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YAN'T someone in authority silence Aamral Fenx Slump? Not a month has passed since he dropped
Was
his first brick. That after the shooling down ol the two Communist fighters by American naval aircrait of Haman island follow- ing the C.P.A airliner
Aumiral outrage.
Stump, the U.S. Pacific Naval chief
told his pilots, still searent-
ing for survivors three ans four days after fue
crashi
had occurred anal kiter abj
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hope victime had been abandon-
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NO SOLUTION TO E.D.C. DEADLOCK
Tired Delegates Suspend Talks
On Compromise
Brussels, Aug. 20.
The Brussels Conference on the European
ed, to be "quick on the Defence Community Treaty tonight suspended its We discussion of the compromise plan put forward by planen which approached them, at Belgian Foreign Minister and Chairman, Paul that time when tension was Henri Spaak. running very high trigger-
The Conference was understood to be now work. happiness could have starting on a plan produced by the Italian delegate Attiuio
ed a WAJ
Admiral
Now
the sum Piccioni. Stump. SAVIN
a tour of for completed mona's defences, hints that the U.S. Navy might restrict itsell
1;
not
te
rence of the island aguinal
14
Communist
President
INVASION
A further session has already been arranged for tomorrow and the foreign ministers of the six EDC countries were expected to continue work until a late hour tonight.
M. Spaak, emerged from the conference room for
a moment this evening and told reporters "There will
Eisenhow be no solution tonight." li brandly! er's words). says: "No Commander hikes
aided
se. Nin
"We shall continue work until will have un- 10 MIL back 112111 wat rather late and
fotoorrow," he Sometimes we might want other
counter - proposnis. 10 which would tough talking might have! French revisions,
Whittie DAILY The stipra- been
national" form of the scheme.
to go out and shoot some; ourselves." That ketd of
الس
the wi
right for Admiral's grandparents were under i stort earlier when they fought redskins į tonight,
in the Wud West a century | M. Spank's plan was an effort ago, but in 1954, ita inin save the Army scheme from Hammatory, provocative and collapse, but was irresponsible.
A
SCEPTICAL Asia will, j
all probability, interpret his statement to mean that will be the in- America stigators of new trouble in the Far East. It will throw suspicion 4731 All other American defence
plata including SEATO which to prevent was conceived further aggression. Ilow America hope to convince Asia that it does not want A
war wheli
HUW
Lev
Bruce,
said to have found too vague for French #reptance.
Mr David
Amerteun special envoy, was expected to arrive here from Parts by train night to talk with M. Spoak and the French Premier, M. Pierre Mendes-France.
DULLES APPEAL?
Kunwars wete circulating here that Mr John Foster Dulles, American Secretary of Stube, was going to address pressing appeal to M. Mendes France to be conciliatory 41730
of the co- the ference,
12
after
it allows its serving mill- The weary delegates were still
boters to make talking tary commanders
they statements wildly conflict.started this morning. They were in their fourth restricted session. policy?
and the second day of the con- We have learned to accept ference.
American
Unless substantia)
ing with
the
Views
official
ul
Police Guard Strengthened
In Brussels
were
Brussels, Aug. 20. Police
guards doubled tonight ontad do the Foreign Ministry hero, of the European Army conference, and the adjacent Parliament Build-
всело
ins.
And-EDC leaflets had been found in various parta of the city and had been sent to local newspaper ollices.
Police also reported to- night that a group of six had Frenchmen young been sent back into Franco after crossing the Belgian border In
car. + police described "ponsible agitators."
Police In Fierce Fights With Enosis' Supporters
70 Injured In Anti-British Demonstrations In Athens
Athens, Aug. 20.
Nearly 70 people were injured today during demonstrations called by the Pan-Hellenic Cyprus Committee to support "Enosis” the union of Cyprus with Greece.
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Police using batons fought t Britain has recently reaffirm off repeated attempts by ed her sovereignty over Cyprus and is expected to oppose con- groups of demonstrators 10 sideration of the question
crowd In Constitution reach the British EmbassNY,
The
shouted: Athens when an estimated 100,000 Square in
Down with the British". Athenians surged through
Archbishop Spiridon demanding
Athens told them: "We hope the glorious Churchill will close his political career with action for the liberty and Cyprus with Greece".
ALL MEANS The meeting motion proclaiming Grecks had decided
the The
"Enosis". them sa
cordons
streets,
Pedestrians wcro allowed on the pavement Foreign the of in front Ministry, and parking waa opposila forbidden on the side of the street.
'l'be
дов
The
throw police round Constitution Square
the Embassy. protect
clubs sticks and
Stones,
WO.
in the clashes, were made.
Some Arrests
were
The demonstrations had gov- leafiels distributed
Seven upproval. bore a picture of Dr bere
ernment
seriously hur policernen the words Adenauer with
and 17 atbare slightly injured "Thus Germany has come
10 hold back alone- trying Brussels to dermand Lo arme the free peoples lavo alarmed
Jel Germany
According to usually reliable feature of sources, the essential theme is a "solemn pledge" to be Laken by the
1x nations
revise the treaty once it is ratified
inlo members-talking by
ithe amendments consideration asked for by the French Gov- einment,"
her
But this was considered by members of the French delega tion to be
VINSTI for the French Premier to accept it.
This morning's proceedings did nothing to improve matters from the French viewpoint.
The Ministers started going through the French requesis for changes one by one, taking the least difficult Arst
was
NO USE GOING. ON-
According to one delegation member, item after tem turned down with a "No," lo-
a relatively 117 cluding such importarà proposals as that of putting the E.D. C. headquarters in Uso surne town as the Atlan- e Pact Headquarters, which is
at present in Paris.
The French Premier Was reported to have interrupted this monotonous series of "No's by exclaiming it was no use going
that moment M. Spauk count-proposals.
un.
new CYAG- to France AL
General and Admirale cessions are made given at Congressional and later in the negotiations, it looks, produced his Senate hearings as personal as if the EDC conference will i opinions
not end in fallure, observers which are necessarily those of the Ad- tonight.
said
ministration. But as long as The canferete was deadlock- the American Administrationed at the end of this morning a
session.
this morning's session.
LESS PESSIMISTIC
The French delegation believe this resistance is due to erroneous Impression, satci
uti
tu
be encouraged from the outside. that there is no point in making
prospects.
were
In
Csa
Dutch
A spokesman for the delegation said there was u 50-50 chanco of achleving agreement. An Italian spokes- men said optimism was nearer the mark than pessimism.
she
nlay The Brussels Communist paper.
Drupeau Rouge, 10037 reproduced leaflet on is front page.
Dozens of the anti-EDU to tho leaflets were sent Estigants Foreign Ministry and the French Embassy The police today. hore reported thai another grouy of 12 French people handed in petitions at the Belgian Foreign Ministry isst might and then went the press centro In the adjacent Parliament building, where they were arrested.
The police later returned them to the French frontier. -Bouter.
Green
throwing deinonstrators. The police used only clubs to stop repeated attempts to reach the British Embassy at the end of the meeting,
union
for
with all avaliable meang“
condemned lho the liberation of their "Cypriot baxdhers". It "oppressive and tyrannical Gov- ineasures" of the British crnment towartia Cyprus
The police protected the Bri- by closing side ish Embassy
and roads with lorries
strong detachments.
of
adopted
that "to
a
the
fight
Scots Youth In Court Scene
Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 20, A conscientious objector charged with falling to submit himself for a medical examina- During the two-hour demotion for the armed forces, sald In court here today: "I will stration buses also were stoned.
never murder for England. 1 Demonstrations held at Salonika
will only battle for Scolland." were without incident,
STONED
CONSULATE
In Corfu, too, demonstrators demanding the union of Cyprus with Greece, stoned the British Briush and Sub-Consulate Institute today, breaking win3- dows in both buildings.
The main body of demonslyn- bors eventually dispersed quiet- ly, All Grock towns had hung out Bags and arranged
while meelings today,
mass
troops,
tanks and 4,000 police stood by in case of disorder.
A stick of dynemite exploded
at 2 a.m. today in the garden of the British Consulate at Canea, In Crete, sinashing the windows. Ln Cyprus itself, intruders near Lar- buke into a school
In the southern part of Island the
and destroyed portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
nact
They'll Tax A
0
The youth, 18-year-old John Thief's Earnings
Oliver, added: "I Art Scotts and not British, and my duty is towards my own country."
He then quoted a passage from Sir Walter Beol about "shedding our life's blood, for England's dirty work in the colonica."
was fined two pounds Ollver The demonstration coinckled sterling with the alternative of
plea to with. Greck
the ten days' imprisonment... tha to put
Ho chose the latter, and was United Nations Cyprus issue on the agenda of taken to Glasgow's Barlinnie
prison-Reuter the General Assembly.
Island Smoke Plume
Getting Better, But...
By TOM EYTON
most
a touchy subject with The Green Island smoke nuisance, airline companies in Hongkong, is said by airline officials to have improved second considerably since the Green Island Cement Company installed a precipitator (smoke reducing equipment) last week.
NOT A NUISANCE
In South Africa
Johannesburg. Aug. 20.
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Indians To
Stop Marchers
New Delhi; Aug/20,
WHE
reported troza
Bombay today that Indiain polloo had been strongly reinforced on the border
of the Portuguese territory in Saurashtra to Indian nationala
of Diu ProTent
marching..
tho
This follows the declared intention of Jaswant Mehta,
Secretary of Saurashtra Praja Bocialists, to load the march
Gogħla village, in the small maintand holding of Din Ikland, on August 25. ·
Tho Bombay Goan
Committee Action
ап nounced tonight
that 50 Good volunteer would (CRVO for Belgaum, Dear the Goan border, on Мед- march into day night to Goa
Reuter.
U.S. May Give Extra Aid
To Korea
Washington, Aug, 20.
The United States is con- sidering extra military and
economic aid to South Korea
drawal of four American to compensate. for the with- divisions from the theatre,
Mr Harold Stassen, the Foreign
Operators. Ad-
In South Africa it is theore- ministrator, announced to tically possible for a burglar today. declare his illegal earnings to Mr Stassen noted that the the income tax authorities and considerable sum of $700,000,- even to receive an allowance for 400 had been approved by wear and tear on his tools... Congress for aid to Southeast Asin and the Far East-$205,- An official of the Department 000,000 being sot
for asida sald officials are of Revenue not interested in how a man support of Korea,"
Mr Stassen told a press cone: earns his money-honestly or ferchce the stilistion of this dishonestly-only in how much rem will be seriously col
mo by the
ho makes.
Administration "If a burglar makes a profit and perhaps it will be decided we tax him if he declares it," that more money than $205,000,
000 might wisely be spent to
threat of a heavy fine if there
any
he said.
A secrecy clause In the In-support the Korean Army and come Tax Act binds officials to to help rebuild that terribly absolute secrecy and there is a devastated land."
He said that the re-deploy ment of American troops from is disclosure.
Korea. ...would
affect. The polloo make frequent ap- South proaches to the department to Karea's economy to some exe find out how people are making tent and also the force would
be compensated their income, but in every case have to
mill- they are turned away, the off-tarily. clal added.
"The way to do that seems to It is only possible to make an be to give more military aid to income tax offelal talk if on the Republic of Korea", he said.
by the Injunction
court in Mr Stassen said he "accepted issued China Mail Special.
in good part” the decision to cut overall foreign aid during the next fiscal
He said year. be and his advisers were now considering the spending of the moncy
on a worldwide basis, and studying their programme
U.S.S. Boxer Here
aircraft The U.S.
carrier,
Most of the Airline Companies are very much on their guard, when making state- however, The precipitator takes virtaal-
ments on this subject. As one ly all the dust and smell from metal put the smoke has Boxer, arrived in Hongkong this to see where they could make the steam and the Company has improved considerably and whits, morning on a recreational visit. any savings-Reiter, stated that though there still this spell of good weather con- may bo columns of steam tinues there is little likelihood Homing in the sky after the of planes being diverted." This installation of the equipment it prompted me to ask if he was win not be AA buisance to therefore quite happy about the residents.
attuation.
"There has been on improve, equipment to try and remedy, about a week ago, and on the fails to curb its garrulous
After France's five partners
ment", was the general opinion this stuation. Two precipita whole, afrline officials seem to torn, costing a total of $700,000 tsel that everything pors.ble is commanders in the fold, had rejected drastic treaty
of the airlines, "but it is hard to concessions to the French view- the suspicion will grow visions proposed
by M. Pierre point since
have been installed and towards being done to reduce the smoke what will say at the moment the Assembly French the minds of many Aslans Mendes - Framer, the
Paris will finally ratify E.D.C. happen when we get bad flying the end of 1985 the Company plume. America Lhat
em- Prime Minister, a "resque" effort JA
as it stands.
February, March and hopes to install a rotary sury wen her. M. Paul Henr!
Alter. made by
April will be the crucial months. in was ploying equivocation
Apart from the French, suine Spaak, the Belgion Foreign
The smoke (or rather, steam) official Ita
quarters foreign policy state Minister, who put up a group of
nuisance has been a sore point ments and that their words counter-proposals at the end of pesimistic tonight about E.D.C.
with the airlines using Kailak are not to be trusted.
airfield for some time. Several times in the last few years the steam cloud, combines with low moisture clouds (for which Green Island
could not be blamed!), caused bad visibility for landing aircraft.
Several planes had to bo The first of the two precipit- The official replied, "it is im- diverted to Manila, and others ators was installed just over possible to be pleased whilst
schedule. fell behind
la Apart two months ago. After it had there
erven the remotest from considerable inconvenience been functioning for a few possibility of the smoke making German spokesmen, when
all wound it meant that Airline wecks Mr M. J. Muspratt
difficult." Dying questioned tonight, refused
Director Companies were losing about Williams, Hongkong's
So when humidity is high and make any comment except to
£1,000 to £1,300 10r every of Civil Aviation, declared that the clouds are hanging low- Buy that everything depended on plano diverted,
it had "mado a tremendous dif- which will make
bed for what happened inter in the The Cement Company has ference to the steam output". visbnity-then the effect of the current srasion.-France-Presse | approved a total expenditure of The second precipitator was steam reducing precipitators will
$1,500,000 for steam reducing | installed and successfully tested be known,
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