THE CHINA MAIL TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1959.
CARIBBEAN
IS A TICKING TIME-BOMB
By FRANK H. BARTHOLOMEW
President of United Press International
San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 9.
The Caribbean area today presents all three Americas North, South Central - with another Balkons on their doorstep that could erupt
in warfare.
SPRING HAS
SPRUNG
Ann Arbor, Mich., Mar. 9.
Spring has sprung on the Univeralty of Michigan campus.
About 150 to 200 male studenta marched op I women's dormitory Jest might in the season's first
panty rald,
According to university spokesman: "Some soccerful.
were The female students cheered the stoup од and
under- tossed garments from windows"
He said fali started as a Flant snowball battle near the men's dormitory across the campum,
were
Several windows broken. but the spokes-
Man
called the
"minor."-B.P.I.
darnage
Singapore's Use Queried
London, March 9.
Government was asked in the House of Commons whether
The British
any consideration had been given to an alterna. tiye to Singapore as naval base.
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The question was put by Miss Joan Vickers, a Conservative M.P., during a debate on the Royal Navy.
Miss Vickers added: "Ferhaps ofter, the coming elections there, the position may not be such a happy one as it is at present."
There was a possibility that be seeking Bingapore might loats, not from Britain, from Russia and. China.
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Tensions appear to be mounting steadily in the potentially explosive milliary-political situations involving the
island republics.
An exelled Dominican leaped table, called for silchce and addressed himself to the Cubans present!
" the Brst gun is fired in invacion attempts agalust the on prombly initial largots of the Dominican Republic or Hall, a seems equally probable a whole serien of work may start in chotn reaction Bround the
Spanish Main.
The decision appears to rest. on the dramatic person of Fidel Castro who austed dictator Fulgencio Batista" from Cuba and who is committed to sup- portins revolutions in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua in the Caribbean and Paraguay in South America.
B argument is that their Fresidents are as dictatorial an Batista was.
Fidel Castro
Man of the hour.
Catching his real. revolu- ilonaries from these target nations have been holding Cuba, many of meetings in them publle and well adver- thed, to formulate their own Dians.
"As you fought in the Jun- cles of Oriente 'Provišče, DO will we soon fight in the forests of the Dominican Republic."
A pubile address system in the restaurant played the Cuban revolutionary" "ang "Day of Freedom," ending in a simulated burat of machinegun āri..
Some of these revolutionary groups in Cuba appear ready for immediate action.
Hald,
under President Grunggel Devaller, seems to
In regarded as the 'ripest
invision
Japan Defends A Judge
Repatriation
To North Korea
Geneva, March 9.
target at the moment with an Japanese Red Cross envoy Masurtaro Inoue today charged that thousands of Koreans in Japan did not want South Korean nationality and were anxious to return to North Korea.
unit ander former Kalilan Senator Louls de Jals announcing twelf ready to take off this month.
The overthrow of Devalier in Port Au Prince would not only ploce a man friendly to Castro in control, but would give the Cuban leader an operating base agalast Trujillo-his- primary target--since Haiti and the Dominican Republic share the Beme island,
"Legion"
He urged the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to keep that in mind when it decides on the Japan- 10K repátriation dispute.
Inbue sáid Ar estimated 18,000 Koreans in Japan (of an estimated 600,000 total) are of North Korean origin and obviously approve Japan's plans to repatriate thens to North Korea;
Heʻmid it had been esti. mated that the total of those who wanted to so might
reach 100,000, Tho
is
Japanese delegate here urging the ICRC to assist
Responding to the mounting pressure, Trúļūka has announced formation of an "anti-Commulst legion" of 25,000 mch armed with now machineguns to sup- plement his regular army.
Trujillo has begun dispersal in the repatriations by making a voluntary of his air force, the most modern sure they in the Caribbean and his primary bands. defence, amid reported rumours
Choice het American soldiers of for- tune friendly to Castro have na- rembled surplus warplanes on
The probability at the mo-
are on
In a pamphlet entitled "The| Korean Repatriation Question" distributed to ICRC members
each individumi
I saw a ispleal incident in aen eluted Island in the British
West Indies in hopes of destroy-today, Inoue said: "The choice crowded Honcho Luna suburban ing the Dominican Air Force in of nationality is entirely free to restaurant outside Havana.
ja single raid, a
and North Multicoloured handbills
Koreans will not evidently take distributed at the tables called
the nationally of the Republic "Liberation of Santo for
Dominican (The Domingo
and concluded Republic)" "Down with the tyranny of Trujillo."
Symbol
To Castro and his supporters. Consideration should be given Dominican sirongman Gen. prime to the future of Singapore as a Rafael Trujillo Is the dockyard and alternative symbol of remaining dictator- base for British ships-Reuter. ship.
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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: Ghosts, 6 Doubt, Refer, " Ordain, 10 Finel, 11 Mavis, 12 Loop, 13 Codes, Domino, 18. Carrot, 20: Glebe, 23. Visa, 24 Rúlls, 125 Broad. 10 Dapatid, 27 Dater, 25 Sljed 22 Darren flown: 1 Growling Ordnaneo, a Trim, 4 Benator, 5 Deacit,' @ Orison, 7 Brace, Domineer 15 Straddle, 13 Dreadey, 17 Moulded, 10 Abrade, Turabi:09 Supe
ment is that Castro himself would not directly participate in any military movesʻnguinat the target nations.
of Korea.”
Bouth Korea, which is op. posed to the repairiation plan, considera all the Koreans in Japan xɛ BOK cliixens, But he is believed to have Inoue warned in his pamphlet είναι
much direct one that the poor economic condi- couragement and the promisetion of many Koreans in Japan of arms to revolutionaries from might result in death 'for some these islands that they may unless their situation was soon launch offensives on their own, improved. unless he orders them to stop,
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Man Of Hour
There
Humanity
He said due to the uncer-
AUSTRALIA'S
POPULATION
DANGEROUS.
SAY PAPER
Manchester, March 10. The Manchester Guardian |--- today --argued that Aus- tralia's population of 10 million was
far from satisfactory from several points of view.
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"Australia claims to have reached a population of 10 mil- on yesterday" this Liberal daily points out.
It is not a bad score com- pared with the two and half inillion whom Elizabeth the First ruled in England or the four million who populated tho United States at independence.
Reunites Family
Mrs Bachel Bracey, 22, sppeared
1 5 Bristol
court recently on a charta of attempting to murder 'her husband' Clifford, 33,
with a bammer.
Bat her coumant played over A Lape recording made accidentally of the quarrel that led up to the attack, and the łudzeń deciding that the husband's provocation was the cause of the Agħi, : releases her on probation.
Chastened by their four months in the shadowam she, in prison, he in how- pital, they decided to igr and make a freak and happier start.
And now the Braceys, their twin children, and the dog are all together again
Bracey's parents' home at Warmley. Ploture shows the Bracey-Cufford, Rachel and twins Lloyd (left) and Steele reunited. After the picture they went for
■ family walk in the park. London Express.
ATOMIC FALLOUT CAN KILL AT 1,000's OF MILES
Lafayette, Ind., March 9,
Atomic Energy Commissioner Willard E. Libby said today - that the radio-active fallout of a nuclear attack could endanger the life of a man thousands of miles away. who stayed outdoors for more than gn hour,
Libby's warning was ope at
the grimmest over to come from
a member of the AEC.
In 1954, after the explosion of ohydrogen bomb at. Bikini, the commision said 'the fallout had polsoned
seven thousand square mile area.
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A person exposed to the fall- out for more than 30 - houra might have died, the ABC zald then.
Today, however, Libby sild the fallout, spreading over several thousand, square miles, would be so intense "ihat li would be hazardous to Hie to: stay out in the open for more than an hour.”
"The density would be high enough so that farm land in this area would be ruined for something like 40 years for anything except the culture of feed for beef cattle ar possibly swine." Libby added,
Protection
Despite the deadly fallout menace, he safi, adequate elvli defence preparations could pro- vide an effective protection ngeinst it.
Ho called for prompt action In guard against fallout,
"Otherwise." ho warned, "tens of millions of people in this nation might lose their Ilves
were because they Ignorant of the effects of radio- "active fallout"
At present, Libby said, anti-fallout" precautions are lagging because of an "atil- tude of hopelessness....born of Ignorance."
"The world today is afraid," Libby said. "Possibly the very horrors of the stem in modern war may eliminate the outbreak of a third world war holocaust. We cannot, however, rely on this happening."--U.FI.
Bank Hold-Up
Massapequa, NY., Mar. 0. Four bandits robbed a banic of $70,000 today.
The robbers lined about 15 customers and employees of a branch of the Security National Bank against a wall,
scooped
the money
out of the tellers cages and drove off, police · re- ported-UPA
Cockneys
Mourn "The
Elephant's"
Passing
London, March 9.. Workmen moved in today to knock down the Hts- toric Elephant and Castle Public Houed on an island.
in South London site which causes the capl- talo most expensive bottleneck.
Last night Cockneys mourned the passing of their favourite haunt with their own songs Mother like. "Exper Og
Brown" and "My Old Man ssid Follow The Van, “It was a rowdy, béry end to a colourful era,
│It is said "The Elephan!”—da
Londoners kneg, kikorko to cause a trafia bottlenock in 1841, when a blacksmith paid tour shillingalia Krule for ground in the middle of the road to build his smithy. The pubs cams -- Ukter, the present one about 50 Years
But it stands as the junction, of 42 streams of trade feeding seren · bridges over the river Thation barrying : 4,000 Vehicles an hour. Be it most
EO,
The London County Connell has bought 8.452 koros" "bf shops, churches, office blocks, houses, pubs,
and borbbed altes under the £15,000,000 scheme to apogil ap the city
traffic-Chics Mall Special:
Overflow Crowd Packs
Africa Protest
Protest Meeting
London, March 9.
"It is far from good, on the Nearly 1,000 people tonight packed other band, by comparison with the estimate of WD mil- Yon as her carrying capacity made in ∙1914 "by' Petick, s leading German" geographer, after two months in Austra-
"It in no doubt far from Batisfactory, too, In the eyes
of landhungry Astana who realise that in spile of the size
Ha. lainty of providing them better seems a good chance welfare help with the required that the warlike Lalk in allurgency, there is no other the countries visited by this remedy than to leave Japda for correspondent may subside, them." exhausted by its very violence. Despite all the threats, na trigger has been pulled yet.
And Cuth-day without guante
is one more day of stability.
At the same time, it is eyl
"Not to hamper their leav- ing Japan Is the hammanity in this case we should give deep woorderption this
point," he said.
Inoue has already stated that
dent that the emotional levelf there would be no repatriations
Caxton Hall, London, to attend a meeting organised by the Africa Bureau in protest at recent developments in the Rhodesian Federation.
The Africa Bureau describes itself as a non-party. Inter-denominational body
of Sydney and Melbourne the aimed at fostering better relationa" be- average density of the popula-tween the races and informing people in ion is less than four to each Britain of African problems.
of Australia's "miles"
surple's 2,934,581 square Speeches were relayed from the main meeting room to crowds in two overflow halls.
Desperate Need
Speakers included Father Trovor,
at exitey 13 Bigh and arms so unless the TCRC ugized to all Huddleston Afiglican missionary and plentiful that an international |—UPI.
military adventure moy start anywhere in the Caribbean un-
less the man of the hour in Cuba taken specific stops to hall it,-UP.I
U.S. Visit
Tiring Work
Ridgeway, Da!,, Mar. 0. A Doberman Pinscher watchi- dog at the Watt Electric Store was found snoozing away in the basement yesterday after the establishment had been broke
Bonn, March 9. into,
The West German Defence However, the intruder, George Minister, Herr Franc Josef Price, 18, was found in an emce Strauss, will visit the United chair, also asleep. U.P.I. States from April 12 to 30, a
West German Defence Ministry
Ho will have talics
spokesman sold today.
the United
Washington with
States Defence
Tombstone Death
Blolla, Italy, Mar. 2, Five » year = old 'Secretary, Mr
Edvarde Nell MUElroy, and Afterwards Machetto was crushed to death visit American defence in by a talling tombstono yester stallations,“ perhaps including day while visiting his grand-
worries many thinking Austro-
FEDERATION
Mouthower the Rhodesian Federation, latest world hotspot.
lang-how long can so tow opponent of racial prejudice, und Mr Jo white men justify and retain Grimond, leader of Britain's Mr Chipembere was detained possession of such vast coLiberal Party.
on March 3 with Dr Hastings tinent while many bamdroda of j
other congress The meeting unanimously Banda and millions
Astana of
Bro in passed a resolution calling for a leaders, after a State of Emer desperate need of land.
Commission of Inquiry on, thegency had been'declared, in "Panck'e estimate no doubt Nyasaland question to be set up Nyasaland was abourd, being based on In-
immediately and for all those sufficient evidence, but serious
detained in the territory to be estimates have come nearer and nearer agreement over a figure put on trial or released. of about sixty million Austra– lans without a damaging fall in the standard of living on
The war with Japan brought home to the country how few were trying to defend so much, ond in the last twelve years ull parties have, supported, la«
at creased immigration annual rate of about one per cent of the population.
"But at this rate the total will not reach fifteen million until
an
the rocket launching alte at father's grave with his mother wall after 1980," the Manches. Cape Canaveral-Reuter,"
Beeps
U.P.I
ter Guardian added. Reuter,
"A Detective Story?
Washington, March 9,
The United States satellite Vanguard II wobbled in orbit and its de-coded
signals are detective story,” space experts said here today.
The satellite's batteries died yester j
day after transmitting four days longer
than the expected life of two wenke
It would take weeks: possibly months,
to Interpret the picture of the earth's cloud cover, one of its main taske,
A spokesman for the National Aero- af Thỏ signals wero strong and sharp,” nautical" and "Fusco, Adihdintatation paki | the apokosinan said. -““Electrically it was
today the Army Bignal Corpseignants
had a quarter of a million feet of tapet
hignals to work on a
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an unqualified sucesso..
The scientists had të plot the emát
"No Plan"
The letter said: "Do not listen
10 Arrested After Clash
Mr. Gilmond said Britain's
Lusaka, Northern Rhodems, March. 9. reaction to the situation in to any stories about the disturb
·Africa would decide whether ences being the result of a plan | Ton Afrtaan National Congream.
he was a great people in the by Congress. true sense or not.
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"Nobody aver set to plans these He added:
'profest | riots? If any prople did, it fo the against oppression" and the police and the officials and settler Arrests and deportation-of la politicians above, them. dividuals wilboat: trial”. The British Government, Mr rimand declared, had got it-
el futo dificult position Per the Federation.
If they were not careful, they might be faced with the situs flen the French had in Algeria Future Reform
"Any future form of govern ment for Nyasaland or other Attican territory mub rest upon the « consent governed."
extent of the fallite a wobble to inter- Press today bợi the
members were 'azkented' after·
••n "olqah / Delwin' government officials and a crowd of Africazioni Mwiniiungs, it Northern Kheopsia. Eve days it was ameiallyv nginood today.
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"I the disjurbances: had. "bean: planned, there would
have been more troublo thai | "The Africans, sro - now, in gaol there is at present."%
Fawaiting trial
The Committee. of Atrigen The insident is the first hal Organisations was introd heter 7 diagram in Nerthorn, als last year to co-prdinate the political activities, at groups in Britain in con with those in various parts of Africa.
the the Nairobi People: Comptention
Party, hea cabled' the Chick site Secretary), ain Alan
of the lov, from Nairobi, makeing
the" immediato : rulesmo: Of oficials of his party who ?MÁ defined quicker,