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-No. 35033

British Permit Egyptians To Move Oil And Petrol

LATEST SITUATION IN SUEZ CANAL ZONE

Cairo, Oct. 24.

The British military authorities today lifted for 24 hours their ban on the movement of oil and petrol by Egyptians through the Suez Canal Zone.

The first long column of petrol lorries started moving along the Suez Canal road after the order had been received by British military guards. ́

But all other road and railway to fix or work these lights in traffic is still held up by British British ships, troops at road-blocks en the Suez-Calm and Ismailia-Cairn roads and on railway lines out of the Canal Zone.

No reason was given for lift

British ing the petrol ban but a military spokesman said that it would be subject now to daily review It was imposed yester

day because the Egyptien rail-

Waya failed to me the Britis Army requirements in the Canal Zone.

Suez The direct

10 Cairo pipeline was not affected by the ban but oil from the Suez is used throughout Egypt.

CONVOY FIRED AT

4

Six shots were fired at British convoy today somewhere between Ismailia and Kassassin, about 20 miles to the north, the spokesman said,

Further detalls had reached Headquarters, spokesman added

"This appears to have been enused by a trumped up in- eldent and intimidation câm- paign," the communique sald. "Arrangements have been made to provide British ships with the necessary lights."

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Anglo-Iranian Britain Today Will Choose Between

Oil Talks May Resume

'ENCOURAGING SIGNS”

REPORTED

Washington, Oct. 24.

Iranian officials today reported "encourag- ing" signs that negotiations with Britain over oil may be resumed.

The Iranians reported new "hopeful" indica- tions as the Secretary of State, Mr Dean Acheson,

BAD LIQUOR conferred with Iran's visiting Premier, Dr Moham-

KILLS 27

Atlanta. Oct., 24. The Suez Canal Company on-

that all ships Police searched The city for nounced tonight may now use

distributor he great water the

who sold a way at their own risk without

quantity of lethal quor made on the usual company taking

of fuel and water that claimed pilots. A

the lives of at least 2? imbibers, Polic seid they believed that the 1st will go possibly high as 35 before the final as count is taken.

company spokesman said that ships might pass through the Canal as usual but the com- pany declined all responsibility for vessels which did so without a company pilot.

med Mossadegh.

The Iranian sources said that the aurprise order by Dr Mossadegh for Kazem Hassibi, Iranian Government pil expert, to fly here from Teheran, makes the situation "look hopeful and encouraging.”

They said that Hassibi's orders were to "be here as soon as possible."

State

Deportment officials pointed out that Hassibi is the key Government member of the 13-man Iranian Oil Commnission

cronted some time ogo to take over 'he British all helds and the

Abaden refinery.

Dr

Mossadegh's move Fug- ges cd that he had received new proposals to break the deadjock

during Tuesday's Blair not yet

the in

Cow

tho

An Egyptian Customs official

The official casualty Agure at Port Said has asked the com-

to deny pilots to ships however was scaled down when pany which have no been cleared by duplications between hospital the Egyptans-meaning ships and police records were disclos- working for the Canal Zone ed. All but two of the dead British, he said.

agent

com)-

House

meeting with President Truman, Mr Acheson and other United States Government officials.

Mr Acheson conferred shorily

Going Ahead Without Egypt

MIDDLE EAST

after 4 p.m. GMT with frail, DEFENCE SYSTEM

A British Navy communique aaid that the Egyptian Govern-

were negroes, The company's Incal ment was refusing clearance to British ships working for the told the official that the

Sound trucks blaring record- 72-year-old Moscadegin at Wake British forces

Hospital Canal pony was neither qualified nor lags of the song "Bad Whisky" | Reed

where the WOS Zone,

had the means to meet such a 10amed the negro sections of the | resting in the presidential suite,. The Navy is

vity, warning the Issuing request.

populace these ships with certificates The Canal Company had re- against further consumption, stating that clearance has been ceived no notification from-the iEegally withheld and that they Egyptian Government wming at are entitled to call in accor- either restricting the free use dance with their orders.

of the Canal of discriminating No British ships had been between his users, the spokes

man said.

As of food, Grady Hospital reported it was treating 207 persons. Scores of others who had mixed a drink of anything alcoholic recently that had not come from a liquor store added

delayed, the eʊmmunique said.

Al Suez, Egyptians who instal Canal traffic had been un- and operate the Canat affecter by

10 recent events and transmitting tights in the bows day and night convoys were of merchant ships have refused, proceeding normally-Reuter.

COMMENT OF THE DAY

the hospita confusion by showing up for examinations.- United Press.

Motorists And The Law

HE most important part of the Tusiness transected at yesterday's

meeting of Legislative Council was of special significance

Hongkong to motorists. A Bill was introduced to provide for compulsory third party insurance, and a resolution passed permitting guilty pleas to be made by letter to a magistrate for what are regarded as minor traffic offences. The China Mail has long advocated the desirability of compulsory third party insurance, believing it to be cautionary as well as protective in effect. Penalties laid down for accidents caused by bad or reckless driving involving injury to sufficient third parties should be a deterrent to road hogs who imagine that they can escape liability for -compensation; at the same time the indemnity rights of innocent victims of road accidents are fully safeguarded. In principle and practice, compulsory third party insurance elsewhere has proved its worth, and we see no good reason why it should not operate effectively in Hongkong. The acting Attorney- General dwelt at some length on the Colony's traffic problems and his review was commendable, notably because it put the whole question of handling vehicular and pedestrian traffic into new perspective. We believe the thinking public are highly, conscious and appreciative of the manner in which the Traffic Department has rationalised, and to a considerable degree, resolved the problem of controlling and directing all types of traffic, within the Colony's congested areas. There will be general agreement that the marked reduction

in accident figures testifies to the efficacy of the control system which had been developed since the war. It can also fairly be observed that motorists. generally, and an Increasing number of · pedestrians, appreciate and do their best to conform to the rules of the road. It must be confessed, however, that the incidence of traffic offences continues to be Inordinately high, and the Traffic Department has a right to expect more co-operation on the part of the bublic the figures. Government. urly taken cognisance of

criticism

directed against the abnormally long intervals which now occur between the serving of summonses and court prosecutions, especially for motoring offences which can rightly be considered technical or trivial, The establishment of a magistrate's court to deal almost exclusively with such offences should help to correct the situation, and where an offender to a minor infringement of the regulations is prepared to plead guilty, it is reason- able

he enough that should be permitted to do so by letter to the magistrate. Somewhat too vague is the enclose suggestion that he should "enough money to pay the probable fine." Does this mean the defendant is to make his own estimate of penalty It is which his offence merits?

of minor Fuggested that handling traffic offences would be even more were facilitated if standard Anes announced for specified infringements Euch as parking in an unauthorised area, obstruction, and failure to display prominently car licences. A motorist summoned for any of these, and satisfied that he was guilty, would then be in a position to enclose the proper fine in his letter to the magistrate. We have, in the past, advocated that the Traffic. Department should make use of the sticker system. This enables a car owner, who has returned to his vehicle after an absence to know immediately that he has committed an offerice, and the sticker serves as a summiona. The procedure would be especially effective in cases of illegal parking or obstruc

tion. Where n motorist was in atten- dance of his car at the time of the offence he could be served with a docket written out on the spot by the police officer. This too would obviate the necessity of issuing a summons from the Traffic Department. We applaud

Government's latest endeavours to apetri up handling of non-indictable traffe regulations Infringements, but there appears still to be room for "Amplifying the system whereby summonses are fasued for what are quite definitely, minor offences.

Paris, Oct. 24. NOT FULLY INFORMED France, Britain, the Unit- ed States and Turkey-will- by the Assistant Secretary of Inform Israel and all Arab

Mr Acheson was accompanied State, Mr George C. Dechee, states except Egypt that Department Policy Chief Paul Nitze, and

Planning they intend to go ahead Colonel with a Middle East defence Vernon Walters, an interpreter.

There is immediate specula system in spite of Egypt's tion that British officials might refusal to take part, be brought into the talks if the French Foreign Office present conferences bring out spokesman said here today. any hope of resuming the nego- tiations which were broken off last month at Teheran.

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These Two Men And Their Parties

Fair Weather Promised

お

Voters

For Today's General Election

London, Oct. 25. Britain vill vote today to decide whether she will have a third postwar Labour Government or bring 76-year-old Winston Churchill back to power.

The crises with Persia and Egypt have, impinged on the election but the dominating topic has been the cost of living.

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in

French, British, American and Turkish representatives in the Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Trans- British officials indicated, Jordan,

Saudi Arabia, the however, that they have not Yemen and Israel wil) inform yet been fully informed of

the governments of these coun- the results of the talks so far.

tries "within the next 48 hours" The

officials expressed the of their intention to proceed

Prime Minister Attlee claims Government in 1950 this middle- But political psychologists supe

that the United States with a defence system designed that costs

have

risen mainly cinas vote

swung back to today see no probability of any would find some reasonable" to protect

Middle East counthrough world causes, but that (Conservatiem

their such swing. What remained attitude on Dr Mossadegh'stries, the spokesman said.

hla Government has kept them opinion a Tory Government with Labour in 1950 can be part which would make it

lower in Britain' than in other would mean less, taxes, more taken to be the hard core of Later, when

defence countries and raised possible to reopen the negotia-system had been set up these standards of the majority of the vate enterprise and, generally, which will still be

the living goods in the shops tinder pri- the social welfare movement The states

Royal will be asked to give andards

people. at their opinions on it and some

"bourgeois", outlook bulk of this support is from "Churchill's Conservative Party where the more educated pro the trade unions which com may perhaps be asked to join.

supports the £4,700 millian arms fessional classes would come prise almost half the 34,000,000 programme but indie's Labour into their own.

voters. generally for mismanagement and extravagance and nationalisation policy.

tions.

Mr Acheson arrived Mossadegh's suite at 4.05 p.m. GMT. The two men and their advisers were photographed and important conference then the began.--United Press.

ELECTION FACTOR

Washington, Oct. 24. Persia's leading oil expert, Kazem Flassibi, is coming to Washington from Teheran "os soon as possible.”

the

of

There was no intention asking any of these states to join at the moment in place of Egypt, sald the spokesman.

in

merc

This trend was evident in Assuming that the Conserva condemns its the clear-cut two-Party positive supporters remain equally

Hon that emerged in 1950 with loyal on their side in today's The setting up of r’Middle The rival leaders last night the Liberals almost completely polling it is difficult to see any East command, might not be were both suffering from colds. expected to start for a few weeks yet, the French spokes-ing on Tuesday. man added.-Reuter,

TOO COSTLY

This announcement, made here

Paris, Oct. 24. today, caused some slight in

Mahmoud

Bret Hammad, crease in optimism about the

secretary of the Egyptian Em- chances of mew

Anglo-Persian bassy here, said today that oil talks and strengthened the Egypt refused to join the pro- Prime Minister, Dr Mossadegh, Command because it would posed Middle East Defence will extend his stay in the

cost us more than the present United States unul next week.

British military occupation".

likelihood

that the

Persian

Mr Churchill caught his peak-out of the picture and the ex-marked swing in the party treme Communists completely positions as a result of today's

votes.Reuter. eliminated. Mrs Allee told Reuter the her, husband had a "bead coldḥ buti

was not embarrassing him

that unduly.

Result in the 310 constituences will be declared on the night"| of the polling up-to about am GMT

14

In 297.constituencies counting will take place in the daytime of Friday,

Yesterday the weather was cold and clear with a cheerful autumnal suun filtering through

It has become apparent in Mr Hammad predicted to talks here that Dr Mossadegh newsmen that all other mem- the London smoke.. The weather is unlikely to agree to a formula bers of the Arab League would prophets have given some good for the resumption of Anglo-follow Egypt's example should cheer, promising. good weather

until be they be invited to join such a for today

Persian negotiations knows what sqrt Government, he will deal with after elections

of British command.

have to

fair weather means heavy polling.

"I believe they would do so ̈

But despite party forecasts the general not only as a gesture of soll- the atmosphere in the country

darity but. also because the today do not seem to be propi~-

ad

So far there has been no in-Moslem states are in no positious for any phenomenal dication that Dr Mossadegh tatlon to face the burden of such "landslide" in the poll. willing to discus with the defensive measures," he said.

He added that Egypt's chief British any other subjects than the payment

was to obtain fall of compensation concern for the nationalised oil installa sovereignty through peaceful tions and the sale of OIL

means and in accordanco, with Authoritative Bources here the principles of the United denied reports that an agreem

Nations Charter

United Press, B ment had yet been reached be- tween the Persians and the Americans about resuming

negotiations,

PREMIER RESIGNS

London, Oct. 24. Cyprus Radio reported tonight;

Political observers claim that Labour came to power with thumping majority in 1945 in the first flush of victory in the hope of settling down to a period of peace and in the expectation of the millennium which Bo- cialist Labour promised the underdogs.

The

But the pall of war did not lift so cnally and the end of the It was alas denied that the that the Prime Minister of world war almost imperceptibly United States had submitted a Syria had promonted his resigna-, gilded into rearming for a new new plan for the production tion in a Cabinet erials over war. Taxes remained, controls shortages remained and distribution of Persian oil the Alled Middle Eastern de remained,

workers, did bonellt a good Authoritative sources said fence "plate" that there was no

The broadcast, gald connectiori

furore deal

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