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EGYPT REJECTS WEST'S PLAN

The Crucial Test NASSER'S ENVOY: "WE MUST

THE London conference on

The Quez con bus gut

off to an encouraging sturt inasmuch that All the delegates have

their

AWATCHCRA

indiented

of

The

necessity of Anding acceptable solution to the dispute. Even Russia. despite her eriticism of the composition of

the con-

ference and the manner in

which it has been enlles.

has gone su far is to recon-

CONTROL SUEZ CANAL”

'NO POWER TO NEGOTIATE'

London, Aug. 16.

Wing Commander Aly Sabry, President Nasser's chief nise that the canal must be political officer, tonight rejected a Western-sponsored plan

for an international board to control the Suez Canal.

operated under

national authority.

In reality the presen{

inter)

con-

although enlied because

ference.

being

uj of

Into Colonial Nasner's Bel nationalisation, anticipates what would have become necessary in 12 years' time. and when, undoubtedly. proposals for the future control and operation of

The officer, who arrived here by air after the first day's sessions of a 22-nation conference called in a bid to resolve the Suez crisis, said Egypt insisted on acceptance of its terms for a settlement.

"Colonel Nasser (the Egyptian President) would not have an inde pendent authority for the Canal. We insist we shall have sole rights of the Canal and its economy. If force is applied, we shall defend ourselves,” he told a press conference,

the canal, similar to those by Brain and France, proposed

The United States, supported | Poltesi Committee in Cairo, presented yesterday by Mirai the conference today that the

the spoltennan said.

"Preliminary Dulles, would have been Canal should be operated by an

representations" were now underway, the spokes- advanced.

Infernational arthority. Egypt | man said. Britain had indicated | THE Dulles four-point plan, would be represented, but would that she would welcome "with!

which has the known sup- [not dominate it, port of Britain, France and

Wing Commander Sabry said the Commonwealth, com-dfier nations had no right to mends itself as a fair and take part in control of the ('anal. equitable solution to the which was nationalised by Egypt Suoz Canni problem. It | three weeks ago. "They are cus- provides for Egyptian Comes with the right of a mon participation on an equal going into a shop and no more." footing with all the other he said

nationa

Miliute

who

sympathy" any useful informa- tion from

which would facilitate a solution of the crisis, he stated.--Franc?-Presse',

SECOND CONFERENCE?

Washington, Aug. 16. Colonel Nasser is reported la, He flew into London to mttin-¡ have expressed a willingness to

From an international view that Wing Commander

point the strong point of is here is being the plan in that it prevents | quarters elese to дну onic power from lors.

would con tain contact with the 22-nation | hold a second international Suez the international; **** board and it ensures equit- Canal,

conference on control of the Canid confervace ut Colostro,

which opened earlier | reliable sources said today. able funncial returns for

lolay. Egypt declined to altend, Egypt from the canal's but ย suggestion that a new operations.

invitation should be issued now Subry discussed in

negotia

dominating the cunal's

future and prevents the waterway from becoming w

over the

the

influence politles,

of from

WATCHING BRIEF

The sources pointed out Cey! lon is equally friendly to the Commonwealth nations and the

Arab-Asian bloe and consequent-

If another

*

Four Jews

Killed: Egyptians Blamed

Tel-Aviv, Aug. 16. Four Israelis were Filled and 14 were wounded as a result of Egyptian Fadayeen

Commando)

actions in the Negev area today.

conference were | (Suicide held.

the act R might be Ceylon and not in Catro could be considered A conciliatory gesture by Nasser.

They said the Afro-Asian bloc at the United Nations was plani ning to hold its first meeting on the Suez Canal issue on August 23 when this and other masters were likely to be discussed.

national bone of contention. The Egyptian leader said his There can surely be no dia-mission was unofficial, and that pute

he had a "watching brief on principle enunciated by Mr Dulles the conference." that the operation of the

Asked if he had a particular They also understood that Mr "It is Nasser's Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary- canal should be divorced plan, he said: from

plan." He added that he had no. Peral of the United Nations, national

power to negotiate.

in would be ready to medinte In reply to another question, the Suez dispute if the London teak: There will not conferete, proved a The principle is given adding compromise which

failure. imer-

They believed Mr Hammarsk- tional emphasis by the know-

with the independener jold night, if he were asken, pr, ledge that Egypt, who now and sovereignty of Egypt"

misel n fxt-finding claims national control over President Nasser's call for 41

Landon, Paris, Calro and pos- other capitals before making

ivcommendāļķus, .. United Press,

whatever source derived.

tagonism towards

יא!

OR

the canal, expresBER in conferenIDO of all powers using staly

Cunol to reach some of the

an age the nations who are users ment on tree navigation was

war that in London, he said.

'WE SHALL DEFEND'

of the waterway. It is this! "more reasonable conference"

knowledge

confidence

which

impairs

the Egyptian government to fulfil at all:

times the promise of un- restricted use of the canal

"If force is applied, we shall

Sabry

by all nations. No singleefend ourselves," he added.

Wing Commander

aking part in the present Lon- don conterenes in any circum-

lances."

nation, holding full control emphasise that Egypt was "not over the canal. and subject to national politien policies, can guarantee It would not discriminate against other

Asked if he thought any good

como under special eir- would powers

of the London cumstances.

unforenec, he replied; "maybe." COMPELLING

Asked about

reporty that Iraq was prepared to exist for not only the Inter- in the

mediate dispute, Wing Com

have

argumenta

nationalising of the canal mander Sabry said "We

as an open waterway to all not asked for mediation. The shipping, but for its control only way for a settlement

on

and administration by and." International authority. This

HUSBAND'S

HOLIDAY

10)

(In HK & Macao)|

LASTED

Five perpic were wounded this morning when a mine ploded under a civillon vehicle near Side Bocher. Three soldiers and a woman pasSENGET were sad killed and two soldiers seven passengers were wounded, when a bus to Ellath was am-

bushed at noon,

He saw the

lus sald The driver of the he was going through a difcut aren witch made it necessary 10 drive slowly when the bus was hit from three directions by automatic fire,

emply jeep in which Dirce Ismell soldiers of the convoy were killed, standing

the

while at

roudside

two soldiers were badly wounded in another jeep which was follow- ing the bus.

Although wounded in the left kund, the driver managed to go on to Ellath with the dying woman and the wounded passengers.--France-Presse.

Mine Death Toll

Now 263

Eoka Leaflets Call For Cyprus Truce

Nicosia, Aug. 16.

DEMOCRAT PARTY NOMINATION

Adlai Romps Home

Chicago, Aug. 16.

The Democrat nation-

A call for a truce in the bloody underground war against British rule in Cyprus was issued today in a leaflet purporting to come from the Eoka terrorist organisation.

gone out than the British have been the patrol of British troops al convention tonight the Greek-language | handed Mr Adlai Government-com-leaflets translated to them stund Stevenson the Party's Orthodox thrust them into the hatida of presidential nomination priest asked Church leaders to |by-standers, saying: Read by unanimous vote after

11 zaid orders had for the suspension of all Eoka chief victima,

to activities,

avold further and give both rides

bloodshed

a chance to discuss a Cyprus

solution

The leaflet was £igned by Eoka's Wader Dighenis-believ- Sd to be a retired Greek army Colonel, George Grivas, with a £10.000 price on his head.

Fir British reaction was that the truce call was genuine. GOVT'S PROMISE

A who hod

Over

the trolled Cyprus Radio today and them up by the handful and anonymous Greek

Gerouter violence.

them-it's good news."

Twenty-two Greek Cypriots In some places troops and he had won the honour have been murdered since the Greek Cypriots openly shook on the first ballot, beginning of July in what a hands for the first time in the British spokesman

man termed "an last 18 months. decriminate wave of terror In

The unofficial result of BRITISH COMMENT the first ballot was: an attempt to re-clublish the

Stevenson A terrorists' rule of fear."

bighly placed British The campaign of violence has official, commenting 01) the Harriman Field Marshal Sir John

atrendy cost the

lives of 50 Jeaflet offer, said that “if this Davis Harding, Governor of Cyprus Britons (45 of them service-is a genuine Eoko proclamation, Battle -who in a newspaper interview

men) and

about 180 Cypriols. then there is at last a genuino

Timmerman carlie today said "Let the The exact number of Cypriots chance of finding come solution murderers make the first move murdered as part of the Eoka to the Cyprus crisis."

Symington -called an immediate confer campaign is not ';nown, since

He emphasized however, the Johnson ence of his top advisers at Goy-some personal crimes are Government's caution in accepi. Lausche emment House to discuss the lieved to have been falsely ing a simple lensjet offer. leaflet,

attributed to Eoku by An official spokesman

responsible mented: "If the presen set HO- Five

com-

those

been

the

men have less violence is called uff, as hanged by the British Gover-

for their everyone hopes it will be, then ment

part in indeed a new and more hope-error compaign. ful situation will be

Eoka claims to have put to created,"

two He said the Government would death

captured British "not be backward" in examining Servicemen and secretly buried

ruce offer and added: the truce

them

Two violent "Commonsense requires that

incidents were the Government should heed the

reported Cyprus today.

A time-bomb exploded in a cid advice by their deeds ye

Royal Air Force | shall know them' and should see

coach in a when in feci violence cafes,"

transport park but caused no

headed "declaration," were dis-

Copies of the leaflet simply casualties.

tributed in the streeta of Nicosia.

CYPRIOTS EXCITED

Groups of excited Cypriots discarded oll caution and gathered at street corners to read them openly under eyes of the Police, Possession of Eoka's leaflets carrie, a three- year prison sentence.

The leafet began: "For 16

WIDELY DISTRIBUTED

naturaliy

"We must wait and see," he Chandler audied.

out the genuinenese cautious of the karlet,"

The official said that one pas- sage in the leaflet specified that the truce call orderd by the Eoka men "under leader applied to my authority" (the wording of the Government-issued transls- tion sald "to branches under me ), which he said was "a little disquieting."

It implied the possibility that some men did not acknowledgo the authority of Eoka's official Jeadership.

"Again we must wait and see, the British official said,

OFFICIAL FEARS

In

H

905

210

33

321

23%

452

80.

5%

862

necessary for nomina-

Volca lon: 080.

Adlai Stevenson

A Greek Cypriot, nged abou! 24, was found shot near asbestos mine at Amlandos neur here and died in hospital. An

He added there was also the official spokesman said

was possibility that the Cypriot Com- it believed he had been murdered munists might seize the chance to stir up further trouble and for political reasons, the

Cyprus, sabotage the hopes of an agree In Kyrenda, north the Navy

that announced

itment at a time when British had refloated

Cyprus might be the yacht Field- troops

needed at Suez. fare, sunk by a limpet mine ca

The ceasing of violence could Mr Stevenson, reluctant 1932 Monday. months we heroic children of

who fought up- Reports reaching here tonight lead to "the earlier release from candidate Cyprus have been fighting a

for the nomination showed that the truce leaflets captivity" of Archbishop Muka- casingly bitter struggle for freedom,"

rlos but nome matters, the this year, crushed the campaign, have been distributed in all the official said, were premature to of Governor Averell Harriman Dighenis claimed he had un- dertaken the struggle

major cities in Cyprus,

of New York-and former Pre- free Cyprus" and

Murkish from parently as part of a carefully

Sources

cx-sident Truman-with such over- co-ordinated plan He was will pesonal ambition.

pressed open scepticism at the whelming power that he stood In Limassol

so many leaflets Eoka Trucs offer. ing to give "one mere proof of

control of in undisputed were scattered that some places They described it as an at Democrat my humanitarian sentiments"

Party looked as if they had had tempt to

to "get the British to prevent bloodshed and help

cloquent "unemployed let down their guard."-Reuter. politician" from Ilinois

The nomination on a programme uf moderate liberalism, bused on a political divorce from the New extreme reforms Deal and Fair Deal and keyed to promises of a new "forward look" in politics.

Mr Herriman, who had

not

r

סי'

achieve a settlement "in ull- snowfall, ment of the wishes cd a Greek Cyprus,"

[The Enosis campaign seeks to end British rule over the islandt colony and unile it with Greece, About four-Anths of the half

and

was

on

re-

million population are Greek Charleroi, Aug. 16. Cypriots and most of the The

Lol! of final

the mainder Turkish Cypriots.]

The leaflet said Dighenis was Marcinelle mine disaster, which has been the subject of various ready to "suspend his activi- climates and revletons during les

awaiting "full the past week,

today corresponding a

the was

action estimated al 203 doad cod six part of England" for the fulfi- injured.

ment of the aims "expressed, About 189 are still missing in supported and outlined for

future 'he mine, for whom there is no

discussion by our longer any hope.

Ehnarch, Archbishop Makarios The Executive Committee of the Enosis leader exiled to the

National Mine Workers Seychelles on March

WARNING wife and all miners in

SIX YEARS

the

the Dulies plan provides for, but it also goes beyond that. when From Mr Selwyn Lloyd's would ask Russia for help partment Rationing Officer | Union ni Brussels today asked AND A

that

la

the baste of Egypt's de-

Ipoh, Aug. 16.

Ho declined to comment

nyked whether Egypt

A former Supplies De-

uced in

SIGNIFICANT

shovid force be Canal dispute.

the in Ipoh left his

#p-

4

discuss.

here

AUTOMATION PLANE

'ESCAPES'

The

of the

the

won

pledged to fight for the nomina

unl

he was "the last man

Shot Down After 70-Mile Flight left, was not alone in his o

Palmdale, Aug. 16.

A pilotless drone plane crashed in a shower of rockets today after it escaped from radio control and travelled 70 miles inland, giving this desert community a taste of realistic aerial warfare,

to the country stop work on Friday as a sign to Hongkong six years ago the victims' for n "holiday." the Presse. Supreme Court was told

child behind when he sailed of mourning on the occasion of to suspend operations from to- cepted by Scorpion jet fighters |

tentative suggestion the Authority be linked with, the United Nations, Mr Dulles goes the whole way and proposes that it should

in Chiro, a British Embassy be fully associated with the spokesman tonight described as today.

This should stille significent" IN.

the prestace in earlier criticlam that the London United Nations WILA being Sabry. by-passed.

of Wing Commander The Court granted the wire

Dorothy Yee Lee Nam, a divorce "It is encouraging that some from Lee Fah Kool and custody Regarded objectively the one

so close to Nasser is in of their child.

The decree nisl is to be made absolute in three monits.

funeral-France-

Plane Crash

The armed drone was inter- Dighenis had ordered his forces

day prove my

unshakable sent up by the Air Force after It received a radio alert that the desire to promote a favourable solution of the work undertaken plane was heading for Palmdale. by Makorios, and to give him Residents of this arta ones again a chance to solve the estimated that at least a dozen Cyprus national question,"

on." the

rockets were fired but the Air Tokyo, Aug. 10. Icaflet saldi

Force raid that the drone, A Japanese military jet plans, But it added Eoka would keep radio-controlled

had Hellcat, piloted by a Japanese flyer and their arms at the alert, "ready only a limlice gasoline supply Crying an American Air Force for new sacrifices", if these were and probably crashed from lack officer, veshed into the era off forced upon them.

of füet rather than as a result Sendal, north-east of Tokyo The truce call comes after a tonight.

The Air Force,' however, sold

four-point plan suggests London 'at the moment," the itself as the fairest and spokesman said. "His autholty most reasonable solution fo would be very great.”

parlod when somo Greek of rocket petion. the canal dispute. Its nc-| In Baghdad, the Iraqi Foreign In a petition to the Supreme Coast-Guard patrol boats are Cypriots have becom in- ceptance by the entire con- Ministry spokesman confirmed Court Inet Dectimber, Mrs Lembus the area, for traces of ereesingly outspoken on the the planes made three firing

the pilot; and passenger-wave ference, however, depends day that Iraq was using "her said her husband told her he

France-Presse. was going to Hongkong for a on all the delegates sub- good offices between Egypt and scribing to the fundamental Britak for a settlement of the four-month holiday principle

When he failed to return, she that the

Suez Canal problem", must be

The request that Iraq should said she went to look for him internationally controlled as well an inter- use its good offices in the Suez in Hongkong but found him in

crisis was made by the Egyptian Macho. nationally operated. That is Foreign Minister Mahmoud

canal

"I tried to persuade him to the crucial test of the 22 Fawzi, head of the Egyptian return to Ipoh, but he refused nations now assembled in delegation to last Sunday's without giving me any reason," London.

meeting of the Arab League she old-Router.

of violence in which passes at the drone and fred recently their compatriots rather more than 200 rockets of the 2,75-inch type at the plane. A spokesman warned residents of the area to leave untouched any unexploded rockets they might frid in the area.

STONES THROWN AT BRITISH COUNCIL

NOT DANGEROUS

TOMORROW'S CHINA MAIL: A PREVIEW Counoti building tonight in pro-ary, the radio anid. because said. Special demolition crewe

1

The unexploded rockets have 'Amman, 'Aug, -16. ber, Budapest Radio announced a anfety device and were not Police disperrod, demonstrators today...

considered dangerous unless who' threw stones, at the British The postponement was neces- tampered with, the spolecaman

fest against the Suez:- Canal | Colonel Nasser was too, occupied | sped to the semne to ebllect and Another big feature-packed There are also book reviews, Simon Maynard writes on why conference in London,"

with political affairs-at; "the diinrm the unexploded : rocients, "Saturday Maft goes on sale the best film reviews in Commonwealth statusmen

momentReuter. tomorrow morning, packed

and pictures favour the Akaba project to Some arrests were 'mide.

Tho

10 rockets Work Stops

Moped into tho with a week-end's reading

stapata on the in outskirts of for you and your family.

Horo era some of the high- the Suez Canal,

These

Paimilato Tha Sheriff's sub” the are only "some of

Loudon," Aug, 16. toplino features of tomorrow's

Visit Postponed

Cairo Radio reported tonight which started at about the station moža, meveral bruth, fires The China Mall has soccin!

China Mail. There are all sections for women, children

thad work stopped completely samoume may have been "your regular favourites too....

Vienna, Aug, 10.

today at Brlikah "and": Ameriona consed by the missiles, although kalfund? sportemen: "If you like

besides crosswords and other President Namera has post- the » Saturday:

brain sharpenersati

Ingbbath | 12 barna mot defmitaly (established the poned his visit to Hungary which against the Ninet

confer- there the, tres, suulted i Saturday MenATES

Uwas-planned for early, Septemu: show it

zocket Bellon Unked (Frent

Hongkong galore.

"lights of tomorrow's "Mall; The Amish Way is in fashion

the US

Anthony Broy reports on the strange sect whome; habils are being spot=" lighted on the American singe

Reuter,"

from

feat.

Mr Truman, who had staked all his political know- how on his conviction that he could awling the convention to

Mr Harriman and eliminate Mr could not win in November, suffered an even more personal

Stevenson as a "defcalist" who

the

defeat than

New York Governor-United Press.

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