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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER - 17, 1952.

Fight To British Speculation

"Get In First"

Strugglo For Oil

*(From ERIC GREY)

Rome, Sept. 16.

A fight to "get in first"" } with Premier Mossadegh's National Iranian Oll Com

pany has developed between two rival oll groups centred

In Rome.

Over Future

Relations With Egypt

London, Sept. 16.

British Ministers today, nearly a year after the denunciation of the Anglo-Egyptian Friendship Treaty of 1936 by the then Wafd Government of Egypt, are anxiously studying the possibility of an understanding with Egypt's new Prime Minister and Military Governor General Moham- med Naguib. the free-

Group No. 1 is run by. Count Etore Della Zones,

enterprising Italian who was the Arst man, to fight the Anglo- Iranian ban by exporting Per- sinn of: Group No. 2 ts head- ed by a good looking unh-blonde, Garageziu, an adven- Sadika turous businesswoman of Egypt jan descent who is married to the prominent official of

R

Shan's court, Madame,

Is 35. began who

Career

First estimates in London of the impact of General Naguib's Government on Anglo-Egyptian relations have been cautions.

Since he first became a dominant influence in Egyptian life after his military coup d'etat in July and the subsequent abdication of King Farouk, General Naguib has exercised considerâ ble restraint in his comments on Anglo- Egyptian relations.

in Cairo DR. MALAN

her business during the war manufacturing cosmetics. Then she bought a freighter which plied between Italian and Middle Eastern ports. She spent six months on board

once.

"We must

Now she is after bigger game. She

Rome a krrived in

Ier* weeks ago, get a number of Genoa shipowners together and formed a company.

she explained. have tankers," but she would have nothing to do with Delia Zonco, who was also in search of tankers.

PLENTY OF ROOM

Zonen claims that she has no contract with the Persians and describes her as "of no con-

in this business." sequence

To which Madame rejoined, sweetly: that there was plenty of room for everybody" in Per -slan oil.

GETTING

IMPATIENT

The South Minister, Dr Daniel Malan, said today that South Africa getting Impatient protectorates issue,

appeal to General Nagull's When he became the virtuai dictator of Egypt in the first the Egyptian people has beent through on the platform of internal week of September.

on the the resignation of the Govern-reforms, particularly

and his twin Issues of land reform and Aly Maher ment of assumption of the posts of the purge of corruption. Prime Minister and War Mini- that for ter It was evident

considerable period of domestic Issuck would más! uf General

ter.

some

time.

EXTREMIST INFLUENCE

cause

.

In all this there has been much

for satisfaction all among

there Western seriously hope countries which Such comments as he made for better relations with Egypt on relation with Britain Capetown. Sept. 10.

and in

the future- and which that connection. African Prime ina

on the believe that Egypt must always whole question of Middle East be the keystone

In any plan during the early phase for the defence of the Middle was defence about the of his ascent to power, showed East.

no fundamental dislike of A

which The note of caution -regional security plan for the General. Naguib's assumption of the "It is intolerable that

Middle

supremne power in September Unian should have inside its own

introduced into British thinking borders territories

the dicated under

that he wished to was due fundamentally to the control of another power. That

secure anns and equipment unverified fear that he WAR is an invasion of our sovereignty from the Western Powers

being pushed on by extremist and freedom," he told the Cape terms

elements of which he might not be in full control.

General In the initial period at any in Egypt on

Naguib came to power General Naguib showed reform, not as the Wald rate, Dr Malan was referring to the question

of the worpora- that he was not

prepared to unti-British use

feeling tion of the British Protteturates

East General Naguib even

which

on

would presume

Congress of the National Party. some degree of friendly rela- meeting at Strand, near Cape- tions.

town.

Recently Madame told her friends to expect news of terrific deal". Then without a of Bechuanaland, Swaziland, xenophobia as the

and Bas

or

Wald has

In the past

to bid for

done word, she packed her bags aff Basutoland.

the populur support. the fashionable Excelsior Hotel

pf The incorporation and took f by plane for protectorates would be mude Teheran.

next general issue at the What had happened?

election, he stated. » Zonca's

American associates, Dr Malan said: "It is easy for

and

George Waldron Nelson, had

Count

Richard the British Government to say

day arrived the before in Iran with oil tankero to a Prime Minister, but it

broker Roy Carter

to ready

(or

very m

much more dieult them to say no to a parlia--

pledge ships to the Persians on inent or a dominion,"

behalf of important owners

They attended

In his view every candidato B full-dress at the next election should conference with Mossadegh and be

asked whether

he would

Mr Alton Jones and Madame support a parliamentary peti- has no ships-London Expression to the British Government, Service.

RESIGNATION

OF MINISTER

he added-Reuter.

Scientists To Confer

Unhappy End Of A Ballet

Geneva, Sept. 16. Fifteen disconsolute Spanish dancers boy and girl nem- bers of the "Ballet Madrid" -- Rre tonight on their way home lo Spain, after a sudden end to their show.

a programme

of

enme

to power

a year ago on an anti-British campaign.

He has made it

it impossible for any Egyptian

to. shelve party reform of widespread corrup lon by

awakening, and then- promising to satisfy, a popular

International Council Of Women

Egypt's leading suffragette, Men Dorla Shafik, attended the opening of the International successful Council for Women at Reading University. Mrs Shafik, 34-year-old wife of Calro lawyer, founded the Daughters of the Nile three years ago to campaign for women's

will Aliss Gisele vote, Mrs Dorla" Shank (right) Is seen hero at the meeting (Argentina) on left and Miss Duchene, of Belgium, → Expro sa Photo.

Indian Effort

World May Be

Turning Point

New York, Sept. 16.

Success or failure of India and other Asian countries to create an alternative to Communism in Asia might mark “one of those historic turning points which determine the flow of events for many generations."

So says Mr Chester Bowles, United States Ambassador to India, in an article published here today.

clamour against the presence of British troops In the

the Canal Zone. Reform and social progress are now issues which have been brought squarely before the Egyptian public: But it is re cognised here that foreign polley issues cannot for ever be pushed into the background. Some time or other the relationship of the new Egypt to Britain, to

tho 000 West and to the Maldle East Command proposals will have to be clarified.

VITAL QUESTIONS

most practicable Writing in "Foreign Affairs", a quickest, quarterly published by the means to raise living standards. influential Council on Foreign

"Thus the future of Asia, and Retations, Mr Bowles sald: "For

the competi- the visitor who looks below the eventually the world balance of surface there is a new and im power, may rest

India surface

and Com- mensely exciting India-a five-lon between democratie year-old demoersey of 100,000,- on the

munist China on the other," he people, working earnestly and with considerable success to cald. solve their country's slaggering problems.

'one hand.

free world."--Reuter,

in succeeds "It Democracy

hap- India, regardless of what pens in China, millions of Asian "The outcome of this great doublers will develop new faith Indian effort will profoundly In themselves, in their ancient The attitude to these questions affect the world in which we cultures, and in the ideals of the which will be taken after Egypt | live. has passed through the social The ballet appeared in Geneva revolution on whose brink the and Montreux but cane to

a Governmen! now stando, will The Hague, Sept. 10.

stop in Lausanne, and on Satur-depend, it is thought here, not European Council for day a dozen girls and four boys only on General Naguib, if he is came to Geneva in a body, told still in power, but on these two Nuclear Research will hold #ession-- Amsterdam_ Irdin

other..vital Spanish Consul-General

qucationa October 4 to October 0 to that they had

money and choose the locution of the pro-wanted to be sent home. He sent jeered

Nuclear European

Re-the girls to a Catholic home and found a place for the boys to search Laboratory.

Several countries, including stoy,

Netherlands, Swit- as im France, the

"They had no money to pay Denmark, have

Vienna, Sept. 10. Dr Otto Tschadek, Austrin's Secialist Justice Minister, re- signed today and was replaced by Dr Josef Gerve, non-party President of the Supreme Pro- vincial Court.

Dr Geroe

Minister Was Justice from 1945 to 1949.

of

Dr Tschadek told his party that he wanted to make way for

a non-party Minister,

The

portant canes involving politi-zerland

and

a

the

10

einns would shortly come before treatly offered sites.-France-official said today, Spania

the courts. Reutuer,

18

Pressu.

A British Crossword Puzzle

27

10

ACROSS

8

15

16

20

22

126

28

1 Make hostile inroad (8).

5 Foolish (5).

Before long (4).

9 Timorous (0).

11 Indeterminate (5).

1 Take for granted (6).

14 Ancestor (4).

10 Material (5),

in Points made (5).

10

10 Meadows (4).

20 Ship's boat (8),.

DOWN

1 salon name

(4). 2nd a girl's name (4).

-3 Platform (4).

4 Tolerate (8).

6 Opposite (7)..

望

Fishermen (7).

Chosen by

vote (7).

10-On

13 Soi

the move (5).

Set upart. (7).

C

14 Weeping convulsively (7).

15 Saved (7):

17 Agog. (5).

19 Brood (6).

24

Farewell (6).

26 Container for youp (6)..

.21 Melody (4).

27 Inelted (6).

23 Bring up (4).

20 Bo sorry (0).

20 Flat (4).

23 Join closely (4).

YESTERDAY'S: CROSSWORD-Across: 1 Bates; 4 Prised,

1. The standpoint of his chief supporters at that time,

2. The stability of the coun- try as a whole,

The

fact that has recently disquieted opinion in London, where hopes of a long-term understanding with. Egypt have revived a little, is the recently rev The unhappy dancers appearinglusion of known extremists in ed today

police General Naguib's first Cabinet. at Ceneva station. The Premiore Bait- If it is true that the pace and seuse, who owns the show, had scale of land reform is being compinined to the police that dictated by extremist backers, they had taken with them when their influence may also dietate they left, all their stage clothes the subsequent decisions of which belonged to her.

foreign policy questions.

Bags full of stage costumes in gaudy colours with hats and shoes and ballet finary were brought into the police station and examined,

Later the dancers left by train for Matric-Router.

be

British

Scientists'

Success

be used

ANTI-WESTERN

"Indeed, the success or failure of the effort being made in india countries to and other Asian create an alternative to Com- munism in Asia may mark oue of those historic turning points which determine the flow of events for many generations."

German Action

Under Fire

Shaw

Planning The Biggest

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