1951-12-17 — Page 2

KING'S MAJESTIC

Air Conditioned

★ SHOWING TO-DAY ★

SPECIAL TIMES: 2.30. 5.00, 7.20 & 9.30 P.M.

Q

ERROL FLYNN

in his most important production

WARNERS SMASH OF SMASHES!

BJECTIVE BURMA!

WILLIAM PRINCE JAMES BROWN DICK ERDMAN - GEORGE TOBIAS HENRY HULL WARNER ANDERSON Dicted by Raoul WALSH Screen Play by Rald MacDrugall and Lecher Code. From an Oiginal Story by Aizat. Bessie

SHOWING

TO-DAY

UNFAITHFUL!

VATAMED!...

UNASHAMED!

COMING

by Frama Waimat

AT 2.30, 5.15.

QUEEN'S ALHAMBRA 7.20 & 9.30

AID CONDITIONED

AR-CERDITIONES

M-G-M presents

P.M.

INSIDE STRAIGHT

DAVID

ARLENE

BARRY

BRIAN DAHL - SULLIVAN

•

MERCEDES

PAULA

McCAMBRIDGE RAYMOND

M-G-M's Technicolor Musical

SHOW BOAT"

LEE Liberty

AIR CONDITIONED,

OFONIZED AND WARNA,

DAILY AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M. ★ SHOWING TO-DAY ★

Their NEWEST, Most HILARIOUS HIT!!

DEAN

JERRY

Martin Lewis

*

AT WAR WITH THE ARMY

FOUR TUNES!

NEXT CHANGE AT THE LEE

BELITA JOAN LORRING

BARRY SULLIVAN

"THE GANGSTER"

AN ALLIED ARTISTS PRODUCTION

SHOWING

TO-DAY

Cathay

AT 2.30. 5.30,

7.30 & 9.30

P.M.

• FIRST SHOWING IN FAR EAST •

AN EXTRAORDINARY PICTURE

INTRODUCING THE NEWEST SCREEN TECHNIQUE LOU BUNIN'S MAGICAL MERCER OF ENGLISH LIVE ACTION & PUPPETRY

PACKED WITH FANTASIES & ENCHANTING MUSIC. I

ALICE

IN WONDERLAND

ANSCO COLOR

Tum LOU BUNIN'S PUPPETS and Carol Marsh

Directed by DALLAS BOWER (Co-Director 'HENRY V')

A SOUVAINE SELECTIVE PICTURES RELEASE

TO-DAY

ONLY!

TAR

ST

KIRING GRAM

AT 2.30, 5.30, 7.30 & 9.30 P.M.

17 Hankow Rd. Kowloon 20th Century Fox presenti Walter Pidgeon Maureen O'Hara

in

"HOW GREEN

WAS MY VALLEY A

alia starring Barry Fitzgerald. Patrick Knowl

Directed by JOHN FORD

TO - MOEROW "FREE FOR ALL”

THE CHINA

Rangoon Scare Subsides

Rangoon. Dec. 16, Some 200 persons sus- pected of bring associated with rebels were rounded up early today when Police made a house - to - house search in the suburbs.

Mesawolle, the scare which had seized the peo ple following a rebel radio announcement of an attack at Rangoon abated as the deadline fixed by Uhr radio pa sed yesterday

Police and millary units

continued tonight to nivunt guard 011

the Rangoon

riverside and suburbs

in

--France-Presse.

Uruguayan Lack Of

Interest

Small Vote In Vital

Referendum

Montevideo. Dec. 16.

decided in a Uruguayans

nation

wide referendum Todas whether to discard the office of President and set up in its place a Swiss. model Executive Council of nine men.

Early rohing the prequ... constitutional amendment rendy adopted by Conguess, Wa extremely light Only about 2 per cent of the registered voter in Montevideo had cast ballon by noon Vating in the other i departments was even lighter

11

was predicted igal res about 40 per cent of Uruguay s 1.159.000 Tegisterol ynters comi go to the podle

1:t

Then up, we expected 19 afier des hours th: prols close at 9 p. GMT

15 am HK Standard Time.

mited

to

MAIL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1951.

LYTTELTON IN SELANGOR

Tension Increasing In Tunisia

Following Rejection Self-Government

Mr Oliver Lyttelton, the British Colonial Secretary, who has returned to Malaya for a short visit after his trip ta Hongkong, shown using his hands expressively to emphasise a point as he chats with the Sultan of six of the nine Negri Sembilan. Mi 1yttelton met Sultans

Residency-Reuterphoto.

at

the

Selangor

Christian World

To

Prepares Celebrate Xmas

London, Dec. 16. Christmas bells, ringing in the traditional season of peace and goodwill, will once again echo over a world torn asunder by strife, discord and the threat of war.

Of

Paris, Dec. 16.

Tension is rising in Tunisia as a result of the French Government's refusal to consider the latest Tunisian self-government demands, accord- ing to newspaper despatches received in Paris.

The recall as from the end of the year of M. Louis Perillier, the French Resident-General in Tunisia, was seen in Paris today as a victory for the French settlers in Tunisia, who regarded him as too liberal-minded.

M. Perillier's recall was announced yesterday.

Government de A Tunusian utation, headed by the Premier. Mohammed Chek, has been in

aris for several months, ask their

Frenchmen,

25

The share they take by their work in the economic life of the country, and the importance of

to contribution

the

|

LIBERALS

TO TRY COMEBACK

London, Dec. 16.

The Liberal Party, widely regarded as finished is a political force after its failure to win more than a handful of seats in the laki two general elections, is to be reorganised.

It will contest as many seats

as possible at the next election.

It was announced today that

ing that the Tunisian Cabinet Tunisian State Budget, do not and the Grand Council (elected perimt putting aside their shar- Assembly) shall consist only of ing in the functioning of political Tunisiane instead of half Tuni- institutions. sans and hall

MUNICIPAL REFORM

a national convention of the present.

"It is important to keep these According to the French Press considerations in mind in study- Party here yesterday took this Agency, the Tunisian delegationing the future relations of our decision.

More which can only

than 1,200 delegate: onsidered that

two countries, a communica

from all over Britain approved last night from be foundeci on recognition of the 1 received

final character

The the French Government amount-

the reorganisation plans.

These ed to a

a refusal to consider the which unites ther:"

M Schuman recalled Tunisian demands

The

said that

the Franco-Tunisian agency

the under

August 1. 1950. that in Relegation noted

the agreement of "the

year's reforms. principle this was affirmed which the Tutusan Cabinet and Compuser for the first time in an official Grand Council are

half of Frenchmen and hall of Forument."

were to have been municipal re-

Communication

|of co-suvereignty

i

10 stress Its view Wils

Co-

ثورة

bond

The

1

રી

include the appoint- men of a paid Director-Genera! to her charge of Party organies-

and the

setting up of card membership scheme. unde.

The

Liberals direct de-

of scendants

Whig the great Pry at the 18th and 15th on- uns-had catastrophic losses in ae 1950 genarai člection win- ng enly nine of the 478 seats Ary con s'ed.

In the election of last October narrower they fought front, but fared no better, only 109 candidates

"The French Government, conscious of having on its side fulfilled the terms of the agree-

Бого

on a

By this the delegation wished Tunisians.

that there accompanied TI() justification in the forms. existing treaty arrangements frit claiming "rights to sovereignty as a valid reason

refusing Tunisian autonomy ment, feels entitled to ask the six of their

Bey of Tunis to carry out the A year

French Government agreed to reforms on the subject of municipal re-

this undertakings freely entered into being returned. Router. ending towards self-govern form which, in the eyes of the

Tunisia and 150 10 Pent providing that a large number uf Government pusts should reforth be filled by Tunisian

nationals.

ago

the

PERSIAN EXAMPLE

Thise reforms were welcomed at the time by the leaders of the new Destour moderate nationalist movement

repre- sented bv The Premier,

French Government, constitutes An indispensable Arst

step for Tunisian the development of democracy," he wrote.

The realisation

of this re- form constitutes the prior ron- tion for the application of any other reformn which might be

Opponents if the play ad- Wen- likely 10 be adopted untes an overwhelm-

envisaged," he added. vote turned out Mentevideo, which hms 472.000 red veters. The other 18 jept imunts were strongly for It, they said.

The referendum attracted Title pre-election interes! Advocates of the change sald it would permit the minority party to participate in the! Government and thereby dis- crurage revolution and diela - ofshup Opponents contended opposite that decision,

and red tape compramier such A Government woelt invite would-be strong mer attempt to take nyer

the

MEANING OF CHANGETM

10

Under the change.

Uruguay would still have u Cabinet,

To the Korean war, which last year cast its shadow over the world, has been added new con- flict in the Middle East, in the Suez Canal Zone and in Persia.

Bethlehem F

Mohammed Chenik-but at the same time were not considered

Sufficient.

Election In Pondicherry Boycotted

Pondicherry, Dec, 18. Polling for the election of 22 members from the capital, Pon- dicherry, to the French India Representative Assembly ended here today.

Only a small number of the electcrate cast their vote.

Verious

nationalist parlier, campaigning for a merger with

M. Schiuman suggested that of the retiring the mandate Grand Council, which expired on December 6, might be pro- longed to enable it to vote the 1952 Budget.

The Events in Persia, the Middle

French Government ; not refuse East and Egypt have undoubt does

to envisage edly contributed to the Tunisian the study of a modification of

the present and Old Jerusalem demands for a speeding up in

institution while In many countries, fear of

* state of autonomy. possible third World War, with under the rule of King Talal 1. reaching

maintaining that it is indispen the founder MIX of

In a statement to the Press sable to the errors of atom bombs on

preserve the continulty Kingdom,

King in Paris on new, unknown weapons, hattals Hashemite

Wednesday, of the representation of French-India of the four French settle ments --- Pondicherry, Karik÷1. Mohammed Chenik stated that men and Abdullah Ibn Hussein.

Tunisians in the the populave.

- boycotted Yanson and Mane in exchange for their demands Bey's Government, he said.

the elections. Nevertheless, the Christian There is still no peace between

the Tunisians offered sub-

The French India Socialist stantial guarantees for the rights giving words is preparing to celebrate Jordan and Israel.

Party, now in power, led by Christreas with as much joy and

Mr Edouard Goubert, Councillor merrimeak

for the French India Adminis pernit

tratton and Deputy for French

States, there

as local conditions!

!

of

the i

"The French Government

Its

1s representative In

of the French colony in Tunisia. Tunis instructions to form from GRIM REMINDERS

The old Destour-reactionary next January a Franco-Tunisian Silent reminders of the 1948 nationalist movement-ond the Mixed Commission charged

righting can be Tunisian Communist Party with studying the terms of Ja Cara la und the United Arab-Jewish

system which be bumpers atcng the four-mile tradi- were reported to be standing by representative wili

wrest the Grand Council of Tunisia. wire and death further concessions teeth, barbed

of this The the

conclusions traps of mines mark the French.

Commission would have to armizice lines.

a within There are about 162,000 returned Frenchmen in Tunisia, which time mit."-Reuter.

India in the French National the enly Party Assembly, was

H festivities. But in most other oral route from Jerusalem to ready to exploit any fallure of might be called upon to contesting all the 22 seats,

Bethlehem. where dragons' the new Desfour

House of Deputies and Senate. The majority

Colorado Party would nominate six men Council to the fret Executive for a term of three years, th minority Herrerista Party would nominate three inen. Thereafter the Council would be elected by direct popular vote for a four- year term.

President Andros Martinez Trucbu of the Colorado Party. it is believed, would be the first Chairman of the Council. The other Colonado members would be Senators Arlonio Rublo and Francisco Forteza, two Ministers, Hector Alvarez Cina and Lul Alberto Brause, and Dr Eduardto the defeatedi Blanco Acevedo, candidate in the last Presidential election in 1950,

The three Herrerista members would be Senators Martinez Echegoyen and Roberto Berro and Alvaro Fargas, a lawyer, it is believed-Associated Press.

UN Official Held Up

At Frontier

Tel-Aviv, Dec. 16. Bruce McDaniel, newly- appointed Director of the United Nations Technical Co-operation Administration in Israel, was stopped by Lebanese frontier authorities today from crossing into the Jewish State.

Mr McDaniel was going to Israel in connection with the American aid granted in Ipol under the Mutual Security Act.

A member of the American Embassy in Tel-Avly who went to Beirut to accompany Mr MeDaniel here was reported to have been permitted by the Lebanese authorities to cross tits constal road in the no-man's- and between the two countries.

But they refused to allow Mr McDaniel to go along. He had to return to Beirut, whence ho Ja expected to reach Israel by

ان

countries Christendom, the

will degree of luxury

deper | greatly upon ability to pay.

prizes and

But those

Ta Jordan-controlled Bethle

to

from

forging wages on nst countries hem, desert troops of the Arab as a native population of 3-

500,000. keep the pocket of the average Legion will mount guard out-

Included among the French an empty, there are probably side the Church of the Nativity, Tex who, when Christmas Day most ancient shrine of Christen- are a number of Italian settlers laws, will not have managed at

at dom. least some litle "extra" with which to celebrate the festival with the chil tren.

But

In Tunisia

who were granted Frerich ná- turalisation after the war. Many

1 only

few hundred of the Frenchmen pilgrims will travel this year to occupy minor Government posts.

Reuter. In Jerusalem, the cradle of the ancient church, built over Christianity, there is little of the manger and the grotto where either peace or goodwill.

Jesus Christ was born.

CENTRE OF UNREST

The traditional road to Bethle- hem, over which thousands used

FRANCE'S VIEWS

that the

definite

East Germany

To Purge Libraries

to

Haji Mohammed Ismad. In- formation member in the present Council of Government, who had filed his nomination ES an Independent, announced today the withdrawal of his candida- ture as he did not intend to take an active part in politics for some

time.

A number of nationalist par- ties campaigning for a merger of the four French Indian settle- ments with India boycotted the present election-Reuter.

Vietminh Put

Up Fight

Parls, Dec. 18. France is prepared to study On Christmas Eve, the bells to flock from all parts of the Grand Council but is determined further reforms in the Tunisian

Berlin, Dec, 18. of the Church of the Nativity, worid, in what used to be one

is about East Germany ringing out from the humble of the most

160,000 country's

over 7,000 public colourful pageants Frenchmen shall continue to be purge her Judaean village of Bethlehem, of the year, will be used only represented.

libraries of about nine million will

опсе again bring their by the Diplomatic Corps going

and foreign 112- This was made clear in the German

Hanoi, Dec 16... Christian message of hope to a to Midnight Mass.

books, the West letter from the French Foreign desirable"

Operations in the Hanol aren war-threatened world.

But the land over which they

Across the lines. curiosity. Minister, ML Robert Schuman, Berlin Social Democratic news are new developing near Mourn resound

to the

Premier, paner Telegral, clamed today Bavi, cast of the Black River. is in the centre of the seeking Israelis will watch that Mohammed Chenik, which was On Government orders the storm of unrest which is

same night the services at the sweeping the countries of the Church of the Annunciation in ancient world.

Nazareth, where red-capped Shots in neighbouring Egypt military police of the fare

throughou. the region, Military Governor will be res. where rising tempers, fanaticism ponsible for maintaining order. and hatred are in evidence, from Reuter. Teheran to he Suez Canol.

echo

The Holy Land itself, divided between

the Hashemite King-

dom of Jordan and the State o Israel, is no exception to the general rule.

Journalist's Death

#

New Rochelle, NY, Dec. 10. Mr

C. John

Oestreicher,

Tunisian

Published today.

It is in

Highlight of the operation's campaign is to begin next week

was when Franco- a Tunisian and will be completed by

the tonight

attacked en Vietnamese forces reply to

for middle of March next year,

circled Vietminh units who put note of October 31 asking

added. further reforms.

resistance. up a stout.

ing

ΑΠ German novels aud The Vietminhs fought until M. Schuman began by remind-

the Tunisians that nearly scientific books "deviating from death and tried to kill as many the whole of the Tunisian extra- the line of Socialist ideology,

French and Vietnamese as pos well as works by Sven Hedin, sible before being annihilated. amounting to a ordinary budget,

Bertrand Russeli.

The operations were mopping third of the country's whole of Sweden,

the budget expenditure, and provid- of England, and Upton

up operations limited to Nacbinh aton. ing for such things as hydro- of America, would be

Last electric works, modernisation of

week librarians from CRAS In discussing

In order to avoid unnecessar agriculture, health and schools, over Germany,

Berlin how to make their losses, Franco-Vietnamese fak was paid for by France.

of fantry taking part in the opera "In this civilising work the libraries "firm stronghold,

decided to add more tions first Torated 15e Vietminht French in Tunisia have played peace,"

Jordan's Moslem monarch was

assassinated only recently sune's throw from the Church foreign news directer of the In- of the Holy Sepulchro International News Service, died

an essential part, which no one Soviet books to their shelves who were later destroyed b Jerusalem sind, for the first time, in hospital, here today after a Christmas will be celebrated long liness. He was 46.-Reu- would think of contesting," M. and instruct librarians to study" artillery and air force-France this year in the Holy cities ofter.

ALTHOUGH I SAY ITu

MYSELF

Schuman wrote.

IVE GOT A GRAND SHOW OF LATE ROSES,

YES DARLING

Stalin's works. Reuter.

Presse.....

Blooming cheek

AND THE Look wor

ஒரு

SPECIALIAN DESTIN

You de kopion by cokenliffe.

bu iki lay the about your 'trakicka

CHINE