THE CHINA MAIL, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1959.
"The Lifeless Parody Should Cease To Exist," Says Altrincham
Bob Hope's
"ANGRY LORD" BLASTS THE COMMONWEALTH Eve Is
Families Flee From Lava
Yaounde, French Cameroons, Mar. 1. Families fed from their homes today as a river of lava flowed slowly down the southeast flanks of erupting Mount Cameroon, near the border of the British and French Cameroons,
The lava flow, 300 yards wido and 10 yards thick was advanc- ing 200 yards day, its i furthest point was reported to be about a mile from the Kumba Buca-Tiko rond In the British Camerouns.
This is a very ferlite region where any of the country's | -exported paiducts are grown-
France-Presse,
Summit Talks
London, Mar. 1. Mr Hugh Galtshell tonight; sirged the West to uccest straight away" Mir Nikita
proposal
Khrushchev's
sumult talks. -Reuter.
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London, Mar.
Lord Altrincham, outspoken critic of the monarchy and the Church of England, tonight attacked the Common- wealth as an "unorganised hypocrisy" and a "haphazard collection of sovereign states.”
British, African and West Indian students heard him compare it to an
unsuccessful marriage.
He declared: "A marriage which holds together by means of the partners leading widely separated existences, with agreement only to differ about nearly every- thing that matters, la not a truly successful marriage.
"Ye! that surely is a very fair analogy to the Commonwealth in its present form.* Lord Altrincham was a guest speaker at the West Indian Students' Union headquarters at Earls Court, London. He was proposing a motion that the Commmonwealth should either radically be altered or dissolved.
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Lord Altrincham
"Unorganised Hypocrisy"
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SATURDAY'S CROSSWORD-Acroms: 3 Erecting, 8 Intony,
Lord Altrincham sald: "Unless we can achieve the Commonwealth of our dreams, the present lifeless parody of a Commonwealth had beiter cease to exist, and will, In fact, in the course of nature cease to exist
"Disrnell aner described the Tory Party, which he sub- sequently left, DS organised hypocrisy.
No Principles
Dr Banda, he said, was being represented very widely in the British Press as anti-white,
"He is not anti-white, but he in anti-white domination and good luck to him," Lord Altrincham commented,
"I have abundant faith in the Commonwealth.
"It can be the greatest power for good in the world, without cxaggeration.
"But if it is to become such a
and it must
"I would describe the Com-power it must have definite and monwealth. In its present form, palpable beliefs,
as unorganised hypocrisy.
make effective co-operation the "Why? Because It has no basis of its existence.”—Reuter. principles.
It in Just a haphazard col- lection of sovereign states who have no common-polley and do not even bother to inform each other what they are in- tending to do."
"In 1956 the British Govern- ment nearly smashed the Com- monwealth with its Suez aggres- sion by not even telling its Commonwealth friends what It was going to do.
Lucky
"Some people think that it is i altogether a good sign that the Commonwealth was able to
that this survive Suez, monstrated the flexibility of the Association and its admirable vitality.
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"I think it is very lucky that it did survive.
"A Commonwealth with BOING inner vitality. 4 Commonwealth which slood for definite principles would not have survived the Sucz crisis so easily."
Lord Altrincham added that the Commonwealth should stand for three main principles.
Joint Policy
Author
Shocks
Literary Circles
Tokyo, Mar. 2.
NO CRATE OF BUBBLY FOR SUSAN
Competition hots up in In ibe Godiva Stakes .. British Nobel Prize
witiner, Arthur Koestler,
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at present visiting Japan, threw bombshell in Japanese literary circles on Sunday by refusing an invitation to address the Japan Pen Club.
The famed British author of "Darkness at Noon," in reply to on invitation froin the Jupan
Club Pen
general secretary, Yoko Matcuoka, regretled ha was unable to accept the invitn- Įtion.
He said he did not wish to There should be a full ex-get involved in "any political change of Information between controversy" and he woul all the member goverments so "not they could hammer out a joint organisation." foreign policy within the Com- monwealth.
Such a policy he thought would contribute greatly to wards world peace.
The Commonwealth, should also be worthy of its name in the economie sense.
adiceess
ony political
The Mainich.
newspaper printed Koestler's lengthy letter under the headline "Koestler Subs Japan Pen Invitation" to-
duy.
It said the. British novelist's "At present the Common-acllen come after he had heard
wealth consists
of
by three
of the protest mode some very rich countries, including Britain, foreign scholars against Japon's
number of very DoorPen Club's
and a countries,
"overcautious and
which the prize is a crato of champagne offered by Young Frenchman Plerre de Giselle to the first undergraduate to emulate of Coventry's. the Ladr
riding legendary feat, by through. Oxford's, sirceta in a bikini. First challon- -ger, Oxford undergraduate Mala Sigurdar from Ice- land, was banned by her college. The other day a Cambridge secretary, Susan fiarpur, 20 (above) did it
in
Cambridge
with a dive into the Cam), but Pierro has ruled her out. And now two French students are flying over to compete.
Fears For Press
Freedom In
New French Code
Paris, March 2.
France's most sweeping judicial reform since the Napoleonic Code was instituted 155 years ago comes into force today.
French newspapers have ex- pressed misgivings about the effect on Press freedom ot
the rigid application of
nev code.
The most controversial part deals with the procedure from the beginning of a police in- quiry to the trial of an ZC- cused person.
Up to now a atitpect could be detained and questioned br the police for several days before being brought before the examining magistrats who decides whether the case Ahould go to trial. From today, a suspect or t wilness cannot be held by the police for more than 24 hours without the wrillen authority of the publle prosecutor, and he has the right to a medicnt examination.
Suspicion
One code article affirms the principle of the secrecy of the police enquiry and the magl, strate's hearings to prevent un just suspicion falling publicly on innocent people.
But French journalists con- tend that pubilé opinion plays its part in ensuring Justice.
Crime reporters have Issued
a communique saying that
"from henceforth the (magis-
The Duke
Says 'Ugh'
To Native
Toddy
Jesselton, Borneo,
Mar. 1.
The Duke of Edinburgh re- jected a native drink here today and broke up oficial delegation' in the process.
an
The Duke, who had been sampling native wines through- out his tour of Bornce, Indicat- ed ho had his fill during a visit to a Colony display here,"
Ike sniffed a bottle of "tod- dy" fermented coeonat
palm juice — and exclaimed, "ugh".
trate's) examination may go officials, including the Governor,
on for months or years with, Sir
His remark sent a half-dozon
Roland Turnbull,
out any control from pubile | riotous laughter.
opinion."
Iċ-
Untit
nccredited now perters could oblait authorita- Live information about crimes and preliminary hearings.
Covered
Into
The Duke watched numerous displays of native dancing but of the North Borneo performers was
In future written authority none from the magistrate will be re- native women fquired before Information
19bare-breasted. geven.
rule.
Strict
Blackout
ot application
The colonial Government ap- parently had seen to it that the Duke would not encounter' any
women bore
Getting Worse
Hollywood, Mar. 1. Bob Hope, suffering a re- lapse in his battle to save the sight of his left eye, will fly to New York to morrow "to consult specialist,
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The comedian was not his usuat happy-go-lucky self as ho described the blood clot that has rendered him almost in- moblie.
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"I had quito setback thin week," he said gloomily, "My doctors sald the eye is in worse shape than it was when the clot first formed.
"So they got a little panicky and, suggested I see Dz Al- Kernon Eceso *L Columbia University - one of the best eye men in the world" flope suffered the clot forma- tion during the Christmas holidays when he was enter taining V.9. servicemen 1 Europe.
Thin, Blood
continued to clown for Ameri- can troops stationed in Spain and Italy,
Rather than call off the trip he
On his return to Hollywood he was told by his doctors to tako a complete rest "They've thinned my blodůlk out to where I'm Just a normal athlete." Bob said with flicker of bla old humour.
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But they look me off cortisone last week and I had the re- lapse. The thinning process is supposed to help break up the clot, but leaves me pretty weak.
"Next week I have to, tape my own TV show, but I won't move ever three feat in any direction. I'll just stand in
one place.
I have to. Any quick movements really shake
me up."
Bob, an ardent golfer. has been ordered not to swing a golf club.-U.PL
Investigation
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Memphis, Mar. 1 The Memphis orchestra voted The accused person is, how-more
from the yesterday investigate tho from the secrecy waist up, or to ever, freed
have to drink i conduct of. conductor Vincont ceremonial rico in their presence de Frank, theas he did during a ceremony secrecy principle could mean, in Sarawak last work.-U.P.I. for example, an omeial black- qui on any further develop- ments or charges in the "Lacaze Affair and the "Rose Balle!" scandals which have filed pages. of the French Press for the past six weeks.Reuter.
OLD SKULLS STUMP
BRITISH
MUSEUM
London, Mar. 1.
ambucus" attitude toward the British Museum experts who took up a challenge to find
novelist, "Nothing like enough is being affair of the Russian done by the well off to help Betis Pasternak. those who nee unavoidably ters) The Pen Club's invitation to wall off
ROGHer was for meeting – ng adalah more than a smal scheduled today.--UP.1.
Fair Shares ***INE LG W "fon shares -
now pretty well accepted in Britain for internal purposes.
"il does not appear to be ac- cepted in a wider context,
"WC are spending in this country about two per cent.
of our national economy on Commonwealth and colonial development, whereas we are spending five per cent an- nually to subsidise our own
farmers here in Britafu, "These figures are terrifying and extremely revealing."
Lord Altrincham said. that Anally the Commonwealth, if it was to survive, and it deserved to survive, must stand for non-
Iraqi Order
Bagdad, Mar. 1. Foreigners living in Iraq to- day were ordered to report to the Iraqi Security Department or face expulsion.
The government order sald various nationalities would be naked to register their place of residence during specifie weeks within the next 30 days. The order does not apply diplomalle personnel.-UP.I.
suclulism and for parliamentary Ship Aground
democracy.
were
Both these principles now at stake in southern Africa. Here he paid tribute to Dr Hastings Bando, who was fight ing not only for his own Nyasa people, but also for all the dis- enfranchised African majority.
Actor
to
Miami, Mar. 1. The 12-man crew of a 488- ton Banana boat abandoned their stranded vessel. late today after running aground on isolated reef in the western Caribbean --UP.I.
IN HIS JAGUAR
out which of two skulls belonged to Sweden's 18th century philosopher-scientist, Emanuel Swedenborg, sald that the 150-year-old riddle had beaten them. Tests on the two stulls were the skull in a London curiosity carried out in the museum's chop before World War I. | natural history section.
A team of Swedish scientists "Durg statements" four the headed by ProteosaFolke museum said that the quesilon Henschen opened the Sweden of which of the skulls-"if borg sarcophagus Uppsula ellher was the true skull of Cathedral last, Beptember to carry out a fluorescence test an Swedenborg remained open.
Mrs Madeleine Smith of the the skull in it. scrological laboratory found same blood group sub- stance in all the bonos sho worked on.
the
WRI
Doubts
Reactions
Professor Henschen said after- Emanuel Swedenborg 'died in words that the skull was not London in 1772
Swedenborg's as. the test gave, tiifferent reactions from the skull and other
parts of the But doubts as to whether skeleton. the skull with the remains
While In Britain reocuHr rently that of Sweden-
Professor Henschen asked Dr borg have existed since the
Kenneth Oakley of the Bri- beginning of the 19th cen- Links
undertake Museum to tury. It wan Elieved that
blood group tosis of the two the real skuti was removed
kulla because there wore factilles unique laboratory and sold to a phrenologist. Claims were made that Ꭵ . for the work in Drilain. skull in the possession of Doc- The tests were carried out by on bone powders tor Charlotte Brandt of Swan-Mrs Smith ren, Wales, was that of the from the skeleton and skull in Swedish piilosopher. She has Uppsala and the skull in Wales. stated that ber father bought China Ma Special
Collects
Dole
London, Mar. 1.
The House of Commons has heard about an actor, Bernard Davies, winner of a £5,580 television
quiz, who goes every week in his Jaguar car to collect unemployment pay.
beneat whatever But Mr Iain Macleod, Minis- | ment
his lost his job at the next elec-
• He draws £4 o week for his; wife and himself, from theter of Labour, sald ho could not financial circumstances might ❘tion? Flammersmith, employment office give any information. "All in-be
"Can we draw unemployment in London.
formation given by unemployed. But if in fact on individul
pro- pay until we get another seal?" O Sanguine, 11 Consumes, 12 Omit, 18 Leave, 18 Bpoll, 19 Romp. Mr John Hali, a Labour MP, people was confidential, he said. was registered for one 22 Discards, 24 Bracelet, 25 Remoto, 26 Deterred. Down: Pinch, asked what types of employ Mr Hall said there was a fession only and was only pro- he asked rundd laughter. 2 Stone, 3 Ensures, 4 Ream, 5 Coge, 0 Idioms, 7 Ghetto, 10 Merwe, ment Mr. Davies
pared to accept that profession, was.pficially certain feeling in this caso. 14 April, 16 Elected, 10 Probed, 17 Impact, 20 Droop, 21 Usher, | rogistered for at the employment No one would deny 'the right what would be the position or of a man in "Army: unemploy-1M MP. Who- VARALORtunately 22 Dear, 28 Sare.
• Mr {Macleod - wild he hoped not to have reason to find out
China Mali' Special..
Earthquake
The
New York, Mar. 1. | Fordham University selsmograph today recorded a "fairly sovere" earthquake een- tro 0,800 miles from here.
The university said the earth- quake was probably in the
De Frank hurled his baton to the floor last Tuesday night and stalked off the stage, telling the musicians they needed more practice in a volce so loud that the audience heard every word. -U.P.1.
Postponed
Cape Canaveral, Mar. 1. The Army tonight posiported
Banda Sea, southwest of New it second attempt to send a Gulnca. Reuter,
satellite past the moon.-U.P.I.
New Windmill Girl
A recent newcomer to the ranks of the Wind- mill Girls is 17-year-old Shendah Pearce, seen here In the Oriental costume she wears in “The Bride," from the latest edition of non-stop Revudeville at London's famous theatre Central Press Photo.