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HK And The Law
chief justices of Hong-
Font have delivered such
a Ahoughtful, constructive and comprehensive analysis of the intimute and im- reinionship portant
between the lity and the community as that given by Mr Justice Hogan at Thursday's opening of the 1957 ussizes. The general public as well as all sections of the legal pro- fession should be able to derive considerable inspira- tion from the address, as well as
deeper appreciu- tion of the value of merging
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1957,
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SOCIALISTS UP IN ARMS
Method Of
Deplore
Choosing New PM
QUEEN'S POSITION
London, Jan, 11.
Signs of a political row appeared tonight over the way in which Queen Elizabeth was forced yesterday into the delicate position of having to choose between Mr Harold Macmillan and Mr R. A. Butler for Prime Minister. cloner the Western concepts of law and of individual freedom with
even
Chinese culture and ability. The Chief Justice's philoso- phical observations occupied A rightful place in his address, but not at the ex- pense of more hard, prac ilent matters. Thus the Colony learns with satin-
Labour Party chiefs, at a specially-called meeting of their "shadow cabinet” parliamentary committee expressed the fear that the Crown had been brought into party politics "in a most-undesirable way."
Speakers, including leftwinger Aneurin Bevan, complained that the Con
Monkeys Stage Hunger Strike
Calcutta, Jan, 11.
A shipment of 31 mon. keys, hold under 蹦
death" "sentence of
Dumdum airport in Cal- outla
started today hunger-strike. The mon- keys. being flown froen Ilongkong
Holland,
were held in quarantine
the
they
here without proof were free of yellow fever, If the certificates do not seven days, Dome within
monkeys will be destroyed, if they have not starved themselves to death before that time--- France-Press.
servative Party had imposed on the Queen a delicate task she should not have WAY CLEARED
been asked to discharge.
faction that positive action IKE READY
is to be taken this year to solve
the problem of con- TO SEE
gested courts and to do
away with the unsatisfac-
They pointed out that the rank and Ale of the Conservative Parly had not yet selected a new leader to succeed Sir Anthony Eden, The Queen had had to do so for them.
They
to that the two statesman would be alone.
Earlier today, Macmillon cop- ferred with eight persons: Lord
Seal, Richard Privy Education Minister, Sir David
Butler
tory system of mass pleas MACMILLAN Conservatives det at it any Eccles, Colonial Secretary, Alan
It has been decided that the
problem can best be solved
by decentralising the present
magistracies,
Washington, Jan. 11. President Eisenhower is to invite Mr though it is presumed this preparing also involves an increased Harold Macmillan, Britain's number of courts. Zoning new Prime Minister, to of the new courts is a come to Washington soon rational proposition and for talks on world affairs, possesses obvious merits: It WDS learned from a
courts out of one old one
in the
the creation of three new highly-placed source tonight,
Supreme Court
A meeting within six weeks building is ingenious, There or so is a definite possibility, as remains the question of far ng Mr
Eisenhower is con- personnel. The assumption cerned, but the timing will de
Government
on Mr has pend that either enrolled them or istomillar's commitme do on the
"President's own schedule, confident of successful re- cruitment.
is
as much
Mac-
Mr Elsenhower will bẹ happy to see Mr Macmillan whenever he can come to Washington, 1 was authoritatively learned.
NO MOVE YET
The President has decided to move in this make no formal matter until certain formalities have been completed in London.
These are:
to Mr Lennox-Boyd, President of the Macmilan they can do so only Board of Trade, Peter Thorney- by Anding fault with the Queen's croft, the Lord Chancellor, Lord cholce,
Kilmuir, Secretary for Scotland, If by any chance the Conser James Stuart, Foreign Secretary Lloyd, and Derick valve Party was to reject MSelwyn Macmillan as leader, again the Heathcoat-Amory, Minister reflection would be on the Agriculture. Queen,
The Labour leaders appre- herself ciate that the Queen neted in a perfectly proper con-
Conservatives, by failing to indicate clearly who was their leader, put her in an unfortunate position.
think the stitutional mariner, But they
Mr James Griffiths, deputy Labour leader, telephoned the the United States, who is in party lender Mr Hugh Gaitske), after the meeting.
A statement was issued saying the committee had met to dis- cuss the situation arising from the resignation of Sir Anthony Eden and the appointment of Mr Macmillan.
of
FOR CANAL
DISCUSSIONS
United Nations, Jan. 11. Spokesman for the British and American delegations in the United Nations today sold the way was now cleared for fresh discussioria on the status of the Suez Canal,
The British spokesman sald that thonics to the work of the Mr Dog Secretary General, Hammarskjold, the talks on the Canal's status could be resumes speedily unless fresh obstacles arise,
Political circles belleved that Macmillan was only at the "dis- cussion stage" of the formation of his new government, In. his selectione for the two key puls Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary the new Prime Minister will probably have to take into account the The spokesman declined to say two "tractions" of his Conser-where, when and how the talks would be resumed but said that evidently they should include major users of the Canal.
vative Party.
Political direles mentioned the names of Butler, Thorney croft, and Heathcoat-Amory in connection with .. the Foreign
Office post,
Has Best Chance
The American apolitsmon sald the United States delegation expects the talks to be resumed. rapidly, with Egypt, France, and Britain taking part.
NOT INSISTING
Integration Brings More Violence
RELAX IN
DAKS Whiteaways
THE BARBES ERIJON
YEMENITES INVADE ADEN PROTECTORATE
London, Jan. 11.
Official reports reaching London from the British protectorate of Aden confirmed today that Yemeni "dissident” forces and regular troops have invaded the two Emirates of Dhala and Belkan in Violence n the South's bus Western Aden. Fighting was taking place in both integration controversy broke
Allania, Jan, 11.
out in another city today and a areas, the reports stated.
Federal judge's ruling posed a This is the largest action so far officially new thred to school reported.
homoline,
4
ort
At
ono
time
Flaming bottles of similar to the
Reports from the Aden, gov- (Mr Hare, of World "Molotov cocktails"
ernment stated that the Yemeni | American Charge d'Affaires in War II, were tossed at a chy Government had reinforced the the Yemen is due to leave Cairo bus in Chattanooga, Tennessee garrison of Qataba, the tomorrow morning for Washing- No one was hurt and there was northwest border of the protector for consultations with his to damage.
in Mobile, Alabama, of the disturbances which they
tomte in order to keep control government.) Police
According kop! a night-long watch over a
to the 'Jalest have caused in the area.” negro integration leader's home
despatches Abu Taleb had re- The Foreign Office was tom fter on anonymous telephon
ceived from Yemen late tonight opposed to bringing "the British have launched a new call wamed that a bombing was
night still the Yemen altuation before the attack against the Sennah area imuninent.
United Nations or asking for UN which has been taken as base. The
the Rev. J. observers to visit the scenes of for shelling the town of Qataba," Leldre, found an unexploded conflict..
Cairo radio Bald. — France- dynamite bomb an his front
These solutions have been Presso and Reuter, porch yesterday morning and a urged by the influential British caller told
bomber newspaper, The Times and sup would return and do "a better ported by some Labour Party, Job" Leflore is head of a negro leuxiers. group secking Integration on Mobile buses.
him the
Taleb,
Criticism At
Egypt The Kremlin
APPEAL TO US Abdel Rahman Abu A SETBACK
Yemeni Ambassador Southern states ciforts to has asked the American Am- Supreme Court's bassador in Cairo for "American sidestep the school integration decision re-intervention to stop the British celved a sedack as Virginki, A
Yemen aggression against Federal judge in Norfolk ruled Cairo radio said tonight.
is
Moscow, Jan. 11.- Soviet ministers and leaders of various branches of industry
that a pupil placement plan the Mr Tuleb also asked the strongly criticised the poor Virginia legislature devised to American Ambassador, Mr Ray-organisation of many aspects of maintain segregation in schoola |
unconstitutional
Hare, mond
tonight to inform Soviet oconomie life at a mesi- Judge Walter E. Hoffman mase cially of the seriousness of the
Ute American government ofling held recently in Moscow, it
was learned today. the ruling in tubig down mposition in Yemen owing to the Оле speaker said that with tions for dismissal of us in British aggression against her bater organisation, the Federated ed at overturning segregation in south
Rusdan Republie would have Norfolk
southern territories." and Newport News He told Mr H
Hare that "Yemen produced goods worth 1,343,000,- Schools,
will see herself forced to accept 000 roubles during 1058, rather Bombings in Montgomery, Ala- the assistance offered to her by than the 840,000,000 roubles bama, and arrests of six egro her friends from various coun- warth
that
actually ministers in Atlanta halted allies, in which case the situa
produced bus riding integrated
They in the tion in the Middle East would
adopted a resolution Deep South.-United Press.
pledging to carry out directives plicated," Cairo radio said of the Communist Party central
committee calling for greater · ENVOY LEAVING
radicalisation mid organisation United Nations, Jan. 11. Cairo Radio said, the Yemeni of Industries-France-Presso, Egypt today, requested an Charge d'Affaires "then asked urgent meeting of the UN the American Ambassador for General Assembly to study the the intervention of the American question of the maintained pre-government which L concerned Fence of Iswdell troops on with preserving peace in the Egyptian territory, contrary to Middle East to induco Britain to Assembly's resolutions-stop her aggression against the
peaceful Yemeni people." France-Presse.
Egypt's Request
However, certain observers remarked that the appointment of Butler to this post would The United States does not seem to be a condemnation of Insist at present that the issues the policy of intervention in should be raised in the General the und
Egypt, which Butler opposed.
Assembly on the basis of the They
sald that Heathcoat-
American Amory also opposed the Egypsetting up a special Suez Canal proposal, almed, at tian intervention,
Оп the subject of crime in the Colony the Chief Justice had to be less cheerful, The incidence is undeniably high, yet it enn in the mull be attributed to extraor- dinary circumstances Conditions--our artißeinily inflated population caused by the ingress of masses of refugees and the attendant
ecompletion 1. The problems of overcrowding, Cabinet re-shuling expected to poverty, unemployment and be undertaken by the Prime lowered moral standards. Minister. Under such circumstances it would seem the most the
of the
ง.!
2. Parliamentary approval
Macmillan'a Mr
govemment
The committee is examining further the constitutional in- plications of the way in which this change was brought about," One Way Out
was
Much of the discussion based on an editorial in the Times today which Bald that ultimate responsiblity for choice of Mr Macmillon was the Queen's alone and that time and
she had judged
forces of law and order, can | through the traditional vote of events would show how wisely probably remain Lord Privy that the
do is to keep the incidence confidence in a new administra-
of crime within what can { 110.—Reuter,
be considered reasonable
limits. A distressing feature
is the prevalence of deal-
ings in dangerous drugs: Expelled From Libya
unhappily there does not appear to be any easy or quick method of eliminat-
evil. Ing this
Never theless, the picture painted by the Chief Justice has more bright than sombre colours.
The
Tunis, Jan. 11. Salah Ben Youssef, a former leader of the ultra-nationalist
Party Tunision Neo-Destour was expelled today from Libya, the Tunisian Information office disclosed tonight. France
Presse.
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The Labour leaders think there is only one way in which the constitutional difficulty can now, be surmounted.
say Mr Macmillan
dissolve parliament for д General election and give the country the opportunity making its own choice of a Prime Minister.
If the election were held would be quickly, the Crown automatically rellevad of the embarrassment caused to it, the socialists angie.-Router,
should at once ask the Queen to
Day Of Talks
of
London, Jan. 11. British Prime Minister, Haroid Macmillan, ended a long day of consultations today with a pel- vate dinner with former Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill tonight.
Macmillan arrived at Sir Winston's London residenco shortly before 8.30 tonight. Lady Churchill left the house at 7.30
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Spy Ring Broken Up
Trieste, Jan. 11. Italian police and counter-intelligence agents cracked down tonight on a large spy ring operating in this area on the Yugoslav border.
Return Arms Order
Djakarin, Jan, 11.,
in Medan, the Civilians capital of North Sumatra were given until January 24 to turn in their arms penalty of death,
reporta today saith.
received here According to the report, civilians in the central area of the revolt, against the Central Government were ordered to return their arms to the police or the army-United Press,
It therefore seemed that Peter committee, the spokesman added. Thorneycroft had the best The spokesman said the chance of being named Foreign American delegation was
these
sources said, antisfied with the headway made added that Butler would
in clearing the Suez Canal and work was ahead of title Mme Minister,
and Seal,
get the official schedule. Informed sources had also The Canal may be reopened mentiched
an international ogree- Sandys, before
At least ten, and possibly 15, persons, including a Minister of Town and Countryment on its status has been police inspector, were detained in the large-scale operation Planning. and scr-in-law of | concluded, the spokesman added. } which has been going on for several days and had been Churchill, as a candidate for the He said the American delega- prepared for months.
A total of 10 Algerian rebels Foreign Once past, but he was tion seeks rapid withdrawal of
were killed in several clashes Police refused to give detalls reveal the name of the "foreign with French troops, today in not among the persons received Israeli troops from Egypt,
declined to by Macmillan today.
say whether an of the action except for a terse power" for which the men were the Kabylia and greater Kabylia Assembly debate on this issue communique
said: "In working, the press left little areas. would be ilmely at present. these days persons are being de deubt that it wae Yugoslavia. One soldier was killed' and The Asian-African group intained who have been proved to Newspaper reports said one of three others него wounded the UN is reportedly seeking belong to a spy ring operating the zing's tasks was to spy on slightly in the operations. such a debate, France-Presse, for a foreign power in this terrefugees from Yugoslavia Troops seized several robel
ritory and adjoining areas." United Press.
weapons.—France-Presse,
Mr Macmillan will probably not announce to the Queen the composition of his Cabinet until Sunday evening, political circles said-France-Presse.
EXPOSES POLITICAL PLOT
Prompenh, Cambodia, Jan. 11.
Не
Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ex-King and ex-Prime Minister of Cambodia, said today he had been informed a police inmurrection, financed by foreign ospital, was being prepared with "myself and Bangkum (the ruling party) their permanent objectives."
The prince, opening the fourth session of the Bangkum (Popular Socialist Community) of which he is President, insisted on the need for a monazohy, otherwise “anarchy or slavery in Inevitable,”
(He abdicated from the throne last year in favour of hle father in order to found the Bangkum, which subsequently swept the polls to gain all 91 wents in the National Assembly,)--Beuter,
which
The communique said no further information
could be given in order to "safeguard the supreme national interest".
But
well-informed BOUTICS the crackdown tended to six cities in northeas Italy. They said those ar rested Included a 30-year-old police inspector in Trieste. who was believed to be the brains of The ring, and policemen ia Gorizin and another policeman in Venice.
While the police did not
CLASHES TOLL
Algiers, Jan:-11.
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