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PHOTOILUA

FLASHBULBS

COMMENT OF

THE DAY

The Provocative

Nasser

EGYPT'S

GYPT'S Colonel Nasser in showing off in quite it dig way. Britons expeiled

from Egypt; Britons ar- rested: British Embassy officials accused of espion- age. Real tough-guy stuff, but what does he expect to gel out of it?

If this is his idea of show- ing contempt for Britain and the part she played In the calling of the London conference and its 215- the proved proposals on

Suez Canal dispute, it can be written off as childish- ness--and quite unflattering to the Egyptian President. Or are these actions to he read as his determination to deal equally high- handedly with the t'um- mittee of Five which he has agreed to meet to discuss the Canal problem? Whatever the designs behind his behaviour, he is doing. nothing to create a favour- able atmosphere for the Needling impending talks. Britain at this time cannot promote his cause: on the contrary it is more likely to lose him the friendly din- positions of India, Ceylon

CHINA

No. 36527

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1956.

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CANAL TALKS BEGIN MONDAY ALLEGED

Let's Invite The Duka

Commercial Community

In Favour

The Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce today threw its support behind moves to have the Duke of Edinburgh 12- vited to Hongkong.

The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Colonel J. D. Clague, said this morning: "All the commercial

community

would welcome a visit by the Duke.

"We would like him to see the industry which we have built up and which he has already heard about."

Sa far, the Reform Club, the Civic Associa- tion, the Chinese Manu- facturers Union have

for announced support a visit by the Dulce.

Announcements bu other community associa- tions are expected in the next few days,

and Indonesia which at the Americans

moment he enjoys.

The Committee of Five, re-

presenting the

ylews of IN prepared

negotiations

unanimous

nations are

tu Enter Into

with

t'ul

Nasser on the understand

ing there is good faith on both sides. If, meanwhile,

Apply For

Canal Pilot

he is prepared to indulge Vacancies

he

in provocative actions, must not be surprised if the Committee's confidence

noverely shaken,

San Francisco, Aug. 29. in hix good faith IN Six Californian mea have already applied for positions WHAT good grounds, if a pilots on the Suez Canal, any, the Egyptian govern- it was announced here to

for arresting day. bas

ment

Һете,

Britons working in Egypt Mr Abdel Mohelm Khidry, on charges of spying may Egyptian Consul-General or may not be revealed said two of the mix Callfomlan when the promised trials applicants were from this city. materialise,

a month nothing He noted that $1,417

and living quarters for pilots and their families were being

but

could be more nutrageous, as well as incredible, thuu to accuse British Embassy officiale of espionage, and

uffered.

The Egypitan Embassy in Washington disclosed yesterday

to threaten their expulsion that applications would be con- The British government; sidered from American citizens

cannot do otherwise that and the State Department withdraw the two men, but day made known there would that it does so under strang be no objection to Americans protest is readily undertaking up such employment, standable.

RUSSIANS ALSO

But although the incidents of this week provoke indigna. Liunt, they must not be

Moscow, The Egyptian Mohammed el Ambassador, Kony, said today that a number

allowed to cloud the mam of Soviet plots had volunteered

issue, which is to bring the for service, Canal dispute to satis-

The ambassador declined to factory end. Colonel ductose the number of volunteer Nasser's pin-pricking ca.1 pilots. But he said that none be borne. Much more im-bad yet been officially engaged portant

that the and termalities remained to be Egyptian President should completed,

it is

not only listen attentively tocoed, the

US SPIES

SUEZ COMMITTEE Chou's Advice To The Peoples Of S'pore And Malaya TO GO

FLY TO CAIRO DURING WEEKEND

London, Aug. 29.

Egyptian President, Gamal Abdel Nasser, will receive the five-power Suez Committee, headed by Australian Prime Minister, Robert Menzies, in Cairo on Monday next, it was officially announced tonight.

The Committee will fly to Cairo on Sunday. The announcement was made by an Australian spokesman.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian Embassy in London announced that Nasser's reply to the Committee's message, requesting him to specify the time and place of their meeting had been handed to Menzies at the Savoy Hotel by the Egyptian Am- bassador.

Menzies received the Ambassador at 1900, after returning from No. 10, Downing Street, where he had conferred with the British Prime Minister, Sir Anthony Eden.

Sets Time And Place

The Australian spokesman said that Nasser had set the time and place for the meeting and that Menzies had accepted it.

It was considered probable that the Swedish Foreign Minister, Oesten Unden, the Ethiopian Foreign Minister, Aklelou Haptewold, the Iranian Foreign Minlater, All Abdalan and the United States Deputy Under-Secretary of State. Mr Loy Henderson, would either accompany Mc

Menzies or meet him in Cairo.

The Swedish Foreign Minister returned to London today, while the Ethiopian Foreign Minister left London last Saturday for Parris. The Iranian Foreign Minister returned to his country at the end of the London Suez Canal conference.

Mr Menzies informed the members of the Suez Committee of the contents of Nasser's message at a dinner he gave them this evening.

Nasser's reply was said to have been contained in telegram three lines long.-France-Presse,

New Suez Precaution

FRENCH TROOPS

French

Asked how many had volun-

Ambassador saki:

A

to the proposals emanating "With those from other coun- from the London confer-trica theru will be enough,"

ence, but should recognise | Reuter.

and accept their fitness us

a solution to what is

international problem.

an

The whole

purpose of

mission delegated

to

the the

uf

en-

selected representatives

Russian Accused

Of Hat-Stealing

London, Aug. 29. the 18 nations who

Miss Nina Ponomareva, star dorsed the London confer- discus thrower of the Soviet ence proposals is to find Union team which is to meet common ground with Col the British tomm hare this week- Nasser on which to negoti- end, was charged in a West End ute a treaty, the terms of police station today with steal- which will protect and ing Ave hots from a big London guarantee Egyptian sover-shop eignty well us

05 financial interests, and #I the same time pince the

1.or

court

to

future control and manage theft.-France-Presse, ment of the Canal under

Typhoon Charlotte

FOR CYPRUS

London, Aug. 29. troops will join British Tommie in a joint Anglo- French Suez Expeditionary Force based in Cyprus, the two governmenta annouoed tonight.

joint British-French xn- nouncement, released in Paris and London, said that France naked permission to station troops an Cyprus “because of the events which have occurred in Egypt and in Suez Canal rate."

The statement said the French Govermanent "wished to be in

4

with top French officials who flow to Loudon Defence Ministry.

trilitary the

And Gain ON TRIAL

Get Together

Independence Within The Commonwealth

By DAVID CHIPP

Peking, Aug. 29.

Tokyo, Aug. 30.

Three agents of the Far East organisation of the US Central Intelligence Agency, captured in May and June of this year, will be brought to trial soon, Radio Peking report- ed today.

The Chinese Prime Minister, Mr Chou En-lai, told Reuter tonight that if the various nationalities in both Malaya and Singapore get to- gether "Britain will recognise their position as independent states within organisations harve completed the Commonwealth.”

He added: "But if they are disunited and fight among themselves Britain will continue to divide and rule."

The Chinese Premier called me over at a reception tonight for the Singapore and Malayan and speaking Trade delegation

in English said:

"Would you like to hear views?"

ענה

When

further qutationed about independence within the Commonwealth, he added: “Yes,

just iko India"

As Mr

Premier Chen Y1 moved among

Chou and Vice-

the delegation members they kept emphasising the need for racial harmony in Singapore and Makiya

In his loost the Chinese Pre- the do- mier pointed out that legation consisted of Chinese, Indians, Malayans, Ceylonede, British and--looking at Singh- pore's former chief minister, Mr David Marshall-added "other friends from the West"

This, he said "expressed the

unity of nationalities."

of

COURT RULING PUTS SEAL ON ROMANCE

Sheffield, Aug. 29. Eighteen-year-old Jill West

today won a court decision over-raling her parents who refused her permission to marry an Egyptian because of "the Internationni situation"

City Court authorised her to marry Dr Shawkat Abdel- Kader Ismail

tror

parents permisout, Miss West, who immediately obcured a marriage Botues for, a civil ocremony, mid Here will be ta Alexandria,

**1

where we are going to set

up home, by tho end of next montáL.

am not afraid to Cu to

Inter- Egypt despite the national situation," sho

Her husband-to-be added: “I don't think there is any good to Worry about the International situation,"

Ju met Dr Tammit, lecturer at Calro University, white be

studying

Sheffield

United Preas.

University.

Macmillan's Appeal To

Trade Unionists

London, Aug. 29.

The radio sald that the men were captured in two separate groups on the Shantung Province const and that "public security

their investigations of the cases prd these agents will soon be put on trial.”

Dn

The radio claimed two of the agonbo were trained by US espionage organisations Okinawa and that "thay were employed by the Tokyo organisa- tion of the US Central Intelli- gence Agency under an agree- ment between the Chiang Kai- shek and American secret servico organisations.**

COPY TO TAIWAN The radio also claimed "It wiŁą ogreed that

they would send their information directly to the American

copionage organisa... tion and a copy to the Chiang Kat-shek organisation."

The third agent, the radio said, landed with two others on the

Juno 5 night of at the stume place, "In an attempt to fetch the first group of agents back."

The first

Peking sald

included memoring, Wu Po

chun and Yuan Ah-ma. It sald that two of the group was cap- tured the next day and the third was killed rosibling' arrest. The radio did not say man was killed.

which

"FELL INTO SEA" One of the second group, jed by a Cheng Yun-hai, was kille while resisting arrest immediate.

Cheng himself "foll into the sea and was drowned," according to the radio.

The captured agents. "have admitted

tbe task the

that

HAS LONG TALKS

Mr Châu, who was enthusias cally greeted by the Chinese, spent a long time talking to businessmen and then

Mr Harold Macmillan, Chancellor of the Exly after they had arrived while Indian

to British and chequer, said today that dangers facing the British separately Malayan members, Mr John

run as the cur- Hall of Singapore and Mahmoud economy were as serious in the long Bin Haji Abdul Rahman rent crisis over the Suez Canal. Kuala Lumpur.

He told a press conference that the August figures American espionage organisation for the sterling areas gold and dollar reserves -- a barò- | had entrustedt meter of economic health--would show "quite

collect military, political economic

information, collect sumplen of various certificaten and information on the methods of applying for them in order that

more, agents and spies could be sent to the mainland.” the radio addett-United Press.

stantial fall."

a

sub

After being toasted by their the all-China Federa- hosts tion of Industry and Commerce, and the China Committee for the promotion of international trade the two leaders, MT Mr Macmillan added: "This, sectional divisions, we may drive Ko Teck-kin and Mr Loo Yan-time of year is, of course, the ourselves out of the front rank of Industrial powers and deprive Han replied on behalf of Singa- worst for the sterling area, and pore and Malays

we expected a fall this quarter, ourselves of the means to pros- although our own trade "figures | perity and greatness." are satisfactory.

The Chinese Premier stayed much longer than be intended as delegate after delegate pushed through the throng to shake his hand and talk to him.

"VALUABLE WORDS"

Their pressed

enthusiasm was ex- in a speech by the Secretary-General of the delega- tion, Mr Yap Pheng-geck, who said: "I hardly know what to

The joing statement did not say say as the presence of Pranier

how

French troops Chou En-lai

me hay knocked would

Britain's OVET."

many

Iove

into

main Middle East base, nor He thanlood the Premier for wheu.

his "valuable words" on the unity of nationallites and sald they meant "peace in Asia."

it

and prosperity despite differences in" ideologies"

of vivai

have tho

Egypt's

"The reserves figures do not alter our general view of the situation, but they are yet one more reminder that we live and i work very near the margin of safety.

The Chancellor said seizure

dramatised in an instant" both The interdependenor of East and West and the way in which the vital interest of Britain was ir volved in their relationship.

of the Suez Canal hod

ANOTHER DANGER

But

the Egyptian crisis was He added: "It means that the not the only threat to the future smallest and youngest nation of Britain and her people, the

Chancellor said. in Asta has a chance of sur-

"There 14 another danger, dramatic, more familiar, less

the to realise--but, in Mr Chou laughed and joked harder

just with

delegates, telling them long run, perhaps

perious. "we want EVERYONE to come and visit

"It is the possibility that, by" UWC have event invited

our own lack of foresight and to

from comme

A translation of the French Gov- crament's announcement; "The French Government made known to the Government of Her Majesty that because tho

OVCHIS the

which occurred in Egypt and in Suez Canal zone, it wished to be in a position to ammure, in clue of necessity, the proteo tion of French nationals and

them their Interests in the eastern Taiwan."-Reuter, Mediterranean. To this effeos, the French Government asked the Government of Нет Majesty, which gave its accord, that a contingent of French troops be stationed temporarily at Cyprus."

a position to aspre, in caso of necessity, the protection of French nationals and their Interests in the eastern Medi- terranean."

Strategic Position

of

Miss PonomaROVA,

aged 27, will appear tomorrow before

millen duc the Martborough magistrates In Cyprus 300 answer charges of north

the Suez Canal's Mediterranean termalnos they would be in a strategio position to do so, Tonight's announcement was the olomont the two countries had come to merskoning Downt ble use of force in the Canal diy- puste aince the · London con- ference ended last week, Presumably the decision followed. conferences in the past week

an international Authority, Anything short of this will ronder the discussions

Typhoon Charlotte, with 90 miles hour centre winds, futile, Moreover

per their

was reported to be 360 miles failure will create a new south southwest of Hongkong and dangerous situation. moving westward at 15 knots at Colonel Nasser's responsi- 9 o'clock this morning. bility to the world 'nt this The No. 3 typhoon signal was time is to listen to reason. Į still up.

Wheel Of Fortune Blown To Bits

Caen, Aug. 20.

A travelling van, containing a

wheel of fortune, which had been operating for three days at the Colombelles Fair near hard, was blown to bits today when one of its whools struck o bumied land mine. But nede of the 60 people on the fair ground was Some bits of

Kwere

found a hundred yardę away. "A tyre from tho van nkrrowly. mimmed a woman who was

From Algeria.

come from

Two

Escaping Convicts Killed

out 9

1

Montgomery, Aug. 29.. Although official sources were

Some 30 convicts made silent tonight on the deinils

break, from Kilby State Prison of the move, reliable sources said that any such troops in a work truck today but the vehicle turned over after a five- undoubtedly would have to

mile

chase killing two and in- ́Algeria, where France has some $50,000 men juring others. Nonethe fighting a bloody war to crush convicts escaped.

Two ・ ・ guards pursuing In a native Moslem rebellion, another

and fring 22 calibre

"probably shot | When the Sues orials' broke,

the convict's n'tyre reports wald that certain 2009 truck, the Penitentiary Warden elements in: Algeris had been Mr C. P. Burfont, sald, causing carmarked for movement in the wreck. case, they were r

needed,

HC

two prisoners died ies and not from explosion en a hole 10 fost | France isan already stripped her

om wrock injuries deep in the "dair ground.---

NATO arisons in France from gunileo. An “undetermin France-Press0,

Prisoner were injured, her and in Algeria.

officials dentined the James Williams and dénch as: The arrival of French troope Noah Hasty,drop Ins perious

'witt add a new .... national | Condition, all the prison' how clement, to the turbulent pitax won Colvin, MeNəsləri fike island where Greek nation- guards who cut short the fight 'allabe " "Turk" nationalists, and by making a quick pursuit in been another trucks were: Williami

Smitts and United Pres

quietly washing her clothes, No one was even scratched: The nearby, and bounced away. Bita of metal whizzed all over the fair ground, miraculously missing everyone,

The luckiest of all was the van owner, Maurice Lobry. He was at the wheel of the van, manoeuvring It Into position 28: a background for a group photo of 10 members of his family, who were standing occurred

London, Aug, 20. The British Transport Com- mission, which is responsible for naming the state-owned rail- ways today turned down a union claim for a 18 per cent

· nearby," when the explosion pay. Increase for, more than 70,-

600 Jocomotive 'men,-Reuter,

and Germány to sirengthened" num

-Your Obedient

Servants

Want More Pay

London, Aug. 29. Leaders & civil servants, in a statement tonight, re- jected government appeals for wage restraint, and sold they

continue would "pigorously" to seek more pay

The statement came from the national council of the servico union,

some of whose members are go vernment messengers earn- ing, the statement Padded, about £7-10 a week,

"Whilst recognising that

urgent

need exists to check inflatione Nation

the state. ment, declared

Council could not die regard the fact that the government's proposals to deal with innation were having the effect of furttien worsening the already low

Mr Macmillan warned that another round of

wage Capos not accompanied by corresponding increases in pro- duction would cripple Britain's prospects,

"I ask the trade uniors to

weigh very carefully the nation al consequences of any action they may now contemplate." Mr Macmillan sach-Ruter..

""This

is

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Q

Wis to sand

Briton Wounded

Nicosia, Aug. 20. British troops

sealed off the old town of Nicosia today after British subject in civilian clothes was fired at by gunmen.

The Englishman, walking in the the street with his who was wite, was wounded in the hand The gunmen

were reported w have got away-France-Presse.

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