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MORE ATOMIC TESTS IN RUSSIA

the In New York They Fall-out

Takamine Constituen

Assembly on Sunday by the Guvernor-General, the ezing Chuclams Mohammed has 11 Highlical parallel with the action of the same Governor in June this year when, without warning, he declared a State of

Emergency. dismissed the United

Provincial

Front Government of En Pakistan (or East Bengal) and replaced¦ it with a millary Governm Although it is diffenly to as-, certain the fundamental ren- song for the Governor's action on Sunday

Say

Queen Mother

Was A

Good Sailor

New York, Oct. 28.

The Queen Mother arrived that from Britain late today for there were ba leally sinullar her second visit to the

It opperm

the diariesul uf both Govern-

that

Fall-out Of Radioactive

Material

Reported Over America

Washington, Oct. 26.

Russia has exploded more atomic weapons in a series of tests since' the middle of last month, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission announced today.

The Commission Chairman, Mr Lewis Strauss, said the explosions "began in mid-September and continued at intervals to the present."

He added: "As is generally the case with nuclear detonations, these tests have resulted in some widespread fall-out of radioactive material, but insignificantly in the United States.

eensideration Involverl "United States, after д ments chiefly the desire la stormy ocean voyage pre erve the unity of the two earned her

the admiring Moslem states. of East and title of "a good saflor" from West Palustan. It was felt in crew members of the Queen Kacheli tuit the United Feat Elizabeth, her name. Clovernment, which only twe

The Queen Mother stood on months before hay swept to

the bridge of the flag-decorated Jurwer 931 landslide vole, Khip

Elizabeth Queen would have given the easte moved slowly through for into provision a fur greater menswe New York Harbour, past the of provinemi matonomy if 11

four other Statue of Liberty

Russia announced on Septem-have bud at least and along- had been allowed to continue

that it had of Lower ber 17

exploded nuclear

beginning in tests, with its plans. As this state is

Another nuclear weapon to September 1949 and including a by far the stronger of the two Disregarding

in August gloomy test la battle effects. The Com-hydrogen explosion both econmically ani

weather, she was wearing a pale mission said the tests had con- 1953. The current series is ay population numbers it would blue outfit with white fox furs nuod at intervals to theparently the first this

year.

드

j side the skyscrapers

Manhattan.

the

the

over

her shoulders. The ship, flying the

Queen

The Commission did not say whether the explosions involved A-Bomba or H-Bombs or both.

present

have led eventually to domination of West by East The secession Pakistan to become an dep ndent Moskem stale.

on the administer East, last two days of the crossing.

TWO SEASICK

It said the explosions had of East from Mother's standard, docked at

been in Soviet territory" but in 4.47 p.m., 12 hours later than It is the original schedule because of it did not pinpoint the test area.

ironical that the Governor a storm that rocked it

at-pointer

12 attendanta developed sea- sickness, but crów members sald the weather did not bother the Queen.

Paki tan after the ousting of the United Front Government, Two of the Queen Mother's Major-General Iskander Mirza, was on Sunday given the im- portant portfolio of Minister of the Interior following the Governor's eup.

Passengers saw a great deal of PHE preservation of unity of

the gracious. ciniling Queen the two Pakistans was one of

Mother during the được duy t the main underlying considera crossing. She attended the bont | tions In Sunday's

appeared at the chidren's classes of action

THE

drastiearties in all wee

but there

were also many other reasons why the the ship, ate dinner twice with In the dining Governor suddenly called the other passengers

ka | room "DONA often cn deck,

about

"There's no

Bat

powerful Pakistan Armych during the bad weather, assist in the Administration of the country, The country has arrived at a stage of its sho was evolution towards a Republic Joiner told when disturbance could

was

4

it."

ship's "She in- this ship. of any major political spected overy part

sly Everybody had a good word för seriously

of her. She even spoke to me, and jeopardise the seven years of arduous work put into framing I never saw her before in my Pakistan. lte. She was charming." he re- a constitution for Pakistan. Elections had been arranged peated. That's the only word for next year but the con- you can say for it.” tinued stability of the country

An estimated 3,000 persons-- by no

the Royal those interested in means nssured. The Constituent Assembly of visitor and a number of "Irish

largely

Minutemen”—stood Pakistan.

composed American

outside the 60th Street pier of of the

League, Moslem

the Cunard Line. elected seven year ago. cuared

The Minutemen carried signs represente- tive of political feeling in the which said: "It is not a Royal largely because of tour, it's another British_blie,"

in unpopularity

East "Royalty can be loafers be- Bengal and in

in spite of the

the cause they get the dough: Eng that the Cabinet land, keep your loyalty, we'll of keep our dough." Also, "There'll consisted of a majority

men, including always be an Ireland when the

Be-English Empire is Mohammed Alt himself. cause

state United Press. the country's of unrest since its separation

country.

ita

the

fact

410

Bengal

from

of

b

india in 1947. the

hor-General has had to

virtually authoritarian

This has not endeared him to politicians like Hkwaja Nazimuddin, leader of East Bengal group in

League, who was dismissed from the

Moslem

the

an of the country in

1953 and who in turn secured a snap vote carlier this year in reprisal to curtail the powers of the Governor-General to dianiss Premiers.

IT is certainly a tangled ple-

Or.

The Commission's use of the words "nuclear explosives" could cover both A-Bombs and H-Bombs.

SMALL WEAPONS The United States will begin ita next atomic tests early next autunm at the AEC's Nevada These will proving grounds. involve comparatively small. tactical weapons. Larger blasts of the type that would be used in strategic bombing are staged in the Pacific Ocean test area. The announcement seemed

It three is the correct number indicate that the Russians had touched off at least

of Soviet explosions in the new three ex- plosions in the new series. They number of explosions to at least series, it brings Russia's total

11. The world total would be 64, including 50 by the Unite States and three by Britain.

to

Mendes-France

1

Invitation

To Socialists

Pierre

In line with its usual practice, the U.S. Atomic Commission said' It would make no further an- nouncement about the Soviet

and mechanisms

develop larger family of weapons their atomic arsenal.

1

for

Although the technical gap may be narrowing, it is betioved the United States still has 题 commanding lead in both num- and variety of atomic ber weapons. Unofficial sources have guessed that this country has a stockpile of between 3,000 and 5,000 weapons of one kind er mother, compared with upwards of 300 for Russia.-Reuter & United Press.

Sensational Report At Spy Inquiry

LONDONERS WALK TO WORK

The scene looking across London Bridge as workers make their way to work on foot and in car-with not a bus in sight-owing to the recent bus strike. The Pool of London is also practically empty of shipping through the dockers' strike.

--London Express Photo.

ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON

Vietminh Knew COLONEL NASSER

tesly unless--some-unusual-French

velopment would appear to war- tant th

NARROWING GAPT Responsible sources belleve the Russians may be narrowing Paris, Oct, 20. the gap between their country

new atomic weapon

Battle Plans

Paris, Oct. 26.

today Police Bources quoted French officers who

The French Premier, M. and the United States in de

Mendes-France today veloping attempted to strengthen his models. Government by inviting Bix They said the Soviet tests fought in 'Indo-China

Socialists to join his Cabinet Political observers believe they

will accept.

with

appeared to be operating on the

the Communists pattern set by the United States saying

battlefield French of knew --texting different designs weapons for diversified uses.

time and plans ahead of They may bo, able to do so

In the test series that follow-"every time we were to within the next three weeks - ed tho bydrogen explosion in make some move we found before the Premier leaves for 1953, the Russians apparently Canada and the United States experimented

factical- Vietminh 'troops there and Firet, however, their partici-sized weapons. Qualified obser- waiting for us."

vers here doubt would have to be op-

that the Rus- pation

their by

party-this slans have made any sensational proved may be done at a special Conscientifle development that might lead to revolutionary now kinds greas carty next month.

Tomorrow, the Premier of nuclear weapons. due to consult M. Guy Molleti, dead."--secretary-general of the Socialist

Party-Reuter.

MORE SHIPS

DOCK

is

TRIGGER MECHANISMS Presumably, they are working mainly do improve their trigger

BY BIG

HIT STRIKE

London, Oct. 26.

Britain's wave of dock strikes brought more ships to a standstill

as the Government and leaders of commerce and industry warned that the country was heading for economic chaos.

BLVC

there were stiil

Ben

apathetic about accepting

again. Politically the somewhat

American military

old and

they are certainly closer

to

Southeast Asia than their

westernised compatriots who

of British

concin".

BEYOND. CONTROL The Association

senting commercial Interests throughout Britain, declared that

Sets Sail In A Tub!

Attack Planned Chambers of Commerce, repre-

On New

If the strike continues much faced with a

The officers

testified before the military inquiry into the

scandal of defence current secret leaks from the National Defence Council.

Police sources said the officers clalmat many French military setbacks in Indo-China happen- ed because the Communists know of French plans,

Alexandria, Oct. 26.

The Egyptian Prime Minister, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser narrowly escaped death this evening when a youth, later identified as a member of the Moslem Brotherhood, fired six, shots at him during a Liberation Rally celebrating the recently-concluded Suez agree-

ment.

SEJAS

All six shots missed Nasser but two members of The his entourage were hit. Sudanese Minister of Educa. dion, Mirghani Hemza hit in the left hand and the of the Assistant Secretary. Liberation. Rails branch in Alexandria, Ahmed Badr, was hit in the side.

The attempted, assassina- on took placè five minutes after Colonel Nasser began addressing:

crowd

Liberalion 100,000 packing Square.

of

The would-be assassin was inter identified as Mahmoud Abdel Latif. But he denied -ho intended to shoot Nasser,

The officers told the Investi- gators, they believed the in- formation

trom camo

the National-Defence-Council-the-He explained he was shoot- police sources said.

ing in the air as an

pression of joy.

HITED A CONVICT The sources said the officers came forward with their test!- mony after Major Maurice Barthelemy claimed yesterday he heard reports last July that'

information About French

Cabinet

live 1,500 miles away on the Paris Agreement longer on that will, An optimistic mariner, who minal co

decisions had been passed to French Communists There WDS a small trickle Sir Walter Monckton, Minis- available to members of Parlia- and relayed in turn to the Viet- ture of intrigue and plot-back during the day of 600 ter of Labour, told the House ment tomorrow.

Indo-China. mình in unenviable strikers but at the same time of ting and a most

Commons: "The damaging The Court of Inquiry, which Meanwhile, It was reported and

dock workers

evidence from both that former Police Inspector uncomfortable position 200 other

were effects of this stoppage on the has found leaving their jobs. By tonight, { country's economic life for the Governor, He possibly

grow port employers and strikers, will.

Dides Joan

of Paris, around settlement terms but whose shoulders, the spy scandal called in the Army to

The suggest than more serious every day. more the rapidly deteriorating 43,000 men on strike in eight threat to employment in other will not be empowered to enfell, told officiala today that lie an escaped convict, situation because he feared parts, tying up 344 ships, three industries is causing increasing force any. of its rulings-Reuter. hired Altrex

Delarue, with fuli the rising power of East more than last night.

lwledge of the man's back- ground.

Dides said Delarue, was used in anti-Communist efforts be cause ho (Dides) felt the man had other qualifications which his Sri- Justified overlooking Edmonds, Oct. 20.

other side of India and who

Dides is charged with helping learned seafaring by paddling favour

in obtaining G The Association wamed "that his own crope, But mail for Alas-a criminal and with complielly Turkey

passport for neighbouring

Delarue to go to Washington last Persia Prime

The Bocial Democratic Minister

op it can only result in unemploy- today in bathtub.

gathers

However, right in his wake Mohammed All has not been position party today discussed mont which, once it

year.

Secret documents which broke removed from office, But he with its legal specialists whether force, could be very widespread was the Coast Gurrd and becomes a figurehead and for it could oppose as unconstitu The value of imports and ex-officer told the 50-year-old ad-

tho apy scandal wore first dis- the present is no longer ational the Paris plan to bring ports held up climbed to about venturous voyager, Roy Bergo covered on Dides' desk-United

Press) force to be reckoned with. It West Germany into the North £180,000,000 today. More than that he'd befter day afloat or

charges of "reckles two-thirds of the country's mari- he'd ir timely to call elections but Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

The discussions

Berge left the whart bore at a detalled examination of standstill.at kay porn to with a

FACTORY CLOSES in the terms of the plan.

12.25. pm The Party also evitably the rivalries belwom

reiterated its One large factory in the Lan-I'm going to make it all the the two states will dominate opposition to the new Saar don ares closed-down today and way to Anchorage, Alaska." - be the scene again. An Army statute for the Europeanisation big London. firm of cigarettes said. "I'm willing to rum: the Berlakk. I have the utmost con=" `dictatorship`latan',

of the Baur, saying it was a “scii, mükem is sino threatened with ddence in my ability, and, my: Ruiternative to demone of the Industrial territory, closure. It has 27

£200,000 worth ahould at least give the to

46 to France.

Observers here bow of exports to Singapore, Autra country, The песскаягу before, the electionismilliy - Beved the SociálˇDemocrata, sire | lia and New Zealand, and other affie said he also had considence"

alliance with

and

end

It is doubtful whether this will bring 01

Pakistan's troubles for

be beyond their control"

Bonn, Oct. 20.

were

counted time trade is now at a. completa | Optr

ན་་

are held studying the possibility of chat- markets held up at the docks.

· German | of Commons today, Bir Walter.

an

"baby's

dgment in the weather."

him, "peculler, tub equipped with: a

hoped to make 15

No would not be langing the new plan to set up pay in fit,@latement to the House' | gulbessed u

If after the elec» m2 * 600,000

strong

tions the new Pakistan Gay national army in the same way Monakton said he had received!

they tenaciously attacked the

ernment follows the example

interim":

report in fron

of; 18 Moslem brother slates Egypt and Parela, and kopi

of inquiry into

torner European Defence Corn murity plan fit the WOK C

The Arroyo [ polied ready in maricaruitutionai

A-Bomb Victim

Diese

Tokyo, Oct. 20. sono "prase "", zuports, from Hiroshima today, autó mining,

old girl died In Hird

hospiti on October secondary!" radiation caused by the atomic of the city, nine years

Norie moto,

+x-

Follee allege the man fired six shots from a pistol from a distance of about 25 yards at the first-floor bal-

Colonel. Nawer

oolly of the Liberational Ralty centre where the Pro- ruler was making speech.

The furious crowd seized the youthful": "gusando: and started to beat him up. The

Infor | pollos "immédiately

vened -- and took him into custody,

The

-certifletty

I then went on.

„This was the fleet ationsDS, on the life of Nasser or ot

to die, and then resumed his speech.

When the first zmos rang out, Nasser, who was speak. ing about the freedom of Egypt, cut himself abori and shouted, "Everybody, keep still."

Ho

order repeated his several times and then told the crowd with obvious emotion: "I put all my eon- Is Lo Adenos in you, my life is your hands, I belong to to yen. Do what you like me. I will know how to die I have if God wills it. fought for the freedom of my country and I can die at peace.

If an unscrupulous assassin has tried to take my _life__ka_cannot fake" yours." - United Press and France- Presse.

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245 Killed

In Big Rainstorm

Balerno, Oct. 27.

At least 245 people were: killed and 120mizing after a cyolonio rainstorm devastated Balerno Pro- tince on Monday.

carly to.

身.

Salerno

100

carnstilen

|| wore dead and 20 pilastng,

The rest of the were in outlying regiona

Houses, bridges and

WLYS

were wrecked, died when houses, their foundations weakened by the ralus, collapsed

during the night. At Vietri, on the outskirts

50 of Salerno, people were reported buried under the debris,

The rains sent avalanches rearing down the motin tains between Nocers and

blocking roads and

and aring down' i

telegraph lines. At other La Dolats,

eda railway bridge: And

landslides

dont a

tunging Tween

stretch of tracks,

the

sea be

Balerno,

Into Vietri

and

cutting the main rail link between Naples

ples and the The road of

Several

WER

also

rivers, swollen by the rains, spill-

od over the flooded cellars at. Nocera, Vietri and other. place--Reuter.

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