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LTHOUGH accorded nothing like the anme blare of publicity that which accompanied Mr Chou En-lai's tour of Eastern Europe and Asia, the two-month junket of Mr Peng Chen, Secretary of the Peking Committee of the Chinese Communist Parly. was in some way equally a significant as Mr Chou's. Obviously it was no pleasure trip. Peng Chen wanted to make
with contact governments of Europe and he did
the East
managing to visit Bussia Czechoslovakia, Italy, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania and Yugoslavin, Ile was a political explorer,
But anybody who hopes that
Chinese Communism would be more "liberal" than the Russian brand must have been completely disillusion.
when
('heu ed
Peng delivered his public speeches. At a time he rammed home three points: he said "uncompromisingly the Soviet Union is the hend of the Socialist camp" that the bonds between the Communist countries must be tightened, not relaxed; that China gave unqualified support to the Soviet pulley in Hungary.
THIS
was blunt enough to put an end to the belief which had grown up that secretly China WIN налуда
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BREAK IN MID-EAST CRISIS
BELIEVED IN SIGHT
Growing Optimism At Spy Ring Drama
Ex-Film
United Nations Producer
New York, Feb. 25.
Con-
Mr Abba Eban, Israeli permanent representative, ferred at length today with Mr Dag Hammarskjold, United Nations Secretary-General against a background of growing optimism that a break was in sight in' the four-month-long Middle East crisis.
Mr Eban, who returned yesterday with new instructions from a flying visit to Israel, had not had a face-to-face meet- ing with Mr Hammarskjold since early this month.
FRANCO'S
NEW
CABINET
Lalk, After that
Mr Delegation sources insisted Hammarskjald reported that that without United States sup- his efforts to get ferall troops port and active lobbying for out of Eypt had been "frus- the ix-nation sanction resolu-
tion, it could never trated,"
morning.
中 Two meetings of the Assembly scheduled for today to debate a resolution propusing sanctions gainst Israel were cancelled, The first one, arranged for this was called off last night at United States request. Madrid, Feb. 25. Cancellation of the recond General Franco, the Span-one was announced shortly after ish Head of State, tonight Mr Eban began his talk with Mr
Cabinet Hammarskjöli. a new
announced
CELLAR ESCAPE
He was
understood to have reported to his Foreign Minister, Mrs Golda Meir,
As Key Witness
New York, Feb. 25, A roly-poly Russian-born
fame with the film "Car-
Hall', today
movie producer, who
won
was
negie named as a key cloak und dagger figure in an interna- tional Soviet spy ring. He will be the government's star witness against three alleged espionage agents.
The mysterious "unnamed" command person referred to 14 times in the necessary two-thirds ma-the Federal Court Indictment jority for adoption.-China Mailguinst the three
aples alleged Special.
was identified by the goverment Dg Boris Morros, 60-year-old naturalised American now hid- ing "somewhere in Europe.”
WINS BIG VOTE
Jerusalem, Feb, 25. The Israeli Parliament tonight gave Mr Ben Gurion, Prime Minister, wide powers lo pursue the current negotiation with the United States for a solution to the Middle East dispute,
The role played by Morros in the espionage ring which the government alleges is still in operation was kept a secret by the
Assistant US Attorney, Thomas Gilchrist, Jr.
Ready To Return
Whe
By the overwhelming majority of 72 to 29, Parliament sup-
government attorney ported Mr Ben Gurion's slate- would not disclose whether ment of policy of last Thursday Morros had been a genuine spy which rejected President Elsen- who defected to the West, whe- demand for uniconther he was an FBI "plant" in ditional withdrawal of ITcl the spy ring or whether he was forces from the Gaza strip and a "double agent," working for door open for further negollaud be the key government Gulf of Aqaba, yet lett the both sides.
But Gilchrist said he not only
hower's
Lions.
V. K. a
with himself retaining the post of Prime Minister. Senor Gual Villalbi, a lead-
After his hour-long talk with Ing economist from Bar Mr
Hammarskjold. Mr Eban celona, was appointed left the United Nations bulld- porting the satellite roun-Minister without portfolio ing
through a cellur exit 10 tries In their struggle to become less dependent on and President of the Coun escape reporters, Russia. Obviously there cil of National Economy.
This is a new key post, creat fore the visit by Peng Chen and Chou En-lai was of ed in an effort to reform the
service great
to the Spanish economy,
Mr Ebar made a further ap- A new Ministry of Housing Russlans and to satellite has also
Parliament's resolution tonight, created with pointment with Mr Hammarsk- been Communist lenders. It re- Sonor
although referring to the firmer Josc
Arrese old for tonight. Luia Inforced their self- (Falange) as minister.
resolution adopted by the House Mr Cabot Lodge had confidence,
The now Foreign Minister is
a talk on January 23 did so only as later today with Mr
directive for the Fernando
general Señor
Maria de
Krishna Menon, the It is true that Peng Chen's Castle (Falangist)"
Indian government's policy. who re-
Minister without portfolio. tour
have been places may not
Senor Albefto Martin quite all that it seemed. It Artajo.
It was not know whether had other Interests be-
LIBERAL TREND
Dr Mahmoud Fawzi, Egyptian sides the published ones,
reaction by observers Foreign Minister, had taken part First He laid particular impor here is that Gen. Franco's new
of the In any
round of talks his visit 10 > 03 tance
Ceb.ret shows a more liberal here today. he can Yugoslavia, and
both pelically trend
Western delegations generally and hardly have expressed to economically.
selcined the House of Commons Mac- Marshal Tito aby fervent
Monarchist circles are pleased statement by Mr Harold loyalty by China to Russia with the new Cabinet. General millan, British Prime Minister
the
Gaza Such sentiments would not Jorge Vigon, the new Minister of that
strip Should 24 United Nations have been welcomed by the Public Works, is a militant become
various Yugoslav lender; moreover, Monnehist, and
other sponsibility and that the world the Chinese Communists members of the Cabinet are of organisation and leading man- ilme powers declare the Gulf of wish to have a foot in both Monarchist tendencies.
Aqaba free to Innocent passage. cumpa-the Titoist one well as in Moscow.
The question
ቤ።
which im-
mediately poses itself is
why are the Chinese 40
Administrative reforms at Uberal character are awaited.-- Reuter.
MOVING AWAY
Mr Macmillan's cookiess to sanctions at this time was also
firmly supporting Russia Prominent Londonoted.
Chinese Dies
Despite Mr Dulles weekend statenient that there was strong
Referring to the threat of sanctions hanging over Israti, Mr Ben Gurion declared: "I am no, seeking sanctione, although fear they are yet to come."
VITAL INTERESTS
He added ho was not "happy about the
with tha quarrel United States, but we have vital interesis and fundamental rights in the Straits of Aqaba and the Caza strip. In their defence we are prepared to face even sanctiong."
com-- strip to
draw a plan for its future.
witness in the trial of the three, but at the moment Morros was the "only" government witness. The
said it knew The government where he was residing in Europe but his whereabouts would not be disclosed. Morros Es pre.. pared to return to the US at the proper time to testify against Jack Soble, 53, his wife Myra, $2, and Jacob Alban, U4, Gilchrist
sald. The three wore arrested here
February 3 on
on charges of conspiring to commit espionage se members of a tree-spending, Moscow-directed international spy ring that has been 11. operation since one month after Pearl Harbour.
Musical Director
An
espionage trial, with four Britons among the ac-
cused resumed yesterday
in Cairo, Three of the ac- cused are plotured here. Top left shows Briton John Stan- ley of the Prudential Assurance Company Top right shows Yugoslavian Colonel Gregoro- vitch,
shows Briton James of the Arab Now's Agtnoy.. ́ ́Prosecution
demanded the
for the accused London Express,
has
penalty
Court Of
death
Inquiry Into Strike Threat
London, Feb, 20.
Mr Jain Macleod, Minister of Labour,
DAKS
THE FANCHES CHIEDENT EN AHERN TROUSERS
Whiteaways
ON TRIAL IN CAIRO
Singapore Rift Still Unhealed
Singapore, Feb. 26,
A mission to negotiato complete .Internal self- government for Singaporo may have to delay its depar ture for London, the Straite Times reported today.
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The Singapore delegates are due to leave for London March 4 for constitutional talics at the Coloniat Omer, beginning on March
The Straits Times said: there was till, no indication thab m rift over special : privileges for Malays had been healed, L
Lim. "Hoveful”
Mr Lim Yow-hock, the Chief Minister, sald last night he was hopeful that the "misunder- standing" between the all-party conference and the Malay orgart- isation had been cleared up...
sald there
HC
may have to be a postponement of Thursday's special meeting of the Legislative Assembly, which was to discuss Singapore's case for the London talks. Reuter.
Sues For Divorce
3 Hollywood, Feb, 25. Actress Veda Ann Borg filed suit for divorce today from film director Andrew McLaglen, som of the veteran film actör Victor McLaglen, on a cruelty charge, -Unied Press,
Information Services To China Criticised
London, Feb. 25.. Socialist MP George Darling asked the Foreign Secre." tary in a written parliamentary question today whether he was "aware that British broadcasts and Information He further asked | services to China are inadequate.”
whether Mr Selwyn-Lloyd would see that these services were extended and improved "without unnecessary delay.”
recolved The reply Mr Darling
The fault lay therefore in was that the Foreign Secretary successive British “goveriantota does not want to anticipate the who, Darling claimed, had been conclusions of an investigation utterly stupid" in cutting of all
Information Britain's information services services now being undertaken abroad. And in saying that, he by the Chancellor of the Duchy had not forgotten the Socialist
overacas
Tensons
government
"
of Lancaster,
were also guilty In In an Interview Mr Darling
the matter, ho salā, vai fa gave his
for pressing The few hundred thousand this question. Earlier this month pounds spent. in stepping up he asked a similar question and these services would be very was told that Britain had no small compared with the good- last night announced information service in China and will that would inevitably that he was setting up a cov- that the BBC broadcast two follow," zaid Mr Darling-Lon- ernment court of Inquiry into special news bulleting in Chinese don Express Service: threatened strike at a Ford Motor Company subsidiary which could jeopardise the jobs of 40,000 men..
daily-45 minutes in all, INADEQUATE
nothing.
Mollet Arrives.
In Washington
Morros came to the United States in 1922 with the French
Mr Darling said he considered revue "Chauve Sourls" and be- During the course of his 30-
the time
ime allotted as totally. In came a US citizen. For 17 years, The strike has been called for minute speech, Mr Ben Gurico disclosed that one of the accept-
until the mid-1940's, he was tomorrow at the Briggs motor adequate and be thought it was not difficult to arrange distribu-
Washington, Feb. 26. able
Dagroham, Essextion in China of British litera- musical director and later a pro- bodies pinnt, proposals made to Israci
M. Guy Mollet, the French had been the dispatch
aducer for Paramount Pictures by the Amalgamated Engineering | ture. of
Unlike mos Communist Prime Minister, arrived in He produced his biggest success, Union.
countries, China would allow Washington today, to confer United Nations enquiry
The AEU mission to the Gaza
"Carnegie Hall," in 1946,
has called on its literature of this kind into the with President Elsenhower on Other movies he produced in 2,000 members In the Briggs support for sanctions, feeling in
cluded "The Flying Deuces", factory to stop work in protest Country-provided it cost them the Middle East and other world
problems. Reuter. the United Nations appeared to
"Second Chorus against the sacking of John He said he would be satisfied "Lysistrata," be moving away from this ex-
McLoughlin, a shop steward, for 6B-year-old treme course, particularly in with recognition by the United and "Tales of Manhattan."
He was said to have visited alleged indisciplinc. the light of the more encour Nations of Israel's right to de-
The
would soon nging picture which has fend Israel shipping in the the United States last in De- became a well-known film actor emerged from Washington and
Gulf of Aqaba as a condition cember United Press,
bring the whole Briggs body- and racehorse owner, died today New York discussions in the for the withdrawal of Israell
building plan to a halt and, if oder a major operation.
prolonged, threaten the yell- past two days.
in Ford subsidiaries or in making accessories for the group.
London, Feb. 25.
Ab On Ley, Chinese restaurant owner who
even at the cost of losing credit by associating them- selves so blatantly with the great
the Soviet wrong Union haя done in diun- gary? The answer appeara to be that China needs Ruaniu economically.
IINA'S development plans
Но сап to London from are still only at their first stage. Peking relies on Canton, China, when he was 14 Moscow for capital equip and established one of London's best-known restaurants in 1926. ment to carry out ils pro-
as he was known gramme. Until this is far here, also appeared in 01 Alms
Lay more advanced China can- (including "Flame of Love" with not hope to have anything Anna May Wong) and owned a like an independent policy, number of thoroughbreds. Chinn depends on the His "Ki Ming" won the 2,000 Russian economy, and at Guineas classle In 1951-United the same time the Russian Press. economy depends on ex-
ploitation of East European satellites. Wherefore in
order that factories should
India And The
Commonwealth
continue to rise in Man- churia it is necessary in
New Delhi, Feb, 25, Peking's view that the The question of India's re-
with Britain
and workers of Poznan, and of lationship Budapest should be under wealth ccnections should be public demands that Common- firm Soviet discipline.
Revered will be
discussed by Another reason for Peking the Indian Parliament toward approval of what Russia the end of next month, Inform
They has done in Hungary pre-ed sources said today.
dis sents itself.. Freedom is added, however, that full contagious. The people of Cussion will have to wait untli
after the general elections and Hungary tried to overthrow the formation of a new govern- the dictatorship of the ment.--United Press,
Communist Party; and if
MISSION TO
troops from that aren-Reuter.
HK REPORTS
TO BOT PRESIDENT
Landon, Fed, 25, 'Members of the British cot- ton textile mission to Hongkong and India spent 80 minutes with the Pre- sident of the Board of Trade, Sir David Eccies, in London today, reporting on the results of their mis- alon.
three They returned home
weeks ago after a month's tour. An agreed slatement Lenied afterwards maid, "The President was given full report of the dis- cussions which the mission have had with manufac iurers and exporters of cotton cloth in these coun- trica,"
One of the matters likely to
have been discussed WAS the atitude of Indian and Hongkong mill owners 10 the suggestion that voluntary limit should be placed on their cotton cloth exporta to Britain.
Loa
After the talks, members of the eight-man delegation led by Sir Cuthbert Clegg, Vice-President of the Col
Spinners and Manu- facturers Association de- clined to comment or any whai had taken place but one said, "It was a very friendly
discussion,” France-Presse.
EOKA Men Gaveod of around 49,000 men
Police The Slip
employe
.The court of inquiry to be London, Feb. 25. Three men from the
EOKA appointed by Mr Macleod will examine the "causes and cr Cypriot extremist organisation
were in Lisbon during Queen cumstances" of the dispute and Elizabeth II's visit
an impartial report- there Jost make week and slipped into Spain Reuter. when police pressure on them got too họt, a' London newspaper wald today.
They were allowed to stay in Lisbon, shadows the silp.--United Press.
but gave their police
Reservist Sentenced
Famborough, Feb, 25. Private Brian Hatfield, 25- year-old reactvist, was sentenced to 112 days detention today for falling to answer an emergency call-up order during the Suez crisis,
14 Years For Freedom Fighter
Vienna, Feb; 25.
A Hungarian freedom fighter was sentenced to a heavy prison term by a Communist court in the Southern Hungarian town of Skekaard, Radio Budapest said today.
The broadens! sald that Karoly Matala, received a 14- year sentence for "murder and violence against authorifies. In of the counter- revolutionary uprising." Volled
Hatacid tesunod at his court- martial that he had given up his the days Job to care for his wife, who Pres was suffering from tuberculosis, |,2
United Press.
Their Days Over?
they had succeeded other FAROUK DENIES DAUGHTER'S ENGAGEMENT REPORT|_
elsewhere
Ex-King.
have tried to overthrow their own Communist dictator-
Rapallo, Feb. 20. ships. By striking down the
Farouk of Expl Hungarians, the Russians "onterorically" denisď today were trying to deter the that his 19-year-old daughter moyament for freedom
Prinocas Ferial was engaged to an Arab Prince or to any- overywhero, and the Com. munist Party chlofe în 'most
body else, -parts of the world were "Princess Fetfüj in India gohool grateful understandably, · In Switzerland and has not the slightest - „ intention ́ of
retting married anyone,"
· Farouk's .. personal secretary bodyguard", sold United Press by telephone,
the
It was to
to this co
scoretary that British press reports atributed- a stafément made in Cannes to the effood that - Princess Forial, was engaged to an
Arab, prinos
London, Feb. 20. ^_The_Earl of Selkirk, Britain's present | First Lord of the... Admiralty, said today that Britain probably a few would never again ust its Riviers battleships boost the alremit
"I__"categorically "deny" ever engagement at the
time." having made, stich state-
mată / the secretary, Farouk was spending whose name le Gallas, This dayn in this Flatian whole" question of the Prin-resort on his Why from | carrier has become the capital- oem engagement, is pure in- vention, and y-haa > not, the slightest foundation, I am anforized by the King to categorically deny that ... the - Princem la contemplating any.
Cannes, where he attended ship of the modern naval, fleet. Milio 3, wedding of Princess Lond® Salkirk, speelding, at a Marie-Louies of Bulgaria and news conference a ine Plymouth, Prince", "Kari" Wiadhnie... of said that," the Admiralty would- Léiningen last week/--Unifod decide shortly on the future of
Its battleships-France-Presso,
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