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THE DAY

OF

Stalled Talks

Gloucesio Arcada

of

THERE is now little, if any, prospect of the UN disarmament subcommittee reaching modicum A agreement before the visit to Britain next week of Mi Bulgnafn and Mr Khrush chev. Perhaps that is how the Soviet leaders intended

It should be, hoping that through their own personal! efforts, they might bring |

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Nasser And Ben-Gurion Promise Hammarskjold .......

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IN

DAKS Whiteaways

THE FAMOUS EDMUERT EN ACTION 'TIRMINNILS

IDAG KONG

"WE WILL KEEP THE PEACE"

Act In

Only To Act

Self-Defence

New York, Apr. 12.

Mr Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations

Sir Anthony Eden round to Secretary-General, today informed the members of acceptance of the Russian the Security Council that Israel and Egypt had way of thinking.

both agreed "unconditionally” to abide by the pro- Mr Gromyko has considently

visions of their armistice agreement banning war- like or hostile acts against each other, while reserv- ing the right of self-defence.

stalled in the currem Lon don talks, relieving the tedium only by tabling a proposal that an attempt be

Mr Hammarskjold is now in Cairo on a made to reach agreement

the reduction, finita Security Council mission to survey the Arab-Israeli 10th and euntrul of borders.

on

conventional armmanents, Jeating ux ztiar for The #notment the whole queation of nuclear weapons. THE engaging thing about

this proposition is that it involves a drastic change in the Russian attitude on disarmament, inasmuch that

He sent back to New York the text of appeals made by him to Mr David Ben-Gurion, the Israeli Premier, and Lt-Col Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian Premier, and their replies.

among

ז '

means"

to

was

Mr

The toxin WIT: immediately sion in the Middle East by celtvudu en

Security "consitutional Comet nembers,

Code et Narset in reply since 1947 the Soviet Apaal 1 Mr Hammarksjald,

Egypt's right government has insisted that control the prohibition of the use of,alfetefen e as stipulated in the atomic or nuclear weapons United Natums charter."

a pre-condition must for any

uf programme But armaments reduction

be

he

armistice

relleried Egypt's "unconditional neceptance" of Ariele two, paragraph two, of

Big pilan-Israel| the agreement banning warlike or nosite

urts

Rgadist the other side.

Mr David Ben-Gurion, letter

to Major-General E.L.M. Burns, the UN truce chief, said

an a

alse sent along.

The messages went David Ben-Gurion of Israel, and Lt-Col Nasser, of Egypt.

Mr Hugerty did not disclose The contents of the

pernal messages Mr Eisenhower sent to Mr Ben-Gurion and Colonel

it Nasser. Presumably, urged restraint, as had the President's statement on last Monday.

Reuter.

RUSSIAN HINT

it has been no more than a tentative suggestion and Mr Gromyko has made no attempt to present the pru- posal in detailed form, This is the essential differ-

that f=rbel tennditionally Ir Curtain diplomats NUK- ence between the approach to the present discussions #greed to comply fully with the;gested discreetly today that Br

armistice Hain, France

provisions

of the

London, Apr. 12.

and the

"other and

United

by the Western powers and greement, it being understood States should meet shortly with that of Russia. Britain and that Egypt would do likewise tussiu

Interested France have presented He then said that if Egypt did nations" for a settlement of the joint comprehensive scheme: not comply with the provisions. Mideastern crisis. for the reduction of arma- and "continues her warlike acts ments and the control and against Isruel we must reserve freedom to Det in scir eventual abolition nuclear weapons in three

INTERPRETATION United Stater stages; the has

of ur

defence."

In reply

TKILL

come up with fully enunciated pilot plan for Mr Hammarskjold sent another to Mr Ben-Gurton, limited disarmament, reduc-

April 10 saying he tion of milltary manpower, understood thai the Israeli plus inspection and control Prime Minister's reservation in of nuclear weapons. With no way detracted from the un- out giving

downright conditional undertaking to ob- "'niet." Mr Gromyko has serve Article two, paragraph shown little or no interest two, are that the words “self

defence"

had therefore to be in any of these proposals, The Russian suggestion interpreted in conformity

the stipulations of the paru- graphi

with

The hint, dropped privately. brushed aside hopeful specula tion that some Mideast "truct" might be arranged with the Soviet leaders

their during

forthcoming talks with Sir (Contd. on back page, Col. 3)

They Give Their Word

BEN-GURION

NASSER

Jet Fighters In Aerial Combats

London, Apr. 12.

Israeli aircraft shot down an Egyptian Vam reach note to Colonel Nasser dated pire jet fighter today (Thursday) in a battle along

The Secretary-General, Tex

not entirely without merit, but it is one thing to dreide

attempt to agreement on reductions in Apr 11, sald he noted with the tense border between the two countries. the size of

оп

An

ormed forces appreciation

the statement of i and conventional weapons, the Povernment of Egypt

and quite another to reach such agreement,

THERE is a tendency to oversimply the problem: to talk as if all that is re quired is to fix a limit for the manpower of the forces of each of the great powera, it was true unce, but no

There longer.

is a yo't difference between ! ?* * "military potensial" of an armoured division uni

numerically equal number

of "bayonets." Nor run the striking power of anni

force be assessed by count- ing heads.

So far, Mr Gromyko has only

£1

new

reiterating

acceptance armistice provision.

He nie told

An Israeli military spokesman, who announced The the incident in Jerusalem, said the Egyptian air-

craft fell on Israeli territory.

Three other Egyptian aircraft

Jet Bghter Eden To Put

Col.nel Nasser, ! JL te had lold the largel Prime Minister, that the term--one of them "self defence" find to be inter- turned buck pisted in conformity with

the torritury, while the two Israel stipulations ог the

armistice jet aircraft involved returned

safely to base, he added.

agreement.

the Gaza

arca,

and

to

Egyptian

Up Proposal

JOHANNESBURG RIOT: EUROPEANS INJURED

Johannesburg, Apr. 12.

Seven Europeans, including two women and a seven-year-old boy, were injured by stones tonight when rioting broke out at a beer hall in the Western (African) township here and spread to the adjoining African township of Sophiatown.

Street cars and automobiles were stoned by the Africans.

Police reinforcements were rushed to the scene and opened fire with sten guns and revolvers on the rioting Africana.

Traffe along the main rond of Sophiatown- new town bulit for negres recently was halrod and municipal transport in the western European

sector of Johannesburg was re-routed to nyold the troubled area.

The rioting is reported 10 have starten when European and African police raided a beer holl in a tax drive. Police sur-

rounded the

hall but Africans Inside Arst

re- threw beer reptacles at them, then forced their way out and started ston- ing them.

Reinforcements arrived but

Shop adjoining the main rond. windows were smashed and some people attempted looting.

Police patrulled the area rot vans and squad cars until inte tonight.

Sone

the injured Europeans were passengers in o street car which drove at fuil a mob which speed through pelted it with stones. Others had been driving automobiles pass- ing through the Reuter.

t

KOWLOON

Hostel For HK Students

by then the rioting had spread CEYLON'S NEW PREMIER BROADCASTS announced that the Hong-

to the outskirts of the township

Woman's Appeal To Khrushchev

"WILL DO OUR BEST TO

FULFIL

MANDATE"

Colombo, Apr. 12.

Mr S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Ceylon's new Prime Minister, in a broadcast to the nation tonight promised "justice and Fair play to racial, religious and other minorities as well as his political opponents in the execu- A British woman today tion of the policies and programmes for which his party

London, Apr. 12.

asked Soviet Communis! Parly

First Secretary, Nikita Khrushchev, to help

had received the people's mandate.

wero

It was recently officially

kong Government had purchased property In London to be used as a hostel for Hongkong students in England. Above is a picture of the building the Lancaster Gate

to Hotel soon be renamed "Hongkong House." It will be the home in London of 70 students from the Colony. The hostel overlooks Hyde Park. London Express

Photo,

Tribal Revolt In Easing The Spanish Morocco Restrictions

In his brief message the her to secure from the Prime Minister, sald he and his

of government

entering upon Hungary Cabinet

the tasks of government "in a permission for her 12-year spirit of humility and with a old son to join her in Bri- deep sense of the responsibility tain.

that now rests on our shoulders"

Washington, Apr. 12. Mr Sinclair Weeks, the "Wo shail perform our duty

Madrid, Apr. 12. sincerely, and to the best of

Several tribes have revolted Secretary of Commerce, told u our ability,

conference today that; bearing in mind in the Spanish territory of Iin! within a week or so he expected

press the wishes of the people who in south Morocco, an informed to make public a list of non- have returned us to power," he source said in Madrid tonight, said.

The woman, Mrs Thomas Marffy-Mantunao, the wife of former Hungarian diplomat, ex- plained in a telegram addressed to "Hit Excellency, Mr Khrush- chev, the Kremlin". that she had not

Peter, u been her

Sha cripple, for eight years. and her husband adopted Bri- fish nationality two years ago,

She said her son was in the custody of a family In Hungary, "In very difficult circumstances" and was so short of money that "occasionally he had to rosort to begging".

you are

the

of

Mr Bandaranaike appealed to oil friends and supporters of his government, as well as his.poli- tical opponents, to give him their support and co-operation, Spanish colony of Rio De Oro, he said. and not to allow any petty per- ronal considerailons to stand in the way of the successful re- alisation of the new

govern ment's objectives-the achieve ment of true freedom In every sense, and prace, happiness,

and prosperity.

the extreme south of what was French Morocco:

Kuala Lumpur, Apr, 13. Informeed sources sald rein- Malaya is ready to begin an forcements of troops and para- | all-out people's war against the chu ists were preparing to leave Communist terrorists in the the Canary Islands for the jungle, the Straits Tima re- trouble spot of

from Inl.-France- | por ed

hero today Presse.

Router,

Nicosto, Apr. 12.

Unconfirmed reports said that strategle goods which United several Spanish army officers the Soviet blee in Europe.

States exporters might send to had been killed in the revolt,

"A fairly substantial number It was reported that incidents

items will be on the list, had also taken

place in

in the small hundreds,” probably south of Morocco on the Atlantic

Mr Weeks added that the coast.

easing of controls would apply So for no official reports neither to Communist China nor

been recrivez in Madrid to the have

export of any goods A COUNTESS

which could be used for milk- concerning these revolts,

Ini is a small Spanish en-tory purposes by the Soviet Mrs Marity-Mɛhtuanao, who Mr Hammarskjold, who left

was born' New York last Friday, addressed

The Israeli military spokes-

Margit

clave on the Atlantic coast in nations. Reuter, Countess fis Arst

message

to Colonel

Telcgl, Enid that when her son man sald today of the acriul

From DEREK MARKS Nasser from Rome, where

he battle: "We take

was aged ten, the Hungarian a grove view spent the weekend. Expressing

of this penetration of Larneil

polico hid asked him his SUPPORT PROMISED મા bia

Egyptian planes.

London, Apr. 12

political convictions. concem with the develop territory. by ments in

the This latest incident

must be Sir Anthony Eden will ask

"Knowing that

The Trotskylie Lanka

Sama Secretary-General told

seen against the background of Mr Bulganla the

Ind

Samaj Party tonight enounced Mr

coming to England with your

it would give full support to the Exypuan Prime Minister:

In- uninterrupted Egyptian aggres- Khrushcher if they are ་་་ wish to draw your attention to alon which

carrying has reached new

terested in folning the West, inon, I want to beg you to use

your

offices with the new government in BOOL! the vital need of breaking the peaks in recent days,"

a new keep-the-peace guarantee Hungarian government so that through reforms promised dur of actions

in the Middle East.

they

will allow present chain

my little soning the election campaign. reaction."

United Nations truce observers This will be one of the most to join me here in London. hinted at

Soviet

The Party is now the second today started investigations into important For that reason he asked for

moves Eden

and

have not seen him for largest in Ceylon after winning nttitude to the disarma.

"strict

last night's commando abtack on Foreign compliance" with

Secretary the

Selwyn

14 seats in the election. ment question. and sum armistice provisions.-Reuter.

the Shafrir agricultural school, Lloyd will make in talks during eight years and he is only 12 your's old. Please tan you thing more concrete is re-

10 miles from Tel-Aviv, where tho Rurslan IKE SENDS NOTES

Icuders visit to help"-France-Presse. quired before the prospects

three youths and their instruc- Britain which begins next of a "closing of the gap

tor were killed and five others Wednesday. Augusta, Apr. 12. between

injured. Western

Eisenhower

It is clear there has already

Fez Apr. 12. Russian viewpoints can be personal messages Lo the

Israell reconnaissance planes been some discussion between

A group of 12 cullass-wielding evalued. Perhaps Messrs leaders of Egypt and Israel last and hundreds of police

and London and Washingtop-and

morning early this Bulganin and Khrushchev Monday it was announced today, troops, "meluding motorised London and Paris-on the idea, terrorista

a French military Announcing will all in the picture in a

this, Mr James units, were coming hundreds The

that broke into Line plan would be

In this way, the announco- Joined the Western pollee post in central Fez and sufficiently helpful way as Hagerty, the presidential press of acres of thick orange groves Hussin

secretary, said coples of the reaching almost to the Jordanian powers in

the attacked five sleeping Frenchment added, the quidation of guaranteeing to encourage the Western

der soldiers, killing one ond wound- what was left of the United by President Elsan- border. sintement

Arab-Israell frontiers, under delegates to pursue the bower

United

ing four, it was announced to-National Party could be ensured. declaring tho

United Nations

-Router, sponsorship. London talks with renewed States intention to "assist and

At present,

Britain, France, day-Franco-Prense, enthusiasm.

support" any victim of aggres-

America art pledged to In Cairo an Egyptian military defend these frontiers against +++ spokesman raki' tonight an egression from either side.

Israeli plane was shot down in

They are also united in (an air ballo this morning over balancing arms exports to the the El Auja demilitarised zone, Jews and Arabs-an arrange

The spokesman said the Israellment that was undermined by was quantities of plane was French Ouragan the sale of Jargo

Czech arms to Egypt,

That problem will be raised sald the commander in charge of an Egyptian air patrol too. Bulganin and Khrushchev reported the Israeli plane was will be asked to subscribe to shot down on his retum to base, this balance of arms

London Express Service,- Three Lernell Jeta "violated Jordan air space and chased an Arab Airways påssenger plane" evening; A Jordanian spokesman said in Amman to- night..

An

President

sent

Who Are The Teddy Boys?

Who are the Teddy Boys? In tomorrow's 'China Mail, Robert Edwards starts a probing inquiry into a modern minnce that is plaguing Britain.

This is only one of the highlights of the feature-packed Saturday Mall. Here are avınɔ others:""

Mutiny among the Tories? Then who are the enemies

of Sir Anthony Eden?

Majdalany meet Monroe: the story of the most amazing deal in Alm history,

Les Armour spotilghts the personality of a man named Khrushchev.

Aghter.

He

this

CAIRO CLAIM

and

policy.

NO INVITATION

London, Apr. 12. The spokesman said the Jets The British Foreign Office sold did not open fire and the today that it had no plans at Dassenger plano later arrived present to Invito the Egyptian safely in Cairo.

Premier, Colonel Abdel Qamal

There are all your regular. favourites sa, well including Jand

He added the piano was flying Nasser, to London, The Foreign Roberts' film reviews, three parts of local and overmas pictures, special revilons for women, children and sportsmen and the from Amman to Cairo, when the Office spokesman said: "We sips for tomorrow's meeting at the. Valley mi mil in the China Marks Jets appeared, about 10 nules know of no planum Logo Strvito Least of the Death Ben arena Nater to Britain." United

Reuter,

Cutlass Attack

Philip Morris

A Party Announcement' said that in present clrcumstances the Party's support "ean, best be

from tho Alven

opposition benches from where we will fol- low a policy of responsive co- operation,”

in

PRIEST ARRESTED IN NICOSIA

Ten men were arrested for Cypriot questioning in the Greek village of Peira, '30 miles west, of Cyprus, when British troops discovered o small quantity of empty shot- gun cartridges during a seven→ hour house to house search. Five bomb incidenta were re- ported tonight in various paris of Cyprus. In all the incidents minor, damage was reported but no casualties-France- Presse,

A 35-year old Cypriot Greck priest, Papafotios Kaloyirou, was arrested today in Nicosia is a suspected terrorist,

the second Kaloyirou was

Phaneroment charge of the

Nicosia Greek cathedral in under

Papastavros Papa thangelou, who is now in <xilo

with Archbishop Makarios, spiritual leader of the Cypriot Grock union-with- Grocce movement,

Today's

Philip

Morris

Gentle for modern taste

Philip

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