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Of The BELGIANS OUT BY TOMORROW?
Day
Hammarskjold to Royal Family leave Cardiff Typhoon Virginia
enter Katanga
A TIME FOR enter
COURAGE
HIS is black August.
newspapers, Tension and
strife are everywhere to be Small and trivia!
seen.
incidents are magnified Into serious. International issues. Events. in remote parts of the world like Vientiane and Leopoldville are no less important than what happens in Washing- ton
Moscow. The and
world gropes desperately
for the meaning to the i confusion which surrounds it. When and how is it all going to end?
Africa is torn by dissension
with
UN force
United Nations, Aug. 11. Mr Dag Hammarskjold, the UN Secretary- General, is flying to the Congo today and will enter the breakaway province of Katanga tomorrow at the head of two companies of Swedish soldiers of the United Nations force.
The dramatic announcement late last night came after unconfirmed reports that Belgium had promised the Secretary General to withdraw all Belgian troops from Katanga by Friday.
In an exchange of cables with
and bitterness, Asia is Mr Mouse Thơmbe, the Pre- split by opposing groups mier of Katanga Province, Mr each determined to impose Hammarskjold said there could its will on its subject be "no question of conditions" people, Europe enjoys an for the deployment of UN forces uneasy peace with perhaps in Katanga
and with
highest
Mr Tshombe in his reply a greater appreciation of the
should agreed to the move and pro- consequences war be unleashed upon its mised "you and your party will territories. America is now be received in an orderly man
the listening to the prelude of ner a presidential election, and courtesy." has to some extent Bet aside for future reference the issues contained in the bellicose threats made upon her very doorstep.
Lumumba injured
Belgian
split over
the Congo
Brussels, Aug. 10. There was serious dissention within the Belgian Gov- ernment tonight follow
The Royal Family are shown on board the Royal yacht Britannia at Cardiff Docks on August 6, short- fy before leaving for their
ing the Congo disaster-cruise to the Orkneys and and speculation that a reehuffle might follow
Mr Hommarskjold is flying first to Leopoldville, capital of the Congo Republic, where the Malster,...Mr. Prime Congo Patrice Lumumba, was reported
soon. Premier Gaston Eyskens is injured in riota just night.
Mr under fre
Liberal how seriously
from the was hurt in last faction of his coalition Social- Lumumbe
Government II and to chart a peaceful night's riots in Leopoldville's Christian - Liberal
take sufficient African township is still
TEVER in all the years since the United Nations first met to settle the disputes of World War
Just
Was
com-
not for failing to course into the future, known. An eyewitness said he precautions against the have international affairs
struck in the mouth as plete loss of the Congo and seemed so dangerous. If demonstrators hurled stones at Belgium's US$8,000,000" capital | there is any consolation it his car. A Belgian state radio investment there.
said he was comes in retrospect. The commentator
Mr Eyskens is also consider- ing an Austerity programme sum total of tension rany not "severely wounded." have been greater than at Police were reported to have which includes highter taxes, a and thinning present but seemingly hope-fired in the air to break up the mones“ squeeze less crises have been mas-riots which were said to rave out of civil servants which is tered. And there is no begun when followers of displeasing the Liberals and members of his OW! reason to believe that the Lumumba attacked the head- some
quarters of
President Josepn| Social-Christian Party. current situation is essen- Kasavubu's Abako Party. The Mr Eyskens was today re- tially more explosive.
Abako has come out in opposi ceived twice by the King while tion to Mr Lumumba and in reports swept the Cabinet lobby However true this may be the favour of a federalist state. that he had gone to resign. But
most disturbing reflection
Several people were reported after a series of meetings with is the recklessness with injured and one unconfirmed re- government and party members which Russia today enters part said three Congolese were Mr Eyskens, said late tonight, the fray. Almost every olled. Large parts of the town- "The Government is still afloat" Talks will continue tomorrOW, situation seems worth ex-ship were cordoned off. ploiting. Consequently the Earlier Belga reported three and the key meeting will be a most trivial affairs assume Abako officials were injured to- reunion of the Social-Christian serious and often dauger-night when police searched a Party Central Committee-UPI.
in Leopoldville.- (See also Page 3) party office
ous overtones. Every Reuter. small upstart of a
politician invokes the name of the Big Powers before plunging into his nefarious schemes. Consequently the world faces the threat of
war over places like Congo,
Cuba, Laos, Korea, Iraq, and Egypt.
0th OF curse the fate of all
these countries matters. Their existence cannot be shrugged off. It is the West which has gone to such lengths to espouse the cause of the Free World and it is up to the West to show that it is vitally con- cerned In the survival of freedom everywhere. Com- munism is aggressive, ex- pansive, challenging. It has served notice that it will interfere wherever it can, whether it is wanted or not.
This
U.S. fires
IBM: Hits
5,000-mile
target
Cape Canaveral, Aug. 11. The US. Air Force for the first time has successfully launched an operational- prototype of the inter-
FIGHTING CONTINUES
IN LAOS
Shetlands. From left are: Prince - Philip, the Queen, - Prince Charles, Princess Alexandra of Kent, Prin- cess Anne, and Prince Michael of Kent.-AP photo,
Big gold
strike in
Australia
Police crack down
on crime school'
New York, Aug. 10.
Brooklyn police announced today the smashing of a youthful burglary ring which operated from the haunts of the old Murder, Inc., gang-and with it the breaking up of a crime school for teenagers directed by top gangsters. Already under
arrest burglary and stolen property charges, police said, are merübers of the burglary ring.
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Four other youths are being sought. They have been named by those under arrest, police said:
Sydney, Aug. 10.
Police said the burglary ring One of the discoverers of a
new gold reef near Bar- served as a try-out in crime for rington Tops, northernts members. New South Wales claimed Under the tutelage of top today that the New South criminals, the youths were
Mines Wales
Depart educated in crimes ranging from ment's assay report con- burglaries to murder, police said. firmed that the strike was one of the richest in Australia.
Mr Val Wright, one of the family who mudo the strike in the rugged country in the Mount Royal range last month, sald was received the assay report Bangkok, Aug. 10. Fighting WILL reported con today.
11 showed that specimens of inuing today in Vientiane, capital of neighbouring Laos Trock indicated that possibly the be expected a paratroop battalion poorest yield to
trom the reef would be three
where
staged a coup yesterday.
Reports from border police and a half ounces to the ton.
said shots were heard for about two hours. Thai border police have been alerted to prevent in- cursion of Thai territory as a result of the fighting-Reuter.
GOOD YIELD
He said samples of clay which the Wrights thought were use- less showed an expected yield
of almost three quarters of an omee to a lori,
Mr Wright added: "The report shows we can expect these
continental range Titan STOP PRESS figures as a minimum vicid and
missile.
a
target zone 5,000 miles away The powerful rocket hit
The 08-foot, two-stage miselle, black mcana that August may be followed by powered by a new set at engines, flew a true course yesterday to an even blacker September the bull-eye off the South or October. And it is cer- Atlantic island of Ascension, tain that there are going covering the distance in about to be many more dark 25 minutes.
and gloomy periods in Two previous attempts to fire the years ahead. Thero this advanced Titan model fall- will be times when the jed.
dangers of
universal
The Air Force reported the
destruction will seem to Martin-made missile, potential-
LAOS-THAI TALKS
Bangkok, Aug. 11. Laos Defence Minister Brig. Gen. Phoumi Nosawan who flew unt of Laos into.
WSE northeast Thailand granted permission to come
outweigh by far the tesues ly America's most deadly mill-to Bangkok today presum- involved. It will often seem tary rocket, achieved all test tempting to join the fence fight objectives,
Scientists also sought. in-
sitters and neutrals, Butomation on the performance most realize this is a private of the tactical type nose cone luxury for escapists. The the missile carried. West, too, has a mission
Ships and planes began on which calls for resolution immediate search for a data and composure in the face capsule that was to eject from of the greatest dangers. the cone after re-entry through. This is a time for gourage, the earth's atmosphere AP
ably for urgent conferences with Thai officials on the military coup in his neigh- bouring country, gett
Thai Interior Under Chart secretary Landg irakan Komol ́ announced that the Thal Government Ploumal allowed General and his 10 other companiou to come to Bangkok,--UFI,
we are very pleased with the results. I think they confirm our earlier beitels that this might be the richest strike in Austra- lia,"
Officials of the Mines Depart-1 ment would not confirm the ex- pectations of the assay report or make any other comment. Reuter.
TERRORIST AMBUSH
Saigon, Aug. 10. Two soldiers were killed and one wounded when Communist
Police said the burglary ring had been in operation for the past two years, had stolen merchandise worth half million dollars-and had execut- ed in gangland style one its members who was believed ready to divulge the gang's existence to police.-AP.
Killed his wife then smoked a
cigarette
Cairo, Aug. 10.
of
A young Egyptian lawyer stabbed his bride of one month, inished her off by strangling her, and then sat on the body to smoke a cigarette to calin his nerves, he explained, Cairo newspapers dis- closed today.
Mohamed The · lawyer,
then Mahmoud Charoseddine, went to give himself up to the police.
He had married the victim, terrorists ambushed a military aged 23, just thirty days before. convoy about 40 miles north of Saigon on August 4, the Vietnam press agency reported today,
The
The press of the UAR which since their nationalisation has
little space. Communists withdrew given. - very into the jungle when two ar- "banan" interest stories, moured-units arrived at the full coverage to this somewhat
Mucusual drance-ATP. scene Reiter,
ta
gave
causes widespread flooding in Japan
Tokyo, Aug. 11.
Typhoon Virginia struck southern and western parts of Japan early this morning and caused flooding in several areas.
Police said more than 140 houses had been flooded. Slight damage had been caused to bridges and roads but there were no casualties,
The typhoon weakened during the night and saved Japan from what was first feared might' have been serious damage,
Virginia was the first typhoon" to hit Japan this season,
The typhoon was reported to be making its way toward the Japan Sea. Maximum winds were 90 miles per hour, The typhoon was moving north- northwest at nine miles per hour.
Widespread rain this morning fell over other areas of Japan, During the night Tokyo had in- termittent showers and blusterly winds.
the same
Hearing of
solicitor's
case fixed
Robert Eli Low, 31, a local solicitor, pleaded not guilty to 23 charges of fraudulent conversion, corruptly accepting money and conspiracy at the Vic- toria District Court this morning.
Judge P. R. Springall Axed the hearing for September 7, the cummencing at 10 a.m.
NEW STORM
AL
time, a now storm was developing in Pacific..and moving northwest,
M: weather Air Force the U.S.
W. S. W. Davidson, bureau saith in a weather Crown Counsel, told the Court that Mr J. Bodilly, Crown weather bureau cald Counsel, would conduct tropical storm Wendy was located prosecution and estimated that 288 miles west-north-west of the hearing would last tour Iwo Jima early today and mov-weeks.
bulletin: The
ing northwest at nine miles an
the
hour. The storm is carrying
Low, of 4E Bisney Villas, centre winds of 58 miles, an Victoria Road, is on bail of hour and was expected to be $15,000. about 518 miles northwest of
Jima
The tomorrow,-Reuter
23 charges took the Court clerk 35 minutes to read."
Iwo
and UPI.
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