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No. 36022

GILMANS /

GLOUCESTER ARCADE

COMMENT OF THE DAY

U.S. Economic Policy

RESIDENT Eisenhower

Ps presented Congress

with details of the Republican Administration's now foreign economic pro- iamme-and it is interesting to note that it is virtually the sarne as that which he pre

ented to Congress in March of last year. He has made one impor.ant addition and that is the proposal to establish an international In

inance cor.

encourage

the

puration to Investment of private capital abroad. It would be tempting to concluse, following the surprisingly

good

reception

the progromnie has already

received from

Democratic

and Republican congressional leaders, that the

President's

plans are assured of success.

Last year,

It will be recalled,

Protectionist elements within

the

pro-

Congress forced the President to defer the gramme and the only consola- tion (and a poor one at that) for the free trade protago was that the President's cutting powers were extended This year the for one year, situation has certainly changed in Mr Elsonhower's favour, His personal support within the party and the country hos improved considerably sluce

Again, inst year.

the Jow tariff Democratic Party now controls the Congress instead Larist of the largely high Republican Party which would also suggest that he is now assured of Lome measure of with this "Lop success priority" programine. There

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1955.

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INVADERS MARCH INTO COSTA RICA

Temperatura Hits: 26.5

Nicaragua Charged With

Promoting Aggression Record

TOWN REPORTED TAKEN

Washington, Jan. 12.

Costa Rica claims that an invading force crossed the Nicaraguan border yesterday. The armed forcé máde a deep penetration and took a small town, Villa Quesada.

There were then these dramatic developments:

•

Costa Rica almost immediately severed diplomatic relations with Nicaragua;

Costa Rica appealed for United States military assistance to repell the "forces of invasion" but the American Government announced it refused to take sides in the dispute;'

The Council of the Organisation of American States, which met immediately reports of the invasion were received in Washing- ton, voted unanimously to intercede in the quarrel;

A commission composed of representatives of five. American Governments was designated to leave immediately for Cósta Rica and Nicaragua for a first-hand investigation of the differ- ences between the two countries.

Mr Fernando Fournier. Costa Rica's Under-Secretary of For- eign Affairs, told the session of the council of American States sa it began:

the

"Costa Rica has been invaded. Our

expressed to fears council yesterday have been realised and blood is flowing in our country.

Anal point in Mr Elsen. hower's favour also brought about by the recent election "So we have come again to and that to the chalkmanship | the council to ask for immediate of the various Congressional action and the protection we feel committees has changed and we should get under the inter- the advoentes of freer trade American system." occupy the positions formerly held by the opponents.

BUT

ACCUSED OF LYING

Dr Gulilermo Sevilla Sacasa, Ambassador of Nicaragua, ac

| "We are

preparing to meet them with all possible means," Mr Figueres said.

Government troops have been dispatched against the in- vaders but apparently, had not yel made contact.

The United Press for Mexloo,

Robert

manager Prescott,

Aneurin Bevan Saye:

said ming of the troops taking part in the attack wore be

loved to have been recrilted in Mexico City, in Guatemala the and Nicaragua. He said attackers expected to overthrow President Jose Figueres with- to do so in a few days but might have to bomb San Jose

air flect.

with their GUNA

AND Mexico

the City sources said plan of attack called for thron comparatively small groups of

'Britain Will Last soldiers, well armed with rapid-

32 Hours If

custif Corta Rica of "lying with-War Is Declared

ouk shama" Nicaragua phatically

that

burp guns to be flown into Costa Rica and, to move RA; B toward the capital directions. A rebolutionary source said President Figueres wes

Con

Nicaraguan radio stations ot Managua broadcast reports that a revolution had broken out at Villa, Quesada, and three other points in Costa Rica. Official

UT political observers in Washington do not belleve

denied that Villa

London, Jun. fi. that the alignment of the Quesada had been taken by Mr Aneurin Bevan, left-wingsidered "too Leftist", opposing forces has changed troops from Nicaragua,

Socialist leader, predicted in a sufficiently to guarantee com- A communique, from the speech at Harleston in Norfolk plete approval of the

Rican pro- Costa can Foreign Ministry tonight that in the event of wat

last 32 earlier gramme. High tariff partisane sad

Villa England would only the and people hours. boller organised | Querida garrison acem to be than the free trade group and

"futile resistance." put up a is reasonable to expect that it is in each constituency likely to be adversely affected by increased foreign imports, the Protectionists will exert powerful pressure on mcm- bers of Congress. high tariff supporters may expected to use some strong

In San Jose, Costa Rica, Pre-... You will see in a few weeks' sources. denied any knowledga

time,

be declared, "when

be

the that the invading army had Costa Rica from sdent Jos: Figueres said the in- Government white paper on civil crossed into vasion was the start of an "az-defence is out, that all possibility Nicaragua.

will effective defence

Officials here said fun identi- pression which has been in pre-of

Beation of the invading force had paration for overal years."

USING PLANES

that, the people must yet to be made but that there the war between was no question Nicaragus was be were using several small trans- the nations is no longer a mat-the only possible source of the

por: planes and that their knter of polley but an act of rul-invasion.

Individua

to

levers in their attempts undermine the position of the tree traders. As a result ther? is no feeling of certainty in Washington that the pro- gramme will receive immediate

Ho said

that the

invaders

realise that

WDA objective mediate

The establish a landing field in Villa Quesada urea as a base. to develop the invasion,

and overwhelming approval. Big Operation would meet them

THE

whole

Against

to do away with what

THE proposals as Д

appear as a realistic attempt

M-

"No na-

NO LONGER WELCOME

Cold In Hongkong

'Last night the tempers- tare dropped to 26.5 de- gress F ́ in Sek Kong, IS was the lowest atmospherļo temperature ever recorded

in the Colony).

While frost appeared in many parts of the valley. Happy Valley racecourse Was LPG covered with white hour front this morning. Calonel H.B.L., “Dowbiggin O.B.E. who is clerk of the opurte said "I have never Boer anything like It bes fore and I have been here

The lowest Brure at the Royal Observatory poster- day was 37.8, showing no drop' from the day before, with a maximum of 53.7.

There was not much wid in Sek Kong, Mr G, 8.P. Heywood, Erector of the Royal Observatory said, so the cold air ac cumulated in the sheltered valley.

· Getting Wärmar

** It was- 63. yents, nzo, dù Janitary-18, -1893, that the lowest temperature of 32,0 was recorded. Sizes then, 27.5

recorded in January of 1900, and the third boldest day who the with yesterday

(Pleasperklære de 37,6, r

- Alt Best - $3.6, hirber

slightly. warmer, in "Hong :kong; Mr^Heywood

As the monsoon winds blowing along the China coast 'have been weaken- ing during the last 24 hours.

Lennox Boyd

Hammarskjold Has Made Progress': Official RED CHINA MAY OFFER

TO

EXCHANGE

AIRMEN FOR STUDENTS

* London, Jan: 11.-

Reuter reported today that Communist China was about to launch

a campaign aimed at the exchange of the 11 American airmen "imprisoned

in Peking for Chinese students held in the United States, 20

Meanwhile in New York, a United Nations spokesman, has com- mented on reports that Mr Dag Hammarskjold, U.N. Secretary-General, had failed in his Peking talks to obtain the release of the 11-imprisoned airmen.

last June "The Secretary General has home

Nothing had when they conferred in New not falled. He has made pro- been heard of them before to York today..

Mr Hammarskjold will sen. Mr. gress towards the goal set for day, v

Henry Cabot Lodge of the him by the General assembly.

Mr Hammarskjold is likely to United States immediately after "He was asked by the General Assembly to sock by the means wait until his return to New his arrival in New York from meet appropriate in his judgYork before he attempts to Peking

clarify publicly the cryptic

Mr Hammarskjold is expected ment continuing and unremitting efforts for the release of the 11 Jout communiquo which emerg back on Thursday evening

Reuter, Allera and other United Nations ed from his talks in Pelting.

Meanwhile a UN. spolocnman's prisoners stili, detained, “

(repented, above)

more suppor

that view

bringing

state ext"

10

The talks in Peking were "useful"' towards this end.

They dry established a basis upon which to further progress can be made." Secretary-General

OTHER INFORMATION! -

sibly other allied Governmenta The spokesman added that bis the terms on which the Chinese,

with Him for discursioni

What Happened

To The OTHER

statement was bated on the joint save said they would be prepare Burgess® Letters?

+

communique-issued yesterday on ed to consider releasing the their talks by Mr. Hammarsk-alemien. fold and Mr Chou En-lat the Chinese Prime Minister, "and other information that we have received at Headquartors that I am not at lumity to disclose

whether, meant

Hammarskjold

From Our Own Correspondens

CHIT

London, Jan. 314. Burgess,” the

diplomai, who has sent Chr musa lettera (1679 his mother London for two »Vezza:

progress towards the early Off To Tokyo wote adverts Lottes earlier,

sineration of the pricators, the spokesman sald-kemeant-exuels ly whit the

Resumuona oprah Assembly

spokesman's' " 's 'atement referred to an American news agency select that un originating - drdin Londen named diplomatic sources said that apparently Mr Hammarsk- the Jold had failed to win diers' immediate releûge.

CHINA'S CAMPAIGN Communst China ls about to, campaign aimed at the

Tells Americastchange of 11 Ambrican Air-

About British Colonial Policy

have

~Mr Hama zarókjolky” United Nations Begrglary“. General, left Hongkong morning by 8,A,8,- plina for Tokyo after an over. night slay Hero, Hawes" accompanied by five of his party,

From Japan Mr Ham- marakjold and his parly will, board a Unlied Slates Government plane. for tire United States where ||

he

Ganers to the UN. Amembly on the Conlcome!! of halk iniks with the Chinese Prime Minis- ter, Mr Chou En-lal, on the 11 American. airmen im- prisoned in Chink,

The spokesman's statement clearly implied that Mr Ham-

informed marskjold has

his

for Chinese students held in the

States, United

was It believed in London today. cide, Mr Bevan added, "

China's

officialmouthpiece, In copeating, to the Organisa tion can win the war."

the New China News Agency, He admitted that Prime Minis-tion of American States. Jast

today reported a protest letter ter Sir Winston Churchill was Sunday, President Figueres sald

signed by eight students who anxious to meet the Russians, a "mercenary force was con-

home

from Lake Nicaragua, and declared, "If the Primo centrated on

American Minister had his own way he ready to invade Costa Rica.

It reported that, a large num-headquarters that he was able But he is The Livasion camo only a few

Washington, Jan. 11.ber of students were being kept the matter is subject to more to make some progress and that atopped. Who stops him? The hours

Ortega after Alfonso

Mr Alan Lennox Boyd, in the United States and: added: Urbina,

Charge Nicaraguan Americans."-France-Presse.

for home at the Britain's Secretary of State "We demand the United States to talks with the Chinese

act of

holding back He was declared no that all British· political

forcibly exriment.

ngor welcome in this country parties were "irrevocably

A POINTER?'.-. of his alleged mixing in

économically mestic politics.

committed,"

Coming on the heels of Mr Dag, Hammarskjöld's, departure from Peking after rocking the airmen's release, the protest was seen here as a polater to the

altitude.

or

was disclosed, today. Zánd noné of these got. The Tron Curtain late

throw

said it her horse, in London 20- nightpagin

-Hin-this second

Guy says he wrote to me bef Christmas letters and I don't

1953. I didn't

those other

know how many there, were" 'didn't say.

"My son did not know. I had received his 1953 message, until it was published in newspapers.

NO INDICATION -

́ ́Bassottwald tonight: there is nothing in the letter 10 indicate where my son in or what he's doing. He gave me no hint at all."

Mre

It is thought that Burger, former · second. secretary Washington, may be advising Russia on Westem affairs.

Ship In Distress

San Francised, Jan. 11. Mr John Foster Dulles, the The 8.s. Unjung, registry, un- |

radiood, it

Eisenhower described as "the|Mau Mau Begins faratroops Kail. co the Costa Rican Gov-for the Colonies, sald today stop immediately its unjustifiabe United States Secretary of State, determined,

"numerous uneconomic man-

made barriers to mutually advantageous trade".

Paril-

Nairobi, Jan. 12.

Out From

Chinese."

cularly welcome is his proporal biggest single operations Stricken Aircraft from San Josi and morally, to a policy of in Costa Rica said Costa Rican growing Independence for

commanded by the Public The Colonial empire, Minister, Francisco Orlich,

"And we have no Intention are, trying to surround · about

He added in an interview. tele- Quesada in a down atíock;

Vized in London and shown by a the Focal Washington station.

the President points out this | African troops began a system- and five crewmen crushed near nfty, rebels who seized Villa Whalever of going back on that." Chincord suggested it wan'.

BRIEFING BY HUNT

BUILDING AIRSTRIPS The Costa Rican Government is also using local DC-3 airliners to bomb and strafe the rebels, who are reported to be building

first' shot in a 'new. Com= television manist'Chinese'propaganda' cám« Feast paign'» almed' ai striking, a bar-

series with British leaders The firit students, returned to The interview was the first of gain

·América, reached being distributed by the British China from Information Sarvioes to local television stations throughout

Operasion "Hammer"', the

lo offer inducements to Mau Mau terrorists in Kenya, Nille, Tennessee, Jan. 11. American investors io send began at dawn today.

A C-119 Flying Boxcar be- their capital overscas for ar Nine battalions of British and Hoved carrying. 24 paratroopers is an essential requirement of atle sweep through the forests of here late today. Thirty-seven a vigorous scheme to promote the Aberdare mountains north-men parachuted from the plane the economic improvement of west of Nairobi,

to safely, the tree world. The pro- Four British battalions and

The pul

public information offer gramine Con hardly bo Ave African battalions are tak- criticised as being too mudda ing part in the operation which at Sewart base said the huge transport crashed "about eight and its instigators too im- is expected to let one month.

le

miles northeast of the base. He am petuous. The Western world.

sald

it was reported to be carry- All airport and strategic points newly-arrived British a fulf complement of para- in the tiny Central Particularly has been waiting

American for this plan ever since. the Ris Brigade received the high ing a

five crew Republic were yesterday put

NOT ANTIQUE- Republicans came to office, titude briefing from Sir John troopers 34-and

under heavy guard in face of And its eventual success should Hunt, leader of the Everest members:

Earlier today, 32 soldiers fears( general invasion from Mr Lennox Boyd, explaining Britain's policies towards the ensure a more economically Expedition before leaving Bringrachuted safely pcm UFIRIGT BCTDs the Nicaraguan border;:;

tain atable

Europe, and bring the

The Cabinet and general staff Colonies, said that to Americans The troops which have been A Forca flying boxcar" neur European convertibility of

moving into position during the Miles City, Montana after cne are in permanent session and the word "colonialism" currencies one stage nearer to past few days: have already of the fours enzymen live bein mobilised to reinforce Ide

twin engines thousands of volunteer reservists whether railor Some nations may killed 20 terrorists and captured canight complain that the American ane Mau Mau general.

Isnded the C-119 the Miles They will be suppiled during City Municipal Airpor; a few recently rearmed with nearly proposals offer no early pro- :mise of one "tradd barrier the operation by air drops, pack minutes after the last soklier had £180,000 worth of U.S. machine

being lifted the embargo or animals and porters.—France- bailed cut. Firemen'extinguulcherd | gunk mortárs and, bazookai

lêhe flambs-United Press,

Tho

the export of strategic goods Presse.

to Iron Curtaiți countries, This

is however more of a political.

question than " a purely

economic one and is a subject for separate

In fact -- talks on th

question are in progrese пож In London and Paris. One observation – on the embargo:

many will agree that the

time

is now

appropriate

the United States.

Big Mustard Gas Fire

rep Near Cambridge

or

antique, and

of domine-

the 3,000, strong, Civil Cimed, cleniny Shinā

All Agencle

un it

Enough poleen ass, to wine

·Cambridge, 'Jan. 11.

ant a division of troops went up,

English

in the old Benso

commifyalde today added. We have often had to cultivate pretty stony ground Royal Air Force MrLennox Boyd emphailted couriers spread the

Belinin did not j

and polles

the at Cambridged throath

country)

Threat To Blow Up McCarthy's House, bel dovere, tales, So

Washington, Jan, 11. m

A next door neighbour of Senator Joseph McCarthy said today a person with "ign voice had, threatened to blow up the Senatore house tonight.

·Ennis, 'a middle

· Mr McCarthy himself was unbi for a sonalble redefinition of: perturbed by the threst dismiss headed wooshry

word "stratende". Uning as threat made by "some that a person hedly the Americana/play, crackpotuis prentatorelem; volée),

that the new foreign.

acohola programme will,

successfully impleme

vide adequate i

for [the losses)

with the may be

The

loft-wingers, aches balls saldej

and i crackpots couldn't murder Senator MACKE me politically" he said: am night and not worried about anybody doing your prailisée, UiS

physically,

· STRA

VOICE

Ennis explained

happened in British Guiana.

vital

1-issues were at shaloo

why not inter

lead to the estat

Communis

loded, as an RAF-fus dumnja, They told than 1,000

And Mr Henry Lodge, the US. (aking: in water and listing representative at the United Na- | seriously about 111 miles nort tions, must also have fad this west of Okinawa, the, Coast information. In their possession | Ghiard said today - United Proës,

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