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Mollet's Victory
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#AHE solid French National vote which yesterday lifted M. Guy! Mollet into the premiership is an encouraging sign. It hints that the depoties are, ready to dispense with dis- ruptive, petly partisanship. iti the interests of
J
nation, thereby permitting. Яomething resembling stalde rovernment a fune tion.
The vole was mgnificant an
that M. Molfet won the sup purt of the Faure groupe They werk expected abetain, and the fact th they eventually
signified
approval of M. Molletta
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MOLLET IS NEW PREMIER
111
French Crisis Resolved DECISIVE MAJORITY FOR COALITION GOVERNMENT
Paris, Feb. 1.
The leader of the Socialist Party, M. Guy Mollet, today became France's new Premier. He was elected by 420 votes to 71, according to an unofficial count.
Political observers believe M. Mollet's resounding victory may open the door to a new national Third Front against the Communists on the Left and the Poujadists on the Right.
The Communist Party voted for M. Mollet. would have been elected.
The
Catholle
Or
But even without their votes ho
in the recent ¦ West
should
negotiate
witt
Popular Re-number of reals nomination suggests they publicans (MRP) atick Left French elections
Russa "always, everywhere may now be considering à; Republican Bully (GR).
M Moliet needs the continue; and without prior prejudice". the working alliance with the purity of the former Prenter, M. uit of either the Commu-
France must Jeudi her Radical Sociall
Faure, vote for M. Moldet s 11
the govern-
entre-right 10 This ment s broad mattomal
may pav
the way
Agatnet bin, survive
ots the buckling a Such a develop policies.
new centre coalition extrome Right, are the Pouja- ment would be welcome, for sanity between these groups,
In France despite the existing cats. other
M Mollet would render unirerssary 22nd post-war Premier. He an- to the government the sup man.ed
13-minister n port of the Communists in part van Front Cabinet. the Assembly.
clude! M. Piarre Maudes France, leader of the Radical Party ar a Minister of State.
52
Thir
it
M. Mollet's programme which
became France's Centre Parties Split
Re-i
The centre parties havo 16 113 Livi majority only if they
co-operate. Tudoy
they spili. The
M.R.P. and the R.C.R.
voted
1 M. Mollet's favour while the centre-right forces of
he outlined to the deputies Thanked Communists M. Antoine Pinay abstained. was aufliciently modernte t attenet
The
centre-right-
Fallowing his election,
colullies towards self- government, support the hone rule agreement
Tunisia with and negotiate new and more iberal ties with MoTOCCO,
France wanted a treaty ★ belone
summer establish- Ing a European atomic pool with special arrangements to enable Britain to be associated with i
tomic but it would not build weapons, it would concentrate on peaceful development atomic energy.
of
all workera three weeku There should be a
M. Mollet read out his Gov- Mernment's programme from the columned
At home. should get paid leave.
| nation: od-age pension fund.
The constitution should be re-i
elements. I emphasised the | Mollet thanked the Community high tribune of the Premier's interest in and for their "devouring amiability | Assembly chamber concern for European unity.and then sald: "I will make noi and promised a realistic commitments to the Com- He put forward reforms in formed. approach to the problem of munists. 1 make any commit-bring pesce in Morocco as Algerin 11M expressed men's to Parlament
to most Important task. determination to
announced D new Avoid France."
ensure
three
and
hecklers
The
There should De no i ination or devaluation of
There are 30 members in M. Thirteen Mollot's Government.
are ministers and 23, secretaries
ned under-secretaries of state.
He usu polley for the franc. inflation, sustain the frane.! M. Mollet is not an ardent gradual disemmanent ILM the best way to re-unify Germany seek tax-collecting reforms admirer of the party. aunel
Once Communist
world and bring about weeks":
peace, He also made these points: annual holiday with pay for threw Jilm out of a window l a political rally. He come back all workers should have a through the door, and resumed
There must be immediate reforms giving Algerians popular domestic appwat, his speech.
equal rights
Frenchmen with M. Mollet, a former teacher und free elections, but France M. Mollet has got off to a pro-jof English, was elected to the also intended 10 subdue
mising start. He has Premiership five daya after terrorism. solected a workmanlike President Coty picked him to j Cabinet, and he appears to succeed M Edgar Faure, whose have the chance of winning | centre-right coalition lost French foreign polley but the under-socretaries.--United Press,
the
support from an-
expected directions - sup- part which could be solidi- fied into a National Front alfiance that would ensure long-terni government. It will be the hope of all of Franer's friends that such
Marshal Zhukov's!
Sharp Attack
a development materialises. On
In Defiance
is
On Army Critics
Paris, Feb. 1.
The Soviet Defence Mini-
Isymuthy for the Austra- tes munched a chur attack
felter, Marshal (Georgi Zhukov,
Han watersite workers who
The Socialiste hold the main key posts including the Minis- feica of Foreign Affairs, Econo- mic Affairs, Social
As
| Oversea France and Veterans,
ecerttaries of state and two
In addition, they have ten
alliance Attante ★The
remained the basis of
A.A. Milne
Dead
London, Feb. 1.
A. A. Milne, creator of Christopher Robin and Winnie the Pooh, died at his home in Hartfield late laat night. ile was 74.
Milne underwent o In 1952 operation
Left him partially
He never
Me
brain
which
paralysed.
of the towards
covered.
Besiden
are now engaged in a strike against the attitude of eer-
which threatens to cripple tain
་
"militants
regime"
the country's economy, for Moscow behind the present action the Army.
Challenge :{
to the BA
Ilwa
courts.
courts should
of a
the latest issue of The authority of the arbitration Red Star-the magazine of the Soviet Army -- which has just arrived in Paris, long extracts Theoretically the existence of a sperch by Marshal Zhukov
In which he re such
| are published
Moicow "militonts": sufficient to ensure accept for criticising
proaches
the activity af able settlements of indus-serving superior officers, trial disputes where the He praised the Soviet leaders opposing parties have been for having provided "our Anny unable to reach a mutual; and Navy with the mit mɔdren In Australia, means of defence. agreement.
however, some unions are But he deplored the fact that quite prepared to flaunt the in certain formations Insullient rulings of the arbitration attention was paid to the tain
ing
officers
::
Officers Criticised
judges. holding that they commissioned fleers. alone have the right to decide what is and what is i
not a fair judgment.
In the
the
present dispute. courts have already ruled against the maximum
I
TC-
his well-known books Mr Milne wrote severat successful plays.- tailed Press.
DEATH WAS
THE VICTOR
Lusaka, Jan. 31. Pungwn Domba and his wife fought a grim baille to the death with man-eating lion in dead of night near native village in the Mumbwa district,
was not ufraid.-China Special.
Not Joining
The
Britain To Sound
HE POSED WITH HIS POSY
-And The Queen Had To Wait
Lagos, Jan. 31.
A little Nigerian boy made the queen laugh this ever- ing when he kept on bow- ing
a line to
of news of photographers instead giving her posy of flowers.
For x-year-old
About who
ted
G
Olubunmi about three feet high, the great- est moment
of his life WILE to be when he trot- forward to present the posy to the Queen at the inauguration of of Nigeria's federal courts, He went over tu the Queen in the forecourt of the federal courts and thrust forward hit pory. Then he suddenly spotted the file of photographers.
a
He turned his bow into
sweep of his head towards the cameramen and grin- ningly invited them lo take his photograph. The Queen, andling broadly, tried to take the pos
from his hand, but Olubun mi was not in- terested,
He stood firmly in position bowing and swinging 10- wards the photographers in his purple and olive green pyjama-style native costume.
was at last
The Queen, laughing loudly. able to take the pony from his handa. Then
Olubunmi decided
his moment was over and he scampered happily back to his mother,
Olubunmi, the young son of a Federal Judge, Mr J Abown, has produced the biggest spontaneous laugh of this Roydi Tour so far. The comedy was
a prelude 10 the legal ceremony when the Queen was at last able to enter the Spanish-style Crea loured council building. Reuter.
Co-
EDEN, EISENHOWER
DISCUSS
CHOU'S WAR THREAT
Washington, Jan. 31.
President Eisenhower and Sir Anthony Eden today discussed a threat by the Chinese Prime Minister, Mr. Chou En-lai, to settle the Formosa problem by war if necessary, an official spokesman announced.
The discussions took pince during a review of the Far Eastern and Middle Eastern problems,
No decisions had been
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ANNUAL RACE MEETING: 2nd DAY.
EXCITING SECOND RACE FINISH
The second day of the Hongkong Jockey, Club's annual race meeting opened this morning under cloudy skies and before a comparatively small crowd.
The going was fairly fast.
In the first two races, the favourites scored,. but in the second race, City of Victoria, ridden by H. C. Pih, had to make a tremendous effort to rose out The Cherub (M. Samarcq) by a short head.
The Cherub led from the F-4«t«t«tt alart and kept ahend of the feld until 30 yards from the winning pos
Then Pil made his effort on the City of Victoria and gradually overhauled the lender, Anally winning.
amidst great excite- ment, on the post.
In the opening event, Jemima P., ridden by D. R.
Benson, started favourile and had
CASH SWEEPS
RACE 1
No. 3105
$ 1,990
No. 2901 No. 2410
571 200 Unplaced ponies ($100 each) Nos. 740, 3015, 1667, 2324, 2168,
1136.
A
Tunaway win from Hiawatha and Desert Gold.
Results and cash sweeps:
RACE NO. 1
RACE 2
No. 8327
$2,150
No. 2072
No. 2708
015 307
Jemima P. 144 (D. R.
Benson)
Unplaced
potles ($100 each) Nos 900, 373, 1042, 1045, 2062,
Hiawatha, 154 (Albert Lam) Desert Gold, 136 (A. Lam) .. 3
Won by many lengths;
Z
607.
RACE 3
1
lengths.
No. 848
No, 3294
Time: 1.38.3.
Pari mutuck:
Winner: $0.60; Places: 1st $8.70; 2nd $6.10; 3rd 55.00.
Also ran: Comhill, 184 (M. J. Pridom), Crown Witness, 144 (Andrew Lam), Free Sue- 147 (E. Mok), Not So Had 140 (W. M. Chan), Snowy 104 (T. F. Hau), Valbridge, 143 (F. R. Enfield).
Ph
RACE 2
City of Vitoria, 147 (H. C. The Cherub, 147 (M.
Samurcq) Distant
Sky, 147 (W. Williamson) ........ Won by short head; many
lengths. 1.10.3 min.
Time:
Pari mutual: Places;
The presidental adviser on disarmament questions, Mr Harold Stassen, attended
an 3rd $12.10. afternoon session which dealt the forthcoming meeting
or conclusions with
Winner: $3.
1st $6.30; 2nd $7.20;
(P.
Also ran: Ann Cook, 147 (T. L reached on any of of the United Nations, sub- Wong), Aladdin, 147 (A, Ostru-
mol!) Chekupum, 140 these subjects and the spokesman committee on Disarmament, ex-Plumbly), Hylamon, 147 (R. said there were no changes of pected
in London Teal), Man On, 147 (K. Kwok), even where next March. the spokesmen Sabrina, 147 (H. M. Botelho).
Soviet Views position to report
the points of view of the two Govermenta were divergent.
'SEARCHING' TALKS
Today's talks were described as "for ranging and searching" and "intimate and informal".
said.
to be held
SIX SUBJECTS The following subjects were listed by the spokesman as having
been raised, but he would not comment on the con- clusions reached:
1.
RACE 3
First Lady, 148 (P. Plumbly) 1 2 Queenpots, 180 (K. Kwok).. Dilkoosh, 142 (M. Samareq) 3 Won by half a length, 12 lengths.
Time: 1.51.4
Pari mutuel: Winner: $37.50.
London, Jan. 31. Britain will consult Husgia before sending a reply to Com- munist China's
EL proposal for new meeting of the Indo-China armistice powers to consider the post-war situstion to Vietnam,
The first meeting between the U.S. Secretary of State, Mr the Foreign Office said today.
1. The Formosa Strelta Dulles and the British Foreign The Peking Government re- Secretary Mr
Selwyn
question.
and specifically the Places: 1st $7.10; 2nd $0.10; 3rd Lloyd cendly proposed such a meeting with their experts
$7. question of whether Quemoy Tasted two and in a message sent to Britain as hours and 10 minutes.
Matsu Islands would be They one of the co-chairman nations***
defended, were accompanied by several nine nation conference, wisers and the discusalon cen- of the which in Geneva in 1954 nego-tred on the Far East, including Communist China. tiated the Indo-China cease fire. Southeast Asia and the Manila
The foreign office spokesman Pact meeting. Certain questions ing between said: There will clearly have about the Middle East were also to be some exchanges of views discussed. between the recipients of the
The President and Sir Anthony Chinese message--Britain and Eden lunched with 14 British Russia-es soon as the attitudes and American experts. After Geneva Govern-lunch they held a privato 45- ments are known."
minute meeting,
of the other
The
Crash In River
TRADE EMBARGO
2. The Geneva triks with
3. The posibility of a meet- Mr Chou Envial and Mr Dulles (but it was cmn- phasised that Britain had not made such a proposal).
4. Mr Chow En-lal's renewed demand for the return of For-
mosa.
to
510
Chairman of the Atomle Mr Lewis
E
al the
5. The tripartite pact on Chinese proposal sug- For almost three hours the Istart and, specifically, a recent gested that the nations of the experts discussed a number of French memorandum Euggesting In the morning villagers found Supervisory Armistice Commis-other matters.
steps to restore peace.
0 Anglo AmericaD ald the couple dead. The lion stood alon, India, Canada and Poland, motionless ustride Demba's body should attend a new meeting in
Egypt's Aswan Dam project. with its lows apart. It, too, was addition
to the_original confer-
The question of a possible The White House spokesman, dead.
ence powers. These were, Bri-
Imitation on Mr James Hagerty replied "no would be raised tomorrow when H-bomb testa The African and his wife had tain, France, United States, He also criticise officers, who been camping out in their field Russia, Communist China, South change to repented
questions the Loften "lack severity
towards to protect their crops from wildetnam, North Vietnam (Viet- whether the United States had
EXCTRY their subordinates and for this pigs. Demba knew about the minh), Laos and Cambodia. agreed to withdraw its opposi-
Strauss,
whozning tion to broader trade with reason do not full the tasks danger from lions, but said he Reuter.
Foreign meeting Communist incumbent
China or whether Secretaries, the spokesman
said. upen them."
Britain had agreed to drop this Turning to the role attributed
The mattor was not raised demands of the waterside to Party organisation
issue. and the
today, he oxpalined, because Mr workers, and the strike in Komsomol (youth organisation)
Mr
Hagerty also
Have Straus was out of town. consequence becomes more in the Army, Marshal Zhukov
negative replies to questions
MIDDLE LAST REVIEW than a dismissal of the said these organisations should
Pittsburgh, Jan. 31. naking whether either country offer made by employers; it apply themselves, in the Arst
had changed its views on the A two-engined B-25 en route
Washington Cor- Reuter's of Communist China admission defiance instance, to completing ideolo- Samir Rital said tonight "it is from Las Vegas, Nevada to gesture of
respondent roports that' a against legally constituted gical training and "enforcing not our polley to join the Washington, DC. crashlanded to the United Nations.
further attempt to clarity Bri- Baghdad pact. discipline."
In the swift-flowing Monogahela admission of the Peking Gove the Middle East was made today
Britain is known to favour
tish and American policies in "In the Moscow region can be
Mr Rifat said: "our policy is River today. seen various attempts to criticise, the general Amb policy ap Four of the dive mon reported ornment, but will not insist on by Mr Selwyn Lloyd, and Mr This apart, it is questionable during Party conferences, the proved by alt Arab states," abcard were rescued. The fifth this unless the United
States Foster Dulles, whether the waterside activity of certain serving sentor
man was missing United Press. concurs. workers increased pay and officers. Such attempts deserve other demands are to be condemned. Our task is to meritorious. Their range of reinforce, by all means. the earnings is by no means authority of the leaders and to meagre, even over a seven support, the execution of their hour day and a five day week. Meanwhile, thetr action is quite gravely com-
is a
authority.
1. promising the country's
economy,
It is natural the government should hesitate to employ strike-broaking action, yet | the situation is rapidly becoming perilous, and in the wider, interests of the nation the Prime Minister would bo juatised in using extraordinary means to get vital exports on the move
agajn
orders."--Francs-Presse,
SOVIET MINISTER
:
'RELEASED'
London, Feb, 1. The Soviet official news agency, Tub announced today the Russian Minister of Internal Amurs, Sergei M. Britov, la "released from duties" and replaced by. Heuter,
N. P. Dadogov
Reuter.
Amman, Jan. 31. Jordan Premier Mr
New Demand For UN Seat For China
New York, Jan. 31.
Although the divergencies were officially reported yester- day to be very narrow,
some Washington commentators be- lleved the chances of achieving a common policy were only
at best.
which has for many years been ¡Uplied States and Mr Ting!! [Bigas particularly 30,・AC-
"Tylang, Nationalist - representa tivo.
· 4
The Soviet Union today re-chased out of Chinn,” pealed her plea for Chjan to be The Soviet Union considered it
cording to some observers, in represented in the United Na- to bo "inadmissible" that the
the ca of British-Saudi tions by the Peking regime. "great: Chinesa people should mót. I wish simply to state for Arabian relations,
to represented. In this important the record that - I ́ occupy / the
Both Sir Anthony Eden and Mr Arkady Sobolov, Soviet body of the United Nations," he set of China, in this Commis- Mr Selwyn Llové hove urged sion in strict accordance with the United States to ie thair permanent representative, rals Cali ed the issuo when the 14-
The only legitimate represen reference," Mr Tslang declared, alleged propaganda campaign by the Charter and the terms of influence to stop the present member. peace obervew a of the
Mr Lodge mission, met to elect new officers would be by a delegate of
said the Boylet Saudi Arabia said to be financed! Communist Government, he add-statement
Inappopriate by ell royalties from American to draw cd Mr Scholar He said he wanted to
asked that his and out of
interesia out of order "the" statement; be included in the In Ottawa the External Affairs delogates attention
Linked with this question is abnormal altuation which exist" mimiles of the meeting.
Mirakster,
Mr Lester Pearson, the specifs Butraimi Osais CHAO and added that China's wat in The delegato of Chocholovakia mid in Parliament, today: what which comoCH THE the Commission was "illegally | mupported the (Soviet position, Canada would continue to with, sovereignty byer «the off-rich occupied by a representative of which was opposed by Mr hald diplomatié recognition of desert lands.
"
WILD
135
Also ran: Ben Lawers, 142 (Chun
Kit),
Brantomc, 154 (K. S. Shu), Evergreen, (C. F. Ng), Laddle, 141 (A. Ostrumoff), Nonse Lady, 139 (H. K. Chuang), Quizelle, 144 (Lal Chufi-fal), Turf Heroine, 140 (V. H. Oliveira).
"This
is
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