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A Lone Voice For Sunken
TR Nuri El Said, tragi
M Prime Minister, is to be
111 mind
are
Treasure
Captain Havens, who comes from Bellevue ítill, Sydney, belleves the gold NICS many fathoms
in down
Boston clipper, Goberal Grant, which sank in 1866 off Auckland,
A
commended for his bold denunciation of reckless Arab nationallam und Com- munist subversion in the
Penang, Dec. 16. Middle East, It is quite Caplain W. J. Havens, obvious that the "foolish | Australlan skipper of the inckeys" af Russia he has vacht Gold Seeker left NuNAUT if Penang in his yacht today Egypt and the Syrian Pron his second attempt to sident. He condemns them find sunken gold near Auck- both by name for irreapon and harbour, New Zealand. Mibility In International affairs. These are the words of a man of courage. They are also the words of a Jone voice in hostile wilderness. It must be cheering to the West, how- ever, that there is at least one Arab nation that is realistic and bold enough to condemn the two greatest dangers
10 pence Ad stability in the aren Mr Nuri El Said's indietmenl
LUCKY ESCAPE of Soviet inoltration and
disclosures him
of how Cuplain Haven)S has already Moscow diplomats went to had one lucky work in his own country triphis ship was nearly taken by pirates off the coast of Arabia a timely warning and he is taking no chances.
Pome RA
to Arah states who believe that Russia can help them tu independence, THESE dangers need to be hammered home in coun. tries like Egypt, Syria and Jordan. Unfortunately the Angio - French
His drat nitempt to reach Auckland failed in 1952 when his boot the Absitomen WDS wrecked 150 miles north Dí Port Said. That attemp! casi him £2,000 sterling, Captain Havens said.
escape on this
the trip to be just as dangerous"
"We expect the next part of
he sald today. "We have a plan to deal with any pirate tanga. The Gold Secker is fully armed end fully equipped."
Captain Havens thinks he will aetion have no trouble in finding the against Egypt has left sunken gold ship. "I know where many Arabs unreceptive to the old clipper warnings of this kind. The pity is that even Nurl's warning is not likely evoke much support among Middle Eastern neighbours, His Western affiliations are suspected and he in re- garded by many nationalists obatnele to Arab
as an
and
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ished 1845-
MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1956.
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ANGLO-FRENCH CREWS BARRED
New York, Dec. 16. Egypt today held to her decision not to allow British and French technicians to work on the Suez Canal clearance project, while reiterating her have willingness the British and French salvage float em- ployed.
to
A statement attributed to Dr Mahmoud Fawzi the Egyptian Foreign Minis ter, and read to corres. pondents by an Egyptian spokesman said it was in the Interests of the
Anglo - French techn!- clans' own safety that the Egyptian government was not ready to agree to their employment.”
The statement said they would be working in the area which had "the big- gest share of the javages of the recent aggression against Egypt and has very severely sustained losses and sufferings, in- cluding the killing of women, children and cther civilians and the destruction of property and installations," The statement Asid the Egyptian government was ready to approve the use
of all equipment and salvage ships required for the clearance, job, "Irrespective of origin and without excluding British equipment and salvage ships.”
Asked whether Egypt still
insisted that the last Bri tish, French and Israell troops must be with- drawn before clearance work could begin, the spokesman said this ques- tlon Was "academic," since all troops would be out "in a few days." Questioned about British
and French charges of maltreatment of their civilians in Egypt, the
spokesman said, these as- sertions were based on a “propaganda campaign of unfounded reports." He denied that there had been any maltreatment, The spokesman was also asked about the "under- ground" fighters who have been korassing British and French forces. "He sold they were not a part of the Egyptian army, but were "people who are against the Bri- tish and French and are doing these things on their own.”
He said as soon as with. drawals were complete, the Egyptian government would undertake to pro-
the
RELAX IN
INDAKS Whiteaways
fect the lives of all residents, дн tu, had always done. The statement was made after Dr Fawzy had had talks with Mr Dag Ham marskjold.
United Nationa Secretary- General Mr.Hammarskjold also con- ferred at length today on the clearance of the Suez Canal and United -Nations operations In Egypt with Mr Andrew Cordfer, his exccutive assistant, Dr Ralph Bunche, United Nations Under Secretary, and Colonel A. G. Katzin, one of his top advisors, Reuter.
PORT SAID BATTLE: 100 DEAD
Grim Sequel To Slaying Of
British Officer.
Port Said, Dec. 16.
a
British tanks and infantrymen in Port Said attacked Egyptian suicide commandos in "merciless" four-hour battle last night and early today that left as many as 100 dead on both sides. The clash in the heart of the city's Arab quarter followed a series of 26 incidents climaxed by the slaying of a British major in an ambush.
and I am con- dent I can locate it" he said.
Two crack divers are to join the expedition in Australia," he television said. They will use underwater salvage equipament.
other modern
INTERNATIONAL CREW When the battle ended, the British and French forces here withdrew behind protective barbed wire entangle- Ciplain Havens
he said would divide a
ments near the waterfront and turned over all but one part of any unity. Regrettable as it seems, the national crew,
treasure found among his Inter-sixth of the city to 1,800 United Nations Emergency There Is N Force (UNEF) troops. UNEF officials said they be only way Arabs will learn English chier engineer. of the true mennee of com- wilson, of 239 Portman Road, lieved they could control the city, although at least two nunjan will be to Moria HILL, ionim
of their patrols have "been attacked, and ป experience practical sub- Swedish thiet mate, Ebbu version. Syrians may be Jakobsson, of Lindelisgatan 13.
Part Sald Governor Mohamed There was no indiertion when Stockholm.
Brillah 5,000
still herg Riad told the United Press he withdraw. would
The 2,000 needed quick polico reinforce. Other members include on
to ments to assure the protection of French troops were expected Irishiman. Arthur Danather, of among
man, Bob Aberston, of 47 Lake
foreigners in the city once Tipperary, Ireland, and a Welsh-pull out within 48 hours,
As many as 1,000 Egyptian armed forces leave. | Avenue, Mountain States, South police were being called in
Needs 800 Men
Riad sold he has asked the UN to get word to the Caire government that he would need 800 policemen.
the first-even before the Egyptians. The only hope is that realistic men them will wake up to the danger before it is too late. Nehru In USA
TR Nehru's visit to the
M United States is
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Wales.
Asked what he would do if his second treasure hunt failed too,
Captain Havens said: "I will try one, again. I am a bachelor and evoked world. m used to taiting knocks from
part of It comes at one
onother."--Reuter.
that wide interest.
time when a number of American individuals have made strenuous efforts to
the
world to
elear up misunderstanding Soviet Protests
In both countries about the
other's intentions, "Surely!
nothing but advantage can
come from it," writes une! American
commentator, i
To US
Paris, Dec, 18.
the
to
help
control the populace as the Anglo-French forces departed.
The Egyptian Fedaycen (sucide commandas) stepped up their activities да tho slow withdrawal progressed.
Their attacks yesterday with rockets, machineguns and grenades sent British tommies
The Arab swooping through quarter In a round-up that nefted 1,000 men.
Then the commandes attacked a patrol and killed the British major leading it.
Counter-attack
The British counter-attacked, battalion of the Royal Scots
the
Riad saldt 400 members of his regular police force were killed during the invasion,
He promised that the foreign residents would be protected and that no demonstrations would be permitted.
Wash Children's Hair
Or
Face Prosecution Threat
Huddersfield, Dec. 16.
The Medical Officer of Health for this Yorkshire wool town, Dr J. A. Murdoch, has threatened parents that ho will proaccute them if they do not wash their children's hair.
Reporting an increase of 10 per cent in the number of children with vermitons heads, Dr Murdoch said: "It in interesting to note that the number of there cance ocenr in girls of the older age group.
"One would have thought that girls of this age group would have ensured the cleanliness of their hair.
"It is said that many of these girls have their hair permed, then loathe to wash in the mistaken belief that washing solll be deletorious to their artificial curls.
"The legal machinery exists and we shall uso il.”~-~- China Mail Special.
INDIA AS A BRIDGE, NOT
A LEADER
NEHRU
Washington, Dec. 16.
Mr Jawaharlal Nehru, India's Prime Minister, said here tonight that India wanted to be a "bridge"
but not a leader in world ́affairs.
Sparking in Hindi to Wash- "We will perhaps have more ington's Indian community a difficulties then we anticipated few hours after ho arrived for-made worse by the Suez and talks with President Eisen- other crisis," he said, hower, the Prime Minister He disclosed that President said: "Often in
asked America the Eisenhower
him over papers say that India wanis to
lunch at the White House today be the leader of Asto
to let him have more details of "We do not want to be a
India's second five-year plan leader-calther do we want to Reuter.
urtier be
of the leadership anyone else. There
80 much fear, in the
The UNEF Commander Maj-jealousy and violence All's Well After
Gen. E. L. M. Burns of Canada, world that it is good to have a concentrated on the withdrawal bridge (between nations), of Israeli Terces
castward which India is.” across the Sinai Desert.
NON-INTERFERENCE
An unofficial translation
of
to correspondents Inter by an Indian Embassy official,
This must be the hope of} The Soviet Tass news agency all in the West, particularly tonight published the text of a
Ho disclosed that he has the British Commonwealth. Soviet note delivered to the regiment charged the Arab Instructed the Yugoslav troops But a glance at the seven United States in Washing on quarter and began battling house of the UNEF Command to keep Mr Nehru's remaries was given topies expected to be dis yesterday.
three miles behind the Israelis strongly protesting to house at 10.30 last night, cussed by Mr Nehru and against the alleged violation of Tanks and guns slammed away in the Sinal Desert. Mr Eisenhower is enough to Soviet
tho space in the Vladivos- in
Machineguns
Burns said after conferences discourage anyone from tak region by three American stitched the sides of the bulld- with Israeli officials in Jerusalem believing that the two B-57 jet eirerate Last Tuesday. ingn.
that the Yugoslav forces would The Soviet note
the Samo shots struck Into the make a further advance next American aircraft coult
not UNEF headquarters but there week as the Israeli withdrawal have lost their bearings during |
contimies--United Press, Lho Right, because weather conditions
stateamen
long 11st
con of
agreements at
their meeting,
It
unfold impressive the end of
alr
were clear
The point to be made here is visibility good.
that this must not be re-
The
and
area.
were no casualties.
One UNEF officer described the British attack as "merci- violation by American leat and said he counted at garded as the criterion of aircraft of the Soviet Union's least 27 bodies. Most estimates Ruccess. Unfortunately too air space can be regarded only ran as high, as 100 killed and wounded. Egyptian sources many will take the as a deliberate action by the absence of them as an in- United States military authori-soil 30 persons were killed.
Centurion tanka rumbled in- diention of failure. Even tics, more regrettable, many sance purposes, which can only to the alleys and streets of the International quarter, adding the thunder of will compare the Washing-tuation in the Far East." their guns to the din of batile,
By
2.30
am, it was Union the Soviet had lodged a strong protest The British withdrew behind.
ton talks with those Mr Nehru has had in Moscow
with
Tags said
obvious reconnais-
the
over.
and any sharp contrast against this alleged violation of the tangled barbed wire at the noted is almost certain to Soviet air space and had warn-waterfront,
lead
to the wrong co11-ed the United States that it A Warning
clusion. For example unless would be fully responsible for
Mr Nehru brings promises the consequences of any future
of the release of all Ameri, violations.-France-Presse,
cana held in China, and it
• would be surprising if he
did, no reasonable person Fire Razes Third
can expect the Indian Pre-
mier to influence American),:
policy on China in any way,
Again, hydrogen-bomb tests, neutrality, military pacta,
the Middle East-and even|
Of Village
Munsani, Dec. 17.
All persons were warned, not to come close to the 'barricado under threat of being shot,
But just when the British
would evacuate the one-sixth of the city they still hold was a closely-guarded secret.
An Anglo-Frerich spokesman nt
Cyprus headquarters”... on denied as "nometrise";' In 'report
In
-A "Port Said" In
Every Town
Paris, Dec. 16. ⠀ Every town in Egypt is to have a street called Port Said, Cairo radio announced tonight."!
The radio said that Abdel Latif Boghdadi, Egyptian Minister for town planning, had in- structed Mayors of every town" to carry out the renaming of a street, to Port Said. France- Presse
Minor Engine
Trouble
Honolulu, Dec. 10, A Pan American DC-7C with Mr Nehru sald India's role 01 Korean American orphans- was one of non-interference in among the 115 persons aboard the affairs of other nations.
bad "minor" engine trouble en from Seoul, but landed "We have to develop our route country and we have to do this here today without incident, with peaceful methods, not by interfering with others, nor by peaing as a teader,
The pilot radioed at about 3.30 am. that he was feathering friends one
of the Clipper's four "precautionary The test of engines
of Midway it when measure"
Island. He said the plane was
+
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west
ot
"We want to make and keep friends. friendship is to keep we do not agree."
In no serious trouble but Coast He added: Countries have to Guard planes were sent trom agree not to interfere with one here and Wake to escort the another. They must exist to- transport as “a matter gether and they must not be sub- routine,” ject to aggression, from outside..
Pan American officials st Unless these five principles, are accepted, there will be conflict. The fight was the first non-stop "Conflicts happened in Egypt cominercial run from Seoul to The plane touched and Hungary because, external, Honožušu. pressures were brought to bear down' at 10.10 m, 14 hours on them,” Mì Nehru saldi and 40 minutes after leaving
Kimpo Airfield in Seoul,
5-YEAR PLAN
Discussing India's
The DC-7C carried 14 adults econonly, and a crow of 10 in addition to ho said the successful, first five- the orphans, who rangod in age: year plan was modest but the arcona plan was much bigger and Indians would have to work
much harder, fetale mweny
Fire wiped out neatly one that the withdrawal was to be DOCTOR ARRESTED ON CHARGE
Str. Hugh Stockwell,
Hungary are subjects on third of this small Korean vil completed today. which India and · America' lago yesterday, destroying from hold differing or conflicting 50 - 10 70 houses and making viewpoints. The need, how some 400 people homeless,
The police mid, however, that ever, is, less to resolve these differences immediately there were no serious.
Casual
the Anglo-French commander, sald he would allow 350 Egypt- ad policemen into Port Bald nother 350 in on Tentay, and
Earlac, he bald stabod pólios
plainly an impossible task.Quick response to the alarm mon would be permed to enter than to cloar, hway ossifed misconceptions that persist by fire fighters of the US the city ofémdarda vase pop about each other's inten: Army's United Nations Com-h
tions. These, it will be
found, are the greatest
and the Third Engineer UNEF Chier
prevented
of the Division |
*** finnes, from
barrier to understanding, spreading to other parts
parts of the and the extent to which this village, k
· barrier": Is Gremoved "will""It war the second largely frit determine the fre...) here -îne low success of this meeting, monta United P2
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OF HIGH TREASON
26 Killed
By Terrorists
Algiers, Dec. 16,
TRAIN
DISASTER:
SABOTAGE SUSPECTED
Taguasco, Cuba, Dec. 17.
Two speeding passenger trains collided head-on near this central Cuban provin cial town today in a wreck that killed 19 persons, and injured. 18. Officials sis pected sabotage.
A wrongly-ot swlich-bo- lieved to have been thrown by anti-government saboteurs- threw ah express trains hooded for Havana hilo, the path, of N passenger, train on the way fo the_cartern provincial capital of Santiago
occurred at 9.40 The wreck a.ti. between aguasco and Jatibonico, All of the victims were believed, to be Cuban.
The locomotive. of tho Santiago-bourd train smashed into the dret Passenger coach of the express, cousing most of the
casualties.
Wounded survivors of tho wrock
ware beling treated
in
the towns of Jatibonito, Sanéti Spiritus and Ciego Do Avtin, sil in Camaguey Province southemat of the Ciban.capital.
INVESTIGATION
in-
Authorities ordered, an vestigation to determine whether the trains were wreclood doll- of Pre- A total of 26 people, in-barately by enemies cluding many Europeans, atdent Fulgencio Batista.
If the wreck. proves to be were killed and 37 wounded
the Work of in Algeria this weekend in be the latest of a drily series of saboteurs, it will one of the worst series of attempts to damage and destroy terrorist attacks since the property reported in variouz Algerian uprising began acted in Santiago late
parta 'of Cuba Mince a revolt two years ago.
November. The revoli Tour
and European
two crashed last week., Moslems wero kiled, and 10
anci
the
in
Waa
Although there have been
Europeans and three Moslems wounded in 10 attacks in mumerous instances of damage Algiers and suburbs over
to railways and other CORE weekend.
munication facilities, today a Eleven policemen were killed wreck was the first case in which eight wounded when in destruction blamed on maboteuun surgents ambushed a rural crused a heavy loss of human police convoy“, near
Tablat, 80
kure. miles south of here yesterday, it Camaguey" le one of the four was reported here today.
Cuban", provinces where the that government proclaimed modifica eight Moslem women and chill-martial law Sast week and im- dren were burned alive by posed consorship United Press. insurgents near Medrises in the Oren region.
French sources
sald
A 10-year-old boy was killed
and 16 other Europeans injured Petrol Prices Up
when a grenade was thrown into a cinema at Boufarik, 20 miles south of here today.
Police reported the arrest 15 alleged terrorista eastern suburb of Router.
of in an
Algiers.
Doctors' Threat
Vienna, Dec. 18. Austrian
doctors.
today threatened to go on strike unless they were consulted on the con- tenis of a new law on hospitals. The doctora said the strike would start on Tuesday, December 18, unless assurances were given before tomorrow that the Com- mittee of the Medical Corps would be consulted in drawing Up the new law-France- Presse.
Paris, Dec. 10. Prices of petroleum products will go up in France tomorrow. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced today a-elx -franca `n litre increase i putrol. Parallin and lubricating ell are among other petroleun products hitby, the price in- creasts-France-Presse,
POLICE SLAIN
Five
Casablanca, Dec; 18. Moroccan 'policemen were killed and seven -- persons were wounded today in a clash between' police and civilians in the new. Arab,“ quarter Casablanca. Two wounded policemen were in a serious condition.-France-Presse,
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