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COMMENT OF THE DAY

Housing And

Reform

EMBERS of the long-

Mkoux Reform Club have:

emphatically restated the evils and difficulties of the Colony's housing problem, but it cannot, in all honesty, be claimed that they advanced very far in sugges- ting a realistic solution, No

made attempt WAB analyse the practicabilities of the various proposals put forward. Ono suggestion

to

was that further controls on rentals should be applied. Theoretically this would protect tenanta from exploitation; unfortunately in practice, as it has long been domonstrated, there are many ways of defeating both the spirit and letter of restrictive legislation, Moreaver, excessive Govern- ment interference is liable to discourage private enter- prise from investing capital in housing development. Nor is the argument that Government should assume full responsibility for meet- ing housing needs wholly convincing. It would involve additional burdens on the taxpayers who are relatively few In proportion to the population and many of whom already have their own rental demands to meet, The most appropriate sug- gestion is the creation of building societies, but here again there has been a marked lack of interest by the community in such schemes. Endeavours have been made to establish u building society for the benefit of the middle bracket income

but group,

the response suggested either there was no real desire to be associated with scheme, or that its initial Anancing was beyond the means of those for whom it was intended. To date the popular demand has been that some one should do something about providing proper housing at low rentals, but little evidence of self-help has been visible. for The Reform Club, example, ̈--might--advance- beyond verbal criticism and explore the practicability of itself aponsoring a Building Society.

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CHINA MAIL

No. 35466

Established 1845

TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1958.

British Trading

Restrictions

With Red China

CONSULTATIONS WITH INDIA, PAKISTAN

AND CEYLON

London, Mar. 23.

Britain is now consulting India, Pakistan, Ceylon and other govern- ments about her recent decision to tighten restrictions on British shipping trading with China ports.

The government has been asked in the House of Commons if con- sultations had started with these countries since Mr Anthony Eden's re- cent talks with Mr John Foster Dulles, American Secretary of State, on the shipment of strategic materials to China.

on

this

Mr John Foster, Under-Secretary for. Common- wealth Relations, replied: "Consultations subject are now taking place with the governments of with other and Ceylon, as well as India, Pakistan. governments.

with ex-

"Such consultations are, in accordance tablished Commonwealth practice, confidential and I am not, therefore, in a position to make a statement,"

In his recent

Chiang Advances

Washington talks, Mr Eden, the Foreign A New Idea

Secretary, agreed to introduce a new system of licensing Vessels registered in Britain and the colonies to prevent strategic materials from non-British sources being carried to China by British ships,

He agreed to additional measures designed to ensure that no ships of the Soviet bloc or other nationality carrying strategic cargoes to China should be bunkered. in a British port.

He also undertook to try to secure the co-operation of other maritime and trading countries in measures de- signed to exclude the shipment of strategic materials to the China mainland.---Reuter.

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Can't Find Trygve Lie Successor

United Nations, Mar. 24.

The Security Council will abandon its present attempt to find a successor to Mr Trygve Lio na Secretary General, unless there is a break by today in the dead- lock, a highly placed in- formant predicted tonight.

This source sold that no pro- gress had been made in the efforts of the Big Five and the Counell in the last two weeks to find a candidate acceptable Both to

and to the the West Soviet Union.

Ho added that today's meet- ing of the Security Council also looked like being unproductive and

in It was probable that, the absence of any agreement, the Counell would decide not to try further to find a candidate at this time.

The General Assembly can appoint a new Secretary General only on the recommendation of the the Security Council and Big Five-Britain, Franco, the United States, Russia and Na- tionalist China-must all concur In the recommendation.

Mr Andrei Vyshinsky of the

Paris, Mar. 23. British Chancellor of the Ex-Soviet Union will become Pre- Mr R. A. Butler, chequer, today gave the Organisation for European sideat of the Security Council Economic Co-operation a promise and an announcement in April in place of Professor A.S. Bokhari of Pakistan, under designed to calm Continental fears of his policies.

He promised the Continentals that Britain would the monthly; system of rotation. not leave them in the lurch in aiming at Sterling com- vertibility.

NO AGREEMENT

The Five Powers met again yesterday at the request of the Security Council.

His announcement of in- Mr Butler's statement to the ercased British spending on Council today, following a briet

Afterwards it was stated that Imports and foreign travel will statement from Mr Eden, re- allow the Continent to earn vealed little more than the House more views had been exchanged, the Sterling it needs to go an of Commons and the public but that there had been no "Unwarranted" Says buying British goods.

generally has already been told agreement; of the plan-Reuter." US Spokesman

France In particular

and Italy were faced with the de cision. to eut Imports from Britain unless they couki carn mote Sterling to pay for them. Mr Butler spoke to his Con- tinental colleagues in the

Council

for European

session

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The British Foreign Secretary, Mr Anthony Eden, presided over of Foreign and Finance Ministers from 18 non- Communist nations,

the

The

3 GUERILLAS

SLAIN

Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 23. Matayan and Thai police kill-

An

the Counell gives up the attempt to clioose a candidate now, the General Assembly.' will probably nak Mr Lie to wittidraw the resignation which the an- nounced inst Novembar and to

agree to continue in office mail the end of his term next Fobruary,

This would mean that the issue would again come up when the General Assembly meets In September.

The Security Council has voted on four candidates and eight arca security squad other names have been before the.

Only one ambushed two armed uniformed Big Five.

of the four, Mr Reds at Kroh, northwest of Lester B. Pearson of Canada, Perak State, a few yards from received the required majority the Thalland border.

vote of seven. Actually he ob- A Thai police patrol oporating tained nine votes with one British representatives in the Ayer Bercham district of

- LONG-TERM-AIM

New York, Mar. 29 Nationalist Chinese leader. Chiang Kai-shek was quoted today as saying. that the

Washington, Mar. 23. anti-Communist armies in

An "unwarranted seizure" Korea, Indo-China' and For- mosa should be consolidated was how Mr Michael Mc-. under a single command and Dermott, State Department concentrate their efforts on spokesman, today described Ministerial a Formosa-launched attack the incident in which three (Organisation on South China.

Americans Richard Apple- Economic Co-operation), which ed three Communist guerillas in the border area, an official This move would be "the gate, Donald Dixon and began here today.

statement said. nurest and quickest way to Benjamin Krasner fell break the Korean deadlock," into Communist hands dur-

lang said in an

with Roying a pleasure cruise in a Scripps yacht outside Hongkong and Howard newspapers, It was British territorial waters on published

New York

Saturday. World Washington, March 23.

Telegram & Sun today. General asimo Chiang said he Mr McDermott announced

indicated that the convertibility |Perak also near the Thai border fighton, but Russla vetoed his Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy today

Of the other three, Brigadier- belloved that "some man" of that an official report had reach

of Sterling, set as a long term opened fire on four

General Carlos P. Romulo of called for a lie detector test on Mr Charles E. Bohlen, tho, professional stature" of ed the State Department from alm by the Commonwealth con uniformed guerillas. One rebel

the Philippines received five General Marc Clark, the present Hongkong detailing

ference of last November and was killed.

votes with two against and four prospective Ambassador to Russia.

He said the test would concern security information Supreme Commander of United cident.

Не

December, way unlikely to be Over Aubject which the Reforin

Consul- addetl, "The

the weekend, Malaya abstentions, Mrs Vijaya Lakshmi achieved within the next twelve in Mr Bohlen's files so secret that he could not discuss it Nations forces in Korea, should

security forces killed six Pandit of India two votes with Club discussed last Sunday.

head a "single overall military General at Hongkong has been months.

and guerliins

announced in the Senate without violating security regulations.

the one against and eight abstentions It also approved a petition

command", of anti-Communist instructed to take all possible

steps to bring about the im- Mr Butler told the Councli surrender of six more, four of and Mr Standinw Skrzeszewski to Her Majesty the Queen

with one Mr McCarthy made his de-

of Poland one vote the British They applauded again when forces in Asia.

Britain Mr Howard quoted Chiang as mediate release of the Ameri- that

supported the them women, calling for an immediato mend as the Senate began three Mr McCarthy replied: "I don't

carlier. Associated against and nine abstentions-- measure of constitutional days' keen debate on the apthink the President is on trial. saying he believed that United cans. Meanwhile, the United renewal of the European Pay-nounced

Reuter. States is requesting the British Far East

ments Union for another 12 Press, reform. The proposal Is pointment, held up by a group He is doing an excellent job-States polley in the

Government, which represents months, but at the same time consider Mr his batting average 14

was "unsound" in the

years American interesis in Commun- proposed that any country bad that the Urban Council of Senators who

a bad security risk." high."-Reuter.

leading up to China's fall to the ist China, immediately to take the right to re-negotiate this electorate should be given Bohlen

Farlier in the day Republican

Communists. He said, however, all possible appropriate action decision before 1964. the right of electing two Senator Robert Taft met Presi-

that "my only criticism is of

to obtain the release of these Unofficials to the Legislative dent Eisenhower privately and

Myself."

Americans, Counell, the claim being said the President was standing that the voice of the people firm on his nomination of Mr can only truly be heard Bohlen. through representatives who

Though Senator McCarthy have been elected by popular heads the opposition to vote. Theoretically the nomination, he has admitted premise in acceptable, al- that the Senate is likely to con- though whether the res-firm it by a "very sizable vote". Benator McCarthy sald ho

HOUSING was not the only

the

very

Bodyguard Murdered By Terrorists

tricted Urban Council elec- would be satisfied if the He terate can be claimed to be detector cleared Mr Bohlen. But

Nairobi, Mar. 24. fully representative of public he would still vote against him

Slx wanted Mau Mau ter- opinion is debatable. The hecause he could not support rorists, who slipped past mill- Reform Club's polition will anyone who had been "part and try and police patrols here and probably not lack popular parcel of the regime of the reached their reserve at Meru, support; and indeed its ob- former Secretary of State, Mr on Mount

Dean Acheson,

Kenya's

southern

compu

of

the in-

that

The European Payments Union (EPU), the Continent's financial UNSOUND ADVICE

"This unwarranted seizure

and the detention

clearing house, was due to ex- American

American "None of our

pire on June 30. The Continen citizens by the Chinese Com- friends had met and fought

munist authorities points up the would seek a

tal states had feared that Britain change in the militant Communion as long as

fact that at least 28 other Ameri- | WA

clause I had." Chiong sald. "I should

to allow her "escape" can citizens are still Imprisoned withdrawal from the Union if well-meant have refused to hear American suggestions I was sure

In Communist China and that Sterling again became free. four others are under house were

unsound. I now

The British proposal to con- regret

arrest despite the relentless and tinue the life of EPU for at that I did not do so, I believe arrest.

continuing efforts of that if in those critical days the

this least a year is expected to gain American

can Government had en-

Government to bring about their the support of all the other 17- trusted decisions to men of tha

release."

member countries of OFEC TEL

Most of the Americans at pre-when the question comes up on type of General MacArthur or General Wedemeyer

demo.

sent detained in China are under- Tuesday, cratle practices in this part of stood to be missionaries. In the

LONG WAY OFF tho

past a considerable number had world today would

be much

been released to leave Chinn

A further indication slopes, murdered a chief's body- advanced and history would be

a different story."

after long imprisonment and tween Meru township and

make them confess to espionage other currency is still some way Embu, police headquarters here that the anti-Communist forces

(din Agla must unite or be destroyst or other crimes against the Red off was given by Mr William 11. Draper, United States Special reported last night,

one by one by the united Com- regime-United Press.

Representative in Europe, who munist forces.

told the Council, that OFFC "The wars at present raging in

Bo phead should

with the Korea and Indo-China together

examination of ways and, means with Nationalist China's eventual

by which this "transition period" fawards convertiblity could be reservists surprised and broko be consolidated and co-ordinated for up a Mau the European farm in the Molo dis-The curest and quickest way to the Korean deadlock of the Legislative Council appointment, saying there was trket north of Nakar last night, break would appear to come within no question of Mr Bohlen's They killed two Mau Mau men would the an attack on the Com. that category. The Reform character, loyalty or discretion. and wounded three others when munists in South China fren

4

· escape from Club can be credited with said Me Herbert Brownell, they tried to

the Altomey-General, had agreed sideout. sincere efforts to stimulatewide Mr. John Foster Dulles, the public interest in the affairs Secretary of State, in approving Troops in the Nanyuld area, of the Colony, but before it Mr Bohlen's doyaily and resurity on the Equator, caught a Mau then be able to dictate strategy" hills guarding the western. Inya- wards leaving the EPU and

path administrator and plunges too, deeply into con- clearance.

three Africans also had 'a „Máu May

Jectivo is not to be decried. Whether. It will succeed,

PUBLIC INTEREST however, obviously dopenda

Senator Alexander Wiley, on the attitude of the Secretary of State for the Chairman of the Foreign Re lations Committee, opened the Colonies. If the proposal debate, which drew the biggest Police sald they had caught embodied in the petition is crowd this year to the Senate one of the gang. regarded by him as con- galleries. All seats were filled 10 the murder. stitutional reform of a major and people were standing in Regular police and police Invasion of the homeland must character he is unlikely to most doorways. land it support. And any

guard in a location midway be- n was quoted as saying / persistent Communist 'efforts to convertibility of Sterling or any

called Senator Wiley

p

changes. In the composition speedy confirmation

Mau

He confessed

COMMUNISTS

a into a single confilet," he said: THROWN BACKavercome. Mau meeting in

arrasted

:

atitutional reform it might, Spectators applauded when later with some benefit, await the Senator Ralph E. Flanders (Re-who- next Urban Council elections, publican, Vermont) told Mr ceremonial garment and vessels,

of. State Republican Secretary

The eventual goal of full con- vertibilty of all currencies Tokyo, Mar. 24. would mean alteration in the American Infantrymen smash-structure of EPU, Mr Draper ed the biggest Communist attack declared. Formosa, With the Issue joined in months early today after a the intiative from Kores to bloody night-long battle against pean poltey, Britain would As part of this "good Euro- Malaya will pass to the anti-2000 Chinese which hit three take Communist forces which can

-Ualled Press.

no unilateral, action to alon corridor to South Korea.

unanimity would be sought for from the any Reports, at dawn

wider alternative to the embattled acctor west of Chor Union

which would

the situation was said the

"under But despite

mite there British assur- control" with the Americans ances, there was disappointment, still holding the line.

particularly, among some of the The Chinese assault was pre-anaber European countries, that

won, 45 miles north of Seoul, follow convexubliit,, necessarily }

Bishop Dies In Prison. and satlafy itself exactly to McCarthy: "We have on trial a Two Africans found guilty of Vatican City, Mar. 23. what extent the voters and by implication the Recking a European," house- Polish Bishop Adamaki of privileges. To force electoral | publicah. Preäldent of the Unit-wife, Mra Hamilton, ‘al-- her Katowice has died; in prison, a ceded by a thunderous artillery Feestory, that has, ahrouded the

on the outskirts of Vatlean source said today. ;

Monsignor Adamski, 78, was powers on an apathetic com- suggest to the junior Senator Nairobil last month were today munity serves no useful pur- from Wisconsin that he give that sentenced to 14 years hard arrested last year, this scurce

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Interested in their franchisa

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Administration'a chance,"

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and mortar batrage and nearly Commonwealth plan for con- two weeks of "probing attacks vertibility and be subsequent

talke against Old Baldy, T-Bone and Anglo-American Pork Chop hills,United Press. Washington was not really ended.

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