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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1956.

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IN ALITEN TROUSERE,

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TRACTORS FOR CHINA: HK REACTION

Those Tractors Tardy Step

NEWS

that the British

Government

Bl

last granted licences for the export of 60 tractors to China will be well received in this Colony--though us lending businessmen point out it is something that should have been done long

The point that ago. businessman makes that the orders are 11,ly surriplen must dampen my faction

<**

But A

Good Thing

one BUSINESSMEN'S

Matls- hard-pressed

·

OPINIONS

"Revenge" Raids Ended Says Cairo

the

Cairo, Apr. 11. Egypt has withdrawn her "Fedayeen" sulcide com- mandos from Israel, the traders may feel it thej A leading Hongkong Cairo radio announced to prospect of increased trade businessman today do between Britain and China. scribed the British Govern-

night.

The broadcast sald

their Thus the Colony should jump ment's decision to grant | Fedayeens had completed

to no hasty conclusions. As licences for the export of mission of "revenge" for Israeli far as the tractors niv eon..60 tractors to Communist attacks on Gaza citizens," cerned they have to be sold, China As a "tardy step" first, then tested for suit- Ability Chinese farms, and "breathlessly late- And only if a big orter is as usual", received as a result, and thei necessary licences granted without further delny can there be any real justifien- tion for feeling that trade prospects are ebunging for

the better.

He and the licences which were only for samples should have been issued "ages ago",

"As there tractors are just a sumple order, they still have to be tested on firms in Cluna to ་་ If they are suitable," he nadó.

Sied

ARAB-ISRAEL CEASEFIRE

HAMMARSKJOLD GIVES NASSER HIS PROPOSALS

Cairo, Apr. 11.

Nations Mr Dag Hammarskjold, United Secretary-General, today put to the Egyptian Prime Minister, Lieutenant-Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser, proposals for easing tension on the Israel border, the Premier's spokesman stated.

Colonel Nasser gave him Egypt's views in reply in a 75-minute interview.

Later, Mr Hammarskjold went into a long conference with Dr Mahmoud Fawzy, the Egyptian Foreign Minister, with whom he had lunch.

visits to the Arab and Israeil capitals or to other points as he may decide, It was disclosed tonight. Ther will be some quick moving about the region,” his press secretary, Mr George Ivan Smith, stated.

Mr to

Diplomatic sources rald Is trying Hammarskjold

cure an absolute Arab-Israel ceaseiro, at least for the dura- tion of his present mission, and The Secretary-General has a roduction of the forces on United Nations aircraft wolling both sides of the border.--Red- at his disposal for lightning1ter.

The withdrawal announce mont came on the second day of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold's Mid East peace Mr Hammarskjold went to the mission visit to Cairo and just presidency with a strong ecuri- hours after the UN chief met ly escort. He was accompanied with Egyptian Premier Gamal by Major-General EL.M. Burns, Abdel Nasser for "crucial talks" United Nations truce supervisor

Tho Cairo

announce-and M. Henri Vigler, political radio ment said 300 Fedayeens were and legal adviser to the truce ant arross the Gaza frontier supervisory organisation. and completed 50 "suicide attacks 10T against Israel in revenge It will come as a surprise to

Isenel's pitack on Gaza civilions." many that the British Bed the British Govern-

LOSSES Government is only just be-, ment should have ginning to give licences for licences for sample orders much

Ten of the Fedayeen "Others have done i samples when the goods in earfler

wore killed, the to be in cle- mundos volved, though "strategie". It seems to me

Announcement rald. are not actually tanned, if mentary step

(isme) sinined that her forces However, he described the

][ of the "Build. this procedure is urevasury į

riceision es

step in the right killed for every item British mand-

attackers during their ralds in- direction. facturers hope To sell to "It is understood that

three skle Israel this week.)

The Cairo radio entd the China an the restrictions i

groups applied for und

raids for revenge" Fadayeen are ensed, it is going to take į grunted fleences to export

Israeli attacks on Gaza civilians Home time to get these ex-munpl tracters to Chino.

an exchange ports on the move,

The groups Involve are an after

along the Gaza David Brown Ltd. and Mussey artillery fire

authorities strip. Egyptian IT is hard to understand why Harris Lid, both of Manchester

Bre Israeli clatmed

ortillery The name of the third group killed more than 50 civilians ← some thought was not given;

to this position long ago-rould not be ascertained.

It is understood that no se, villages along the bloody borde". especially done it."

as "others have

were

Two

It is surely para Negotiations are still going on mount for Britain which in

between representatives of the

as such, has yet been fialised.

hard pressed by German rms and the Chinese aufber

and

Japanese competition tes

in world markets not to lag

behind its rivals. And the Decision 2 Years

history

of

Sino-Western

trade in the last 60 years

ahows that Initiative ins always paid--particularly us

į

Too Late

Another leading Hongkong

los

thut

i

ron-

The day after the battle the Fedayeens began their infiltra- tion of Israel-United Press,

But Near Tel-Aviv

Commandos Kill 3 Children

The

Strong

US Backing

For UN Mediator

ANNA MACNANI

Religious Order Sues Film Co.

ย

Trouble In Cafeteria Red Faces,

WHITE ATTACKS

NEGRO

Houston, Texas, Apr. 11.

Attempts by a group of Negroes to enter a White cafeteria after they had been refused service flared into brief violence today when a White man hit B Negro lawyer.

Negro attorney M.W. Plum- mer was sturned but other wie unhurt when, witnesses enid, oilman J. M. Wren hit him. The attack took place, just exit- side the cafeteria entrance.

Witnesses anid Plummer warded off further blows with his arms

and retreated. W.D. Derrington, the cafeteria sporo-

tor, and a bystander grabbed

Wren.

fused

open

to

Negro

Witnesses sald Wrent WDB shouting: "The NAACP (No- tional Association for Advance- ment of Coloured People) is Communist-backed and domin- nied and you can tell that to Eisenhower in Washington."

REFUSED SERVICE Rome, Apr. 11. "

The A women's religious order

cafeteria was in the The Elsenhower administratico possible actions, based on the has brought

lawsuit Harris County (Houston) court- strong premise today reaffirmed its

Three Negroes were re- Chat that mission against the Italian film house.

earlier BCTVire

by would fail. backing of the efforts of the

Face of its fa colling congressional leaders company which stars actress Derrington in the ot a United Nations and

Mr Secretary-General,

Dag

Court order throwing of both parties yesterday for Anna Magnani in the habit Federal

placo a briefing on the Middle of the Franciscans of Mary the Hammarskjold, now in Cairo, to prevent an outbreak of war Eastern situation, the Secre between Israel and Egypt. tary of State Mr John Foster Missionaries, It was learned customers.

here today.

Plummer arrived at the cafe- Dulles, did in fact take one

The Order, of which the nosessary step towards

a téria, looked in, and then left. fullment of the constitu- French Mother Superior, Marie returning a few minutes inter Do Elols is the head, objected with a group of Negroes which tional' procedures, belleved by President Eisenhower to be to the picture, because, it was included Francis Williams, pre-

Misy

Magnand word aldent of the Houston chapter before the United alleged,

to their habit without the slightest of the NAACP take action

modification

The Order hopes to persuade Witnesses suid Wren, who company to modify was standing at the cafeteria the flim Miss Magnani's clothing of lis door, attacked the Negro law-

will, and that the yer. own free famous actress, who herself is a devout Catholle, will also bring her influence to bear on the

But

authoritative pureks ·zë- pudiated any suggestion-that- thin

present emphasis on the use

United of

Nationa machinery to restore peace in Palestine

constituted an al- tempt by the United States to disengage itself from or to downgrade the 1980 declara-

which tion in

United the Britate States,

France and

tako pledged themselves to

action. If reeves- sary, to deal with an outbreak of aggression in the area. No such interpretation is placed by responsible officials here on the fact that President Elsen- his announcement bower in Bow last Monday of United States determination to oppose Bggression had omitted any reference to the tripartite de- claration.

far as Germany and Japan businessman said this morning:

Jerusalem, Apr. 11. are concerned.

This decision) is about two

Three Schoolchildren

were One can only imagine that years too late--but now

Immediate a jolly shot dead und'len persons were t and come I think it is Britain A loyalty

wounded in Fedayeen attacks a for international soud thing and, of course, respect

tare eight miles from Tel-Aviv, uroughly approve of it. obligations and her policy

"It China

get Israel announced tonight.

spokesman. strict tenctors from the United King-

Army to the of sticking

Ehemia Brosh, sald will get them! Colonel Jotter of the embargo agree-car raw they

three children from Czechoslovakia and Russia, the

were shot ments have resulted in this

as they have in the past.

dead and the others, including extremely cautious

"And

when that ; a teacher, were wounded the where other approach, governments have been a they're getting used to these the Arab infiltrators attacked a at Shafrir. eight miles little

imaginative. tractors that they are import-school

the busy Israeli metro- ing from Russia and satellite from but hardly less prudent, in

countries ind If this state of polis. for preparing themselves

affairs is allowed to continue Colonel the obvions opportunities much longer we'll find that we'll another nhead.

be able to sell any. Considering Britain's position

more

not

an one of the leading mem- bers of the Western alliance its altitude IN

all together unreasonable, CH- ticism may be tempered by this fact, but with a line realistic thinking few months ago it might have given its hard pressed manufacturers a start they

never

trouble in

Brosh added that three persons were

wounded by grenades which "And when the restrictions Fedayeens threw at a bus near are lifted you'll find that we've Shatrir. An Israeli policeman just had it — that is why It is was wounded by Egyptian com- paramount that something should mandos on a road near Lydda, be done now.”

the spokesman added.-United Press

-

Under the terms of the United Nations embargo on trade of strategic goods to China, the ex- port of tractors among many other items--has been banaca since early in the Korean war. But tractor exports are per- mitted as long as the China no badly need in the race to Committee supervising the em-

bargo is notified. develop new markets.

nut

NOTHER Hongkong

businessman points that unless Britain begins exporting certain goods to China now there is a dan- ger that items like tractors will be permanently ex-

cluded because of China's

Ceylon's New

Premier

Colombo, Apr. 11.

rellance on proven markets Solomon Bandaranaike,

in Russia and the satellites. leader of the Ceylon People's been made too, is that the United Front, tonight ac

The point that could have

generat

And Attack Bus

Paris, Apr. 11. The Israeli radio, monitored reported that Egyptian here, Fedayeens attacked a bus going to Ramallah tonight.

The radio said that six of the passengers were wounded and taken to hospital-France- Presso.

1

it

DI

for

Officials pointed out that

tacticas would

obviously be for the President to issue specific statement reaffirming

declaration

calling action, if necessary, "outside the United Nations" at a time when Mr Hammarskjold was in the Middle East, doing his best to find a solution inside the United Nations,

No one here questions that the United States would live up to commitments und

under the tri- partite declaration if the effort of the United Nations to re- store pease in the area fail. The feeling here is that it would to Mr Ham- not be helpful marskjold's mission to encou rage world-wide discussion of

B & K May Tempt With

Big Trade Offer

tempting now

Moscow, Apr. 11, Soviet offer of trade aimed at

lopsided Western attitude cepted an invitation from British businessmon was forecast by diplomats today to trade with Communist Governor-General Sir Oliver

is Goonetilleke to form a new as likely highspot of the Bulganin-Khrushchev visit to countries in

London. actually helping to confirm government.

These diplomats said the Soviet leaders might be the unfortunate trade pat-

Earlier, Sir John Kotelawala tern.

had formally submittal his re-expected to make a sensational offer of trade with British signnika as Premier.

firms during their talks with British officials, and in For the embargo on Russia Bandaranaike meanwhlio call meetings with industrialists, and to give this offer the

and Eastern European od a meeting of his advisors to Communist countries' is less draw up a provisional Cabinet maximum publicity. stringent than the one on list, which he will submit to Bir China. This means that Oliver tomorrow. It was

coun-pected that he would reduce the Eastern European tries can export some lines number of ministers from 14 to

12-France-Presse. of vitally needed develop- mental equipment to China

the

that knowledge

ITL

if necessary they can re-

ex-

Terrorist Attack

{

Tunis, Apr. 12.

A woman was killed and her

Forestry

the

de

Statos could support

tripartite claration. Consultatkins with Congress are not essential if action is only to be taken under the United Nations charter since Ongress bos

and already ratified approved the obligations un- ser the charter. But

approval congressional

nieces- might be regarded as sary under the constitution for fullment of the tripartite declaration since Congress has not ratifled this declaration or approved of its content by formal resolution--Reuter.

Jordan And Syria To Co-ordinate Defence

Co-

Amman. April, 11. Jordan and Byria, in a communique Issueđ here tonight, agreed fo ordinato their defence plans

have thele armles co-operate to "repulse any future zreaston on the Arab frontiers,"

The

18-

communique follow- od three days of talks to Damascus between King Hussein of Jordan and Syrian President Shukri el Kourtly.

The Joint communique that Arab states were Jointly responsible for the defence of the Arab world against

the Israeli "danger."

Both Jordan and Syria based their policy on not Jaining foreign pools, the communique added, ser

Both

countries would strengthen their economle co-operations" and cultural relations and work towárds complete Arau unity- Router.

Pilotless

Plane Explodes

In this way they would under. The Russians will require line the idea that friendship number of strategic list ¡terns, with Risala could be a paying particularly tankers and machine

Adelaide, Apr, 11. proposition as well as to exert tools.

said the Soviet for the lifting of Diplomats

An Australian-built pilotices prossuro existing restrictions on strategic leaders might believe big scalo Mark II pishe exploded a mile

to the Communist bloc. trade exports

offers might prove 10 over the Woomers firing range

businessman today, A surprise offer to place tempting to British

during the first pubila orders with Britain, worth

now pressure would "ube | demonstration here of guided £400

•that made by exerted on the British govern- misdle attack. pince any resulting

millon sterling was the Itussians in 10654 during the ment to lift restrictions.

Experts w

will examino the dloficiency in these goods

know wreckaro visit to Moscow of am unofficial The Soviet government

attempt to with Imports from the West,

the cause of the This is a ridiculous state of husband seriously injured inst group of British businessmen auch pressure would embarrass determine the

affairs and it is only one of night by a bomb thrown by a Only a small part of this offer the Bellah government with its explosion Officials said, there

Was : DO'suggestions of sabotage. the terrorist into the house of a war fulfiled, partly because of NATO alles.

· many reasons why

Well-informed diplomats sald Two piloted Meteor jele were meteorological service official in subsequent Soviet reluctance China Committee has to

cutskirts Tunis, The

conclude conleuels and partly it was expected that Mt waiting its fis air to in ercept make a decision quickly to ocial was taken to hospital, because the British governmentBulgunia and Me Khrushchev, the missle, which was travel- adjust the disparity in the where his condition was To refused permission for the ex- who will be accompanied by the line at 400 miles per hour when Western policies to trade ported as critical: The terrorist port of some strategic equip. velamin foreign trade expert. Me inte blues fors If to bila na United With Communist countries, escaped, France-Presse-

the

firm

Anna Magnani, who has won an "Oscar" Prize for her ac- tipg, plays a missionary in the nim-France-Presse,

to

In

The Foreign Office

London, Apr. 11. The politionă correspon❤ dent of the Daily Express writes:

There are red fades in the Foreign Office. All tho carefully, kald security plans for the Balganin and Khrushchev vialt have been blown wide open by a most undiplomatie blunder.

For the Foreign Office admit theirs

the blender.

The exact timing of the lengthy schedule for the Russian visit was to have been kept shoret." This at the insistence of Scotland who Yard, security men mid 'publication of the preciso Umetable would greatly increase their responsibilities,

But new the ,whole mo. complete with programme.

times of arrival. and de- parture at all points, has been published.

the

On Tuesday night Central Office of Informa→ tion issued put

publicly details

of the timetable,

It had

been intended that only a general pro- gramme should have been

and

out Tor publication that the exact times Should not have been published.

But when the timetable- was sent to the Central Olles of Information, : the Foreign Office forgot to includo instructions that general programino foz publication. London Express Service;

only

WEB

OFF FOR TESTS

London, Apr. 12. Mr Charlos Adams, scientific British atomic director for festa, loft London last night for Sydney, to take part in British atomic, tests off Australia...... France-Presse,

Proposal Rejected

Washington, Apr..11. The Senate poday defeated by Derrlagion said he was closing 69-27 a proposal to sat up, a the cafeteria everybody special congressional commitles Whites and Negroes alike-be- | to keep watch over the super-

central cause he did not want to, ba held | secret

intelligence

Eisenhower-

in contempt of court by ro- | agency. The vote was a victory

Serve sister fusing to

Plummer for President United PreOS.

Reuter.

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