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COMMENT OF
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Singapore Crisis
MR
FR David Marshall and his Singapore › Legislative Assembly colleagues have decided to go far beyond challenging the constitu- fional prerogatives of the Governor, Sir Robert Bluck. and have tossed In front of the visiting Secretary the Colonies State for demand for immediate self- Kovernment and the elimina- tion of gubernatorial yetu powers. ley can
of
A
to
hardly expecl obtain the acquiescence of Mr Lennox-Boyd or the Bri tish Cabinet. Self-rule is the ultimate objective and to this
The newly constituted Assembly
end
WAN
CHINA
No. 36194
Established 1845
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1955.
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Today's Sino-American Meeting On Detained Civilians May
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Both Delegates Receive North Scotland
Fresh Instructions
INDIA'S LIKELY
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Geneva, Aug. 4.
Senior United States and Chinese diplomats, at their third private meeting today, may pave the way for an early basic agreement on the return of civilians of both sides to their respective countries.
The private talks were adjourned on Tuesday after both sides had
assured by Her Majesty' exchanged lists of names of American civilians detained in China.
government of sympathetle to claim assistance. But after some four months of hesitant and experimental legislating that the existing Assembly is ready for and capable of taking over the full reins of government is absurd.
Sources close to the talks saw no major obstacle which should pre- vent a solution of the repatriation issue.
Mr Alexis Johnson, chief American negotiator, and Mr Wang Ping-nan, prin- cipal Chinese delegate, are understood to have received fresh Instructions from their respective governments following their last meeting.
far that the. The United States
not feeling fostered so was immediately prepared to accept Communists want to use these
THE current constitutional sign that Chou En cara meetings to discuss larger prob- comes first,
erisis in Singapore bas Reisen from what competent obervers have declared to be a minor matter--whether or not the Governor is em- powered Lo veto the appointment of four junior ministers
by
suggestion a neutral third newer Investigate the status of American and Chinese nationals in the other country, it was learned.
Chief the
right
bc
But, his plan would not rejected outright
combination With the
all face-saving of diplomatic round, offelals here were con- Minister, Mr Marshall; Unvinced that 40 Americans do doubtedly Mr Marshall felt lained in China can be freed affronted by the Governor's at the current Sino-American application of the veto, but talks.
it was a matter which, at
Item two of the agenda be- tween the Ambassadors concerns other practical motters at issue between the two sides. Under the Chinese are this houding
understood to want to discuss the trade embargo against the mainland which is hurting their economic development seriously, as well as possibly the ques- tion of Formosa.
the time, appeared expable Washington's View British Firm
of settlement through antle able discussions and thr acceptance of an authorita- Live interpretation of the constitution. Deliberately, the Chief Minis- his Assembly
1
Washinton's view will be pre- 1sented formally today when resotintions on the repatriation of civilians resume after a one- day break.
Rights over the students in associates chose to nye hur would imply some degree show-down and adopted t recognition its munist regime. by
States has consistently United refused.
ter
and
οι
resolution whleh, terms, gravely complicated! and magnified the original! dispute. Mr Marshall him- with the self appears to be rather uncertain about the wisdom
hey
rest
for the Com- And this the
the Current
talks
Bans
Cloth Imports
London, Aug. 3. Amalgamated Cotton Mille specifle proviso that Trust Limited, one of Bri- did not in any way sug-Lain's leading textile con- the Americans were cerns, announced tonight it had stopped all purchases of imported cloth.
uf him netion, mixing Pognising the Communists. vehement declaration: It was this dilemma-how to without Chinese eyes about Singapore's right to open
for which kept immediate elf-government going too with cunciliatory observa. American Ambassador U. Alexis fiens concerning the desir ubility of being fair to the
Governor.
Johnson and his staff working late last night in readiness today's session,
Trade Embargo
for
On the questions of a brand new constitution and early self-rule, the governing parties in the Assembly are Officials based their belief that China will Anally agree to turn clearly dominated by
Americans loose the emotions. The whole tone of the debute which led to the adoption of the self- government resolution was Hemi-hysterical and thing but
any
parliamentary.
The effort was made to leave
The Oldest
Brunches and subsidiaries The groi
of
agreed But since both sides
of the civillons repatriation
it was argued that the Communists are not likely to hold up further negotiations because of the nationals.
The US. and China exchang- ed lists at Tuesday's session of China. the
In Americana Washington's list named 40, In- geol and three cluding 25 in under house arrest,
Chinese 1st was longer The
Americans desiring It included repatriation and uiso several desiring. to remain in China. The latter are mostly fellow- travellers and outright Com- munists who are considered by American offelals to have mors their alle- leze abdiented
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giance to the U.S.
Still Alive?
Mr Johnson was expected
al
Cruise For The Queen
London. Aug. 3.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will begin a cruise around the north of Scotland in the Royal Yacht Britannia next Mon- day, I was announced to-
day.
at
They will be accom panied by Prince Charles and Princess Anne. They will then travel to Bal- moral Castle for holidays. They will sail up the west coast of Britain, call- ing at the Isle of Man and
Stranraer
South- in western Scotland.
They will arrive at Bal- moral a day late for "The Twelfth" opening day of the grouse shooting season.
thin Later
week. the Queen and her husband witt Lour neveral Welsh centres before joining the Britannia-Reuter.
Five Die In
German
Mine Disaster
are
Bonn, Aug. 3. Five miners were killed and about twenty more missing after an explosion in the Dahlbusch pit here at Gelsenkirchen, a mine official announced tonight.
The official said the explosion today's session to hand over was believed to have been caused ames of 500 American soldiers by fire which broke out at a missing since the Korean War..
coal face shortly before. There is only slight evidence As rescue partles worked be-
be alive, but some might still
low, crowds
and of relatives do not want officials said they
miners off shift waited for to leave any stone unturned in
an effort to locate them.
The American negotiator sw
United Nationa Secretary-
the
news.
A (re-damp explosion in the same pit killed 78 men in 1930. In May this year three men,
Mr Dag. Hammurak- | trapped in the pit for more than 130 hours, were supplied with food and drink through a tube before being rescued.-Reuter,
Building Contract pressed the British government businessman, was on the list of
Inquest On Trooper Food
Complaints
com-
Now Scientists Are Trying To Make Artificial Moonlight'
Washington, Aug. 3. Government scientists will try to create artificiat moonlight over New Mexico next month, it was announced today.
will Involve launching a rocket containing
The experiment
parable to that of the more at twilight.
CURBED FREEDOM
Buenos Aires, Aug. 3. The new head of the Peronista Party said tonight that President Juan Peron had had to curb freedom in order to save himself from assassination and subversion and to carry out his revolu tionary objectives.
a few pounds of sodium to Selentists of the Air Force Re-Telsaire
search and Development CemSupreme released as vapour possibly
by the explosion of a grenade
sakci
mand will conduct
beginning periments September 8.
of
Sun On Sodium?
scientif
that a layer
от по-
Rodlum hangs
in the
About 60
of
at a required height. An Air Force spokesman
the
purpose principal the project was to determine the accuracy ol bellefs tural thin atmosphere mlics above the earth..
The Object
-
experiment
The result of the
might also supply important data for the man-made "moon" the United States plans to launch to space evinc time bafore 1959,
If the rocket-launched codium globe glowed brilliantly when released at 60 miles, the Air Force said it would confirm scientifle beller in the exis-
tence
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n natural sodium at that level. layer If ejected lower, Air Force ex- perts said, the sodium would not produce
light for technical reasons. These experts said they hoped the man-made moonlight would glow at least for a short time with a brillance com-
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Alejandro Lelair, who recently succseded Vice-President Alberto of the President Council of the ex-Peronista Party, vigorously de- about fended the Peronist revolution's
achlovements
In ten years, even
the
If "zome revolutionary objec Lives required
tion of free temporary restric-
In Argentina's
first, radio Senor controversy, Hef in the presence of a layer Leleir replied over the Radio sodium in the ionosphere Belgrano chain to the July 27
Scientists have based their bepolitical
loader of the
Arturo Frondizzi,
Opposition Radical
on the existence of a glow high in the skies. They be address by Art
by tho caused of sunlight
lleve it could be
reflection minuto particles
cles of sodium.
on
Party's Left Wing
Senor Leloir said that as the Peronista electoral prestige in- The Research and Development creased, so grew the number of
11
Command's headquarters in their opponents bent on "coldly Baltimore said the experiment
versive coups.
Who
first was tried last January at planned assassination" and sub- The Loman Air Development
can be surprised then that in the face of all this the Centre 1 New Mexico.
wng considered unsuccessful government used extreme mea- because not enough informu-sures of defence?" he asked tion was obtained to confirm United Press.
or discount the sodium layor theory.
The
rocket, which carries the experimental sodium into the upper atmosphere, is an Acro- bee, an experimental rocket which was used a Ettic more than two years ago to carry monkeys and mice about 38,000 feet up and record their re- actions. Reuter.
Victims Of Airliner Tragedy
DISPENSATION FOR
COMMON BURIAL
Soviet Invitation
DECISION
TODAY
Paris, Aug. 3.
The French Cabinet will meet tomorrow to decide on the reply to be given to the Soviet invíta- Premier Foure and tion for Foreign Minister Pinay.to visit Moscow..
French officials were taken by surprise by the Soviet invitation although it only gives official form to the proposals bandied Four about during the Big Geneva conference. Jewish religious authorities today reluctantly
Omeials thought that authorised a special dispensation for the common purpose of the proposed
Jerusalem, Aug. 3.
tho visit be to mark the in- provement in the international
rather atmosphero
thin to
burial of all victims of the EI AI passenger plane would
shot down over Bulgaria.
Thursday.
General fold.
American sources said Mr Johnson discussed Mr Ham- one of the "Big marskjold's
efforts to liberate Five textile groups controlling the 11 imprisoned U.S. airmen spinning and weaving mills as sche well as a chain of retail shops scheduled to be turned over by Communists at Hongkong similar the in Britain-announced
tomorrow. llc. thanked Mr ection.
work on Imports of cotton and rayon Hammarskjold f.. his work
behalf of the government. cloth in Britain during the first
Mr Hammarskjold saw the half of the. year totalled 200
The burial will take place in Tel-Aviv on initiate political negotiations. mililon yards. They came main-Chinese negotiator Mr Wang Jast night. He also expressed
The French Government has they from India, Japan and Hong- On
his gratification at freeing of
mado it plain that it does not kong.
to undertake any thing Lancashire mills have claimed the airmen but no other details
Jewish religious law is un- separate religious funerals will wish Southampton, Aug. 3.
hold for Christian and without the prior: agreement of they have been seriously affect were available,
have American officials. meanwhile Services and Government alterably opposed to the Inter-be imports and ed by the
ment of Jews and non-Jews Jewish victims. If not govern the United States and Britain. that called the
unfair. confirmed competition
Dilmus T.
officials discussed
together. Orthodox circles urement authorities and the Chief Houston, have Kanady,
Texas,
decide on' the Officials
viewed the Soviet Textile representatives
plainta about food at strongly disturbed over today's Rabbi, will
com-invitation not as a manoeuvre ก funeral services and have There
been Southampton today aboard decision. 40 Americans exchanged with
cliscussions
ultra.
χρη in
will funeral
Include to enbartass the West but to impose Smpat restrictions. 40
Chinese
week
the British troopship violent
of miolfestatica Carlier
of the the
different re-la ftaher here as to prayers orthodox -Reuter.
synagogues
France sald
Itgtons of the victims.-France- the "Geneva spirit" he has been in prison Empire Fowey, newly whether Jews who are burled They HONGKONG
was seizo
arrived with
non-Jews enjoy Presse, servicemen together with A leading Hongkong texdle ever since he
resurrection blessings. Industrialist told the China Mail Shanghal more than four years London, Aug. 3.
he did not ago, on April 27, 1951. The from Hongkong.
Involved in the controversy is This followed a visit to the Alice Chester of Bristol and this morning that
night by Mr T, L. the fact that Christian clergy-
also Mills Trust their charges against him, they ship last
will be present during Cotton
Iremonger, Conservative Mem-men puinated to that advanced by Mr solemnly signed a contract Buing
the said.--Reufer and United Press.
the burial ceremony." seriously affect
ber of Parliament, who said he Marshall.
Since the bodies presumably The outcome of whereby Morgan would Build would
had received a letter protesting house in four Colony's textile mills and their this emotional debate was a Mrs Chester a
identified, cannot Britain. resolution which obscures months at
a price of £0-138-4d exports to
He thought there was only a
Royal Air Force corporal
from the Jews. There is the originul dispute and Morgan not only lived up to
in his constituency in Ilford,
The bodies Kave Mrs slight danger of other members
Essex.
apparent alternative. makes its settlement that the agreement
Chester some credit for old of the Brlush "Big Five" exille much more difficult.
But his group applying the same 'em- building materials,
isbargo
Amalgamated THE experiment of self- cul-rate house construction
to no Cotton Mills Trust. But if they government in British unfortunately available
did so, Hongkong mills would colonica 19 everywhere une else.
The contract, only recently unndoubtedly be affected. being watched with closescovered was signed on Novem interest, and Singapore, ber 17, 1472. Mr G. H. A
the
impression that the
whole Assembly was utterly In Existence
frustrated Rolely
Governor
because
Rive IL
the different interpretation to n
VIEW
this
Hection of the constitution Stephan Morgan,, a carpenter, think the action of the Amal- Communists have never stated
but
the
being the Intest colony to Hughes, director of the London EMERGENCY
obtain a new constitution | Master Bullders and n measure of self-rule, said it was easily
Association,
the oldest
is particularly in the public house building contract in ex-
eye. Hongkong has a specini istence.
interest, believing there are
Mr Hughes found it while his family
FORERUNNER
DECLARED
ba
the
Police Stand about the ship's mens living Christians cannot be singled out
Guard In
no
Mr Iremonger said he would were all horribly mangled.
PROMISE TO FAMILIES his comments to the Trans- send
the In port Ministry who charier
Tel-Aviv, highly placed liner from the Peninsular and sources told the United Press
Paris Casbah Orientat Line and to the Service that the government would "de
with
dubs
Paris. Aug. 3. Two hundred polleemen armed
machinegung und stood guard today in the North African Casbah of Paris, a tangle of shabby streets few
Any
Ministries. He would
then all in its power to assure the
familles of decido
the whether to raise
the dead of desired ritual Christian or the matter in Parliament
otherwise provided that remains make it reasonably
dead" possible to identify the
These SOURCES snic pathological experts
would work all night and tomorrow and would be alded by relatives who arrived here, in an effort to identify as
bodies 115 possible.
CUSTOMARY Representatives of the Army and the Royal Air Force as well as the Transport Ministry at- tended today's inquiry, tourists ever seo,
A Ministry spokerman sold Calcutta, Aug. 3. Police were keeping everyone
was held on useful lessonan to be learned digging through
He said apparently i records.
An emergency
was declared out of the area which had no later, a meeting from its sister colony. The had been in his family's posses-nt the Calcutta port area this business there
or lived else board at the end of every troop present "crisis" is not ansion, for more than 200 years.
a routine pre-ing voyage and today's was in many bod morning an a go-slow strike by where just aa
nccordance with the usual pro- encouraging sign. It smacks
dock workers entered its eighth caution.
cedure. The move followed riots Inst of wilful political manoeuvr- The contract was considered day.
when police were Ing to embarrass the particularly interesting not only Governor and to "corner" because of its great nge but be-area were reinforced and the
ankl metal bolts Trust chaliman was given bottles the Secretary of State while cause Morgan undertook to do Port en an official tour of over-all the work as in a present-special powers to suspend sum-resident Algerians after arresting
North African for theft. day contract. The practice in the
any employee or ema seas territories,
Fifteen
and ten 16th Century and for
policemen ployer suspected of not putting, years And If, as is fairly certain, Mr afterwards was to contract with his best efforis into his work demonstrators were hurt.
Marshall fails to obtain any different master crasiamen to do The landing and cast in half to the local Casbah were Jammot unloading of During the riot the streets of satisfaction to his demand the different types of work.
Immediate
The old document described & result of the go-slow move with, about 5,000 Algerians but It MT
Chester as sometime the ment.
have Unions what then, happens?
denied today they were quiet and could provoke a new wave wife of Harry Chester of Britio. ordering their members to slow deserted while the police kept
draper." Records in Bristol show
their work but cargo move their vigi-United Pres.
"Police pitrols in the port Salued with paving Stones. food had been discussed.
for
Bolf-rule,
trade
her on
viva
marily
up
has
two
༢.
of organised strikes, bring that she was one of the very few ment has been reduced to about the dissolution of the women of her times who ventrickle nevertheless.
COOLING OFF Assembly, and generally tured into business and even
are said to be
· Labourers create chaos. The moment foreign
New York, Aug. 3. into divided
groups; one of
Policeman attmeted by Beoma to demand careful reaccount.,
Socialists and Communists who floation on the part of the She obviously drove a hard
Zoo last night Chief Ministor
and his bargain. Mr. Hughes said the have combined to offect a slow noise in the sea lion pool of a collongues and a sensible re contract indicated she got: Mor-down in opposition to the other arrested two men who were try- traction of their exorbitant gan to give her eredit for old group of pro-Congress Perlying to beat the heat by taking a
buliding materials, Uniled workers, who tayour
normal win with the sea lions United demands.
work--United Press. Prem.
Brooklyn
Some complaints concerning The Empire Fowey resched Southampton last night, 22 hours late, owing to engine trouble.
China Mall Special.
Mrs Sispera To Marry Again
London, Aug. 3. Mrs Phyllis Slapera, British born former wife of a Crocho- slovak airman who was recently allowed to
to return to Britain after a month-long battle with Czechoslovak authorities, is to marry Jaromir Chudy,
German who helped scoure her return home,
The couple gave notice of their intended marriage, to West London-register office this afternoon-China: Mail Special.
the
The remains of all 58 passen gers arrived hero today in three planes. Israeli Army chaplains chanted psalms over the Bul- garlan, blue, and black casicote containing the corpses and said prayers "of a universal, charac-
ter!
French,
American, British, Turkish, Canadian, Austrian and. Soviet diplomalie attaches stood In line a short distance away -- United Press,
LAST
ATTEMPT
ba 'made' here
Tel-Aviv, Aug. 4, A last attempt to identify tha bailes of the 50 victims of the Israeli airliner bhot down
by the Bulgarians on July 27 will the
today, Israeli Government authorities nounced Inst night:
The coffinis aled in will be opened. If it is then possible to identify the Christian | passenge ·Bad the pilot.
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