THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1960,
U.S. ASSURANCE TO CUBA Katanga demands
Mermaid caught
Madison, July 18. Fisherman George M.
Smith caught a mermaid the other day.
He says He and a friend were casting Into Long Island sound féem shore when' malih gol a bir strike.
He". reeled in a female akin diver, who had swum out of range of her diver warning flag. The line had wound around her waist. He let her go. Wrong speclea-AP.
Very early fortifications
found
London, July 18. Archaeologists digging ea the site of a Roman fort at Little Chester, Derbyshire, have found the remains of even earlier fortifications.
Mr Graham Webster, a Bir- | mingham archaeologist, who is in charge of excavation, said the reminis dated back to 75 AD anti were found with the sid of a 200-year-old map.
He sold his party were searching for the Roman re mains by using the map which was completely accurate when they found the other remains at a different level.
It seemed that two forts Avere built, one in 75 AD and
the other in the 2nd century. -China Mail Special,
Students' new smoking fad
Bangkok, July 18. They aren't just smoking opium here these days they're doing it with straws,
• Police report that the latest craze in narcotica consumption "capsule smoking," which involves burning oplum flakes in a tinfoil wrapper and suck-
smoke in through ing the regular drinking straw,
B
The fad is becoming par- ticularly widespread among college students, the police
Bay.
"anti-capsule
smoke"
An rive has been ordered.-AP.
Ha Hongkong, this practice been known for years. has It is called Tsuf Lung-chasing | the 'dragon.]
No aggressive Slow but sure
intent, Lodge tells UN
United Nations, July 18.
The United States gave Cuba "heaped up and over- flowing" assurance today that it has no aggres- sive intent against Fidel Castro's revolutionary government.
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US. Ambassador Henry whose level is normally higher Cabot Lodge offered the as than that of the world market," BUTATICE before the Security he said, "This untruth has beca Cound where Cuban Foreign repeated so often by journalists, Minister Mr Raul Roa accused and U.S. officials that it is Washington of "economie ag-possible that many unsophisti- gression?" and interference Incated people may take it as its domestic affairs.
truthful."
Lodge, referring to offer to defend Cuba
Russla's
Mr Lodge noted that Mr Roa with its sided for assurances from the
rockets against U.S. "aggres- United States,
sion, told the Council **tho principles of the Monroe "Unnecessary though it seems Doctrine are fully alive and will to me, let me here and now be vigorously defended by the give him that assurance, heaped United States."
up and
overflowing, that the United States has no aggressive intent against Cuba"
The Monroe Doctrine prin ciples, Mr Lodge said, were emn- bodled in
treatles of mutual hemispheric defence.
"We are
not frightened by Khrushchev's threat of rockets and we will live up to these treatles just as we live up to our obligations in the United Nations," Mr Lodge said,
Mr Lodge said Cuba was seeking to "oreale" a grievance against the United States and that the proper place to hear its charges was before the OAS..
CASTRO'S. FRIENDS
He recalled that Castro had friends in the United States and received Argentina and Ecuador plan- was well
when he ned a resolution which would visited the country shortly after. suspend action by the United his revolutionary regime over- Nations pending a report from threw the regime of dictator the Organisation of American Fulgencio Batista on Janımry 1, States, which took up the U.S. 1959.
Cuban dispute in Washington Thereafter, Mr Lodge noted, today on a generalised Peruvian formula which implicity dealt Washington supported reforms with the threat of Russian inter put into effect by the ference to support Cuba against government. the United States.
Castro
He said the United States and Cuba had an extradition treaty but the Cuban government had of never requested the return any persons it described as war criminals of the Batista regime.
WÄR CRIMINALS In effect, this would remove the dispute from the United Na- tions, where Russia would have been préserted with an open He denied Mr Roa's assertion field for propaganda running, that the United States winked and put it fully within the at "aggressive" fights against domain of the hemispheric OAS. Cuba and had indeed, sought to them even though Mr Roa accused the United prevent States of harbouring war eri-Cuban authorities refused to co- minals wanted by the Castro re-operate gime, of backing sporadic at- efforts. tacks which resulted in the
Cuba had paid U.S. oil com- burning of Cuban cane fields,
panies only a small tee for encouraging of
Americnti- controlled refineries not to re-handling oil from Venezuela, Mr Lodgy said, adding that
in such preventive
fine oll for Cuban industry and Washington "belleves Cuba's
finally, of drastically curtailing
com-
the suger quota in an effort to action in seizing these cripple the country's economy. arbitrary and illegal.”
panies without arbitration is
Mr Ros charged that the
treatment preferential
for Cuba's sugar production in the U.S. market was for the protection of domestic pro- ducers in this country.
President Eisenhower's ac- tion in cutting the sugar quota was not economic aggression but an act of protection," he kald.
"The United States is under
"I would like to uncover the no obligation to buy sugar from secret of this annual present, of Cuba nor is Cuba under obliga- $150 million which Cuba recely-tion to sell it to the United because of the prices which States," M Lodge said. The prevailed in the US market, United States regretfully had to protect its own long-range sugar supply."
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APPLAUSE
Mr Lodge, winding up a 24- minute speech in reply to Mr Roa's 88-minute presenta tion, drew applause from the galleries by referring to the works of Abraham Lincoln, Walter Reed and others who benefited Latin-America
Less than a month ago, Britain's ace racing driver Stirl- Ing Mots broke both legs and injured his spine'in a crash in Belgium but recently he was out in the car park of St Thomas's Hospital London, riding a bike... With a lap speed of less than 10 mph this was slow stuff for Sürling —but for someone so badly Injured so recently it was a re- markable feat. Picture shows Moss starting to lap the car park-with a seven-day beard, Express Photo,
Minelayer Assam should
to deliver paintings
Moscow, July 18.
The fast British minelayer Apollo is due to arrive in Leningrad on Thursday to
impose fine
in riot
pick up £1,500,000 worth areas:
of paintings from British galleries which have been exhibited in Moscow and Leningrad in months, it was learned here today.
Nehru
Calcutta, July 18.
recent The Indian Prime Minister
Mr Nehru today said the, state
government of
The 2,650-ton Apollo will be the first British warship to visit a Soviet port since the aircraft carrier Triumph paid a call at Leningrad in October 1955.
British sources said the visit was unofficial, although the customary calls would be made on the city's leaders before the vessel left with the pictures on Saturday-China Mail Special.
Kent regiments amalgamating
Maidstone, July 18.
The Duchess of Kent as Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen's own Royal West Kent Regiment yesterday attended its arieval reunion here,
The function was the last of its kind before the amalgami- tion with the Buffs, (Royal
"Let me say this" Mr Lodge East Kent Regiment) under the said, that when the distinguish-new title of Queen's Own Buffs,
Assam should impose a collective punitive fine on natives "resident in areas worst' affected by riots, violence and arson.
Nehru completed his second- day hellcopter tour OVE language-riot torn. Assam
of
in
Addressing a public meeting in Shillong the capital of Assam, he referred to the "barbarous" 'attack on members the linguistic minorily Assam for, the last two. weeks, Nehru demanded that the state administration, which failed to iron out the disorder, must
civilised "create a atmosphere of security 2,
"I cannot remember a`single incident after India's Indepen- dence when the poople hao to run away from their homes in their own countries. It is
· most ・ extraordinary," Nehri
said.
GETTING
HIS OWN BACK
London, July 18. man wil"successively swallowed aple length of chhin, "a spoon- handle and an apert safety gin because he had been charged with the theft"of a pair of binoculars, went on to swallow his fake teeth in hospital today. The man, 17-year-old Tranels Henry Volsey, was arrested out side shop in Torquay, Devon, last July 10, for the theft of the binoculars
According to the Police Inspector In charge of the case no sooner was be in the police car taking him to the police station than he disposed of the nail-fle, the chain, and the spoon-handle.
An emergency operation was performed, and Volsey slowly recovered.
But last Saturday a few minutes before being taken to court he swallowed the open safety-pin.
Rushed once more to Exeter Hospital today he swallowed his false teeth-ATP
Better cowboys
Kuala Lumpur, July 18. Chinese make better cow- boys than Indian's do, the City Connell here decided.
The Chinese don't think the cows are sacred
In the past Indians were hired to round up stray cattle in the Malayan capital. But only two were rounded up last month and this is unsatisfactory, a spokesman said.
cow's
He said most of the Indians employed were Hindus who con- sidered cows sacred. Thus, he sad, to "arrest”! a cow was al- most considered a sin.-AP.
Troops report for duty
Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia,
July 18. Men of two companies of the third battalion of the Royal
UN recognition
of independence
Elizabethville, July 18.
The Government of Katanga today sent an ulti-
matum to United Nations headquarters in New York demanding a decision on recognition of the independence of the mineral richi province within 48 hours.
The Katanga premier, Mr Moise Tahombe, who declared his province's secession and dependence from the Congo on July 10 said last night no other country had yet formaliy recognised his Independence
PROCLAMATION
The proclamation was made at the height of
the troubles between Congolese army mutineers and Belgians.
Ikeda names
Mr Tshombe put a Belgian officer in charge of the Katanga forces and declared a state of emergency, and the province The has since returned to a state of caim.
Mr Tshombe said that he will not allow United Nations troops into Katanga, and pro- tested against the Security Council resolution calling for of Belgian the withdrawal troops.
He said he would not allow United Nations troops to land in Katapga-Router.
Independence
of former
French Congo
Brazzaville, July 18. The independence of the Congo
Eepublio formerly the French Congo will be proclaimed on August "It was 'XONDEDORd here today.
Agreements between the Congo Republic and France for co-operation and technical aid will be signed on the same date, the announcement said.
all new
cabinet
Tokyo, July 19. new Japanese" Prima Mr Hayata
· Minister, Ikeda, early this morning announced his" cabinet "making a clean sweep of the old government of Mi Noburuko Kishi,
Mr Ikeda replaced the foreign minister, who is now Mr Zen- taro Kosaka, appointed one of his former political rivals to the Ministry of Trade, Mc Mileujiro Ishii, and for the first time Int Japanese political history gave à cabinet post to Woman.
She is the Welfare Minister Mra Masa Nakayarın,
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He appointed a comparatively. young panel of ministers, TRADY of them identifed with the former regime of Japan's elder statesman the post war Prime Minister, Mr Shigeru Yoshida, Reuter.
Talked out
of suicide
Bristol, July 18,
The Congo Repaibile borders the riot-torn former Belgian Congo, with the Congo river A lovelorn youth was talked dividing the two countries-out of leaping from a 100-foot Reuter.
high ledge atop a department store today.
-Fireman Ernest Wookey coax→
Rhodesin regiment (territorial) Paper for peace ed the 20-year-old man into
began reporting today. for duty.
Their call-up anrounced on! Saturday, is intended to help provide a complete battalion at
United Nations, The United Nations uses about Kitwe, Northem Rhodesia, an 650 tone of paper a year for army spokesman stated. China reproduction of its documents. --- Mall Special.
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taking his hand and ressirning to safely while a big crowd" stood beneath through 45 minutes of drama.
"It was about a girl" Wookey
Chantecler
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Nehru's daughter Indire THE GRAND OPENING of their BRANCH
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dependently is visiting the area
ed foreign minister of Cuba the Royal Kent Regiment worst hit by the language riots, talks about the United States China Mail Special
as a north American aggressor
and butcher, and charged us
with a number of offences, I
for one am willing to believe
that he believes in his words,
"In the greatest candour, I can assure him that the United States of America he plekiires does not exist....it is a United States of America ·' which is human, of course, and therefore imperfect, but we always are willing to correct our mistakes. It is a United States of America that wants to be friendly with. Cuba and believes that some day it will be friendly again.".
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