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THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1957.
UNEASY PEACE IN CYPRUS Canadian Dead SUPERB CONCERT
Unanswered Question
"Will It Last?"
Qualifies Relief
By SHAHE GUEBENLIAN
Nicosia, May 15.
In the narrow streets of the main towns of Cyprus until just over a month ago under curfow every night, silent gloom has yielded to the timid echoes of an uncasy truce.
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Today, there is sporadic singing and laughter where, during two years of violence in which 336 people lost their lives, a deathlike hush prevailed soon after nightfall each day.
The street below my Bat in Greeks have
for been walled Nicosia's notorious braught before courts 111-1 murder" han sentenced to terms of imprison- "square mile or seen a score of riots, Within ment totalling 933 years ninc its immediate vicinity hall months, In addition, 42 have dozen killings have occurred in been sentenced to life imprison- ment and 23 Beath (of these, the fury of Eoko violence. succession
of
A
Thatch with
children
Bowers
a.t In
LED shown an annual Groesbeck
burtal-place of 2,500 Canadian
ceremony humble doors 9 were hanged, 4 were reprieved facing the street still bear the and 10 are awaiting the result chalked check-marks of well- of an appeal or the Governor's If not prepaid a booking toe known British regiments, recall- | decision), of 50 canta is charged.
ing numerous searches.
DEATHS
WALLER--Jeremy John, only son v
But in the same street tonight I can hear a Greek love song lustily sung by a little group of
Mr & Air C, G. Waller, Aged Cypriot youths: B your. Result of an acciden
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after For six months, night night, these youths were under curfew, together with every Cypriot under the
age of 23
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Apart from these, well over 1,000 Cyprints are silll detained | without trin under the 1813 law, As suspected terrorists. Among them are women, priests, policemen, teachers, Jawyers and doctors,
Two-Year Diary
EXTENSION OF TERM
soldiers who lost their lives in the liberation of the Nether- lands during the Becond World War. The children who were
*Honoured
at the ocremony
and placed the flowers by
headstones tend the graves the whole year round.--Express Photo.
Petition Presented To Lennox-Boyd
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Our Own Correspondent
living in the main towns, Their death and detention, Injury and
a note of un-natures to back them last petition was given careful cot
confinement
Was
fter anly after Eoka proclaimed a truce and led the way to the release of Archbishop Mukarlos,
Final Solution
about
It is good to roam oguin, in pence, But us yet, its permanence is a question- mark; and as long as a Aual solution of the Cyprus problem romains elusive, no one can say when the bullet and the teargas may onse again shatter the mile of relief. The groups of singing Cypriots and British soldiera In the streets are necessarily like actors In
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during on interval, before the curtain rises on the next act.
Hard-hit Cyprint shopkeepers are doing good business again, thanks to the fact that towns
are now "in bounds" again to troops, after a month of peace.
But all feelings of relief are qualified in the absence of a firm reply to the question: "Win it last?
Too much blood bas boca shed in Cyprus to wipe away the consciousness of violence in Just a week or month, For 100 many people have been hurt, imprisoned or detained, to banish the mutual distrust and bitterness overnight,
Casualties
Here is a two-year record of casualties and strife in the Cyprus tragedy, from the birth ut Eoka on April 1055 un!!! March 31, 1957:
23 0
were
Out of 330 people who died direct result of the emergency, 259 were killed by Eoka. or there, 102 Britons, including 70 service- men, Fifty-three Cypriots were nine killed by securly forces, Greeks and Turks died in communal clashes and six Foka men
were killed in the explosion of their own bombs.
The figure of British service- men killed does not include 21 soldiers who were burned to death in a big forest fire during Un anti-Ecka operation last
summer.
The number of people injured or wounded in the same period totalled 1,014, made up of 474 'British servicemen, 30 British elvilions, 68 Cypriot policeinen and 443 Cypriot elvilians In- cluding Turks,
Other Incidents
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In this period of two years, security forces coped with 104
main towns and vilinges. addition, there were 405 other Incidents such as ambushes, arson, raids on police stations, sabotage, etc.
On more than 250 occasions, curfews were imposed on towar or villages, punliively ог operationally, Collective fines totalling £100,000 were imposed on Greek Inhabitants of certain towns or villages. Of this total, a fino of £35,000 imposed on Limassol was quashed
by the Supreme Court after an opptal lodged by the clilzens, but the Government is now taking the Imatter to the Privy Council,
Well over 2,000" Exha 'bombs were used in attacks on milliary and public buildings, troops, and army transport. More than 700 of these resulted in major explosions.
| Arising out of this two-year record of violence, 302 Cypriot
London, May 16. by the delegation in bringing Three Hongkong delegates!-- | their petition to London, and here to present "a simple story how impressed he had been by of friendship and devotion" and what he had seen in Hongkong, The two-year Cyprus diary of with
half and A million sad
he would 900 thni the
ends on riol,
evening fold the Colonial sideration." and carisinty
uneasiness. Becretary. Mr
Alan Lennox- Developments such as Eoxa's Boyd, "We want var Governor, cease-fire and the subsequent Sir
Grantham, Alexander release of Archbishop Makörlos
siny," have
far made the {* not so
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BY SUPERB
SINGERS
A most unusual programme of operatic excerpts was presented last night in the University Loke Yew Hall by the Music Society of Hong- kong.
The artists were a team of singers whose great strength lies in their complete unity, Mr Andrew Gold, tenor, and Miss Pamela Woolmore, soprano (Mrs Gold in private life) renowned in both opera and oratorio.
They are both fine individual, ferted in lus pleasing and lugid singers and musicians in their Introductory remarks, they live own right, with clear resonant und sparkle, with a rest and but controlled voices; however, reality that lasts for all time! it is together that they reach a in fesser works, you notice the very high standard of ex- conventions and arunclalities; cellence. Not only does the Mozart, never. The two singers quality of their voices blend gave this item with complete admirably, but
perfect naturalness; it is a most timing is outstanding, the accessful technique to act as well Httle scenes, sing these curate Intonation, and the light-e ning adaptation to change of
SECOND HALF mood.
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Uho
JUC-
The programune was comTM The second hall of the com prehensive, symposiums ofter, upenca with five short song:
wich αράζει, constructed
care from The B-tgar's Opera" in and originally, opening with which both singers appeared in the first sceno from Menotti's the Lendon production a contemporary operetta, The years ago. By this time, one Telephone," a delightful and in humorous trifle.
MOVING ELEGY
juw
was particularly aware of line spiclal qualitice of the voices, the clarity, the perfect dictiot, the resonance when full play
was given, the agility-and the
The singers then took us back complet, lack of "ricks" of through the centuries to Pur-mannerisms.
cell, with two solos, "The Sal- A fers Song" and "Dido's Lament"
three
Beggar's
passionate
مین
Opera was the duet from Verdi'a
from "Dido and Aeneas," which the cost to the lightness of "Our ship of state has been later is surely one of the most "Travinia," (the only example steered by truly 11 seasoned moving elegies from the whole
Tho Golds ure cqual 10 navigator. We see rapids and operalle reperiore, Miss Wool- the heavice type of opera). with a depth and emotional drams ms Well as we more sang torrents yet ahead May
which
contrastedb
lighthearted galety. not hope that the steering be intensity
There followed two excerpts in the hands of the same man strongly with the gaiety and
lons froth of the Telephone cens. have reached until wo
from The Bartered Bride" by There followed turbulent waters?
song Smotana. Andrew Gold, as the
by shy from early Italian operas,
and stammering
Vasck, GIANT BOOK
"The thought that Sir Alexon Monteverdi, Pergoles! (sung in with Pamela Woolmore
ex German) and Mercadante, pica- Marenka achieved a fine për- delegates, Mr Daniel der may leave us at the
Vasek's la formance Indend Chen, Mr G. E. Gan and Dr Piration of his current form of sant but of low vital interest
represent not Francis Pan, together carried office is exceedingly disturbing, becauso
they
an easy partor rather, on a odd their giant red-covered book of We want him to carry
incidents from works it is easy to make ridiculous, little longer.
Lhe rest of sumatures up the stairs of the
have but which
Andrew Gold, letting his Colonial Ofoe. With this in "We plead for the fulching been forgotten.
volco soar recly, yet stara- front of the Colonial Secretary touches and crowning achleye- But we were suddenly plunged mering realistically, created they presented their petition. ment to a job well done. Our back into brilliant vitality with sympathy for the character of
Earlier they said in a state- prayers go with this petition a duet from Mozart's "Cosi Fan Vasek even in two short songs,
aro wonderful ment: "70
How here to and the hope that our humble Tutte." present simple
a
story of wishes may be favourably con- Mozart's operas, and how, la friendship and devotion éxem-Isidered by Her Majesty the spite of the operatic stage con- ventions to wildt Mr Gold re- plified by Sir Alexander,
to
The
only
violently conflicting interest in Sir Alexander's term of office the Cyprus dispute any more expires at the end of the year.
It tools the delegation amenable to a solution,
half an hour to full a mission The scurity forces' campaign that has brought them 10,000 against Eoka continues unabated, miles. and there has been more than one hint that Eoka may resume hostilles If this campaign is no: entted of. China Moll Special,
And afterwards They werc told in a statenurit from the Colonial Office: "The Colonial Secretary says how very much he appreciated the trouble taken
MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN
THE CITY'S LOWERIN
AT LAST! NOW MAYBE MANDRAKE KNOWS WHERE, WE ARE?
FERDINAND
NANCY
WHY DID YOU BUILD THAT SNOW MAN WAY
UP THERE ?
JOHNNY HAZARD
HA-CHOO-~\/YES, HOLD YOUR DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT
PLACE THIS IS 1
HATS, IT'S PARTH-- FIFTY THOUSAND YEARS IN THE
FUTURE!
I'M GIVING MY DOG A TREAT---
are
IN THE FUTURE? WHY-THAT'S, IMPOSSIBLE--HA-GHDO--
I'VE CAUGHT A COL?-- JUST WEARING THIS BATHING SUIT--
R-RING
IT MAKES HIM.
FEEL BRAVE
Queen."
By Lee Falk and Phil Davis
HA-CHOO-
WHAT -HAPPENED TO
THAT MANT,
By Ernie Bushmiller
GRRRRR
By Mik
NYET! THIS AMERIKANSKI MAJOR ALLEN HÁS BETRAYED MEI NYEG, RG CANNOT DO THIS S TO TCHEVANIN!
"SOVIET KASLES! TAKE TO THE SKIES....... BRING BACK TO ME THE PERTINENT
INVADER OR BUR BACKED
BOILI
Dy Frank Robbldhei
There's More than Magic in
CADBURY'S
Co turpyl
DIAKY WIEN
THERE'S A GLASS AND A HALF OF FULL CREAM IN EVERYXILBAR
CUTEX
LIPSTICK
IN THE
LATEST
SHADES
ROWNTREES
...this situation calls for a
San Miguel
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་་
A TRIUMPH Miss Woolmore followed with
from solo waltz-song
#H operetta by Offenbach, acrobatic it, which abo mang with spirit, but which suited her as well than her other SODE.
An interesting duet from "The Palsoned Kiss" by Vaughan Williams was unlike anything that came before
or alter, as everything by that modern Mas- ter 1s,
Then came the "Watch Duet" from "Die Fledermaus;" this was really a triumph, beautifully
and humorously sung and acted. The Bnal scene from "The Tele- phone" ended the programme most satisfactorily in every way. Many detalls were outstanding and, It is hoped, were noticed by all local students of singing. For instance, how, after a long uruccompanied passage, the sin- gers were dead in tune when the pluno entered again,
Here_let it be recorded that Moya Rea, as accompanist, did beller than ever, and throughout an exacting programme playedi with great skill and sympathy, It was good to see that this wis truly acknowledged by singers,
the
We are lucky that we studil be able to hear them again, as soloists in the "Elijah," which is being presented by the Hongkong Singers tomorrow, Friday, at the Universlty, and on Monday at Woh Yan College, Kowloon, All who missed Mr Gold and Miss Woolmore last night are urged to go and hear them while there is an opportunity---X.X.
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