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CORRECT "on orall occasions

VULCAIN

SWISS

MADE

COMMENT OF

THE DAY E

Mau Mau Problem

M

TR. Oliver Lyttelton's Admission in the House of Commons this week that the situation in Kenya had become worse merely con- firmed what the news of the day made apparent, The expectations of Mau Mac terrorism being quickly stamped out by strong punitive measures have not been fulfilled. The Mau Mau society has a much stronger grip on. the nativo population than WRA suspected when it first began operations, and there are disconcerting signs that the Kikuyus are unwilling to ronist the coercive influence of the terrorists. Recriminations against the Authorities for allowing the secret society to develop and flourish, serve no useful purpose al this time. Nevertheless it is a matter for wonder that the Kenya Government did not possess fuller information about the existence of the Mau Mau in the early stages of its development: or, if it did possess the knowledge, morn energetic mensures

word

not taken immediately to render the organisation Innocuous. A situation has now been created where it is necessary to apply the practice of communal punishment and

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No. 35371-

Established 1845

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1952.

Commonwealth

Conference Begins

NOT A CRISIS MEETING

SAYS CHURCHILL

London, Nov. 27.

The Prime Minister. Mr Wins'on Churchill, told the Commonwealth Prime Ministers meeting here tonight that their talks would be vital for the future prosperity of the Commonwealth.

In a 10-minute address of welcome to the statesmen of eight over- seus countries, Mr Churchill declared that they were about to embark on a planning conference not a crisis meeting.

This was the difference between the present gathering and the previous postwar Commonwealth finance conferences, Mr Churchill said. heads of delegations After Mr Churchill's address of welcome, all the made brief replies.

Astor's

£974,700

Estate

London, Nov. 27. Viscount Astor left

Flavenga

Mr

were

Mr Nicholas

of headed by their Finance Minis- South Africa said the ultimate ters, because their Prime Minis-

of the conference's ters, SUCCOSA

Jawaharlal Nehru efforts to restore convertibility and Dr Daniel Malan,

to London, of sterling and freer multilateral unable to trade depended largely on the

FIRST TASK willingness of the United States to face the

creditor position in reter in relation to the rest of the world.

settlement, we

Was

slatesmen

H

The

their held Cabinet room meeting in the at No. 10 Downing Street, Mr Churchill's official residence. He said: "When the United Their task tonight was to agree Kingdom occupied the position on procedural arrangements so cin get world's financial centre that the conference of the arrests in order to wrest

the

generally down right away tomorrow to and sterling power from the Mau Mau. This type of action has

the sterling accepted means of international the job of drawing up a master

were not faced plan for putting

urea economy on firm foot- earned the criticism of Mr British estate of £974,700, with a persistent shortage of Griffith, former Labour the bulk of it going to the starling. This was for the sim- ing. Colonial

Before sitting round the table who tax collector, his eldest son ple reason that the United King- sees in it the danger of and his Virginia-born wife, dom was preparing not only to the delegation leaders who are

by to imports from accompanied

20 other turning the whole of the Lady Nancy Astor.

open its doors other countries but also to in-ministers and teams of advisers, Kikuyu tribe against the

The will of the New York-vest. Its surplus carnings in the were filmed by television and British authorities as well

born nobleman, who died on development of the resources in newsreel cameras. Each In tur September 30 at 73, was filed for the outside world."

exchanged greetings with Mr Churchill before the lenses. probale today but made no men- Mr Havenga Baid conditions

The first Prime Minister to tlon. of his American Iortune, had changed materially since

efforts arrive at Downing Street was the founded by his German im- then, But

Mr Louis St. Laurent of Canada. migrant great grandfather, John which the sterling area wale was accompanied by hit Death duties took £500;1830king to put its own house in Finance Minister, Mr Douglas

order were matched by a corres- Abbott,

As the white settlers in Kenya and other parts of East Afrlen.

Jacob Astor.

unless

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Bevan Elected To Shadow Cabinet

London, Nov. 27.

POSTPONED Spiteful Speech By Vyshinsky

United Nations, Nov. 27.

The United Nations Political Committee to- night postponed its vote, on the Indian compromise Korean peace resolution in the hope of reaching the final ballot tomorrow,

"The decision to adjourn without a vote follow- ed one of Mr Andrei Vyshinsky's most invective- laden speeches, in which the Russian Foreign Minister referred to the Australian delegato as a "country bumpkin" and the Canadian as a "lapdog" and rejected the Indian measure again as an “un- worthy, rotten resolution".

.

Desplie Mr Vyshinsky's ип- "No amount of insulte OF yielding opposition, passage of epithets will affect me in any the Indian resolution was monuer," he said. "I simply issured with overwhelming claregard them. and remember support and with official

con

the Krylov table in my country firmation that the United of the lapdog who barked at an States would vote for it. A felephant. minor addition contained in The Inpdog sld: 'Let all know I am a big shot tecauce I dared to bark at an elephant." "I think rather poor lapdogs

the Danish amendment was certain to be adopted.

in

also

Mr Vyshinsky held the stage

otherwise an

jack-lustre have been elected allegorically

afternoon session. He retreated speaking, of course." from the position taken i!! วล

▾

*hia

previous speeches only by deny-

COUNTRY BUMPKIN

ing angrily that he had sought Later ho turned on to impugn in any way India's Australian Ambassador, integrity in introducing. compromise formula.

tho

the Percy Spender, who had spokers

and

carlier in the debate, The Soviet Minister sald Mr demanded: "Did you come here Lealic Knox Munro of New from a village where no newes

hod Zealand

charged

If you that papers are pubilshed? the Russia "spurned"

Indian did, we cannot have a discLES – fon. A country bumpkin is a resolution.

country bumpkin

DENIES CONTEMPT

Of the resolution itself, Mar Vyshinsky

"I warn the "That is incorrect," be stated. "Where did I display contempt? this unworthy, retten resolution, Committee against adoption of Only because I rejected the re- There must be some modicum solution? Did I in any way of logde here. This is an attempt. Inpum the honour of the In- to distort reality" dian delegation? When the

should not

Menon is honest."

Mr

20

President asked me, I said that Australia carllor had charged Mr Menon was honest. It was that the Soviet proposal for s asked of me tactlessly. We immediato ceasefire was an ers

pimed pedlent

at holding discuss whether United Nations prisoners Vyshinsky

ky is honest or Mr hostages" so the political ends the Soviet Union hoped which Krishna. Menon, who to gain in the Far East could be drafted the Indian compromise attained. on Instructions from the Indian Sir Percy Spender lashed out Prime Minister, Mr Jawaharlal engrily at the newest Soviet He derided Nehru, served notice that he in- peace proposals. tended to speak tomorrow after-amendments to the Indian draft

presented by Mr Vyshinsky. Senor Joao Carlos Muniz, who convey to the world the im The Committee chairman, Ho sald that Russia desired to

| ́had hoped to get a vote on the pression" "that" the Soviet Union

Indian measure

today

re had a monopoly on the desire the 60- dor peace not only in Korea luctantly adjourned

but in the world at large" nation group. the

Left-wing Labourite Aneurin Bevan was elected on Thursday to the Labour Party's "Shadow Cabinet" in, the House of Commons.

Members of this 12-man group will fill Cabinet posta Steel Bill in the event of a change in governments. Given 2nd

THE fact that such extreme measures have had to be adopted also suggests that the Government's attempts

Only a handful of spectators to win the

more than half the total. The ponding willingness by the United active co- operation of the tribal chiefs eldest son, the third Viscount States to facilitate imports and saw the statesmen drive up one gets the residue after generous increase overseas Investments, he by one in their limousines flying have not mot with

provision for Lady Astor,

could see

the world the penints of their respective hope of по substantial measure of Viscount Astor, best known achieving the objectives of the countries. Reuter. success. It is not difficult to las 4 newspaper and race International Monetary Fund and appreciate the dilemma horse owner, wrote a special GATT (the General Agreement which confronts the Kenya clause in his will disinheriting ou Trade and Tariffs), Government. It is

"children" who are not Pro- up any against a

well organized testants.

The English will left nothing secret society which inds it

four younger children, to his easy to prey on the

who

were provided for out of superstitious susceptibili- the American estate, ties of the natives to such a The Viscount named his conference degree that even those most brother, John Jacob Astor,Sterling has now taken a plunge, willing to

loyal Chairman of the London Times, It must swim and not sink. remain to the Authorities find thema- together with the third Viscount plan must be evolved." selves driven

by fear to and other relatives to adminis- accept the dictates of the ter the estate, Мли

Mau. It has

thus

India's Finance Minister, Mr Chintaman Deshmukh, sald hel was convinced the conference

would go down as a landmark inj economic history,

"I cannot conceive of such a failing he said.

A

CONFIDENT The Prime Ministers of the inct Commonwealth

Reading

London, Nov. 27. The House of Commons He ordered them to use as British

cosh as become virtually impossible much

they deemed confidently here tonight in the by 305 votes to 269 tonight to distinguish between will necessary to meet the adequate biggest bid yet made to cure the approved the government Requirements" of his widow, ailing pound sterling and inject Bill to restore the state- ing and active members of who was Britain's first woman new life to world trade. the Mau May and those Member of ParlamentAsso-

All, except their Chairman, owned steel industry to natives who have been ciated Press.

the Prime Minister, Mr Winston private hands. Churchill, of Britain, had flown

coerced into the movement,

and the wholesale round-up

of Kikuyus together with

the confiscation of their Disastrous

cattle appears to be the only

action left which will Nairobi Fire

enable the Government

effectively to suppress the

Nairobi, Nov, 27. Pillars of smoke TOSC

thousands of miles through bad

By this majority of 36 vates, wenther to take part in a ten- the House gave the Bill its

we

day con

conference, which may second reading-agreement to its

affect the wealth and happiness broad principles. of a quarter of the woriti's

Bevan, leader of a group; Parliamentary debates for the demanding more rigid Social Opposition. On such occasions at home, had to wait until the their words are taken as. second round of voting to win official party viewpoint. one of the 15 Shadow Cabinet

places. He was soundly trounced in the first round balloting last wock, when six places "wero Alloc

Bevan, who never has shown any repentence for his open attacks on Attlee and the Moderate Socialists, thus is in a strange position.-Associated

Bevan and six of his chief Press, lieutenants were candidates. But

he was the only one among them

to climb into the Parliamentary

Bevan, who preaches a doctrine of less British dependence on Ammerlea, has been at olds with the Moderato leadership of the party, headed by former Prime Minister Clement Attice. for some years.

party's policy-making group. Labour Win

Bye-Election

London, Nov. 27. He and former President of the

Labour retained their Par- Board of Trade, Harold Wilson, Hamentary seat today in the The vote came as the end of a quit the Labour government Farnworth division bye-election. pation.

two-day debate.

back dr April 1951, in a row over

In A bye-election was held meeting lasted for a The Labour party nationalised the tougher socialism issac. Uttle over an hour. The second all the big arms in February Wilson

the the constituency today to fil will be held at the 1951. session

It has said it will Bevanite candidates who failed seat left vacant by the death of British Treasury tomorrow nationalise them again when the to get elected to the Shadow Mr George Tomlinson, Minister

of Education returns morning

partyment

to power.

Cabinet. Australian Prime Minis- The

Labour government. spokesmen Government

Mau Mau. Nevertheless it would appear to remain an thousand feet over Nairobi to- important responsibility of night as a raging fire consumed the Administration to con- a market in the industrial for

ter, Mr Robert Menzies, had claimed that their proposals

were described

tinue to seek the assistance suburb, where the body of an even left a sick bed to journey would take the industry out of of the loyal tribal chlofs in African leader was found hack- 12,000 miles to talks, which party

This would be exerting to the full theired to pieces earlier today.

as "the most party politice. done through

which a board influence over the natives to The fire swept through

supervise the industry in resist the coercive activities shanty town of wooden shacks 20 years"

The nations represented are: the public interest, of the Mau Mau. For if the whore African traders sold cloth-

Australia, Britain,

The board would be represen- Government loses the coming for other goods.

Ceylon, India, New Zealand, iative of the employers, workers Europeans and hundreds fidence of the loyal tribes-African police and firemen fought. Pakistan, South Africa, Southern and government. men, the task of eradicating the flames as they swept the Rhodesia and the Colonies.

This was a "middle of the Mau Mauism may become hall square mic market. The delegations of two edun-road" concentration of private impossible.

Reuter.

tries, India and South Africa, are coonomic power in Biltain

Router.

the important Empire meeting for you a board which

of

FRENCH PATROLS PUSH OUT

FROM BESIEGED NASAM

Hanol, Nov. 27.

Canada,

Famous London

Figure

Passes

was one of

IN LAST PLACE

the

former

The reports announced night gave. Labour

tow

'reduced

The result in a straight fight between Labour and Conserva- tive candidates was:

(Labour) Ernest, Thornton

Of the six elected on Thurs- day, Bevan came last.

The Ave others all are long-majority compared with the last time supporters of Attlee. Ceneral election.

Those elected on Thursday, in addition to Bevan, were:

Dr Edith Summerskill, for mer Health

Emanuel Minister Skinwell, former Defence Minis 21,834 lor; Philip Noel, Baker, former Relations Minis- Commonwealth ter: Glenville Hall,. former

portive) 14,015 Financial Secretary to the Trea-

H. Donald-Moore (Constrva—.

Labour majority of 7,210 The same seat was won by sury; and Sir Frank Soskich, Labourat the last general former Solicitor-General. ་་.;

The als elected last week Labour - Conservative

election, Alem, in astraight

Ede, formerly Horne

Officers Killed

Car Crash

In

Augsburg. Germany, Nov. 27.

fight were James Grinths, former with a majority of 0,185,-Neu- Colonial Secreinry:

Chuter ter.. Secretary Hugh Galtskell,

former cellor of the Exchequer, Alfred London, Nov. 27 Robens, former Labour Minis-

Hugh Dalton, another They burled Emmy (Lovely. Ber;

of the onetime Chancellor

EX- Violets") Baker on Thursday, The Communist besiegers of French-held Nasam allowed the outnumbered

choquet

and James Callaghani She had been a flower seller in defenders to push out patrols today in a cat and mouse game which left the High London's Piccadilly Circus for up-and-coming Labourite. Junior

00 yeard.

minister who had the post of Command guessing when the main Red assault might come.

radio listeners, Admiralty in Attlee's aid mort

ad-Force officers, belloved to be Vietminh mortar the mountainous Black River Her voice was familiar to Parliament Sexretary to the Reconnaladce patrols of 1 was

Violets, ministration.

from bases in France, were Algerian rillemen and sure-bombardment on one sector of Jungles 117 miles west of Hanol because her cry of

'Deputy Mr Attlee,

ty Leader killed early today when their violets," was purt of. the

Horbert Morrison, and Labourite car siddded into a truck south probed "several kilometres" small damage among the deeply coolie columns were bombed and

popular Floor Leader William Whiteley of here, the Army announced. Jolated French strong-entrenched defenders.

strafed. French planes dropped show In Town Tonight

The dead have not yet been hold without meeting the French aviation, meanwhile, napalm bomba wherever they Mrs Baker was, 78. Her pitch get Shadow Cabinet seats auto-

identined: Their names will ba camouflaged anemy, according took advantage of the continued could spot the characteristic in the Circus has been taken matically, without voting. to a bealiquarters communique. clear weather to attack three Vietminh sleeveless padded green over by her daughter-AssoOne of the big jobs of Shadow released after next of kin have

elated Frons

Cabinet" members la to opari been notifed-Bruter. The only other major activity! Vietminh regimenis gaibered in jackets-United Press,

Footcil local ~~~Thai: tribesmon] the Nasam defences. It 'caused Footpaths used by Communist "lovection to the

from the

וי

Three United States Afr

noon.

Eleven speakers were heard today and all, except Mr communist partner from Byclo- and Mr Kiselev, his Russia; endorsed

Indian proposal.

Mr Vyslunsky started by taking asue with Mr Paul

the

Sir Percy gave fils: support to the twice-amended rosolu- hold out tion, adding that it seemed

Boma chance

He acknowledged. Agreement.

rejection Russia's unqualified the plan and said, tressing beyond any words that

to for

of

is dis

Martin of Canada, whom he ac- I am capable of using to find cused of indulging in personall-

GO intransigent an attituda ties.

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