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COMMENT OF THE DAY Tomorrow's

Elections HONGKONG'S

I

&

Urban electorate Is

given another opportunity tomorrow to make use of its franchise privileges, the duty being to elect four representativen, two of whom wil serve on the Council for A two-year

term, and two for one year. Apart from its interest Da an exercise in civic rights, the election holds added

· Importance in that the size. of the poll will offer a goo pointer to Government and to Whitehall AR to the enthusiasm or otherwise which prevails in Hongkong for popular franchise. in the background of current election campaign has lurked the subject of constitutional and electoral reform, and it cork well receive impetus and again attract the attention of the Colonial Office if there is a

the

strong turn-out of voters tomorrow. Aside from this, however, it remains the duty of the qualified electorate to shun apathy in this election, for in acceding to requests for an increase in the number of elected Urban connelllora, Government is entitled to expect those candidates who' are returned to be the choice of a truly representa- tive poll, And this is

wholly dependent on full exercising of voting rights. The electorate have a very clear responsibility.

IT is difficult to estimate how much interest has been

Today's Weather: Light ör moderate' Southeasterly winds. Cloudy with occasional shower or thunder storms,

CHINA MAIL

No. 35513

Established 1845·

TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1953.

32 Slain In Nigeria

New Foreign Office Chief

Here is Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick who has recently been appointed permanent head of the Foreign Office, At the moment he is British High Commissioner In Western Germany. With him in the picturo is his wife,

- London Express.

S

HK Put

Up A Great

Show At BIF, But.

(From An Economic Correspondent)

London, May 18.

Rioting

SITUATION CRITICAL

Lagos, Nigeria, May 18.

Death roll in the Kano city riots in Northern Nigeria has risen to 32 with ́| 201 injured, including three policomon.

A state of emergency was proclaimed throughout the northorn region of Nigeria today and the situation in Kano was re- ported to be "getting out of hand."

Rioting which began over the week- end was confined to Kano, third largest city of Nigeria, with a population of 107,000, but police and troops were standing by in other Northern towns.

Nigeria, British Colony and Protectorate, sprawls over 373,000 square miles of West Africa and has a population of more than 24,000,000,

No Third World War

Gen. Gruenther's Conviction

Mr Obafemi Awolows, leader of the Nigerian Action Group, Issued a statement appealing to all who share our ideals" to remain calm and not to italiale,

re-

The Action Group--Moderato Nationalist-control the Legia lature of Western Nigeria and aim at self-government by 1030. floting is believed to have started with a demonstration by

the supporters

Northern

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Duke Of Windsor And

The Coronation

The China Mail, which has brought to the people of Hongkong such unique reading as the serialised versions of the war memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill and General Eisenhower, has now completed arrangements with the London Sunday Express for exclusive publication in the Colony of what is, unquestionably, one of the ́outstanding literary contributions of this year.... personal reminiscences and historical background associated with the Coronation by His Royal Highness the Duke of Windsor,

The Duke of Windsor doen not attempt to re-

count the ceremonial de- tails of the

Coronation

service itself, But ha

vividly

records his

recol-

Jenans Jectlans of two rarlier

Coronations, which he at- tended those of King

Edward VH and father,

King George V. And he also sets

Forth

Home compelling observa- tions on the functions and Influence of the British Crown in the 20th century.

Interesting anecdotes help make this att sorbing as well as an thoritative document.

This topical series by the Duke of Windsor is in four Instalments.

ab- AT-

The first will appear in the China Mail on NEXT. MAY SATURDAY

Satur

23; the second on day, May 30; the third on Saturday, June 6, and the fourth and last on Satur. day, June 13,

Big Chance To Conquer Mt Everest

The latest information from the

Can't Stay

For Coronation

London, May 18.

Tel. 21433:

Kidnapped Macao Boys Found

L

ONE HAS EARS MUTILATED

Macao, May 19. The Portuguese police hero discovered. the two kidnapped boya - Fu Yam-

in, son of millionaire Fui' Tak-yam, and Antonio Assis Fung, son of the manager of the Central Hotel Mr Fung Wah early this morning at 14.30 but falled to make any .arrest.

The police acted on informa- tion in the early morning raid at Sermao Mendes Pinto, let Boor, a deserted house in which the boys were found in a dirty condition.

One of the victims, Fu Yan- kis, austalled bodily injuries when parts of both of his ears were cut off on May 12. According to Information given

Garry Davis,”self-styled World Citizen No. 1, who is by Antonio Funk, they under orders to leave Britain) were

5, at Rua Ignacio was today refused permisos napped at about 9 a.m. sion to stay here until after Baptista, put Into a car, and then taken to 02 Avenida Hords the Coronation.

e Costa.

a

The American born cam- palgner for "one world" clti- zenship appeared in Court after week in gaol to answer charges of "wandering abroad, lodging in the open, and falling to give a good account of him- self."

They remained there for some time and then were put inside a sack to be taken to the house where they were found. During their detention the hands of both boys were tied.

The boys sold they belleved that more than four men were involved in the kidnapping and said they were probably Shang-.

Davis was set free on condi- Bonal discharge for 12 months, He will be allowed to stay in Britain until Thursday when aringements have been made hai people by the Amerlenn Red Cross for The Macao Police Commis- him to sail to India.

sfoner, Captain Cruz, commended Refused an extension of his the police officers for their good vis which expired on April 28 work, Davis was arrested on May 10 Fu's father had repeatedly re- It was reported previously that when police found him sleeping

into

Son of

the

as an

grounds

of

onic

and

United

of rice

**some.

house to that

out of a wooden stand erecteduced to yield to the kidnappers' for the Coronation procession. demand for ransom.

DESCHIDES ORDEAL Two days earlier he tried to Kathmandu, May 19.

Antonio run A spell of fair weather Buckingham Palace to hand a

Fung told Press this morning that during. Pepee Congress

has scttled on Mount let-me-stay petition to Quten wo weeks of their captivity "wa mecting at which the speaker Everest's silver crown, giv- Elizabeth.

could

not talk" except when fed. wha, to have been M: Samuel

Alin Ola, former central Minister ing the British climbers

They were fed one meat of an American dance

and water every day Paris, May 18.

of Labour and head of an' action

band leader Garry Davis was times we didn't get any water," their

to supreme chance

described group which wants self govern- General Alfred Gruenther.ment for the Colony by 1956.

actor and o mount the final assault on stateless person. In 1048 ho tore They were bound continually with electric light cords Fung the highest peak in the up his United States passport sald, and were unbound only newly designated as Su-

The Congress calls for self world, according to moun- dramatise the cause of world to cat. When they were taken preme Allied Commander

government only "when practic- in Europe, said here today the 11,000,000 Moslems in taineering experts here. peace, world citizenship and the from the first

one-world principle."

c." Two years where they were found they he firmly believed there the north fear it would bring would be no third world them under the rule of the expedition reaching here last later he asked for the return of

were put in sacks, bound and 14,000,000 Christians and pagans might raid they had crossed the his American citizenship and gagged with oranges in their in the south.

Weitem Cum (hollow) in the since then has been travelling mor

and dumped "like Replying to

Into first week of May and made 4 on a temporary affidavit questions at

Davin who arrived here on Under the present constitution preliminary incursion on the face press briefing for a party of

the journey. journalists from NATO coun- the three regions, northern tries, General Gruenther, who canter and western, have their is at present chick of staff at own dested assemblies and each SHAPE, said that the Atlantic also sends four Ministers to the Central Government in Lagos, the Pact Nations never had any capital and its own enembers to thought of launching an attack the Central House of Assembly,

In spite of their propaganda Russians knew the West could

the contrary, he said,

-Reuter. the not attack if it wanted to. They anw from-the nature and dis- position of the West's forces, he said, that they were intended only for tiefence.

war.

engendered among the electorate by the cumpalga now ending. Apart from a certain amount of personal canvassing, the candidates have relied on reaching the voters through a radio talk. aplece, a few posters, some pamphlets and the columns of the newspapers.

The thought is suggested that future campaigns could be mado more attractive to the public in general and the volers in particular if candidatos were to adopt the methods

clac- employed "where" and hold election "hustings". By such means they provide themselves with more opportunity of coming face to face with those whose votes

they solicit. Moreover; they are then in a position to make direct answers to questions, or to satisfy doubts which may exist in the minds of electors. Such meetings and

therefore, They say that longkong, goods public airing of views can the variety and, for the most pre not really made in Hong- do much more for pari, quality of the goods dis- kong, but in Japan-or China candidate than dozens of played on the Colony's stand at —or Italy. They are merely display posters, or reading the British Industries Fair were to quality Made in Hongkong"

mazing. a "platform" speech over

London, May 18. From

for Imperial pre-

Dukes, viscounts, carls and "I firmly believe we will ob- bishops solemnly rehearsed the hats to plastie un-glasses, the ference. Untrue, of course; but the radio. "Hustings give whole range of Hongkong's light it is being said. And people are tain our objectives" he added, Coronation ritual with dimi reality to an election manufactures

was laid out for listening.

"And campaign.

It is no use trying to combat thirdre is not going to be a regalia, in Westminster Abbey by international

world war"

today, A Plan For Aid buyers.

these whispering campaigns and

General Gruenther sald the

attack had Admiral of the Flett Lord Thousands stopped to look. downright slanders with plous danger of sudden proposal

"The danger of Cummingham, the non The first thing to do diminished, recently been put forward Twelve hundred were interested words. to bring economic wealth enough to take away copies of and this is the primary purpose waking up at five o'clock in the swept the Mediterranean clean the Colony's BIF Directory and of the Colony's participation in morning and finding that an at- of the Axis navies, carried a copy and stability to backward Commerelal Guide.

tack is upon us is very much of the priceless Crown of St And over the B.I.F-is to show that Hang-tac Areas. It is that a Special 150 asked for further norme kong can produce the goods that less than it was three years ago" Edward with which the Queen

will be crowned on June 2. he said. buyers want.

A

NEW

has

Once again, Hongkong has proved to the world that it can produce, as well as distribute.

To those who have watched the Colony's post-war industrial growth, this may not have needed proving. But to many Western businessmen, Hongkong Is merely an efficient and convenient entrepot for other coun- tries' goods. Few of them would credit it with any industrial future of its own.

To Western eyes,

inspection

delivery

nny-

MUST COMPETE

10

General Gruenther said the objective of the Western world was to make any attack 100 for an aggressor to con- costly for

MAIN PROBLEMS General Gruenther

told the group that the three main probe lems facing the Western nations in their defence buildup are:

1. Air power.

2. Reserve forces.

3. Equipment

REHEARSAL

IN ABBEY

who

rickshas

for

of Lhote Everest's 27,840-foot January 28 on his way to India Fung said they were con- neighboks-making for the ex said afterwards his plan was to tinuously

guarded by two posci Scurth Col the last big study and work there with a Shanghai Chinese men. One barrier before the summit.

doctor who ran a boys' school was armed with a dagger, the All-Intila Radio toki the in Travancore.-Reuter.

other climbers in a special broadcast

with

a pistol. He said that the wind force at 29,000 feet

there were "at least 18 people" New Appointment in and out of the house at would be dropping to 25 to 30

various London, May 19.

times during thoir knots compared with 35 to 40 knots estimated on Sunday, and Sir John Sterndale Ben- Imprisonment. One of them was 40 to 50 the previous day." nett, 58, Deputy to the British a woman whom they identlood

CLOUDY SKIES

High Commisaloner in Souths a female by her voice since broadcast

were blindfolded at the sald there cast Asia, Mr Malcolm. Mac- they appointed time. would be cloudy overcast skies Donald, has been

He said everytime there was a occasional snow showers. head of the British Middle East

an- knock at the door of the deserted The temperature in free air at office, the Foreign Office

bouse the guards brought their the height of the peak would nounced today.

He be minus 15

Str Thomas pistols to the ready. They told ten 10 minus

succeeds Fahrenheit

Ropp, who is retiring from the the youths that they would be For three daya

the Foreign Service on grounds of killed if the police attempted to

Įraid the house--United Press

The

with

new

special daily forecasts have age, in the autumn-Reuter. spoken of fair weather and

this has led observers to be- lieve a fine pre-monsoon, spell has begun.

Thunder

storms and snow showers were regular features of the forecasts for the first fortnight of May.

Strong winds are still gold to bo sweeping the summit, and they would make any prolonged

stay on high altitudes extremely dificult.

Field Marshal Lord Alexan- der of Tunis, who drove the Nazis out of Africa, and Mar- Camp seven, almost up on the shol of the Air Force Lord South Cok at. 25,000 feet, is the Portal, Britain's wartime Chief final assault point from which a of Staff. bore other dummies small party probably of: the

in

procession through the cilmbers only hope to climb to a terbury, nave. The Archbishop of Can-position for camp eight-at-27,500.

Dr Geofrey Fisher, attended in a purple cassock.

This would leave. 1,500 feet to Apart

be conquered in the last arduous clergy ascent Router.

were lounge suits

from the

a

Recovers From Bullet Wound

London, May 10.

United Nations Fund betion about prices, launched to make granis dates, import regulations. und low-interest loans to Of course, there were the The next requirement is "com under-developed countries. occasional critics-some friendly. Petitiveness"--an awkward

but One overheard: sly word, A sum of $250 millions is some not.

means one which proposed for the first two references to "penny bazaurs great deal to businessmen. The goods must compete in price and years, with at least 30 and cheapness in the

delivery times. With the sellers But this kind market a thing of the past, this monetary sense. nations contributing.of criticism was rare and

General Gruenther Bald that Hitherto suspicions have thing but disinterested.

may somellinesi mear

extra

the Soviet Union had at present been aroused that political Nobody who visited Hong part of Hongkong manufacturers. atlluted the most effective land ordinary

effort or even sacrifice on the 16 active divisions, which con- strings have been attached kong's 11.F. stand could deny But

there by donors under bilateral the Colony's claim to produce awaiting those who are prepared could bring up their strength to which

are rich rewards army in the world today. They worn at today's rehearsal. schemes of assistance, and cheaply and weli. The goods to go after them.

- was largely for the ..one big advantage of an were there for Inspection-but

200 divisions in 30 days.

purpose of timing the pro- !:-internationally adminis- was that enough?

Where texllies are concerned, Satellitó countries had be- cession of the regalia from tered fand is that it would

HOARY TALE

Hongkong manufacturers have a tween 60 and 70 divisions but table in the annexe outside the

advantage. Over be frea

their act of the same quality as the Abbey to the To ask a potential buyer to slight

High Altar Reuter. objections. On the other judge the quality of a part-lists evals in the matter of Hussian forces.

Their prices, General Gruenther said cular product for himself is delivery dates.

that hand, participation

however, are roughly the same ti not

convince necessarily to control of a World Fund by him that goods of

those in Lancashire, so that superior In quality but that the Allled forces were generally of the

same buyers are being asked, in effect quantity was beneficiaries as well as by quality will actually be

still lacking. He Death Of The to pay rather more for Hergkong clied the Korean rallo of air- providers would call for livered. The stolwarts who cloths, after freight and incur- greater maderation on the spent hours on their fcat,

Mr Ray was struck in the part of all concerned. The

ance, in prder to get them a little craft kills: between fivo and ten under the hot lights of

Earl's

Russian type. MIG fet fighters more quickly,

car when the bullet, bollaved Court answering

пуста experiment ought to be

to have come front à rifle, ht Most European buyers, though, we lost,

for every one United Nations jet their questions, did

best to attempted. The project will convince the sceptles,

the train, in which he was Toronto, May 18. Aldo not corrider this an adequate But all

He said the Russian paval tho their good now go back to

compensation

the

Brighton extra work could be un expense and trouble of importing

The Right Reverend Archi- travelling from forces were weak in surface bald La Fleming, 60, known London. He was treated for a Economic and Social done by rumours (such as ona

from Hongkong. Many of thosh

craft, since the Russians were on the flying Bishop for his alight [Injury and allowed to 100 Council of

I the United heard) that Hongkong "pen-

flights over the northland and home.. Nations for consideration,

of lead who visited St Emmin'e Hotel, concentrating on submarines. cils have a half-inch.

Loxion, where the Hongkong "We don't yet have the sub-Arctic, has died here of a "Ho behaving as and then presumably it will

nothing be

Weaver Spinners

Dye answer to the new schnorkel heart attack. figure on the agenda of the

diocesa “Général Assembly

from

Buch

lo

autumn. Much will depend

at each end, and

tween but wood.

de-

any case. But it is being said.

for

FRO

"Flying Bishop"

Mr Guha Ray, 60-year-old In- dian, injured when a bullet hit an express train near here yes-. terday, was fit enough today to continue his business trip in Britain,

to

as if nothing

had happened," a member of his A Scot, he ministered to a Associations staged a separate (breathing tube), submarine” he

staff sald today, A houry tale and untrue, in exhibition of textile goods, were anid.

1,250,000 covering next

Mr Ray, who is Managing ashlenished at the quality of the The Ruslans were basically quare miles inhabited by: 10,- Director of Sri Saraswaty Press, Again, one hears the sort of yarns and cloths on deplay. Scar not a seafaring nation. They 000 Eskimos.' He was known ; Calcutta, arrived in Britain, two | criticism that comes from asked for quotations, others went were not as good at sea as the❘ by them as In Nook Tah Kaub, weeks ago for ʼn European tour. people who have something to away to reflect on what they had Germans wore, but they were | meaning of the family of the | Ho` left London for. Leeds today fear from Hongkong industry. (Contd, on back' page, col. 1).. getting more effective Flouter. Eskimos-Router.

as scheduled-Reuter,

on the reactioh to it of the

United States and the other

Western Powors,

.

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