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doubtful whether
Peking's reply to the British
hote
of proteat over the shooting down of the C.P.A. airliner Inst Friday will throw much light on the identity of the fighter air- craft responsible. Peking will naturally want to din- claim any association with, the action and the pecullar colour and markings of the attackers will suffice to give the Chinese Communist authorities all the protection
they require to convince that gullible part of world opinion that the aircraft were not theirs. The fact that the aircraft were propeller- driven is another pizzling feature but this is only be- CLUNG in recent years wej have associated Communist air power in the Far Eastj with the MIG jet fighter. But this is not to say that Communist China does not have propeller-driven planes, Captain Philip Blown has said the aircraft were af a foreign make. All but the Communist countries in the Far East are equipped either American with British or
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A NEW THEORY
Why Dr
Sir Winston Summons His Cabinet Otto John Went East
The latest developments from London and Washington over the shooting down of a Cathay Pacific airliner near Hainan Island on Friday by two “unidentified” aircraft were:
Berlin, July 26.
A new possible explana-
chlef. Dr Otto John, has
• The United States will probably join Bri-tien of the disappearance of tain in protesting against the attack and the West German security will demand compensation for the sur- been given in Berlin. vivors of those killed. Three Americans were among these who lost their lives.
• Sir Winston Churchill has called a cabinet meeting today to discuss the incident.
• The Foreign Öffice indicated yesterday that the British note of protest had demanded full compensation for those who lost their lives in the attack and for the loss of the airliner.
Washington, July 24. The United States will warplanes-with the possible probably join Britain in pro- exception of Vietnam which testing to Communist China may have a few aircraft of against the attack in which French manufacture: the two unidentified planes shot only other exception Is that down a British airliner and there may be one or two killed three Americans, off- countries still flying aircraft¦cials said today. of Japanese
There was no doubt in official manufacture of World War quarters that the United States II vintage--but this i very remote possibility. HE British Government is THE
satisfied that the twe fighters could not have been
German or
auld demand heavy compensa- tton from Communist China for the Lurvivors of those killed. sought Indemnity also may be
for three Amertenus injured.
United
a
United Incident
the
level conference Department,
span
tire
the
spokesman
10 Cs--
. The explanation starts with some known facts.
On Tuesday, July 20, at 11 a.m., Dr John was present at a memory of the ceremony
men shot by the Nazis after the
bomb plot
Hitler. against
Ho was seen
the monument
standing before recently erected in the former Nazi War Min's- try in Bendlers Strasse.
before, years news came that Hitler the bomb explosion. the plotters knew
the that
fallure
0 tantamount to WB3 sentence of death for each of them.
NOT SUSPECTED Yet Dr John succeeded leaving the Ministry.
Throughout
in
Dr
Не was not Immediately suspected and was able to take where he plane to Madrid became a representative of the German airline, Lufthansa.
But his younger brother was and arrested a few days later
a butcher's was hanged from hook
his day of memories ten years later, Jehn tell prey to extreme de pression, according to his wife.
His decision to go to East irz the made evening At 8 p.m. he took a taxi to doctor friend. He knew that the doctor had contacts with the East, and that he could help him in his plans
COULD NOT PASS Dr John
himself pass across the demarcation line Into the Soviet zone either by taxi or in his official car.
t was possible in else's company.
Was
could
not
But
somebody
"Tiny's" Baby Makes His Debut French Politicians
"Tiny" the Californian Sea Lion at the London Zoo, Regent's Park, is the proud mother of a make Baby, born, a fortnight ago, which has just made its first public appearance, much to the delight of the.. Zoo visitors-London Express Photo,
Terrorists Blamed For Huge
Morocco
Fire In
emotions were obylaus. Several times he was unable to the State contain his tears. at
Exactly ten The Department
when did not reveal who attended the meeting but there were indica- survived tons it was a meeting of the Security Council--the National
top defence planning nation's body.--United Press.
CABINET BUMMONED
London, July 25,
Sir The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill has called full cabinet meeting for a tomorrow morning to discuss the shooting down of a British "unidentified" airliner by two aircraft near Hainan Island.
with Не conferred Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Offcials said nn nrigry pro Eden, by telephone today. test might be sent to Peking Mr Eden Teutned In Lon- from anywhere but Coming soon as an official investidon to study the latest Soviet munist China of which tion of the incident is completed. note, also expected to be con
The is a part. Hainan island
Staten has no aldered by the full Cabinet to- representation in imorrow,
the and to follow Accordingly it has lodged a diplomatic
Communist China, but could
dispatches Germany diplomatic latest protest. The attackers could not have failed to notice the send the note via British diplo- from Hongkong.
matic channels. It may also
Although the contents of the large Union Jack or the com- protest to Moscow if it is found British note has not been reveal pany's name painted on the that Russia was in any way in-od, a Foreign Office
Bald: 1 think you can safely airliner. The airliner was volved in the attack.
NENT TWO CARRIERS
assume that
that compensation for also flying well within the
Britain already has lodged
the
plane
missing international air corridor
passengers was demanded. which has been re-defined protest against the ostack.
The importance the
MOST SERIOUS Hince the Communists ve- Staves attaches to the
For Britain,
αυκίσεις The was shown in the dispatch
of tablish closer contacts with the cupied Hainan Island.
two
carrie:s lo al.craft therefore attack
Chinese Communists, the attack scene to aid the
rescue opera-Jazt Friday was the most serious dastardly, shocking crime
tions.
Incident since a For Eastern involving the wanton mur-
The ships were already Red Chinese gunboat shot up & der of men, women and
operating in the area on routine Hongkong Naval patrol ship lust children and can only be
manoeuvres, Defence
Secretary autumn. condemned in the strongest Charles E. Wilson ordered to "provide fighter cover It is not for us to terms.
Britain's compensation demands the rescue operations
to pro for the gunboat incident. Rearch for mitigating ex-
vent interference." the
Speculation in London that for
attack,
The action may have stemmed
the sudden attack was a "mis although the strange colour
from reports that Communist and markings of the
Police said they believed because he lighted up a cigarette China hail warned it would fire take" and the result of a "local
Another theory was that ho calm the to nighter planes do pose on any
rescue planes that at- decision" did little
concern at the shooting down fell into a trap and that Dr the fire was set by Moroccan in the native quarter. Tobacco shops are favoured targets for some intriguing questions. tempted to land in the area.
of a plane which les regularly Wolgemuth hypnotised him.
terrorists in the latest in- bombings-United Press. In explaining his motives, A TALKING POINT A dellborate plot cannot be
over the route-United Press,
that he
a violent had cident of John said It was
expected
MENTION NO
Nazis ruled out of consideration,
watched former July 25.
repaign to win self-rule from London,
into but again it is doubtful United States will use the in-
emerging
Wife public The New China News Agency throughout West Germany, add-
the French. whether any explanation of cident as a talking point in its effort to linc up other free
the recent shooting
The fire started at 3:30 p.m, today quoted ever be nations
Southeast in
Asian
ing that he found them even bullt of on down
American
in his own service France local time in the Bordj Moulay defence system.
Chinese Nationalist plane as an Presse.
Aumar area of Maknes, a poqr The attack also is likely to
of the Communist
BRITAIN BLAMED
and overcrowded shanty-town. IT is possible that if the air-work against Red China's hopes samp
London, July 25. Violent winds fanned the flames
Cairo, July 26. craft
by of obtaining membership in the "determination to safeguard the were manned
tomb Nations this or United
The newspaper Sunday Ex- which swept through the flimsy autumn, security of our country. Communist
A 4,000-year-old three quarters Chinese
The agency statement, one Russian pilots the attack officinis said.
The Voice of America has many similar ones issued in the press charged today that weak, area destroying
easy-going Dr Otto John, who of the buildings in the suburbs, bearing hieroglyphic inscrip- Fifteen hundred people were tions. was discovered near could have been perpetrated
days, mado statement past few
no vanished into East Berlin with to Friday's shooting
German left without shelter and three without the connivance of been broadcasting a the Peking authorities (but the Secretary of State Mr Lerence
the United States this in no way mitigates the ohn Foster Dulles saying the town of a'British Skymaster, offence), for the attack, down" while on a routine flight perialists order the Chiang Kai- shek brigands to send any more following so soon upon Mr from Bangkok to Hongkong.
in provocative action Diplomatic circles consider the planes
the Chou
rocent En-Jai's encouraging atatements on incident particularly dignificant against us, we will shoot them
on the down as we have done before, better pence prospects in then that it came-hard Far East, invests his werds heels of the Geneva conference the agency sald.--Reuter,
where the Indo-China cease-fire with a hollow mockery and was arranged.
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this point wil forthcoming.
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It appears that Dr Wolgemuth was afraid of compromising him- self. He refused to drive Dr John into the Soviet sector.
Dr John's disappearance was
them But China has never settled announced officially by Bonn
over
that the
airliner "was deliberately shot
1,800 Die In
of
"GRAVEST VIEW" They painted to the Russian pertinent question at this and Communist Chinese state- ntage le: does Peking really ments of less than a week ago mean what it is saying claiming peaceful intentions, end when it makes such state-holding out ments as a long, as", all the peace-loving peoplo
There was no Information in New Delhi, July 25. untiring efforts, peace can Washington on the present where
At least 1,800 people are be assured'. (Chou. En-lai, boule of the two carriers sent on the day of the attack) ? to the crash scene. It was pre-believed to have perished in
the possibility of Tibet Floods
make
co-existrico between and West.
on July 22.
It was said earlier that the
1,500 People Left Homeless
Maknes, Morocco, July 25.
Favour New Soviet Proposals
Meknes, Morocco, July 25. Many French politicians, including several of the Prime Minister's advisers, today urged that France should accept the latest Soviet proposal for a conference on a European collective security pact.
However, authorised French sources said tonight the Soviet proposal was being studied and France would act in concert with its allies on the matter.
The Prime Minister, Defence Community T deed M. Pierre Mendes-France, issue.
Attempts to find a compromise has not yet allowed his per- amendment of the treaty, which sonal opinion of the new would satisfy both its friends Soviet nate
France, have, become and foes
practically falled. M. Mendra- known. He put off work on
Franco
15
to
· believed
DO his "economic new deal" pro-
hesitating between two ways of
to
In
gramme today to discuss it hate the deep division of
with Foreign Office officials.
on ratifying, the treaty. Many of his advisers hope the He may propose additional dynamic Premier will repeat his protocols (which would not need recent success in persuading the parliamentary pproval) to be United States to take part in the
quickly between the six final stages of the Indo-China EDC nations, They would aim at conference, by obtaining Ameri-preserving the national integrity
of the French defence forces. can participation in the proposed European talks. It was under- stood that if he decided to make such ap attempt, M. Mendes- France would be prepared to fly to Washington for talks with President Eisenhower and Mr John Foster Dulles, the Secretary of State.
One reason why people here believe
that there is a new chance .for
"peaceful existence..in Euripe is the con•• ciliatory attitude; which I la considered Mr. Molotoy, the Russian Foreign Minister, adopted at Geneva..
of
WANT ANOTHER TRY
number An increasing French politicians in all parties favour another attempt to get some agreement with the Ruts-. Out Europe and especially sions about
about Germany.
French diplomats see a new and chance of freeing Austria
The alternative is a gentle- men's agreement between the EDC nations that such modifica tions will be agreed to after, the French Assembly, has ratified the BDC. The latter suggestion is unlikely to see the light of day, since the Gaullists in M.. Mendes-France's Cabinet would think this too risky,
CHANCES REDUCED
· Ast thinga, stand now, the Hussian move has further ro duced the already slim chance of EDC in is unmodulett supranational" form being rail fled by the French Parliament. Some officiels claim there are 262. pro-EDC deputies. In the National Assembly, 269- against,62 doubtful.and 4 dctermined to abstain. They claimed that the 62 doubtfula will Anally agree to ratification end that therefore EDC may get through.
of But »
"neutral" member
uniting Germany. They believe the Cabinot.............. expressed the
go
Germans.
the Russians are willing to much further than at the Berlin view that on a straight. vote, and ratification would be rejected cenferenco earlier this year and by 30 votes." Even - dfwth that they would accept a non-
Lower. House - accepted it, "Be Communist united
go through the provided
she was kept out of treaty must
where it will almost Senate, the European army and the certainly be rejected by an Atlantic alliance.
majority. Then the They believe the Russian in- absoluto
Lower House would have to by blank ratlication Dr even
absolute majority, which, even West Adenauer's
German the treaty advocates regard as Government will have difficulty almost impossible. Reiter at that
with
Frente-Presse, German publie opinion if hand.
TO START TALKSĀ it rejects the last out of
Parliamentary factions which
Washington, July 25. The United States will begin офрозе
one German rearmament and French
of the consultations with Great Britain membership Supranational European Army and France tomorrow on
to the Soviet sce in a conference the pof- formal reply
agreement which Union's note, it was learned to- would make the European day.
Fire swept a suburb of Morocco before dawntentions should be fully explored revate
Komad Communists were blackmailing today leaving at least 1,500 persons homeless, him, even that he was a Com-police reported. munist agent himself.
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Dr
of the
HT
cam-
4,000-Year Old billy of an
Tomb Found
Rovine,
Germany's are
known to have died. Police the village of Mit Rahina,
ether
The tomb is located near the end of the corridor.
i-curity
death toll may be about one and a half kilome on the insisterice believed the Government. [higher.
tres from Sakkara, yester- The Express openly compered
FOREST BLAZE
day. John Just outside Maknes, disappearancs of
Road repairioon who were blazes in the digging in the area stumbled on and Dr. Wolfgang Wohlgerouth, arsonists starice who sought equally the company forests.
a big, flat stone which revealed. of fun-loving women and men,
'narrow corridor whén: It Glas By early today nearly 200 with the light of British diplo-acres of timber, land had gone removed. mats Guy Burgess, and Donald up in flames despite the efforts MacLean.
of hastily summoned fire-fighters
The Government's Antiquitles this is a MacLean and from neighbouring press, Burgess all over again," Express
A third blazo destroyed hall Department immediately banned foreign editor, Ian Colvin said the wheat crop en o ferm in the all public access to the area
Maules De Féves region. a signed article.
until excavations are completed. in a
In Camblanca, the word went Mit Raking is described by "But what is serious is that once again a man known to out last night forbidding Arabs Egyptologists as "one of the |have Inadequate for his to buy celd drinks, presumably Pharoah's necropolis. Job was
long in a vital because the bottled fruit juices, Archaeologist Zakari Ghoneim, who discovered, the unfinished The word was spread by young pyramid at Sakkara, surveyed Forelam Officernment
Moroccang In two who threaten- the tomb which is located on the Brition of the end lemonades are French-mades
ed reprisals return to floods at the Tibetan town nominated him for the West they would
for any Arabs same site as his excavations. And if this is taken together
The results of his examination Buying once the rosZUA
the routino duty. with Peking's
are expected to be known recent opérations were completed of Gyantse, according to re, Clermonsecurity post demands for "liberation" of
The extremo, nationalists also shortly United Press. In his statement on the incl- ports received tonight.
Offices of the Indian trade cellor Honrad Adenauere Formos, it would rather dent, Mr. Dulles sald the United
Admauer was overruled and have banned tobacco--because
that is a French/monopolyratd SEAL SWIMS UP. Auggest that contrary to all states "takes the gravest vlow representative known as Fort our hopes of a new era of of this action of further bar Chantale were reported to have John went into the top post if many a Boroboan has been shot
sway by raging of the West German directorate
THE THAMES pence in the Far East barly for which
with the backing of dangoraus tensions
Thatan trade representative was Sir-Tone Kirkpatrick British The Express continue to inflame the local responsible."
Deported to mid
High He said, The action to be done situation. To many the lake by the United States will
whole career of this man) attack has dealt a severe be subsequently announced.” blow to their hopes for the A Glate: Department, spokes- -"madinte
and, the British Foreign Of future. The impression wlil man said today, it has not yet harden that "EKIS. I WII been determined what the action that we can expect from the will be. Other sources said, how- Red
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