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COMMENT OF THE DAY

Governor's Tour

S

IR Alexander Grantlam's Ireture tour of the United

Aly

intes M now almost over at it Is timely to consider how successful it has been. It enble

reports are guate to the coverage 14 hna received in American he hus newspapers, then

know n

ceriamy given the Ameri can public a fair idea of the Colany's problems and it i reasonudite co minty that At least

Mestst Americans more pone deal about fongkong as a peshifts of his Talks. Wisely be avoided tedious petillon and attempted to give the varpais proles tas u differenti Slam insanla kerasan Axo)

To je ut ame probataly Tavourabus promed barranse! he troppen all u maliy one testually a amosary wab the Governo, 'a spers het NAJ spoke on the manga, dew, for carlh idrom»l be American people. Hut he has made a

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AMERICANS GO TO THE POLLS Police Seize

Majorities

In Both Houses Of Congress Forecast

WEATHER AGAINST REPÚBLICANS

Washington Nov. 2.

Millions of Americans went to the polls today to elect a new House of Representatives, 37 Senators and 33 State Governors.

The London Times Washington Correspondent said in a cable to the China Mail this morning that political observers still believe the De- mocrats will regain control of Congress and will thus be in a position to number of unfortunate and shape the strategy for the 1956 Presidential campaign.

It says the The "Gallup Poll" supports The Times' assessment. Democrats should get 51.3 per cent of the votes and the Republicans, 48.5 per cent.

rather

disappointing red marks for whe there seems to be no satisfactory i explanation. His remarks may have been taken mut of context, the apologists any, i He has been inlsquoted 12 hin remarks have been Twisted and distorted, say

others. But these excuser cannot pussihly expinin away a number of deliberata and forthright remarks he has made.

SOME of his statements have

concern

United Press said in some places the weather may affect the out- ćome. Wind-driven snow began falling in the northern part of New York State this morning where the vote usually goes to the Republicans. If the snow proves severe, many rural voters may not get to the polls. might favour the Democrats.

After October 31

Emergency

Mr France

Sends Troops

To Algeria

And nothing whatever to do with Hongkong or, nt Jensi they

the Colony indirectly and could have been left unsaid. One newspaper said he should not have been asked Awkward political ццен- tions. But the truth is that Sir Alexander, As a servant of the Crown and as Governor |

Hagkong, should not have answered those questions.

Paris. Nov. 1. The French Premier, They should have been left to politlelang,

Also

Kaye | Pierre Mendes-France, Communist Ching one or two decided to send three bat gratuitous slapa, particularly by his reference to their eald talions of parachute troops (1,800 men) to Algeria to hostility towards Hingkong" Nobody world

describe Peking

maintain order, it was learn.

11.7

He

amenble

over-friendly Perhaps ted today.

wentid

be more

.

true to y

M. has

The Premier agreed to this

Rain or know was also fore- cast over a wide area of the northern half of the Uniled Stales. The South-west Wan expected to have generally fair weather.

The first votes will be cast at Gam, in some eastern States. The Jast

cast in ones will be Oregon where the polls do not close until B p.m. Pacific Stidord time.

President Eisenhower. and Vice President Nixon and their

Last

on, a campaign salvoen nation-wide radio and television broadcast from the White House last night.

The Democrats had the last word on the national scene with unly a radio broadcast 75 minutes

ter

Their Anal exhortation to the voters to alect a Democratie Congress was voiced by Mr Adlai Stevenson, the party's unsuccess- ful Presidential capdidate two Years ago.

This

Senate: 49 Republicans, 40 Democrats, one indepen. deni.

Most polls have forecast Democratic sweep in the House and a Democratie victory by ̧á narrow margin in the Senate, But predictions have always been accompanied by cautionary Anal spurt of words that the campaigning by Mr Eisenhower might have had an unprecedent-M

Nasser's Triumphant Return To Cairo

*Lieut-Colonel Nasser, the Egyptian Premier, is surrounded by excited officers who rushed to congratulate him on his escape from a would-be assassin'a bullet, when he returned to Cairo following the incident at Alexandria on Tuesday night when an attempt was made on his life.

No Settlement Of Latest London Dock Dispute

London, Nov. 1.

A meeting of Union officials and the strikers tonight ended without, a decision being taken on future action.

12 Spies In Pakistan

Commonwealth Govt Allegedly Involved

Karachi, Nov. 1. Twelve Pakistanis, includ- ing members of the Air Force, have been arrested po alleged members of country-wide spy ring "in- volving a Commonwealth Government”, the police an- nounced today.

The police declined to identify the country involved but said they had asked the Foreign Office to ask for the recall of five ecador members of it; min- sion here. The Foreign Offer declined to comment.

Those arrested by deterlives of the Criminal Investigation De partment were accused of selling top secret Information, including military

another matters, to

Commonwealth country. Tho said they had recovered

incriminating" documenta from

the arrested persons. The atresta hod

taken place over a period of five weeks.

Seven of the accused wero Bald to have confessed to their part in the espionage ring. All the accused will be charged under

Omcial the Pakistan Secrets Act.

FORMER SERGEANT

Among the arrested WAR Samlullah Khan

former

sergeant in the Royal Pakistan Air Forro. Polica said their suspicions were aroused after a. cable from high Government official" in

in New Delhi

Minigrcepted

to

On Saturday, Khan led the police to his home, which ho charca with B. L. "Tiwari,

Indian Letional employed by Commission Indian High

tho

here. Police said that during the search incriminating- papers and documents were re COVETED

There has been no settlement of the latest dispute in London dock- cd effect in swaying the voters yard. A mass meeting of dockers involved in a new stoppage over their to his party's cause fefusal to work alongside non-union lorry drivers, will be held tomorrow,

Aside from the key Confitress races, most, interest centres on

It is authoritatively learned the 33 State elections for

that the

the Indian Deputy High Governor.

Here

again the Democrats are believed to have

The new trouble started | Inter Issued a statement

Sir Walter Monckton told the Commissioner R. T. Chari, Later Prime total informed the Pakistan edgc.

Democratic earlier today at one whort when ferring

the to "yet another un- House of Commons

Minister,

Mohammed All, his Governor has

value of imports and exports Government already been 158 men stopped work because officleÏ strikes". elected in Maine, which votes some of their mates were dis-

held up by the strike was about u September. This was an up- missed for refusing to work set in traditionally Republican with non-union lorry drivers.

£200,000,000. He said: "The in-

Maine and Democrats through- out the nation

เ

BROKEN. PLEDGE

gravo

"takes a view of tho incident" in which

jury to our economy has been Cheri tegid Tiwari was locked The statement suggested the grave and effects will be felt for in his bathroom during the were heartened Word spread like wildfire and

men who refused to load non-

10 a long time come. Indeed search-Reuter. the union vans had broken

some of the loas can never be by the prospect that it might be their mood suggested that un-

the Besh a forerunner to many other Re-less

trouble was pledge given in the settlement made good. We can only hope publican defeats.-United Press, settled there could be another of the recent strike

would be no victimization were not Reuter.

by regrettable affair will now Tunca News London-wide stoppage.

either side. the minds Service (Copyright). “

of than A handful

IKE CALM

The dual appeals

that we are tolerated. At the muve AL the request of the expected to change

Communists, French Minister of the interior. of mere

fine the stame trave minde

the

A number of Friendly gestures towards Brittn Carl purtcularly Hongkong)

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West since the Geneva conference, and since we do,

Sir Alexander's words, have fot

check by

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with

Itve them and since greater con-

The

Volers, M Finncols Mitterand, and in

Surveys over the years have agreement with the Secretary of

the voter usually for State

War, M Jacques shown that Chevallier, who

>W In makes up his mind early in the campaign. But the appeals are Algiers.

traditional and there is also I resalt of last night's AS

will bring hope that they perreak: attacks in Algeria, M. Mitterand has also put extra out voters who might favour the

In his mind, tact wih the Chise is police forces at the disposas of candidate

might

not otherwise take the the Governor-General in Algeria. trouble to cast his ballot. devirable (and in Hongkong's cage essentiall

Unconfined Leports claimed a

Mr Elsenhower, whose per- were killed prudent of him to have gone total of 10 perts

and 30 wounded in the sudden sonal prestige is at stake in the to burst Ulterior

Vistence-France-election because he yielded

party leaders to throw himself Into the campaign in its last weeks, is reported calmly wait- He is ing the volers decision.

It was in-

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The

Cabinet Crisis In Germany

Hamburg, Nov. 2. Chancellar Konrad Adenauer returns from America today to face Grit in his Government coalition so deep that it will need his political skill and all authority to close it.

the Free

A spokesman for the men in- volved in the new stoppage sald that during the strike, which ended

drivers on Saturday, from various firms came to the docks to do their own loading. Among them were employers of J. Lyons and Company which runan big chain of popular cafes and restaurants and has a non-union staff.

THE LAST LAUGH

that there that all those concerned in this Formosa May Be

to utmost

their damage."

do

repair the

Dr Charles HI, Under-

Hit By Typhoon

Manila, Nov. 2. the Ministry of

Typhoon 'Pamela' resumed its Food, said in a Parliamentary reply tonight the dock strike had | north-west course this moming not caused any chortage of any at a point 400 miles cast of of the main foods in the shops. Luzon and headed towards For- With unabated hurricano

Brando Tells secretary at

Why He Walked Out

The spokesman said: "We Film

told these people at the time

mom

But it was probable that the force, the Weather Bureau said.

The

that supply of some foods-meat and

Bureau

maximum winds butter in particular would be "Pamela" has adversely affected early in the of 115 miles an hour near its Rome, Nov. 1. new year because of the dis- centre and is moving at seven and stage star; location to shipping and the miles per hour toward northern

-France-Presse, Two parties in his coalition, that we should have the last Marlon Brando, reached delay in turn-around of vessels, Formosa and the Ryukyus island.

be added..-Neuler. Democrats and the laugh on them. Today when Rone today vowing eternal Catholle Centre Party, are com-they turned up we immediately love for Josiane Mariani-

ta challenged them produce pletely opposed to the politien! West apart, the experis si Bob Hope Made expected to follow the returns settlement for the Saar ho agreed their union cards. They could Berenger, his fiancee,

to the lengths he did on number of evasions. motives there may be behlul some of the Chinese gestures. They are trying to drive the.

may.

But we can carry this suspicion

Press & Uned res

a little too far. Besides there The Queen Laugh

in the rours of

we stopped svith France 11 days ago, and not do this, and twa others, the German Party work till they withdrew. But and the refugee bloc, are critical the wharf managen sacked

for it.

of it.

Carry

on television tonight but prob-

"This is no one-night stand," ably will not comment on the

she said in an exclusive interview, result until his press conference

His hair 'combed forward like is no reason why we should

scheduled for tomorrow.

Napoleon, casually. dressed but perpetuate the feeling of cold

London, Nov. 1,

The major question the voters

"It means the management Wat

without the often-scen bine whether the hostility towards China simply

Queen Elizabeth with her are deciding in

In addition, the refugee blac, because its regime is Comhusband, the Duke of Edinburgh, controlled Congress for the next threatened to leave the Govern- permanent

President will have a Republican which has two ministers, has have been guilty of sacking jeans and weatshirt, Brando unlon dockers in said on leaving the Nioc-Roma inunist. Diplomatically we are and her sister, Princess Margaret, two years of his term, a Demo-

of lotting

non-union Express, that all reports that, he on speaking terms. We enn betonight joined

ment in eight days' time unless favour

та here. Our had abandoned Josiane a flood refugees and pensioners get bet-men, ler treatment.

brothers. in wharves down the of tears after a three-day idyll The reason for Dr Adenauce's river will be behind us 100 per on the Riviera were nothing but love cent against this attempt to "apittoon rubbleh, abrupt termination of his champion non-union labour"

|'Josiane,” he said, ond paused, Friday his old friend, Dr. The Labour Committen

"At the fame time, we are not Hermann Ehlers, President of the London Publie Wharfing going to get married right away. the Lower House of Parliament, Association the employers

It wouldn't be fair to her. She --Bruter,

met to discuss the dispute and has a lot of growing up to do

yet," said Brando.

firm but polite without any Inughter and applause which between the two major partles,

cratie Congress Or one split Haggestion of appeasement. greeked British and American the Royal Command THE Governor has been sur- | stora ut

prisingly frank on a number variety performance held at the

London Palladium. of cubjects but it appears that

THE

he has been comparatively Top of the bill of this big reticent on others which vitally annual charity event of British affect the Colonya economia show business was the American welfare. This has caused a comedian, Bob Hope, who kept certain amount of regret in the the Royal party amused with Cofony's business circles

and

his wisecracks, paltor, singing has left the public n

tride and burlesque neting for more On

than half an hour. puzzled,

dolence, for instance, a number of his

He looked towards the Royal remarks were unnecessary and the expense of the British Holly

an box when he made a joke at Indeed appear

bo in- consistent with statements he

wood star James Mason. He wag 63 on the tour, said that James Mason

arred British that at his dinner parties. you bow

hade earlier

CONGRESS LINE-UP

The present Congress con- sists of;

House of Representatives, 210 Republicans, 215 De- mocrats, one independent.

American tour was the death on

•

of

to

an old

MOTHERS AGREE TO EXCHANGE, friend of mind, here, he said.

BABIES PERMANENTLY

London, Nov. 1.

Two mothers, who at first refused to accept that a maternity home mix up had given them the wrong baby five weeks ago, agreed today to exchange the babies

The Governor has also ranged ho butler makes far afield, discussing the dura three times in the direction of stgime and, Sino-Sovart, reBuckingham Palace before a permanently.

tions among other

an expert on Communjee is Special,

China

and the Far East no

[no doubt, but out

ho went to Americs to to the

problems and he

soup."China

After a 24-hour trial, Mrs Look both parents and the two Vera Bowers, 22, decided to bables into a secret country take Johnny and Mrs Shella retreat for Ave days to thresh it Read, 24, will take Kenneth.

out.

people about Hongkong and Melbourne Cup day ago when the East London chronicled day to day develop

have stuck to his subject."

would

Hongkong wo

appreciate

publication of the full text of

the Governor's speeches when

Résult

Melbourne, Nov. 2.

He returns for this would un- The Result of the Melbourne doubteder clear up come mix. Cup we

understanding. Ond final] 251. Klsing Fast observations a tour like this,

Hellion

howave much good it may 3. Ciny Helllós

Y

have done the Colony, is not The winner covered the course Hikely to receive the blessing in 3 m. 23 mconds, and won by

Aho Corulan aral «Coloniki | 1/4 lengths from Hellion, Offices in the future,"

The mix up came out.five The Daily Mirror, which has onits front fat page,

hoaplini whore the babies were mens

The mistake which threw the families together for the first

me has laid the foundations fax: o life-time friendship.

BE NEXT DOOR FLATS

There is to be a joint christen- mg; cach couple wia bo 205 bom discovered that the two announced the happy ending parents to the other couple's mothers had been given each "! NOT AS DIFFICULTA baby. There will be a special other BLOOD TESTS

bablog by mistake.

The paper quoted Mrs Bowers chrzkion on the babies: birthday as waying, "We are discovering each yearn keith the two families

very hour how, Hifila difference

SamaƐta, farych w house where they to believe li ́and would not giva thero is between the

var next doors, simte no the can watch both children

But the two ingthers rekisod

up the "now, born bables even both; love them both to "when" - doötürs", produced blood in dimolÉ MITWB, Lube tests to prove the mistake, alim

The problems we

wtb7% the line vulation' that

The friend was French actor Christian Marguand,

"WE WERE COOKED Of the 'ongagement, Brando said, "I'm no guy for that kind of thing as you can imagine. But Bandol, in small French village. T

I was slaying with the family and that starts "people talking. We decided to put a notion in the pepe to top the chatter. Then seventy-five jour alista, drove up in cars, be

After that we were

cooked,! sald Brando, "Newamen were The

man old everywhere (Josiane's father) went into hiding. We decided to most in New York, and I took off."90",

Brands, laughed F disutrain o romance:

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