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No. 35027

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951.

Until Egypt Agrees To A New Middle East Defence Agreement..

OUR TROOPS WILL STAY

Warning US Backs

To

Civil British

Aircraft

Egypt Bans Canal

Zone Landings

Cairo, Oct. 17. Egypt's Minister of War, tonight warned civil pilots "in any circumstances" not to land in the Suez Canal

zone.

"The necessary proceedings will be taken against companies whose aircraft do not heed this warning," he said.

Stand

Washington, Oct. 17.

Secretary of State Dean Acheson said on Wednesday the United States supports the stand of the British in upholding their position in the Suez Canal area against Egyptian pressure.

Mr Acheson told a news con- ference that the United States government regards as "with- out validity" the action of the Egyptian government in can- celling the 1935 Anglo-Egyptian The warning followed an in- Defence Treaty.

Sunday when Just

the

time, same BOAC her landed with engine Secretary appealed to Egypt to trouble at Fayid in the Suez reconsider its quick rejection the proposal by the Big Western Powers, and

cident

#

At

the

DECLARES

MORRISON

Responsible For Protecting

Property

Life &

London, Oct. 17.

The Foreign Minister, Mr Herbert Morrison, tonight announced that British troops were stay. ing in Egypt until a new defence agreement for the entire Middle East had been negotiated, and he warned the Egyptians that if they would not protect British lives and property the British Army would do it for them.

In a radio election address, Mr Morrison said:

Canal zone. Aller two days' of

at Fayid the airliner Three slop

Cairo before pro- Turkey, Jended ceeding to London At Farouk Middle East Command which "We shall not sell the future freedom of the Sudan-

Abport,

for the creation of

Cairo,

all passengers would number

sponsibilty

take

were searched and

n

the over

re- defence for the

of articles impounded.--Reuter. of the Canal Zone and

strategic Middle East.

BUAC PREPARED

London, Oct. 17.

The BOAC has already work-

ed out alternative routing for the Far East and African ser- vices to be put into immediate the event of the operation in Cho sirport becoming inacces-

ble to British planes.

Caire is an important links in

services between and the Far East, Australia and the East and

Г

England

The appeal was in a formal

US statement which said the "noted with surprise that the proposals were rejected without the

considered "careful and

which

deliberation merited."

ese people for any defence agreement whatsoever." He then proceeded with a statement on Egypt and He accused the Tories of making an "election Iran. stunt" out of the Middle East crisis. He said Labour saved policy in Iran had been right "because we peace".

the

Mr Morrison's statement was

Mr Morrison epoke on they BBC shortly after Mr Winston the most postive cre on Brilish Churchill, at a political rally in intentions and the British view

RESTRAINT PLEA

It is The statement added: South Africa. The sincere hope of the United Fortunately, however, it could States that great restraint will

be by-passed with comparative-be shown in the present situation ly little trouble.

and that the obligations of all Plants for the East and South nations towards the preservation Aftea eculd be routed through of world law and order will be Rome and

inspected." Castle Benito

and Rome Libya, or through

The Kharicum in the Sudan. Far Eastern services could by pasy Cairo by putting down at Castle Benato and Khartoum or alternatively at any of a num- ber of airports in the Middle

Lydda East. including

and Damascus in Israel and Beirut. In a number of cases BOAC has standing agreements

Nahas Pasha Lays Down Policy

Calro, Oct. 17.

As Parliament ended its abrogation of the 1930 Anglo-Egyptian treaty and

the 1809 Condominium Agreements relating to the Sudan tonight, the Prime Minister, Nahas Pasha said, "From this day

there will be no co-operat- ing with any ocmplers, op- pressors or enemy of our country.

"We have chosen our con- course and we shall tinue with it whatever the hardships and sacrifices."

the As the House rose Deputies gave three cheers for "the King of Egypt and the Sudan" and three cheers for Nahas Pasha "leader of Egypt and the Sudan,"

Members of Parliament congratulated one another, but appeared plainly con- cerned about the critical times ahead in the light of Britain's declared polley

stand on her rights-Reuter.

to

treaty

Mossadegh Keeps It Going

Glasgow, had warned that blood on the present crisis yet made. Never Again Promise

might never have been shed in Egypt it a firm stand had been taken in Abadan.

Mr Morrison said in

It is certain to obtain Mr because Churchill's approval

would get national support.

To The AIOC

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V.E. Ferrier In Tragic

Car Accident

CRASHES INTO GARDEN

ROAD WALL

In a tragic motor smash in Garden Road in the early hours of this morning, one of Hongkong's best known residents. Mr Vivian E. Ferrier, a director of U. Spalinger and Co., and last year's President of the Hongkong Automobile Associa- tion, crashed into a wall opposite the Helena May Institute and was killed.

Farmer Harnesses Wife To Cart:

Vienna, Oct. 17.

A 51-year-old farmer in Lower Austrls who har- nessed his wife to a cart "to save the health of the horse" was sentenced to

the

.10 years Imprisonment

for causing her 'death. Neighbours Cold court which tried the

Leopold Bauer, of farmer Unterholsbach. Lower Aus tria, that he had fl- trealed his wife for the past 13 years.

Last Christmas Dy Bader dragged his wife from her bed, where she Tay seriously 111, poured cold water over her and threw ber out into the street, witnesses said. She collapsed and died In hospital, a few days later.

-Heater.

The only other occupant of the car, a power- ful Lincoln, was Mrs Marie Daniels, a resident of Vanished the YWCA Hostel in Macdonnell Road, who is

understood to have been asleep at the time of the Scientists

accident, and escaped with minor injuries to the face when thrown forward by the collision.

No clear

cruise

of the smash

explanation of the

16

yet

forthcoming.

was

The late Mr Ferrier driving up Garden Road towards Macdonnell Road. apparently swerved sharply to the right

close to the Helena May and drove heavily into the wall bordering the junction of Gar den Road and the slip road from Upper Albert Road,

At the point of crash

away.

This

K

stands

the

in

ap-

Heavy

Betting On Tories

Possessed

No Secrets

London, Oct. 17.

Two British scientists who have vanished abroad with their families are un- likely to have carried away any secret information, it London, Oct. 17. was stated here tonight. Heavy betting on Winston But security men are checking Churchill and his Conserva-to the recent movements of the

O'Connor, tive Party to win the Octo-wallam Campbell, both 26; who

men, Dennis ber 25 British election drove failed to return to their Jobs at

on

end

summer

an illuminated sign "No Entry," and police investigating accident

morning dicated that

the Lincoln car had been using its headlights, the sign would have been visible at least fifty yards the odds still longer against the National Institute for Medical

the Labour government on Research here ster their The only theory yet advanced

holiday. They were. back on Wednesday.

due the former Prime Minister had

Flushing, Oct. 17. carlie told his Glasgow'audience

of the ac- regarding the cause

Monday; instead a relative tele- In the books

af Douglas phoned to say that they had gone It was the climax of a day that Britain should protect her

The Iranian Prime Minis-cident is that Mr Ferrier mié-

one of the nation's abroad and could not be back. when the British Empire's crisis righ's in Egypt and such a stand ter, Dr Mohammed Mossa- took the road and swerved to Stuart,

the Suez and

told the Security drive up the slip raad in error. biggest bet takers, backers of The two men worked on radio stretched from

Mc Morrison's statement degh,

today that the the damage to the wall was Prime Minister Clament-Attiée's solopes, which are used widely overshadowed tedious political arguments about home affairs. came as hundreds of paratroop Council

to win £7. Conservative sup-had visited the Harwell Atomic damaged and Mr Ferrier bisers were being flown into the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company / slight, but the "car was badly Labour Party can put up. £2 in medical research. Though they to say Mr Acheson declined

bet 29 to win Station, they are unlikely to have £2. hat the US will support any broadcast: "I have caused the Suez Canal Zone from Cyprus to would "never again operate pears to have been crushed and porters must

killed almost instantly.

any secret information. may take In Egyptian Government to be in-carry out his promise to main-

in Iran."

The odds

Sir reflect the weight The collision occurred at ap-

Charles Harington, colon the British aefence of their position, but

Reiterating that Iran was as formed that they are respons-tain law and order if the Egyp-

mopey

both proximately 420 a.m. and it is of betting

Director of the Institute, said are in the

ble for the protection of British tians did not or would not.

Britain to negotiate on

understood that the late Mr sides, not the bookle's opinions, that both said British troops

were competent By their

Mr Morrison warned listeners eager

the dispute, Dr Mossadegh said, Canal Zone under a valid Treaty lives and property.

conducting Mrsja Stuart spokesman said. physicists who would be useful Majesty's Govern that behind Iran and Egypt was

"Wherever the former Company Ferrier

from a party in few days ago Stuart was offer workers in any country. He dis- which cannot be set aside by action, His

one have now made clear

great question-"Are you Egypt acting alone. The Bri- inent

may operate in future, however,

Shek-O on his way to his owning 3 to 1 against Labour and 1 counted theories that they had operate in it will never again ish government is entirely with that if the Egyptian Govern- going

got away with secrets. residence at No. 286, The Peak. 4 against the Conservatives. maintaining its ment are unable or unwlling These two

Iran. Neither by treaty nor by

In the last general election, in its rights in

Mr Ferrier arrived in Canton

"As far as we are concerned position, he said.

to do their duty in this respect, straight to the point-how you contract will we turn over

1930, betting odds the whole matter is closed," he we will do it for them. Asked what steps will follow

We are going to live-if you are go foreigners the right to exploit Bround Christmas 1924 to join February

of Gerin, proved

indicator added, French firm

an accurate oll resources and we are of the pro-ave got troops in the Canning to live."

& Co. in Shameen, of the outcome. The hand- Egypt's rejection

Atom scientist Baldo Ponte- prepared to finance other peo-Drevard into effect almost immediately. posal for an international com- Zone. They are there with the

4 corvo disappeared without trace ple to exploit our resources." but later he formed a company books then made Labour, a No delays in passenger ser-mand. Mr Acheson noted that backing of International Law:

The Premier explained that of his own-V. E. Ferrier and to 6 favourite, and offered to from Harwell 14st November, the support of

all our

He said if troops had been

tired" and vices are expected if Cairo be- he is appealing for consideration with

ran this until the outbreak of 5 against the Conservatives, and

a European drag-net falled They willl

were close and so to The odds

And him, bul the and that, meanwhile, discussions friends and alles, romes inaccessible,

Two British canent to Persia, as he claimed Mr he was "extremely there until we with other stay

wished, the world asked the Council's permission the European war in 1939 when Churchill plans are going forward

to Hongkong ป change

was the election. Mr he came

Attice diplomata, Donald MacLean and governments, would become costly for British Middle East

in negotiate a new agreement

in would have branded Britain an to have Mr Allah Yar Saleh

Burgess, vanished scraped home with a thin over- Guy the joined the Naval Volunteers, defence

the of Israel. Associated the

he air lines. Our Own Corresponcluding

aggressor and "even our friends read his fifth speech to

While in Canton Middle East." dent.

would be against us...1 say to- Council in three days.

Dr Mossadegh spoke after agent for the Manufacturer's all majority of six seats in the June-Reuter

825-seat House of Commons. day we did the right thing be-

Warren Austin (United Life. Insurance Company. cause we saved peace. The brave Mr

and M. Francola

He reached the rank of Lies- Associated Press. thing to do was the careful thing States) to do. We did it and we stand by Lacoste (France) had supported tenant in the Naval Volunteers, M. and on the fall of Hongkong was resolution. །, མེས

with

concerned

andi

The ecur.tries new arrangements could be put

operational

Press.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

The Real Sufferers

WHETHER Dr Mossadegh with his W

pleadings and arguments (many

of them specious) can persuade the United Nations Security Council to throw out the revised British resolution on the Anglo-Iranian oll dispute is, in itself, not of far-reaching importance. If the resolution is accepted, Persia stands morally condemned for her behaviour, but this is not likely to bring of Dr about

modification any

and in some Mossadegh's adamant,

attitude. The malevolent respects prospects are that Persia would defy any UN ruling, and the existing vacuum would remain. It is here that Dr Mossadegh and his advisers have to answer to the people of Persia. His of arbitrary nationalisation, policy expropriation and the expulsion of British administrative and technical experts, resulting in the closing down of the Abadan refinery, has brought the country to the brink of economic ruin. Dr Mossadegh has made the dispute with the AIOC and the British Govern- ment a personal issue, blinding himself to the effects which his actions must have on the lives and welfare of his countrymen, Iran, cannot exist without her oil industry operating fully and effectively. Without this she has no visible means of support, And the Industry today is at a standstill. Persin can still produce crude oll from the wells, but the world needs refined oil, and this Dr Mossadegh and his Govern- ment cannot supply. The New Republic, In an editorial, aptly describes the situation when It observes that ""day by day, now that the British technicians have been driven out, the refinery at Abadan is deteriorating. Equipment has become unusable. Escaping Tas Afrosiy chemical plants is causing a Mountin' throut of fire und explosion.

For whole

Not only does Iran's oil seem to be lost. Iran itself is in danger. Close to half of the Iranian Government's revenues Vital were taken from the AIOC. imports were financed by exports of oil. For the past months AIOC has been pay- ing idle workers, and Iran's $14 million gold reserve has provided stop-gap financing. Soon civil servants and soldiers will not be paid, mass un- employment and hunger will develop, As economic pressures multiply the Soviet-backed Tudeh will be the most likely contender for power in a coup d'etat." It is unbelievable that, faced with such a situation, Dr Mossadegh can continue to be so viciously opposed to a compromise that could retain all the essential features of his nationalisation plan yet permit of his oil industry once again to become operative to the benefit of his country and the Western world. Possibly the Premier and his colleagues the United States banking on coming to the rescue with economic and financial aid, but even if this were extended, it would not solve Iran's dominant problem-getting the oll

into industry

motion again. Dr Mossadegh appears to believe this conundrum can easily be answered by importing non-British technicians who would work under the direction of Persian administrative and executive officers. The plan is illusory and more over falls to take into consideration Perala's Inability to market her oil. products. Plainly no hope exists for the future of the Iranian oil industry while Dr Mossadegh refuses to consider reasonable compromise And in the final analysis sufferers of his futre workers of Persia, cease to

are

bood will

was

Daniels home War? to have peace or

countries take

"DI RIGHT THING"

Mr

the British

to

not

the

and

was also

It was

Mr Morrison's main Lacoste praised what he called interned in Shamshulpo,

"spirit of conciliation" of After Liberation he left for clertion speech and much of it the

Australia to re-cuperate and to was aimed at Mr Churchill, whose Britain.

ty. While there family. DICTATORIAL GOVT

join his "19th Century mind" he attacked

paper in When Mr Saleh Anished he edited a small

in Western compared repeatedly. He

speech, Dr Mos-Harvey, near Perth Churchill to the Duke of Welling. reading the

to the floor Australia. ton if the latter should ten up sadegh returned

tell In 1948 he came back to in Piccadilly Circus today, falling for about five minutes to

understand traffic lights, cars the Council that the original Hongkong and joined Spalinger, to the AIOC was U. & Co of which he was part- and taxis,

rantoron

dictatorial ner and directar. In 1819 by a "In the end the Duke loses his

He argued that Anolber of his interests was head and his temper, draws his government. sword, and strikes out at the the concession was extended in the HK Automobile Association of 1933 by an equally dictatorial which he was President last year bus conductor," he continued,

He said Mr Churchill remem government, which the Premier and former Secretary.

was set up by Bri- bered only that Britain came suggested

Mossadegh argued from the war covered with tain.

that neither the 1933 govern glory.

which extended the "But you can't live on glory, ment

the AJOC

nor concession, Labour understands this new world. We are part of it. We legislature which approved understand it even when it had acted as representatives does things like this. We too the Iranian people. have fought the battle against The Prime Minister instructed poverty. We too fought for the Mr Saleh to read to the Council right to live our own lives in what he described as "authente our own way. We can treat documents"

1919

purporting to show demands from Asia and Africa that the

agreement and with understanding ...

1933 extension were imposed

Iran by Britain. At Saleh spent nearly

DEEP FEELINGS

Dr

of

He was a keen Mason. He is survived by his wife who with two cons, is in Australia while a third ron is in Borneo.

Amphitheatre

Burnt Out

Heeply the peoples of Asia teci Iruly representing the nation han, mid the are was caused

New Delhi, Oef. 17, An amphitheatre built to ac commodate 80,000 delegates to 20 the Congress Party's convention

"What

will happen to our minutes reading in a slow mono- burned to the ground today In

tone

telegrams, letters

and a few minutes. relations with four friends in

Prime Minister Nobru, ad- memoranda. Dr Mossadegh Inter la over Asla it Mr Churchill.

vered again to say that the dressing a meeting held to of Pakistan's again allowed to speak to them for Britsin? I dread to documents Mr. Saleh read showed mourn the death

the deputies who approved Prime Minister, Liaquat Ali think of it....I do know how the 1933 extension were

by a faulty electric fuss and #bout having to deal with

Mr Galsh then read other sabotage was not involved. The who were insulting people them, desplaing them, patronis documents to show that Britain structure was valued at $105,- and the ATOC enill the very last

Interfering In 000-Axelated Press. BRO year ing them only a hope myself that if the Tories Tranen polities were to come in, the Astald moment, The Iranian represents countries of the Commonwealth ives bad been rending papers would not do anything they for more than 30 minutes and might regret later on But the appeared, they were staging * Governor-General safe way to see the Tories do last-minute for SATIONS

Lindon, Ost. not come inte Dry Mossadegh returned once

Buckingham Palace announced Referring to Mr Churchill's more to liste that the documents continuous "harking back to daberited by him howed that today the King has appointed Salin meeting, Dir"

new Governor-General. Bald you chant change Burian the ATOC her intervened in Ghulam Mohamed Pakistan's He has held the post of Finance Dolley Just by heart in all matters in Iran politien er with B Sta

Heine that we abundnar and socle Mincer in the Cabinet of Prime sort of

anywa na Me Surtructed Mr Boleh to read to

Tuesday, wal Hahclavat the Cousally she text of the Minister Liaquat All Khan who

was astagiosted on Benterober 20 propballs Sie Kwajaz Nazimuddin has Tári frana Stalna resigned as Governor-General to CUL DE bain Ayub bella Prime Minister of balita to the Beter Embay Pakistan, Brilish Comman

Mortison

ACCUSATIONS

Pakistan's New

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