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Nocosia, Sept. 8.
A four-letter word, easy to pronounce in any
Paltor, business communications and language, has been holding Cyprus in the limelight
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STAMPS
of political terrorism for the last five months.
The little word is EOKA. The letters, in Greek, stand for National Organisation for the Struggle of Cyprus.
The movement announced it-to assume that on April 1, there self suddenly in the early hours were some 33,000 sticks of of April 1. ☐ day on which dynomite. 24 cases of ammuni~" Cypriots enjoy teasing their on, about 150 pistols and re- friends and indulging In April volvers in illegal possession on Fool tricks.
the island.
the
smoke and dust of the explod-would probably not worry EOKA INVITATION
But EOKA's birth was either All the dynamite used in a a joke nor an April Fool trick. number of outrages over Within the space of about one last five months, and the quan- hour, home-made bombs had tilice seized in several orms exploded in several
Cyprus caches ruided by the police, towns at the same time, caus- would amount to only a fraction
number ing damage to a
of of the secret arms heard. military
that public buildings, and
Hence it could be said A flutter establishments.
of the virtual
of fresh stoppage seditious laflota trailed the supplies from outside the island
Ing missiles.
for many months to come. BOKA had arrived — and There are many views as to of brought with it a new phase in the identity and number
Cypriot Greeks' 70-year- EOKA members throughout old campaign for Enosis a Cyprus. Some firmly believe phase of violence und terrorism, that most of the members are
secondary school pupils, includ
the
Who Is Leader? ing a small number of girls, and
Much has come to light since then about EOKA's methods. bombs and tactics, through ย grim reeltal of outrages, ex- on British
it
plosions and attacks homes and policemen.
But who is EOKA's lender? Who and how many are members? How and when were thev trained and organised? Where is EOKA's Headquarters! These questions remain answered..
un
the rest tbal
and generally artisans, workers, und clerks,
Others think that in addition to the students and workers,
of EOKA
sworn-in members
include representatives of high- er Cypriot Greek society, pro- fessional and intellectual men.
Small Cells
FOR A ROBBERY
Capetown.
Major J. No Visegle, Officer Commanding the Capetown Criminal investigation Depart
Arms business rapped ment, over the muckles for Inviting robberies by sending
unescorted em ployees, often young typists, to collect large sums of money for making salary payments.
pay and
All of EOKA's nelive bers, as well as its instigators, rightwing are supposed to he
The messengers usually car But it is suspected ried the money in easily re- extremists.
"field level," that
leftwing cognisable cashboxes or case, have not been uncom he said, and few firms provided
Indeed, the secret of EOKA is one of the most remarkable elements ground movement. Few secrets. Operative with EOKA operators. an armed escort,
fuels associated with this under-
if any, or well kopt Cyprus,
in tiny
Members Arc
CAT
111 organised
"I never stop wondering how small cells of three or four lovel-headed business men It is generally believed how-cach, one of whom is the "elder": entrust hundreds of pounds in
who belongs to a higher cell of ever, thist
cash to employees when they EOKA's unknown three or four elders. And So, chiot.
who
know how easily these people signs himself pyramid-style, to the very top. "Dighenis" on all the BUVC-
ena bo robbed...."China Mall ment's leaflets, does not exist In this way, hardly any EOKA
men, if and when arrested, Special,
SOMETHING EXCLUSIVE, Collect Auch.
anckels of sorted Lamps.
Street. itond. Kowloon
of
a
an
even
would be able to give away From 20 cents per packet upwards, Some say that leadership
more than two or three other An entirely new series. South
members, even if they wanted China Morning Post Ltd., Wyndham the movement is vested in
to do so. is Hongkong
one of whom and Salsbury "Big Three."
The EOKA oath includes chief of policy and siralogy, the
to divulge second is chlof of operations undertaking "hot STAMP ALBUMS "Collection and the third chief of training, names of other members Bulider"
Leries, New slock Dow
I am tortured." There has been, no direct avaliable. 13. From South China
Considering the allegiance and Morning Fort, Ltd. Wyndham evidence to suggest that Grosco Street Bongkong and Salisbury officially, but secretly, supports support which EOKA forcefully the Greek EOKA in Cyprus, although the commands among State-controlled Athens radio population here, it is difficult to ut the number of its has often been quoted as having guess
members registered and sworn- prised EOKA's outrages.
Road, Kowloon.
NOTICE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONG KONG
PROBATE JURISDICTION
In the Goods of
LIPPA late of The Victorin
On the other hand, there hasn as such could easily be be- been at least one proof that tween 300 and 500 all over the
and Island
some of BOKA's weapons stores of explosives have been
The latest EQKA leaflet boost-
ed that for every one Cypriot by the police, Greeks are applying on for membership of EOKA,
shipped from Greece. It was Greek arrested EDUARD Blated in
4 Paphos court recent- Park Hotel, 1 Lower Parkly that Greece was the origin ten other Road, Rusholme, Manchester of the cargo of explosives
1 Fingland, Retired Electrical board the calque St. George Engineer, decennod,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Court has, by virtue of Section Ad- 89 (1) of the Probate and ministration Ordinance (Chapter 10) made an Order limiting the time for creditors and others to send in their claim against the above estate to the 3rd day of October, 1055.
All creditors and others are, ac cordingly hereby required to end their claims to the undersigned on or before that date.
Dated the 6th day of September. 1953.
LO AND LO,
Solicitor for the Attorney of the
Executors
Queen's Buliding.
Hong Kong.
To ADVERTISERS
which was captured off Willing Helpers
Khlorakas. Paphos, in January.
There has also been оле that official hint to the effect
It would be foolish to EOKA's instructors, the people minimise the fact that the ab who taught members how to solute and successful eccrecy in make home-made bombs such which EOKA's activities and as Molotov Cocktails, come from plans are being held is a clear Greece.
| Pointer to the popular support
One of them. a Greck ex which the movement enjoys in serviceman named Gregoris the community. It is remark- Afxentiou, vanished on April 1.able, for instance, that almost In his trousers pocket at his from the first day of its ap- village home, the police found pearance and through all Its
booklet in Greek entitled, nets of violence and terrorism "How to make bombs,
with the declared
of He is one of several Greeks "berating Cyprus, EOKA has who are wanted by the police, captured the imagination of but it is generally believed that virtually all the Cypriot Creek Axention left the island on or children and youth.
board about April 10. on
In A
them. EOKA
has found Greece-bound boat, under
onwilling assistants and Imitators BUNDAY POST-HERALD |esumed name and with a false in the less responsible varieties Врист for commercial passport.
of activity, such as slogan paint- Ing and distributing leaflets, On advertising
school walls, Inmo" posts, high- ways, bridges and culverts. whitewashed facades of village huts and trees, on cita and public counters everywhere, someone tus painted, chalked or scratched one word: EOKA.
should
be
booked not fater than Another Man noon on Wednesdays.
For the BOUTH CHINA Another wanted man is 11 MORNING POBT and the blacksmith whose workshop in CHINA MAIL, 48 hours Nicosia was described by police, beforo date of publication. following a raid, as a miniature bomb factory. The blacksmith, Special Announcements who is popularly described by and Classified Advertise- Cypriot Greek as "Mr Krupp," while his smithy disappeared ments as usual.
was being searched.
Parasitic skin. disease, itching togema etc"
'Mitigal
*Bayer« LEVERKUSEN GERMANY.
on
The headmaster of one Grock
secondary school told me re- cently. "Since April 1, we have hardly been able to run proper classes. It is EOKA all the time for hero-worshipping young A third man sought by the nationalists." police is a cousin of Archbishop.
When did EQKA start ka or- Makarios, leader of the move- ment for union
ganisation? Surely not suddenly, with Gronce.
week or EOKA's secret arsenal in-in the space of cludes items like dynamite, TNT, month?
Italian type handgrenades, local-
a
ly made grenades, time bombs. Suddenly Ceased
rillos, pistols, and ammamilion.
Evidence of this lothal range
of
has come in a number of out- In August last year, a clando- reges committed since April 1.stine Greek language” news- But the puzzling question le paper, called ENOSIS, mode an the quantity of explosives and appearance in secret on the orms at EOKA's disposal, and inland. Its violent torre,
pre- the molhod in which the or-sentation of ideas and method ganisation is kept supplied, in of distribution, it has been re- apite
of the
|air-sea-land marked here, were very similar. vigilm co maintained round the to those of EOKA leaflets island e' coasts against any gun» today. running attempts,
The
clandestine NEWADA DOT According to unconfirmed but mukienly ceased to pirculate at reliable intolligonos reporta, two ('obout the samo timp se EOKA or three, successful gun-running mode is oppemance in April. attempts were inda Before the If, then, ENOSIS arid today's seizure of the onique St George | EOKA lenfiotă are related, It carly tiris' year. The St George | would be reasonable to resume. dbself, according to eubeoquent that BOKA first began actively court evidence," carried 11,000 organiring: Kimalt das August 1954 sticke of dynamite, eight cases which would be soon after Mr. of ammunition, “ and' skinut 50 Hocicioson · · announced in the pistols and viños♫ Bad House of Commons that "Britain' |
If the previoŭr bontlonde, would "never"? allow Cyprsie to anžaly, landed, tvoro of a similar i po veto :: Gredos--Chion qummit euch, it may be logkool | Special. Cont
The brillians gathering that attended the premiere of the International Film Festival at the ancient theatre of Irodia Atulkes below the Acropolls in Athens. From left to right (front) the audience included: Princess Alexandra, daughter of the Duchess of Kent, Crown Prince Constantine, of Greece: Princesa Olga, of Yugoslavia: and the Duchess of Ken, - Express Photo.
Comic Censors
Melbourne, Sept. 8. "Mickey Mouse" and "Felix the Cat" are included in only 27 .comic book characters "passed". by a team of unofcial Univer-" alty consors here who surveyed 870 comic books circulating in Melbourne.
from the
The surveyors. School of Education, rated 180 of the comics very objectionable. Then they put them on public display under such headings & "Criminal Methods," "Classics But..." "Race Prejudice" and Torture," China Mail Special,
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
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FRIDAY, BEPTEMBER 9 By Att Formosa, pm.
Pakistan, Middl Burma, India, East, Afrin, Great Britain & Europe. 10 pm.
Philippines, p.m.
Korea, p.m.
Japan, 0 p.m.
USA, Canada, 0 p.m.
By Surface Japan & Canada, 4 p.m. Mouro, .m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 By Alr Indo-China, 11′′ a.m. Triland, Malaya, Indonesia, Aur traila, New Zealand & Ceylon, Noon.
Philippinem 3 p.m..
0
WILL COLLECT MAIL
Prague, Sept. 8.
A 150-year-old stage coach, with posthorn sounding shrilly, will drive through the str ets of Prague collecting mail to mark the opening, on Saturday, of Czechoslovakia's biggest ever international postage stamp exhibition,
Hundreds of thousands of stamps from "23 countries will be on show in the Exhibition.
The coach, which used to bring mall and passengers from Zamberk, north Bohemin, about 145 kilometres (about 90 mlies) from hero in the early, 19th century, will pick up letters from special boxes throughout Prague. There Will go through the normal mail, but will get a special old- time postmark.
About 100,000 people are expected to visit the exhibition which will also include a replica of an early 19th century post offee and old post uniforms.
New Consular
Officers
The Queen's exequatur cm- powering Mr Pelayo F. Llamos to act as Consul for the Republic of the Philippines at Hongkong, and Mr R. U. Cataumber to act as Vice-Consul, has received Her Majesty's signatures, it announced in the Governinent Gazelle today.
Governor,
was
that
under
rew
Morg than 300 individual' It was also announced colloctors will show their bast❘ H.E. the stamps beside exhibits from instructions from the Secretary post offices of various countries, of State, has provisionally The Soviet Union post office is cognised Mr Edward R, Fried as expected to send the largest | Consul for the United States of collection and big exhibits are America, and Senor Don Roberto and Tomas Thompson as Consul for niso expected from France Switzerland.
the Republle ‘of Paraguay Hongkong.
Other Collections
There will be 23 Czechoslovak collections on view and others from Abyssinia, Austria,
Bel-
European Girl
gium, Britain, Chile, Denmark, Commits Theft
East Germany, Finland, Holland, Hungary, Iceland, Luxemburg, Poland, Rumania, Tibet, West Yugoslavia and the Germany. United Nations.
Visitors will see a collection of ancient lotters
the from
sald former Venetian republic,
to include the world's second oldest stamp.
There will also be letters sent but of Paris by balloon and pigeon when it was besieged in 1870, and others from Admiral Byrd's arctic.
at
A 15-year-old European girl, charged with larceny and to & giving false information pawnbroker, was ordered to be placed in the Juvenile Remand Home for three days by Mr Derek Cons at Kowloon Ma- glatracy this morning.
No plen was taken, Defendant was
alleged to have stolen a Rolex wrist-watch. and a Parker "21" fountain pen, to the total value of $290, trom Ho Kam, of 8A Belfran Road, second floor, yesterday.in
The defendant was addition- ally charged with giving falso
Yu Shiu, The exhibits will be insured Information to
crowns (about i pawnbroker of the Yan Tal £125,000) China Mail Special. Pawnshop.
expedition to the Ant
Philippines, Ñ, Borneo, 6 p.m. Japan. Hawad, U.S.A., Canada, Balaya, Indonesia, Australla, Nor
Now Zeeland, Thaliand, India, Middle East, Afrins, Great Britads & for 2,500,000
Europe, p.m.
Formosa, 6 p.m.
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
I'LL GO INSIDE AND GET MY SUITCASE. WAIT HERE.
DON'T TRY TO FOLLOW, STEP BACK!
IT IS
ODD.
FERDINAND
NANCY
YOU ASK AUNT. FRITZLIF WE CAN GO TO
THE MOVIES
OKAY--- *I'LL
ASK HER
NO, WAIT
NO.
YOU
ASK
HER.
JOHNNY HAZARD
SHARI, IF YOU DON'T MIND...: X'D LIKE TO BUT SNAP ALONETA FIRSTZTHERE ARE SOME THINGS, THAT CAN'T BE TOLD WHEN THE " :PARTY-OF-THE-FIRST-FART! IS
· 1 · UNDERSTAND, JOHNNY! I'LL WAIT, HEREM
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Uh--ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S SOLID BRICK-- AGAIN "MIGHTA-- GOT CAUGHT
IN THERE!
By Mik
WAIT TILL HER MOUTH IS FULL
OF CLOTHES- PINS
IT MIGHT SOUND
LIKE "YES"
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By Ernie Bushmiller
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PERNIE BUSHMILEEPE
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† WILL BE UNFINISHED OLD BUSINESS!
IT'O TIME SHAP JEJNTER-LENT HIS NAME
·TO A GREAT CAUSEWERAMS NUNTER?
TALK
ABOUT
MAGIC!
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Admiral
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