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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1956.
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RELAX IN
DAKS
THIN FAJDIN KOMFORT
Whiteaways
HONGKONG
Colonial Office Statement On Kashmir Princess Sabotage
KOWLOON
Why More Troops? FORMOSA REFUSES TO EXTRADITE
IT
WILA ♫ most inadequate
statement that the War Office Issued announcing the despatch of British troops to Cyprus because of the "dis- turbed position" 122 the Middle East. In what WAY has the situation suddenly become so serious that more troops have to be sent for "The protection of British subjects in the area".
Since the week-end there have been theme developments: Another Jordan Government hns Callen #fler Further rioting 2014! the new Premier has declared that he i gittal joniteg Bagdad pnet Loral Commitz- wists allegedly took part rioting in Amma, the Jur chan capital. Hid travelt troupes are reported to be **ing on the Jordan border and the Arab Legion. has been reinforced. Was it one of these that in- spired the decision? Or was it, as the statement seems to
zution taken bermanu
ANTIN
zu
wor-
tain in anxious to redress.
It is the Middle East situation presents a ber- plexing spectacle. Britain may be justifiably concerned
at events in Jordan where
the prestige of the monar- chy received a jolting follow
ing the High Court declara tion that the dissolution of Parliament WAN ancun stitutional. The new Pre mier has announced he does
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H.K. SUSPECT
PEKING COMPLAINS
US Planes Fly Over
Man Who Escaped As Chinese
Plane Stowaway
POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
REVEALED
The Kashmir Princess exploded and was forced into the sea with loss of life while on a flight from Hongkong to Djakarta on April 11 last year
Territory
London, Jan. 11. Two United States mill- tary planes "openly in truded" over Northeast China on January 9, Peking radio announced early this morning.
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Time Describes Hongkong
FAT CANARY ON THE SHOULDER OF A HUNGRY TOM CAT
New York, Jan. 10.
Dissolution Of Greek Parliament
Athens, Jan. 10.
King Paul tonight signed decree dissolving the Greek parliament, 10
д
The weekly magazine Time today likened months before the expiry Hongkong to "a fat canary on the shoulder of a hungry tom cat" which was frightened to eat it.
of its normal four-year term.
It gave this description to the Colony in an article The King announced the sign- illustrated by several pages of coloured photo-George Papandreon, the Liberal
cat."
manecuvre
and
JET ACE KILLED
ing in un Interview with Mr
leader, who sold afterwards; The King told me elections
The election will be held
This has been, styled a "cock- tall" electoral system because it combined the proportional, the majority and
the reinforced majority systems.
A government spokesmar lins explained that the new formuła is 'n med at creating a two-party parliamentary system in Greece with both a strongly supported government porty and a united upposition.
“POLARISATION"
Opposition quarters consider it will lead to a polarisation of power between conservatives und leftwing parties.
The broadenst said: "AL 1003 hours two US military planes graphs.
truded over Chinese territorial The article said Hongkong was a "packed and pulsat will be held on February 19.” air from a point 20 kilometresing place with a rich but brief past in a singularly un- weat of Lingklang on the north THE NATIONALIST AUTHORITIES IN FORMOSA RE-
beck
It is the last true colony of under a new electoral law passed of the Yalu River and predictable life expectancy. FUSED TO HAND OVER A CHINESE SUSPECTED OF SABO- afterward hended northward size and importance in all Asia." It added, "and it perches by partiament on December 14,
Cover Tunghwa, Tsingyun and
in incongruous complacency on the coast of Communist, 1958. suggest but does not say. TAGING THE AIR INDIA PLANE KASHMIR princeSS LAST Sonynag areas.
After aircraft of the Chinese China like a fat canary on the shoulder of a hungry tom whole crap of incidents in YEAR BECAUSE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST, Air Force look off immediately
including THEY SAID, WAS NOT BASED ON LEGAL GROUNDS. revent nuonths
pursuit, the two Americuh
Despite The overwhelming, Hongkong was A frightened litary planes fled." Exypt's purchase of Czech
population of Hong-place. Today A spekemnun of the Chinese Chinese
Hongkong This is revealed in a Colonial Office statement
on the have caused in
unfrightened. Ils Ministry of Foreign Affairs said kong the article said "the rye remarkably sening condition which Bri incident released by the Government Public Relations Officetement that the incident is reminded, by the flap of the citizens, if they talk about it at Union Jack and the crisp ges-ull, exchange the mutual con- grave act of militery this morning.
lure of traffic cop, thet here,
ere,fidence that the big red eat will provuration committed by the Contest States
nowhere cise in encroaching as
Asia, not try in
gulp down Britain's apen the ferr forial integrity and British law and order prevall." fat little Aslan canary unless it
In another sovereignty of China.
part, the article is prepared to take on Britain | slaled: "Hongking NOT ACCIDENTAL
*a belly and the whole Western world or Communists and in war."Reuler. the Ubince Government round
anti Cominunists who ¦ tunely protect.
4guinst this
and plot Cand demands that the govern-
ment of the United State; take occasionally murder each other under the eye of a government lo TERCIRCA
that
·CASUTE
that is alert to all but prefers rita incident will resur."
to pretend that none of it gues
Elgin, Austria, Jan. 10. The statement, according to
Major L. Moore, 30, a lending Communist New China
At the last general election rce of the Korean war, THE MAIN DOOR
in 1932 the late Field Marshal was idled today when his jet Alexander
his News Agency, continued:
Papagos and Chinese Goverment considera a Civil Air
iy the "Hongkong
crashed and exploded "Creek Rely" Party won 240 world's fighter it necessary to point cut that
after taking off here is scats out of 300. the incident of the US
US military main door in Communist China Just into the terri
the maly nying aire intruding into
and the Duly ready haven from the centre of
**Thosíme of the partter at Toriel Culonlal The
it, and purlly for this reason, Held at Elgin Air Force hise: text
the end of last year was: Greek of ther
border is In the course
hir of China's of the sub-
lit
Major Moore a colony where political at
was credited accidental
led Rally,
by Constantine Office stalement reads:
with afquent Pulberes investigation at
destroying 10 enemy
Karamanlis e warn the US Government rights hardly exist.
200: Progressive Consequent upon the loss of sons who had been associated
"I is ruled
In 4 by British MIG-19s
Korea-China Party of Mr Spyro Markoninis adopts pro- One hand, Aircraft Kashmir | with the Air-India
Chow Tsc-ming before on the
with governor am- crastinating lacties
powers that to Mall Special. A! the Princess on April 11, 1955 on a his cieparture for Formosas oder al trak between China all effects,
are absolule, and a fight between Hongkong and | evitence.
light to Ciune
and the US at Geneva and on vast majority of its inhabitants Djakarto and, upon allegations suggest that he had been pros
the
rendis large 11
ather hand,
are quite happy to leave it that been the cutest the crash hart
competed by persons petown Jun 20
direct
1 of with a storm for sabotage. Intensive equites w
orgimisation arut nuel beencials and offers to the Taiwan ravaged Hürri- {were stituted by the Itong-offered
area of our country to step up # reward. There wmilitary activities. On Free Shade, for kong Government
also
exklener that CMT four Arab f solely
INDIGNATION 1100
Milling 45 cottle. te prat
The Tufed the ila pogas- separate occasions subsequent It 2"
shemp and horns, cutting off th Ojari toti
Apert Lyri enquiry
the to sto
the crash he had belt
mimited hoped
that thinly engndy and clearing -he rralises
The lx anfredents of 71 person en 11-
complicity
accounts selfish indifference to the, the reels of any sign of lite
nected an cape way or another of what he is alleged to have present situation can terror and women hiel under raft during its stay of just over
with the MrVizing of the 27 - | salit on ch occasion varieti weaken Western sympathy
A garage owner sliting For her care.
nat favour mining any new
alinances
The Baglad pacl never a very robust allinnen becalis, of conflicting ideas among member InUOTIA purpose and
# Intel
TOWA
about it
Use, breomws thu weaker with
"neutral"
a)
Ther
Arab blu. Backed by Sovjet
Ru-si#. pussy
Alionge
butle
Renewed aggres on by Israel at this stage could only complicate already complicated satin-
to
The Colonial Office report states that HM Government could not, base their request On legal in the absence of an extradition treaty, grounds, but they pointed out to the Nationalist Authorities, that it was in their own interests that the outrageous crime should be cleared up.
The report also discloses that the man suspected of sabotaging the plane by placing a time bomb aboard while it was at Kai Tak and being prepared for the flight to Djakarta, later stowed away on Transport aircraft for Taipei.
Terrorising
Storm
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Chartron woke up servaming
at dus window was ible to read
British solijvels. including three full pages of his book flu-
the British Middłe Bast oil | minsted industry certainly demand flashes
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The
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Jet
Troops Open Fire
Tel-Aviv, Jan. 10. Kuomintang Intelligence numbers of high-ranking off-way.
" is on example of what Egyptian troops opened heavy bumen beings will pay for automatic fire against an Iraci security and order la an pelice car in the Gaza strip to
day, an laraci army spokesznan inecure and disorderly world"
In a concluding paragraph,said. No casualties were re- the article said: "For a time, ported.-France-Presse.
further shows This incident
the US Unt
sporting no effort in its attempt to con- Tinereate tension in the Far East This act of the US irt detail. bul
Government hus aroused the they Strongly corro-
treat infignation of the Chinese each other und cut-
Ceople. Peace-loving countries Statements that he and people of
can- the world not but maintain a high degree pro- of vigilance against the vocative activities of the US."—
(a) he had sabotaged alrerafi
the
(b) he had been promised a reward of HK$600,000,
B: mid-May the investiga bori led
In-tained The lightning. carried out by the
desian Commitee of Enquiry, nutted that:
of the including examination protection in the event of Asident sale! that a single
the aircraft, had muy trauble, but is there struck mortar from the wreckage of
of this and corter of a block of dats. and led Lo real prospect
a strong suspicion that hm kile u
was due the the crash besides is this the main
Load
plsion rated by the detona- renson for the decision?
The
1kon of
device 171 explosive odged inside the starboard wo at the rear outboard corner of the wheelbny. This was con- Aimed in the Indonesian Gov- ernment's statement
on May 27.
Mencu
ان
horses
enw Beross
killed eight high'idag
Oy does the British Goy sheep, 12 head of cattle and 25 ernment feel that the pre-
- China Mall Special more British treopa in the area wil have a stabilising effect on the situation?
IT is possible to understand
why Britain, alone of the Three Big Western powers,
REQUEST FOR
NOVEL PLANE
New York, Jan. 10.
has Ment forces to the The United States Navy has Mediterranean for although asked for plans to drawn up all three are pledged to for a vertical take off plane,
Kuarantee the
issued
STOWED AWAY
(o) he had used a small time-bomb which made + slight ticking noise,
(d) Jie Intended to stow! away to Formusa. In d dition there
evidence! that shortly before the crash and subsequently until he went to Formosa, Chow The- ming spent some hundreds of dollars, sum well beyond
his normal means.
Accordingly on September 3 the Hongkong Police oblutned warrant for this man's arrest
Reuter.
HALF STARVED AND FROZEN
Man's Ordeal In Freight Car
New York, Jan. 10.
A half-starved man, freed
on a charge of conspiracy to from self-imprisonment in a
REQUEST REFUSED
Among the 27 persons whose dulles took them in the vicinity of the starboard wing of the air- craft and whose activities were borders of the Navy research department how Tse-ming, alias Chou Chu, consequently under enquiry was Israel-and therefore those announced today.
murder. an employee of the Hongkong
freight car in below-freezing of the surrounding Arab The plane, barrel-shaped, will Aircraft Engineering Corpora-
temperature, was reported countries against viola-be propelled either by piston uon
ton. Direct suspicion did not
in "fair". condition at the tion under the
En- 1960 engines, a gas turbine operating fall on him until May 18.
on that Tripartite Agreement, only propeller shaped ventilators or quirtes at his address
As soon as the warrant was Logansport, Indiana, Britain is puriner in ordinary reactors. 4 has been duy failed to And him and in-
issued the Nationalist Authori- Memorial Hospital today. nicknamed "The Ring Wing." formation was subsequently
tles in Formosa were requested The authorities said Rudolph the Bagdad pact and to Dr Manfred Rauscher
of obtained that some hours before
ot Oak Lown, the man to return that extent is more fully Zurich.
for trial. Krause, 27, been engaged to these enquiries were made
a transient worker, After repeated reminders they Illinois, committed to maintaining supervise the project by Kaman had stowed away on a Civil Air
Con-boarded the
car, which had informed fler Majesty's and Aircraft, with whom the US Transport aircraft
sul at Tamsul on December 14 Inden with tinned tuna fish, in The
pace and calm.
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Не
But if the situation is ao Navy have arranged a contract. arrived in Talpel, Formosa, one that the competent authorities sunny Kingman, Arizona,
serious as to warrant thu-France-Presse.
Two
the same day.
Rescued From Sinking Schooner
Norfolk, Va. Jen. 10.
deployment of troops by air, it is surprising that there has been no apparent echo of alarm in Washing- ton. America also has a large oil industry in the Middle East and several thousand citizena thore, No one expects America to 'send forces but it is AUT- -prising that it has not made Mandiou off Cape Hatteras some murmuring noise of today and the ship was
at the British approval
abandoned, 140 Coast Guard decision. Perhapa America was taken A Coast Guard spokesman sold by surprise, too. Thoro the rescue was performed by
been. widespread
have
appeals In Britain for positive netion in the Middle East and this may be a dilatory government's reply. But until there is a more detailed explanation
of why Britain has acted
In this way It is difficult to
said here.
about 70 miles east of Cape
•
was
were unable to deal with the door was slammed and locked matter since the request was when the train started, trapping not based on legal grounds,
Krause inside.
a
He was found semi-conscious In asking the Nationalist by railway inspector OB Authorities to hand over Chow
Monday during a routine check. for Tse-ming.
Her trial,
could of the car in the Pennsylvania Majesty's "Government
railway yards here. The freight in the absence of an ex-
car was headed from California auditon treaty, base their re Two persons were rescued from Hatteras.
quest on legal grounds. They for, New York.
DOCTORS' REPORT the sinking 04-foot schooner In New York, 2. Steamship pointed out to the Nationalist
Doctors said. Krause was: Company spokesman said it Authorities, however, that it
from malnutrition, had received a message from was in their own interests that suffering the Kathryn's skipper,, Cap-this outrageous crime should be frozen legs and exposure. They' said his legs and general conell- fain Curtis Dobson, which cleared up.
tion showed improvement today. said:
"Rescued two crewmen
A police search of the freight They assured the Nationalist from the sinking schooner
Bast of Authorities that Chow The-ming car showed that in his despera 'Manitou, 60 miles Diamond Lightship. Surviwould be certain of being justly tion Krauso ripped open bozes tried in strict accordance with and had managed to get at the vore OKVENN
the laws of Hoogkong and anat contents of four tins of tuna by The spokesman, said the
Kathryn, originally scheduled or would be given overy smashing them on metal bolts in
portunity of presenting his de... the car. to arrive here from San Juan,
* Krause told the authorities ho fence, Puerto Rico, last Monday
we travelling East In search of morning, had been delayed Despite Intensive and con- work. He said he had
boon a by the Atlantic storm. The tinuing investigallon, It has not rollway w worker, in a previous
10,000-ton freighter is now yet proved possible to bring jobs,
the
435-foot as. Kathryn, owned by the A.H. Sloan- ship Company of New York, The spokesman sald the passengers on the ship, had not been identified but that Lloyda Register of American Yachts of 1954 - Usted owner as Leighton H. Cole- of Stony Brook, Now York.
place Diamond Shoals lehtship,
man
feel any more than rather the rescue
puzzled at today's NOWE,
the
Deat
due to arrive at about 8 pm, charges against any other per- When found, he was wearing tomorrow, the spokesman, sons, who, may have participated a shirt, trousers and a Heht mid-United Press
in the crime;
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