Battle
THE CHINA MAIL THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1960.
for Congo capital Troops alerted
family BELGIAN TROOPS Pension for family BELGIAN
of ex-UN man
dead found shot
New York, July 13. The American widow of former Danish diplomat Povl Bang-Jensen confirmed today that the Danish government is paying her a pension of approximately $2,000 a year.
Mrs
"I'm very
grateful for " turi ner names of Hungarians Hela Bang-Jensen said. who had testified on the reroll "It's for the children and my-agnine Soviet rule. Bang-Jensen' self. The children's gart will worked for a special UN. com-
mitice continue until they are 24 years
Investigating the Hun- of age, and my part will con- garian revolt. tinue for my lifeisme."
Her live children range in age from 4 to 23. The family lives in a New York suburb.
PUBLIC OPINION
Her husband was found dead last November with a bullet in his head near the family home. He had been dismissed from the United Nations for refusing to
"I believe the pension was an act of Parliament," Mrs Bang- Jensen said. "My husband had spent time in the Danish foreign service, but had left it, and I belleve the pension was approved by Parliament."
She said she thought public opalon in Denmark had much to do with the pension.-AP.
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IN CONTROL OF
AIRPORT
Leopoldville, July 13. Belgian troops went into action in Leopoldville for the first time today to secure the airport. The breakdown of the new Congo Government authority was almost complete.
British High
Commissioner
for Nigeria
VISCOUNT HEAD
London, July 14, Mr Antony Head, former Defence Minister, was to- day named first British High Commissioner in the Federation of Nigeria and created a Viscount.
President Joseph Kasavubu and Premier Patrice Lumumba wwre not in the capital when the fighting broke out and they wo.e not consulted by Belgian authorities.
The great relief of the Belgians at the intervention of Belgian paratroopers in Leo- poldville
tempered by
was
uncertainty over how much of the city they contilled,
CHEERED
Two hundred men, women and children trying to see the country from Leopoldville air- port earlier today cheered and yelled "hip, hip, hooray."
They had huddled in terror on the grimy floor of the huge air- port building 25 paratroops fought it
out with Congolese troops..
It was all over in 48 minutes but for the refugees it was one tinal hour of fear in the story of their flight from this old Bel- gian colony
Diplomatic sources here heard that six Congolese soldiers had been killed in the fighting at the airport as well as two Belgian paratroopers but these estimates could not be confirmed.
Gen. Gheysen, commander of the paratroopers in Leopoldville, look matters in his own hands in sending troops to the airport.
He had sat in Leopoldville, his troops confined to the milit ary camp on the outskirts of the city, for weeks.
Undisciplined Congolese troops disowning their Belgian officers had sent many Belgians into frightening them into fleeing across the river to Braz- zaville as he watched.
The Commonwealth Relationspanic, Office said in a statement that Mr Head, 53, now a Conserva Live MP, would take up his ep- pointment on the attainment of independence by Nigeria
October 1.
04.
Mr Head was Secretary of State for War 1951 to 1956 and was in this post during the Anglo-French intervention at
Suez.
In January 1957 he resigned
as Defence Minister because he
took the view that Britain, in
This morning when the Congo army seized the airport and re- fused normal care 10 Lwó wounded Belgian soldiers flown In there, lie acted swiftly,
"I am tired of walking" he said.
This has lasted too long 1 am going to move into the air- port right now."
And he did.
PROBLEM
preoccupation with nuclear Two Belgian women and onio weapons, was not dovoling Belgian colecial service officer slightly wounded, at enough money to conventional were forces,
least one Congolese soldier was Since then, he was con-killed and one badly wounded centrated on the problems of in the leg tho defendent
But having, moved into and newly- emerged Independent territories. airport and angered many Con- -Reuler.
golese, the General is now faced with the problem of calming
to
Warning Indian
merchants
The
the
about 300,000 Congolese re- sidents and about 5,000 arm- ed Congolese troops.
Belgian paratroops took up positions on the road leading into Leopoldville and stopped every Congolese vehicle on the roud, Several dozen Congolese could be seen lying on the grass beside the road with troops guarding them.
Belgian troops were strictly In control of the airport, but at the Regina Hotel downtown where many whites are stay- ing Congolese troops were on guard. Congolese troops also guarded long stretches of the 15 mile road to the airport. Frightened Congolese hurried along the road on bicycles or on foot to their homes.
buzzed and
Djakarta, July 13. Djakarta economic prosecutor, Mr Baharson, said today Indian textile merchants should leave Indonesia if they were not
Belgian helicopters prepared to comply with government regulations. overhead along the road
should not over the city. He said they
economic Amid all the corifuston some "hamper Indonesia's
work cycle" by hoarding commodities, factories continued to
The prosecutor told reporters Others were closed tight. Some he had conducted a shop-to-stores were open, others closed shop investigation Djalcarta eity area, textile shops had recently been nearly empty, and there was unrest among the people.
HIDING
the In
Late in the day a few whites because still could be seen on the streets but many sat out the confusion by staying indoors.
News from other centres, in the Congo was scanty but ap- parently the most difficult situa- tion was in the port city of Matadi.
were
He said be found that "most of the Indian textile shops", in one district, were hiding ex-
EVACUATED tiles, he ordered them to put the goods on sale.
Belgian troops there Indian traders found guilty of trying to prevent the Congolese stockpiling, or without legal from danaging port installations invoices, might be able to and the pipelines which bring further interrogation, the pro-aviation fuel to Leopoldville, secutor said.---Reuter,
Most of the whites have evacuated the city but Belgian troops were reported surround- ing it.
AWARD FOR SCHOOLBOY
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25 Apparently rot a backward
city (5),
20 Sentor diplomat (5). 28 The first fire-watcher? (4). YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Acres: 3 Cast-offs, Open, 9 Settings, 11 Doorways, 18 Here, 15 Reporter, 18 Mi ing, 19 Estu, 21 Selector, 25 Shoulder, 28 Pall, 27 Sediment. Dawn; 1, Wood; 2. Zero; 4′ Area, 6 Fots, 6 Fence, 7 Site, 9 Swarm, 10 Tyres, 12 Overs, 14 Rondo, 16 Tired, 17 Ruler, 19 Eases, 20 Aloud, 21 Blum, 22 Lean, 23 To-Ur, 24 (su)Rely.
London, July 13, 17-year-old Australian schoolboy went to Buckingham Palace today to meet Price Phil
The road between Leopoldville and Matadi is in the hands of the Congolese.
The situation is not that of a'; pitched Battle between two forces and presumably this will not occur-AP.
Gives birth
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Congo rebellion
The British government has refused a request of M. Tshombe, Premier、of Kalanga Province in the Congo to send troops from the Rhodesian Federation to restore order in his part of the newly-independent state. Photo above shows mutiny the members of the Force Publique rounding up a European, Photo below shows that Africans, are suffering in much as Europeans at the hands of the mutinying soldiers Belgian troops are now in action to protect European ives and property. Express Photos.
Italy's
ruling party
ready to compromise
Rome, July 13.
The leadership of Italy's ruling party indicated to day it was willing to ease out, Premier Fer- nando Tambroni in favour of a strong centre- left government to answer the Communists fatal rioting.
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Such a move would zid the In parliament's debate on Christian Democrats of un-last week's fatal rioting, cham- Prince Philip save Kenneth
support ber floor leader Luigi Guj Wilde, of Toowoomba, Queens-
popular neo-Faadist Memphis, Toon, July 13.
"of techoed die wilingease of the lazid a badge and certificate of
Formar metropolitan opera andTM - Nob: the
violence party leaders to consider a new The Gold Standard of his award singer Manguerile Pizza gave their pretext for
-government. schema for schoolboys.
birth 10 s 0 lb 10 02 delighter at against the government,
He welcomed-ogern Kenneth
received his award a Memphis hospital or Monday
The message appeared 60 Social Democrats, the Liberals today because He is returning to rildi, Australia from his school in Bri- Mind Plzzzza and daughter were clear that Tambbons rushed to and the Republicans all centre
centre-left tain and would have missed the reported doing well, today. In confer with President Glovami and {next award proscrition cefe- rivate Hire the 17 Mrd W Conchi per sopra de leaded discuss a new
mony-UPL
1. Clodoh of Memphish
as Indians plan demonstration
Bombay, July 13.
Indian central government employees on strike, and other sympathetic workers announced they would break a police ban on public meet- ings at dusk today.
The place chosen is a platform on Dadar station, on the central railway--one of the busiest in the country.
Leading the demonstrators who can be arrested and detained for six months without trial, will be George Fernandes, for whom police have been searching since Monday.
Fernandes controls several unions, including the bus, tram
and municipal employees.
More, than a dozen trucklords of Indian army troops with bren guns at the ready, hove been kept alerted to meet disturbances expected by the suthorities,
SITUATION WORSE
Tomorrow authorities are faced with 2 nationwide sympathetic strike by employees In all industries and services, including ports, under a joint council of Communist, Pajn Socialist, and other Teftisi parties,
The transport and Com- munication situation was worse
Roundup of
gold
smugglers
Bangkok, July 13. Thailand's Prime Minister Marshal Sarit Thaharat
today. ordered a new of merchants Foundup suspected of smuggling gold in, what has been described as a Communist linked attempt to under- mine the national eco- nomy.
Gold is
reportedly being
kast
today, the second day of the smuggled in from Laos oral out general strike. Telegraph, tele- to India, unofficial estimates of phone and long distance rail-aggled gold during the ways were being interfered with year range from $US5 million to
20 million. by "demonstrators and, to a small extent, by saboteurs.
The Arst major roundup three weeks continued suspects
A police roundup of trade'
feaders thionist
ago netted 20 and about
35,000
with occasional Instances of grams of gold in Bangkok and violence on railway lines two zortheastern provideės
near the Laos bordér,
AP.
The
also
were suspects charged with Communism on
Sierra Leone rounds that they were found
travelling at 'right pace'
Freetown, July 18.
Sir Maurice Dorman, the Governor of Sierra Leone, told the House of Repre sentatives yesterday that this British West African territory was travelling at "the right pace" toward independence.
"The road we travel is the: right road to personal dignity and to national independence
carrying Chinese communist- made Items.--AP;
Chased flies with an axe
Presque Isle, Maine,
July 13.
A 27-year-old man began a
60-day jail sentence. to- day for getting drunk on petrol and trying to Rill flies with an axe.
of
Lenox island
Joseph Labobe, Island, Prince Edward
and we travel at the right pace, was convictet in municipal that is, as fast as is consistent court yesterday and given cón- with safety," he said.
secutive 30-day sentence
Sir Maurice this week re- charges of· Intoxication linquished his role as Chair-malicious mischief,
man of the Executive Council to
the Prime Minister, Sir Milton'
Margai.
ORI
and
Police said he inhaled fumes from a gallon jug containing Sierra Leone, partly a colony petrol and went after flies with and partly
a protectorate, is his ae causing $35 worth of due to become Independent next damage at a woods" camp: April 27-Ching Mail Special. UPI.
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