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COMMENT

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Singapore

OF

CHINA

Gloucester Arcada”.

No. 36429

TR David Marshall bases

Min whole case for early

Independence for Singapore on a "clear and simple principle-full sovereignty In normal times," That

Bounds fine, but it is AVA

意 problem which suffers the defect of

approach to

over simplification.

It

Ignores the complex factora

nosacinted with the grant-

ing of full independence to a colony such as Singapore which is not only a thriving commercial city, but n key defence base in the South Pacific.

can

The Singapore Chief Minis- ter's interpretation of "normal

times" Immediately be challenged. At the moment the Colony in anything but politically normal. Mr Marshall governing without a parlia. mentary majority; his tenure of office in extreme- ly doubtful even if he were to win all he in now seek ing at the London talks; he

has little reason to feel con-

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SELWYN LLOYD ASKS DULLES ABOUT EMBARGO

London, May 7. The Foreign Secretary Mr Selwyn Lloyd held talks with the US Secretary of State Mr John Foster Dulles last weekend on trade with China.

The Minister of State at the Foreign Office, Mr Anthony Nutting, told the House of Commons today the talks took place at the Paris meeting of the Atlantic Council

Mr Nutting added that they also, lis

cussed the list, of strategic goods which are embargoed in East-West trade. But he did not reveal the results of these talks.

RELAX IN

DAKS Whiteaways

Mr Nutting was replying to Mr Stephen Swingler (Labour) who Ksked

whether the Government had de- cided to modify or abolish the China trada ban.-France-Presse.

CHINA TRADE ESTIMATES UP

Could Import £60-75 Million Worth Of British Goods

STERLING Tito Calls For Speed-Up MAN OWNS

RESERVE £100m?

In Arms Talks

Paris, May 7.

President Tito of Yugoslavia tonight called for "im- East- unsettled patience" over disarmament and other West problems.

London, May 7, Trade circles estimate that China could import £60-75 million worth of British goods a year if there was no embargo,

Two years ago the Chin fident that he would obialness trade mission to Britain the majority votes of the Chinese once they are fully estimated its potential im- paris today on an

ports at £40-50 million a enfranchised. These are not "normal times" year.

for Singapore. The threat of Communist subversion and incitement is omnipresent,

Neither Mr Marshal) nor anybody else can say with confidence that Communist ugitators und terrorists will not undertake a full- Acalo campaign in the Colony. Тһене

the contingencies which must be

are

taken into consideration by Mr Lennox-Boyd and his advisers, even if Mr

L

and

"The ormaments race culi for national climate and strongthen-

material rescurces ing peace. enormous which could be used to improve "I believe our visit will be said at the well-being of humanity." he very useful to the two countries.

a dinner

"Certain differences of vlows given in his

on some problems of foreign honour by the French President, M. Rene Coty

policy or internal polley should Marshal Tito, who arrived in not

cannot hamper our official visit good relations and our co-opera- questions of great solving on in the of

for the two coun- should be importance

tries

Morshal Tita expressed his country's gratitude for France's participation in tripartite econo- mie aid to Yugoslavia ot serious time in its history when it was going through a periodi of isolation and great dimeul-

svid the method differences by

wur

But it is claimed in London | rejectedi

pro- New ways should be found 10 that because of economie

then, China could

between favour understanding gives since import at least £20 mililon state and peopics and

there should be more today.

in no Impatience seeking these,

IN OTHER SPHERES

reserves

China's

of sterling are estimated at a minimum of £100,000,000, well Informes trade quarters said today.

But "we must show ourselves These disclosures followed re-impatient in other spheres, for

Britain was ports that

making example when it is a question new efforts in Washington to of disarinament and other have the

which Un trade similar questions with

the world is concerned today," he said.

embargo

with China revised,

Mounts Up Marshall and his delegation feel they can be ignored.

pointed out THE only point seriously that because of the embargo, exporting

Sterling

Trade quarters

Chinn had

been

exercising the British much more than I could import. government at the current This has meant that its favour- London discussions isable trade balance has increased

Singapore's internal and ex- year by year.

fernal security. Mr Marshall

asserts (on the assumption/wgures suppited from official!

he will remain

in power 1955,

after independence becomes

are

sources show that in China had a favourable rude balance £40

D

million £12 with Hongkong,

million

balance

£3

"Our fervent wish is that the responsible people in the world and,

first place,

in the

Youth Tampers With Wreath

Paris. May

A Czech-born Humanian youth snatched the Yago- slav colours off B witalh which the Yugoslav Presi dent, Marshal Tito had laid earlier on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior under the Arc de Triomphe.

The youth was arrested Immediately and taken to a police post for question- ing.-France-Presse.

the

a reality he can guarantee with Malaya, £4.5 millon with the Colony's internal the United Kingdom. £1 million security. He is willing to with Japan and £7 million with allow Britain to retain West Germany. responsibility for external Its total favourable security. In point of fuel, with the rest of the world (ex- Singapore's Internal and cluding the Communist bloe was

estimated ut external security

more than £75 Inseparable.

million. Against this China had Maintenance of the Colony's Egypt and Pakistan, and

deficits of £8 million each with function as a key base is of millia ach

leaders of countries which were with Switzerland prime importance to South and Ceylon

victims of aggression, should east Asia and Australia.

appropriate

at Even so, China's net favour.learn

lessons, the Second able balance in 1935 was about War, that they

least from Lona of Singapore's four

World should beware floating ducks and huge £53 million to which must be

of the repeating the errors graving dock, its two air added

and of letting their narrow

obscure the memory of Uhe past or the horizons of the future, and that they should have constantly in mind that which ta essential that 15

and

understand-

the favourable balanceses

bases and its base for the of earlier years.

Far

Eastern Strategie

Reserve would throw the

es:Imated

million.

The total is al about

£100

whole of the South Pacific i And Remittances

defensive strategy into con-

fusion,

'And such

pence

tics.

paid He also

tribute to Не France's role in the war. said it had to "meet the whole cruelty of the weight and enormous Fascist war machine In that first attack which the whole world, stupefled

those who. in their egoistic blindness, bore a large part of the responsibility 17 the

of this preparation machine and this aggression.”

COTY'S REPLY

even

war

MARSHAL TITO

MPS NOT GOING

TO CHINA

London, May 7.

A British parliamentary delegation will not visil China at present it was an- M. Hone Coty sald in his nounced in the House of

hope from

our

the

to

Commons today.

Mr A.D. Dodds-Parker, joint of Foreign Under Secretary Affairs said the standing 00T mittee of the National People's Congress of China had invited

UP TO CHURCH SHOOTING

Truck Hits Children's Train: 42 Injured

New York, May 8.

FLOODS TRAP 100 ON ROOF

Anchorage, May 7. One hundred people were trapped today on top of a two-storey schoolhouse as the rampaging Kuskokwim River flooded the village of Sleitmute, in north-west Alaska, Civil Defence au»- thorities reported.

Rudlo reports indicated that flood waters had reached the second floor of the school building, forcing all 100 resi~ dents of the village to move to the root.

Air rescue planes were unable to reach the stranded villagera A special train carrying because of poor flying weather about 1,000 school children and officerS sold it would be to the Braves-Dodger base "impossible to make any rescTUO New York, May 7. A handyman confessed ball game in Milwaukee was attempt today. today that he the derailed in a collision with

was sniper who killed a Church a gravel truck today and 42 warden and

wounded five were injured. others during a Rumaniant Orthodox Easter service. ties,

He said he was only trying to "scare" the people and did not mean to shoot anyone,

Sava Todurch!

voluntarily ended a 30-hour city-wide scorch for him by walking into the District Attorney's office and telling a detective, "I understand I'm wanted for questioning"

Rumania,

There were no known fatall

werd

SNOW. THAW

Civil Defence officials de- clared an emergency throughout the flooding regions where mild

1

Ten cars of the 10-car Mil-temperatures were molling snow in the Kuskokwim Mountains, woukce Road troin

sending the streams rumpaging - derailed.

The truck driver was reported wildly down to the Bering Sea in a crious condition.

Twenty members of a gang A railroad spokesman said the

Morrison- employed by truck went through a warning Knudsen construction company signal and

were evacuated from their camp train

crashed into

the

the

The impact knocked the first near Aniak 50 miles upstream from the mouth of the tva conctres on their sides. The Kuskokwim

}

Sova, 01-year-old native of next six were piled across the Reports from Ekwok said the was booked on a trucks and the next two were Nushigal River was ristng rapidly kaperliling 55 people, homields charge after confessing deralled-United Press.

some nine houses and

fishing to the District Attorney, Mr

boats at that villago-United Press.

Frank Hogan.

"I wanted to

scare," said

Sava. "I didn't want to I'm 30 years in this country: I'm for life, for Uberty. I did It for America"

KING CAROLIS“SISTER

British Plans

For SingaporeSearchers Get

Preston, Maya »

Mr R. A. Butler, Lord, Privy New Orders

Seal, described Singapore as an Island on which it was essential to have and maintain -- strong base,

A

essential rights of all nations, delegation to visit that country. Churcroup of 400 worship- of self-government in every |

Lo

power

A

minimum

La

Mr Hogan declined to disclose the contents of Sava's "ram

Kuala Lumpur, May 7, "We speech,

The Federation of Malaya

of bottom

hearts

bilng" confession. that

But he said

Government has ordered that, understanding

the man admitted he was the At the Commonwealth Prime in future fall and detailed plans may follow the detonte. thot

lper who fired on communi- Ministers conference in June must be made for all food con- gestures and

that clear cants walking in a candlelight it would be made to acts, words

may lead

inconvenience positive

which,

procession at the midnight ser- while Britain, was prepared to trod operations to ensure that agreements guaranteeing the security and

vice of the Rumanian Orthodox stick to her word to allow any caused to workers.

of St Dumitru.

reasonable and legitimate forms

Announcing this today the order military disarma-

He added: "I understand that will

at the service were the part of the Empire, she was not, government said this was a re- ment and will invite all states Mr Speaker and the Lord Chan-pers

the Semenyih - enquiry tosult of former

Ileana, 47-in speciile enses, going Princess while they unite their efforts to celler replied that would have been all Improve the condition of

strategic interests or report which was. Issued today. een glad, had it year-old sister of the late King abandon

searches of the person proved feasible, to arrange for a Carol of Rumania and daughter let the country's position as

of the mich

in of the late Queen Marie, and great

decline through involving the removal delegation to visit China

outer garments will be under- response to this kind invitation, Mr V. C. Georgescu, an oil neglect, he added-Reuter.

taken except in special cases they regretted that they had company executive, and his two

then only .completo the had come to the conclusion rons. The sons were freed by

privacy and by a person of grounds it the Rumanian Government two practical

same sex as the person search- ed," said on official statement.. would not be feasible to do so at years ago.

of the Because

presence of

The Inquiry was held at the an early date."

Deana and the Georgescus, 'some

Calcutta, May 7. former terror town of Kajang, shooting officials thought the

Rebel Naga tribesmen have 12 miles south of Kuala Lumpur might have been a Communist threatened to disfigure the facts last February following allega plot.

But Mr Hogun and other and slice flesh off the buttocks tions of misconduct by members officials discounted this theory of any. Naga children attending of the Security Forces while

Sava, former handyman at Government.chools.

carrying out daily searches of was described as

The tribesmen have demanded villagers going to work from

all

Semenyih village- government schools nearby

Reuter. ciose-France-Presse,

M. Cotty said he was sorry to see humanity divided into two hostile camps and deplored that there had been raised "a wall of mutual ignorance be tween peoples, each of which, believe, wants peace but suspects the others of wanting war-which is not the least danger of war."-Reuter.

we

to

that on

Mr Dodds-Parker was replying to Labour MP Mr Harold Davies.

London Express Service.

Automation Agreement

London, May 1.

This figure does not take into hip and real friend Employers and union leaders of)

loss is possible account China's sterling receipts | Intl Tito said a group of

dollar orca)

other

countries in

and co-operation " not ns

a result of military from many action, but in consequence the transferable sterling account

be allowed to of orderly, free, democratic (which treans practically should not be elections such as those held the whole world apart from the play with the fate of the world. He said a phase had begun in recently in Ceylon. There, Nor does I take into account which barriers against peoples a "neutrallst" government the so-called "invisible Items knowing each other were be- has won power and its first 1.v. financial remittances of ginning to be eliminated action has been to give sterling to China, especially by

be continued he said. road must notice that British bases in Chinese living abroad. the Speaking of Franco-Yugoslav Waa is estimated relations, he said,

development

amount of

000

o your.

which

there

5,000 British printing trade workers today announced agreement on a "push-button pact" providing for top-level consultations before the in- froduction of robot techniques. this part, covering the industry. process engraving This

employers and two unions agreed to set up a joint com. mittee to "provide for Introduction of new techniques and methods."

the laland must be scrapped, mlatively at around £50,000, nothing between the two coun- A

SIMILAR éould materialise in Singa-

tries which could be an obsta-

theso

Under

B & K Attend Concert

tho

the

Children Warned

The 5,000 workers in the in "Apptthing", Saun that

dustry also received under the agreement 1

cise in

their

a disgruntled man. Mr Hogan said

not an American citizen WOA and was belleved to have en- minimum weekly pay of £1- tered the country in 1920 by 17-0. making the new pay jumping ship when he was a £12-7-6.

merchant alior-United Press,

But while this new approach to

automation was being nounced in London, deadlock continued in the "automation" strike at Coventry by 10,000 employees of the Standard Car Mail Company.

China Special.

10 Dead

This sum should more than de to the setting up of a useful pore if, after independence cover the freight and Insurance co-operations in all speen able hns become effectivo, a expenses ទេព China's sterling "Up to now I have been "noutraliat " government, imports.

to note that we have identical endowed with complete Because

of the embargo, or similar views on many inter-

Kampala, May 7: powers over internal securi-| China's importa from Britain national problema. Our co

Ten people were drowned last concerning ty, should win a general last year were only £12 million, operation

Nght when

van crashed election.

But

Moscow, May 7. Viven It they reach problems can be of great useful- million

Mr through a bridge railing and Marshal Bulgurin" and for improving the inter- a year following news There is no questioning Mr £75

turned') up

un plunged into the river below. Khrushchev, Marshall's sincerity of pur- the litting of the embargo,

The dead included six children, pose in his quest for in- China should have no dificulty Tengku Wants Loan expectody tonight at a farewell

concert. by icoding British three women and a Kuala Lumpur, May 7, The Chief Minister of the musiclans touring the Soviet United Press," Federation of Malaya, Tengku Union, Abdul Rahman, said in an

in paying, trade quarters add-

dependence, but it is difficult ed.France-Presse. to avoid the feeling that to. counterbalance hla pre- carious political position he has been striving to outbld his opponents in the extra- vagance of his claims. Something more than civil police are needed to safe guard the security of Singa pore's precious naval and air bases, and that is why,

JORDAN TROOPS

in

demanding Internal

FIRE ON

At the end of the concert the

Interview tonight he would Diet leaders, stood up sex led to London to seek an interest- free loan from the British Gov-a long round of applause for the ernment to build up the musicians who are headed by | Federation's armed forces. Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the

Queen's Music. Reuter.

JEWS' HOUSES Reuter

Jerusalem, May 7. Amb Legion troops on the

af.. tha Old City Jeruzalem opened fire on hotsta security powers, Mr. Mar- in the stallheld new olly shall is asking too much. Tonight, according to an elf To the people of Singapore, millary, spokesman,

man

Pulitzer Prizes Awarded

New York, May 7. Mackinley Kantor's Novel "Andersonville" today won the Pulitzer Prize as the, best novel of the year.

The prize for the outstanding drama went to The Diary of Anne Frank" by the husband- wife writing team of Frances

The play was based on the second World War, novel of a young Dutch girl.

Tokyo, May 7. A ses dyke has been built to link Amoy with the mainland, Goodrich and Albert Haekolt. Radio Peking said today.

The dyke is more than 2,200 yards long, the broadcast said.

United Pres

Burmese Voters Intimidated By Rebels

Rangoon, May 7... Burmese civil police and mill- tary officials said today rebel

•forces intimidated volers" in villager during the recent Chamber of Deputies: (Lower In New York. the UN Secre» House) eloctiona

full independence is a matter The spokesman salth there no casualties, United of considerable importance, were "but to the peoples of the Nations Truce observers South Pacific, preservation called in to investigate.

werb

of the key defensive bases tary-General, Mr Dag Hamide

candidates, the officials said They were reporting on security In country areas and consider Ing whether free and proper, election pan be held for the Burmesse parliament's Chamber Sof Nationalties (Upper House)

"on May 22, 1999)

Weir franchise freely Becalise In a Communique, they reported

in the area is of even marskjold began a round of plectors could not exercise greater importance, And private dlicutrons' with leading this is something no British diplomats today on the resulle the 'rebels launched a canis government, can afford to of han Palestina bence mision.

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In other rebdi-dominated dress,

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poople to vote for the opp

the cabinet with auda

It will be sonable

chain" to vote for

that in the recent election robed kondis and fore

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