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COMMENT OF
THE DAY
The Election THE
two moat striking features of yesterday's Urban Council olection were, in thin order: the gratifying increase in the poll, and the decisive vic- tory of the Reform Club candidates. Contrary 10 expectations, voters — particularly Reform Club supporters favoured the block vote (It appears that over 4,000 out of at lens! 4,465 voted according to the Club's ticket).
Published figures show that 6,048 of 14,682 on the roll
111
voted. We said yesterday a 50 per cent poll (7,341) would be gratifying and any more, astonishing. fact, 41.2 per cent of the olectorate voted which by Hongkong standards fairly good;
might
even
one
say it is very good compared with the 14 per
cent turnout at last year's election.
It appears both from volers'
proferences and from portera
observations
re-
that
a large majority of the voters were Chinese. Thin
I
is a welcome development which tends 14 indiente that there has been growth of civic conscious- ness during the year among the Chinese people entitled to vote. The size of the vote also indicates that the clectorate has to some ex- tent shakon of the apathy which marked last year's poll,
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EDEN IN STORMY DEBATE EX-NAZI ADMIRAL
Opposition Forces Confidence Vote
PREMIER REFUSES
TO ANNOUNCE POLICY
TOWARDS JORDAN
London, Mar. 7.
Sir Anthony Eden, British Prime Minister, faced a storm of criticism from the Labour opposition tonight during a speech in which he declined to announce his policy towards the Arab kingdom of jordan.
A packed House of Commons had waited tensely all day in expectation of a major policy statement from the Prime Minister on the crisis caused by Jordan's abrupt dismissal of Clubb Pasha,, British Commander of the Arab Legion.
But faces fell when Sir Anthony said:
"I must tell the House bluntly that I am not in a' position to an-
TORIES TO SUPPORT NO-HANGING BILL
London, Mar. 7. Supporters of abolition of capital punishment have decided to support Socialist, Sydney Silver- man's no-hanging bill,
Mr Silverman's bill is to come up for a second reading in the House of Commons next Monday.
Tonight, more than 30 of 48 Tory MPa who voted against hanging on February 16 held a pri- vate meeting at Westminster under the chairman- ship of Sir Beverley Baxter,
Hussein's Statement Astonishes
nounce tonight in respect of Jordan an immediate policy on definite lines Gen Glubb ·
or hint which are going inevitably to be followed.
"I am sure that to attempt to do so now with such information as we have would be not only premature but probably dangerous to our own interests -more so perhaps than those of Jordan."
Amid stormy settes he annunced that the opposition Bancing
12 would force a votes--which
dafented by 312
government voles to 252.
The Prime Minister, whose personal prestige hos again been under attack from sotme news papers, had a stormy reception from the opposition right from the start of his speech.
on the
London, Mar. 7. General John, Glubb said
at
in a statement tonight that he WIS "astonished" reasons given for his dis- missat as head of the Arab Legion by King Hussein of Jordan.
General Clubb said: "Only 24 hours before I was informed of the King's wishes 1 had enjoyed cordial interview a long and with him,"
They decided to ahead and give full sup- port to Silverman's tell OV van though I would not have the backing of the government.
The majority in favour of abolition in the debate last month was 46. Con- tinued. mpport of the Tory abolitionista is essenting it Silverman's bill ta“ to get through the Commons.
Some Tories who voted for retaining hanging last month are likely to mostaln on Silverman' bill In order to show they accept- od the decision of the Commons, as expressed in a free vole,~~~Lendon press Service,
"Life" For Young Terrorists
To charges. that he hnd weaken morald" by assert- to Arab Legion officers and
Nicosia, Mar.. 7.
stronger than the Araba, General age 24 to 17, were sentenced
tribul, chiefs that Isteel was Six Cypriot Greek youths,
REINSTATED HONORARYCITIZEN
Kiel, Mar. 7.
Erich Raeder, 79, former Nazi Grand Admiral who was condemned to life imprisonmont for war crimes, has been reinstated as honorary citizen of Kiel, the formér German naval base.
The Mayor of Kiel, Dr Hans Mudthling, said the decision of the city government had merely "Get right a state of affairs that had been incorrectly handled in the past."
Reeder Was released from Sparxdau war mes prison in Berlin last year after a four- power act of clemency en medical grounds. He is now living quiet- ly in Western Germany.
DECREE REPEALED Raeder was given the freedom of the city of Kiel in 1934 when he was head of the Reich navy, The city repealed this decree in December 1945, because of Rieder's "unworthy, behaviour" during the Nazi period and the war.
an-
According to German 'low, the should Arstly city authorities have informed Raeder himself (who was then in an allied pri- son) and sceondly have notified the next senior civic authority (In this case the British militery government). Neither was done.
"A few days ago it was
the city govern- nounced that the men had decided that the order of repealing Roeder's freedom the city was invalid as st had been incorrectly carried out and the "therefore it follows that fro:dom of the city was, in the legal sense, never withdrawn." -Reuter....
Aussies Find Bandit Camp
Penang, Mar,
A photograph of Ad- miral Naeder AL the
his height of
career.
Hitch-Hikers
Heading Here
Singapore, Mar, 7. Two young Americans who left their home town, New York, nine months ago with $500 each in their jeans arrived in Siniga pore today on a round-the-world hitch-hike. SVA META
They pre Armaild „Pierro, 23, and Jean Rioux, 21,"
Al the end of his speech Mu The Labour leader also urged | Britain's evacuation of the Sucz Hugh Galtskell, the Labour D
declaration with the Canal Zone, declared Egypt had joint
the on Middle East been a trouble maker for leader, branded the Premier's United States
past 100 years. statement as "totally unveilstac- | policy.
of the Suez group, Mr
Anolber tory,"
Shinwell, Emanual former Labour Defence Minis-Major Edward Legge-Bourke, urged caution before called on the United States to Egypt's Aswan dam Join the Bagdad pact and num- He feared
com- project.
Egypt, bered "American private having gained what she wanted, marcial interests" among those night "cock a snock at us", in undermining the British position the same way King Hussein had in Middle East. done over General Glubb.
BLAMES ROYALTIES Putting forward his persona!
Sp. far Atrúnnd) in. sverciary, view
laracit-Egyptian Mr Alfred Hobens, chier
and Jean, - an ext student, havo Mr Shinwell dispute,
sald Labour foreign affairs Spoke
visited - 17 countries in Europe Britain should tell Egypt
and
and, the Near East. others in the clearest and most roynities paid to Atez confifles, peatedly one that Irael was today when they plended An Australian army patrol man, blamed American what I did point out ce to life imprisonment here definite Inhgninge that if they
of the trouble contemplated taking action one
undoubtedly
Japan before heading
fot numerically guilty to carrying arms and yesterday discovered a terrorist. "It is strange that the most stronger than Jorden--which is ammunition last December.
camp ballavod. to be the base of home, they said today. against the other, Britain would anti-Communist Country
a group which last Sunday shot
They said they had managed Counsel, Mi Uso whatever force she, thought allowing its money to be used common knowledge,
dend Sergeant Churles Anderson, to get this far (and to still "I never at any time dis desirable to prevent it.
Griffith Jones, said ballistic/ to create a vacuum into which.
an army spokesman said today. have #90: each left); byt experts. had stated the guns!
не Mr Clement Davies, leader of Communism can come," he said, curd the country's defences
another Australian did toud the Liberals. zald Prime
If peace was to be preserved with Arab chiefs,"
found with the youth had been patrol in the same area of the thumbing rides' on "anything Impracticable should have mode ton
"recently fred”. He asked the Bongsu forest reserve in Kedah that moves."-Reuter. frontiers Mr W. S.Minister
the Israel-Arab
court to consider the youths as State, exchanged fire with two nothing less than an Interna- King Hussein is reported to aggression against Israel would tonal police force along certain have complained that General
"hardened terrorists.”
terrorists yesterday, The ter
POLIO EPIDEMIC be regarded as legal, and that strategie parts of the frontier Glubb ignored his orders to draw
The Emergency regulations rorists fled after a brief action.
Buenos Aires, Mar. 7. Britain now guaranteed Israel.
A baby's feeding bottle was In reply provide a maximum penalty of vas equitian Prime Minister
toll up a defensive plan. He blamed Egypt for
The official pollo' death discovered in the camp. death for carrying arms,
reached this, the general said:
100
The today: Meanwhile 25 pounder guns trouble in the Middle East.
A Cypriot Greek youth i
of Public Heath an Mos!
was prepared to accept such a "Although nearly a year ago of the other speakeTS,
was a great mistake the King stated that he wished jured by 'shrapnel in a bomb
maintaining near Paphos were
steady nounced 1 new cases in the Conserva ive and Labour, bitterly attacked Egypt as the to allow weeks to go by since to defend every inch of Jordan, throwing cause of the reont troubles lahe had offered to withdraw 4 he gave me to understand sub last night died in hospital carly harassing fire on suspected ter- past 48 hours and 10 deaths.
rorist hideouts.-Reuter.
United Press. klemmet:e from the frontier to the Middle East.
sequently that he accepted that today.-Reuter.
plan was impracticable, Waterhouse, facilliato such a force and not this Captain Charles lesdir
the Conservative take advantage of it, Mr Robens since when he has never "Suez rebels" who protested at ståd.-Reuter.
tioned the subject to me aga
IT is hard to avoid the eon- clusion, however, that al though the increased poli may also be attributable to the fact that for the first time in the Colony's history the election was a "poliți. cal" contest between two parties, the poil might have been bigger had there been more lively and controver- sial issues and on active campaign fought out
The shouting hustings, instead the
of that the Speaker over the radio and in news- | Morrison, had to appeal for absolutely clear that any act of paper columns.
Tu
one
for
This began when he accused the Labour opposition of having alternative policies both and agalast Bagdat? part tween Britain, Pakistan, Turkey and Persia,
silence,
Was 50
be
Teng
ATTACKS EGYPT be perfectly fair should also point out that
Sir Anthony Eden mado a all candidates have
pro-
hard-hitting attack on Egypt, fessional duties to carry which he
said had for some out at the same time. This me been broadcasting a stream must necessarily limit the of abuse against General Glubb, time that they are able to
treaty "To try to disrupt a devote to electioneering.
and ourselves between Jordan There are possibly other reais utterly Inconsistent with as- Bons why the poll was not surances of friendly relations," bigger. It seems that the he said. "If the Egyptians want
relations friendly
with the Civic Association lacks the
can be organisational ability the Reform Club in the electorate. The Civic As- One way of ensuring Egyp Rociation might claim that did not get these friendly rela- had more voted, its figures fions was for her to pursue would have been more In- policy that professed friendship on the one hand and incited
I'
Western powers,
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The Commons Were
Disappointed
London, Mar. 7.
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Sir Anthony Eden's speech winding up Parliament's Middle East debate tonight disappointed a considerable section of his House of Commons supporters.
Some had earlier made no secret of their hope to hear from the Prime Minister positive news of the Government's future intentions on policy towards Jordan.
spiring, since out of the hostilities on the other. 6,000 who voted, around about 4,000 voted solidly On the Bagdad pact, the for the Reform Club Prime Minister said:
"My policy is clear enough, I T is fair to say that the am one of the authors of the Reform Club polled almost Bagdad pact. I am proud of il ite maximum voto
it in in the and I stand by
every existing electorate and that line." they have little cause for Earlier in the debate. Mr lament in that about only Gaitskell
urged tha arms to send
to 300 odd did not vote ac- government
its future end's plans. First Israel and confine cording to the ticket.
htd
to
Referring 10 a reported statement that King Hussein had continually warned him to cilminate corruption from the Arab Legion, the general sald the Legion had for years been famous for its incorruptibility. any case, His Majesty never at any time raised this. with me," his slate. question ment added.
"The Legion's integrity and loyalty have been a by-word to the world."Reuter.
ON SHORT. TIME
"Birmingham, Mar, 7. Labour sources hailed the Some .700. They accepted his explanation
tyre production that it would be premature to- debate as a triumph for their workers at the Dunlop Rubber disclose the Govern- leader,, Mr Hugh Gaitskell, Company's Erdington factory, night to
whose speech, they said, was a here will start short-time work But they did not appear to be synthesis of Socialist thinking this week, the company an- Impressions are that the muc aid.
to ocono- roused by his performance. help, to Arab nations
through all sections of the party, nounced. This means that the He also suggested an Civic
usual Saturday shift will not be NO ANSWER raight alliance with Kartel.
Some expressed the feeling have done better with fewer.
worked. that Sir Anthony Eden had lost
They considered the Prime
However a company spokes- candidates that their
much of the advantage he Minister's specch complotely
man said this would only be total votes would have been
gained 24 hours earlier in a failed to answer Labour's case temporary. The position would private talk with his Parlia-Some
astonishment be reviewed expressed
zext week. Sir Anthony Eden had Reuter mentary
that It supporters.
Association
difference.
REJECTS DEMAND
The "Suez
was
Traffic Paralysed
more thickly spread. But Mr Anthony Nutting, Minis- the results show it would ter of State for Foreign Affairs, not have made very much turned down Labour demands generally agreed his speech at concentrated on replying to Mr that Britain guarantee Israel's the private meeting produced a Alfred Robens Instead of Mr tronilors. 48 An undertaking
Gaitskell The Gaitskell utter which would commit Britain to favourable impression. A final point that is not ne
ance was considered the most Dermanent recognition without interest is that the frontier which was not agreed. servatives which has
Group" of Con important in the opinion
several some of the party's most active
Helsinki, Mar. 7.. Reform Club's four candi. Me Nutting, who was given times challenged Government members.
Thousands of striking workers dates polled total of 17,086 stormy reception by Labour policy and 18 particularly Socialists also professed swarmed in the streets today in votes out of a theoretically members, refused to Concur critical on the Jordan situation
the last possible 24,192 (or 70.6 pe). with their suggestion that the met immediately after the debate astonishment that the Prime an attempt to halt
"having so little to trickle of traffic in Finland's Minister This Inst figuro is obtained Bagdad pact had provoked to consider whether it should
say" had, in their view, "sald paralysing general strike. by multiplying the number Soviet intervention in the Mid-make any further, moves.
it so backy.".
The strikers threatened the of candidates (4) by the dle East.
NO ACTION YET
Left-wingers cald he would tow bus and taxi driver who number of people who voted He did not think that aris
have given a much better ace remained on the job with (0,048). And since alx deliveries so far made by Com-
Somo expressed "scute discount of himself if he had violence and blacklisting if they votes wore allowed each unit countries had upset the appointment At the Prime refrained from quotations - and did not join the strike. A candidate and since thernbalance, of
between Minister's speech but the group recapitulated some of the latest number of private cars had were. six Civic candidates. Mr Gafiskell said It would be decided to take no betton In the developments in the Jordan thei, tyres slashed and gasoline the Civic Association polled distrous to try to bring other meantime.
tanks plerced-Unlied Fress,
power
and Egypt.
a total of 12,907 votes out 'Arab slates into the Bagdid
of a theoretically possible pact, particularly while the 20,288 (or 35,5 pc).
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visit, hero next month- of | Mr. Selwyn Lloyd, the British gonuine "political contest"— provoke. And even though Marshal Nikolai Bulgarin anti
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