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The Budget
HAT there is to be no
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additional taxation posed during the Colony's coming fiscal year is ล matter of relief for the entire connaunity. Neverthe- 1694, the Financial Secretary made it perfectly clear that this decision is little more than a reprieve, and that in the course of the next five years-possibly as early ns 1956-new taxation burdens will have to be horne if development projeels, con. sidered essential to the Colony, are proceeded with. Thus, while the Financial Secretary yesterday able jubilantly
was
to report that the surplus for the current year will total at least $60 millions, and that next year's budget with he balanced Ithough DRIY just), The Colony must anticipate successive deficita In subsequent years unless it is possible substantially to increase revenue above the latest estimate of $388 millions. In view of this it was not surprising that the Hon. A. G. Clarke's speech was set in a minor key to a point where finally he became positively gium. Yet the overall picture of the Colony's finances doubtedly
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encouraging, Even during yeur of admitted trade recession and a general tightening of purse strings Government. revenue exceeded estimates by seven per cent, expendi. ture showed a useful short fall, and the surplus is ex- pected to exceed the original forecast by not less than $40 millions. The Equalisation Fund is in a healthy state, the General Revenue Surplus Fund, while largely tied
in up
essential emergency stocks, is not to be despised as an asset, and the Development Fund is to be increased to $80 millions through reimbursements front revenue surplus. These not inconsiderable achievements which, while
permitting G placency, must be accorded proper consideration in any evaluation of the Colony's financial position,
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CHINA
No. 35756
Established :)845.
THURSDAY, MARCH
China Agrees To Attend Geneva Conference
NO FULL RECOGNITION
TACITLY ACCEPTED
London, Mar, 3.
Red China agreed to attend the Geneva conference today in tacit acceptance of the Western terms that deny it full recognition.
a
Peking's acceptance, along with that of North Korea, was broad-
It said that cast by the Communist New China News Agency. "plenipotentiary representative" would attend the Geneva meeting, scheduled to open on April 26.
It also announced that North Korea would take part in the pro- posed conference.
The United States specified that China would have to swallow this lack of recognition before the Big Four Powers at their meeting in Berlin last month agreed to hold the Gene va talks "for the purpose of reaching a peaceful settlement of the Korean question."
It was then also agreed that the conference should discuss the "problem
of restoring peace in Indo-China.”
Opposition Defeated Again
London, Mar. 4. The House of Commons last night rejected, by 272
votes to
251.
Labour
the
The Soviet Union forwarded the nvitation to Red China and North Korea. The United States. has sent similar invitations to the United Nations member na tions who have participated with Their
urmed
ferves in hostilities In Korea.
Most of these netions have intimated their
to readiness parileipate in the discussions. Big Three The
Western Powers have, meanwhile, started preliminary consultations on an alignment of their Far Eastern policies and the strategy to be employed at the Geneva parlay, They also are considering the composition of the conference on Berlin com-
motion expressing dissatis- Indo-China. The faction with the present in-munlane only stated that in ad- dustrial situation in Bri-dition to the Big Foured states taín.
China will be invited,"
interested
These will be submitted to the Soviet Foreign Ministry by the three Western Ambassadors in Moscow.
Delegates from 20 nations will probably attend the opening of tho the
conference, Geneva
sources said,
Communist China's acceptance of the Geneva invitation on- nounced today, means that the Communist side in the Korean conflict will be fully represented. North Korea has already ac- the chief cepted and Russia,. supplier of arms to Communist side, is an inviting power,
REPLIES AWAITED
Replies are awaited from the 13 United Nations belligerents who, in addition to the United
the Korean. eing invited to
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Colonial McCarthy's Split
Office On HK Constitution
London, Mar. 3.
The Celoalul Oficó sula today that there were no plass for any alteratión In
· the ; establishment of the Hongkong Leglilatva
Council
"As far
as we know, there havO been no plans
30
suggestions for any cfianges in the Legislative Connell of tungkong,” said an official.
The only alteration in the Hongkong local govern-
ment, he said,
was extension of the franchise
for the Urban Cota be
to
The franchise is to be extended
government servants and teachers in certain classes, of schools which previously were excluded," said the offelal.
There are to bo tour elected members to the "Urban" Council · Instead of two and the additions and extensions will be subject to certain overriding local considerations
in the English literacy language."—Unlier Press.
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Uproar In The Commons
Over IncreaseTM In Telegram Rates
London, Mar. 3. The Government's pro- double the posal to charges for inland tele grain led to a storm in the House of Commons faday ...and Mr W. R. Williams, & Labour mem- ber, musuccessfully, sought to move the adjournment of the House to discuss a
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Senator Joseph McCarthy's violent reaction to President Eisenhower's mild defence of the army's handling of Communists today has ended 'all hopes of a reconciliation between the Eisen- hower Administration and the McCarthy wing of the Republican Party.
The announced determination of Senator McCarthy to carry on unchanged his investigation of the army, tho State Department and other branches of the Eisenhower Administration was interpreted here as the most direct and violent challenge the Senator has made to the authority of Mr Eisenhower both as President of the United States and as titular head of the Republican Party.
The language used by the Senator, his reference to the "sacred cow of the army brasa" and the possibility of an army witness being a "stupid, arreganį or witless man in 8. position of power" were as violent as any which Senator McCarthy used
the Democratle against Administration,
even
Truman
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G.D. Sloss Charged With Manslaughter
An additional charge of manslaughter was preferred against Geoffrey Duncan Sless, 30, of 875A. The Today was the Grat Ume Constitutionally many who are Peak, before Mr Hin-shing that the Senator hod com-not ardent political partisana Lo at Central this morning. incnted in such terms directly feel that Senator McCarthy is
The defendant, represented by upon any statement by Presi- using the investigative powers dent
since Eisenhower
the of Congress to use the power | Mr II. Caine, is also facing latter's inauguration in 1953. speculcady assigned by the United revas traffic charges. He was Professional Republican poli-States Constitution to the Pre-remanded for seven days on ball ticians had ben planning to
double make
use In next Novembers
Congressiona) clee- 'tion of both President Elsen- hower's platform
sidcnt.-Reuter
of $1,000 at the request of Chler- Insp. W. Eggleston, who is in charge of the cane.
The
of
cdditional charge manslaughter alicged that. Slogs on February 25 unlawfully kill- cu Ng Chow.
"RXPENDABLE"
New York, Mar. 3, No one but President Elsen- bower can get Senator Joseph of dynamic, McCarthy mit of his dominant forward-looking legislation and position in the headlines 5 Senator McCarthy's denuncia position from which he gives The seven original charges tion of the previous Democratle the false impression of dominat- azalnet defendant are that while *Administration's
coddiing of ing the government" said this driving his car, HK3027, along Communists.
week's Time magazine.
Road Hermersy
at 3.30 am.
The line now being taken by In a report on "the McCarthy he failed to stop after collld- Senator McCarthy will make issue" Time said "the President Inge with public vehicle No. this difficult if not politically has to tell the country that his, 4382; driving dangerously at Impossible.
Administration nerds neither 3.30, a.m, outside the St. Senator McCarthy
McCarthy's Senate vote nor fils Francis Hotel, or alternatively, appeared
driving without due care and to confirm recent charges of the influence with the people. Democrats that his campaign
Republicans and independents attention, driving dangerously was becoming bipartisan in con-can get disgusted coug
with at-3.40. a.m. at Hennessy Road demnation of both the Truman McCariby to vote Democratie outside the International Motors, and the Eisenhower Administra next autumn. Where can Mc- or alternatively, driving without Carthy Flowers for Politically tions for coddling Communists.
The Democrats'
to Joe expendable."-Rṛuter. Smator McCarthy's description of the Democratic regimes frem
retert
1933 to 1953 as "20 years of
now become one of "21 years of
The Labour motion took tho
This poses the question of States, Britain and France, ar situation which he claimed treason" is that his theme has! form of n proposal to reduce whether such countries as India which should be allowed to participate the Civil estimates-on
bused by if they debate was
express a desire to be represented.
the
£1,000, Mr Labour Exchequer,
former Hugh Gaitskell,
Chancellor
said
the Government rome of the
of
especially as the Colony hus painciples it would run
of
national air terminal; a new
the
It-
ship-
every
arc
of admission
pener talks,
Diplomatic quarters here ex- pect them all to accept,
They are Australia, Belgium, Columbia, Ethiopia, Canada, Greece, Luxembourg, the Nether- lands, New Zealand, the Philip pines, South Africa, Thailand and Turkey.
It is not yet known at what stage the nations Interested in the problem of Indo-China will be asked to send representatives to the conference.
These are expected to include Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, States of the three Associated Indo-China and Vietminh, the rebel state set up by the Com- munist leader, Ho Chi-minh.
No arrangements have been made for meeting of the Big Three Western Foreign Ministers before the Geneva conference opens, the Foreign Office said,
But all three will be in Paris for a meeting of the 14-nation Atlantic Council, the week be fore the Aslan talks start, China Mail Special.
had arisen from "the rash decision of the Govern- ment in a matter of great social importance.”
There were constant inter- Many members rose ruptions. to speak and the Speaker, had repeatedly to call for order.
Loud
opposition laughter greeted the explanation by the Assistant Postmaster General, Mr L D. Gammans, that in land telegrams had been losing money since 1872.
treason" covering the Adminis- | trullon of Mr Eisenhower as well as those of the late Mr Roosevelt and Mr
Franklin Truman.
VILLAGES CUT
OFF BY SNOW
Cue care and attention; failing to stop affer colliding with a rick- show at 3.40 am, outside the China International Motors,
under the influence of drink.
Hennessy Road; driving while
Soldier Deserts To E. Germany
London, Mar. 3, Heavy snowfalls in Scotland, Northern and Central England have produced some of Britain's worst road conditions this win- HOPE KILLED
Berlin, Mar. 3, ter, the Automobile Association
An American soldier desorted Administratively Senator, Mc-.said today..
his Army post in West Berlin to- Carthy also killed Mr Eisen-
outlying villages, in Several
day and, naked the Communist hower's expressed hope that his Lancashire and Northern East German Government for Administration might turn aside Cheshire have been out off by political asylum in the "Soviet from this controversy over the five-foot prifta en the epprenck
Zone, the East German methods of investigating Com-rouds icnding to them, muncrate on the grave prob- Darwen the snow reached the
in Government
and
In one Lancashire village near service ADN reported.
Boldie identified 1.3
Tennessee, said in
Hows
But Mr Gammans did not reply: State* duties to the taken to hospital, suffering from con Army because. Iain not in
Labour members chorused: lems, both domestle and leves of upper bedroom win-Tommie R. Wood, from, Rogers. "Answer. Answer when Con- foreign, now confronting the dows.
tive backbencher Mr servative
A bus was stranded through alleged statement published by R. United States.
ADN, I wish to stay in the Fell,
suggested
ted that as the Post Mr Elsenhower sold today that the night between the mili
Democratic Republic Office had made a les for 82 the Secretary of State, Mr John towns of Haslingden and Black-German yours portaps private enter- Foster Dulles, was alone respon- burn, and the conductor was and not to return, to the Ameri- prise might take on the job. sible for
accord with the policy, of the security officer, severe exposure.
M policeman carried him American Government which Senator McCarthy later do more than
a mile through the attempts to unleash a new war." clared he would go ahead with snow to an ambulance--Reuter.-United Press, demanding an explanation from Mr Dulles of recent changes in the authority of Mr McLeod, a Communist Investigator of the McCarthy type.
But on the eve of the Geneva the conference the big question had that unless been side-stepped-namely what is to be done about Red China's abandoned
faire" recognition. *laissez
Britain recognises the Peking) and committed itself to a
anci pro- seit
into country
regline but the United States
made
it clear she has no gramme
progressive serious industrial trouble,
Industrial relations had intention to do so. development schemes, all
Russia, on the other hand, has shown a "marked deterioration urgently needed, but of
to raise anxiety." he given
indication that 411ough necessity costly. The problem said. He was referring to the she will press for Red China's is Arat and foremost one of recent wages disputes involving admission to the United Nations,
There
indientions that financing. We must have an rallwaymen, electricians, enlarged airport if Hong-adding workers and engineers. Feking will make this a condi- In Korea kong is to remain an inter- This, he said, was partly due tion for a settlement
to some things the Government and Indo-Chine,
But the Chinese Reds at least has done and partly to some hospital is considered to be it had left undone.
accepted the non-recognition tag imperative; low cost housing Sir Walter Monckton, Minis- that the United States put on schemes are regarded as a
to the price said this was no Labour, "must," and more schools foundation for the impression Geneva-United Press, are needed. And while all of a "eatastrophile worsening of ARRANGEMENTS TALKS
In Industry. relations" these projects are to benefit i
Londen, Mar. 3. He quoted figures to show posterity
well nx
The three Western powers will tot apart from the one-day start talks with the Soviet Union
Opposition protests avelled present generation they strike by engineers and ship-
after Mr F. J. Erroll, a Con- have, unfortunately, to be building unions last December, soon on arrangements for the
servative member had saked conference on Astan problems, paid for as they are com- only 240,000 workers were in opening in Geneva on April 26,
'whether the Post Office Advisory pleted. Thus the financial volv: in stoppages in 1993.
sources here kald
Council was consulted before An Improvement in indus diplomatic burden of solving so many trial relations, he said,
this step was taken and whether would today. social not come about with a finish of
they agreed. Mr. Gammans re- Hongkong's
Consultations between London,
plied: "Yes" to both questions, problema has to fall on the "brilliant illumination
Paris and Washington about oc- by or
Amid the andi
ensuing storm,: Bir community of the day. The any form of legislation.
Corestnounced in Parliament today- Ness Edwards, loser Labour in Geneva started last neuter.
Postmaster-General asserted: "I am informed that they did not The three powers are now in general revenue can hardlydations laid by leaders of the a position to put proposals to
agree on this be condemned, Inasmuch tracks unions and employers over Rusia, the fourth sponsoring | that it will permit the the last 100 years," he said.nation, about the administrative Development Fund to be Reuter.
of
ля
the
ter of
conallon
decision to pay for the Tal "We have to gel curselves to do Lam Chung reservoir out of the more mundane and humdrum werk.
maintained for the primary
purpose of financing low cost housing schemes which
of building on the foun-
arrangements for the meeting.
Mardi Gras Carnival
Ends With Shooting
..
are vital to the welfare of the community. But whether the Colony during the next five years ahould be expected to 'And 50 or 60 million dollars out of its own purxa
New Orleans, Mar. 3. for the Kal Tak runway ex-
The last Cathedral bells had just rung out the tension is a matter for debate. This is a long-term Mardi Gras early today when a shot reverberated in a development almost international interest
project
of French quarter bar.
A Carnival girl In a brief end" another was killed in and it might well be argued heart-spangled costumo stood traile accident.wered of that Government should seek
(The police answered 085 calls to finance it through a loan with a pistol over her fallen
Chinese lover. The youth even before midnight on a day floated outside the Colony staggered to his feet, walked when most minor offences werd "There are limitacions toto the street and daled.
overlooked. which the Colony can afford
CANADA ACCEPTS
Ottawa, Mar, 3. Canada had accepted an in- vitation to attend the Aslan Peace conference in Geneva on April 20, the External Affairs Minister, Me L., B. Pearson, an-
Puerto Ricans Indicted
:
Washington, Mar. 3, The four Puerto Ricans who shot up members of the House of itepresentatives in the Capilot: building on Monday have been Indicted by a grand jury,
Two officials of the Justice Department had asked for an in dictment before a Federal Grand Jury of the four Puerto Rican Nationalists who perpetrated an ciriation attempt, last_Mon- day in the US House of Repro tentatives. !
It was understood that dive
Mr C. R. Attice, leader of the Mr Scott McLeod. opposition, observed that if the Post Office
on the worked business lines of each service making a profit there would be
Scotland. no phones at all in
HEATED PROTESTS
Senator McCarthy also is go- ing ahead with his proposal to cross-examine the Secretary of the Army, Mr Robert Stevens, on the handling of Communism in the Army.
that
He had made it clear despite repeated indirect pro- Eisenhower he tests by Mr will keep up his. Juggernaut in- vestigation of the current ad- ministration for many months. "ON".gave Pposition crits.
The Democrats, political op- place to Government demands of ponents of the Elsenhower Ad- "withdraw when Mr Gammans ministration, are delighted by maintained; "The statement you this continued split in the Ro
ave made is not correct!
pubilcan... Parly, They look Mr Herbert Morrison, forward to Democrats' (Labour)
nunciations suggested that Mr Gammans was "shuffing about" and suggested that the Council was not asked to give a clear yes or no.
Mr Gammans again asserted: "The question was put to the Council, Whether they agreed to this or not, and the answer is yea"-Reuter.
of McCarthylan bringing their candidates many more votes in next November's election than those won for the Republicans by Senator Me Carthy's denunciation of Com munists in Government.
The case of the Democrats is: 1. The violent confilet be-
Ad tween the Eisenhower... ministration and--- members of Mr Eisenhower's own Ro- publican Party in "Congross, ar Senator McCarthy, has Party incapable of
the or of pre- serving Ita prakilgo abroad.
Kleinhower and the
and the Voice of America
opublicans: have supinel, pet- mitted the State Department organisition to be undermine
orderly Forth Baton
STUDENT GOES
BERSERKE... Kabloskokkyo, Mar, 32- Yasunaga Kawamura, 24, or six witnesses would be university student, went berscnic called to testify, including Re- ] last night,'beheaded his father, Police said apparently it was The aliooting of Wong by safer from Michigan, an mura of the Japanese Army publican Representative Paul formerly Mal Gen. Kelzo Kaws to apply the policy of "pay a case of love grown cold.
Juzalia Dences driïtien Botann Juanita Donora, 34, described Bar piimaxed, a bitter fight be oye-witness of the capitol then pulled his aw you go," and where it is possible; sorto. of the burdon as of Spanish descent, was tween, the sweethearts, wit of meeting capital expendi-saoled on open charges pend- news told the boxes Wong Other witncares will includo nervous, kneakdown, stabbed his vestiendo ture should be spread so ing a full investigallons of the thes with that future bénéficiaries of
Heath
of Xin four
of Gea Wah Wong's was one fra he present-day development went desir schenies, falso make their Carnival aftermath. Two others. financial contribution. W wire homkide vistime in brawi
shooting.
own32 calibra: dosters who treated in the Coms father.
the ho had growmen wounded in the at- heading "HÊ. the girl, and told tempt and, the policemen who general, lay in bet
and interrogated, thì his elder
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