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CAFTRIANT 1940, THE 1965-ZULA TONNÁKV
VOL. V NO. 135
For the Proprofor
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH For on behalf of
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, LIND,
vay
The
Hongkong Telegraph
NO DEADLOCK BUT LITTLE HEADWAY BY SLIM IN EGYPT
London, June 8.—The reported Egyptian note, stated in the Egyptian press to have been handed to Field-Marshal Sir William Slim, British Chief of the Imperial General Staff, on his departure from Cairo on Tuesday, is believed in usually well- informed quarters here to have been an official record of the military conversations in which he took part.
The statement of the Egyptian any frich Egyptian note and the account of live Foreign Minister, Sadah 13 Din ay pang lley, denying that he has drafted docum
despatched any thought here to make it char! that Sir William Sm has res ceived only an official record of the Ey plan standpoint as out- lined. In his defence talks with the Egyptian Stoff.
15 Sir note is Witam om 14 in wah with the
known Beypinat view on fettions.
In any case, the British Foreign Ofee has no record of
French Politicians Restive
NOT INSUPERABLE The Egyptian Vacuation
from Egypt
With for
the
t Brith roupa 1 not Kanaity regarded here 2 201 juper- bir obstacle to agement on a revised treaty of athance.
71 is true
that Britain 10-
And
cards the world stuntin
the consequent
defence Per
pred for plu Blippments in
the Middl Eart tical
more cri-
when Del
R
th in 1946 Sidkey-kvin agreement on tresty revision was 10khed.
The British agreem it bes Ler
of Baltich the evacuaÝ 14177 troops within two years is not !
necessarily regarded wave of here Paris, June 1.-A
formal trealy political restlessness has invaded holding good if the French political arena in the negotiations are renewed,
frie, is also 13ut It wake of the heat-wave and be
of the Egyption press reports suggest, British -hind the protection
the meanwhile grea'cst słability the French that In
authorities have in- franc has known since the end of military
the impor ereasingly realized the war.
tance of air power and that on: of the main issues to be faced by a revised treaty of allianc would br the air defence of Egypt.
Many Deputies are loying with the idea of a change in the Cabinet.
The Prime Minister, Georges Bidault, today warned the country against a recrude scence of demagogy which had manifested itself in various ways in political circles since the Government's big prestige aus cess in rallying ive continental countries to work in common fo: the pooling of their cent and
steel resources.
Replying in advance to to- morrow's debate in the Assembly on a Socialist proposition to in- crease Civil Servants' wages, the Premier told An audience in Western France, "Our first duty is to resist demagogic efforts made on the pretext of heiping interests estimable in them nelves but which would create budget deleits impossible cover."---Reuter.
EDITORIAL
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Real
the
In this context the question of the evacuation of troops seems militarily less im- portant than it used to be.
Diplomatie observers here believe that while no solutkan to the milliary problems of the alliance arems to have emerged
William's visit. from Str
neither resulting position is hopeless nor in deadlock.
the pro- The next phase in ressive 0.1empt to re-open Treaty
revision negotiations, which have been
in progresS between Britain and Egypt since is expected to oper March,
Cairo with the departure for next Saturday of the new Bri- Ralph tish Ambassador, Sir Skrine Stevenson-Reuter,
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Satellites Pour Shocking Surrey Stalin
Envoys Into Peking
Berlin, June 8. The East German Govern- ment today appointed shannes Koenig, 47-year- old Communist Party official, to head the East German State's diplomatic mission to Communist China as Ambassador Extraordinary.
LABOUR'S
REVERSAL
OF POLICY
Koenig, a tanner by trade, left Germany during the Nazi re- sme.
News
Tragedy
London, June 8.-Twenty thousand police were to day huning 33-year-old Albert Price, whose two okildren were found suf- forated at Bornor, Sussex, yesterday, and whose wife
Was
Jaler found battered
to death at their home in New Malden, Surrey. 60 miles away.
Bloodhounds be used in Price-Reuter.
may alko the Acarch for
GLASGOW EXPRESS
CALAMITY
Visiting
China?
So Says Safem
Salem, Massachusetts, June 8-Colonel Roland W. Estey, Treasurer of tho Salom Evening News and formerly with the wartime office of Strategic Services, reported today that the Russian Prime Minister, Generalissimo Stalin, is at present in China conferring China's Com- with Red munist leaders. S }
The Eact German Agency, ADN, giving a concise tay history of his life, did not where he spent his exile.
In a special article, Colonel Glasgow, June 8.-Flames Herr Koenig and the members of his mission left Berlin by nir swept by the wind through Estey said that Premier Stalin left Moscow on June 1 and was Perth, June 8.-The de- today for Peking.
the conches of a Birming-que back on June 10 and that buty Prime Minister, Mr
Peking Radio reported today ham Glasgow express train the Russian people had Herbert Morrison, indicated that the Chinese Foreign Minis tonight burned three child- told he today that the Labour Party ter, Mr Chou En-lni, had to has dropped further nation-ceived Mr Julius Burgin, fratren and two adults to death. Kremlin alisation from its platform. Ambassador Extraordinary and
lion with R pledge to help private enterprise as well as the working class,
to
After the five bodies had been
rest."
been
was absent from the for "a well-earned
Several high-ranking Sovlet He sold the British Socialists Plenipotentiary of the Republic removed at Beattock, 30 miles
of Poland to the People's Re-from-Glasgow-nivage officers officials were with him, Colonel
moking wreckage Estey said. entered the will enter the next general elec-
jewellery scek valuable public of China.
He said that his information Mr Burgin called at the which it had been reported the
Indicated that Stalin's trip to Chinese Foreign Office yester-train was carrying.
The leading coaches of the China "may be looked upon as In an address before a Perth day.
burned out. The a visit for the purpose of giving train ware
to
Communist the Labour Party rally, Mr Morri-
Peking has appointed General ve dead, badly burned, were orters
far ro- enmalitica so
'caders of Red China as well es what had been wang Yu-ping as China's frst the only an confirmed
the establishment of a new set the reported for weeks-that the
ported. Ambassador Extraordinary and
to govern moderate wing strengthened it,
Fire brigades sped to the of policies Plenipotentiary to the People's
cupied Red area of the Far old on the party at a recent
Republic of Rumania.
scene after the traits had come rerot conference of its leaderu
Similar
had to stop with its three leading East." appointments measures He said Socialistic
mado in relation been
to conches on fire, should be reserved for "aters
and Poland, acchslovakin of social General
The flames had been fanned are properly
being Hel-lin Tan WHICH in-
then listed
and by the wind as the train sped untern,"
chosen as Ambassador
And
tho quickly Nationalisation Pranipotentiary
Czecho- uch, mutiers.
in the lust clovakia Projects zet down
and General Peng coaches a roaring Inferno,
The express which was from lection manifos.o were not in- ovak
Ming-chich to Poland, iuced. United Press.
Founders Day at the Chelsea Hospital was celebrated
The one of the oldest
as usual by a parade of the Pensioners who were spected by Field Marshal Viscount Alanbrooke., Field Marshal is shown talking to
after the inspection.
Payments Union Much Nearer
Oslo, June 8. The Dutch Foreign Mialater, Dr Dirk Stikker, raid to- day that an agreement on European 1m proposed
Payments Union by Mar- shal! I'an countries could be reached "at the end of this month,"
But the agreement, he told
Press conference, would have to be followed further negotiationM
$11 aiming at
crealer liberalisation of trade Europe, United Press,
by
The Dairy Farm's Future
HE Government's refusal to entertain
The Dairy Fant's request for renewal
of its Pokfulam farmland leases has, with- In it, all the makings of first-class con- Several reasons can be ad- troversy. duced for officint obduracy, in the absence of any occasion for a closely argued ex- planation for the benefit of those outside the Company's orbit. The farmlands are In an exceedingly attractive area, on the south side of the island, and occupy a Because of large expanse of territory, the development work carried out at the Dalry Farm's expense, provision of cer- tain roads or lanes and by-ways, the re- glon's translation into a series of building lots, which might be coveted by home- builders reflecting on sea breezes in the summer, would be facilitated-and might result in substantial gains for the coffers the of the Treasury. Quarrel with judgment of Sir Patrick Abercromble who regarded the Dairy Farm, apart from its very valuable present use, as not very suitable for a building scheme, la not difficult to assessors whose minds are made up. We have had so much of that. And even when millions of dollars.are obtain- ed from the suls of a site donated to the public sixty
earlier, cara doce not produce the new better City Hall which
'It
and
goca
28.
a promise with the deal. That, how- ever, is by the way. Examination of the Government's decision will not include consideration of the use to be made of the revenue from land sales, should further representations fall, Pult concerns only the moral validity of the official polley. For more than sixty years, the Dairy Farm has rendered most valuable sarvice to the community of Hongkong. Its Business Interests have grown remark-
In
ably, to the point almost of converting Its dairying into something of a Fideshow. There is no evidence that that has been has allowed to happen the Company taken pride in producing that important commodity, fresh milk, and whatever views are attributed to the medical au- thorities, the fact remains that supply has 10 never been tuly equal to the demand.
after farming activities destroy their sixty years, some of them involving stress and stram, will leave a bad odour, on the assumption that it is correct to say that the sole interest of Government is to re- sume this extensive area for building pur- poses. Should other factors inuuence the Government's mititude, they shoud bo made public. Admittedly, the blow has not fallen without warning. The Dairy Farm has been invited to survey alterna- tive farm sites in the New Territories, Their finding. that the suggested areas were inadequate or not acceptable for other cogent reasons must be accepted, together with their reluctance to consider spending the very large amount required to accomplish a successful transfer from Pokfulam to the mainland. The Ustry Farm gives public service, the Icas of which would be sharply felt, but it remains It so happens a business undertaking. that two members of the Board of Directors are also members of the Legislative Council, and it would be in- teresting to see the issue debated in that chamber, not on the basis of a defence of vested interests, but on the soundness of official policy. The Government should not baulk if they have a better case than that so far disclosed. The public would
be happier to be able to give approval without reservations.
New Turkish Broom
Sweeps Changes In Services
10
Ankara, June 8.-The Turkish Government; in sweeping Service changes announced today, appointed a new Commander-in-Chief of the Army
and relieved the Commanders-in-Chief of the Navy
and Air Force of their posts.
The Commander responsible for the defence
to
The Government of Burma
on
marlo
his
Colon: Estey did not disclose source of information.~~- outer.
Birmingham to Glasgow, caught Merciless
oday announced the establish fire at Beattock and ment of diplomatic relations came to a stop-Reuter.
and
the with Communist China appointment of Ambassadors.
said that
The announcement Burma had given its formal ac- Ford to the appointment of Mr Yao Chung-ming as Chinese Ambassador to Burma and the Government Central People's
had
formally
accepted the ap- ointment of U Myint Thein, former Burmese Ambassador to he Kuomintang Government,
በሳ- Burmese Anibassador to China-Reuter.
Arms
Shipments
quickly
Anti-Leopold
STOP PRESS Fight Threat
Trade Mission
To Peking
From Our Own Corresponden!
London, June 9.-The British
which M business deicration Keswick run that hav• **
To Indo-China king, will include other than
Washington, June 8-A millt-
of the strategic Dardanelles was also relieved of his post while the Commander responsible for the defence of the Bosphorous Straits and the ary source said today that the Istanbul area was shifted to another post.
is General Kurteeba Still Pondering
General
The new Army Commander- In-Chief Noyan, who succeeds Muri Yamut, appointed last Tuesday as Chief of General Staff.
Over Tibet
several
"old China haut...
Brussels, June B-A "bring inck Leopold"
Government
ormed entirely from the Social- Party (Catholic) hristian
50-year-old Prime Pean Duvieusart,
nder
л
Minister, M.
as today sworn in by the Re- ant, Prince Charles
The immediate objective of he Government-Delgium's 10th 'nce the liberation-will be the Act peal of the Regency hich keeps King Leopold in self-imposed exile in Swit- erland,
Political circles
iz
I will
believe that
be only a matter of decks, following the convening f this newly elected Parliament un June 20, before the King *eturns.
Socialist deputies, meeting to- Mr Keswick's proposal hasday, warned that they would a "merellesa" fight been put into effect quickly, carry on Until Wednesday morning act on against the King's re-assump- had not been started,
tion of his prerogatives-Reutër.
A leading figure in a great in- Arst shipment of arms aid to dustrin corporation will prob Indo-China was due to leave ably head the delegation, the the United States West Coast number of which is not likely to
arly next week, He expected exceed half a dozen. the first shipment to be fol towed rapidly by others.
IL was understood that the London,
8.-British personal June
of General interest Government officials said today Omar Bradley, chairman of the that
the Foreign Office was Joint Chiefs of Staff, had a de- General Noyan is succeeded still considering the question of cisive effect in getting ship- by the middlo as Secretary of the Supreme Hongkong transit vitas for the men's started
delegation in New General Tibetan by
of June. General Bradley or- Defence Council
"high ccred
pr.ority for these Mahmut Berkoz, whose succes-Delhi.
with the re- They said the Indian Govern- arms shipments, sor as Third Army Commander
ment had previously issued the sult that material was reactivat- was not named.
used in record time and was now Visas "in error" and that
rushed 10 tho Weat of the Buuation being Relieved of their posts were "d.liesey"
Ulgen, concerning Tibet necessitated Coast. Admiral Motmet Al
announcement is An official maiter receiving further] Navy
Commander-in-Chief, the
expected shortly-United Press.) General Zeki Dogan, Air Force considerat.on.-United Press,
General Commander-in-Chief,
of
Izzet Aksalsur, Vice-Chief
and General General Staff, Maxaffer Tugsavui, Commander (Dar- the Second Army dancies).
of
The former General Stall
Chief, Abdurrahman Natiz Gutan, and General Asim
Army
(GLraits
BALA
Jewish Underground
Works In Reverse
Munich, June 8.-Forty disillusioned Jewish Tinaztepe, Commander of the displaced persons, among them about 10 women, Istanbul), were both shifted to who returned illegally to Germany from Israel, ended a three-day sit-down strike here today in the office of the Jewish Agency for Palestine.
First the Army Council.
SWEEPING CHANGES
an-
The displaced persons had do-] had been grossly misrepresented. As successors were not
American Intelligence oficials to Interna- a return nounced for Loveral posus arier manded
onal Refugee Office (IRO) care said that the "reverse under- hese changes, observers COR- aldered that they were only a and subsistence from IRO funds, ground" was in operation to annel these displaced persona as at the time before they lef. re- in stoge
sweeping D
to Austria trom Hallan
inlo Germany, using organisation of the armed forces Germany,
The Jews charged that the und Party by the new Democratle
organisa- Jewish organisation. had practically the same Government,
methods employed "swindled them" into going to tion and
originally to get Jewish refugees The Prime Minister is Adnan Israel.
A spokesman for the Jewish out of Germany up to a few Menderes, whose Party came to power last month after a Lad- Agency sald that he displaced months ago.
IRO oficiais ended their strike after
declared that μάτισεις ilds election victory over the coming to an agreement with the returning displaced persona People's Republican which had ruled Turkey for a the Agency. He declined, how-would be offered, pending any
ever, to give any detail of the other arrangement, only what quarter of a century.
ass'stance was i -ver care and agreement.
on the German Ankara and Istanbul new- Many diethadoned and dis-available
forecast that 30 papers today
displaced per sailsfied
Jewish
estimates placing
Jewish
communities in Ger generals, and 200 colonels would sons, soTTL
Party
economy.
bs put on the retired list, but their number as high as 600, meny were said to be not "al- his could not be immediately have returned illegally to Get together happy" about this re. movement of Jewish confirmed from omletal sources. many, from Israel, complaining verso
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