TUESDAY, AUGUST 16,
Africa: world danger point Chou attacks U.S.
VERWOERD'S POLICIES UNDER FIRE
Pretoria, Aug. 15,
Sir De Villiers Graaff, leader of the United Party! opposition in South Africa, tonight warned of the danger of East-West conflict resulting in "military adventures,” în Africa,
аге
West
adven-
"Communistic aspirations in f "They form an area of com the Congo will revive actively fict between East and from the moment the United capable of arming Itself and
and engaging in military Nations forces withdraw, even while they
there tures. Many of them make no Communis Je influence will effort to disguise their hostility seek to build itself up ir anti- to white states in Africa." cipation of future success," Sir
Sir De Villiers attacked the De Villiers told the
United National Party government of Dr Hendrik Verwoerd for its Party's Transvaal Congress,
"The future of the African proposal to make South Africa continent is clear to us, and it a republle, which he said endan is not a happy prospect we see gered her membership of the unding before us. vast Commonwealth. A African bloc is being established to the worth of us and in that bloc the Commurists are
active.
HOSTILITY
"Many of the states forming that bloc are fluid and Zommnt- Ing They fack respondble Dender's and responsible opinion, Some Arc public overpopulated and economically feeble.
Threat to China's production?
"Verwoerd is asking us to place our membership of the Commonwealth in jeopardy and create a situation of danger for South Africa which we cannot face with euarimity," he said."
"Sooner or later Verwoerd will have to make way for government whose main task will be to regain the lost prestige and reputation of South Africa in the world. "The key which that govern ment will have to use will be
our membership of the Com monwealth of nations,
"Verwoerd sees the doors slamming in our face through- out the world and his reaction
is to throw away the only key which can unlock them for us again."
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RACE POLICIES
Sir De Villers added:
direction by the
U.S. lawyers confer with
1.
More
Powers'
counsel
Moscow, Aug. 15.
than 300 Russians surged round the Powers family as they left a Mos. cow law office today after 70-minute talks with the lawyer defending the American spy-plane pilot. The Russians showed RO genom hostility but the big Black Russian limousine 11 which Mrs
Barbara Powers
drove away was kicked twice.
The crowd gathered outside a "judicial consultation office" as the word spread that Francis Gary Powers' wife and legal advisers were in conference with his Russian lawyer, Mr Mikhail Grinev,
CONFIDENTIAL
Mr Frenk W. Rogers, one di the three advisers, told corres- pondents after the talles: "It has been highly satisfactory." But we have been told these talks are highly confidential and not intend to say "any- we do thing about them."
Grinev
He added that Mr told us he had just come from the prison after seeing Powers."
The American pilot goes on trial on Wednesday (tomorrow),
-Reuter,
Named for top U.S.
command
"Queen Mary' walk-out
Picture shows strikers leaving the Queen Mary at Southampton last week. The 3,020 passengers heard that the liner would not sall just 20 minutes after departure ilme. The Queen Mary was one of 35 ships held up.-Express Photo..
Second 'Queen' Woman, unconscious
liner may
be held up
London, Aug. 15.
Cunard Line officials said
today they feared that the 83,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth with 2,000 New York-bound
for four months,
gives birth
Boston, Aug. 15.
passengers A woman who has been in a coma for four months has given birth to a healthy son at the Massa- chusetts Memorial Hospitals.
said
the
from 4
"We are in a position today where almost every member of
would be unable to sail the Commonwealth has ex-
from Southampton next Belgrade, Aug. 15. pressed disapproval of our race
Thursday because of a Chinese industrial produc- policies, yet there is no sign of
wildcat seaman'ı strike, Mrs Marilyn Tagen, 27, tion is menaced after con- a change
The unofficial strike cancelled gave birth on August 6, but it tinuous departures of government, which takes the
Washington Aug. 15. that the alternative
the sailing of the Queen Eliza was disclosed publicly, only on attitude Soviet
ship 81,000-ton Sunday. experts from demanded by the world is com- General Lyman L. Lemnit-beth's sister China, Branko Bogunovic, plete equality now, irrespective zer, U.S. Army Chief of Queen Mary last week and Hospital officials special correspondent of of the standard of civilisation of Staff, was nominated to-stranded 1,800 American-bound mother is sufterity
passengers. It was reported al-rare condition characterised by the Yugoslav
official the peoples concerned.
day to become Chairman ready to have cost the shipping a pressure on the brain. agency Tanjug said in his
of the Joint Chiefs of ilze. $1.4 million (about latest report from Peking.
Staff. Barba and Politika of Bel- grade, two of the biggest Yugo slav papera, carried the report.
For several days special trains have reportedly left Peking with Soviet experts on their way home.
It was authoritatively ar- nounced in Peking, the report said, that "their terms have ex- pired and that they are leav- ing after completing their ob- ligations. The "There are, nevertheless, other
correspondent
versions which
3dded:
present things
"It knows, or ought to know,
that this is not true.
"There is ample authority 10 indicate that a mere change of President Eisenhower sent the direction in South Africa would nomination to the US. senate in cause a completely different hopes of getting it approved approach to our problem from a large number of the nations of the world.
"Many of them are not un- aware of our difficulties and appreciate that equality now would be a fatal course for South Africa to embark upon."
Sir De Villiers described the govenment's plan for M republie as a "crowning act of stupidity."
in quite a different light." He never
did not elaborate.
wao
At a time when unity
more necessary, the government was proceeding to
Diplomatic observers in Bel-divide the white population, he grade view this development said. A republic would lead to as resulting from currently Isolation and endanger the free-
growing discrepancies between Ideological attitudes assumed by Soviet Russia and China-AP.
doen of all South Africans to preserve their common heritage. -Reuter
A British Crossword Puzzle
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4 Distance round a home? (5)
7 Proximity of a skinfint, (8).
8. Given a new standing? (5)
8. So then became lawful (6)
11 County diminutive! (1)
13 Signity. (7)
15 Recording of all of us. (6)
18 At liberty to fall off. (5)
10 Is it staged for Tom? (8)
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(((5) 21 and a home or
counsellor (6)
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2 Common shrub. (5)
in which the play's the thing, (7)
4. Garment inserlion, (8)
6 Brings to the surface again.
(8).
6 Topped the poll? (4) 10 Constituent
up In the air.
12 Ike the great unwashed,
13 Choreographic art: (6)
a good 14 Be shouldn't let any in or
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16 Some are Roman. (5) 17 Mein drain. (5)
CEN. LEMNITZER
the current session during even though the date of the re- tirement of current chairman General Nathan Twining has not yet been determined.
FAR EAST General Twining, 62-year-old air force general, has another year to go on his team as Chair- man of the Joint Chiefs, but has been in poor health.
£300,000).
Members of the family said Arst became "The seamen are picking on the woman
six years 200 us," Cunard Line spokesman afflicted about
when she was unmarried. At zaid,
are the time she underwent surgety Striking seamen, who
to have been seeking higher pay than was and appeared won by union negotiators, said cured. they planned to appeal to the She began suffering s vere Queen Elizabeth's crew when headaches recently and was the ship arrives in Southampton admitted to the hospital with from New York cily tonight-what was described as in-
creasing pressures on thr brain
UPI.
Unsinkable bathing
An
suit
Honolulu, Aug. 15. Indiana housewife's goal is to create an un- sinkable bathing suit.
the
Mrs Harry E Lemer of Elkhart, Indiana, has designed a bathing suit with bunyant matering padded into the bodice. She has been working on
and design for six years eventually hopes to sell the idea sult to a commercial swim manufacturer.
NICE FIGURE
Tuesday is her first wedding anniversary-AP.
70-year-old widow raped and robbed
Washington, Aug. 15. The 10-year-old widow of a U.S. Navy Admirai was raped and robbed in her apartment in a fashionable northwest Washington area early today, The woman Ives alone in a
sixth floor apartment. She told the police she awoke in her bed about 4. a.m. when the 'intruder started choking her,
She said that after raping her, the man tore a pillow case into strips and gagged her,
bound "It gives the wearer a nice her to a chair with a sheet and figure." says Mrs Lerner, She demanded her money. She said says she started on the project she nodded toward a nightstand General Lemnitzer has been because she was worried about where her purse was lying. He
ber, Army Chief of Staff for a little Harriet,
18-year-old took the purse, containing $20, more than
year.
daughter, who w learning to and left:
The woman, whose name was ! Formerly he was Vice Chief of water sid. Stail and before that command- Mrs Lerner plans to build a withheld, said "the man had a ed U.S. forces in the Far East small laboratory and ex-foreign accent, Her husband and headed the United Natious perimental swimming poo; at once commanded a big nevai command there--AP.
their bouge.-AP.
station here AP.
BOY WHO SHOT PC
TO BE FREED SOON
London, Aug. 15.
Christopher Craig, who at 16 murdered a policeman, is to be freed.
The boy who was too yʊLIDKI | "It is an appalling decision, to bang was 24 in May.
Fifteen years would not have Nineteen-year-old Derek been too much," said Mrs Lilian Beatley, who was with Craig Bentley, his 56-year-old mother, in the rooftop gun battle at at her Norbury home. Croydon in November 1952, was
executed.
"When we heard about this, Craig-he dred the shot that we couldn't believe our ears, Elt Police Constable Sidney
Miles between the eyes-expects
"Where is the justice of It?
his freedom "before the autum Our boy, who was in custody
At the trial Lord Goddard told Craig: "Never have you expressed a word of sorrow or remorse. It is quite obvious that people in this country will not be sio while you are
out of prison.".
It has now been decided these words no longer apply.
He has plans to change his He has spent seven years and when the shot was fired, has noms when he freed and go eight months in various jails. gone forever. But soon the to Elte. Eventually he hopes to He is now in Wormwood Scrubs. actual killer will be strolling the emigrate to Canada or the
In addition to murdering streets with a lifetime before United States. Police Constable Miles, Craig | him"
During his inpristmment, his wounded" another officer : and Bentley's 20-year-old sister, parents emigrated to New Zet- was described by Lord Goddard, Iris, stormed: "It 1 sec Craig, find. He has rejected a surger then Lord Chief Justice, as "onell slop his face."tion that he should begin his new
YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Across: 1 Stub, Statute of the most dangerous young Dark-haired Craig owes his life with them. He is looking 8 Lute, "Pine, 10 Rambler, 11 Neep, 12 S-old, 14 Doorkey, criminals that has ever stood in imminent release to Mr B. A forward to reunion with his
117 Trust, 19 Aster, 22 Digests, 26 Tel-E27 Lase, 78 Gerieral, I the dock Butler mid the Prison Commis 35-year-old brother Niven who
20 Stop, 31:Studien, 82 Bata. Down: 2 Tailor, 8 Blende, The news that Craig is to be aloners who oppose leaving aAlso, que for, release, Ekstrand, 3 Toppok, 8. The 7 Thire 12 stud 13 LA, 15 Kite, freed soon brought solangiz, re-man in the park of Ferd wordtied
182York 18 Crease, 20 Sleppe, al zaglet, 23 Aleri, 24 Grendalian trong Derek Blader's store took Lentence for
25 Salle,
policy, pledges support for Laos
Peking, Aug. 15. Chinese Premier Mr Chou Enlai today criticised America's policy of war blackmail and de- clared: "The Chinese people resolutely support the Laotian people in their struggle to shake U.S. Imperialist domination and enslavement.”
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Ho attacked the US. for Nations, was, further penetrating "rastily rejecting the Chinese into the Congo and was stepping government's proposal for the up its plot to place the Congo conclusion of a peace treaty by under International control and countries in Asla ‘and ground to dismember It." the Pacific, including the Unked Stabox"
Mr Chou was speaking at a reception given by North Korcan Ambassador Li Yung Ho la honour of the 15th anniversary of Korea's libera- tion from Japan occupation.
In his address the premier launched sweeping attack against US policy in Asia, Latin America and Africa. He referred to last week's coup d'etat in Laos as the eruption of another volcano,”
PACIFIC AREA
Mening to the Laotian crisit, he declared that "U.S. In- perialism is attempting to make use of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation to interfere with the coup d'etat in Laos."
But he pledged, Chinese sup port for the "Kaoling people" in their struggle to shake US. imperialist demination" added that nothing can "pre... · vent the Cuban Congolese and Laotian peoples from attālu ing their aims."
Mr Chou once again almei violent critician at Americin policy in Talwar and lashed but new US Japanese security treaty-AFP.
He also referred to America's rejection of the proposal heat made in a speech two weeld ogo, when he suggested that the Pacific area should be made ap "atom-free zone:
By rejecting the plan the US government "further ex- posed its ugly features, being afraid of peaceful co-existence and unwilling to give up its policy of war blackmail," Mr Chou said.
He denounced the attitude America has taken in Korea, Laos, Cuba and the Congo.
the
Seek change
Cape Town, Aug. 15.. Several Africans organisa- tions here want the pame of the Suburb of Retreat changed to Zwaanswyk, but the city "cour- ed has so far refused,"
The suburb was named for Dutch the retreat of the last
Cape soldiers defending the against the British in 1795.----
He said that the U.S. "famting the flag of the United | UPI.
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