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HISTORIC DATE FOR EUROPE
·AST Wednesday - New
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Year's Day marked an uisioric date in Western Europe us it ΥΠΗ the official birth of the six- nation European Economic Community of some 170 million people and of Euratom the European Atomic Energy poul.
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countries Weat Germany, France, Italy. Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg formal- ly joined in a coinmon market in which all cus- toma barriers to the free circulation of goods, man- power and capital must be removed over a maximum period of Afteen years.
And under the two treaties the six countries are. to build an European Econo- mle
the Community in form of a customs union, a market and
common
Euratom.
Ratified
THE
THE treaties which have been ratified are now in force but the first visible
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CHINA MAIL
No. 36939
Established 1845
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1958.
Price 20 Cents
MYSTERY MAN FLEES TO
One Russian
Granted Asylum
By British
Berlin, Jan. 2.
Armed Soviet guards tonight ringed West Berlin after the flight to the West of a mystorious Russian deféctor, possibly a general.
Two other Russlans were re- ported to have fed to the West and others were belleved trying to escape to freedom in the West's Isolated Berlin outpost.
The Brush sald one Russian had been granted asylum and nown mit of the elly. An authoritative Easter source sald three Russian soldiers had Red to the British.
41
Demanded
to
to
A Wester Allled official said
representative of Berlin's Soviet Cominundant, went British headquarters today demand return of the deserters. The British refused to comment on this report.
Fur-capped young Russian soldiers peered into cars enter- effects of the merger willing and leaving East Berlin until R year and were also seen overnight from now when a first ten patrolling railway stations and in the Eastern customs combing bers ent in per cent duties will take place. sector, From then onwards
will reductions gressive remove all customs barriers.
pro-
In the meantime, however, pro- negotiations are in gress to implement a Bri- tish plan for a wider and looser European free trade ures. Just how the British plan will affect Hongkong and other members of the Commonwealth is not clear although representations were made to the United Kingdom Government when it was first mooted time ago.
Protection
Rome
Britis
the
Authorities in city disclosed yesterday that n Sovlet soldier-nst an officer- had applied to them for politi- cal asylum and that he was
no longer in Berlin."
Deserters
An East German policeman, a West German re- asked by
the reason of the porter for Soviet security measures, said. | the Soviet patrols were looking: for Russian deserters. He was unable to give any further de-
wils.
West Berlin police said the Soviet control checks began at noon on Tuesday. Travel- lers reported Sovlet patrols
NOME form of protection DUTCH OUSTED
S
be
required and
guarantees advanced to Commonwealth
the
members, primary
cape countries such
ля
New and
Australia Zealand, and places like Hongkong
which are fortunate enough to be able take advantage to
How- imperial preference. over, the outcome remains to be seen.
FROM
STOCK MARKET
Djakarta, Jan. 2. of The Stock Exchange has dropped from its member- ship the representatives of Dutch banks and broker age houses, it was reported tonight.
By the end of the fifteen-year transition period trude and
The Exchange requested travel between the nations
to stop us will be completely other members liberated; any worker from the Dutch Innguage in the con-
any of the six nations will bo able to take
employment or
business in
*ISC
was
duct of trading and to
instead, It Indonesian up teamed. get up Il
The report said the Exchange the action was based on a decision
issued by the Finance Ministr last month at the height of the
any of
other countries."
But for 170 million people of
anti-Dutch campaign,
Interests immediately affect- the six nations, New Year's ed were the banks, Netherlands Day marked the common Trading Society, the National agreement of their govern- Commercial Bank, the Escompto ments to end 1,000 years of Bank and the brokerage houses, biller divisions and Dull Brothers and Dunlop and
Koll-United Press. rivalries.
In Your Saturday Mail
Bast
at railway stations Berlin. Others said they saw and armoured
car's troop carriers in several part" of East Berlin,
sobno
West Berlin customs Melals cald East Germans fold them three Sovlet soldiers hau deserted in the last few
clays. Other East Germans said that a high Sovlet official hnd fled. United Press and Reuter.
NEW GOVERNOR MINGLES WITH CYPRIOTS
Sir Hugh Foot (centre), new Governor of Cyprus made a tour of several villages near Nicosia last Saturday on horseback. He made many atops to chat with villagers and he received welcome.-Keystone,
a
warm
HILLARY HAS 45 MILES TO GO
Wellington, Jan, 3.
Sir Edmund Hillary's Antarctic party is now about 45 miles from the South Pole, according to a message received here today.
Mr Douglas McKenzie, official correspondent with the New Zealand support section of the Com- monwealth Trans-Antarctic expedition, reported from Scott Base, on McMurdo Sound, that during the night of January 2/3 the Hillary party covered 80.7 miles in their advance to the Pole.
RED MARSHAL
RELIEVED
COMMAND
OF
Moscow, Jan, 2.
Marshal Konstantine Rokossovski was relieved of
his Trans-Caucasian Command today but in formed sources said it had nothing to do with the recent dismissal of former Soviet Defence Minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov,
The sources said that Rokos- Bovski would return to Moscow as one of the six Deputy De tenco Ministers under Zhukov's successor, Marshal Ivan Mali- novski.
Rokoscovaki plready was. →
AG. WILS sent to luke over the Tranz-Caucasian Command, at between the time of tension Turkey and Byela,
The position of De Vivian Fuchs, leading the ComDeputy Defence Midrter when
monwealth party which is crossing the frozen continent from the Weddell Sea sito to Scott Base, was not reported here today-Reuter.
US Defence Budget
To Top $40 Billion
Washington, Jan. 2.
Defence Secretary, Neil H. McElroy, said today after a conference with President Eisenhower that the new defence budget will total about $40 billion.
McElroy told newsmen after leaving the President's office that the $40 billion 3gure which has been mentioned in press re- ports is not out of bounds.".
ECCLES SAYS: POWER FROM
McElroy and Deputy Defence Secretary Donald Quarles, met with the President a few hours!
Chief Executive re- after the turned to the White House from INS Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, form
for
24 hours of conter- ences with the cabinet and his
Sir
of Secretary
Stale, John Foster Dulles, met with the President after McBroy to dis- cuss a reply to Russia's recent bid for East-West peace talks.
nides.
MODERN WEAPONS
SEA WATER
San Francisco, Jan. 2. David Eccios, President of the Board of Trade, told a press conferonco here today that Britain hoped to produce power from sca
"within water
A few years." Questioned about experi.. menis to moderate H-bomb ex-
old has
He Is returning to his post now that the tension eased, Western observerS sald his withdrawal shows Soviet government considers the situation in the Near East has returned to normal.
the
Guatemala Rejects
UK Mexican Claims
|
RELAX IN
DAKS
TER BASERES COSTYMET 11 ACTIUNI VIENAS STADLAS
Whiteaways
CHTEN GEK HING
KOWLOON
WEST
Caracas Returning To Normal As Rebel Leaders Flee
Caracas, Jan. 2.
The Government of strongman President Marcos Perez Jimenez announced today that loyal troops had crushed a brief revolt by Vene- zuelan Air Force and Army units.
The capital, which was the ernment announcement of the acne of rebel bombing and rebel defeat were fruitless. strafing yesterday, was calm in the capital, government tonight, and the Government offices were under heavy guard apparently was in Bra con-tonight. No one was allowed ta Irol.
threa gel closer than two or
At least 10 leaders of the blocks to any government bulld- New Year'a uprising fled by Ing-United Press. plane to Barranquilla, Colom- bla, where they asked for, politten! asylum. Military leader; cald other rebel officers were captured in mopping-up operations,
. Bombs Dropped
SOPRANO STAGES
(In Mexico City, Venezuelan WALK OUT
exile
sources said they were
advised thni one of the
TC-
fugees who arived in Bar-
Rome, Jan. 2.
rarquilla TVAS Major Martin Soprano Mariu Monghini Pamda, leader of the abortive revolt.)
The calm the capital to- yesterday's action which F-86, B-24
night was in marked contrast to
Saw
and Canberra
bombers sirate the Presidential
Callas walked out in the midst of a gala premiero at Rome's Opera House in the prosence of the Italian President tonight.
Fights broke out in the theatro
Palace and drop four Bombs, when her sudden decision was only one of which exploded. announced
Tha Government has not
released any figures on the
number of
casualties caused
by the raids but said the re- crushed Voit was
*ith minimum loss of liver"
The
temperamental singer refused to start performing In
the Second Act of Vincenzo Bellinis "Norma," pleading a * sudden hoarseness, But a radio
commentator said she was Big- The first raids in the early pleased over what she consider- morning were a surpriso and ed insufficient applause, at le Jow poople were aware that an end of the first not, • attack was under way. The Grst sign most citizens had of the uprising was when tanks he- gan to roll through the streets, le protect the Palace and other government buildings.
Road-Blocks
FIST-FIGHTS
President Giovanni Groncht
walked out of the opera house, and the rest of the performance
was cancelled.
Guatemala City, Jan. 2.
Fist-ights between suppor The Guatemalan Government
ters and critics of "La Callos” formally rejected today While the air attacks were broke out among the elegant every British and Mexican made on the capital street public who had flocked to the occurred inopera house for the premiere. territorial right to British demonstrations
women fed rebel headquarters Jewel-sparkling Honduras and reasserted Maracuy
40 Somc
Caracas. screaming from the melee, miles from its own claim to the Con- Most of the demontrators were United Press. tral American territory, students, but some members of now in Britain's possession. the armed forces participated.
Maracay was not blocked off A statement issued by the
immediately, and motorists Foreign
Ministry sald Britain
from Caracas drove back and forth to the rebel stronghold to
would probably accompany Pre- watch the demonstrations. Then that Foreign Minister Subandrio the Amy moved in crid set upsident Sockurno on his "rest" trip road-blocks to stop the traffic, to foreign countries. United
Throughout the day, Itadio
rebel
Born A Pole
Rolcossovald, born a Pole, was Poland's Minister of De- the war, although fence after he had distinguished himself as simply the unlawful holder
Rtd Army Commander. With the return to power of of that part of our national ter
the Wladyslaw Gomulka In
ritory with no other reason but force." auturan of 1056 Rokossovakl the, Po- was dropped from litburo, but remained as De fence Minister.
SOVEREIGNTY
Maracay
broadcast bulletins and appeals to the Populace to support the re- volt The radio called itself "Voice of the National Libera- Hon Movement,”
May Accompany
Djakarta, Jan. 2. Informed sources said tonight
Press,
Europeans Blamed
Johannesburg, Jan. 2.,
officials biomed
Hospital Rebel radios were silent to- day. The Government cul on Europeats today for New Year's than Maracay from Caracas and all day riots in which more
to full efforts by newemen
reach 250 Africans were. Injured.-an the air base there after the Gov- United Press.
Tho statement said that in On October 20, 1050, Warsaw the face of "unfounded claims, Radio announced Rokossovalti
reiterated recently by Britain had "gone on leave" and on
and Mexico on the Guatemalan November 13 it was announced territory of Bellce (the Guste- in Warsaw he had resigned his malan name for British Hon post and had returned to the.
duras), Guatemala must one Soviet Union.
proclaimi again He was appointed a Deputy sovereignty
entiro Detence Minister in Moscow, of territory of Bellce." whom the senior of the present The statement, sald also that six is Marshal Ivan Koniov. "in its struggle against British He took up his Caucasian Imperialism and, as it appears Command in October 1957-today. against United Press.
ETNA HAS ERUPTIONS
The
of
its the over
Mexican pre- sumptions, Guatemala fortunato- effective ly counts with the valuable support of its sister Central American countries."-- United Prag.
Man Overboard
The President will return to Gettysburg tomorrow.
McElroy said he and the plosions so that they could bo President talked over both the used to produce power. Sir
Catania, Jan. 2. defence portion of the State David replied: "We are nearly
there."
north-dag! crater
The Hague, Jan. 2. The 12,773-ton British troop- of the Union message" Eisen-
He declined to elaborate his Mount Etna was hurling rocks hower will deliver to Congress
ship Devonshire radioed tonight on January and Anal Defence answers, saying that the subject on ashes 000 feet into the air today in a new burst of activity.
that a member the crew was was rot in bis department. Department budget_request.
Sir David, who has just com- Lava was creeping down the missing, presumably overboard, Defence Secretary, The indicating the general size of ploted a visit to Canada is due eastern flank of the mountain, about 100 miles south of Lands aand volcanologists said seven or End in the Atlantic Ocean, ac- the defence spending proposal, to speak here tomorrow at
violent ex-cording to a message picked up cald the requested Increases luncheon given by the British- eight extremely
the Netherlands every by Com-plosions were occurring
News Chamber of would bo for all modern American
minute inalde the volcano The Agency. Ho said that would morce.
a series ન All ships in the area were include not only ballistic mis- He plans to go on to Mexico volerno has had siles, but also such things as before returning to Britala. eruptions in the past six months, asked to keep a sharp lookout-
Neuter. ----Router. China Mall Special. ships and devices to detect the approach of potential enemies to the United States.-United
Things you must not miss in tomorrow's Weekend weapons."
The
Business of War-Major-General SIR JOHN
· KENNEDY tells of a General's view from the War Office
of the war behind the war;
The Case for the Civilian-FRANK OWEN, the war's most noted journalist, comments on the comments on Churchill;
Prost.
Man Shoots
The Journalist's Church by Wren--NOEL CRAIG tells Self In Jest
the story of two of Fleet Street's most loved buildings- the journalist's church, and the Old Bell Tavern beside
It;
Kruversdorp, Jan. 2. Mr Frederick Jacobs,. a 48-
en
Golden Swallow-A short story by Hongkong writer, Year-old father of four, JOHN LUFF;
The story of Eva Bartok-by LEONARD MOSLEY.
.:
And all your usual cartoons, features, and weekend
reading in the Weekend China Mail,
to-
joying a drink in his home, in Transvaal with a 'friend night, said: "I want to see how
a poraon shots himself
Lifting a pistol with which
no had dies playing to his head, he red two shots--and
'PICTURE OF SHEER HORROR'
IN GERMAN MOUNTAINS
`unkt there was no doubt the Children from Neuksus Hostelry,
blade Canberra,
?
was
the
missing
Moenchen-Gladbach, Jan. 2. Wreckage found today in the Hate Mountains. In Wosl Germany la "probably" that of a Royal Air Force Canberra Jet bomber missing? sipeo Monday with a crew of thres, 1. was announced, hire, A spokesman of the Second
Force Alllod Tactical.. Ale said there
wide. were zalaziona
Debris,, bodies and civibing bad Algos, of survivors,
been osvered by - snow, the
dropped dead - China, Mall | Anbya-widziom whe returned Special.
from the crash socus tonight
Hold the area was a "ploture of sheer hortor" aside plano had completely disintegrated while outting
awasha through the forent mere ikan, half a mile long and 10. fool
·
about two miles from the crash area found the crashed bomber this morning when they wout out extrying food for wild animals there, The eye-witness mid that hun- dreds of trees were out down or damaged. Xo said that the bigutes pinos. of the 'plane hit. could son mossurod about rix by Mix feel, and is appcared to be part of the wing, me
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