THE CHINA MAIL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1958.
Fagy &
TRADE PROBLEMS
PROBLEMS CANNOT BE
CANNOT BE SOLVED BY PROHIBITIONS OR EMBARGOES Future Of LENNOX-BOYD ON HONGKONG Deposed
Astonishing Recovery After World War II
Blackpool, Oct. 9.
Mr Alan Lennox-Boyd Britain's Colonial Secretary, said here tonight that he did not believe that trade problems. in a Commonwealth could be solved by prohibitions or embargoes.
SINGAPORE
EASES CHINESE
ENTRIES
Singapore. Oct. 9.
The Chief Minister, Mr Limn
Yew-hock, today agreed to canc the entry into
CYPRIOTS BRITAIN DETERMINED TO
DENOUNCE
WOMAN'S
MURDER
Nicosin, Oct. 9.
The Cyprus Trade Union Movement today de. nounced the murder of a
women,
Mr Lennox-Boyd referred Through the generalions these
British a and other fortress colonies had specifically to Hongkong at
association fitted normally into the Empire meeting held in
ruling Conservative and had supported and benefited with the Party's annual conference here, by its expansion.
Now there wern new con- Mr Leinox-Boyd sald Hong- ditions, so now approached were kong, alongside I continent needed. overshadowed by the renals-
የነ BAR of China, had made
astonishing recovery after the Second World War.
Of her population 2,500,000 one of the highest densities in the world750,000 were refugees who preferred life in n British colony to Comminist China.
Entrepot
"She has bought since the
Singapore of Indonesian war £300 million worth of
Chinese merchants.
United King- goods from the dum-nearly threa times much as she has sold 119.
te
Indonesian
that
ut
The Indonesian Government has required Chinese iz Republie
take
In
от
citizenship. Communist Chins.
"Her
New
Role
CONTINUE CYPRUS PLAN
Blackpool, Oct. 9.
Colonial Secretary Alan Lennox-Boyd said bluntly today that Britain is determined to maintain its seven-year "part-
nership" plan for Cyprus.
He told a Conservative Party ( us to abandon it. We have no Mrs political meeting that Turkey Intention of doing that,"
at regarded Cyprus as an off. Lennox-Boyd declared. Catherine Cutliffe,
shore" laland, and feared t
*Nor can we be dissuaded Famagusta last Friday, raight fall under Russian control, from purming our short-term but called the action of
Cyprus is only 40 miles from the security forces after the Turkish mainland and 000 wards that of a "revenge-miles from Greece. ful mob."
In ⇓ memorandum to the Governor, Sir Hugh Foot, Mr Andreas Zlartides, Secretary General of the powerful left- wing unions, said: "If the
murder was not committed by
They had #11 enlarged Commonwealth in which mem- colonial bers were equal and restrictions disappeared.
This had focussed attention on † deliberate enemies of Cyprus, those colonies essentini fo we think those who did commit Commonwealth defence which it could not by any means be was bound to affect their politi-patriots."
eal future.
**With
and
rellanoc
REVENGEFUL
Lennox-Boyd recalled
that
Turkey handed the island to Britain in 1878 in order to pro- lect its Asiatic possessions "gainst Russia.
The Turks think the danger is here again," he added,
Turkey could count only on la two getting help through southern
45 ports as long
in friendly Cyprus remained and strong hands, he added.
"And to the Turks that means them or us."
The Colonial Secretary pointed out that Turkey faced Communist states on its north- The memorandum continued: ern and eastern borders while our regional pacts we hold the opinion that "uncertain" Arab states lay to
the south-east. on persusalon under any circumstances women and common Interest rather and children should always be than он
fortress power,
shall do respected--and we colonies take on a new rple," :
to bring everything possible entrepot trade WILK Mr Lennox-Boyd said.
our views to the notice of the slashed by our strategic con
There was one further major people. troi no at her trade with
The hosty of Egypt China fell from £100 mile change.
and Syrin had created an air to under £s million a year. Tha Chinese Chamber
barrier across the Middle East Commerce in the Rhlo islands,
"As a result she has turned "which could effect our oil south of Singapore, wristo lo the
and communication Singapore Chinese Chamber of to textiles to employ her people, suppiles
us, but with with the Far East Commerce asking it Chinese competing with
"This
has find the effect of Lancashire's 22 greatly increasing the impor Mr Lim said if they had pre-million, thus pesing the probance of Aden and Kenya for
Commimwealth defence, viously travelled to Singapore lem of trade relations in
Minister sold. mony races on Indonesian alens passports, Commonwealth of the merchants would be allow and different standards of Ilv-
ing which I do not believe ect in Chinese papers.
be solved by prohibitions or embargoes."
nt
could outer the colony on only 300,000 spindles as can-
with paired Peklig pasuports.
For merchants who had not come to Singapore before, vlas would be granted if they cain- plied with Singapore immigra- tion regulations. Reuter.
ed
PLAYS PIANO.
Can
Fortress Colonios
eferred
Mr Lennox-Boyd n17": to what he called "fortress" colonies where they had to en- sure good Government vital to the defence of the free world and to see that their national and did not nationalist problems conflict with their fortress role. He had in mind, he said, Hong- Pianist Winifred Alwell play-kong, Singapore, Aden, Kenya,
Cyprus, Malta and Gibraltar.
IN PAIN
Melbourne, Oct, 0.
an entire 45-minute per- formance at the Tivoli Theatre Last night here with her eyes closed.
Suffering from ຕ cornical icer
left eye, and in the against doctor's orders, she did her net wearing an eye patch and dark klasser
Del
She said Inter she had cles-
her other eye because
the pain-China Mall Special,
"In the Far East we dro resolved tivat the disasters which overlook the Dutch East Indian empire-we munt take some part of the blame for this · ourselves———ashall not descent
the Common- OD
wealth. "Nearly all those territories
Other Nations
The
Mr Lennox-Boyd also told the meeting that he visualised the possibility of the Cominonwealth being Jolned by independent nations at present outside.
"It does not seem tu mic impossible to add, as it were, relations-in-law to the family At some future date rou other sovereign powers my wish for a elaser bond than with partial inter-dependence
the Commonwealth.
"But at the same time wo kind of security wonder what
are those who at forces Famagusta last Friday evening were converted into a revenge- ful mob which attacked and destroyed indiscriminately,"
The memorandum odded: that the "You declared once security forces are here to keep law and order. But last Fri-
order -day law and
were trampled underfoot by those who constituto the security forces."-Reuter,
UK Willing To
Negotiate
With Iceland
'If this ever becomes more than dream we will have provided the world with what It so desperately wants — a union of nations bound by a common ethio to protect its weaker
Pre-The nembers and pared to sink self-interest for the common weal."
On mass migration
West
into ot pose problems which are almusi
universal,"
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Blackpool, Oct. 9. Conservative
Congress today
Party
unani.
mously endorsed a reso- lution
the supporting British Government's frm
"Wo have evolved & seven year plan of partnership and
BLOW TO MEDIATION
Mr
the
Athens, Oct. B. Evangelos Averoff, Greek Foreign Minie. ter, said tonight that any further negotiations with Britain on the future of
WAL Cyprus
superfluous after today's statement by MP Alan Lonnox-Boyd, the British Colonial
Secretary,
Mr Avaron said: “If Mr. Lennox-Boyd's statement reffects British intentions on the future of Cyprus, thin in a blow to Nato's mediation ffort
on this Hangerous problem."
Router.
RUSSO-U.S. INTER-CHANGE OF FILMS
An
Deputy Premier Unknown
Bagdad, Oct. 9. The Iraqi Government ap.
peared today to be stil locked in discusalon about the future of Colonet Salam Arof, the deposed Deputy Prime Minister.. The omelat silence about Colonel Azel's position was maintained today.
A government spokesman re- fused to comment on o. report that he had refused to take up his post of fragt Ambassador in Bonn.
NOTIFIED.
Moscow, Oct. 9.
providing agreement for exchange of movies between the United States and the Soviet Union wES signed here today by off-mentioned for his taking up his
The West German Embassy here was notified of Colonel
cials of both countries. It was belleved to be the mast ambitious film exchange between the two countries since World War II. Under the
the agreement Russians will buy 10 US. Alms, including ""The Great Caruso," "LİB," "Roman Holiday,"
"Oklahoma,"- and "Marty," "The Old Man and The Sea,"
In return, the United States will purchase Bevca Soviet movies, four of which are well known to Western audiences. They ure "The Crancs Are Flying" winner of this year's flm feallyal word, Cannes "The Idiot," "Swan Lake," and
Daughter." Captain's
we have taken the first steps colution by the pretence that We shall a long-term one is possible in enrrying it out. continue to do so. We knew when at the moment we know "the pressures would grow to urge it is not"-U.P.1.
UP.1.
VICTORY IN THE AIR
& HOPE
ON QUEMOY
From DENIS WARNER
SPECIAL TO THE CHINA MAIL
Quemoy, Oct. 9.
Aref's posting several days ago but since then no date has been
post,
The Government has official- ly denied rumours of an attempt to restore Colonel Aref to power by farce.
It is thought likely, he would have the support of a section of the Army officers and the Banth Party, which favours immediate unification of Iraq with the United Arab Republic/Reuler.
GI DESERTER FREED FROM PRISON
Verdun, Oct. 9. United States military nu- thorities today released private Wayne Powers, the American G.I. who lived for 13 years in a French girl's home after deserting his unit at the end of the war.
Powers had served somewhat more than two months of a 10-year prison sentence impos- ed on him by an Army court martial on August 1.
Quemoy This island is truly astonishing. It may not have the sympathy of thousands in
won the first round of its battles with the Communists but it certainly didn't lose it.
the the Communists announced the Only two evacuees have como
except for forget the caller Elsewhere, You can
of Quemoy us bombardment of the Quemoy ceasefire. pictures
Communist Hospital, which the Communists devastated by the
stand in the Icelandic | bombardment or suffering from presumably thought was being from these islands so far. Both
fisheries dispule.
and
Indian in- Britain, Mr Lennox-Boyd said: "To me t would be a tragedy to end thei tradilionul tight of unrestricted: entry into the mother country The debate on this matter was of Her Majesty's subjects, and very restrained in tone quite unthinkable to do so on speakers went out of their way the ground of colour.",
Iceland's difficulties, although But, he added, he could see they could Tol
runy accept nothing inconsistent with the unlisteral decision, as was the historic palley in taking powers) to deport "the few undesirables Icelandic Government's decision who bring discredit on the good from 4 to 12 miles.
to extend its territorial waters name of their own people."
Advance
a grave food shortage.
used for military purposes, shells were pigtalled Chinese grls, which landed on civilian homes looking about 15, and who had
psychu been employed there The Islanders
neither were clearly nocidental. pro
logical warfare, Both said they shaken by shellire, nor are the
would like to go back, refugees seeking desperately for
Legitimate to point out that they appreciated
PREPARATION
interest but its own...
a place to go.
There's victory in the air not defeat, hope not pessiralsm, laughter not tears,
Exceptions
not visited it, is suld to be in
rocka
Cheerful
He had pleaded guilty to desertion, but the case aroused
France and the US. The Zoran was later reduced to six months. Powers and the girl, Made- moiselle Ginette Blouse, became the parents of five children in the village of Mont Dorling, Aline Department,
French obtaining residence permit, Powerà plan- ned to marry the mother of his ehlidren and make his home in France,
The American · Em- bassy last week granted him an American passport. FranG – Presse.
After
A
Alcoholism Kills One Every 26 Minutes
Paris, Oct. 9.
Alcoholism kills one French- man every 20 minutes, the
National League against alcoholism dis- closed in a report made. public today.
Its ravages cost the nation
annually, "about what is needed to build housing for 430,000 per sons," the League sald,
It is not difcult to under- Gunners aimed for legitimate stand that spirit after spending military targots Nationalist
a couple of days here on Que- artillery positions, on the
seiling The shops are may. benches where supplies were tickets in the current Talwan landed, the airfield and airdrop lottery. They are doing
Arterial positions and roada, There are exceptions to this roads were round-the-clock splendid business and I had to Lake my turn with the long Mr Joha Hare, Minister of
sceno of good cheer targets. Others received atton queue of Chinese saldiers who Fisheries, said the only settle generpl
of course. Nowhere was the ton only when planes and ships were waiting at the Post Offico Pasing the question whether ment of the dispute that was
much futi, It were coming in.
for the first-day issues of a new followod Σε Britain was going too fast or possible was a negotiated settle- bombardment
neive- regular too slow in calonial constient: The Brilsh Government,
pattern that gave no In exchange the Nationalist set of stamps. tional advance, the Colonial he said, remain willing to tako Leating
at any time and gunners sought out, with prob-
I watched a group of chat- Secretary said: There is un-
part in such a negotiation and real respite
its fuli fury at the ably much less success than tecing, laughing girls in Jungic doubtedly
considerable, and hope that, when the necessary reached
They claim, Communist roads greens, most of them seemingly sober body of thought that diplomatic preparation has been height of each afternoon.
about the age of my 11-year- Among Nationalist artlliery, and positions. They did not fire a thinks we are going too fart" completed, a new international
and eight single, round, for instance, at old daughter, going off for leave conference on territorial waters especially the 155
inch positions, and in villages the bridge which links the elty
or re-assignment to Talpel, this On the other hand, the "Loo can take place.
northwestern tip of at Amoy with the
mainland, morning. slow" school constituted the "It is unfortunate," Mr Hare near the
and Amoy itself was not a *Some children certainly greatest embarrassment in the said, "that the leciandle Gov-Quemoy, It was hell.
manage to a mile poparates target.
got born in the Only about steady evolution and applica-ernment does not seem to want
said an gunners on two Hon .. Britain's colonial ony negotiation and will not Communist
from
Some of the smaller Islands Wing generation," the
elderly American correspondens islands, polley,
take into consideration any small
here Nationalists and
several were much harder hit of course, skunkläke his hend sadly. Neither Saying that it was a falacious
added The Minister
that villages came under direct shat- Little Quemoy, though I have the departing girls were taking 215,000,000, francs ($500,000,000) notion that the civil liberties
there was no scientific evidence (tering fire. One village was
dismal shape, with more than home presents of the Quemoy's of the Individual could only be
to show that cod around Ire-almost entirely destroyed
three-quarters of its villages hundred per cent proof wine, enjoyed by citizens of kadar
nor others who were remaining, land was being over-fished. though with the loss of only totally or largely destroyed, pendent states, Mr LennoX- "Even if such evidence were three lives.
Taian and Erbtan, which are seemed to think so however, Boyd naded:
available," he added, "that Even here the villagers are not much more than The truth is that the elthens
They guarding the approaches to the of British dependent territories would not justify Iceland's not moving however.
have dug shelters for them Communist port of Amoy
Nor do the island's swarms of ex-unilateral aetion." enjoy civil liberties far
Hare "Britain," Mr
con-acivas and are living ander- fured even worse. They mairi- of any Com- ceeding those
the rubble of tained only
children who find cheerful cludet, not trying to bullyground among
the most perilous, munist and many other coun-
they hames while
tenuous communications with constant delight in the size and of correspondents Quemor and were in serious, behaviour almost desperato atraits when like myself. As for merchants and shopkeepers, though the sound of gunfire is an automa- tic signal to put up shutters, they frankly concede, business has never been better."
There is a an abundance He also indicted "smooth, smug | of food of an astonishing array and sloppy sentimentalists" as of consumer goods. contributing largely to the wave
Years ago Quemoy was re- of crime.
garded for its repeated epidemics Mr Butler, replying to the of bubonile · plague. Ite people debate, agreed that the penal existed then on remittances of ties for prostitution were ridicu-some 00,000 Quemoyans iving th He said it would be putting the conference of "platoons
lously small, and he was aware Singapore and other parts of paraded
South-East Asia. Today DDT the clock back 100 years. Nor, prostitutes"
A cousin of Queen Elizabeth Loud applause
greeted he added, would he introduce through the London districts of of "the shame in our street"
He personally would like to rainly his diminated bubonic
and the 20-year-old heiress to be Paddington by day and night,
fortune speakers who urged birching laws enabling boys to
Have brought undreamt
Guinness beer of the for juvenile hooligans and the birched,
and their attendant pimps and see the death penalty restored plague and free-spending troops
for much a crime
were married here today as poisoning.elth restoration, of flogging for met The 4,000 delegates, never-procurers congregating in dens but he saw no chance of a new at is not the sort of place I The bridegroom' was 35-year-
fof-vice musquerading as clubs. who sexually attacked women [thelcur, went on to approve by
homicide blll being paned by would like to settle in. But if old Lord Granville, the Queen's children.
abdg majority a resolution to- Mr Douglas Clift, a solicitor, the present Parliament.
the Nationalists have an armi- | cousin, He and 28-year-old Mr H. A. Butler, the Home cogilding the failure of exists criticized newspapers. who He thought raw dateistion Secretary, faced the tumult | ing methods of punishment and | sought
alile at the Queen's own chapel the Liland's dubious strategic glorify gangster centres being sat up would be ent for its defence it le not in him Plunkett walked down the
in the St·· James" district in dealing with worth, but in the mirit and be
of with: ar tiem zeñaml to consider | ceiling · for
effective instead of showing thêm up for more effeclive inore foeding. abollihód. In · 1948 | measures,
"the afunga, "thups, pimps
of both troops and Landon not far from Bucking” and the young criminal than fog-haviour
| civilians. --under a Labour. GovernancĂ.
Mind'or birching-Reuter.
han Palace,imĀTI Mr H. Bebag+hfontefiore, told | pataalten they gro.
4 Basketed Biblical character trics and indeed, exceeding Iceland but every country must their own
what possibly some may enjoy sccept the rules of interriational collect bits and pieces and pre-
law"-France-Presse. They are, one might say, under independence."-Heuter
(5).
Utopian (6).
#Santa's chengo
Worse (5)
7 Falstaffien (8),
for the
12,It's a handy measurement
(4).
13 One-man military formation?
(4).
18 Palms appointment (4).
Tories Want
Blackpool, Oct. 9. DRITISH Conservatives
at their annual con-
10 Declaim bombastically (4).ference here today angrily
19 Another hound (6)
20 Concedes and allows to enter
(B).
21 Tenders (8).
81 Behind-hand, so late in bed 23 Speak well? (5).
(7).
24 This man was a ship (5). 22 May go round the waist and 23 Place or another 1).
„have a cord (4).
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THURSDAY'S CROSSWORD—--Across: 1 Antrim, 6 Cause,
# Elight, Trojan, 10 Astic, 11 Marin, 12 Look, 13 Night, 18 Serone, 18 Grated, 20 Ether, 22 Mare, 23 Valot, 25 Panie, 20 Ravage, 27 Sewer, 20 Haven, 29 Enlars. Down: I Antelope, Tho'rough, 3 Inman, 4. Minaret, ♪ Chained, d Aitain, 7`Bmith, 14 Genarate, 15. Tideless, 10. Barucen, 17 Referee, is Revise, 21 Ttore, 24 Tar
demanded tougher punish- ments to halt the wave of vice and thuggery.
and
pare to build again
The
Cat' Restored
Anger Over Wave Of Vice And Thuggery
to
who
The League's Andings WETO supported simultaneously by the Government Sponsored high committoo for research alcoholism, which found "frightening" state of affairs in a survey on sicoboliams among school children.
The committee,, checking on $9,000 pupils
10 from five to years of age in public and pri- vate schools, discovered that only 11 per cent drank water pure. The others, depending on the region, mixed. It with wine, boor or elder from the time they began school,--France-Presse,
Queen's Cousin Married
London, Oct. 9.