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MACMILLAN LEAVES FOR BERMUDA
Canal Proposals Meeting
THE Egyptian
memoran-
containing five proposals for the resumption of trafe through the Suez Canal is marked among other
things, for ita moderate, almost rober, wording. There is a clear endeavour to persuade the world of good intentious, notably Egypt's declaration) thint he is determined to **respect
letter and
spirit" the 1888 Convention.!
proposals in themselves
as being
With Eisenhower They Meet Here
Can Lay Foundations
To Solve Future Problems
London, Mar. 19.
Mr Harold Macmillan left here tonight for his four-day
At first sight the Egyptian Bermuda talks with President Eisenhower declaring his con- not imprefidence that a "great deal" would be gained from the meet- jectionable. What is notice. ing. able, however, la that the memorandum reference 10 negotiations
makes
no
resolution of last October:
The Prime Minister, accompanied by
and studiously ignores the Britain's Foreign Secretary. Mr Selwyn Security Council's Hix-int Lloyd, and the United States Ambassador which specifically called for to London, Mr John Whitney, was flying agreement through the night in a British Overseas Airways Corporation Stratocruiser.
11 negotiated between Egypt and users of the Canal.
the
By the terms of the document ›
The plane is scheduled to arrive at Bermuda
Egypt reserves for herself at 1000 hours local time (1400 GMT) tomorrow the right to administer the
The dues, after
Canal, to collect
8
or alternatively to nominate foundland.
an Authority to do so, and;
to
short refuelling stop at Gander, New-
Mr Macmillan with the
the 011
will
the
of
understanding
Mr Macmilian
this
great
casier backgorund
Some
The Prime Minister replied: “I am sure I shall have meetings alone with President | Eisenhower.
conference there will be meetings of heads alone, other restricted meeings, and then meetings
great of quantities of advisers,
"You have to use all the methods meetings of kind."
NO BAN ON ON HK GLOVES
today.
Sir David in a letter had told them: "Hongkong is a coloty and we do not impose a protective tariff upon Imports from one Her Majesty's colonies."
A view of the Mid-Ocean Club, Bermuda, where Mr Macmillan, the British Prime Minister, will meet President Eisenhower,
RED DISARMAMENT SHIFT?
May Tolerate Troops In West Germany
London, Mar. 19.
Russia's newest disarmament blueprint has
indicated Soviet willingness to tolerate American and British troops in West Germany after years of opposition, Western sources said today.
Immediate
n
<x-
London, Mar. 19, The President of the British Board of Trade, Sir carry out maintenance!
confer friends and partners, and then David Eccles, has decided work, And all these rights Thursday and Sunday and will to solve with that
President between each problem becomes
not to restrict imports of and responsibilities Egypt then meet Mr Louis St Laurent, of proposes to assume forth the Canadian Prime
fabric gloveN and friend knitted and Minister. ship."
the from Hongkong,
Na- with, bypassing an interim before flying home on March 27.
was asked if tional Association of Glove "all foreign bases" has been
abandonment of settlement
which the Mr Macmillan, who was seen he would have any meetings Manufacturers Western powers have pro- off_by_Mr R. A. Butler,
announced
Rey point to Soviet disarma alone with the President posed.
Home Secretary, told reportera
ment proposals In past years, at London Airport he was look-
PRIVATE MEETINGS
but the text of the Soviet De- THE memorandum, by laing forward to the talks for tive
puty Foreign Minister's address to the UN Disarmament Sub- ference rather th in reusons. actual statement, rejects "The first is that it is a great
Committee yesterday indicated a the proposuis advanced bything we are having this meet-
possible shift. Britain, France mad the ing on British sall-one of the United States that until a oldest British possessionis final agreement operation of the Canal is reached, the World Bank should collect Canal dues. Nevertheless it is signi- feant that Egypt reserves the right to nominate a body to collect dues on her behalf, thus not wholly on the slamming the door proposition that the World Bank should act 18 the collecting and agent. This Auggests an effort to win in particular American sympathy for the Egyptian plan. Timing of the release of the
memorandum also some importance, It bas been made publie on the eve
the Crown," he said.
"Then will be very nice to meet a very old friend.
"I have known him since the days of the war, when I worked ni.his headquarters as British Resident Minister.
"We had a lot of very tough problems to deal with and we made great friends,
TALK FRANKLY
In one section, Western "Still less could we consider perts said, he repeated the call to both East and West to re- departing from the long stand- ing policy not to Impose quota aquish foreign base-a call restrictions in order to protect a which the West has always in- demand for US United Kingdom industry fromterpreted as a this colonial competition," he added. withdrawal from Europe,
Mr John Peyton, Conservative |—ú. When asked if the industrial member of Parliament for Yeovi situation in Britain would cause whose constituency includes t a curtailment his visit, Mr large section of the glovemaking Macmillan said: "I trust not. I industry, stated today that he think it is my duty to keep this considered the letter "unsatis appointment."
factory." Referring to problems to be
Imports of knitted gloves have
handling friendship is that you can talk discussed at the conference, Mt scored in the past two years and
• One of the advantages of
frankly among friends,
"This is one occasion when
the British will be qulle frank, and 1 feet sure the Americuos will be quite frank about what
"Partnership and are the basis of frankness,
bears they feel,
of the Bermuda talka where without figure in the deliberations between Président Eisen- hower and Mr Macmillan. Moreover it must be
the hope of Colonel Nasser that Mr Eisenhower will be im- pressed with what appears
doubt it musl
friendship
will be gained by this meeting, "I am confident a great deal
becouse it will be in the spirit of friends who have worked to gelher In difficult times in the
past, and who are trying to work together in the difficul times of today.
"I never believe these meet- ings achieve solutions to all the to be reasonable proposala great problema, but you can lay and will urge upon the Bri- the foundation for a solution to tish Prime Minister their the problems as they come up Receptance. If the docu-week by week and month by ment does win the sympathy mouth."
because you
of the American President "That is the discussions at Bermuda what is in the minds of may become rather more forthright than anticipated. EGYPT'S expressed deter-
mination to respect fully .the 1888 Convention implies that providing she ia allowed to enjoy full con- trol over the Canal, the waterway will remain open for all shipping. And it can be noted that the memorandum contains
|
Macmillan
said some were
short-term and some long-term, now greatly exceed the total "I think you have got to get British production, according to a general understanding, and the Association-Reuter, then you can come back and
study all the problems," the And In America
am
at golf al No Evasion
dcclared.
Asked if he intended playing with the President
plied Bermuda, Mr Macmillan re- not taking my clubs, borrow some.
but I daresay I could
"I am not a very good golter, and understand the President is rather good."
RECEIVED BY QUEEN
Of Quota By Japanese
1
ESCAPEE ASKS FOR
MEAL
London, Mar. 19.
A prisoner who escaped from Dartmoor, gave himself up to m English housewife, the wife of a colonel, today.
PALESTINE Ben-Gurion ARMY TO RETURN
Cairo, Mar. 19. Preparations are under- way for the return into the Gaza zone of the "Palestine Army", formed of Palestine Arab refugees, informed quarters in Cairo stated to day.
The
Warns
Nasser
New York, Mar. 19. Newsweek magazino to- view with Mr David Ben- day published an inter-
Gurion, Israeli Prime decision to send the Minister, in which he is Palestine army back into Gaza quoted as saying, that “if formed part of the Egyption Government's
(President) Nasser, trias programme restore
conditions that to block our historic and existed in that territory before legal passago into the the Israeli attack last October, Gulf of Aqaba wa will the same quarters said.
meet him not at a panca table, but elsewhere with our armies."
the
to
No action would be taken be- fore Hammarskjold's visit so as not to embarrase the Secretary- General In his talks with the Egyption President, Gamal Ab- del Nasser-France-Presse,
Ben-Gurion gave the Interview to Newsweek's COT- respondent in Tel Aviv an Saturday.
The correspondent, Curtis
Swam Over Popper quoted Mr Ben-Gurion
200 Miles
as saying he' would prefer "to sit down with leaders. of the Arab world and work out a settlement that would end- the unremitting eye-for- en - eye tooth-for-a-tooth Middle Eastern
Buenos Aires, Mar. 10. Antonio Abortondo, 33, strug-shuggle."
out of
the
But in another section he pro-gled exhaustedly pased that in the second year River Parana have today after of the proposed Soviet arms-swimming
But he saw littjo chance of the 203 nautical that happening, the report add- cutting system the Big Four miles (about 240 miles) downed. "Nasser is revocably de- powers should make further stream from Rosacio City in 81dicated to reductions
the destruction of in stationed with NATO and
their troops hours.
Israel," he said/Router. the Warsaw Pact Red NATO.
Inconsistent?
A choring crowd of 10,000 welcomed him as he staggered anto dry land, kissed his walt- Elther the Deputy Ministering wife and went to rest in the Mr Valerian Zorin--was being riverside police station. inconsistent or be was hinting at Acceptance of continued NATO troop. presence in West Germany, one official said,
The official said that in the Inter case Takea-apparently would be revising Ite dennition of a a "foreign. "base" to include installations
only in countries outside existing defence alliancea such as NATO,
Western, delegates formed this hopeful interpretation-United Preis.
Power Plant Explosion
An
Tacoma, Mar. 19.
rocked power
explosion
Columbia
Abertondo-known as "the bull of the Parana River,”—the ret man to swim, from city-lo
city, succeeded after 10 fallures, the last just a furnight 48 China Mail Special,
Gun Battle
An- Isrncil
Tel Aviv, Mar, 18.
army spokestijan
1
sald tonight that an Israeli patrol, at a band of med hour gun battle curller today, Jordanians had fought a one-
The spokesman said the gun battle occurred in the Mount Hebron drea, south of Jerusalem. There were no Israeli casualties.
London, Mar. 19. A Labour membar, Mr William warbey, asked in the House of Commons today what plans the He wild the Jordanfang tad Government had for arming the crossed into 'Israeli territomy: British forces in Southeast Asia | near Bir Yatte, leading a
hard with nuclear weapons.
of cattle.
Mr Duncan Sandys, Minister of Defence, replied: "I have no statement to make on this sub- ject."-Reuter,
The Isruell' patrol attempted to drive the herd off-Israeli soll. and came under Jordanian, fira.
Routor
the DEATH PENALTY BILL PASSED ·
Harper G. Woodward, who escaped from Dartmoor several Cays ago, rang the doorbell of Mrs Joan Phayre this morning. Не said he was the criminal the
plant police were hunting, adding that Fredaricleson, south of here this he was dying of hunger and afternoon. The Pierce County wished to give himself up.
coroner's office said positively Mrs Phayre
called
there were four persons killed
an
while
her son,
his mother
Woodward major, who watched (in the blast. telephoved, the hungry pri- the
at
A witness who flew over the to the police. Before aren reported the bulldings of plant were completely
Washington, Mar. 19. With this golfing quip, Mr.
Cotton goods made in Hong- they Macmillan left the press to chat kong from Japanese fabrics and soner ate a hearty breakfast pre-demolished his aircraft, with Mr Butler before entering shipped to the United States
pared by his hostess. are not considered an evasion
Woodward's cell-mate, Two and a half hours before
N.
of Japan's voluntarily imposod Ellis, who escaped with him at hla plane was due to take off, export quota on apparel and the same time, was recaptured Mr Macmillan was received by other cotton items, the Comon Sunday not for from Colonel Queen Elizabeth in audience at merce Department disclosed your Buckingham Palace.-Router.
Phayre's home.--France-Presse,
know
ANGLO-AMERICAN FLAGS
FLY IN WELCOME
Hamilton, Mar. 19.
The Union Jack and Stars and Stripes fluttered
today.
Mr Harold McClellan, Azgis- tant Secretary of Commerce for
International Affairs, soid the Department had investigated a number of reports that shirts, gloves and other goods were being made in Hongkong of Japanese fabric and being ex- ported to the United States to evodo the quota.
Ho sald the Department had were not found the Japanese violating the
to agreement restrict their cotton exports to the United States. He pointed out that, since the finished goods were produced in Hongkong, that was the country of origin, not Japan-United Press.
no from many houses here today on the eve of the arrival reference to the possibility of President Eisenhower and Mr Harold Macmillan, . of interfering with the rights of Israel or any other A 21-gun salute will gréel Mr The Middle East, and par- nation to the use of the Elsenhower as he steps ashore ticularly the present tenalen Canal. But it would be un-here tomorrow from the cruiser surrounding the Gaza strip and wise to draw hard and fast Canberra for his talks on world'the Gulf of Aqaba will receive conclusions from this. affairs with the British Prime (major attention at the talks. Egypt insists that she is stil Minister.
It was reliably reported that Mr Macmillan and his Foreign Mr Macmillan would
19 THOUGHT DEAD in a state of war with Israel Secretary, Mr Selwyn Lloyd, President Elsenhower to study and while that pertains, sheare due later. They will driveways of
IN AIR CRASH revising the United must maintain her policy of to Albuoys Point, in a corner of Nations machinery so as to make denying Iaracli shipping Hamilton harbour, to greet the the security of the great powers
La Paz, Mar, 19. right to
Nineteen people less subject use the Canal. President,
to the
were today the will of the believed to have been killed Egypt herself does not THIRD IN SERIES General Assembly. envisage, Immediate ending
Macmillan was said to have when a DC-3 Bolivian commer the support of at least Borne cial airlines plane crashed in Commonwealth countries in his the mountains between Cicham- ba and Oruro over the weekend, idear, details of which have not been divulged.
The plane was carrying 16
and passengers
three
crow members. The crow of a search plano sighted the burned out Nations debris of the aircraft and re
+
of the state of war, but she Mr John Foster Dulles, United doen obviously expect to States Secretary of State, will assume working control of arrive by air two hours later the Canal when it has been than originally anticipated.
This is the third in a series cleared for all types of
of recent conferences held by ships. In such a situation Mr Eisenhower with
other it would be impossible for Western loaders. Recently he Egypt to honour to the full has welcomed to Washington M. Plan was for the Security Coun- ported they saw no signs of life.
FRUSTRATED
The original, United
her obligations under the Guy Mollet, the Franch Prime cerned with world peace. But
cil to be a body primarily con--France-Presse.
1888 Convention,
Minister, and Dr. Heinrich you
talks
with
Algiers, Mari (10.
There does appear to be Brentano, the West German frustrated by the Soviet use of the voto, the United States, opportunity for negotin Foreign Minister, tions based on the Egyptian United States oficiale
gald (supported by Britain and Franco, A' military tribunal. today that tho
a resolution which sentenced to death four memorandum, but its un- Macmillan would be a calminat-enabled the General
Mr draw up
Assembly Algerians for planting two dime qualified acceptance by the ing point in the President's at- to act if a yoto prevents the bombs principal uses of the Canal tempt to retorn confidence in Security Council from deicing stadiums on February 10 which at two city footbalf is highly improbable. The the Western alliance, which was action.
killed *13: persone and wounded whole subject thay yot have to be tossed back to the UN Becurity Council,
split, when the United States The United States made first 50 other opposed Anglo-French-Interven," | use of the procedure to bring
perecis ton in Egypt.
(Contd. on back page, “Cola:2)} quitted United Prome.
VA
First reports 'from the scene said that the four
London, Mar, 19. GOVERNMENT -ыll, to rêy strict the death penaltyin Britain to typew...... of “murder likely to endange publie order was passed by the House of Lords tonight.
As it has already been pased by the House of Commons, it now
none whe immediately identified.
the formal only requires victims were blown to bits and There was no immediate report
Royal signature to become law. of additional injuries. United Press.
The types of murder which will I still carry the death penalty
Include murder ademitted in the course of theft,, in renist- ing, ayolding * or evaping St Crown' sericet, or by shooting or
causing explosions.
1
Those who kill a second time De kmurder a policeman or prisons ofileer will also be liable to
the death penalty. Other murderers will be table to life imprisonment - ghina Mail Special.
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