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COMMENT OF THE DAY
"THUS WEEPS THE CROCODILE"
R Nikita Khrushchev's
M crocodile tears over the
conditions in Cyprus, and Bis championship of the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of that island, would be a source of perennial amure ment, were it not for the fact that people with long tongues and short memories might take him seriously. Far be it from us to give Mr Khrushchev a history lesson, but as he and his regime modestly elect themselves to be the only true his torians, we are obliged to do so.
First, we might ask, what are the British doing in Cyprus, anyway? The answer is, because they were invited. there, principally to stop Rasala
overrunning · Asia.
Minor; and partly as award for stopping Russia seizing the Balkans. The Power that handed over Cyprus
Turkey, ant Greece.
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BIG THREE ASSURE NATO ALLIES
Willing To Meet
USSR At Summit
By ARTHUR HIGBEE
Copenhagen, May 5. The Western Big Three
assured their North Atlantic Allies today that they were ready to meet the Soviets in a summit conference. But they stressed that they would do so only after careful advance
and preparation
if there were good chances of such meeting achieving some results.
Renewed
રી
is Greece in 1 These renewód assurances by position today to pursue the US. Britain and her clamour for Cyprus,
France
highlighted the opening sessions
the North Atlantic Council.
und We might answer, today of a three-day meeting because the cause of Greeks¦ of the 13 Foreign Ministers of freedom was championed by Britnin und # strong British Heel. in Britain not done no, it is posside that Greece today would be part of the Imperial Soviet | Empire.
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Third, why don't the British
get out? The answer because Britain bas respen- Bibility there. to the minority peoples, and she is not prepared to leave them to - gunman's arbitrary Judæmentor to the merry of a gangster politician. When Turkey ceded Cyprum to
Britain, it was thought al the time that the Island would prove an obstacle 10 Russia's imperialistic am- bitions, no less then than they are today.
Not Altered
T
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the Jay
The
can-
But the US Secretary 是 Hlate,
Foster John
Duites, warned bluntly that the US was not prepared in any elr. cumstaners to accept Ruasin's claim to the so-called "prin ciple of parity" in East-West } argollations.
LLOYD ILL
"Copenhagen May £2- Mr Belwyn Lloyd, Brition
Foreign,
ia Secretary, confined to bod with a Bore throat and a slight temperaturo, д British Epokesman sald here to-
night.
The British Embassy doctor visited Me Lloyd this evening and acting on the doctor's advice, Mr Lloyd decided-that-he-would. not be able to attend a the Danish banquet Government is giving to night for Nalo Foreign Ministers.
The apokeeman sald Mr Lloyd hoped to be well attend the enough to second day tomorrow of tha Nato conference in Router.
THE Russian plan of eon- quest has not altered one bit with the overthrow of The Royal Czurs and the substitution of Czare, the aristocracy of the Soviet Empire.
Russia always has, and con- tinues to have, ambitious on warm water ports. dream of her, Czars, tinued by her dynasty of election by terror Czars, is to overrun the warm lands south of her huge empire. Cyprus itself is small and insignificant as a sphere of Influence, but as a propa-point. ganda object, it is of cou siderable value, and the image of "Big Brother" Nikita Khrushchev weeping over the lot of the Greek inhabitants creates a pathetic picture for the ignorant and un- informed.
Although Mr Dulles did not sny co in so many, words, the Western Foreign Ministers who heard him got the Impression he was ready to let chances of a summit conference founder, rather than concede this crucial
The Futurc
He warned that it was not
WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR! Threat Of
Princess Anne Has Visitors
London, May 5. The Queen and the Duke
of Edinburgh drove to a London hospital tonight to see their seven-year- Princess old daughter Anne, whose tonsils and adenoids had been
ro-
moved earlier in the day. The Queen and the Duke spent 20 minutes by the bedside of the Princess befure returning to the palace.
in
The May Day celebra- tions did not turn out too well for Councillor John Lawrence, leader of St Pancras Council in Lon- don. He is seen here being marched away by Police after he had been pulled down from his stand and arrested whilst addressing a meeting out. side St Pancras Fown Hall, where the Socialist. dominated council had de- cided to hoist the Red Flag over the building. This resulted in demon- strations by students and the police had to break up the meeting. Keystone.
In Service
Rail
THEIR LARGEST IN HISTORY
Prediction
Twa Million Of Ike's
Strike Now Bank Robbery Resignation
London, May 6. London's crippling hus strike enters its second day today with the bigger threat looming of{ a national rail stoppage.
Crucial talks during the day
whether may decide
400,000 rallwaymen join 50,000 businen national transport strike for higher wages
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In
Canada
Montreal, May 5.
Police today seized a suspect and recovered most|
of the US$2,000,000 worth of securities stolen from a bank in Canada's biggest robbery,
The robbery was slaged over the weekend at the Brockville Co. at and Trust Suvings
by soft-
WAY Brockville, Ontario, crackers who cut their
Leaders of thrée rail unions expect today to hear the final answer to their pay claims at e meeting with Sir Brian Robert-rough steel-plated walls. The Chairman of the British Juut included cashable bearer bonds and negotiable securities Transport Commission,
that could be shipped out of Conada
converted cash.
son.
UNSATISFACTORY
They will discuss the Com- mission's reply later with their executive committees and if it is considered unsatisfactory, strike decision is considered possible by industrial observers,
and
'The arrest and recovery
Into
o!
the securities cate several hours after the robbery Wog dis- closed this morning.
Wild Chase
Montreal Constable Roger The general belief is that Si; Faber arrested the suspect. Rene Brian, head of the State rall | Martin, 24, of Montreal, single- system, will tell the Union handedly after a wild chase in chiefs that the Government has the City's East End. Detectives agreed to a partial restoration questioned Martin and then of the rallway modernization picked up the securities from a programe.
Juggage locker in Central Station.
Police said that "at least major part of the loot was re- covered-possibly all of it.".
-
This will lead in time to higher productivity and ulti- mately enable the commission to pay higher wages.
Sir Brian is expected by observers to offer the Union leaders pay rises in the autumn -but they may consider this too far ahead-Reuter.
Labour's Queen
Was A Tory Worker!
Birmingham, May 5.
Montreal's
a
The lust included two million dollars in bearer securities and bords, US$16,000 in cash and on unknown
omount
negotiable securities
in non-
HITLER'S
ENVOY KILLED IN ACCIDENT-
Cologne, May 5.
Otto Abetz, Hitler's Ambas- sador to Occupied France, was killed today in an automobile accident n the Autobahn 'Super- highway near here.
His wife died with him in the crash,
Abetz, 55, was released from a French prison four years ag after serving more than 10 years for war crimes committed while acting as Hitler's chief representative France:
ta wartline
HEAD ON
that Abel's Witnesses said
driven by his wife.
Brockville, which is directly car,
across the St. Lawrence River Susanne, collided head on with from Morristown, New York, is another car on the Autobahn about 125 miles up the river between Cologne and Duessel- from Montreal and about 60 doff. niles south of Toronto,
He was convicted in 1949 of The robbery was the second taking part in the deportation glant theft at a Canadian bank and extermination of 120,000 | This your. Last January 25-26—— | Jews from France, the déporin=] diső a weekend—bandits broke on or 1,500,000 Frich slave Into Montreal's La Soclete. Na- labourers and the execution of
onal de Fiducie
and stole hostages the Nazl fight against US$1,789,400 worth of negoti- the French Underground. able bonds using similar techni- ques.
I
Discounted
A 10-year-old blonde con-
Police discounted. however, Tessed today to the
theory that the Brockville Labour Party that had robbery was tied
up with the crowned her May Day Montreal theft. Queen that she was really The bicak-in was discovered
treasurer of the local by members Young Conservative's As sociation.
for
of the eleaning staff when they arrived work on Sunday morning.
The bandits cit a hole in the the bank office and Slender blue-eyed, Jacqueline ceiling of Towers, had been crowned--and used acetylene torches 10 sllee kissed three times by unlon open a half inch steel plate around the vault. They used chief Mr Frank Cousins before a crowd of 2,000 in Victoria Square electric drills and other equip- yesterday.
ment to complete the job.
One bank official said. "it is quite apparent that the robbery was committed by ex- perts because highly technical equipment was left
on the premises."-United Press.
Taries were gleeful at the news. "This is the biggest laugh of the election campaign," said | local Corservative candidale Mr
Peter Ashley.
PRETENDED
tha!
they THE RIGHT
BAG!
Labourites pretended Vis.knew all along. "There are no red faces here. This is just a Tory stunt," said Mr Harald Nash, Secretary of the Birming- ham Labour Party.
had
ser- and
Jacqueline's mother, a mem-
Maspeth, May 5.
ber of the Labour-supporting The suspenso ended on a
After they had left I was learned at the hospital that the Princess was continulag to inake salistactory progress and her
London, May 5. temperature was normal.
Air France announced fa Princess Ante, second in line London tonight that their
the throne, entered thecounts grounded in January hospital for sick children in for a technical modification Great Ormond Street yesterday. Today been pat back in She was placed in a private vice on the London-Paris ward and spent the night in the London-Nice routes.-Reuter. hospital awaiting this morning's sitting operation.-Reuter. question of down with Communist Poland and Czechoslovakia, but raised a much bronder Issue for
office the future, including the UN,
Colombo, May 5. has made a formul request to Young Conservative club purely manager, lust Saturday Just as He cautioned that acceptance A 13-day old strike by Ceylon the American Vice-President, for social activities," she said, he was about to put two canvas ht this prinelpie ultimately public servants was called off
Mr Richard Nixon, for a $17 | "My boy-friend is o member | baga in the night deposit vault might result in giving Russlo today after the government had million loan from the American too. I entered just for the fun of a nearby bank. the samo velo possibilities in agreed to negotiate the Export-Import Bank.
on
of it. Most of the money would be the UN General Assembly that strikers' demands for increased the already has in the Security living allowances and Political used to build a road to Brazil. and the whole thing non-
of Cyprus merely a
No Objection
have no objection to WM Khrushchiey weeping, ruther do we admire such sympathy in 60 august Czar, but surely Mr Khrush chev's tears should fall a littlo nearer home. Say for the Eastern Germans, who wish to unite with their awn people. And for the Hungarians who died to wrest freedom from Mr Khrushchev. And for the thousands of Poles who have died because they were "liberated" by Mr Khrush
the pli chey; and Eastern Europeans who groun under Russia's im- perial tyranny.
for
Council.
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Strike Off
rights-Reuter,..
· Loan Request
Asuncion, May 5.
|co-operative women's guild, had
put her name Competition.
down for the
noto
diamal
today for Muller Dairies, Inc.
Jacqueline was unabashed by A gunman hold up Timothy The Paraguayan Government the whole thing. "I joined the Dahlil, 50, the firm's
Reuter,
"I am not old enough to vote
political". China Mail Special.
Minister, 100 TROOPS SURRENDER TO GOVT.
The British Foreign Secre- fary, Selwyn Lloyd, and the French Foreign Christian" Pineau, fully sup- ported the US position. Mr
Britain Lloyd said
still be. Neved the Soviets wanted a summit merling, thaugh on
their
terma. Own
But he nedod Chal reoeut Soviet manoeuvres, such as dragging the U.S. before the Security Council, might indicate tessening desire for a summit get-together.
FLYING COLUMNS SEARCH FOR REBELS
of
.
The sources
Dahill managed to drop one of the bags into the vault before the bandit hit him and grabbed the other one. One bag co- Lained US$1,702 in cash and US$10,017 in cheques. The other contained only Company
cords,
UK Rejection
The firm had to wall unit to- day, when the bank opened to find out which bag the bandit took. It was the one with, the casti and cheques. United Singapore, May 5.
There were When the fall of Bukit Tinggi
no reports of Press. COVERNMENT flying columns appeared imminent, they had rebel bambing in East Indonesia, tanned out from the falten first withdrawri to Batu Sang- or guerilla activity in North rebel capital of Bukit Tinggi | kar, south of the mountain Sumatra, today, but the Central Government reported successes hunt for rebel citadel. today, in a
abortive sympathisers, find, the remnants
that Air against last week's s3id the Insurgent
the and Central Statrudn
"Re-military coup in South Sumatra. The Counell was scheduled to
Head volutionary
In Djakarta, Army
London, May 5. Iepublic's ratio continue the summit discussion Sumatran Army.
Britain wilt reject the Repacki transmitter were believed to be quarters, sald today Colonel tomorrow when some of the
former Military Plan for a nuclene free zone in smaller nations, particularly the On hundred rebel troops in a motor convoy somewhere Warouw,
Europe, Informed Scandinavians, were expected to had surrendered with their en Central Sumatra's winding Attache to Peking, declared that Central
he would negotiate with sources said today... Urns today, Djakarta Radio buah roads." have their say.
These sources said Britain will However, conference officials | reported.
At the opening of Parliament | Indonesian rebel leaders, confidence that tho
In Djakarta today, the first The Army at the same time reply to a. Polish note which
Warouw's suggested the zone in the near expressed
The rebel "Premler" Me deputy premier, Mr Bard, told announced Colonel much in step on this, with cost- Sjafruddin Prawiranegara, and the House Bukit Tinggi had muspension from his Poking post future. The note, they added, along with 'Coloniel Alex, E. would fallow the general line alderably less pressure from the his "Cabinet" have split up fallen without any resistance.
who This was the end of the 60- Kawilarang
Jas been inld down by the United States have a stake in Cyprus, and Europeans than in the past to into mall groups, and dro
goves Military Altache, in Washington, over the weekend-rejection of a more legitimate one than hold a summit meeling on al-hiding in the jungle, military called revolutionary
--Reuter. ment," he said.
the plan-United Press, the the Greeks.
znost any terms.-United Press, sources in Djakarta said.
Then, and only then, can we nympathise with Mr Khrush chev, and ask if he will spare a fow tears for the Turks who also feel they
16 Nato nations were now protly
He was also found guilty of helping instigate the assassina- tion of French Minister Georges Mandel and of looting Jewish- owned art collection.-United Press.
Washington, May 6. THE Democratle Party's National Chairman, Mr Paul Butler, predicted to night that President Eisenhower might resign before the Republican Party's Presidential nominating convention in 1960.
Interviewed in a radio pre- gramme, he claimed there were indications that Mr Eisenhower was now feel- ing the burdens of hla office too great for him to
дегус term,
oul his second
Conclusion
Mr Butler said he "would venture to guess" that the President would step down and turn over his duties to the Vice- President, Mr Richard Nixon, because of a con clusion that he feit "unable to continue to discharge the responsibl- litles and duties" of fils office,
(The President, asked to comment at his press conference last week of a rumour that he might re- sign, replied: "I took on something that I think is a duly, and I'm going to perform that duty as long as I think I am capable of doing it.")
Told of Mr Butler's states ́ment and asked for com- ment, Mrs Anne Wheaton, the President's Associaté Press Secretary, said: "The White House has no comment. Mr Butler speaks for himself and no one else." Reuter.
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