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COMMENT OF THE DAY
. DANGER IN
CYPRUS
HE issue in Cyprus has
Today, reached the point
at which its possibilities and dangers alike are ut their maximum.
When the Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, took over from Fick Marshal Sir John Harding, I wan thought that the change from a milltary to a
to hend civil chief
the Administration might have the desired effect of gain- ing peace in the island.
Sir Bagh got off to a good start and he managed to whift the log jam and the logs began to tumble down The atmosphere the river.
than it
And was clearer been for almost a decade and there was hope for at end to the troubles which have beset the island..
Ominous
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2. KUW.LO•ON
HAMMARSKJOLD'S DRAMATIC MOVE
Intervenes In
Council Debate
With Appeal
New York, Apr. 29.
Mr Dag Hammarskjold, the Secretary-General, to-|
night dramatically intervened in the Security Council to appeal to all members to "try the line of trust as a way out of the disintegration and decline from which we all now suffer.”
Speaking na representative, the one which took the first of the peoples of the world, he step, he said. said these peoples were "eagerly und auxiously expecting leader ship to bring them out of the present nightmore."
The Government Inking fruitful initantive would 10 benefactor by
government
THE renetions in Cyprus
itself have been
more ominous, They have been hailed as
First
mankind and
vloicnt and novel, there were demonstrations which reponded to that kaldia- by the Turkish, as opposed tive would share the merit of to the Greek, Cypriot com munity, against the British Government
Now right-wing Greek
Cypriot have began mur
left-wing Greek dering Cypriots. Hoth these developments kre in- telligible if there a assumption in the island- as there certainly that actilement might have been pending which would favourable have been
Greece for the Government to accept
only would such
provoke *Assumption
1
it.
Not
Turks. It is
own reasons
Bu the
conceivable that Grivas, the lender of Eoka and a fanatical right- might nationalist, wing have his
at this point either for get. ting rid of leftist elements or, since he has a vested Tatorcat in violence in Greek terrorising Eny Cypriots who might wem prone to accept settle- meat.
Overwhelming
United States
Unfreezes Egyptian Assets
ter,
Cairo, Apr. 29. The Egyptian Finance Minis- Dr Hassan Zaki, announced tonight that ha had been officially in formad that the United Staton would ...releazo about $8 million (about £9,996,000) of "frozen"
assete.
The United States would also start shipment, from tomorrow. equipment read building valued at £150,000 sterilig, part of her aid programme to Egvit.
The atzouncement signified a return to the pre-Suez state of reinilona economic
between
HE arguments fur reach-, Erypt and the United States.
Mr Hammarskjold, whose intervention come towards the end of day-long debate on an American resolution aimed at interna- selling up an Aretle Hout incution zone to guard palust surprise aerial attack. praiatel this Uniteri Stales Initiative.
Ifc recalled that he had recently similarly prained the Soviet Union's unilateral de- clslots to suspend nuclear wrapons tests.
02
He noted that the American aelion was in response to expression of fear by the Soviet Union arising from the "present state of extreme-preparedness in the field of armaments."
It would be against his rights and dulles, the Secretary- General said, for him to com- ment on the Soviet initiative or
the United States response. He was concerned only with
consequences.
Stalemate
the
The stalemate in the fold of disarmament had been allowed to last for
Mr 100 long, Hammarskjold mid. Attempis to break it through negotiation had so far proved of no avail.
There were different -reasons-behind this„Zideerily
worrying faßture," he said. One was that there had been
canlı a tendency of government to wait for others to lake the first step. Still another reason, and the Mr Huminarekjøkt one, had been
of
brale The said for ❘
Ting a settlement now are seting the date for a resumpor, trust front which all mania in
Burely overwhelming. Great Britain
they
For
of Anglo-Egyptian Inancial suffering."
admitteri
are talks would start within 48 At the start of his statement, naturally not open to dis- hours but the date would not be Mr Hammarskjold
A continuation of announced before the return of that it was "most unusual" for pute. the present struggle will President Nasser from Russia in the Involve British troops in mid-May-neuler. another long, expensive, and frustrating security In unforeseeable campaign conditions. Turkey, by walling, runs the
risk that there might be a change of Government in Britain and that a Labour administration might have Hom less regard fur Turkish rights and interests than a Conservative one.
This
NASSER TO ASK
FOR MORE AID?
The
Secretary-General to in- Council tervene in Security debate. Indeed, it would be out of order and rightly criticised if such an intervention meant taking sides in a confict before the Council, he said.
His Duty
Belut, Apr. 29.
However, he had on previous French language news-occasions stated it 45 his Secretary-
The paper
the
UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN IN US
Washington; Apr. 29. Unemployment dropped in April by 78,000, leaving the total of unemployed at 5,120,000, the Com merce Department report-; ed today.
un-
spring increase in job openings, especially In agriculture and other outdoor activities, Adjusting for seasonal foc.
tors, the rate of employment had in- creased to 7.5 per cent in April, compared with seven per cent in March. was pointed out that un employment figures had changed little despite the increase in employment) Весацве most of the additional farm workers |
Mr Sinclair Weeks, the Secretary of Commerce, said that employment in-It creased by about 600,000 to 62,709,000.
He added that nearly all the
gain in employment re- the usual sulted from
West
were housewives and students who were only casual workers, and had -not been counted in previous unemployment Ligures, ¡
The Commerce Department uld that the increase in outdoor jobs was largely offset by layoffs elsewhere in the employment field, and reported that there; was "an unusually heavy Influx of students into the labour market in search of jobs"-Router.
Agrees To Soviet Union's Separate Pre-Summit Talks
?
Paris, Apr.. 29.
The French Foreign Ministry spokesman said today that the French, British and United States Governments had agreed to accept "separate meetings" between their Ambassadors in Moscow and the Soviet Foreign Minis- ter in preliminary talks for a possible summit meeting.
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The Western reply to the latest Soviet proposals would be sent tonight
LomOSTOW depending on when the allies finished talks about the text.
og
The spokesman said: "It Is clear that we don't accept this procedure without regret."
It might be longer than the procedure of talks between the Moviel Foreign Minister and tha Saree Werter.“ AMINssndors together, "But it will not be our fault is this procedure is longer arid slower.”
·Didn't. Object...
Rousing Reception For Royal Visitor
Georgetown, Apr. 29. Princess Margaret arrived here by air tonight on the third stage of her West Indles tour.
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WAR IN ADEN DESERT
Tribesmen Bombed Outside Besieged
British Fort
Aden, Apr, 29. British planes mounted new strikes last night and today against rebellious Arab forces besieging an outpost in the outcountry Aden Desert.
An Air Fore" Communique said two Shackleton bombers staged a moonlight raid on the dissident Arabs in Sadi Jebel Jiluf. One unloading two sticks of 1,000-pound, bombs,
A second Venom
communique sald jol-fightera, lying by daylight, "made rocket strikes this morning... on the Dhata airstrip that is still within range of rebel fire.”
But a British political officer and native troops were still under slego in the fort of Assirir, an enclent mud struc- ture commanding Lahej Sul- tanate. The attackers are dis- sident tribesmen armext by
Yemen, neighbouring
which contests British overlordship of the Aden Protectorates,
RADIO CONTACT
According to the communiques, the fort E maintaining radio contact with friendly forces and
well-supplied with water and ammunition.
The communique
food,
SULTAN SAYS
HE'S NOT PLEASED
London, Apr. 29. The Sultan of Lakej flow Into London tonight and declared that he mystified and not pleased by recent events in his part of the Aden Protec- torate.
Sir All Bin Abdul Karim said that during his private visit to Britain he would "speak to any- une" who would see him.
The 80-year-old Sultan added that he was sure he would. And understanding and hoped to go home with “a solution."
The Sultan rules a trouble, spot In the Aden Protectorate to said that which British troops were called fast night's bombing raid took last weeks, in, comq), dizurbances place in bright moonlight in an followed orders to arrest threa uninhabited area. It sold that no leading_Ambs, bomb were dropped near vil- Jages.
PRIVATE VISIT
take the
The Sultan's journey here was The second Sluckicton
re-originally arranged to accompany turned to its base without drop- his wife to London for medical ping its bomb-load.
treatment, but he told reporters The Princess arrived io sald the multuous
tonight: "In view of the recent The spokesman
welcome in
In today's fichler strikes, the fevents, I thought I should hurry Western Powers did not object south American mainland colony communique wald, Venoms up and come quickly. to the idea of having Poland and after visits to the tropical destroyed a fortified building.
"I have come on a private visit taking part in "paradise" Czechoslovakia
island of Trinidad 1,100 yards from Sarir, where and I would like to pre-summit talks. The Westei and Tobago,
the rebels have been firing of opportunity to discuss the late altitude was essentially due to
The flag-bedecked capital had the fort. It is estimated that events on Lahej and in the Pro- the Soviet Unions Insistence on
prepared
for the Princess the there are between 000 and 1,000 feetorate as
whole." the principle of East-West most colourfut welcome yet of rebels, including Yement troops. **I am not feeling pleased at parity.
her West Indies lour.
-United Press.
these happenings."--Reuter. She was greeted by a fanfare The West did not see the im-
of trumpets and cheers as she portance of equivalent num-
ut the door of the bers, since there was no voling. appeared
Bristol Britanniu insistenco But the Soviet
airliner. parily seemed dangerous from
Sir Patrick Re:lson, the the point of view of general
stepped forward to policy. What might
bo the Governor,
welcome her offcially to the consequences, for example in Colony.
on
the United Nations, where re- solutions are taken by majority? he asked.
MINISTERS
Turbo-prop YEMENI NOTE RETURNED
J The Colony's ministers were We cannot accept the basis introduced to the Princess, Doctor Cheddi of parity as a basis of proce among them dure in interriational_relations," Jagan, Minister of Trade and lender of the the principle
Progressive the spokesman said. In addition Instry and
of parily called | majority People's into question the responsibility Party, and his wife, the
Janet of the "Big Four" on the GET-American-botn
Jogan, man question. The spokesman who is Minister of Labour, All but to of the deaths oc-ld the Western Powers attach- Health and Housing.
The Princess then drove to a curred at a National Volunteered great importance to continu
talks be nearby wharf where she bearded Corps camp about 18 miles from the pro-summit
tween the four in Moscow. "We a river steamer for a 24-mile Quilon,
where 170
people don't want to delay the pro- cruise down the three-quarter- M. Guillaume Georges-Pleet were taken 1 immediately after paratory talks." he said.
mile wide Demerara River to breakfast,
Ho added that if the Western the capital, jam-packed with.
admitted the principle celebrating crowds. The remainder of the deaths Powers occurred at Karamana, a suburb of parity now the Soviet Union The Arst two days of the of Trivandrum.
not fall to bring the Royal visit have been deciated question up again for the sum-public holidays to give every- mit conference itself.-Neuter. one a chance to see the first Royal visitor since the Princess Royal in 1953--Reuter.
paper L'Orient today predicted opinion that thnt President Nasser of the General had not only the right
today. is AR would ask the Soviets to but the duty to intervene when argument might, it
increase their aid to the UAR he thought he should in sup- true, be reversed to justify from US$350,000,000 to $500,- port of the
purposes of the But 600,000.
Organisation and the principles Greek procrastination.
also said Nasser laid down in the Charter, Aurely Greek Governments
Nursia to suffered
unity enough would ask have
of France said all govern- internal politienl instability its loans to Egypt and Syrlu.
Lebanese and
The only other alrendy
would wish to study uncertainty
meats Mr Hammarskjald's statement through the failure to reach newspaper which commented an
and le proposed that the Nasser's trip was the newspaper agreement over Cyprus.
Massa. It said, "So far wo Council adjourn until Friday, should reflect that
have seen only good coming when Canada will succeed the Indefinite prolongation of
from the East and only evil United States in the Chair. the dispute can lead only to from the West. This is what Mr Charles Ritchie of Canada, chaos In the eastern has strengthened our friendship who will be President for May, Mediterranean and so, in for the East and what has com- agreed with the proposal and the long run, open the door plicated our relations with the the Council adjourned until 1500
West"-United Press.
GMT on Friday.-Router. to Communism.
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About volunteers at the camp-organised by the Lok Saboyak Sena (National Volun tear Force)-were affected. As they fell ill, scavenging monkeys and crows which were feeding
seen to fall dead.
would
Plane Found
Teheran, Apr. 29.
Teheran today 00-
that a single-engined
Nasser's Dinner
en swill around the camp were Radio
Moscow, Apr. 29. Marshal Klementi Varoshilov, Doctors and medicines were nounced
of the Supreme mushed
and plane transporting the Shah's President
to the scene,
news
Kerala's Communist Chief Minis-Imperial Guards, which dis-Soviet, loday gave a dinner in Nambood, In appeared last week, had landed honour of visiting United Arab ter, Mr E. M.
Republic President, Gamal Quilon for a conference, went safely in Soviet Armenia. immediately to the hospital to The report said that the Rus- Abdel Nasser, the Tass which some of the affected stuns agreed to allow the plane agency reported.
to Amongst and its occupants to return
Soviet dignitaries volunteers had been taken.
Premier Nikita Lok Suhayak Sena gives elo-Teheran. The plane disappeared present were mertery military training to when the Shah was on a visit to Khrushchey, and former Premier, volunteers aged between 18 and Azerbaijan Province, berdering Nikolas Butganla. France-
Prosae. Russia--United Press. 40.---Ficuter.
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Prince Charles' View
I WANT TO GO TO CHARTERHOUSE
London, Apr. 29.
Court circles today described as "completely
untrue" report In a British dally news papar that Prince Charlês' name had been put down for Eton Publlo: School.
future about the education of the nine-year-old heir to the British throne, a usually reliable source said. The report said the 'Queen wanted Prince Charles to go to tan while the Duke of Edinburgh
No drollon has boin takon
was in favour of him going to Gardenstaun, the Duke's old school.
The report sald Prince Charles had now added hia ylow that he wanted to go to Charter. house where his friend at Cheam, David Dawkes, "was' going,
Prince Charles was sent to Cheam Preparatory Bohosl—his: father's old school-last autumn in a highly-pubiloised departure from the Royal tradition of palace tutoring' for (uture monarchs-Reuter.
London, Apr. 28.
Britadan wan today returning a note from the Yemen in which ile Red Sea Arab kingdom had said that it looked with "anxlety on the presence of British forces on the frontier of Lahe) and in Lalies itself."
(Lahoj is in the British Aden Protectorate which is claimed by
the Yemen).
A British Foreign Office spokesman said that the Foreign Ofon was "not prepared to accept the Yemen Charge D'Affaires representations on this subject and the note la accordingly. being returned."-Reuter.
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