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RELAX IN
DAKS
THE FANDES KOBEPISTLY IN ACTION TROWEENS
Whiteaways
COMMENT OF ARAB KINGS TO CONSOLIDATE LINKS
THE DAY
NEW STATE IN Fear Of
A
PALESTINE?
REPORT from Hamburg that Egypt plans to crento an independent state in Palestine and absorb it into the Egyptian-Syrian Union once again raises the question of tho United Nations resolution on problem.
the
Arab statesmen were recently
calling for a settlement on
United
Arab
Republic
the basis of the United The Nations resolution which was intended to divide the territory into a Jewish state and Arab state.
Though the Arabs opposed the resolution at the time, with the object of driving the Jaws into the sea, they have been circulating their views Among the Western Powers in the hope of an initiative
being taken,
Theru
ja also speculation whether the Soviet Union, which since the attack on Egypt in 1956 has been hostile to Israel, will come move in
out with n new support of the Arab at. titude.
Unlikely
UT however hard the B Arabs press their case
It is highly unlikely that Israel will accept any change to her disadvantage in the existing frontiers.
Some cars have been
ex-
Amman, Feb. 5.
monarchs of the Middle East may soon hold talks to line up their course of action in the face of the new United Arab Repub- lic, informed sources said here tonight. The
the
said sources kings of Jordan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia may HOOD be parleying at a summit conference of their designed to
forge links which would withstand the appeal of the new Egypt- Syria federation,
own
They added that it was be- lleved that the kings would also invite the Lebanon - B republic to join them in the sunumit talk.
They noted a report in Beirut | that Jurdanian
Ambassador 10
Britain Abdul Munim Rifal had taken a message from King Hussein here to Lebanese Pre- sident Camille Chamour yester- terday en-route to his post in London.
Exponents
Local observers
noted also reports of the dispatch of mes. sages last week from Hussein to King Felsal of Iraq and King Saud of Saudi Arabin,
Al Jihad,
pressed that revival of the qucation would only arouse false hopes about returning home of the thousands of Palestine refugees, who with United Nations aup port have been living for ten years in Arab countries. The plight of the refugees has been one of the main causes for friction in the area and the Arab countries and the Communist bloc have made continuous poll-Minister said tical capital in the United Nations and used it as propaganda weapon against Israel.
The newspaper stressed today that the Hashemite Family are the true and original exponente of practical Arab unity.
In Bagdad, the Iraqi Prime that Egyp! and Syria should have consulted with other Arab Elalex aboul their project for formation of the United Arab Repubile.
Premier Abdul Wahab Mirjan told the Chamber of Deputies, Despite the psychological hope- Iraq wished Egypt and Syrin their Xcw lessness under which many "all success in
he expressed dis- of the refugees live con-union, but ditions are no worse, and appointment at their failure to in Horne cases better than
standards the
cor.sult,
tho of
villagers in other parts of the Arab world.
Compensation
Inspired
TIME IS RUNNING OUT
Rescuers work fran- tically to release some of the passengers trapped in a wrecked coach as they lie grotesquely together after two trains crashed in thick fog at Dagen- ham, Londen, last Thurs- day. It was 33 minutes before the shoeless girl on She the left was freed. just asked for a glass of water. Ten people were killed and 87 Injured in the crush.--Keystone.
What Went Wrong In The Vanguard
Washington, Feb. 5. The Navy reported today that its Vanguard rocket failed carly today because of a failure in the engine control system of the rocket's first stage.
with
MAY
LONDON-BONN ARGUMENT THREATEN NATO
By JACQUES BOETSCH.
London, Feb. 5.
The argument raging between Britain and West Germany over troop support costs is rapidly becoming a serious problem which could undermine Nato militarily in Europe. Government sources made it points out that West Germany clear that Britain
Djakarta Not Worried Over Situation In Sumatra
Not Many Supporting Movement'
Djakarta, Feb. 5.
A Foreign Office spokesman said today there is "no anxiety" on the part of the Government over the situation in Sumatra.
Sandys Replies To Missile Protests In UK
"The general attitude is quiet And there is no anxiety,"
Spokesman Ganis "Harsono teid Yeh Warns
the United Press.
Harsono had been asked to cemment on a statement by Lieut-Col Ventje Sumual, who flew to Tokyo on a "secret mis- ston" behalf of rebel Army Colonels and political leaders at Padang, Central Sumatra.
Confined
London, Feb. 5. Defence Minister Duncan Sandys gave a slinging
Samual said the rebels were answer today to Socialist going to proclaim a rival Indo- and Communist protests nesian Republic at any moment. Harsono relterated & Gover- the against
American
ment statement that the move- missile build-up in Britain.ment was confined to the West "AR I САП say."" Sandy Central region of the huge rich declared in the House of Com- island and that "even in this mons, "is that the strength of area there are not many people the US Air Force and his dis- supporting this movement." persal around the world includ-
very active in the political leaders," he added. (The colonels he refer- "If this involves come incon-red to are Simbolon, Djambek veniences I think we have to put and Hussein Majumi. The poll- tical leaders are Stairuddin and up with them," he said.
Natsir).
Ing its bases in this country are "Those
movement are three colonels
undoubtedly the most decisive factor today for the preservation and two
of peace.
Haley
DIFFICULTIES
"Sumwual's statements are read with interest but nobody is anxious about them," Harsono Bald. He recalled that since Indonesia had achieved Indepan dence in 1949, two other rebel movements had proclaimed
Americans
'We May Scrap Treaty'
The
Taipei, Fob, 6. Foreign Minister, George Yeh, warned the United Statea that Na- tionalist China may abolish its mutual defence agreement with the Ug if America tries to block a Nationalist attack against. the red-held mainland. The 53-year-old Foreign Minister voiced the warning on Wednesday befors a group of visitting Japanese Journalists
hore.
Mr Yeh told the visitor the Chiang Kai-shek Government would not tolerate US inter- ference in Nationalist China's announced policy of invading the Chinese mainland.
INTERFERENCE
This was the Government's answer to Socialist lawmaker Leslie Hale's protest that the **presence (of the American poldiers) adds to our difficultien rather than detracts from them and adds to the danger of this soparate govemmmmertra Thor Mr Ten said that if there were the "Islamic State of were interference thon Na- counter initiative in the House Indonesia" and the "Republic torialist Chir might abolish of Commons coincided with a of South Moluccas," both of the Mutual Defence Treaty said, have signed between the United burst of Communist propaganda which, Harsono ment which Britain to representatives in the United States and his nation in per
cember, 1954 A Calamity
Treaty commita tho United States are now negotiat ing-United Press,
United States to defending "The question 19, what has Chiang Kai-shek's island strong- been the result of them," hold of Formosa. Harsono said. "These move- But, Mr Ych told the now-
and the
The
was deter has not furnished Nato with DRUMRIGHT ments, like this one in Central men, one interpretation of the
mined not to give an inch on
the armed forces she promised.
settled
BRITANNIA DAMAGED
this question. These sources safe that If Bonn continues its The recently brought up idea to past refusal to contribute to create a common fund to finance maintenance costs of British the support costs of all the troops West Germany troops in the Federal Republic, stationed in Britain would have to reconsider could allow the problem to be without hurting any- its undertakings,
body's feelings. But at least at Britain is asking for between the present time, this plan has nelther been drawn up nor £40.000.000 and £50,000,000
Eludied.-France-Presse, It said the first 57 seconds of
for 1058-50 *This amount re- the fight were smooth,
presents almost all the foreign of the rocket currency and approximately Iraq's Arab polles, Premier all components Mirjan said, inspired by functioning normally."
Iwo-thirds of the maintenance Iregularities costs involved in keeping the small But, the aims of the great Arab re- volt" led by the late King occurred in the control system 65,000-man British Army of the
the 67th Rhine in West Germany. Hussein during the World War somewhere betweer.
after the by Hussein's and 60th seconds
rocket was launched from Cape and followed descendants.
In Belrut, it 1s believed Canaveral, Florida. tion for the refugees to be
that the West's friends in the are afraid the Middle East resettled in underpopulated areas like Iraq, provided
new Syrian Errpilan Unlon will try to swallow them. they could obtain the funds
Diplomats und leaders on credit from a country Buch as the United States. believed today that Jordan may be the first testing ground. But they add that they them- Lebanon expects
selves would require com second. pensation for property left behind
the by
large communities Jewish formerly in Arab countries.
TSRAEL, for her part is
Iwilling to pay compensa
here
to be
the
Popular
A FAILURE
Arms Purchase
Portsmouth, Feb, 5. The Royal yacht Britannia has been slightly damaged in a collision with a mooring bucy.
on
GETS A NEW POST
The starboard propeller and NEW
reported by the
West Germany repeated its a refusal today when it proposed the 60th second, "After failure in the control system to deposit £100,000,000 with
The yacht ran against a buoy caused the engine to deflect for the Bank of England to cover
returning to Portsmouth from sen trials late yesterday. the right and the resultant future German armis purchases abnormally high forces caused in Britain.
The boat has just completed "a the rocket to break in the middle." the Naval
London shot back with its five-month rent Itesearch Laboratory said in a statement. unofficial answer that this kind of callefpated payment The statement was the first of official explanation of what commercial transactions did not the starboard side of the Briton- The newly merged United Arao went wrong with the Vanguard fit the bill because the financial nla were Repubile is undoubtedly popu- test vehicle that was to have advantages for Britain in this Admiralty today to be in need Mr Everett F. Drumright,
loan without interest was tar of repairs.--United Press. If President Nassor does for with Arab public opinion launched a baby earth satellite.
Navy selenists now through the Mid-cast. So far as
expressed 'from'. making up for the loss plan to create the state la the Gaza strip and many are concerned It is a stop confidence that their Vanguard of £40 to £50 million.
But if both Germany and the in the realisation of an age- rocket will join invite it to
Britain are equally uncompro- Egyptian-Syrian Union, the old Arab dream of unity.
Informed sources sald they
armed mising they both are de- bellaved that pabllo
with sound arguments, monstrations and other pres- sure, organised from without, could force Jordan and even Iraq into the new unton, They feared this would take
problem can be resolved provided, of course, that the Union recognises and the task with accepts nincerity.
No Reason
Tway the United Nations
should not still carry
only weeks if the union make a determined effort in this direc-
United Press.
Press,
work yet,-United
Fires Kill Seventeen
Montreal Feb. 5.
Common Fund
Bomb Explodes At Assembly
Paris, Feb. 1.
Consul-
the American General in Hongkong, has been promoted and named Ambassador to the Chin- ese. Nationalist Govern- ment in Formosa, the United Press reports from Washington.
The US Consulate here, can- A small bomb exploded in not say when Mr Drumright The Federni Government the
courtyard of the National will leave the Colony for his believes that it cannot continue Assembly tonight at 10.45 p.m., new post or who is to succeed
a foreign police said.
ilon. But the sources word Seventeen children were killed to pay "rent", for THERE is also no reason, making no specific predictions, and nine persons were seriously army indefinitely, proferring to burned in four ares which broke apend this money for its own out in Canada in the past 24 army, hours.
Britain considers and rightly Six children died when their home was burnt down at Carle-so-that her military expenses tan, New Brunswick, and five-which account, for nearly 30 died in # fire at Edenonton,per cent of her budget-aro al- ready much heavier than: Ger- Britain pleads her The others, died in fires in many's.
foreign currency difficulties and Montreal-France-Presse,
with its refugee relief
work for some time.
There is, however, one snag. The now atato would almost complete the on- circlement of Israel by the
COLONEL GUILTY
London, Feb. 5.
Egyptian-Syrian Union and Colonel Geoffrey Jenkins, 63, this might well prove dis-one of the Directors of the Bri- tasteful to the Israelis and fish M.1.5 military intelligence thus lower the flash polut agency during the war, pleaded in the area oven further. guilty today to "Indecent ex- posure and Indecent assault" in
It is therefore incumbent on a caso involving a four-year-old
the United Nations to take | girl, action as soon as possible
He was ordered by the Ascot to prevent trouble before it magistrates court to spend six ariaca and at the same months in a psychiatric hospital timo either implement its and was placed on parole for
| two'ponto,
resolution or amend it to Jonkine apologised to the cover provalling. CUP parenta of the child-FraUICE-
ditions.
Ртолко.
Alberta.
Initial police reports said no one was injured in the explosion although several windows were broken near Assembly Fresident Andre le Troquer's quarters, .
Police said the explosion ap- peared to have been caused by kind of a home made sono grenade.-United Press,
Royal Suitcases Found
London, Feb. 3.
Police today arrested a" man in their hunt for the thief who atole two suitonate belonging 10 Princess Alexandra on
· Sunday/night,
on two pultemmen, which tafiled with the description of thous belonging to the 21-year-old Prinoms.
was reported that some of thejowellery wiming from the caRN T man was arrested at Lon- don Bridge Bladan sipakroars The suitoneos, containing cloth where pelloo had kept watch'. Ingɛand jewellery, were: taken
him
American Consul- General in Hongkong.
A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Mr Drumrigh
the United States entered Foreign Service in 1980 and gained a wide field of ex- perience during his many posts in the Far East.
ASSISTANT CHIEF
He stayed in China in the various divialons of the con- Bulata servico from 1931 until 1945 when he was homed Assistant Chief of the Division of Chinesa Affairs. Ho Wis mado the Chief of this division later the same youx. espat
After his service in China, he from the back of a about midnighs, on Sundar | served in Japan, Korea and while Princem Alexandra was India and has acquired a stand- viming a Worjį London home, ing of an export of Far Eastern
uffak
Police were tonight searching Mr Drumright came to Hong- for a mound, man believed to kong on November 1, 1934, to HAYO BORN Oondermell In the pastime the duty as American theft-Kruis
Consul-General in Hongkong.
and
Sumatra, have claimed a large Treaty is that the US would number of followers, all over not interfere.
Mr Ych's remarks stunned Indonesin," he added.
Indonesia's Socialist Party. In local political observers a statement on the floor of the immediate feeling was that Parlament, said "we regard the his comments were intended creation of the
for new Central | more
constamption. by Government besides the existing overseas Chinese and indepen- one, a calamity for the nation. dent-minded Japaneso than as
"Dunity of the nation will
policy pronouncement that certainly not being about a solu- the US would have to accept tion of the entire problem, but at face value-Unlled Press. the reverse."
At the
some time Socialist Floor Leader Subadio
Sastrosatomo sald
the Party
was not backing down on its
Ike Indisposed
Washington, Feb. 5. demand that the Cabinet of The White House announced Premier Djuanda resign.
Iste today that President Elsen- The Moslem Youth Movement, heaver, because of his continuing meanwhile, cabled President slight cold and sore throat, has Soekarno to cut short his rest cancelled a previously scheduled leave and return home in view engagement to attend a prayer of the "critical situation" of the breakfast here tomorrow morn- country-United Presa.
ing.-United Press.
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