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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

The University

ERHAPS the most BET-

Prising feature About

Wednesday's Legislative Council debute on the report of the salarios and wagen committee of :he Hongkong University

the division of opinion among the Unofficials. Yet

it W253 refreshing, rendered the debate much more absorbing.

and

that

Dr S.N. (Chau's Amendment seeking to reduce an addı. tional annual subsidy of $1,000,000 to $700,000 won Ave voles

#k decided minority.

but not a vob plete defunt for the wide runye and tone of argu ments put forward by the opposition. There will re- misin sections of the public which will agree with the criticism of the generosity of salaries and employment

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1956.

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Interview

THIS IS THE UNCENSORED STORY

Earth Tremors POLICY

MISREPRESENTED

From DEREK MARKS

London, Jan. 12.

Sir Anthony Eden is faced with a sudden new tension in Anglo- American relations on the eve of his official Washington visit to President Eisenhower.

The tension springs from an interview Mr Foster Dulles gave to Life

magazine.

So seriously is this interview regarded in London that under- terms proposed for some of stand Whitehall experts are considering whether an official British state-

ment should be issued in reply to Mr Dulles.

the higher grade posts, believing them to be some- What out of proportion to

remainder of

Dulles listed three occasions when he claimed America's strong foreign policy in the past 18 months averted a world war-or a diplomatic defeat for the West by threatening to use the atom bomb.

The first was when the Korean truce negotiations looked like breaking down; The secund when it was planned to raise the siege of Dienbienphu; and the third during the Formosan crisis last year.

Mr Hella

action

It is on the question of Dieubien phu that London is most concerned.

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French

The British Cabinet rejected the plan and advised Dulles to tre wardly

pernennel, On the other hand it must be

conceded that sum very } effective counter arguments wese advanced. The whole!

revolves really 4A-Cou

West around whether or not the

Dulles Sunrested Chatt

relleve University in to be auccess-

promised to back united ↑ posilion in Indo-China

the Dioabienghu 12 ful in recruiting

un the best

Genova Pur East emference aendemic talent, ensuring

fullest. that a Ti institution for higher learning, it will not Omelals in Lamtkon tonight merely maintain its present | jointed out lite Winston the Churchill, then Premier, plamy Common that The tu

Bestol was not prepared the

"give any uni runkings :bout

IT

status,

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will in but of time lift it one comparable with

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senior universities of Eng- Unted Kingston military detien

Jaund,

is accepted that attractive employment conditions will not in themselves guarantee this desirable end result, but it is undoubtedly true to claim that unless the higher level pusta in the University are zade Fe. muneratively apnenling, The best men for the jobs will not be attracted to them

It is the future, rather than

the immediate existence of the 'versity. while up- to have influenced

Hong-

Сь

pear

of the recommencla many Lions at the Saluries Wages Commitive. kong

allow CRINOL University tr become second-rate, and il in readily agreed that the em- ployment of first-eluss nencemic staff is the only safe assurance against auch ¦ a disaster.

number

u Indo-China in advance results of Geneva

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I was in Geneva at the time these decisions were taken

of

The overwhelming view diplomats of the many nations ssembled there was thul only Eden's Arm rejection of a plan make 21 air strike C182 Hrenbienphu પ્રશ્નઉના world

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Here is what happened early in April, 1954, Crules lasted 0 call for united action

by the

Mr Dulles came to London mad

warned by Was

Eden that on the basis of the exist ing situation there

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question of joint sefion

'The Chiets of Sun, military grounds alone, dismiss- ed the project as foglastic and

solution offering no Custries' position.

to

political zrounds, do-

The Cabluct, on and diplomatic

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the

Then on the eve of the opene ing of the Geneva. conference Me

in Paris was a miceling between M.

then Bidault, French Foreign

Mister, M. Duites and Sir Anthony Eden. Dulles put forward the idea of an air strike to relieve Brig General du Castries Dienbienphu.

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olded that to

the Indo-China war would invite Lo Chinese Communists join in and would certainly spark off a world war, Eden was assured that original objections

to Dulles' suggestion were backed by the Cabinet and the Chiefs of Staff.

his

} can state there was never

In Hungary How A Jordanian

Kill Two

Vienna, Jan, 12. Two earthquake tremors shook

Budapest today,

killing two people and in- jurino 35. Thirty-eight collapsed

houses

and another 150 were rendered uninhabitable, radio Buda- peal reported in a broad- cant monitored here.

The brunt of the earth- quake was feti in the city of Pet, the southern half of the twin Hungarian capital. In the Taksony district 80 per

of the houses received some damage.

This was the first earth- quake in Hungary since 1925. The shocks were jet elsewhere along

the

Danube-France-PressO.

MORE US A-TESTS

THIS YEAR

Washington, Jan. 12.

Mob Murdered A British Officer

From KEITH MORFETT

Beirut, Jan. 12.

JUNK PIRATED OFF PENANG

Man Swims 3 Miles To Safety

Penang, Jan. 12.

A

A member of junk crew named Lim Ewe-seng today awam three miles to Pulau Jerejak, (Jerejak

Island) off the island of Penang, and then reported

I flew out of censor-bound Jordan today and that he had escaped from a can now tell how British officer, Lt-Colonel Patrick | gang of armed pirates. Lloyd was dragged from his car by mob and

A murdered.

This surging mass of Arabs also threw bombs at a RAF convoy and stoned the car of young King Hussein.

Ho reported that there were three other members of the crew of the junk. They arc still missing.

Lim landed on Pulau Jerejak at 2 a.m., local time. He said the junk was that at 1 o'clock Intercepted by a motor sampan while units way from Sumatra b.les of ལ Penang with 90

place four miles off Penang, the at pistol crew being held up aimed

point by five Chinese.

Forty-two-year-old Lyd 13 Euch time I submitted the first Briton to be killed in despatch, the censor redpencilled rubber. The interception took riots which have flickert and | half of 1.

flamed across Jordan for the past

Hy

four

works

was

commander

in light anti-aircraft regiment Jordan's Arab Legion and with a troop of his men was caught the եր

at Amman, In riots capital, four days ogo.

Stones thudded around Lloyd's the mob opened

truck fire.

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This way

and

I con reveal that Arab bomb and gun gangs now Lhreaten to kingdom of second Cyprus.

At the cable Boldlers looked up from tele

manned they phones

cul

report meer

still further with an eye on what he regarded as military security

So! New to Beirut to cable this story.

office.

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On

the

was buried two days later

RAF

centelery in

turn

desert Jordan into

Arab rabbic rousers claim the country is on the eve of an up- rising to overthrow British in- fluence.

·

Then A new series of atomic

SHOT IN BACK tests would be held in the

Lloyd Wis Pacific this spring, it was

overwhelmed,

street dragged on to the announced today by the

shot in

in the bas Atomic Energy Commission,

He and the Defence Depart at

the ment. They will be smaller Amman.

The Arabe who attacked him than the big 1954 hydrogen tried to blow up a RAF

THE GREAT FEAR con- voy passing through Amman. in any time any chance, Britain explosion

One great fear in Amman is The joint announcement by Bombs exi locked PIO RA the

that would agree to the proposals or

reirais may attempt in and the that Mr Dulles was ever led to the AEC

Incries but the

Convoy

went

topple British-educated Hussein said; believe that there was.

Department

through.

off his throne, of effective Thu

Arabs crouching on flat house. biggest question facing absence

The Arab Legion Is holding Lotion

Agreement, diplomats tonight is:

tops In the town showered Ammin why has Mr Dulles raised all by adequate inspection to limit stones on King Hussein's car is Iron grip his Cabinet and Churchill sum- this on the eve of the Washing-or

control mamais. the sped through the streets to under moned a special Sunday morn-for talics

the palace, end of this United States govornament con-

Parked cars the month?-London Express Ser- tinuslly endeavours to maintain

the

efficient and roof gangs poured paraffin mast niodern military strength for purposes on the flames, of peace.

Eden WS

iti

upposed lo the scheme. He agreed to consul1

ng meeting altended Chiefs of Staff.

by

vice.

nt the

WASHINGTON REACTIONS

Washington, Jan. 12.

Officials here said today that there was no connection between the approach- ing conferences here with the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden, and the revival by Steretary of State, Mr John Foster Dulles, yesterday of his old contro- versy with Sir Anthony over whether agreement was reached in April 1954 for joint British, French and United States Intervention to save Dienbienphu in the Indo. China war.

In fact, the published Inter-

tional

Defence "In the Interna- safeguarded

to-

The pirates tied up the crow of two Malays and two Chinese and then towed the junk

Province Wellesley wards the

During the towing. mainland the crew freed themselves tram and jumped into their bindings

the act.

SEARCH FAILS

Lim When

reached Pulou Jerejak he telephoned his em- players, a rubber Arm, and they notine the police. As a re- Im- were el nearby waters merlistely

marine combed by police without any truce being found of the pirates,

This is the accund

chise

were

an armed gang believed to be

of Penang reported in Pracy oft

On December weeks. recent 23, three

sarapans daddy attacked near Pulu Rimau

u by and Jerusalem in un

led by

speaking D Eurasian and 800 people are

two or three outside the

languages. The arrest, but

confiaculed the plrates

then cities the grip of the Legion is were set are not so secure.

and made cargues of rubber off

ak the coast towards Thailand.

news from Amman.

There are dendals of a plot Lo assassinate Glubb Pasha, Brillah Commander of the Arnu

La.er the polke informed the authorities of tho Indonesian

In case the Eurasion piracy, and his band were operating from the coast of Sumatra. to Reuter.

RIGID CENSORSHIP FOR DEFENCE

Rigid double censorship im- Legion, but his snow-white car "Pursuant to this

posed by the Government pre- course,

now speeds through Amman vented me from sending preparations are underway for

this with scout cars fore and aft. a series of nuclear tests to begin

All carry bren gune In the Spring at the Eniwetok

All despatches must be taken Rioters shout "Death One of the

Prime Glubb" proving grounds.

and "Out with pro- important purposes of this

Thero British Hussein." --- London series will be the further deve-

Express Service. lopment of methods of defence against nuclear attack.

"Air and Ca frame will be notlled through normal chan- made nation part to this story

It possible to retrieve nets of the detalla of the con he stating that

"reached South Vietnam, Lous

and trol area

in advance of the area well an agree what i thought was

Cambodia from almost certain commencement of operations,

"Operations Juss.* mont on united action" in con-

will be conduct furences with Sir Anthony In April 1934.

The university is already wellview given by Mr Dulles to Mirby

served by

of James Shipley, the chief of Life brilliant men, whose claims magazin Washington bureau,

to more attractive employ- ment terms are as strong an any who might

candidatus fur

academic posla.

less establishment is well below normal level Buccessful

out

charac-

the

Rear-Admiral

which gave rise to Mr Dulics

"At the time Mr Dulles nded by Joint Task Force Seven his Under-Secretary press conference remarks yes.

by of State, commanded The ferday, took place in early De-

record of events given Waller Bedell Smlin,

B. Hal Hanlon, USN. Dr Alvin become cember of last year before the

Mr by

Dulles and

Alamos Seien- Life terised the armistice as a brd C. Graves, Los senior visit of Str

WRO Anthony

differs magazine yesterday

bargoin The United States, Ufe Laboratory, is deputy com Neverthe-arranged.

from information given oui In fact, refused to sign it.

mander for scientific matiems." at the time of

The Shipley article, on the But as things have turned out, privately

the Reuter. Indo-China crisis and the timing of this revival of a

by some other hund, described recruiting

which

Indo- of controversy

agreement brought officials here.

to partition talented professors, readers Anglo-American relations to a VARIED ACCOUNT

China and end the war as the and lecturers is an impera-record low in 1954 is regarded

clevies here as The New York Times cor- ness' that made it clear to the Live need. It is this which diplomatic

most unfortunate and officials respondent, reporting on the Communists the United States fortifies the position of today

leaned aver backwards Life magazine article today, was prepared to hold what was those who voted on Wednes-not to suy anything which might

pf day in favour of another $1 further aggravate feeling in The Life magazine's BC- Reuter, million a your subsidy in Britain,

urder to meel the commitments,

new

CHANGE OF HEART

said:

ot

the

outcome of a 'policy of bold- Israel Condemned

left

Southeast Asia."

IDEALLY HAPPY

BRIDE

personally to The Minister's department. censors are busy all day.

WORLD RECEIVING METAL

FROM OUTER SPACE!

London, Jan. 12 A Swedish expedition has discovered surprising quantities of metal from outer space at the bottom of the sea and they are planning fuller and more intensive in- vestigations to discover just how big the world's supply from space really is.

The Swedish expedition, ex- New York, Jan. 12. ploring areas of the Pacific sea- The Westem powers and the bed, have discovered deposits Soviet Union Joined in the ❘ which, on analysia at the United Nations Security Coun- Swedish Oceanographie Institute

have ell today in calling for strong at Goteburg.

yielded condemnation of Israel for the several hundred small black December I

rias spherical objects in each kilo- Lake Tibertas attack

on Syria, which resulted

sediment.

in 50 Syrians and six. Isracila sem (about two pounds) or being killed. But the Sovie

Some of the objects are as Union disagreed with the West

the three crises in count Asia varied somewhat from the versions

correspondents were The Life article, based on Mr able to piece together at the interview with Mr time frum information avail- THE amount itself is not Dulics'

in the State Department terrifying, though it does Shipley, states that Sir Anthony able

Foreign and in the embassies Eden, then the British raise University financing Secretary, agreed

Torquay, Jan. 12. to Interven interested powers,

in pinning part of the blame much as an inch in length. from the public purse to

The former "For example, in

Miss Josephine on to Syria "even in • veiled' tion in Indo-China, but goes on

retrospect Trevorrow, 21-year-old Torquay form Reuter. an annual $5.2 millions, to say that Britain later had a the article depicted the Indo-

giri who China armistice worked out in Prince Mahmud on January and as time goes on the change of heart." public can expect to sea Mr Dulles al his press con-

Geneva in 1854 as a major has written home to say she is oven bigger allocations ference yesterday gave con- suve for the free world that ideally happy, her mother said Tengku Abdul made to help finance

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At her home herr, Mrs 8. G. Rahman In London

the University's expansion.

married

Malayan

Nevertheless, we can afford NOW IT'S ALEC'S TURN Trevorrow said she had received

year

de..

who

The Swedish scientists are almost certain that the objects come from outer space.

The Swedish announcement follows checks made last Novem- ber by Astronomer E. J. Opik at Armagh observatory in Ireland, who suggested that the world might be receiving relatively large quantities of material from outer space.

London, Jan. 12. a long letr

Abdul from Josephine, Tengku

Rahman hod become a Moslem and Malaya's Chief Minister, arrived taken the name Che Kalsom here by air tonight to ask for Bovereign Independence for Prince

Mahmud met his Malaya within the Common The Swedes consider their, find bride, the daughter of a retired wealth on August 31, 1957. sufficiently important to mert a lexulo manufacturer, when ng His mission is to propose full investigation during the was studying local government complete self-government at coming international geophysical affairs in Torquay last year onco, with independenco later, year and they are now laying Reuter.

plans-London, Express Service.

Now it's Alec Waugh's turn to write a swocneros success. Just back from Hongkong, Alec, author brother Binte Abdullah, of author Evelyn Waugh, tells Nancy Spain of his new book which critics say will be his second best-seller.

This is only one of the highlights in tomorrow's feature-packed

Chino Moll

Les Armour's personality piece this work is about Mickey Mouse who was born — on a traini

Here are some other topline features;

Will Grace Kelly zave the bank at Monte Carlor

another million 21 equally as well as we can afford the $700,000 to which Dr Chau's amend ment sought to reduce the now subvention, On that ground the request serves approval. What now will be interesting in whether the new scales of pay and other amenities fulfil their purpose and attract the right calibre of professors, ronders and lecturers. In some respects the employment condfllons are distinctly superior to those obtaining in English universities, It has been

There are all your regular favourites as well including Jane agreed that Hongkong Is Roberts" reviews of the latest films, three pages of loost and over- willing to pay for the boat, seas, sielures, special section for woman, another for culldren, but those responsible must another for sportsmen, cartoons, comic strips, puntos y and tipe make certain that we get for tomorrow's meeting at the Valley, all in the China, baile. the bait.

A. E. Russell, designer of the world-famous Bristol Britannia, writes on aircraft of the future,

+

-Reuter,

FIRST BATCH OF "RED DEVILS" FLY INTO CYPRUS

Nicosia, Jan. 13) ready to handle ono transport at present number Just over The first of 28 Royal Air Force over half hour in the third '15,000 men. Amanda Marshall asks "Is this the age of epp-headed Shackleton Transports touched major airlift of British troops to.

[down'here at 1 am. today with the island doring, the last few The paratroopers will be at Roncont

Ita load of "Red Devils-para- | months, h

the disposal of General Blr. troopers sent from Britain to

Charles Keightley, Commander» a strategie reserve

army hero has em In-Chief, Middle East. Land' yprus for emergency use in phasised that these frega raul Force for the protection of Middle East trouble spots.

forcements, although based on | British subjects in the Middle More than a thousand men era♬

| coming | and^ ground... · stuffarg

| Cyprus, »will).not form vart. of East: sliould the need arise

the islanda security forces who ! Reuter,

Just Arrived

Slim as a princess....with

a slender,

high-born heel..

a deep decolletage.

Tax Demand Against Condemned Man

San Francisco, Jan, 12, The Federal government seat anal warning to San Quentin Prison today that one of iis Inmates owes $3,433 in back in- come taxes and interest for the year 1864.

The

addressee Was Caryl tow author Chestnan, death who opens a fight next Monday in the Federal Court to escape the State's lethal gas chamber. -United Press.

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