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GILMAN'S
Comment
of the
day
Laos prospect
HE long-awaited appeal
THE
for a ceasefire in Lag has been made. There will
be a certain amount of satisfaction that the threes stage British formula har at last been accepted Li acted. upon by Russia. When it was first suggest- ed last month there WHA 0731 reluctance 19 it agree to the ceasefire. seems pretty clear now that Moscow was holding up a decision on this issue to allow the reinforced and heavily armed left-wing in- surgents to gain as much ground as possible. Moscow's probable line of | reasoning was that as long i
the Feft-wing groups were allowed to gain a divan cidedly advantageous pasi- tion in time for the inter- national conference aimed at settling the politiend fature of Laos, it did hel¦ matter when the ceasefire appeal was issued, Russia! was simply playing for time! and her turlics have paid off well. There is now no question of a neutral Labs having government representatives of the Pathet Lao, the only quer tion is how many, whether the West Will be able to accept their de- mands without seriously compromising the neutral; character the Gnyorn-
ment.
THE.chances
Boun Qum
premier are
اده
Prines remaining
nil.
He will be lucky to keep a seat on the cabinet. It in almost
certain that if a compromise
Sonvann is
possible,
Phouma will take up the figurehead post of Premier
THE WEATHER
Light variabla winds becoming moderate Northerly tonight, fair and cooler. At 1 pm at the Royal Observatory the air temperaturo was 78 degrees F and the rolativo humidity 64 per cent.
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Loyalist troops take over from rebels ALGIERS REVOLT ENDS
Insurrection leaders American PORNOGRAPHIC BOOKS 2.26 inches
disappear after
surrender broadcast
Algiers, Apr. 26.
astronaut rocket explodes
The four-day generals' revolt against President Charles de Capo Canaveral, Apr. 25.
Gaulle collapsed early today as suddenly as it began.
General Salan
Veteran vehicles outing
Brighton, Apr. 25.
Government troops, kept t
of the elty by the insurgents for four days, took over abnest without a Aght.
The fate of the four leaders of the revolt was no know... General Maturier Challe and General Raoul Sulan left their headquarters by car for an un- known destination af 1 am but the whereabouts of the other two insurgent leaders mystery.
was
*
In Paris a spokesman at the Ministry of information sult Salon and Chall had "escaped." Held he did not know where In- to and he had no further formation.
General de Gaulle, who fought back agalast the revolt with iron determination. conferred
Parks with his ministers on how
to handle the aftermath.
The revolt collapsed within the space of half an hour after
a day died with rumours.
Withdraw
of
General Challe
has
the
Also The Prezident
be decreed that they shall punished under
laws of France for having put French new gainet Frenchmen.
Informed
cources in Parts probably be said they would
to the orrested and brought
to face trial there capital
far treason. The possibly,
such a crime 15 de-penalty for to General
death under the guillotine.
The majority
the paratroopers who had occupied
of the city the centre
since carly on Saturday withdrow 10 the suburbs although some of their number: remained the Forum, Alglers' main square.
Sailure loyal Gaulle stood station, which changed in a drama-packed half hour shortly before midnight.
A group of loyal officers new The Sahara In-Salah, in
A 1914 un tractor, a veteran gre engine, a bits, a lorry and other vintage machines mingled with holiday crowds
on the busy London to Brighton road. į
The veterans, # belonging to
over the radio hundr
A U.S. rocket carrying a robot "astronaut" toward
11
it was
planned orbital trip around the carth CX- ploded in smoko and flames today less than a
oftor minute launched. The space cabin was auto- mutically ejected from the failing rocket and foll back into the Atlantle by parachute.
ů
the
Observers an the Cape said that from all appearances man could have survived mishap.
Today's chot was similar to one which the Russlans ac- ceeded in carrying out earlier this month with 2 human
rocket. their
Yur! I aboard
Gegarin made che pass round the globe in a Russian space cabin and was safely returned to earth.
SEIZED IN COLONY
The
police seized about 5,000 coples
recently
books in of pornographic English on both sides of
the harbour,
were thought They
to
be translationa
from banned books which en- Joyed wide circulation France and other countries abroad.
In
the Also selzed with pocket books were about blocks of 1.000 printing pages probably made from
the originals or copies of originats,
In
The police made the Aizure In Causeway Bay, and in Shek Kip Mel.
As the books were printed in English Hongkong, it was assumed that they were intended to be sold to local college students,
A
number
propie were detained for ques tioning by the police,
However, police quiries are silly going on,
of
en-
BOTH SIDES
DESTROYED National The
Aeronautics and Space Administration an- nounced that the Atlas missile
capsule The carrying the Mercury was destroyed after about 40 Conds of fight, and that the Ircom spacecraft was separated the bouster by its escape system
which
worked apparently satisfactorily.
The announcement Indicated that a Tulfunction developed in the rocicet.and that it was des- troyed by the range Safety
Today's shot
Officer. Coming to climax
TO
AGREE CEASEFIRE
IN LAOS
1
London, Apr. 25.
A
of rain fell
cold surge passing through Hongkong brought a thunderstorm with 2.26 inches of rain and a sharp drop of 16.3 degrees in temperature early this morning.
At 3 am today, a cold surge from the north passed through the Colony, repineing the warm southerly alr stream by a cooler, drier air stream from the north- cost.
During its passage, over two Inches of rain were recorded which, at 1 maximum inten- sity, was falling at the rate of over five inches per hour.
This brings the total rainfall this month so far up to
0.78 inches against
an average of 5.38 inches for the whole month. MAIN REASON
The Observatory spokesman › gald that during the past few days, Hongkong has been under the Influence of a warm and humid air stream from the south which has been the main reason for the recent thundery activity. Since thundery showers broke out on the afternoon of Sunday, a total of 4.00 inches of rainfall has been recorded at the Observatory.
Thus thundery activity has
but has been fairly widespread
over South China.
The
·maximum · temperature yesterday, 047 degross, F. was recorded at mkinight last night, At B am today, however, the temperature dropped to a low or 60.4 degrees..
It is expected to rise during the day to about 75 to 76 de-
sald the Kites,
Observatory opokesman.
During the night, the temperature will drop again, he said.
Royal Laotian Government and the Commun-not been conned to Hongkong ist Pathet Lao accepted today the joint Anglo- Russian appeal for a ceasefire between their opposing forces, official announcements said.
The twin moves today follow in Los conflict | Both sides
ordered a joint call by Britdin and notified agreement to
to the tivo their forces to halt hostiles as Russla yesterday
in Laos to a Brat move towards a proposed warring factions
10 a prelude to a full crasofre, settlement at pence drcas 14-nation peace confer Geneva peace conference.
In New Delhi, Indian Premier have was to
ence in Geneva on May 12. Throughout the day signs had
Jawaharlal Nehru convoked the for the free he has in the past-
that the repaved the way
The Royal Laotian acceptance three member Laos internation- first manned space and be manipulated by his
been building up volt was comiut to a climax.world's
came in note to the British al supervisory commission half-brother Prince Sou
But as jute as 8 pra it was still fight, possibly some time early
Government. The official India, Canada and Poland) for It was not deter- from phanouvoug0
behind to members of the Historic Desert, to the Transport Minis-
not clear what tha: emax was next month.
mined how today's failure would Soviet agency Tass said Pathet Friday. The commission is to Commercial Velueles Club, ter Robert Buren and Algerian
Lan leader Prince Souphanou-proceed from there to Laos the scenes, It seems the
General Poing to be, Grove from the British Trans-Commander-in-Chic! West has no other choic
The paratroopers pulled out ef affect that schedule.
verity the had Gamblez, who
Next month's shot, however, von soon agreed for the Com- early next week to at Fernand port Commission's muzeum unless it decides on
employ A con-
Redstone, munists, ne during the morning,
their would
an Atlas misslie. But the Communists counded finuation of fighting which Clapham, London, to Brighton been held prisoner there by the the cities of Oran und Constan-
where they paraded along theirurgents.
by troops rather than out in the ples being taken broke
The Redstone shot will be a an ominous warning that they Fighting would probably end event- senfront und held us/p
sub-orbital flight and will carry are approaching the propured commission have to supervise in stalemate →→→
rally.
streets as the paratroopers pulleyal to General de Gaulle.
As they did so word came
a human astronaut.
L203 settlement from Worne,
Lord Montagu, President ofed out, their trucks
position of victor," ranean Ficet had weighed The future for Laos is not the club, addressed the parade through avenues alive with ten-from: France that the Mediter
base and very bright, therefore, even in a 1930 fire engine. He said sion.
It was belleved that most anchor at its Toulon make a com- though the restoration of it was hoped to peace will be generally wel-merging vehicles run an annual comed. The action of the Vent-China Malfi Special.
coach
Duke's plane has icing trouble
last few months is a typl- cal Communist manoeuvre. | Laos was not worth a long i drawn-out war and Moscow ! and Pelting are obviously patisfied with an arrange- ment that will leave the
yet country neutral and sympathetic
To whatever!
Freelow, Apr. 25. Approaches they make.
The Duke of Kent's crimson Moreover the U.S. is hardly
of the Queen's Fight aircraft likely to continue its $45 developed serious feing trouble, million year subsidy to it was learned here today. the army of such a govern-
here As L Queen's
representative at ment and this is a vacnUM
The Duke
11:
rumbling
Appeals for calm
a
A helicopter muccessfully re- covered today's space capsule from the ocean and flew it back onto the cape about 20 minutes after the explosion.
BLACK BOXES
Red proposal
The Communists
ccarefire.
Lord Home In his statement today made it clear that the
the ceasefire as well as "krep
an eye on the importation arms from the outside."
l
Both the United States and Britain have served notice they proposed will attend the Geneva
to
con
the The next move is for two conflicting sides in Laos to ugree on a date and hour for their forces to ceasefire on the Laos battle fronts,
U.S. to use
UK missile
but summe paratroopers who re-destination-presumably Algeria,
Gaulle. of those involved were civilians, was steaming to an undisclosed
General de
In an mained behind appeared to be
order of the day lo troops of
that "the legal Laotian Govern-ference only if the ceasefire is clashing with police.
the French army
the super- An everywhere, The hellcopter landed in an! ment headed by Premier Prince | duly "verified" by ordered them to put down the area on the northeast side of Souvanna Phouma immediately visory commission.
The cape and deposited the "by every means-in-
convene a meeting of the tuve revolt
aldes concerned in Laos, cluding force of arms if neces-capsule on the ground. Scien- sary."
tists Immediately went to work
decide on a ceasefire and regu- As night wore an Algiers on it.
Intion of the cessation of hostili- anradio, still in insurgent hands, The "mechanical astronaut"
ties." broadcast a call for all citizens consisted of, according to one of Algiers to go to the Forum, Half an hour later the station's programune of marilal music came to an abrupt helt.
A pause
Curs
Algiers radio, once more under the control of the Government, broadcast appeals for calm.
"It is all over. Go home, 'Tho situation k normal," announcer set emotionally.
But his appeals fell on deaf Thousands throrged the streets to watch. Government troys take over key buildings. Shots rang out but it was not know who fired them.
There was a pause, then the of the revolt regular announcer The collapse
took over in- ended four days of the greatest | with the announcement that
station tension France has known clnce the
"resuming the Communists are bound dependence celebrations.
here said World War II. A reliable source
normal transmission." -to $11.
15 the paratroopers The revolt was already prae- US the ceasefire appent that the frouble occurred
the plane was over Madrid on
were withdrawing from Algiers, tically over. as something of the second leg of the journey, police were guarding key points | At least seven persons were the an anti-elimax. The West from Berdeaux to Gibraltor. throughout Fronce against a believed to have died in has not been very clever The source said that had the possible landing in the home-revolt, although the exact total was not clear. The seven were About the way it has gone Icing continued for another 10 and itself.
in about
the minutes the plane would have
Airports were closed to pre- believed to have been shot guaranteeing
between paratroopers vent the paratroops flying In clashes country's neutrality. Partly had to return to Bordicaux.
Duke at- The 25-year-ok! this is the fault of the
and uttack Pariz But the pre- and troops loyal to General de when the insurgents of traditional cautions instituted Sunday night Goutle redtends a display
first
thel: cou slaged
Inst tonight as this when the threat of an attack British Colony was very real, were not neces-Saturday-UTI. This makes final preparations for its
T comes
!
Republicans who objected dancing here
to Pathet Lae representation 150-year-old
in the government.
left Prince Snaphanuvong independent bow-Reuter.
and his men a discontented
minority in the northern
when
jungles asserting themselves Army to put
by staging periodic crises.
But the threat they consli- tuted was not taken very aeriously.
The only hope is that the West can profit from this lesson, and that it can some- how manage to keep Laos from falling completely into
on show in
West End
London, Apr. 25.
The British Army is to elage a one-night comedy at a Low- don West End theatre at the the Communist orbit. Here beginning of next month, the
War Office amounced.
surely in another pertiuent
The winners of the first Army example of a situation Pre-Drama Festival, No 4 Training aldent Kennedy described in his speech to American edi-Begiment, Royal Engineers, are
the
to present "Haul for the Shure torn quoted here yesterday by Jean McDonnell at
Pour security may be Scala theatre on May 1.
Even
sary.
General de Caulle called Prime Minister Michel Debre, Beting Interior Minister Roger Frey and Algerian Affairs Minis- ter Louls Noxe Into scesion a! the Elysee Palace office.
No communique
No communique was issued: There was no omcial Govern- ment reaction to the news that the threat to
was
£500 tote
expert, "a bunch of little black boxes painted grey" situated in the base of the capsule where alive astronaut will ride later on a special couch.
Wan
The piece of machinery known omcially as a "crewman simulator", and its job was to imitate the breathing and blood being. circulation of a human It was designed to "breathe in oxygen
carbon and "exhale" dioxide, and to simulate body heat,-UPI.
ARMED 'PRIEST'
ex-Premier
WILK
range
London. Apr. 25. American Corporal mis- sile battalion will use R British missile range in the Hebrides Islands, off the northwest coast of Scotland, for two weeks in June, the Ministry of
to Defence announced night.
its
This procedure was expected The three sides include the
to take a few days. Lord Home cautioned in his statement at ruling Laos regime of Price
the House of Lords today that Boun Oum, the neutralist fuc tion leaded by
of a conference the prospects
" lending its range faelli- Prince Souvana Phouma, and would be "endangered" If there ttes to the American unit, the the Communist Pathet Lao,
about the British Army will extend any doubt Prince Souvanna Phouma turgency or sincerity" of elther co-operation to provide certain
announced his elde of the ceasefire.
support equipment and Anglo-Russlan Earlier
the today,
official Royal zonnel," the Laotian Government informed statement cald. In an announcement, broad-Britain formally that its army cast by Tass from Hanol he is ready to that effect-UPI. called for the three Laos parties
the same time support for the Laos settlement plan.
LINER AGROUND
Southampton, Apr. 25.
1lner The 21,717-ion Cunard Invernia went aground
Water Southampton
Per-
ministry
The ministry said it was "in accordance with the principles of Interdependence that one Nato country should makku Avaliable to another Nato coun- Try any spare capacity It has on its ranges."
The
ministry said periodle in practice missile firing was " today routine training requirement."
all US Army. "Previously port
to send
to representatives Khouang (in central Laos) on- April 28 to discuss the revamp- ing of the Laos Government.
London In
the Foreign Secretary, Lord Home, told the House of Lords that an "actual Lyons, Apr. 25.
foolding for ceaseßre" in Laos was expect- French police militant rightwingers said they ed within the next few days.
Lord Home added that the for Montreal with 435 passen- | missile unita in Europe were discovered one here tonight-in
travel to the clerical
The "priest" United States "are working as gera aboard. warb.
required Nine tugs summoned by radio United Slatca to conduct hiding place hard as wo are now for a poll- showed them n
tical settlement" in embattled mesanges were
trying to dow Laos
her free.-China Ma Spocinl. storeroom of arms-Reuter.
tote where they said, there was a
ticket
| shortly after leaving the
recovered Britain recognises Dutch
Birmingham, Apr. 24.
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A frantic search in the President's
bin brought a woman racegoer A reward of nearly £300 here? at the weekend.
power had been overcome.
The President himself went to bed at 2 am.
the
What would happen to rebel generals and colonels who led the paratroop revolt In vala effort to keep Algoria in
hands French
was not Im-
inediately clear.
the All four generals,
on
a
sovereignty in N. Guinea
London, Apr. 25.
Foreign Office, in the United Nations on November 20, 1957.
spokesman
The woman had thrown away her win totalkalor ticket
Office spokesMATI Sunburst Rose, n 20-1 The Forelan
after the chance,
said tonight Britain recogniacs Tho horse had finished second to the favourile, the Netherlands as tho Avec la Table.
vereign pawer in West Now But after an
Guinen.
objection, the hendrice was awarded to Sunburnt of the revolt Salon, Challe, Ilose. lost, pleco by piece, country Many army teams tool: past Edmond Jouhnud and Marie-
iho In the competition almed
Interest in
the Andro firing of a single missile or stimulating
by country
without
at
The woman eventually did Zeller-inve alrendy And her leket, and duly col- £500-China Mall stripped of their rank by,lected.
Special General De Gaulle.
the crossing of a single theatre among coldlers-China be
border."
Mail Epecial.
10-
Breas
on Washington
氣
com-
reporta menting
quoting from Dr Subandrio, Indoorstan Foreign Minister. as saying demanded
his government
the Dulch should surrender
lo said he was reiterating
lalement la this effcoi made by Commander Altan Noble, then Minister of Sisio in the The
Dutch New Guinen,
Bald spokesman
bo
would report what Mr Edward Heath, Lord Privy Best, mid in Parliament on April 12- that ritain hopea Indonesia
its previou would honour
assurances mot
il
to use fores
claims,
but
no
to puroun that Itritaln scoopted commitmenĖ Lo Είνα tho Netherlands milltary support
over New Guinea~~~Houter,
practice fruigs," the ministry announcement ended.
The Corporal, made by the Firestone Tyre and Rubber Com- pany, is a comparatively short range face-to-suridico tactical bombardment rocket powered by a liquid propellant,
It can be fited with nucicar or conventional high' explosive warhead and has range of trom 76 to 100 miles. Its speed ut burn-out la Mach 3-Router.
SHIPS IDLE
London, Apr. 25. Thirty ships were idled in London Docks tonight as 2,000 longshoremen staged a wildent strike to protest against · the employment of part-time labour.
-AP.