aecurity arrange- Mr Claxton is to become a The new Finance Minister
the Metro will be Mr Walter Harris, who Secretary since June 1968, mic- ments which arouse the dis- Vice-President, of approval of, for example, politan Life Insurance Company has been Immigration Minister cords Mr Harris as Minister of
since January 1950. Mr Chevrier Chilzenship and Immigration. the Asian mombers of the of New York.
will be succoeded as Transport
Mr Roch Pinar, : Commonwealth, Would Mr Abbott has been appointed Minister by Mr George Marlar,
support secure no
TRI ||DESTANZent`lów cort BALK Ø56) in a Junior Justice of the Supreme former Idheral Inader in Quebec Assistant to the
Mr. der The Inhabitants of 17 tent- Canada, Mr Nehru's Ideas Court of Canada.
It was a day of new high rales Minster 1st October, parey Cottaged on the building the deposed Prime Ministry of
Canada.
priority when British - Gulana,...... Dr. Che may not be universally
Patrick Kerwin, a former becomes the State Ser Mr Chevrier will become appointments In
SThose Jawung was sentenced to a hr The
hard, Kvours today) and 'do not mon
popular, but it is widely Canadian chairman of the Sterior member of the Suprime recognised that his in-Lawrench monway and power Court,, wa59; appointect :: CHI fluence is very great, and project.
Justice, rucoleding desk: Rintreti
nò members of the British | Mr Clixion will be succeeded Commonwealth can have sa Defence/-/Minister/ rempathyst for an Asian Holph Camgrity, whe policy which attempts to Associate 6D-
been a temporary rosettlement Prison Sentence For
Mrs Jagan
offer
ases since 1947, has ed to the Hongkongko Housing Society for Greeting: 450 to
“given
Georgetown, July 1.
|_ Mrs Janet ~agan, the
for data, twill be allowed sided £10 for being inspor did, their cottages in sorne Kion of a candidestini
1
"I enjoy them
best of all
because the filter tip holds throat irritants in check
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