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THẾ CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1956.

LAST MINUTE CHANGE IN SUEZ AID, BUT NO STRINGS, Boa Constrictor

CANAL LANDING

Britain Did Objectives Limited To

Not Reject

Control Of

Suez Canal Western Approaches

Proposals

London, Nov. 26.

The Minister of State,

By JOHN H. CRIDER

Naples, Nov. 26.

Just before the Anglo-French landings

Commander Alan Noble, at Port Said there was a major modification today denied a statement of objectives to exclude the conquest of that Britain rejected an Egyptian request to

Egypt and displacement of Col negotiations an Abdel Nasser.

con-

tinue Suez Canal settlement inst October.

TROOM

Asked in the House of Com- why the Foreign Becretary, Mr Selwyn Lloyd, hád "rejected the proposal of the Egyptian Government 10 continue negotiations Oti the Suez Canal question at Geneva ort October 29 r ot athen

The new objective was limited} fred their guna and, to control of Port Said and the the British ships Western approaches to the Suezk Clonal

This was to be followed by gaining full control of the Canal and restoring it rapidly to work- able condition,

drastically

But even in carrying out the reduced objectives, the British and French pulled time", the Minister said: their punches all along the way

convenient

Statement thui The Foreign Secretary rejected a propíval ni the Egyptim Government 10 Dominan negations

correct"

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SIX REQUIREMENTS

Was Different

As one British naval mander put it: -

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guarantees for the

Canal."

Users of the

"I was scarcely possible to continue the interchanges which the Foreign Scertiary had been having in New York unul the Egyptian Government put for ward such proposales.""-United Prese

Rounding Up Nationalist Guerillas

Bangkok, Nuv

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en's personal ousevation of the bombardment of Pert Said are stories told by American evacuees with whom he mub. quently shared hote! in

It Noples.

AL the point when the Amerteun community ev uated Car, the Anglo-Frene for!! to trulise the Egyptian Air Fores was under way.

As the Americans drove in on automobile convey from Calro

be picked

up by US navul vessels at Alexandriâ, the aerial niback on the Egyptian airfields had started

"But it was like looking at Breworks" one American sald "You could see the planes com- Ing in and dropping their bombs but they all landed on the air-

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Lagged Behind

He said the only member of the American convoy who was exposed to risk was ont with lyre trouble win larged behind and happened to be right behind the line of a French or British aircraft

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Gamal

so far as

were Con

of the shells the beach

ppeared to land on

which they were aimed.

It was on this beach that Royal Marine Commandos land- ed only an hour after the de- sultory bombardiment began. The purpose of the bombard ment, according to British naval

adleers, Was 10 Jetonate any

land mines which might have been placed on the bench.

Evidence

As for the modification of original Anglo-French objto-

all kinds of tiven, there are elremstantiat and somewhat evidence to

more substantia) support the assertion.

British

in the Arst place, officers at Nicosia, Cyprus, who briefed correspondents leaving for Port Said with the troops, joked that they might be flying back home trơm Cairo airport within a week.

But it was more than a joke because one correspondent who room in Nicosia was advised to talked of keeping his hotel

chock out because he almost certainly would not be return- ing there.

Beyond this, there was the Washington deci- very sudden alon to evacuate Americans from Egypt. None of those who left, with

whom

this cof- respondent talked, wanted to lcove

Liked It

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President Eisenhower is pictured with the Thanksgiving Day turkey sent recently to the White House by Mr Leslie Hubbard, president of Amertou's Poultry and Egg Board— Express Photo.

Cape Traffic Puts Strain On South Africa

United Nations, Nov. 26. The South African Minister of External Affairs, Mr Erie Louw, told the United Nations today that the expansion of ship traffic around the Cape of Good Hope was imposing a severe strain on South African ports and rollways.

As and, they all seemed to like ifying in Cairo_and_lis environs very much indeed. The suspicion is that Wash Ington

word of the original Anglo-French

Intentions and decided

upon the

speedy evacuation of Americans. up

Urging the earliest possible

of the Suez One of the paradoxes of the reopening

Canal, revenue situation is that a few of the be mid the

derived evacuated Americans

the it from

Increased traffic зду

through South Aften could not compensate for the dislocation on the of ports and the effects country's economy.

The Chinese Nationalist Am- bassador in Bangkok has offered to collaborate with Thailand frontier police in rounding remnants of Nationalist guerillos on the The band - Buma border end repatrinting them to Parinosa, police sources mud here today.

These sources said the Ambas. made this offer to

sader who Deputy Minister of the Interior, Pollee General Phao Sanond had also proposed his Embassy's ca-operation in tracking down Chinese secret societies in Thai- land-France-Presse,

oaming in low for strafing the would have been a good thing it the nearby airfields.

the British and French bad at least given Cairo a rousing goot aerial bombardment.

Their reasons?

An observed by this pondent from a British warship of Port Said, the naval bom-

bardment of that cily WE carried out in the same way.

Only the smallest of the British

wwwship and French

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9 Carrier for rubbish? (0).

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12 Legislative body (8).

14 Atitude (4).

10 Guido (8).

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fright (0).

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20 Tale of heroism (4),

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YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD Aero: 1 Tene, 4 Erupts,

8 Legato, 10 April, 12 Operas, 11 Problem, 17, Buet, 10

20 Fordman 21 Omer, 18. Tearing 37 Advent,

Toiled, 81 Diddle, as Entry: Dawn!

25 Intel 2 Giddy,:48 Veri

Tulipy 3 Neuro,

Defence Frailty

Because then the people of Cairo, who know only what the Government tells them.

He told

that

the Assembly South Africa hod abstained on the Middle East resolution on Saturday In keeping with its attitude that since it is not a is not user of the Suez Canal

woubi have been more concerned in the dispute over pressed with the frailty of Egyptian nationalisation.

their actal defences.

As it Is, these Americans malet the people of Cairo have no cason to disagree with their government's claim of a de- vastating repulse of the invaders. -United Press.

Sino-Japanese Trade Relations Unaffected

Importance

Government Pressed To

Remove Reds

SAYS CAMBODIA

Pnompenh, Nov, 26.

Prince Sihanouk said here today that Cam- bodia welcomed Chinese and all foreign aid with- out condition.

Prince Sihanouk, speaking at the quarrels of the big powers a dimmer given by the Chinese aid because we want to give no Premier, Mr Chou In-lai, tu protext to anyone to interveno honour of the Cambodian in our affaire and drug us from Government, stressed Cam- the road of national Interests, bodia's policy of neutrality.

"Wo

necept foreign aid when The prince sild: "No foreign the aim is to help our people to

economie won such popularity reach

independence and excited such enthusiasm în] (as is) the case of the genKOLLY Cambodia as you.

nid agreed to by China.

guest has

Frankness

prefer to refuse help rather than to alienate, however little,

our

independence t

"Our persistence in frankness freedom. That is our very m bes already caused serious and very simple line of conduct

miscalculations

discernible in cur acts since the Our loyal, Independence logical and fair diplomacy has struggle against the invaders of caused, and will still cause, the kingdom. then

Geneva,

Crusado: the

Stolen

Ban Francisco, Nov, 28, Two children stele z 30%, Inoh baby ben denstrictor from the Steinbart. Aqua- rum here today,---

The children apparently took to bears the small sign possed pear the bea's CLEO: Small boare usually

gentle, and make

• nios house pets."

An eye-witness said one of the children slipped the baby bos under his säte and the two children then walked off into the crowd.

France-Presse.

DOCKERS RETURN

TO WORK

New York, Nov. 28, lack

of understanding anong Bandung and the affairs of

Sixty thousand workers the big powers.

Egypt and Hungary.

returned to the docks do "The motives of our notion | the east and Galf active co-endatence and consts today siding, at

*(We are) neutral because wo learned at our own exponen how much it costs a small people were to join willingly or unwillingly

US-WEST

RIFT MUST

BE HEALED

or national sovorele

ties and non-interfarenIONS,

Frontier Error"

least temporarily, a strike that tied up American shipping for nine days.

The strike ended on Satur

Prince Sihanouk concluded: | day when a Federal court insu- "Our poople's soul has Justed 10-day Injunction ordering

adopted you instinctively. We the strikers back to work. The

veloping freely,

are sure that Chinese friendship injunction came after President will never prevent us from de- | Eisenhower Invoked the Taft. nor allenate Harley Labour law which pro- our Independence and integrity vides for an 80-day "cooling nor the Cambodian political and off period during which nego New York, Nov. 28.

democratic ideals,"

tlations can be reaumIMOTË. Earlier today Mr The rift between

Chou ald the present differences between

that United States and

its China and Burma were due to a Western friands as a result | frontier error,

He told an AFP correspon- of the Suez crisis must be

dent that he was vertain that repaired as rapidly as pos- during his visit to Burma, the sible, the External Affairs dife ences would be suitably | Ministers of Australia and worked out,

Chinese New Zealand declared to-

troops would b0 withdrawn from Burmese bor day.

Both Mr Richard Australia and Mr

Casey

of

der

artas, he said.

some

Me: Chou made the statement during visit to the Cambodian T.L. Mac-shing centre in the region of Donald of New Zealand Kompong Chunan. emphasised the importaute of miles northwest of Prompent, 60 close ties between the United accompanied by Prince Norodom States and Great Britain and the Stanouk and overal reporter Commonwealth countries.

Warm Welcome

Mr Casey, in brief outline of the British action in the Middle East, also stressed the point that tho antecedents 10 milltary activity went back several years. said that he felt that Isract had experienced extreme provocation for, its part and he further noted that President Nasser of Egypt had emerged from the present situation with his previously-stated objectives unchanged.

FAMILY BASIS

in a brief reply to Mr Casey's address, Mr Floyd Blair, Pre- aldent

the of

American- Austration Association. com- mented that although British and American policy might be considered on a "family""" basis, was important that any mem- ber of the family who took in- dividual action should advise the other members of the family in advance,

His reference was to Wash- ington charges that the United States was given no prior noti- fication of intended military

ntoves.

Business, manclai and Indus- trial leaders attended the private sceston in the University Člub,

Reykjavik, Nov. 28. Iceland's coalition gov.

Seated on the dals were ernment is under strong numerous Australian and New pressure to eject the Com-Zealand officials, Including Mr munists, it was reported

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"We are concerned about the here today. Canal's reopening because the Cape of Good Hope has

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The big Social Democratic resumed its Importance on the Party was becoming increasing sen route between East andly. restive about continued West," he said. "A number of operation with the Communist- ships have been using that sea dominated Labour Aillance. The In the next three weeks, Alliance has wo Communist route. It is estimated that this number Cabinet Ministers. will be trebled."

M

Social Democrat and former Communist Akt Tokobsson re-

John Hood, Australian repre- sentative at the UN Atomic Energy Conference; the Austra- Han Consul-General, Mr Josiah Francis: the New Zealand Consul-General, Mr T. Davini Professor K. H. Bailey. Solicitor General of Australia; and mem- bers of the Australian delegation to the United Nations-United Pross

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St Louis, Nov. 26.

A tight earthquake shook the j

Louis vie, Just night. cantling windows and dishes, The Trade Union's Congress

Time of the quake was 11.15 was

reported deeply P.M. EST. (0415 GMT"), divided over

Dr the Hungarian

Ross R. Heinrich,

professor bloodbath, and meetings and de- geophysics bates have been going on for six Louls University, sold such mild days on a proposed resolution of shocks were not unusual in sympathy for Hungary's freedom | Missouri, and average about fighters.—United Press.

three a year-United Press,

al St

The fact Louw said:

portedly demanded at a recem ST LOUIS SHAKEN remains that this pluces a very closed purty meeting that Pre- severt strains on our harbour's inter Hermon Jonussum otist the Peking. Nov. 26. and raltwONE. The additional Communists from the Cabinet The sale of poorly-made Income earned by the harbour because of Soviet Interference in

authority does not compensat Hingary, goods at the recent com- for the dislocation of the ports |modity_fair in Peking is and the effect on the country's

not likely to affect future conomy. Japanese trade with China,

"We welcome the reopening according to officials here. | of the Canal at the earliest

A spokesman of the China possible time," Committee for the Promotion of Mr Louw pointed out that International Trade said reports Britain and France had offered of unfair trade practices had to clear, the Canal at their own beers exaggerated and over expense and suggested that this stated and that only a minority offer be sortpied at me, of the goods offered for sale had

the Secretary proved to be faully and

Cama on report organisers had promptly

clearance appeared to reject

this offer, and also questioned who

to return the money for these

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Ho said General's

the

He called it a "trining affale" would bear the cost of And said there was no evidence Hammarskjold programme to the clear-

from this that Japanese goods hire outside firms for were bad or that Japanese busi- ing job. newnan had poor reputations.

PLAYED DOWN

The Chinese, who set great storp by the rebirth of · Sino-

Rules Ignored

Mr Louw noted that this work |

Ja anëse trade, are obviously may cost up to US$40 million playing down any such in- and he said that the authorisa

tion given. Mr Hammarskjöld on

cidents but it's likely saturday to proceed with his that the troubles nearly as arrangements

great as was reported in Tokyo.

could

There was no mention of it in on. #52pfamily moved UN ruler

the Chinese press, and fg there i pomioły

and the

Assembly quouing to return code farguito questionable justification had been great crowds lanarity" to francial burdane, be armort

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Captured Russian Tank

Mr Chou received 22 warm welcome from the local popula tion and members of the Chinese Colony.

The Communist Premier later

PRESS FOR EXTENSION The Government la expected to press for extension of the court order for the full 80 days. The strike tied up more than 200 ships and cost the States economy an estimated 20 United million

dollars sterling) a day.

(£7,140,000

dispute between

Moin Ingue In the contract

the Inter- national Longshoremen's Union and the New York Shipping Association was the union do. mand for a single contract with Gulf coasts, shippers along the Atlantic and

No date has yet been set for resumption of talks,-Reuter,

Tel Aviy, Nov. 26. The Gaza Municipal Counel! took up its duties and today in the presence of the Ismeli authorities,

The Municipal Council, made men under the In the day attended a tea party up of seven zhven by the International chuftmanship of the now mayor, Anniatice Control Commission El Shara, will for Indo-China.--Reuter and city's return

France-Presse,

Trance-Presse.

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organize the

to civilian life.-.

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