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COMMENT
THE DAY
Gloucester Arcade
OF
Middle East
Defence
THE Middle East Defence
Organisation. whose
Counell has just completed a two-day conference in Baghdad,
primarily
designed R yut another perimeter bulwark against Communist expansion military ur economie.
Up to this week MEDO, us it
is known. has been
No. 36289
Established · 1845
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1955.
Price 20 Cents
Tory Peer Warns House Of Lords: We Must Beware Of.
RELAX IN
DAKS
THEN HANDLES COMFORT (830 ARTEMON WILDUTENA
Whiteaways
HONGKUNG
KOWLOON
Two Killed
A 'FIFTH COLUMN' IN BRITAIN By Falling
BURGESS MACLEAN
DEBATE
London, Nov. 22. Britain has a dedi-
little rated Communist 'Fifth
more than a paper organi-, column' with mation. Now decisions have
no
been rouched which will standards of honour, no give substance to the paci Permanent
military and political committees have
patriotism and no possi- bility of
compromise,
been established to defend Lord Astor warned the
the Middle
East against House of Lords tonight.
aggression and to develop
Lord
Astor, 48-year-old Technicnt Assistance for the region. The solidarity of Conservative poor was speak-
debate on purpose was one of the most ing in a
the
heartening features of the British diplomats Guy Bur- Baghdad conference.
goss and Donald Maclean
behind who vanished
From Mr Harold Macmilian
came an appealing proposal iron curtain in 1951.
for safeguarding Turkey,
lie kald t
the
was "remarkable" that the British people had been so slow in realising the theory and importance of Conununism.
Lord Astor urged the strictest security measures even if it meant preventing people leaving
the country.
Pakistan, Persia and Iraq from Communist economic alllaneo penetration--the of the technical skills of the West with the natural resources of the Middle Bant. Put into effect this
DRUNKEN BRAWLS would spell high prosperity for the associated countries | He alleged that Maclean was and would render futile the Involved exploitation of Communist, London with former left-wing propaganda.
friends because they had changed their opinions.
Не
THE general proposal has
still to be converted into a detailed blueprint, but that it was unanimously accepted In principle is a satisfactory Arat step towards its realisation. The economic development of the Middle East in which science and, technology combines in the work of realising the fullest value of the region's pro- ductive potential is til. This is the NITE AL way of the Middle East countries achieving a stable. and permanent economy
uspect of The military
rusher pact IS complex. Three Arabs coun
PAMUIS
יינן1
thore
in drunken brawls in
Maclean' who
Te gald that
from disappeared
Britain in
“ONE AND A HALF VICTORS.
WE NEED MORE
“WINNERS”
SAYS MR WIGG
FROM OUR own corRESPONDENT
London, Nov. 22.
WAR HERO SAFECRACKER GETS 10 YEARS' HARD
Edinburgh, Nov. 22.
A safecracker who turned commando to open Hermann Goering's Luftwaffe head- quarters safe in World War II was sent back to gaol today for practising his craft in peacetime.
Thu
skill that brought John Kamsoy, 50, the praise of Allied intelligence chiote 10 years ago brought him 10-year sentence in the High Court today.
Ramsey parachuted behind Tenemy Lines many times during the war to blast open safes and U Foret chemy war plans. One of his victims was Gotring, the Naz air chief.
He began his liv of crime as
Britain should revolutionise her aircraft in- dustry and "team up" with America to cut waste, at burglar." Then he found a Socialist MP said in Parliament today.
crowbars and nitroglycerine more useful.
He was Mr George Wigg, former Parliament- ary Private Secretary to the Minister for War ined in both the underworld and the Attlee Government.
His skill at blowing safe was so great that the became rtnown-
among the Edinburgh police.
HOUR OF TRIUMPH
Mr Wigg asked pho Minister ‹ the world-und 1 om tar from for Supply, Mr Duncan Sandys believing that Handley Page how much
been amply haven't got the facilities toto of 30 years in prison. It money had spent
11 types of aircraft - Including
elvil to produce them in the kind, of the giant numbers we would need." Princess flying boat, the Vickers The answer he thinks is for 1000 Jot airliner
and certain Britain to concentrate on a few marks of the Comets which types transport aircraft, had been scrapped before they instance.
May 1961 with Guy Burgess could be put into large-scale used to go out in the evening production. and get disgustingly
drunk" as a certain London club.
The atuswer was: almost £25
million. And that figure "He twice engaged in drun-1, a "net development cost". ken brawls wih former left-
Mr
estimates Wies wing friends in
one of which actual cost to the taxpayer for they were rolling on the floor" the whole operation 1 more
he satel
was
In each case the cause of the alfucks
that they harl "heayel their former extreme left-wing opinien."
PLANE INCIDENT
than twice that amount.
GENERATION BEHIND
the
As a result, these failures and parallel failures in military aircraft-have ieft Britain
Lord Astor said this happened generation behind the Ameri- after Maclean's "drunken con-cans". due Cutro.
Mr Wigg believes the pinch He was surprised that after | will be felt soon by BOAC this, he should have been ap which will be left with the fast pointed head of the Ameriçun but short-range Comet IV und deparing at in the Foreign the long-range but slow Bristol tries are members of MEDO, - omee.
Britannia.
those they With but one of them-rug-lias Did the Foreign Office know will have a
compete with the other commitments to the of this conduct and tolerate long-range
lan Daugias ant inter-Arab detence treaty or were they ignorant?" he Bocing jets for which orders an organisation comprising asked.
have already been taken. the eight-nation
"Everybody know there whe Arab
Overseas airlines which have Lengue. And The Arng not one incident
good pinned their faith on Brl:ish craft inay suffer in the same League has not looked with us." Lord Astor said.
: ald A member of th. much favour on the creation, women's services
way and British
aircraft ex- happened to of the Middle East Defence And herself in an aeroplane in
parts are bound to suffer.
Brypt with Organisation,
Maclean and hi haviour Low Bunda her Clearly Iraq will have to walk | various ways
was "extremely warily
her [
military | rude and unpleasant," obligations to MEDO fest these are considered by the conflict Arab League
10
with her commitments with the Arab Defence Treaty,
NOR
H
but a
CAIRO AFFAIR
in
of
Lord Reading Minister State for Foreign Affairs said of Macleon's social activities in Leden: "I dare say Maclean went to number of parties.
OR is that the only con may be true that he did in- sideration. Iraq, 13 All dulge in certain drunken bouts.
"But most
certainly we did Lord Reading also admitted
Arab nation, must support the Arabs in any conflict not know." with Israci, and this con-
In addition, says Mr Wigu, the Royal Air Force is paralysed by mill ary alrerait failures and the prospects are not bright. He blames the lack of co-ordiratizu in the aircraft industry for the fallures.
NOT POLITICAL
I
aircraft
A REVOLUTION
His arrests brought him a
wha during one of these stretches, in 1942, that the police suggested that Jolmby straight and use his talents to- forward winning the war.
BRITISH TRAFFIC LAWS BEING CHANGED
“Sensible” Drunks May Be Let Off
London, Nov. 22.
The Tus law may make things easier in future for the motorist who, having had too much to drink, realists this and turns over the control of his car to someone else.
Mr
John
Boyd-Carpenter, Minister of Transport, has
put forward a new clause for the Boad Traßio Bil, now passing througla Parliament, which deals with this point.
The
clause provides that a motorias shall not be cati- victed of an offence merely through having had too much to drink if be can prove two things, namely: (1) That at the time when the offence is charged 盛源 having been committed, i
Were
circumstances
such that there was no likel- bood of bis driving the vehicle so long as he re- mained unât to do so; and,
(2) That between beoutning
unfit to drive and the time at which the offence was alleged to have been comi- miffed, he had not driven the vehicle on a road other pabilo place.
or
Publie unesİstem has 10-
ocally been expressed over cases where motorista are found they are silli ilable to be convicted
етед though, after taking 100 much to drink, they pass over the keys of their cars La Borbone who is sober and A to drive.---China
Mali Spoolaj.
ISRAEL'S WARNING TO EGYPT: "STOP SHOOTING...OR ELSE'
Jerusalem, Nov. 22.
Israel today served a warning on Egypt to stop its acts of Hostility.
Boulder
Two men were killed and two injured one seriously ---- when a 70-ton boulder crashed down on n lorry tak. Ing sand from, a hillside In the process of demolition at Taiwan Hill Road, near Matauwel Road, Hunghom, this morning.
The lorry had backed up to the hill to take on sand when the huge crashed down warning.
boulder without
It crushed the lorry and with It the driver, while another man was buried beneath the stone, Both men are dead.
Other boulders fand a cnn- siderable quantity of earth were dislodged and they seriously in- jured one man, white another was superficially hurt,
With Love From..?
Lention, Nov. 22.
A bank today received a mysterious parcel contain- Ing enough strychnine and
cranide to kill 200 people.
There address
return
Whe on the pareci, which contained two botiles of deadly polson.
Mr J. M. Taylor, manager of the Bank (Northumber- land Avenge branch of the Standard Bank of South Africa), mid he could not imagine why the poison was mailed to the bankintas United Prem
Nasser For Sofia
Cairo, Nev. 22. Nasser has
Égyption Premier Gopal Roospled Bulgaria
on Invita
During the advance on Rome, Allied leaders wanted a look at
Foreign Ministry spokes from the territories of these secret Axis withdrawal plane. So he
bening the man Michael Elitzur sald countries. 9. he pasactuód lines, cracked the enemy com- "it is becoming clearer that on to these latest incidents
"There is only one explana- anchor) k
Egypt is benton aggres-the Egyptian Army is apparently on rom the But his real hour or triumaaboth wooh so de
under orders to harass and pro, Goverment, to visit Sola, it tonight. The spokesman | date of the visit will be er
ranged Inter-France-Presse.
and
steret safe came back with the blueprint.
,
Then when a "winner was found progliation crois could be spread over "all the available facilities."
Guter types of aircraft could came when he got late Laft-He quoted incidents during voke spell forces and civilians was announced
the Le obtained by an arrangement walte headquarters and cracked the last 30 hours to back up his continuously." with the Americans.
Goarings massivé-sale
statement. He said in that period said. United Prces. The Idea would
It was a different story when' mean a re-
"Egyptian Army forces imunched volution in
attacks the British alrerati he was arrested for cracking a four
against Israeli ausy
but
concentration safe in Glasgow recently, taking troops and civilians in the woma provide "winners" like puny £100 in cash and 80 demilitarised zone of Nitzana.. the Viscount airliner which had mulings in stampe,
attacked an Iarnell fishing boat. zola Bavond the world.
The war hero pleaded for jan Israeli outpost near Kissum The business accumulatinaleniency but the law was firm was attacked trom across Hum a few "winners" would be
The judge said: "From your border by machine gun fire. fur boiler for the Industry than conduct and history, you cannot the current range of ilops. And JU
troma wan tester on the taxpayer, too. crime."—United Press.
to
Queen's Flying Visit To Nigeria In January
London, Nov. 22.
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will leave London on January 27 for their three-week flying, visit to Nigeria, Buckingham Palace announced tonight,
The Palace announcement said they would return to London 011
February
17.
Six Killed In
21 TIMES
the
"This morning two Egyptian posts again opened fire on an Iscoeli post in the Kissuilm arta. This followed a chain af Ezypuan provocative attacks ... reached on jatur the ceasore
Nov. 4.
than three weeks since then Egyptian positions milltary
attacked Isrnell posts and patrols with automatic and artillery Are ca 21 occasions.
less
somo period
LOST AT
SEA FOR
SEVEN HOURS
Capetown, Nov. 22. Skipper Orn Hansen, 86, of Tonsberg, Norway, who arrived in Capetown yes- terday aboard the whale catcher Setter IX, is one of the luckiest men alive today. When the Seller IX was two days out of Dakar last week, he fell overboard and swam
hourg
round for more than seven before he was picked up in pitch darkness by his own vessel. Hansen fall overboard at about
"During tho there were twelve incursions by Egyptian military planes Into Israeli territory. At the same # o'clock but he was found to time Egyptian Army representa- be missing only at 11.30 p.m. tives in other Arah states, par A thorough search of the skip ticularly Jordan, have been was made but ho could not organising
conducting be found. raids against Israel The crew then realised he must have fallen overboard, and the ship was turned rounid...]
Both journeys would be by Carrier Mishap millory
air.
"This is not a political issue.
A spokesman for the British The
(given by the answers
Washington, Nov. 22. · Overseas Airways Corporation fully
Six men were killed and one minister) showed, a realised, tha there were just said later that the fighis would as many failures under tho be made in one of the Corpora was seriously injured when a fighter plane .careerod out of tion's Argonaut airliners.
control down the deck · of the Socialist Cloverment.
FIRST VISIT The trouble is simply that A
„} | aircraft carrier Ticonderoga Insi more acralted programme tingency was plainly in the that the Foreign Office did not ariain bas too many
Navy ́authorhood minds of all the delegates know at the time the diploma,
disappeared
that Meclean had frens trying to do too much." for the Royal tour will be issued night, the at the Baghdad conference, had a "drunken bout" when in
lo quoted the Victor jet Iraq, as strongly as the other Cairo.
bomber as an example, participants, urged modera- The full details were not "We have just one and a half We decided tion on the part of Egypt known at the time to the Vistors. Even If
at Cairo. Conse that that was the best aircraft in and Israel, for nothing is ambassador more calculated to embarquently they were not reported
rhas Iraq's position in MEDO
Nor
The
ኔ-
Bodyguard For Governor
in the near future.
today.
It will bo the fist vielt ki Toe accident occurred. In the a reigning British Mediterranean, where the Nigaris by monarch.
"Ticonderoga is operating witn The first announcement of the the Sixth Fleet, Queen's decision to visit Nigeria; wcs made last month, -
The last Royal visit to Nigeria was in 1925 when the Duka of Windsor, uncle of the Queen, spent several days there us Prince of Wales.
and
STOP PRESS
Cricket Latest
After á brlilient recovery this
** 14 huncha Maisy's were: 100
for 46.
Half an hour after the lanels break, Malays had scored 205 for
1
The Navy said an F-2-H Banshee pline, piloted
by | morning, Malaya, in their second. to the Foreign Office he said.
Ensign Oils Lightner, Was innings, agalist Combined. Bere were they known prior to
making a landing on the carrier vicës endured", a kisetting col- than full-scale Maclean's disappearance.
after a night navigation fight lapse, losing five, włokein for 28 hostilitios between Israo! NEEDED TREATMENT
When.. Its tall hook failed to and Egypt.
engage an arresting wire, the ambassador considered.
LARGEST TERRITORY plane bounced over a barricade for the loss of one wicket. In While there is good cause for Maclean had been overworking
London, Nov. 22.
Nigeria la Britain's largest careered down the deck und satisfaction over the Middle very considerably rnd that a A personal bodyguard for the colonial territory. It covers an over the bow, striding cight than 20 minutes after lunch
they mooren waa* 197, for ab East Defence Organisation moment had arrived "signallard Governor of Cyprus, Sir John area, including part of the
men on the dock ile v coming into being, its weak- by this particular bout of drink Harding, and
of" service in the British miles.
policemen for Cameroons, of 378,000 square The pliot was picked out Burton' was out for 91 and Webb. and some violence when special
the nem la that it is not fully Ing
water 20 minutes later by a ropresentative.
The population is more than motorwhaleboat from ") the The In he ought to have medical treat-laland colony, will be recruited
in London soon..
31,000,000, composed chiefly of destroyer Goodrich He suffered terests of the Arab nations ment
For that reason ho was sent
Four men -will form the brigans – with a minnelly of only seralchen and bruises and
Americans home for treatment in the hope Governor's bodyguard: China Europeans,
and was not piously injured vulnerable to Communist he might be cured-fleuter.
United Pricas. Lebanese-Reuter, Mail Special. aggression than those of the MEDO aignatories. Despite this, knowledge the majority of the Arab coun- tries have held aloof from MEDO, préferring to rely on their own strength, in-A adequate though it be, both economically and militarily, This is the weak link in the Middle East defence chain. It is not necessarily a fatal
in general are no leas
MOON LAND SALES LEGAL? A.G. TO INQUIRE
New York, Nov. 22 company in Glen Cove, Long Island, today was opened for business selling lend on the
moon for one dollar an Acto but the State=, | Attorney a General announced, that – he took a dim view of the enter one, but it is going to bu, prise and whs' investigating its exploited to the full by legality, and
Rusele), and its existence For a few of one dollar, buyers cannot be regarded with a received:
equanimity by the Midle Tin to kn Of land on Fast Defence Organisation, vol the
the moon, with fishing and hunting rights and winter sports facilities, but not in cluding subeolf rights like
uranium.s
Headed by Mr. Robert R. Cole, former President of 2 the Hoden. Planetarium, the com- pany is called the Society for Interplanetery Development.
A brochure describing the marvels of the moon,izla es A map permitting the buyer to take a look at his pro-dialated proper perty through a telescope. The enthrpfl'e, je which
attracted the dooptical" wobec tion of the live
Mr Cole registered the company *Wrally in the Glen Cove Town
·Hall/Heună--hia:žasociateš
has
only'da “the but on the }} Mver or proon,
· nobody
entire.
Me Cole said he hoped to be cone of the Karat travellers to
De moon 3amigo, In the;
He admitted his enterprias bad. ite bumorbus, sido, but ho maid 21. wina Recious" enotegh- Ik to the In Texas
and the Klondike
grounda, that the
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Preferred Everywhere
The Sotter
with the
IX steamed north searchlights scanning
Radar sca.
and usdle
apparatus were brought into operation. After steaming miles, the ship turned back and salied 16 miles south. Although the crew realised that
he had
опе
million one chance in a of being seen in the dark, they decided to have more look and turned the ship northwards again, They had steamed about 10 miles when the beam of one of the searchlights picked out Hansen.
One of the men threw him a line, but the skipper, who had been more than seven, hours in the water, Ignored It, and clambered aboard his vessel unaided at about 4.30 am. Although he was exhausted after
his long swim, ho made quick recovery. France. Presse.
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