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Of The MALAYAN KING GRAVELY ILL
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Hypocrisy in
Peking
None of the most blatant
I examples of hyperiny ta
effrontery, Communist China's ofBelal newspaper the People's Daily has come out in condemnation of atomic weapons for Western
report
on monarch's
long illness
Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1.
Germany. Yet for the last The condition of Malaya's paramount ruler
two
weeks the world's
Prelogica!
has been full of the be- struggle tween Poking and Moscow. fomented by China's In Alstence that only nuclear war will finally topple the "In vestiges of cupi
tulieni.
The West German demand is not one that its former enemies in Europe care for In view of the German record of aggression. Bat who can blame Adenauer or even deny the justification of big
request belligerent China is doing itx vinjust to persuade Khrushchev to launch an atomic blitzkrieg establish communism throughout the world.
When
il
U
E truth, is that tulay the
Tworld is no longer scared
of a resurgence of German or Japanese militarism. And the only reason that it is not quavering before the combined might of Russia and China Is that it has the means to defend it-
self and retaliate, And It is
this balance of nuclear
power that is keeping the lendurs of the Kremlin from any dangerous, overt and aggressive excursioн against the West.
The day China joins Moscow
in a full and frank appeal for co-existence with the West and backs it with resolution, in similar terms by its own Communist the als be party will day the World War 11 Allies will oppose atornic armaments for the Ger mann. But as long as China persists in her demands for Russi to wave an atomic bludgeon at the West, it is ridiculous of Peking tus Recuse West Germany of embarking on a mad pro- gramme of action for war,"
What is Nasser
up to?
i
The
was extremely grave, the government announced today.
government said a further bulletin would be' issued today.
A government statement said the king's wife was enlled to his bedside m 0.40 am with his eldest SUM the regent of Sel: ngor State.
Tunku Abdel Rahman, Prime Minister and Deputy Paramount
10 the Ruler also were called Paince.
summonesi to meeting by the External Allirs department chief +1 proftroi.
Diplomats
were
The Br public knowledge that the King
WIS
in
serious!
KING HISAMUDDIN
condition - Came in early August
thu when
government
ht anxiety" over nounced "THE blast that kills Jordan's condition.
Premier Hazza Majali is Doctors were at his beside throughout the night of that a reminder to the world
Announcement. Early the next that peace in the Middle
day, Prime Minister Tek East is as far off as ever.
Abdul Rahunan, a close friend of Hussein blames Nasser, and who will doubt him? the Paramunt Ruler was sun-
-
King
mined. Member of the Royal Most sinister is the fact Family also visited the that it happened when during the dawn hours. relations between Jordan
and the UAR showed signs
of improvement.
So the uggin's blast can
the
only mean that a detente. with Jordan does not suit the Egyptians and Syrians. What will happen next? If Nasser is bent on the subjugation of Jordan it menns two things: Hussein may be the next to ga ko hy cousin,. Feisal of Iraq.
thair
Britain
orders another A-sub
Jordan
arrests
alleged
One of the last pictures taken of Jordan's Prime Minister, Hazza Majali, who assassinated by #
WERN
recent
time bomb on August 29. The Premier is pictured with King Hussein at a Cabinet meeting.
Photo.
AP
assassin DEFEAT FOR LUMUMBA'S
Amman, Aug. 31.
The man who allegedly mas- |
terminded the time bomb assassination of Premier Hazza Al-Majali has been urrested, a government spokesman said today.
The spokesman gave no details; about the man who locally is entled "The Third Mon."
But it was understood a "pre- lunary confession" had been obtained.
A number of other arrests by Jordanian authorities investi gating last Monday's bombing of the Foreign Ministry Bullding
made. -been
harve
But
these
arrests too were covered with SECTELY
TROOPS
Elisabethville, Aug. 31. Kasai troops have inflicted "a major defeat" on The army of Congo Premier Patrice Lumumba.
The Karal Premler, Mr Joseph Ngalula of the secessionist state announced this today.
STOCKHOLM TRADE FAIR
Brisk enquiries for Hongkong
products
Brisk onquiries were made at the Hongkong Pavilion when the
St Erik's Trade Fair opened in Stockholm yesterday, accord- ing to a telegram received in Hongkong this morning,
spokesmen and a "dream coal" of gold }
brocade.
of dis-
A Government announced this today.
After the opening ceremony, Reuter adds that a pretty 26- was year-old Hongkong girl, Miss the Hongkong Pavilion visited by a parly
Lai Yin-Young, at present doing Linguished Swedish Govern a three-year course here in ari, has got a new ment officials and businessmen, decorative including the Minister of De-job for the next two weeks 25 Hongkong fence, Mr Sven Andersson, the interpreter at Under-Secretary to the Royal avilion. Ministry of Foreign Swedish Affairs, Mr Hubert de Besch It is the first time that the has Secretary of the Hongkong the
government and
of-com- taken part in this fair and their Swedish Chamber merce, Mr Wilhelm Josefson, stand attracted considerable at- tention at today's press pre- view.
He also said his troops had re- captured the enpital city of Bakwanga, a diamond centre.
std 120 Premier Ngalula Baluba soldiers, veterans of the Belginn - omncered Force King Hussein charged last Publique, took over the town of
More than 20 senior members night that two minor government Bakwanga this afternoon.
President Lumumba's troops of the Diplomatic Corps in the time! employees planted
the Lown without Stockholm also visited the bombs in the building. The ex- occupied
Pavilion, Shot on Friday and Hongkong plostons killed 11 people and infring
Premier Ngalula jured 85 others,
accused them was Mr Sidney Hebbleth King Hussein said the two Tunisian UN forces there of walte, British Charge d'Affaires. Lombers then fed to Damascus, helping them.
Väited
OPEN CITY
the
The exhibits included finely silk Among embroidered
Karmenta, cameras, transistor radios, elec- trie, equipment, torches, pres- sure lamps and cookers, de- They were greeted by Mr J. |corative carved candies made Informed sources said the
D. Clague, leader of the to look like jade, furniture, and fashioned ivory "Third Man" was not
(From Bakwanga, however. Colony's delegation to the St exquisitely em. the ployed by
government,
Press International Erik's Fair, the Deputy Financial į ornaments. They said he supplied the correspondent Glenn Curric Secretary, Mr J. J. Cowperth
"It is all part of our long- bombs and Instructed his two reported that fighting Was walte, are Mr E. G. A. Grim- assistants on how to bolal the still underway. He calledwood,
Director of the Hong-term trade promotion effort a Office bombs in the Foreign Minis- Bakwanga "an open elly with kong Government
In Hongkong Government Office
spokesman said. try.
Achting going on around the London.
Con- clock" and Bald 1,200
He added that mutual trado Other members of the Hong with Sweden was on the in- golese troops were locked in battle with Baluba tribes- kom delegation present were
This year's January to men.)
Mr Y. C. Chan,
Mr Daniel crease. Premier Ngalula sald the Lam. Mr A, Pellitz and Mr May figures showed exports to Sweden at HK$14.7 million, Lumumba troops "roped, Tooted Tang Wo.
and imports from Sweden at and inussacred during the
HK$10.1 million. perlod they were. In the town" and "slew many wurden and
Government officials made it clear they will attempt to prove the Third Man" received money and explosives from the VAR'S Syrian region with the President knowledge of UAR Gamal Abdel Nasser,
Terrorist act
They said they will try to prove the bombing was a ter- rorist act carried out only, after attempts by the UAR to orga nise a coup d'etat la Jordon had failed.
The UAR Ambassador to Jordan left
country on August 17. The UAB Charge d'Affaires left August 23.
the
President
children." He did not mention the futu of 120 Europeans. mainly Belglans, reported being guarded by the Tunisians,
Mr Clague and Mr Grimwood were also among the guests at a special luncheon party held to celebrate the opening of the Fair.
Newest export
the
Belgian ofcera serving In the Kotango army said they
Laler, the members of had received reports of heavy dighting around Bakwanga but Hongkong delegation were kept. had not heard of is capture, busy answering trade enquiries They reported kow morale which covered a wide range of
the among
Congolese troops the Colony's products includ and said they had appeated for ing. Hongkong's newest planes to fly out the wounded. port-mink coats and stolen.
CZECH OFFICERS
BIG DEATH
TOLL IN PUNJAB FLOODS
London, Aug. 31. Jordurion leaders wil use
Now Deibl, Aug. 31. The British Government has this and other information to
Mink stoles are made in Hundreds of thousands of placed an order with the luy the blame for the assassino- Onicers at UN headquarters Hongkong with materials im-
firm
of tion shipbuilding
directly 011
in Leopoldville also could not ported from Brad, They Vickers Armstrong to Nasser, informed sources said.
confirm reports of the capture made their debut at the Vienna was understood Jordan and said they had no knowledge trade fair last September, It bulld a second nuclear-
the Congolese powered submarine, It
will lodge a complaint against of rumours
Czech ofsers and troops had
Buyers come from ali over the UAR in the United that a Russian "health mission" Scandinavia, was announced here to-
Nation if the UAR's Syrian
in the area was made up of night.
region refuse to extradite the
military technicians, bombing sunpecia (wo Damascus,
and
Associates
Itolla Iloyee will be the contractors for the nuclear steam-raising plant.
from
Excellent coverage has been
астен of the southern- Punjab, were today under water up to 10 feet deep following torrential rains during the past few days.
harve More thart DO people
and several more
T would also mean
Nasser would complete his encirclement of Israel and take over hundreds of miles of
border combustible land. What is even more sinister jx that Nasser recently boasted that ho had the greatest submarine Beat in the Med. Is he now blockado contemplating a of the Israelia?
Mr Ngalula said the Con-given to the Hongkong Pavilion been killed golese troops have been chased by the Swedish Press. The Injured by house collapses. Har the volume of Soviet afd convinced him that now is
It was learned officials have out of the towns of Lupute and Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm's read newspaper, near the Katanga id: "On the day before, we water and damage has been
most widely the time
Ime for
a trial of
The Queen will launch Brl-prepared an official note to the Gardatka strength? If so, Nassor is tuin's first zuclear submarine, Ait demanding the turn us for in and the frontier towns visited St Erik's Fair, whore
fool than anyone the
at Dreadnought,
the the two suspects from Damascus ing on near
of where, according to Jordan, they of Selery and Kabinda. yard
yowed lila tribesmen will fight are being given asylum, benten Egypt twice. They Vieiters-Armstrong.
King Hussein held a lengthy on until the mining state be- can do it a third Ume. Pence
The writer of the article said The date of that launching, cabinet meeting this morning at comes a reality.
to will not come to the Middle
He said Baluba itader Albert that the goods most likely About 20 people have been, October 1, will commemorate the exclusive Hussein Club on East until Nasser accepts the Battle of Trafalgar, Bri. the outskirts of the Capital, The Kalonji hed declared the mining appeal to Swedish women were killed there and some villageak,
sinte Independent because all the mink coat, « which were completely wasted owner; o the fact that whether homin's greatest sea victory, when club had been taken over as a
Mate of "very Inexpensive, though not More than 5,400 square milles likes it or not, Israel has she defeated the Napoleonle temporary beadquarters by the of tho Congo was in
Now Premier, Bahjat Talhouni, | anarchy-UPL
up to the moment in fashion," have been rubineryed----Reuter, come to stay.
23
greater the Inrnells have Barrow-In-Furness
(pavy in 1906. ·
| everything, was in chaos-except the Hongkong Pavilion, where all was ready."
More than 300,000 neren of crow have been inundated by cetimated at about £5 million.
Meanwhile, floods in Orissa slate, in eastern India, have started recoding.
STOP PRESS
KING DEAD
Kuala Lumper Sept. 1. Malaya's paramount ruler died today.-Router.
abdec
CUT IN
PETROL
PRICES
Effective from this morning all three major oil com- panies in Hongkong have reduced their petrol prices by ten cents per imperial gallon.
Shelf, Standard, and Caltex stations all over the Colony are charging $2,55 per imperial gallon of regular grade petrol Cold price $2.65) and $2,80 par imperial gallon of premiurn petrol (old price $2.00)
There are small reductions in the prices of diesel oll for cors and kerosene.
Motor diesel oil is now, solling at $1.40 per imperial gallon as against the former price of $1,45,
Korosane is now $1.50 per m perial gallon delivered as com- pared with the former $1.511⁄2. Furnace ofl and aviation fuel have remained unchanged.
She obtain their supply from Singapore, Borneo and Indonesia; Caltex from Bahrela Island, Arabian Sea and Per- sien Gull; and -Standard- Vacuum from Palembang, and Sumatra.
Spokesmen for the companies attributed the reduction in prices to the drop to the, cost- of crude oil. in the Middle East as well as in the Far East pro- ducing areas.
FATHER'S TRAGIC DISCOVERY
Brighton, Aug. 31.
A father spent three hours adjusting the mudguard of his motorcycle com- bination here last night unaware that his son lay dend on the machine. When the father Anished and pulled back rubber sheet covering the rest of the.motor- cycle he found the body of his son, nine-year-old Peter Upton. Police believed Peter climbed
on to the motorcycle, pulled the sheet over himself and then played with the petrol cap, he probably died through Inhaling petrol fumes. China Mail Special.
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