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No. 36157

Reflections on "the Petition

S expected, "the" Civic

A Association's original ag

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peal for public support of its petition to the Colonial Office requesting Sir extension of Alexander Grantham's tenure of office as Governor. of Hongkong is enjoying an "impressive chain reaction. indicating very clearly that the Colony most decidedly wants Sir Alexander to assume the burdens of another tour.

The compliment to His Excellency is, unmistakable

and wholly merited. It is

too, unique in British colonial history, for Sir Alexander has. already served two additional terms,

both prompted by popular demand-a record to which no other colonial governor can lay claim.

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We feel, however, that the

sponsors and supporters of this petition should fully appreciate that an expres- sion of popular opinion of? this nature does not automa- tically succeed in winning its objective.

VE do not suggest the

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sponsors of the petition have rushed thoughtlessly into their project, but we do wonder whether sufficient enquiries were first made in the proper quarters as to the likelihood of the petition succeeding, bearing in mind the prac- tical considerations involved.

The Civic Association first. intimated they had advised the Colonial Office of their intention to spersor the petition early this month-

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Truman To Address

United Nations

Decision

Objection Follows Long

Raised

By Russia

San Francisco, June 21..

Russia has objected to a former president, Mr Harry Truman, being invited to address the tenth anniver- sary meeting of the United Nations next Friday, it was learned today.

The objection was registered with Mr Dag Hammarskjold, the UN Secretary-General, in New York last week. It was re- ported to be based on the ground

MR TRUMAN

that is six months before that Mr Truman

was not

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Sir Alexander Grantham is representative of the United due to retire from office. States Government and that he had been responsible while Pre- That is cutting things rather sident of the United States for

fine, for we inagine the "anti-Soviet policies." Colonial Office machinery which carries Sout the tending functions of appointing and meeting declined to comment on replacing governors has to the report and said that the invitation, of Mr Truman to speak operate

longer had been tendered by Mr Ham- period. The obvious danger marskjold.

over

a

Official American sources at- the commemorative

Meeting

UNION TUG-OF-WAR

London, June 21.

The London stevedores tonight decided to end -first break in a strike their strike next Monday which has held up six ports and will have lasted over five weeks.

BOMB

MR ROBERT STEVENS

The London men represent almost one-third Resignation

of the 20,000 dockers who have been idle.

Their decision, taken after a 3 hour private meeting of 1,500 men tonight, brought to a head a tug-of-war inside the stevedores union which called the strike to enforce a voice in the hiring of dock labour wherever they had members.

to

London men wanted the claim sent The arbitration but their colleagues from the northern porta involved notably Merseyside, have resisted any return to work until the union had been officially recognised in their home ports.

In a bid to avert an open rift, the union leaders invited the militant men of the north to send delegates to the London members' meeting.

The acting General Secretary, Mr Bil Newman said after the meeting that the decision to suspend the strike on June 27 was "overwhelmingly adopted."

He added that they would recommend this action "to the men l the northern ports as it was the wish of the meeting that a return to work in all ports must be simultaneous.”

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It was understood that the back to work advice was' vigorously resisted by delegates from the north and by some members of the union executive, Including a former London dock strike leader, Mr Albert Timothy -Reuter.

MACMILLAN'S UN PROMISE

San Francisco, June 21.

Mr. Harold Macmillan, British Foreign Secre to the petition is that It was understood that, despite Whitehall has already the Soviet objection, there would tary, declared today that Britain would continue completed arrangements for be no change in the plan for to strive "by all means in her power" to use and

Mr Trumah to address, the re- placed, and if this be so, meeting next Friday night after perfect the United Nations as an instrument for

the official representatives of all

Sir Alexander to be

it will not be easy to reverse 60 member nations had conclud international co-operation.

those arrangements.

This is the contingency most

likely to defeat the petition,

ed their addresses-Reuter:"

for the Colony, knowing Confidence

Sir Alexander Grantham's

deep and unswerving sense

of duty, is confident that if Tricksters

he is approached by the

Colonial Office

re-

and quested to continue in his

Addressing the 10th anniversary celebrations of the "The United world organisation, Mr Macmillan said: Nations as it stands today probably represents the highest common factor of agreement that is possible among the nations."!

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Expected

Washington, June 21.

OUTRAGES IN CYPRUS

Terrorists Strike

In Many Places

ONE MAN KILLED

Nicosia, June 21,

A dynamite bomb, said by the police to be the biggest ever used by Cyprus terrorists, exploded in front of police headquarters here tonight, kill- ing one civilian and injuring eleven other people,

four seriously.

The bomb, thought to contain a timing device, tore

A

two

Rescued

After Drifting 17 Days

Singapore, June 21. After drifting helplessly

in their crippled boat for

17 days and 80 miles off

The

and

to

a gaping hole in the front of the headquarters, send. course, four hungry ing mascary flying among the crowds of people sip. thirsty Indonesians were ping Turkish coffee at a cafe opposite.

saved about. 70 miles from The dead man was identified as Kyriacos Kyprianou-Singapore yesterday after- 40-year-old Greek civilian. Two other civilians end two noon.

· The Army Secretary,

KPM ship, the MV Robert Stevens, is expected military policemen were seriously injured.

At almost the same time. to submit his resignation

It was later reported that one Batoela, which picked them up, the men The ship was on a soon, to become effective hand grenade was thrown at a Greek civilian was killed, two arrived in Singapore today with

policemen and house here occupied by Brigadier Turkish time this some

summer, E. Wiams, of the British Turkish civilians were injured scheduled trip from Bali highly-placed Pentagon in Middle East Headquarters staff. and taken to hospital, and seven Singapore. formants said today.

The Commander-in-Chiet

Turks were slightly injured in The men are still on beard Middle East Land Forces, Gen- the pelice station explosion. and will be taken to Indonesia There was no immediate con- "¦ eral Sir Charles Keightley, A crowd of Turks attacked a when the ship leaves on Thurs- firmation of this.

escaped

similar attack, last young" Greek priest near

a day. night.

Turkish mosque, shortly after

They accused The men are sterns had not submitted his After the police station explo the explosion. resignation yet but was expect-sion. British troops surrounded him of trying to place dynamite Kahir, Saleh Hussein, Lie Huan

the building, which is in the under the mosque, beat him up Djie and Tjhie Lian Khun,

harde

Their him over to

bcat became adrift Turkish secter of the city and and then

when it lost the propeller, houses the nerve centre of the police.

their orde:1 Recounting. Colony's anti-terrorist campaigh, Angry Turks

were heard

Osman, 2 crew member, said The explosion was the latest shouting "Give us arms, we they get et from Belinju to

new series of outrages will deal with the terrorists." in a

A loud explosion was also re- which began. last night with the throwing of a "Molotov cock-posted... from Limassol, South tall" bomb 81. suburban police Cyprus, station here, and in Famagusta, The Limassol explosion shat- Paphos and the north coast town tered windows at а police of Kyrenia, -

station in the east of the city.

The

informants said Mr

soon.

ed to do so

His resignation has been rumoured frequently since last year's Army-McCarthy hearings, In the past Mr Stevens has shrugged off the rumours with “nd comment"

The Army Secretary was visiting Camp Rucker, Alabama, today. In his absence, his office replied "no comment" to the re- port that Mr Stevens' resigna. tion may be imminent.

The White House Press Secretary, James Hagerty, said

the White House did not have at this time a resignation trom Mr Stevens, oral or otherwise,

"There is no resignation in the White House from the Secretary of the Army at all"

These explosions, which all

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There were no casualties.

One policeman saw 3. maskes man running away but was un- able to catch him.

dynamite bombs ex-

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Pangkal Pinang on June 3.

They had hired the boat and tended to bring back fish from Pangkal Pinang,

LOST PROPELLER

But when they were midway, he said, they suddenly:

y lost the Propeller,

They began to drift, They tried to row, but could not stand the tremendous strain. They knew they were going to what food they had. On the 15th day there was · no more

occurred at about 11.30 pm. were followed early today by an attempt to set fire to, a Royal

Four explosions occurred in Air Force store at Famagusta

Famagusta tonight. and the throwing of a band Two grenade at three British soldiers ploded on a road outside the have trouble amt began rationing there.

No one was hurt,

destroying power station, wall but causing to damage of food. FIND BY POLICE

casualties.

Two other plosions were caused by hand They also found there was Police also found five un-

British little fresh water, and according said Mr Hagerty. "I know of exploded "Molotov cocktails grenades thrown

was hurt

in to Ceman, panic caught them. In a desperate last-minute effort none. There is to resignation today in a basket rear the town troops. Nobody before us,”--United Press,

of Paphos, where the trial of these attacks. Reuter.

they sat down to carve out Ave young Cypriot Greeks

propeller out of wood... charged with preparing the overthrow of the government by force was just ending.

6 Europeans

Arrested

measures

at

ITALIAN GOVT:

CRISIS

It was only when they were quite near that suddenly the men in the boat began way ng and shouting-China Mail Special.

At last they made one and fixed it on the propeller shaft. But just would not work. Osman said they lost all hope Casualties in the incidents

when that attempt failed. On last night and today were stated

Rome, June 21.

the 18th night the water bottle before tonight's explosionto

Premier Scelba's

Christian went dry. total eight-three British service-

refused Democrat Party today

H Caplain Meyer, Command- men, one British civilian,

to endorse Scelbe's proposals ing Officer of the Batceis, said two Cypriot policemen and two Casablanca, June 21.

for a government reshuffle. Al- the second officer of the ship Official sources revealed today Cypriot Greek, one of

Pre- though Signor Scelbe has not became suspicious when he saw them seriously that six Europeans have been

ere yet resigned, this party move is the deserted boat drifting.. Reviewing the last ten years, political aggrESSOT,

the Casablanca cautionary

throughout the considered here as portending a Mr Macmillan said that the encouragement to those wished arrested by

tightened up

crisis which may pageant of history bad been to settle their differences peace police on charges of involvement

Island tonight. All police leave government of the in an "counter-terrorist plot". the influence darkened by disillusionment "fully,

was canceled and appeals were result in the fall of the Scelba United Nations was Al

all special con- Cabinet-France-Presse. and sometimes despair,

All the names of the accused broadcast for The tensions between East pervading."

were not known, but three were stables to report to their unit

constables headquarters on Thursday. identified as police West have seemed un

and a fourth as Francois Aviva,

High level consultations took place here between the military There was one UN current owner of the Cafe De ferences.

and

·lated

authorities details of two men "But recently there has been a activity which could accurately Gironde here.

government

be described as spectacular,

chiefs on plans and security WHICH is another point we who made thousands of lifting of the cloud.

According to official sources, measures to be adopted imme That in Britain's recent

was "the imaginative "Within a

arrests were the re-diately. few weeks the

inquiry before the Ex-rail strike with bogus road leaders of the four great Powers proposal to create an interna-guilt of an

will be meeting together for the tional agency which would open arrival in Morocco of the French cellency has now completed transport services.

Can the way to the use of atomic 23 years of public service- During the strike London mer-first dime since Potsdam,

the destruction of mankind." arduous, strenuous, and not chants were telephoned by a we recover the mental outlook energy for the beneat and not security chief, Roger Wybot.

of 1945? infrequently worrying ser-man who gave the name of a Manchester transport Arm and strikebound

high office, he will agree to

do

so, selflessly. setting aside any

WHI

Make Haul

London, June 21,

personal pre- Scotland Yard today circu-

feel should be given full pounds consideration. His

and

ending," he added,

SPECTACULAR ACTIVITY

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NAAFI STORE FIRED

the A military source said plans could not be revealed at present as some policy sugges- Wybot's mission followed the tons had been referred to Lon- assassination OL newspaper don for a ruling. "Can we get back this gummer Referring to the internati, a publisher Jacques Lemalgré on to the road of co-operation atoms for peace conference in Dubreuil on June 11, who had between the great Powers? Can Geneva In August Mr Macmillan advocated an end to alleged At Famagusta, a British we find again here in San Fran said it might well prove to be French counter-terrorism. cisco the inspiration and the will the most important conference to work together? No. one yet which the United Nations had

10 these knows the answer

organised-Reuter, questions.

· PIONEERING SPIRIT

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vice. If any chief adminis offered to move trator in the colonial ser cargoes. vice is entitled to the peace

Several merchants agreed of retirement it is Sir readily and valuable loads were Alexander. Is it really quite put on to lorries.

These cargoes included scrap fair to insist that he sacri-

£1,500, copper fice what he has earned metal worth

worth £2,800 and women's wear merely to satisfy a public valued at £4,000. craving for continuance of The lorries headed out of Lon- his personal administra-don-and were never seen again.

The tive ability?

same confidence trick was pioneering spirit to the work. worked on merchants in Liver that lies before us, then this is

and Manchester

who indeed an auspicious moment cocoa worth £5,000 to and these meetings will be bodies which" Are now shipped

London in the lorries, of the memorable." aligning themselves in sup bogus transport company,--China" port of the petition for the Mail Special

His Ex- retention of

We believe the various public pool

cellency's services have, in their enthusiasm, lost sight

of the legitimate rights of individual, who has

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NEW SEIZURE POWERS

Nairobi,. June 21,

"But if we can apply the old Fortune To

said Mr Macmillan

they themselves should

dedicate afresh to the lofty purposes and high ideals with which the

| organisation was inspired.

"We do not seek for a ready worked faithfully and very Under a new amendment to made Utopia,” he added. hard, and who is now the Emergency Regulations the

"With feet planted Armly on entitled to a rest from his Kenya Government can seizo heavy responsibilities. money, cattle, vehicles or crops the ground let us keep our eyes

belonging to Mou Mau terrorists on the horizon.”

"No one would require that all

Preserve Name

The only known result of this mission so far has been the arrest of a former French police inspector Yound carrying a sub- machinegun, announced. on June 17-France-Presse.

Kidnapping Attempt Sequel

Berlin, June 21.-

n:ilitary policeman and a British civilian were hurt by a Molotov cocktail and a grenade thrown at a police post, and a NAAFI on fire, causing store was set damage estimated at severat thousand pounds sterling.

This morning, police manned barbed wire barricades across all main roads leading into the in towns and a British airman' mat who, was said to have Douglas, Isle of Man, June 21,

failed to stop at a checkpoint, A wealthy widow who re

the was shot and injured in fused for four years to acknow-

ankle, ledge the death of her beloved

One of the Cypriots in hos son, has left the bulk of her

Siegfried Benter, 27-year-old pital is a night watchman who £850,000 fortune to keep his East Berlin butcher, was pale it was stated today, gave the name and memory alive forever. tenced to five years hard labour alarm when terrorists approach. Mrs Allen Mary Cabbin could in West Berlin today for his ed the RAF store at Famagusts not bring herself to believe in art in a vato attempt in July last night with petrol bombs, the death of her 47-year-old 1952 to kidnap Dr Walter Linse, They attacked him before mak an anti-Communist Lawyer in Berita son, Robert, in 1951,

Commimist agents succeeded

She went on with the cruise in his 800 fm yecht he had planned before his death,

a week later. Linse was drag- ged into a car in front of his American"; sector

ing off and he is now in hos pital with head wounds,Alarm

Two more explosions occurred in Nicosia, making four so far tonight.

One was

was reported to

to be out de the house. of a Royal Air Force officer

Another bomb exploded out-

We are also convinced that Sir or their supporters.

Alexander Grantham has The power to do this an international relationships must laid such a solid foundation nounced in the official Gazette. be conducted directly under the Trach day his clothes were some in the of first-class administration yesterday will rexforce the land United Nations. The methods set out for him. Each meal and driven into East Berlin, at

fashioned diplomsey forfeiture. which, the Cover of old for Hongkong, that if he were fact has already announced, might be more suitable for math Mr Cubble, who had heard of ice side the house of Colonel Worth

place was set for him. Last Figh speed. He has not been to leave us (as in due course would follow the grithdrawal on dealing with certain interna- lived the life of a recluse with he must) the Colony would July 10 of the airrender terus tional problems. Whether it was Robert in a mansion beer here. Benter's counsel said there continue to beneft from his offered to the Mau Mau, acting directly or indirectly, died mainly, China Mall may be an appeal against the

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