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LEGILMANS
Comment of the
day
LET'S KEEP
FTER
CALM
the over-publicised
scara statement by Mc Khrushchoy at the
weekend
that the Bavjet Union had decided to suspend the plan- nou demobliimation of its armed forces the year, the
calm, measured statement by The United States Defence Secretary came as a welcome relief,
Mr McNamara disclosed that
the United States
was re examining it defence Bro.
words gramme, and hle calm
contrasted favourably with statementa Ife bollicone
emanating from the Kremlin aver the past few days.
Not only did we have Mr Khru-
shchev shaking
at the
malled flat and
"imperialista"
threatening them with heaven.
knows what if
tocy were
to dare launch one of warg
of aggression
the mighty and belovad
but
their
against
BO- Mar-
cialist fatherland shai Malinovsky, Mr Mc- Namara's opposite number in Moscow, joined in the like chorus.
war.
THE Ruselan armed forces, he
THE
trumpeted, must be prepared and trained for anything, the Implication being that thom wicked capitalists were ready to pounce on the home and centre of communism, and that all good Rede were to keep their powder dry.
All this faverish build-up cf tenolon doubtless must have
some purpoat on the part of those responsible for it. Pos- albiy tl designed to Int- midate the Went and is mere- ly another move in that war of nerves which has become unwelcome accepted 12
AO
part of Ife in the past few years.
Ponibly the Communist
rulera
really have warlike designs and are preparing their people for an armed outbreak by Attributing to the Western Allles dark machinations of which, in fact, they are en tirely Innocent. It la an old game for a would-be aggresor to start accusing his victims of all sorts of dreadful plots as Justification for his own gression.
But whatever the reason behind the bellicose words from Bua. cla we in the West must refuse to flap.
A
N example in Imperturbability
has been eet by Mr Macmil. i
Kennedy, jan, President
Me
stuck, the American Secretary of Otate, and now Mr Mc- Namara, and we bellove it is up to the Preca of the West
ern world to follow suit,
It is irresponsible for news-
paper to exaggerate what la
SW'ly winds becoming moderato SE'ly. Cloudy becom ing fair or fine. Hot. At 1 pm at the Observatory the tomp was 91 degrees F and the relativa humid 76 por cont.
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Radio Kuwait's surprise broadcast BRITISH WITHDRAWAL BEGINS
Half of force
to be
pulled out
Kuwait, July 12.
Radio Kuwait said today that three batta- lions of British troops, with supporting units including the carrier Bulwark- estimated to total half the British force in Kuwait were being withdrawn from the Persian Gulf ail sheikhdom.
REVIEW OF
SINGAPORE'S
NAVAL
SECURITY
Singapore, July 12.
A Royal Navy spokesman said security measures at the
basa British naval here will be tightened. He said that, in common with ether British naval commands, review of security organisu-
tions is being undertaken at the Lase,
ta The spokesman deelined elaborate. But was believed the
civilian em- seretning uf ployees and others engaged in confidential Work ! the base will be tightened.
The base is Britain's biggest | in the Far East, employing)
Singapore's thousands
civilians-UPL
of
In Itongkung, a Royal Navy spokesman said this morning: "No unusual or extra security nelivities are being undertaken in the Hongkong Navai base al the moment."
As
UNANIMOUS
London, July 12.
Robert twice-married
defended Burnett's
lawyer him in court today on chargea of bigamy, the judge remark- ed. "She was deceived."
"Su
* roke
Ja the
was 1," cune from the gallery.
*That, 1 presumie, recend wife," said the judge.
The woman, Mrs Margaret May Burnett, was led muttering froin the courtroom by a police MLM-UPI.
happening on the internation NEW £5 NOTES
al ocene over Berlin. Flaring headlines do met Berve any cause and, when there is o little reason for name of them, ita a downright abuse of the privilege of a free Press.
The facts about Berlin are clear, and the lets we all shout about mobilisation, striking ability and to on and so on, ad nauseam the better.
Me Khrushchev has announced
his intention to DAR A
London, July 12. Britain is I have new £5 currency notes to enable them to be more easily iden. tified.
£5 The back of the new note is to get a slightly "new look."
The symbol "£5" will appear in outline with the background design showing through-Chino Mull Special.
Agreement on the withdrawal was reached at talks this morn- ing between the ruler of Kuwait and Mr James Ramsden, Parlia- for winry Under-Secretary War, and Sir William Luce, Bri- tish political resident in the Persian gulf.
The broadcast caused surprise here, as it constitutes a major withdrawal of the British forces rushed here to meet the threat
annexation by Iraq, and comes before Bagdad's celebra- tions of the Iraq revolution an- niversary on Friday.
Threat
The units said to be scheduled for withdrawal are Nos. 42 aud the Commando Battalions, Second Parachute Regiment, Squadron of Dragoon Guards, and a battery of the Royal Horse 03 well சக the Artillery,
was stif Bulwark, which harbour tonight.
The announcement, expect- ed to be followed later by a statcinent that the with- drawals
noi would
affect Kuwait's ability to resist an A Iraqi threat, came as the Arab League council met in Catro for renewed consideration of kuwait's application for mem- bership.
No decision
Cairo, July 11. The Arab League Coun- cil, after a four-hour meeting on Wednesday night, reach. Kuwait's ed no decision admission to the League.
Emerging from the session, Secretary- the League General told reporters that the matter was still under discussion.~AP.
are
Official Kuwait circles understood to be ngreeable to a United Nations force replacing troops if is only the British aim is to preserve the country's newly- won independence.
Support
In the House of Commons to- day, Mr John Profume, Secre- tary for War, listed British forces in Kuwait as two Royal Marine Commandos and three battalions of infantry with
tanics, armoured cars and guns in support, and detachments
from a aministrative services, A Ministry of Defence spokes- London tonight man said it that only two companies of the
Guards Coldstream
and squadron of Hunter aircraft had been withdrawn
B
neparate редсе treaty with LIGHTNING KILLS 8 But, as the Minister of Defence
the East German Republic if thore la no sottioment of the Berlin and German questions on his terms.
THERE le litle prospect of any
settlement on his terms, and undoubtedly the peace treaty will be signed, but, unless we all lose our heads and make panto military moves, there it на ревком to expect another world war over Barile, or over anything eler, for that matter. We have two extremo positione -the Russian claim that the prosent German situation in growing steadily less tonable, and the Western resolve to what. stand by West Berlin over the outcome. There ought to be and we be- lieve there will be wolution somewhere between those two extremes, it I up to both the East and West to refrain from Inflammatory actions Astxtomente"
diplomatists work out a molu-
tlon.
and
I
*
And
thel
Washington, July 12. Eight persons were killed by tobacco lightning today a barn on a farm two inlles south of Clinton, North
UPI.
HELP
Carolina.-
TYPHOON "ELSIE
460 MILES
OFF HK
Savaro tropical storm Elsie hay intensified into a typhoon centred como 460 miles to the cast of Hongkong, a Royal Observatory spokesman said at 10 am today,
D
was
north-
at
The typhoon moving in
direction westerly about three knots.
The spokesman add- ed that the eye of the typhoon is 70 milos in diamotor, according to
report based recent
a
sonco.
on a
air, reconnais-
Situation permits transfer of troops
FRANCE TO CUT DOWN ARMY IN ALGERIA
Paris, July 12.
General de Gaulle tonight announced in a television broadcast that the
military situation in Algeria now permitted the transfer of "impor tant units" of troops to France, and consideration of reducing the length of military service by several weeks starting next September.
accepted He sald France "without reservations" that the should populations Algerian constitute an entirely Indepen- dent state.
Ing ber
so that
SPEECH CUT OFF
Algiers, July 12. President de Gaullo's tele- vision broadenst was cat off halfway through in Algiers tonight.
Police sald a plantie ex- plosive charge had damaged the relay transmitter at Cap Malifou across the Bay of Algiers Television broad-
cants were later resumed and President de Gaulle's speech was repeated.
The sound radio trans- mission of the speech went
One of the on normalty. nightly plastic charge ex- plosions attributed to European extremists -- boomed Dut In central Algiers shortly before Pre- sident de Gaulle mentioned Algeria-Reuter,
totalitarian WEIRD COMPANION
order to establish "But in many reasons France's direct national Interest
of the consisted the peace
world the now in withdrawing from essential condition is that the "costly charges" and In leav-peoples should agree and co- former subjects to operate. How are we to reach decide their own destiny,
this state If the
This,
also system, which holds under its Falling co-operation between
he said, must
the implacable yoke the whole of Algeria and France, there happen in Algeria. Since would have to be regrouping rebellion there produced Bghting the countries of the cost and
which advertises protection of those and terrorism it was necessary of reducing the others to scr- its ambition for their
who retused to tor the French Army to carry inhabitants
vitude, constantly threatens the the Held form part of a state "destined the day
free world?"-Router. to chacs.'
France might maintain her full freedom of declsion and action. This result has been attained. We can therefore take many measures of appeasement on the spot, begin to transfer to France important units, envisage the They were left with a de-reduction by several weeks of gree of anxiety that this year the length of military service there was a real danger of the | starting next September and international situation getting turning over for modern arma- out of hand, but of the same ments the economy thus ob- time, his reference to a reduc-
tuined. tion in the length of military service tended to have a re- assuring effect.
Mixture
An aircraft of the USAF entered the eye of the typhoon at 7.45
The speech impressed hearers
mixture with its
of gravity om today and reported
and serenity. surfaco maximum winds of 100 knots.
RUSSIAN FLYING INSTRUCTORS
to
IN CRASH
Political roles were chiefly struck by General de Gaulle's speciile mention of a plan to regroup, or parillion, Algeria thould agreement for Co- operation between France and the insurgenta' movement to come about,
theso
circles,
that
"This being so, France ac- cepts without any conditions that the Algerian populations shall constitute an entirely in- dependent state. For this pur-
pose
she is quite ready to organise tree self-determination with the Algerian political ele- ments, and particularly, fail those of the insurrection.
recent
General de Gaulle sall the government of other people For out of date now.
Dangerous
remains disposed
with
Ta
her old to Algeria once organie co-operation of the assured there, communities Es and her own Interests there are Guaranteed,
Asociation she "Falling this would have, in the last resort, some zone or to regroup in other, in order to protect them, those of the inhabitants who would refuse to be part of a utate destined to chaos, procure
them for
the
of means
in establishing themselves France if that were their wish, take no part whatever in the fate of all the others and forbid them access fo her own territory.
Zurich, July 12.
"She wus! In
it number of Soviet air
that General de thought
maintain instructors on their way Gaulic's Insistence upon part!-
West
indicated African ❘tion train fliers were among the 64 cundings had shown relatively prospect of reachlug on board the little passengers
the insurgent Czech airlines
IL-18 agreement with
lenders in Tunis, although а plone which crashed near resumption of the interrupted Casablanca this morning, talks was now expected in the it
was reliably learned near future. here. The passengers consisted of and Ave 47 men, 12 children. The crew of eight, Wus headed by Captain Josef Mikus, one of the Czech airline's most competent pilots and one of the first Czechs to By this type of aircraft.
Reliable
sald sources thero wero 24 Russians, Czechs. eight Moroccans, six Enst Germans, four Guineans, three from Mali and Chinese-Reuter.
women
thal 2B
was
OVERSIZED
London, July 12. Labourer John Thomos Cole- frame man, whose 392-pound was too big to squeeze into the witness box, stood outside. today to plead guilty to drunkenness. He was fined 10 shillings.UPI.
Another terrorist
sabotage bid in the Tyrol
Rome, July 13.
from Kuwait, Terrorists in the troubled Alto Adige (South Tyrol) region early today tried to blow up a small hydro-electric plant and a railway .tunnel, police said.
had announced, It was the gov- ernment's policy to withdraw as the Soon further forces as situation allowed. Details of the would farces to be withdrawn be announced as they left the area. Reuter.
the
the police that seconds after The
against uttemp!
violent blants they were shower- DOWET plant 01 Frangurto
ed by pebbles, apparently kicked apparently falled to cause any
The up from the mountain alde by real dainage, police said. plant serves an area with about the explosion.
FOR A BEACHED WHALE 10,000 residents.
London, July 12.
A 16-foot mammal, believed to be a bottle-nosed whale,
was found stranded on the beach of the Thames at Buburban Kow here today.
The crenture was spotted fur- ther us the river last night by two boys out rowing.
A spokesman for the London Zoo sakd the bottle-nosed whale often frequented the Allantie off the coast of the England, but this was first time in his memory that one had been found this far up the Thamos.
Sightseers
the
to
helped police
and night. ISPCA
shift the
DAMAGE
Police and soldiers Immediate- jy began combing this alpine area, which has become a burn- ing issue between Italy and Aus-
tria.
How much damage was done to tie tunnel used by a
TIGHTEN secondary railway line, was not Immediately known. The tunnel The explosions come less than series of Isot Corralono, near Bulzanu.48 hours after Trains normally do not use 1 at dynamitings on Italy's interno- to tional railronds 10 Rome Two other explosions also protest to Vienna and to tighten were heard early today. both travel rules between Italy and inammal, which weighed over near Termene. Polico did not Austria.
This border area has been a ton, on to a 10-foot torpaus. | immediately locate the sites of In and drag it across the beach these blasts.
under a curfew, with to the water.
nt another power installations Uke power planŁa was in the station at Ora. reported opening off limits to unauthorised per-
fire
on several persons ap-¦ con after dark, over since pro- shallows the whale
longed violence last month.-- flick of its tall and disappear-proaching the plant.
At Frangerto, "sentries ed-China Mali Special.
As soon as it
Kave a
Sentries
told' AP.
vital
"After that. France would see what happened. In any came she is firmly decided no longer to pour her efforts and men and her money without return into
от Algeria for that matter anywhere else." General de Gaulle said: "As everything takes place In a dangerous universe, here The perspective of an inter- national crisis reappearing on the horizon. Of course
affair has been started by the Soviets. As usual they invoke
the
the peace of the world while moking clairs which risic placing peace in danger.
BAGPIPE
HATER
PUNCHES
PIPER
London, July 12. Umbrella-salesman Jack Myers was fined £10 10-
for day
the punching "Piper of Petticoat-lane" on the nuse because the bagpipe musla "Jarred" him.
Eustis Welscako who tells hand-made toy bag- pipes in a slop next, lo Myers' оп London's Fulbam-road, said he often played his pipes, wore A küt and drank tea from a bottle labelled "Bootch whitky."
Blyers allegedly told police, that "I had had enough of It—his bagpipes dzivo us orany."
The judge today told Myers he'd have to put up with Welyezko's. Jätosyn- crasies. “14 is not for you to take the law in your own hands," he sa1Q,--UPT
London, July 12. A prisoner in Parkhurst pri- son on the Isle of Wight has ordered an insect-eating plant, the Vents fy-trapper to keep 1:Im company a London garden plant flem reported today-UPI,
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