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CONSERVATIVE MPS IN
Canal Decision Protest Against NAVAL TASK GERMAN A-ARMS
THE decision of the British
government, and other major users of the Sucz Canal, to permit their snips Lo use the Canal, for all practical purposes brings to sin end a dispute which started ten months
Ryo
with Egypt's nationalising of the Suez Canal Company and climaxed by the Anglo- French military operation ngainat Port Said and the northern area of the water-
The Way.
decision also Lucitly implies that Egypt has won recognition of her.
right to sovereignty over
and administration of the
· Canal.
It was made plain last week, when the Suez Canal Users' Association failed to agree
tan continued hoycott of the canal, that most of the
countries in Europe chiefly
would decide to resume
Government's
Suez Decision
London, May 13.
Eight members quit the British Con- servative Parliamentary Party tonight in protest against the Government's an- nouncement earlier in the day that British ships could again use the Suez Canal.
Mr Harold Macmillan, the Prime Minister, had told an almost silent House
affected by the dispute, of Commons that payment of Canal dues canal route, The French by British ships would be made to Egypt government at the moment in sterling through a special account at
is holding to its bun
un
using the waterway, but it the Bank of England.
is unlikely it can continue
to deprive French shipping owners of their discre- tionary rights. The realities of the new situation can be
10 force expected
the. French
government into revocation of existing
orders.
PUBLIC reaction
Macmillan's
Commons
to Mr
House
of
iB
statement
bound to vary. But the rank and file will probably be more inclined to applaud than to castigate. An in- definite boycott of the canal appeared to offer little or no chance of forcing Pro- sident Nasser inte a more tractable state of mind: in- deed the Egyptian leader holds such a strong hand, the highest card of which is actual possession of the canal, that only a few die- hards have clung to the conviction that he could be made to bow to the demands of the major users of the waterway.
It is true eight Conservative MPs have revolted"; have described the government's decision to allow British ships to use the canal as capitulation and appease. ment. Nevertheless the "revolt" is unlikely to
win a wide measure of public approval; nor is the govern. ment expected to be unduly embarrassed by the defec tion of a few of its members, Opposition criticism in the House yesterday was luke- warm. Generally speaking the government's decision appeared to be regarded as sensible in the light of
events.
MR
R Macmillan's answer
those who complain that the British government has wholly surrendered Its position over the future of the canal is that the decision to resume uso of
the waterway does not im- ply agreement with the Egyptian memorandum on the subject recently de
the United posited with Nations.
In fact, however, the Egyptian proposals, though not fully conforming to tho aix principles laid down by the Umted Nations for a settle- pient of the dispute, are not wholly unacceptable. Tha main point of controversy is around the question of in- Mulating control of the canal from national politic and policles,
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What now remains to be soen is whether President Nasser, with the hal once again being fully utilised by international shipping, will display any willingness to negotint agreement providing guaranicen against exploitation of the canal -218 Д weapon
of national policies. On this issue the Egyptian leader tins to face world opinion. It is conceded that Egypt POSSUBSOB cortala rights regarding futuro operations of the canal, but ebo cannot be allowed to ondow herself with tho power to employ discrimina tion against shipping or to possess a position where sho can hold the canal in pawn i na a domestic waterway,
LORD HINCHINBROOKE
(one of the rebels)
MPs' Statement: CAPITULATION TO NASSER
THE joint statement Issued by the re- volling MP sold; "The Government have An- nounced their capitula- tion to Nasser,
"This is one more episode in a long series of re- treats that started with the Labout Govern- ment's weakness at the time
Abadan, of "Throughout the most re- series of retreata we have tried to per- suado the Government lo stand fr "We have urged 16 to stick to the six frin- ciples #dopted by the UN Security Council on October 13, 1938, and accepted by Natser, "Appeasement leads only
to disaster. "By refusing the Canal to
Israelt
shipping, Nasser has already broken his latest pledge to abide by the 1858 Convention and reversed his acceptance of the six principles, "It Is Tolly lo nurture his profile just when it has botin
his shaken by failure
to swallow Jordan. "We belleve
that the British people, not only in these islands, are des- perately anxious that Britain should take + lead, *Even though all the al- ternatives are unpleasant, their final surrender to Naaser will be interpret. બા by the people of Britain und by friends of Britain over. sign both of material weakness and, far worse, of a decaying Will.
to
"If this betrayal be accept- ed how can we have the surrender, of Cyprus? · "We should be untrue to our deepest political convictions if we did not now make the only pro- test left and refuse the marly Whip. "We remala Conservatives,
Wo shall Conflue support all truly Conser"- vative meRENTES. "Our purpose is the ravivál
of Conservative Icader ship withọ tho will... aiui Ric ospelty to restore interesis and honour of Belial and secure the return, of a real (Tory,. administralton when the general slection comics,”
----Konics.
J.
About 18 Conservative, critics
of this policy held a private meeting afterwards and subse- quently eight of them announced their decision to quit the Com-- servative ranks In the Common.
They dubbed the Government's ocion a "capitulation to Nasser" and declared that "appessement enly leads to disaster."
The eight are Lord Hinching- brooke, Sir Victor Ralkes, Mr Patrick Maitland, Mr Angus Maude, Mr John Biggs-Davison, Mr Lawrence Turner, Mr Anthony Fell and Mr Paul Williams.
SEPARATE LETTERS
They first wrote separate letters to the Governmen$" } ohlet Whip, Mx Edward Heath, saying they would no longer accept the Whip, (vol- ing orders),
Then they gave the reasons for their action in a joint public
statement.
It was the biggest Conservų- tive Party "revoll" In the House since the and of the Second World War, but did not jeopar- dia the Government's comfort uble majority of about 60,
The eight said they wished to be known as "Independent Con- servatives" and would "remain Conservatives in general support in
of Conservative policies
relation to home affairs."
it
They made plain that in the Cominong Suez debate an Wednesday and Thursday they would abstain from voting on anything in the nature of
FORCE DEFENCE
London, May 13. THE self-contained task
forces which
wouk! form the future British Navy, would be deployed in the most advantageous way around the world, but concentrate at any given point should the need
DECISION SAVED LONDON TALKS
Hamburg, May 13.
KELAX IN
DAKS
́ THE FAMEUS CONFERT
IN ACTION TROUSERS
Whiteaways
ONDAN 11 H
まる KOWLOON.
REVOLT
MISSING PLANE FOUND
Vancouver, May 13,
Wreckage from a Trans- Canada Airlines North Stor Aircraft missing since last December 9 with 62 persons oboard was found in the moun tain 60 miles from here, an Air-
Israel To
Test Nasser
Jerusalem,
Jaracl, May 13, Jarnel is likely to send a test ship through the Suez Canal in the near future and will regard any inter- forence with it as an act of war, an Israell Foreign and Ministry spokesman said clouds Over the
No bodles were found.
Search for the plane had been during the winter because of heavy snows
Dr Konrad Adenauer, the West German ne spokesman caki today. Chancellor, told the Congress of the Christian Democratic Party today that his government would have destroyed the chances of success of the London disarmament conference if it had an arise, Mc Christopher nounced a decision not to arm the Bundeswehr Soames, Parliamentary-with atomic weapons. Secrotary to the Ad- miralty, said today.
He told the House of Commons
£316 this in asicing for million to cover the cost of the Navy und March 3, 1058.
The
task forces would cach consist of 2 carrier armed with nuclear-age planes and
cruiser, des- weapons, a troyers and frigates. Mr Soames said there were territories where British military power would welcomed in time of trouble, but which did not wish to have permanent statle forces billeted upon them.
many
bo
Declaring that it would be a great mistake to underrato tire value of destroyers and frigates in peace time, Mr Soomes said considerable areas of
openly made safe for British ship- ping by the presence of such ships.
seas were
PIRACY IN EAST
low-hanging mountains where the plane dig tonight. appeared while on a flight from In the event of such inter- Vancouver to Winnipeg.
Asked what Israel would do'
ference, she said he did not A spokesman said the wreck-think her reaction would be to age was found, yesterday by a complain to the International
FAURE FOR Applause, sald he refused to let group of mountain climbers, Court at The Hague. ›
HONGKONG
ଜ
Former
Paris, May 13. Radical Socialist
Dr Adenauer, who was inter- rupted several times by loud
himself be pressed into any decision before all its con-
could be sequences
foreseen, The lime was not ripe for a decision on nuclear arms and would not be for two or three yetus.
Most Hopeful
DOW
The Chancellor said the dis- Ermament ncgotiatione going on in London were the most hopeful of any held to far. "Why are they hopeful?" he asked. "Because the whole military power in the world- the whole military polentin together, not atomic arms-in which the United States is un- doubtedly stronger, is divided,
as for
about
He said Israel had hitherto The plane ran into a snow- delayed such a move in a desire storm over the mountains and not to prejudice the liberations the pilot requested permission of
Suez Canel Untrs to return, Shortly afterwards, Association in London.
to
the plane slipped from radar screens and vanished in Canada's worst air disaster- United Press.
tho
"Now Israel feels freer make the test," the spokesman added.
He disclosed that talks wer being conducted in Paris with the French Government regard-
Thermometer ing Zarzal's intention to and an
Drops To 98 Below
Milwaukee, May 13,
A new world record for cold
Israeli merchant vessel flying the Israel! Dag through tho
Canal.
Asked whether a definite dato had been set for the test tho spokesman refused to commend except to say 'ýt la hot likely within the next week."
The
spokesman
the sald Government. of Israel regarda
as can be judged, just may have been set recently at the sending of an Ismell ship equally between the the South Pole, when thermo- through the Canal as important three great powers.
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1. The use of Suce was of major Importance to Texel's economy.
2. There was no other possible text of President Nasser's Intentions or of Egypt s adherence to international obligations.—Router.
meter dropped to BB degrees for two reasons: "The moment we decided the below zero Fahrenheit, it was Bundeswehr
would not have learnext today. atomic weapons, the scale would An amateur have tipped in favour of the
radio operator Sovlet Union. We would not last Friday picked up a mesange.]
have lessened merely
the from the American detachment Prime Minister M, Edgar Faure chances of the dissimament at the South Pole, - announcing left here by air today aboard negotiations, we would have the record cold spell, en Air France Karachi and Hongkong
plane for destroyed them."
The official world oord, roule for Communist "Chinn
cold Is 90 degrees batu zerős set The Chancellor was speaking on February 5 JJ892 at where he is to make a private on the second day of the Con-Verkhoyansk, visit at the invitation of the gress which marks the opening A temperafo on 108 degrant Chinese Institute of Foreign of the Christian Democrats com- below zo we also regist Affairs.
paign for the September 15 In Siber, but it was never general elections,Reuter,
mado "official.-France-Presse,
There was still a good deal of piracy in Eastern waters, "Our vessels based on Hongkong have a good deal of work to do in
he said. that respect, Mr Soames sold Russia had "the biggest submarine fleet the world has ever known and her construction const
13 programme still in full swing." He believed that by 1980 Russia would be able to deploy con tinuously are 150 submarines in the Atlantic alone. She already had 500 submarines
June-France-Presse. commission, considerably
in
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more than half long-tarige. More than two-thirds of them
had been constructid since the
wat
motion of confidence in the pro-Britain's defence plans in global posals announced by Mr
Macmillan today.
But they would not go into the young lobby with the Opposition Labour Party. They also had no intention of resigning their Parliamentary seats.
OTHER ABSTENTIONS
Political quarters sald was possible that some of the other 10 Conservative MP3 at tonight's protest meeting of the "Suez group" would also abstain from voting the clone of the debate," The Government however, could survive abstentions by all 18 members in a vote.
war rested on a system of alliance, he said.-China Mau Special.
Duke of Gloucester
Tipped For Merdeka Day
Cn
M. Faure, who is accompanied by Madame Faure, expects to spent three or four weeks in China.
He also hopes lo make a brief visit to Japan before returning France in the middle of
10
Labour Party Pay Dispute Denied
London, May 13.
(party manager) in the
The chief Labour Whip
House of Commons tonight)
CLOUDBURST
SHATTERS
TEXAS TOWN
Lampasas, Texas, May 13.
CRIPPLED PLANE LANDS SAFELY
New York, May 13. A Pan American World Air- ways plane en route from Ban Juan, Puerta Tulco, to New York with 104 persons aboard landed safely at Bermuda after oding power in one engine in
the Const Guard nounced here.
-
A Const Guard plane out of Bermuda met the crippled air- Iner and escorted ft to a landing.
The plane sent a signal stating that it was in no immediato cenger but had been forced to
Soldiers were brought in tonight to help feather one propeller because of
categorically denied reports dazed residents police this flood-shattered town engine trouble,
It jettisoned fuci
over
that a group of party mem- and clear the debris from 60 to 70 square blocks Bermuda before landing, the bers had written to him that a 10-foot wall of water ravished last night. Coast Guard reported-United threatening not to serve
The bodies of four drowned persons were recovered. Two
injured.
State
casily total $2,000,000. Una
London, May 13. on parliamentary standing The Duke of Gloucester was committees unleas their other persons чисте missing. being freely predicted among salaries were raised.
Eight WETN informed quarters here today
Tho Whip, Mr Herbert Police Captain E, K. Browning as the chosen representative of Queen Elizabeth to attend the Bowden, referred in a statement said dance could
to "large number" of press $1,500,000 to Malaya independence ceremony
reports that he had received official estimates put damage at on August 1 this year.
such a communication, from be-five million. There was ice of the
no officiat
con- tween 20 and 300 Labour MPS. firmation of these forecasts, which, however, wore -not officially discouraged.
Malayan quarters sald choice
Gloucester
would CAUSE
some disappointment in Malnya,
Later Lard Russell of Liver pool followed in the House of Lords, saying he strongly dis- approved of the Government's aecision regarding Suez Canal by British ships without making condition "that the ships of all nations must be allowed free and in- nocent passage."---Reuter,
L
Truck Explodes
Rio de janeiro, May 13. Ten people were killed and some 20 others were seriously Injured today when a petrol truck exploded in the centre of Salvador Bahia, Brazli
The truck overturned and then caught fire and exploded, killing and injuring passers-by -France-Press,
It
of
the
was hoped, they anid, that Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret, would go to Malaya for Merdeka Day.
This hope received no en- couragement from officials who also ruled out the possibility that the Duchers of Kent or Queen Elizabeth, the Queen | Mother, might attend the indes pendence day ceremony-United Proa
The full picture of the disaster He added that he felt it right "to say categorically that I have merged hours after the flood received no such statement.
when Sulphur Creek, which "Morcover, the manning of makes an elbow through Lam- standing committees is proceed-pasas; started using the town it- ing normally and any suggestion self for a course in the middle of a cloudburst. Iterally to the contrary is untrue.
awept away houses. "It is true that M
mamber of members in all quarters of the streets, against telephone poles Residents sửi bonight in the House are profoundly concerned and on the highway. One home about the delay in dealing with what they regard as their legi- US Highway 281, the main road was dropped Ento the middle of timate claims for an adequate to San Antonio, Parliamentary salary.
The runway "The suggestion, however, that was lifted,
station, which to 120 for long. members should not carry out dropped.
turned about and their Parliamentary duties in all their aspects could not be countenanced.”—Router.
ANGLO-EGYPTIAN TRADE TALKS
WILL OPEN SOON.
Cairo, May 13, Egyptian Finance Ministry A spokesman said today in a strent dollowing Britain' antincemment on Suez Canal top: "It is expected that Anglo-Egyptian de talke will take place roxy soon." The Finance Ministry spokes. man announced that talks had been concluded between the detegates of Britain, Egypt mood + Switzerland, rogardlig |
the regulation of tolls Day- tents of British ships using the Catal
The talks have resulted in time British Government lifting an from today all restrictions inje posed on sterling transactions. between Egypt and Britain in connection "with"- the new `sterling account.
“The
British Government has promised it will not infringe
account whatever the circum- stances may be.
"The Bellish Government has
also promised, to zelaše · from Egypt's sterling belance account the DECOSISTY BUN to
The Red Cross Balch 400 homes. were destroyed of damaged. The Red Cross dod 600 persona to- night in a shelter out up in the First Baptist Church. Other realdents moved in with frierade of relatives who live in a secilon. Lof Lampas which
has population of 7,700 that is in the hills, ----United Press,
Boat Detained
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Stockholm, May, 18. A Swedish flaking boat, with cover contracte and allocations ; a crow of two, has been stized which had been previously by the Soviet authorities mod approved and concluded in für moetae vena delalood for sferling, bojare dhe imposition untiwful
Bovlet flating (Lin:
of restrictions on the use of waters octalde, Kogolasberg, the dlares sasels on July 27. '1950.” Swedlids - Foreign Office, an
nounoad, bare today--Bauder,
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