1954-10-21 — Page 3

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MIDDLE EAST DEFENCE Vietminh Tops

Fought Rhino With Stick

Torquay, Oct. 20.

Colonel Charles nynes, 63. who fought a rhinoceros with a walking stick, has aled in Kenya hospital from wounds Ingleted by the beast

Fis

A letter from brother in Kenya, Captain J. H. Haynes, toyal Navy. retired, to another brother In Torquay, tells how the Colonel met him death 109 yards from his farmhouse. "He was taking a walk

hive with

wife

the evening when an enormous burst aut of the rhino thick bual ten yards from them. His wife darted be. A moli bush while bind A ho attempted to draw the Bo brute away from her and stood his ground, armed only with a walking sick. "The rhino charged and ho was knocked over and gored."

Coknel Harnes Wax s former Devon County cricketer. China MAJI Special

Japs Interested

In European Steel Pool

Britain Optimistic Egypt

Can Be Persuaded

To Join Organisation

London, Oct. 20.

Britain is optimistic that Egypt can at last be persuaded to join some form of Middle East defence organisation with the Weat now that the agreement has been signed for British evacuation of Suez, authorita- tive sources said today.

They said that there were grounds for optimism in the fact that there has been already a distinct improvement in relations between Egypt and Turkey.

Turkey is not only a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation but has also joined Pakistan in a

MacDONALD pact which the United States hopes to develop into a

RETURNING

TO MALAYA

London, Oct. 20. Mr Malcolm MacDonald, Commissior-General 10: the Undied Kingdom in Southeast Alu, les tomorrow to Geneva on his way back to Malaya.

to kir

arrive expects Singapore on Sunday.

in

defence scheme for the whole Middle East.

They said Egypt also has ext cut to cultiva e better relations with Iraq

which is another dvocate of co-opera ion with the West on terms which would call for revision of her existing treaty with Britain due to expire in 1057,

OFFICIAL ATTITUDE

United Press Staff Cor- respondent Harold Guard and recently visited Cairo

tho official given

towards Egyptian atillude Middle

Esst

defence

WEB

schemes,

Anglo-Egyptian treaty,

was

that and i

defence scheme straight away is considered likely to have a great effect on Britain's future rela- lions with Iraq,

These bases are considered by as being oficials on the spot vastly more important than

Canal

Zone be- those in the couse they are much closer to the Soviet border and because the safety of British oilfields in the Near East depends on them.

But

during

recent tour found that the Harold Guard bulk of the Iraq people are as of the anxious for a revision Anglo-Iraq Treaty as the average Egyptian was for a British with- drawal from Suez.

Д

Briish officials la Baghdad

the believe that Nurt Said would

Arrive In Hanoi

The first detachment of Vielminh troops march into Hanol after the French have evacuated the town.- Express Photo.

DISARMAMENT DEBATE

NUFFIELD

Agrees SETS BIG

Soviet Union

To West Proposal

United Nations, Oct. 20.

TARGET.

London, Oct. 20.

car in

The British motor

dollars.

Japanese Take Over

Destroyers

Charleston, S.C., Oct. 20.

Two- brand now destroy-. ers of the Japanese Navy, the Amakaze and Hatakazo, steamed out of this navnl base today beginning a final round of exercises bofore leaving for Tokyo.

They will join units of the mino "sweeping force of the United States Atlantic Fleet in stiff, simulated combat training for the 420 offers and men that are to form the activo core of Japon's limited naval defence syabom.

The exercises will last pbout seven weeks after which the sister ships begin the long sail to Japan.

Vitil they were formally transferreri

to the Japanesq

Government at the best yeter day, the albek-hulled 2,000-ten: vessela formed part of the Atlantic Fleet as the Ellyson and Macomb.

Each carries 10 officer, 100, non-commissioned offlers' and 100 seamen,

"HAPPIEST DAY"

The Asakazo is commanded by Captain Kiyoshi Tobita and the Hatakaze by Commander

Kyuemon Sakuraba

This is

the happiest day of my life," Commander Sakuraba, ́a volerup of the Imperial navy, told

the United Presa in an Interview, "We are very happy. to receive buch very good ships. The Macomb is a good ship but

09 the Hatakaze we will Bo everything to make it even better ship,"

A

The Commander recalled that the original Halakaze, sunk at

the end of the war near For mosn, had achieved some fame

for its war record in Japan.

"Ten years ago," he said,

his Government of the need for to send Soviet, and French-British proposals back Motor car production and were still enemies but now wo up in 1051. It was renewed and pered, however, by the official she were to do so within a 3 at including American proposals among those to/export is continuously growing, are all friends and must rema3tı ́..

11s original period of duty was

illa term of office expires at the end of the year.

He was first appointed Commissituat-

The official view Luxembourg, Oct. 20,

General in 1948-an entirely there would be "sincere

The Soviet Union today agreed to a Westerndustry is one of Britain's in Mr Shoji Arakawa, Japanese

new port with no parallel in the close co-operation" with Ambassador Belgium, said

to

Brit: Commonwealth or any- here tonight

that n country

West alter the signing of the and it much easier to persuade proposal in the United Nations General Assembly dustries that brings in the most where else. exchange was very keen" to Information with the European

Britain to retain her airfields if to the UN Disarmament Commission, but balked Coal and Steel Community. The Ambarentur. who

arrangement in which earlier presented his credentials as head of Japan's first perma- nent delegation to the Commu- nity, tela 4 conterencs that the Japanese Government would do its autost to collabor-.

cool and ate closely with the steel pool.

He stresses the slmllarity

needs from munity

had

here

in

Com- both the

to export and Jupan His country's steel ex- 10 more than ports amounting

-

20 per cent of the annual pro- duction was sold almost exclu- Middlo sively in the Far and East. he suld.

Mr Arakawa added that the Japanese delegation would shortly open an office in Luxem- but for the me being bourg

transacted business would be from Brussots-Router.

In the first, soven

London, Oct. 20.

months of this year, 118' Malayan terrorisin surrendered, compared with 193 in the corresponding period last year, Mr

Boyd, the Lennox Colonial Secretary, told Mr Stan Awbery, Labour.

"This drop was probably duo to the reduction in the number of contacts made with terrorists and corresponded to the drawal of Communista deeper into the Jungle."-Reuter.

with-

then renewed severni times more.

tence

part,

Pro Burong allies. For that reason I decimed Lord Nuffield, sident of the British Motor Cor.am especially glad we are re- eclving the ships from the poration.

United States."--United Press. next year,

tho BMC to manufacture 10,000

Early

hopes

This view was somewhat tem-

explanation that "Egyptian Recently there has been specu-public opinion would consider Egypt as wall as Lng would take be studied by the Commission. lation in Landen newspapers as immediate entry into a Middle

A resolution sponsored by Canada, France, Organisation Defence

In time, officials in Egypt and to whether he will retire at the East

is hoped that the United States, and Great Britain called for end of 1954 and, if so, what his | (MEDO) as submision to the freq rald, it

the millary and

ccano submitting all these proposals, including those pre-cars week. It is An new post will be and who will West,"

aid trom the West will be his succESTOY.

"Egypt stands on the side of pre-dispose the people towards sented by the United States, to the Disarmament ambitious goal but a necessary

Shc MEDO

Commission and its special sub-committee for one for a successful fight against foreign competition. Lord Nut- study.

DOES NOT KNOW

Mr MacDonald told Reuter tonight that he did not know what would happen at the end of the year. Asked if he had made any plans, he said he had not.

the West in all respects. openly condemn's Communism and considers the only military thrent to the Middle East to be that of Communist invasion," an official source said.

Diplomals kere consider this

be a clear 10

admission that An announcement concerning his future has been expected for Egypt favours MEDO, though for SOMO timme. Colonial officia the future and not for the pre- Sources, however, pointed out sent. tonight that the year still has ever two months to run,

The

was

One of Mr MacDonald's last engagements in London was to go to Malaya Hall and tell some of the students from the Federa- ilon and Singapore what he thought of current problems.

appointment squeezed in the last moment.

had

been not Although possible to give the students

notice much

they left

their studies to crowd the large games room at the social centre.

Mr MacDonald spoke off the

and record

answered many | questions.-Router.

A British Crossword

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ACROSS

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18

1 Destroyed insidiously (0),

6 Discharges (5).;)

B Compass point (4).

9 Flower (0),

11 Colour (4);

$12 Feet indignant about (6).

110 (or for food (D);

28 Sewing implement (8),

20

16

17

21

Puzzle

6

7

DOWN

Impoverished (4), Pemale sheep (4).

5 Piece of fumiture:(7),

7 Abandons (7)

13,

(7).

14 Thrusting (7)..

16 Lost Aving #poed

17 Husled (6)

19-Forgive (6). Fall Valley (8)

22 Regrotted (4)); M-28 Grant ODKA

ARMS AID

Negotiations already sav in progreJS with Britain, Sweden · and the United with States for· Arma And the

for United States economie aid,

The Egyptian Finance Minis ter, Abd al Munim, is expected It is recognised that for the in London shortly to look for funds for Investment and Egyptian regime to press for co- operation. with the West would diplomats here and in Egypt be- have given ammunition to the leve that when all these

of Prime

Minister have been realised both opponents Gamal Abdel Nasser's Govern- and Iraq will find time to con

which sider defence schemes ment,

Communist bloc will cause the

and ponder United The fact that Egypt is not to pause willing to join a Middle East Press,

Suez Civilian Set-up

London, Oct. 20. The War Minister, Mr Antony Head, today described the set-up of the British clvilian organisa- tion which will manage part of the Sucz Canal base after British troops withdraw under the Anglo-Egyptian agreement signed yesterday..

FRIENDLY RELATIONS

He said the organisation's success depended on renewal

of friendly relations' with the Egyptians.

Egypt will continue to operate the oil storage installations.

The Britons will move i *bag and

with bagkago families And their own medical, educational and other facilities,

Mr Head said the success of the project depended on the ability of the contractors to at tract the right kind of staff.

·

The Sovicu reply, agroting reduction. What is more, they to submit to the Commission all have publicly declared that they the disarmament

proponds, accept our proposal as a basis." except those forwarded by the United States, was transmitted

So it would be wrong to say to Canadian delegate, Mr Paul thero had been no progress. It Martin, today.

would be wrong also not to say

and differences problems

of that there were many prou

opinion still to be cleared up..

But it was believed here that the Soviet position was not final and might be modified."

MR SELWYN LLOYD

Mr Selwyn Lloyd, making his last speech as leader of the British delegation to the United Nations, today, told the Political Committee, discussing disarmament: "We have cause for modest satis- faction

what... has transpired."

. The matters, to be cleared up would seem to many outsiders to be of the essence of the prob- lem, Mr Lloyd

said

"First wo have to try to get agreement on levels to which reduction should

Lake place. We have got to soek agreements covering all the countries of the There are many grave and world with substantial arma- dificult matters still to be diversities of factors affecting ments with all the complicating

solved, but wo have put our- selves into a position in which they can be discussed with better prospects than for several

added. years past, he

声

"Now, the Soviet Union, it seems to me, has tried to meet our view in certain matters.” 'Mr Lloyd said,

"They no longer insist on an "I am sausfied that these ar

on nuclear will enable the elvi-unconditiorial ban rangements tlan management of the base to weapons as the first step in the 1 process. The Soviet Union does bo successfully undertaken.

this onerous responsibility

domestic and Other their own positions. We have got to try on the to reach agreement nature, functions and powers Of the control organ.”

FALSE SECURITY

Mr. Lloyd" said that in the present debate they had skated round the question whether It was przelically posible to devise a esto means of controlling nuclear weapons and nuclear energy.

Ho it was wrong to say that the outline of a disurma- ment plan had been agreed on and that all that was necessary to All In detalla. That was

or percentage, cute, The plan is based on recom-should, however, be failing my not insist mendations made by a survey duty to those civilian firms and although they still my that they mission of the Federation of their staffs who are taking on would prefer the cuts to be by British Industries which visited this

in the percentage. the Canal recently. A govern- national interest if I did not ing committee will sit in London emphasise, that the success and include representatives of the projcel depends in the last armament by stages and have the companies appointed by resort upon a resumption of the agreed to a first stage of con- would arouse Britain as main contractors in former friendly Anglo-Egyptianventional disarmament to the security Franco-Préste & Bou-, the Suez.

Sir John Duncanson, who

participated in the final treaty negotiations in Cairo, will act as Independent chdirman of the Committed.

ba

The Committee will. managing agent for Britain and will settle policy matters in Haison with the Government. In addition, a British board of management will be set up at the Canal base and also consist of representatives of the main contractors.

board will negotiate with This the Egyptian. Government on all quoetions requiring co-ordination. Five min. contracts have been given. Management of base workshops

Annatrong

and ankx) Brush Motors Lid and Ticotes

relations."United Press.

of "They accept the idea of dis

extent of 50

agreed ter per cent

a sense of false

THEIR TROUBLE

THEY EARN

TOO MUCH

Hundreds may lose their homes

Thousands of“.

and wheeled Connecticut are

of the

for

In Bridgeport, 201 Gats in one project alone have been boarded „un' because Do one can qualify Moccupancy," Another 300 familles face eviction becsure their incomes have increased beyond, he set limit since they moved in.

Workers have held mask pro- test meetings.

Bridgeport Housing Authority director Harold Poole, says he realises the qualifications are kuprostirilor but Is, powerless to change them because they were Satadia by

nora i those

Ads that

be evicted we

field added.

N

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Helsinki, Oct. 20.. Mr Urho Kekkonen, left-wing member of the Agrarian Party, today formed a new coalition Bocial government, old stVUDİ pre-war days, the Morris Democrats and dx Agrarians, Company exported 400 cars. He was charged with the task week, a figure which was then carlier today by President Juho considered important, but now Passikivi thus ending Finland BMC hopes to export 3,000 cars week, old 'Cabinet trisis,” CHÍ Lamoch per week-brance-Presse, by rising living costs----Reuter,

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