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Soviet Putsch

THE treachery and bra-

of Soviet putsch

in Hungary jeuves

the

world dazed and horrified, powerless to do more than look on and deplore. Re- grettably not all were eap- able of this token net of charity, дм the United Nations vote shows, but silent condemnation must

linger even in the most passive hearts. Many may feel embittered that yester. day's events should have į enught the champions of all!

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PUPPET REGIME IN HUNGARY Functioning Under Soviet "EDEN MUST RESIGN"

RN Frigate

Military

Shoots Down Dictatorship

An Israeli

that the Hungarian revolu- Aircraft

tion stood for.

the

too pre occupied to help In time, f

London, Nov. 4. even to be able to help ot #t).

A British frigate operat- Soviet ing in the Gulf of Suez has Sobolev,

an Israell

nir- delegate, admirably exposes shot down his country's designs when craft which interfered with patrol, the Foreign he accuses the sponsors of s the Security Council resolu Vilice announced tonight. tion against Russia of try- ing to French attack on Egypt. But man sald the

vell

the Anglo-

Later an

Admirally spokes- frigate Involved

KADAR TAKES ORDERS

new

Vienna, Nov. 4.

The Red Army set up a virtual military dictatorship in conquered Hungary tonight

the and

pro-Russian Communist government claimed that the Soviets had broken the resistance of the anti-Communist freedom fighters.

Budapest Radio broadcast "Order No 1"

was it not the distraction of was HMS Crane, commanded by by the Soviet military commandant at the Western powers in the Captain B. S. Pemberton. Middle East which enabled

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Russia to mount the crush munique reported

an Alles! com.

that BritMË T attacked

Szolnok in Eastern Hungary, clamping down a 14-hour curfew and threatening trial by Wonders Egyptian E-bosts near Alexan- Soviet court martial of all Hungarians who

Ing attack on the Nagy re Seahawks today Rime ? One

whether Soviet forces driu.

Iwo

“Get your troops out or Scathing

YOUR OUT OF

HUNGARY” RESOLUTION

APPROVED BY UN

United Nations., Nov. 4, The United Nations General Assembly tonight over- whelmingly approved an American demand that Busia end ite attack on Ilungarian citizens and get is troops out of Hungary.

Most of the powerful Afro-Asian bloc abstained as the Assembly's emergency session approved the demand by a 50-8 vole, with 15 abstentions.

Russia and the Iron Curtain bloo — with the exorption of absent Hungary — opposed the measure,"

The vote cam: after the United States socused Rumala of “sickening dupliefty and double-dekling” in turning its Army loose to conquer Hungary while its diplomatic representatives were negotiating with the Hungartacia in Budapest for the withdrawal of the troops,

Press.

The emergency pession adjourned at 8.10 p.m. — United.

Report of the General Assembly's debate appears on Paco 3.

foren would one was blown up, the failed to surrender their arms by 6 p.m. Gero "Barbarously

have acted quite so blatant set on fire and others damaged

ly had circumstances eise- where been different.

USBIA'S truly fetid dupli

needs underlining.

Along

The communique said ex- tensive recotinalance the Canal area planch

today

the Indicated

Egyptian air force has ocased

to exist.

Monday.

At the same time the radio, now Communist-

by alled controlled after more than 15 hours' silence, broadcast a claim by the new Hungarian Red puppet authorities that "in a few days order will be restored throughout the country.”

THE COMMUNIQUE

Saturday it encircled Hun. Karian cities and towns with tanks after filling the country with reinforce- ments from ita satellites. It then indicated that it was prepared to discuss with drawal of Ita forces Possibly recalling that Mr Khrushchev had backed down to recent Polish demands. the Hungarian rebel generals and their Egyptian air force Premier, Mr Imre Nagy, met 10 Exist. Soviet representatives in Budapest to discuss "tech nical

of the aspects" Russians' withdrawal,

The communique, No. 15, said: "Reconnaissance aircraft, both British and French have ranged the whole length of the Suez Canal along roads from Ismailia and Suez to Catro and as far south as Luxor,

*It

is quite

The claim was beamed to the world after the massed weight of Soviel lanka crushed Hungary's against revolt 12-day-old Russian domination and installed a new Communist puppet regime in power.

In a second letter he named

ceased to hold any legal rights" | and was no longer in office.

The inter protested that the Hungarian situation should not be brought before the UN, Poter Kas and Istvan Szabo as The radio claimed that the the new permanent Hungarian at the Unlied "reactionary forces" at former representatives the Premier

had Nations Inmo

dapest Radio returned to has ceased "collapsed and consed to exist."

Pin tonight The radio at 11 p.m. broadcast "Order No. by the Soviet. are militery

commander at Szolnok

clear that

jand forces "Egyptian concentrating in the Cairo are and considerable activity has been seen in the Alexandria region.

"Coast defence guns on Agami island. which is well clear of Alexandria, are being attacked tonight.

"Four Egyptian boats midway between Alexandria and Port Said were attacked by British One naval Seahawks today. was blown up, two set on fire and the other damaged."-Reu- ter.

The Chief of Stuff of the Hungarian Army was even led to believe at one stage that agreement was in the

With offing.

the rebel leaders in Budapest, Russin struck, imprisoning the Premier and his generals. Obviously the country's Blender defences could not withstand such an assault for long and the Soviet representative will possibly present a fait accompli to the next meeting of the

Paris, Nov. 4. United Nations Assembly.

The Soviet Government today He will say that the Hun-protested to France and Britain garian "Government" of Mr against their proclamation of Kadar demanded the attack certain areas In the Mediter

the Red Sea as against the Nagy counter- rancan revolutionaries And that banned to navigation, which ti Russia complied,

sald was a violation of the 1058 Constantinople Convention, Radlo Moscow reported.

ALREADY it is too late to

Soviet Protest

The Soviet

Government,

In

act. The West to whom not, handed to the British and Mr Nagy addressed his French embassies in Moscow to- appeals for help could make day, said the "blockade" of these only futlio demands, and maritime aney was "an act of those too late. Only Russia aggression."-France-Presse.

guaranteed anything — and that was that Hungary should stay behind the Iron Curtain. It is an object lesson from Moscow to its satellite family that tho Soviet Empire iR

any aspirations

not to be whittled away by

national independence.

9 PCs Hurt In Disturbances

London, Nov. 4. Nine policemen were silgtsfly

Navy

in Eastern Hungary, setting up a curfow from 3.30 p.m. today until 6 am. The order banned all traffic

And

formation

an

Murdered"

Vienna, Nov. 4.

Attack

By Gaitskell

London, Nov. 4. Mr Hugh Gaitskell, Labour Party leader, to- night demanded Sir Anthony Eden should resign and pledged the opposition's support for a new Conservative Prime Minister who would effect a ceasefire in the Middle East and abide by the United Nations decisions.

vention is

our

The opposition leader, in * no mistake about it. This is television and radio broadcast to war the nation on Britain's inter- "We are doing all this alone, Egypt, accused the except for France, opposed by government of criminal folly," the world, in defiance of the

"It is not a police action-we world." have taken the law into own hands," he said, adding:

"Only one thing now can save the reputation and honour

of our country, Parliament must repudiate the government's polley. The Prime Minister must resign."

He continued: "The Assembly resolutions of the United No- tions, messages pouring in from everywhere, confirm the gen- eral opinion

British that the and French used the attack by Israel as bare-faced exéuso jo seize the Canal."

Gives Pledge

Mr Gaitskell sald that with the "heart-breaking" nows of Appealing to those Conserva- the savage oppression of Rus-

tives who like ourselves дос shocked and troubled by what hay happened," he said;

ain against the liberty-loving people of Hungary, "I cannot help feeling how true it 19 "I give them this pledge, "We

that by our criminal folly wo undertake to support

have lost the moral leadership Prine Minister in halting the of which we were invasion of Egypt, in ordering a proud. ceasetire and in complying with

Mr Gaftakell said

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Budapest Radio said tonight that Erno Gero, the decisions and recommenda- qualification, argument, or con- "We should surely without former First Secretary of the Hungarian Com-tions of the United Nations."?

ditions accept the exsolution of the real munist Party, had been murdered in a barbarous reason for going to war with the Assembly of the United fashion by the Hungarian rebels.

Nations Egypt was the seizure of, the

calling for on immediato ceasefire." Suez Canal.

"It was really that which in- Mr Gaitskell added. "Only duced the Prime Minister to one thing Dow cùm SKYE decide upon invasion,” addeti, réputation and honour of Mr Gaitskell, who was replying country, Paltamont must te

the to a similar broadcast last night indiate by Sir Anthony Eden,

policy. The · Primo" ^ "Minister Gaitakeli added: "Make must resign."-Reuter.

Gero, right-hand man of the arch-Stalinist Matyas Rakosi, was thrown from office on October 25 at the height of the Hungary riots. He was replaced by Janos Kadar, head of the new government announced today.

air at 10 with

broadest of Verdi's *Anvil

Railwaymen sald over a week Chorus” and

him rebels had shot official announcement from ago that

these reports were the new, Boylet-imposed gov- dead, but

later denied and other reports ernians.

said said he had left the country.

Gero took over the First

o! A Woman announcer

I ordered the surrender Janos Kadar was the new Pre-

Ita

groups. of arms by 8 pm. Mondaymier and Ferenc Muennich the Sce:ctaryship of the Commundat and warned that all ignoring this new Commander-in-Chier of Party in July this year when order would be tried by Soviet Hungarian forets. court_martial

Budapest Radio had been oil The order by the Soviet the al since 8.07a.m. when

commandant made Rustion troops occupied milltary

clear that Hungary to all emergency studios. The trans- intenta is under Soviet mill- mission resumed tonight with a the recording of the "Anvil tary government, with new Communist regime of Chorus from "Il Trovatore". Soviet-sponsored Premier The announcer said, "Alten- Janos Kadar taking orders tion.

ton, attention to important an. nouncement."

it

the

new

from it. Shortly before midnight the The station broadcast a list of Kadama new Cabinet. The offl- Communist-controlled radio an nounced that

Hed cial statement gave the list of revealed by Foreign Minister, Imre Horvath, Ministers already had written the UN Secretary- Moscow Radio and added: "The General, Mr Dag Hammarskjold other posts will be filed when asserting that the government of order is again restored."United former Premier, Imre Nagy "has Press.

POLAND SEETHING: FEAR OF RUSSIAN INTERVENTION

London, Nov. 4. Authori ative reports from today said Poland is "seething" with anti- Soviet sentiment. It was feared here that Russian forces may intervene at any moment. the Prime The on the spot reports anid the anti-Soviet feeling was not confined to the Polish capital of Warsaw but had spread to even the smallest townb.

for

injured today and 27 persons And were arrested when thousands

it is really immaterial of shouting demonstrators whether the decision was massed outside made by Mr Khrushchev, Mr Minister's residence in protest military action Molotov, Marshal Zhukov or against British

In Egypt.

Mo

any other pretender, for

incident, the biggest even the most "democratic" Communist must know that Irce-for-all in West End Lon- only a military-police dicta don in 30 years, occured while torship can prop a Marxist the Cabinet were discussing the .state.

-

Ono can only guess at the impact events, in Hungary and the conclusions that must be drawn from them, have had upon Asian opinion, Possibly outspoken critic ism of Russin's methods from this quarter, or even Tito's Yugoslavia, during the initial uprising might have secured a happier solation for the Hungarians. Some will any inaction by the United Nations saved

in Egypt, Hungary

United Nations.

iluntions and the France-Presse,

It was feared in London that Soviet forces would follow the "Hungary pattern" and

intervene.

65 ENTOMBED MINERS FOUND ALIVE

Springhill, Nova Scotia, Nov. 4.1 Bixty-five men imprisoned for 76 boure at the 5.400-foot level of an explosion-wracked mine were found alive is- masked rescuers who night by Inished their way through frencherous: gan pockets to

···"Thirty-six '

rescued. Be Reseters reached.

others

were

the 65 men

bortly before 8.30 pm, and relayed the· «news' by

tota

Official anxiety alsɔ was cx- pressed for the possible fate of the new ""Liberal"" Gov- ernment of Premier Vladislav Gomulka, who

far has so successfully stood up to Mos- cow attempts at intervention.

Getting Serious

wave of anti-Soviet The new

feeling was "getting serious" according to the au- tative reports, weeks ago all Poland was ferment with public de- monstrations demanding the withdrawal of Russian forces and the end of Soviet in- Лulence.....

Two

In

Gomulka, thrown Into

prison as atoller, during the height of the Stalin

purges, was rendered to power on a wave

of nationalistic enthu

Marshal Konstantin

former Red Army soldier who becamo

Poland's Defence

Minister after war, was.

ERNO GERO

Rakosi ad-

Rakosi resigned, mitted his mistakes "as a result of the cult of personality."

Gero, born in 1898, joined the Communist Party in 1918 and took part in Bela Kun's Com- munist revolution after the first world war.-Routor.

*

STOP PRESS

Hammarskjold's

dropped from the Politburo UN Police Force.

and left: suddenly "on vaca- tion. He was

was belleved: back in Russia,

phone to anxious relatives The allustion calmed coralder and, felenda walling" gelmly

ably in Poland following outside the mine entrance in Itokossovsky's ouster and

Gomulka's return to power.

the early evening cold./

the world from another war reach the lungry and thirsty The report said the men ap-

and in that, many, will take consolation. Perhaps the

mibers.

there

:bost/wa, cho hope for 24% Commolate R

the next ¦ Hungarian revolt. will occur. diplomacy 1, not itselfo, the

subject of such farba) "KROVIKKY,

Indications if the fale

of 13, other men bellevody lo have Been, imprimised mere 12mille, from the blihead.

pented to herinrood shape, itesterk took bodies to them before helping. Iht outside. Prodakandloniwan set up PERSIZING: potekaverkko 2inellidate the Lay

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United Nations,, Nov. 4. The Secretary General, Mr Hammarskjold, recom- mended tonight that the United Nations General Assembly sat

to, police the warlorn Wilddle. the bloody Hungarian East a force that would ex- events apparently, sent a bow clude troops from the United shockwave of kympathy States, Russia, Britain, France throughout Foland and China-United Press,

of forco Today Daki Soviat use of

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