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ALL FASHIONS, ALL LANGUAGES CAPITALIST WEAPON
IN MECCA
-And All Read
Koran In Arabic
By ABDUL KARIM
Mecca, Jan. 24.
Visitors to Mecca and Medino, the second oldest Holy City of Islam, are sometimes surprised to see such a jumble of faces and fashions as they would find incredible even in a dream.
me
Here, every language, known | walked all the way from Kash- Syrin and unknown, in the world can mir through Iran, Iraq,
Palestine to Mecca, A be heard among the crowds of and
him Avo Journey pilgrims who throng the tomb
which Look of the prophet Mohammed, call- months. All this he did because "Al- he wanted to pay proper hom- ed by its Arabic name
and age to the Prophet's tomb Kaaba,"
Неге
I have seen Chinese, win himself a place in heaven."
Is Africans,
Sheikh All, as he South Americans,
now call- on learningt Britons, French, Indians, Turks, ed by the othem, Russians, and men of many dif- that I had just come from Lon- ferent nationalities from southern den, never stopped asking und castern Europe and Asia, about its streets, its institutions, saying their prayers or reading its chiba and art galleries, and
the big shopp and Bond the Korun in the huge space surrounding Uie "Al-Kaaba,"
A FEATURE And while they are at their devotions, their womenfolk are their meals In either cooking their respective
rooms Inside the big Mosque or washing their children's clothes,
A feature which strikes the visitor as strange in the fact that all the faithful gathered round the Prophet's tomb from parts of the world,
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NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that the Ordinary Yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Cor- poration will be held at the Head Office of the Corpora tion, 1, Queen's Road Central Hong Kong, on Friday, the 15th day of March, 1957, at Noon for the purpose of re- ceiving and considering the reports of the Directors and of the Auditors and the Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st December, 1956, and for the election of Directors and the appointment of Auditors.
Uver
This is due, of course, to the foot that every Moslem, what-
nationality, has to learn his
and to say to read the Koran the words of the prayers which and are sald five times a day also form part of the Koran. This is an obligation which no student in an Islamic school, be
Chinese, he Indian, Turkish or any other nationality, For he cannot pass
сап
dven
Street.
When I told him, he simply sighed and said: "It is funny how everything has changed."
A CHINESE
1
1
whom to 11 Another tolked was
60-year-old Chinese scholar Mr Choo, who came to Mecca three years ago. His face was full of scars and He was a he looked worried. Professor of Arabic and religion
13
in Peking University when the Chinese Communists took over Chimu. For four years he was alone, but then one day one of his students smuggled him out of the University building the police came to seize him. Ho
China to wandered acrost
and thence to India, Iran Saud! Arabia, through the ;
he Shelichdom before Mecca. Now, he said. he intends to spend the rest of "peace and prayer hlaufen who live under
the millors for the yoke of communism and the Communist police reg
regime."
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 25
By Air Thailand. Bila Pakistan, Audie East, Africa, Grent Britain & Europe,
p.m.
Canada, 6 p.m.
Japan, 6 p.m.
Formos, U.S.A.. 0 p.m.
By Surfacò
Japan, 4p.m. Maceo, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 26
Poin
There are hundreds of people Like Sheikh All and Mr Chao, ming. Iranian,
living peacefully and happily in this Holy City of Islam today— China Mail Special
his examination without satis-
reading
fying the examiners In of the Koran Arable
prayers
saying his daily
Arabic. Ali faithful Moslems are therefore able to rend
and J11
and
any dini.
Buy their Arable prayers as any
Arab without
uther
culty.
4,000 OTHERS
When I joined
Sheikh Ab-
dullah al-Faisal, the Minister of Interior, at his evening prayers. more than 4,000 men, youths us. All sald joined us
and women the prayers in the same langu- tirat a foreigner
would age probably not be able to tell who is an Amb and who is not
Afterwards, Sheikh Abdullah, a faithful Moslem and a scholar, solidarity in commenting on this falth among the Moslems of the world, told me: "What you saw this evening is nothing com- pared with what you might see during the great pilgrimages. On those days, you will see in tens of thousands of people, all us They pray facing Al-Koata
beloved Prophet to
Chels
Mohammed."
I spent some hours talking to various Moslems present that night. Most of them had either been born in Mecca of parents who had come from India, China or Turkmenistan so that their child might be born in the Holy Land
with or had come THE REGISTER OF
were young convoy when they SHARES of the Corporation and decided to stay and be buried in the Holy City. Some were newcomers. All talked of
will be closed from Friday, the 1st day of March to
Friday,
the 16th day of their happiness in Ilving where the Prophet lived and Was
March, 1957, (both days burled more than 1,350 years
inclusive) period no transfer of shares can be registered.
during which
By Order of the Board,
|
By ALT Shanghal, Hankow, Kun-
Thailand, Maboya, N. Borneo, In- donesia, Australia, New Zealand & Ceylon, 10 a.m.
Philippines, p.m.
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
LUCKY IT WAS A REAR TIRE THEY HITT QUICK-OUT OF
THE
FERDINAND
he
NANCY
mo. Each one said that hoped to spend the rest of his
fe in Mecen.
MICHAEL W. TURNER, | Indian, in his eighties. When I
Chiof Manager.
Hong Kong.
11th January, 1957.
PERFECT ENGLISH One man I met was an old approached, he was reading the Koran while his son, who was about 00 years
was pre-
the
Crea.
paring the old man and
greete down beside him on the ground.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEESI started to speak to him
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Who you
Arable, but to my surprise replied in perfect English, "I with the saw you walking Sheikh," he said, "My friend Abdullah enquired were and told me that you are a Mostan and a newspaper, cor- respondent, You are welcome here. Do tell me about England and Oxford.
should liko to know whether anything has changed since I was there,"
The old man was All Hamidu! Huq, from Kashmir, who went to Oxford when he was 18 and be- gitklied there for 10 years fore returning to Bombay practise the law. "But, he told me, "uring the five years that tudied
to
I was in Bombay Koran and Islamic Law and re joined the Moalom League
earliest days. I never liked
in
For the 80UTH DIN
RAHowever, and, wo 1 do!
MORNING POST and the
to seek more spiritusi
in Meoon, Go here
CHINA, MAIL, 48 hours have lived happily by myself before date of publication over since, receiving occasional
vidits from my wife or Spoolaf Announcements son."
and Classified Advertion, menta no loval,
"my only
His son, Ahmad, turned round and achžod1 laughingly: “What my Cather
tutes to day is that bo
I THINK I'LL PHONE THE KIDS
AND TELL THEM
ABOUT MY
· TOOTHACHE
JOHNNY · HAZARD
WHAT'S THE MATTER, ENIGMAM İSER A GHOSTZ DON'T MOVE OR YOU'LL GIVE UP YOURSE
WE STOPPED
HIS CAR!
GOODNESS--
SHE'S CALLED ABOUT 20 KIDS
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN! I WAS PREPARED TO RISK
A BREAK ON MY OWN, BUT
| NOW...... MY MOST. PROFOUND
GRATITUDE/
Thailand, India, Africa, Great Britain 0 p.m.
Middle
5
East,
Europe
Malaya, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand. 4 p.m.
Hawall, U.S.A., Canada. 6 p.m. Indonesia, France, o pr. Forma, Japan, Okinawa, Korea,
Bp.m.
By Surfac
Cita, People's Republic, 7 a.m. Formosa, 9 a.m. Malays, 19 am.
Macao. 1 p.m.
Canada, 2 p.m.
Philippines, Ceylon, Great Britain Eurupa, (Netherland, Germany,
Parcele direct). 4 p.m.
Japan, U.S.A. C. & B, America. 5 p.in.
China, People's Repubile, 5 pm. Macsó,
p.m.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 By Air
Philippines, 2 p.m.
Burim India, Pakistan, Middle Et, Africa, Great Britain & Europe,
• p.m. Japon, 4 p.m. Formnes p.m.
Howall, U.S.A., Canada, 6 p.m. By Burface Macao, p.m.
HERE THEY COME-WITHI RIFLES! NOW,
WHAT?
› NANCY--- ISN'T YOUR
ARM GETTING TIRED ?
STAY HERE
I'VE GOT TO FACE THEM.
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PLEASE
11-16
US
Acientists Navy
and technicians recently launched
the Viking 13 rocket at Cape Canavera and an American earth satellis came #little closer to creation. The launch-
vehicle for
earth the Ing
be a three-stage satellite is
which rocket, first stage of will be a modified Viking. Picture left shows the Viking in its gantry, ploture right shows the rocket just after t has been launched, It soared lo a height of 125 miles before dropping into the Atlantic Ocean-Express Photo.
Britain's Aims
London, Jan, 24.
The Home Secretary, Mr R. A. Butler told Parliament to-
carry
USED TO CHALLENGE WEST
Berlin, Jan. 24. Communist East Germany has taken over a once-despised capitalist idea in a new drive to meet the challenge of better |living standards in the West.
The hire-purchase system, ¦ per cent per month to cover hitherto condemned 05 a running costs, la lower, and the "capitalist trick to steal money maximum period of up to two out of the people's pockets', | years for re-payment is longer. has been introduced by govern- ment decree In state-owned and co-operative shops.
Omelals BDy that East Germany is the Brat "socialist" slate to have taken this stop,
can
Privately-owned shops also apply to use the system, "provided that they have sumelent financial reserves." But Western observers doubt whether any independent shop- Owner would be able, or willing, to prove this, because only small concerne are allowed to function privately.
RESTRICTED LIST
COMPLICATED
State control in rigid, not only to present the' tendency, Been In Went
Germany, for
people to incur more dobis сво to the shops than they
afford, but also to prevent the Schwerin radio fate of the shop from becoming general. No
conclude customer may more than one hire-purchase contract a year. All contracts must be signed a so-called districts shops, which control up to 60 other shops,
Under regulations,
the
П
complicated customer who
For the time being, the list carns 300 East marks a month
of goods which can be bought (at the official exchange calo
Ing
sterling, on the intialment system is about 225
although is much restricted to furniture, sew-purchasing
power lower) can buy up to 720 marks VÄÇURI machines,
ets, (£00 sterling) worth of goods radio sets, cleaners, carpets,
n
instalment 011 the year musio cabineta, stoves, ovens
to 20 per It is system, amounting and curtain material
to be added to gradually cent of his income, "according
develop to the
ment of production."
There was a big rush on the state-owned department stores 10- the day the system was troduced. Long queues formed along the pavements and many items were sold out within a fow hours, proving how large is the gap between supply and demand.
About
hire-purchase
capitalist with Compared West Germany the Interest on the loan, at less than ong half
The lowest cash sum which down is 30 may pay anyone
the East marks (£2 10s) and monthly instalments are fixed at a minimum of 10 per cent of the customer's monthly incorne,
At present, items purchased Instalmente must not cont on
than 8,000 East marks more (£230 sterling) or less than 100 East marks (£8 sterling).
4,000
Bicycles, motorcycles and day that the Macmillan Govern. customers were counted at East
are not to be in- largest store
on the motorcars Sir Berlin's ment intends to
atcluded in the system. Anthony Eden's policies on "to arst day, and a radio shop
Schwerin, in Mecklenburg, sold
SUDDEN CHANCE its entire stock of 100 radio set successful conclusion."
"The policy of the Govern-within 24 hours.
The East German Govern- ment remains to seek pease with.
of sudden men's
change justice abroad, to progress with
attitude towards the "business prosperity at home," he said.
of practices
profit-insting United Press.
capitalists" came as a surprise to Western coonomio experie and to the Eam German population alike. Contrary to the usual practice, it had not been previously discussed s1 public meetings or newspaper articles,
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
THEY MIGHT SHOOT ON SIGHT! PLL COME TOO!
NO, STAY THERE. I'VE GOT TO TAKE THE
CHANCE!
By Mik
By Ernie Bushmiller
NO
By Frank Robbirs
MAKE SURE YOU INCLUDE, THE NEGATIVES, ENIGMA!
.. !. 1
There's More than Magic
about
CADBURY'S
Mil my
They're Wonderful
TRY
If we were
any fresher wed still be -on the vine!
Libby's
FROZEN STRAWBERRIES
TODAY
ROWNTREES
FTY THE FULL
SHKAM MILK THAT
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MILK
CHOCOLATE
...this situation calls for a
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The step is
In
regarded by Allied observers in Western Berlin
58 3
demonstration of
the Soviet-sponsored design to East Germany the make Communist shop-window to the WESH
fn
It regarded as part
of the pattern of Communist efforts to make living enodlilons of Germany their part acceptable in the eyes of West Gormans and persuade the West in general-that-"communism. Is not so bad after all."
Large-scale economie ald from the Soviet Unloc
to promised last summer, is help the East German consumer industries mect the goods growing demand,
WAIT FOR SLUMP
Other mesMINES taken to boost the drive to improve conditions in East Carimany Include the Government's the decision to compensato former holders of interests In certain businesses nationalised abortly after World War II and the announcement that food-rationing will end thin,
year,
These concessions, strelching the economy to the full, re en seen in West Berlin as
empt to strongthen tho by removing the more frequent causes of grumbling while the Communista continue to hope that a West German slump will eventually justify their claim to superiority. China Mail Special.
COLLISION PARTIES
TO SETTLE
Lawyers
New York, Jan. 24.
for the Italian and Swedish American, 30- nounced today that they would work together to settle out of court about 1,200 personal injury and cargo claims arising from the collision of the Andrea Doria And the Stockholm last July 25..
The Ihwys confirmed that the 'two lines had agreed onlan out of court settlement of their damage suite against each other. Federal Judo Laweraco "E.. Walsh' after hearing the motilo... ment amoulotment indefinitely the pre-trial barings
which had bdén mbining on Zor
four months.
The terms of the out of court agrooment betsrett |Home-'waro'not
the