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THE DAY

ANKARA

THE Bagdad Pact Council meeting just concluded

in Ankara did no more than was expected of it. There

WILB nothing spectacular about the final communique, but useful decisions forging clower links between the four scattered Moslem members and the two Western nations were made. One delegate described the conference as being like a board meeting of a large and expanding commercial company; reports were con- Aldored and approved and

Jaid for plans

future progresa.

Robuff

THE only discordant note Tas Iraq's attempt to

get, the Pact's support for the Aral views on settling the Palestine problem: this was met with a sharp rebuff from Mr Dulics.

Mr Dulles' presence as United Slates representative at the conference for the first time has strengthened the Pact's hand and given the Moslem members a greater feeling of security, The United States, too, has managed to demonstrato by a token gift of ten million dollars that she has not forgotten tha essential economic side of the Pact's structure.

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1958.

LONDON FOG

Train

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RELAX IN

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THE FANOUS COMFORT IN ACTION TROUBERG

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DISASTER GAILLARD

Hongkong's Chinese Refugee Problem

EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AREA

Smashes COLONY PRAISED IN COMMONS HK Stands

Into Rear Of

Another

London, Jan. 30. A speeding commuter train crashed into the rear of another in thick fog tonight in London's second major train wreck in two) months.

Police said at least 10

persons were dead and more than 80 injured in the crash. Some dead were believed Trapped under the wreckage of the first train.

Burying Itself

second

United Press Staff Correspond- ent, Anthony J. Cavendish, scene that reported from the the locomotive of the train had smashed into the rear of the stationary train, burying itself in the rear coach.

A senior official of the St John Ambulance Brigado said "there are some more dead Among the 20 odd peoplą atilk; trapped

In the CORCA.CE."

Bright are lights shed a ghostly glare over the aro sa

DUT

presence at Ankara is the Increasing identification by the United States with the Pact and that it is a member London suburbs in all but name.

Ambulances

from

Alan Colonial

Ingenuity And Generosity'

London, Jan. 35. Lennox-Boyd, the Secretary, told the House of Commons today of ingenuity the "extraordinary and generosity" with which the Government and people of Hongkong had tackled the Chinese refugee problem. Two members had questioned of Com- hi in the Houst

TXEO釘域。

Mr Willard Teeling, Can-

servative.

Asked what in- received formation he had about United Nations' proposals to help tho Hongkong Government over the refugee problem,

Mr John Rankin, Labour, asked what decisions were reached by the. United Nations Emergency Fund Refugee Committee on the eligibility of the Chinese refugees in

Mr

Hongkong for assistance. Hie niso asked to what extent the Gavernment of Hongkong had implemented those decisions.

sajil Lennox-Boyd

the executive committee of the United Nations Refugee Emergency Fund referred the question of international ald to Chinese refugees in Hong- kong to the General Assembly of the United Nations with- out is reaching a decision. Mr Lennox-Boyd said that fast November the General As. sembly adopted resolution recognising that the problem was one of international co- cern. It appealed to member governments and non-gover{L= mental organizations to rive all possible assistance. This resolution did not call for

any special notion by

Partition?

We

Will Never

thal

Accept: Makarios

Athens, Jan. 30.

wrecked Archbishop Makarios said today that the Greek majority in Cyprus would flatly reject any British-proposed solution of the Island's prob lems involving, partition of Cyprus between Greek and Turk

and polico cut holes in the coach roofs to free the dead and injured.

Eastera In an exclusive United Press sex interview the leader of the the scene. rushed to

Pollee Greek Cypriot community said commandeerod

from the Islandt buses

was an "unbroken anj could

and

The condemnation by the nearby Romford Garage to aid geographic unit"

Pact Council of the "indis-in taking the injured to hos- not be broken up by partition. criminate use of the volo"pitals. "

Nations

[1

in the United Security Council 19

Fenchurch St.

instrument of the East- A British Rallways spokes-

Weat cold war is also 21 notable feature,

made to Marshal Buiganin in his letter of January 12, that the Great Powers

should renounce the use of where the veto in cases the Security Council is called to take action for the peaceful settlement of dis- putes.

tracks.

wns

Turkish, Cypriots have said that partition is the only solu tion to which they would agree. Rejection

H

which Heathwaytion

of

Com-

Flying Saucer

'Hovered' Over People

Lima, Jan. 30.

Hongkong Government which

had long been doing all k (15 power for the refugees, Mr Teeling said that money had been spent by the Hongkong Government on the refugċem which might otherwise have gone towards improving wel- fare conditions in the Colony. bow very "Does he reallo

Gain By

RECEIVES SHARP To SETBACK

Inclusion: Boyd

London, Jan. 30.

strongly the people of Hong- Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd, the Colonial Secretary,

kong are hoping that some- thing

will be done to take this burden from them?" he asked.

the

Mr Lennox-Boyd replied; "I do

recogtiise

extraordinary Ingenuity and generosity with which the Government and: people of Hongkong have tackled a problem which is largely an international one, and I fully understand their feringa"Reuter.

UK IN FORE OF HARNESSING H-POWER SAYS BUTLER.

London, Jan. 30.

said today that Hongkong, as an industrial producer, stood to gain by 'being included in the proposed European Free Trade Area, But it was not practicable to deal with her case in isolation | from that of other territories.

Mr William Teeling, a Con- servative, had asked

In the House of Commons what the Colonial Secretary was doing

to ensure that Hongkong would be included In the **Common Market."

He also asked what consulta- on the Hongkong Government had had on this subject with Chinese and British business- men in Hongkong,

Mr

Rome Trenty

Lennox-Boyd replied: "The Treaty of Rome provides for the association with the Common Market onty of over- seas territories of the contract- Ing parties and the UK is, of course, not one of these. If Mr in-

Gr

Killer To Be

Paris, Jan. 30. Premier Felix Gaillard's priority project for con- stitutional reform ceived a sharp setback this afternoon when right and left-wing partics in the National Assembly's Universal Suffrage Com- mittre, banded together and refused to consider the Government's bill. The vale wie 25 against and

19 for, Members of Gail- lard's own Radical Party and ex-Gaullist Social Republicans Joined with the Communists and Punjadhia to rejest Zihu bill

To Go Ahead:

Returned To The mainly Catholle MRP #p

Nebraska

Douglas, Jan. 30. Wyoming officials today waivod jurisdiction over "Mad Dog" Killer Charles Starkweather and agreed he should be returned to Nebraska as soon as possi- ble to face trial for first decroo murder.

proved the reform while the Independents, members of the Government majority, -- split four for and three aguisst." During the Committee's de

Überations Galliard told the Deputies that their voto would not change his pre- vious decision

the to have bill's debate begin on Fṭh-

that ho

Tuary 11 in the National As Bembly as mobedulud. The Fremler told the Commfiteo was considering calling a miteting of his loose- knit nine-party majority under his chairmanship to get the reform bill out, "of tho dgidrumus.

Now Basis

talke authorilles tó

over," The constitutional reform „2413, County Attorney, Wiilipar

drafted by MIY Justice Dixon, said after an hour-fank Nebraska Conferanos, -, with officials.

Acting Prime Minister R. A. Teeling has in mind the

"In view of all the circumis- Butler told the House of clusion of Hongkong in the

tances we are going to walve Commons today that Bri-ped European Free Trade jurisdiction and allow Nebraska

Arta the position_remains, as fish scientists were at explained by the Prime Minis the moment alioad of the ter in reply to a question whole world in harnessing July 10 last

nongkong, as an industrial hydrogen poWEILE DA

ucer, would stand to gain He hinted that the Zeta ex- by being Included, but it is not perimental machino, unveiled to practicable to deal with her the public last week, would case in isolation from that of Wyoming yield results In less than the other (erritartas,

twenty-plus years" forecasted by Sir John Cockcroft, director of Bellain's Atomic Energy Re- acurch Establishment.

Asked by Rugh Galuskell, leader of the Opposition, If the Government would give an as- surance that they were giving the highest priority to further development Butler replied:

JUSTLY PROUD

Confidentially

Minister, Robert Lecourt,

strengthen

secks

executive in a France where six month is the average life of a government. The majority parties have all agreed on the principle of the reform but Bro bitterly divided on the details.

The closely related government

For

The decision was influenced by the earlier statement of Milward Governor Simpson that even If Stark- wenther, received a death sen- tence for one Wyoming killing "Representatives of the Gen-ae, the Governor, would com

electoral reform eral and Chinese Chambers of mute it to lift in prison.

advocating -a-now · basis for Commerce in Hongkong, and of

electing deputies kau added to Simpson does not believe in general capital manufacturer, local

embliter punishment. - United

thro

situation in commercial and financlat In-

Franco-Presse. terests there, have been consult Press.

the ed confidentially through medium of the Trade and In- dustry Advisory Committed in Hongkong."

of ex-

man said the two trains in-

Makarios's statement was the volved were the 1835 GMT from London's Frnchurch Street Arst time he has come out de-

the Wea What it amounts to is all terminal to Shoeburyness and finitely against

endorsement of President the 1820 from Fenchurch Street partition, Ho rejected the idea

to (Replying a question on when asked whether he would

** Sir. I think you will Eisenhower's

July 18, Mr Harold Macmillan, proposals to Southend.

prepared to accept im- Dr Jose Valencia, a Lima (agree that the selentists who The 1835 train

run- be

"AS self-government for

from Sir the Prime Minister, said: ning late and hit the rear of medialė

lawyer, his wife Teresa have been involved,

the proposed Free regards down, are at Trade stationary

John Cockcroft the

1820

train, Cyprus with self-determination

Arop, these questions and his nephew Manuel the spokesman said. The rear

antepecified later date.

the present moment ahead of

have been discussed with re- Self-determination has been Portocarrero said today the whole world In the.r three carriages of the 1820

rumoured to include the possi-

bo presentatives of colonial gov- that while driving in auchlevement, We should GMT train were smashed and

ernments and the general view slewed sideways across the billiy of partition.

car from Arequipa to justly proud of them in this "I would not like to

country. Sir John has erred: seems to be in favour The crash occurred between ment on unconfirmed Informa-

Lima last night they sawerhaps on the side of modesty cluding colonial territories. Any of the association Dagenham

a "llying saucer" stand-in naming the number of years question and

not may

prove

of Independent Commonwealth Stations on the main line lead-true," Mekarica safd when ing still in the air at a by which this development is

countries with the Free Trude Ing east out of London toward asked about the reports that n height of about 1,500 kely to yiek renilis

Area would, of course, be a the resort town of Southend, fresh British Initiative Was

feet.

Butler said the Government matter for them.)-Reuler, Thick fog, rolling up, from the imuninent,

was considering the develop- nearby River Thames WOS "I can however, state cute- The passengers in a bus and ment. of the new horizons blanketing the area at the time. gorically that the Greek Cypriot the occupants of a truck travel opened by British scientists.

Underground

people will not accept a tolu-ling near Valencia's cor and in "A great deal of work still the way of drum-beating to

tion leading aby way to the same

direction also saw has to be done before we combat Moscow's high- The crash occurred on an

partition.

the "saucer", the Valencias achieve what we want. The pressure ualeamanship and eastern region line of British "The Island is an unbroken said,

Inunediate question of Invest- In no propaganda which have Rallways, parallel with this line geographic unit and

cannot arise, Portocarrero was driving the ment are the Turks in a

successfully our rapidly gained ground in is part of the surface section of section the Middle and Near East the London underground sys- majority, It would be tragic car when, at a place about 350 hard and

and contrary to any democratic miles north of Arequipa, the scientists may work. I hope we ear lights began to flicker and in our planning will keep pace

with the genius At least six underground conception if after partition a

our trains, packed with elly minority would rule a majority finally went out completely.

scientists,"United Press. workers, were stranded soon in certain sections of the after the collision when the Island." electricity-current in the area was swliched off.

Gained Ground

in UT there was little in the

But

in

during the past few years.tem.

Mr Solywn Lloyd said that the opponents to the Pact had no hesitation of blow-

trumpets ing their

and

suggested, that the Pact members were too modest about what they do.

to

A British Railways spokesman

said he understood the

lines.

On December 4 a sleam train

Complication

STOPPED CAR

however,

BUILDING COLLAPSES

Ban Sebastian, Jan. 30. Twenty-two persons were be-

Portocarrero stopped the car Makarios' said that partition by the roadside to investigato crash is not the solution to the and was soon joined by the bus had blocked two of the four Cyprus problem. "but a com- and truck, which were having

plication with unthinkable un- the camo difficulty, the Valencias: Beyond an inadequate attempt

suici Speeding pleasant consequtuocs," belittle the Russian

Most of the occupants had the crashed into methode, Mr Lloyd made her of a stationary commuter cald, was "heavily responsible come out of the three vehicles

The British Government, ho effort to become 'a barker train at St John's, in southeast because it conceived and cul- when they observed a strango / lleved to have been killed and and shout the value of the London.

Ninety persons lost tivated partition in its effort to incandescent object floating wores which the Pact their lives then the third complicate the question and above their heads. It had the

an ex worst rail disaster in British thus perpetuato posacsses and so

(the island's) shape of a "fying saucer" and cellent opportunity was history: United Press and coloaual status"

remained absolutely quite over- The Archbishop said the head for eight minutes, accord- ++++++ | death of right Turic in thisng to the Valencia

All persons witnessing the week's rioting in Cyprus was phenomenon were left in a high the "bitter trull" of British

state of nerves" by the experi- policy on the island.

ence, the lawyer Bald. United

lost.

Reuter,

In Your Saturday Mail

Among the features in tomorrow's Weekend Chini Mail | really desires a solution of the

art:

The Death of Shanghai — a review by JOHN LUFF;-

"I the British government Press. Cyprus problemn it must first abandon definitely and irrevo- cably the ・ idea : of partition.”

"My crack-up... and how I rode it” im by ROBERT ho said.United Press.

DONAT;

The Busincar of War - Major-General Sir JOUN KENNEDY;

Commentary – by FRANK OWEN;

Annigont by OSBERT LANCASTER;

Giants of Sport

H

by ERIC NICHOLS;

Rebels Killed

A

BRITISH SHIP SINKING

L

London, Jan. 30. The 1.779-ton British motor vessel, Thomas Livesey, was sinking tonight in Gravesend Reach after a collision in thick fog with tho 8,617-ton

British steamer Loch Avon, Lloyds

reported.

The tug. Sun Twenty, took aboard the Thomas Livesey crew.

The Thomas Livesey Is'owned three injured in San Sebastian by the North Thames Gas today in the sudden collapse of Board. a nine-storey building, which was under constructio:

Only four bodies had been taken from the wreckage this evening, and there appeared to be little chance of finding sul alive the 18 workers who re- mained buried in the rubble.- Franco-Prest

The badly-holed Thomas Livesey was later reported to have been, beached by thres tugs just below Gravesend,

Before the collision so had been

anchored in the river with a cargo of 2,000 tons of coal. Her normal complement is 18 men Reuter.

FUCHS MAKING STEADY PROGRESS

Wellington, Jan. 31.

Or Vivian Fucks and kis Antarella ́expedition ouvered 40 miles during, their last 'stago' and 'were 210 miles from the · Bouth Polo yester day, according to reporta

eschlag bere

Algiers, Jan. 30; French troops have killed 140 Jarge-scelo insurgents' in operation

Guelm In eastern Algeria, It was reported. The reports spoke of hand to

||15 || 265 Geofrey. Frate stu

And Giles, Cummings, Friell, the boom in London's tin pahand fighting. They ald

allay, books, cartoons, and all your favourite features ather insurgents were illed la in 20 pages of weekend reading.

another, baille near Bailjet, In the Gramzla Kallikerlis

wils ihn exposiMON, TEŽKO INA

tinuing to recover and made | vehicles: was mada, yesterday observations........... for solanie- and the party was das "to soundings last night, Laler het more on in the 'evining was to jako more oxygen, the | The, weather was clear and cold |--ropork safi,

and tho, vehicles were . st Tochachcal trouble. Jeslarday times travelling at a speed of

hola up... sho_of, the: party's | Tooteņi milles an hone wrousel tracked polar velicios. Dr Fuchą w bow about 285 Bui-là caught up with the mlion from, 'depot' 700, wliczo

hỏ will most sir. Kama S resi üres houry: after camp

HALLEY for the trek to Scath

ROYAL VISIT TO HONDURAS

London, Jan. 30. her Honduran colony. Princess Margaret will visit Princess Margaret will return British Honduras in April, it home from Honduras only to set was announced here today. out for the western hemisphere The visit will come after on less than two months later. She

arrive in British - already planned tour of Trini- is slated to dad, Tobago and British Guiana. Columbia, Canada, on July 17 It is apparently intended to on. trip that could take her to.

the United States place the Royal seat on a recon-

as well. ciliation between Britain and United Press.

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