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Unpalatable, But Necessary
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Peter Thorneycroft's proposed cuts in Bri- tani's soelal services, v reduced fond subsidies and increased individuni CUNI- tributions towards the National Health Service will incense a lot of people In Britain who have come
to regard the benefits pro-
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1957.
MACHINE GUN BULLETS SPRAY STREETS: CROWDS SEE BATTLE-
SHOOTING DRAMA IN MIDDLE EAST CAPITAL
Syrian Exile Assassinated In Beirut
Beirut, Feb. 19.
A machine gun assassin today shot down a Syrian political vated by Weitare State leader who sought asylum here from two sentences of death
being invlulable. Socialist in his home country.
renctions to the ecONGMY measures have nireaty bren
A bail of machine gun fire killed the exiled
manifested in the Commons Syrian Popular Party leader, Col. Hassan Jadid, Now America
the issue Inevitably |
will figure largely in forth as he stepped out of his car in downtown Beirut.
coming by-elections,
una
That the government
deemed It necessary to introduce expenditure
social services i the nation's funncial MERI It also economic position.
savings on emphasises delicate
BRITAIN'S PLAN
FOR SUEZ
suggests that maintenuner | of a Welfare State cunnet be free of the strains and stresses created by nallomai emergencies. In the existing
London, Feb. 20. circumstances il ix Huicient for
The Daily Express poli- the British government tu practise tical correspondent reports economy in defence and ad- that Britain and other na ministrative
to tions which used the Suez costs, restrict credit and campaign Canal are to offer Egypt 50 for national savings: there per cent of Canal charges must be pruning in helds of expenditure.
payable by their shipping.
The money would cover Canal maintenance and Blve Egypt a small profit.
THE further elimination of
food
subsidies
hieve
CAR
Bever
vecasion no surprise.
The other half of the chipping The tall, would
go to compensate Conservatives
countries hit by Nasser's block- been favourably disposed Ing of the
Canal. Later this towards subsidies and have money would be diverted for already reduced many of Canal Improvement, them. They consider them This new deal has been work- to bo un unfair and un-ed out by Britain, France, the realistle burden the United States and Norway in national exchequer and consultation with other Suez
זנז
should therofore be
re.user
Tha
came
from
ser natioitiative moved, more particularly as Britain and the plan will be Britain's economy at this time afford to carry presented to Mr Dag Hammar- skjold for relay to Egypt. - London Express Service,
cannot
such an imposition. The government can argue a for an
fairly strong case
increase in public contribu- tions towards the National Health Service. It never intended to provide something for nothing, and
WITH
Plan Presented
Dar
New York, Feb. 18. Britain and three other Canal their plan for an Interim Suez user nations tonight presented as it can be demonstrated Canal arrangement to Mr that the cost of the service continues to increase, it not unreasonable to expect the beneficiaries Lo help
tammarskjold, UN Secretary- General.--China Mall Special.
meet the expanding cost. COMMON MARKET
In this direction the govern
ment can hope to withstand
criticism with some success.
THE hard fact which Mr
THE
AGREEMENT
Paris, Feb. 10.
Thorneycroft the Chan- Agreement on the terms of
cellor has to face, and which the economio union or common
the the country as a whole has | market
Prime between to apprecinte, is that despile, Ministers of France, West Ger-
Italy, Belgium, 'the most careful pruning, mar
the 1110 Luxembourg. Netherlands and civil expenditure for the N
West representing 160 million coming fiscal
year Will Europeans, was reached tonight, exceed that of 1956-67 by a
spokesman for the Dutch £110 million.
is It all delegation announced to repot- increase which the nation's ters. exchequer cannot afford and He said: "We have reached is the sole reason why the agreement on the rather difficult public will be naked lo problem of incluing the Afelcom endure, sacrifices in socia! territories in the common services.
market area. We have agrçesi upon the financial contribution
Police later killed his assassin, Izzet Shaal, in a framstle battle
k
in a block of flats in the heart the European quarter, after the ficeing Shan!
also had wounded pursuing taxi driver. Jadid's pollent party, which lands for a greater Syria, is outlawed both in Syria and in Lebanon.
'PLOTTED OVERTHROW
Jadid himself had been sen- teneed to death by Syrian courts, oner for the alleged shooting of officer and again for alleged plot to overthrow Syrian Government.
an
machine-gu
an
the
United Press staff correspon- desite
Bitur, said George
bullets of Syrlun manufacture, dated 1956, were scaltered about the street where Shnat shot Jodid.
IL
reported was
that the assassin had been rulling Jadid for the last month.
THE BATTLE
Jadid, who bought refuzo here last year, was riddled by machine aasassin's sub
the
gun bullets as he got out of lila "car in a quiet shopping street.
Taxi driver, John Murrad, chased the maquistu up fight of stairs, bas felt back. wounded by a burst from Shast's gun. the Then
gunman barri- caded himself behind a cir. cular window overlooking the sathering crowd of police and spectators three storeys below.
For 20 minutes Polles EX changed fire with the gunman i before he was finally shot dead.
POLITICAL REFUGEE
Police sald the assassin's vletim had been a political re- fugee in the Lebanon for the last two years and alleged that he had been implicated in the assassination of Colonel Adnun Malk!, Syrian
Chief of
Staff in April,
Jadid died en route to the American hospital here, while the gun battle wag in progress.
He was considered leader of the largest Conserva- anti-Communist parties in
of
Le
Live.
Syria
Syria has insisted, especially in recent weeks, that Lebanon hand over Jadid, and Lebanon's refusals have strained relations between the two countries.
FAME IN 1945
Shows Concern Over
HK Shirts
New York, Feb. 19. American shirt makers are showing concern about the rising "volume of im- ports from Hongkong, was disclosed today.
J. Seymour
Phillips, Chairman of the Japanese Imports Committee of the National Association of Shirt, Pyjama and Sports- wear Manufacturers, said the recent Japanese METERS sent to limit shirt exports to the United States may bo offset by shipments from Hongkong.
INCIPIENT THREAT
ile requested Marshall M. Smith, Deputy Assis- tant Secretary of Coth- merce, to call a meeting of the apparel inter-Industry committed to discuss the problem."
Ma Philips là thán Recording to trade reporta, US imports of Hongkong shirts made of Japanese cloth this year amount o about 420,000 'dopen, pared with 880,000 shipped from Japan in all of 1956.
Elther Japa
viota. Ing its self-imposed quokąs by using Hongkong "is_K diversionary port" or else at "incipient threat han arisen to the American industry," he said—United Press.
£850 TOURIST TRIPS TO CHINA
Eden To Undergo Emergency Treatment
London, Feb. 19.
A ship's doctor radioed from the South Pacific to- night that Sir Anthony
Eden had suffered a recur- rence of the gall bladder trouble which forced him to retire as Prime Minister six weeks ago.
Dr PekT Hinds, 27-year-old ship's surgeon, sent a message to London saying Sir Anthony of fever suffered two attacks during the last stage of his 33-day voyage.
Sir Anthony was confined to his cabin aboard the liner, Rangitata, as it sped the last 700 miles to Auckland, New Zealand. Ile will underzo emergency treatment after arrival there on Thursday.
Conservative colleagues of the former Prime Minister reported considerable "disquiet" over his condition.
Evans' Report
De Hinds, a young British
dent
on the makinta, deshow of
C
Price 20 Cents
RELAX IN
DAKS Whiteaways
།
Chinese Travel Bureau Chief Guilty Of Passport Racket
New York, Feb. 19.
A Chinese-American millionaire civic leader and World War 1 hero was convicted today on charges of heading a group which conspired to bring hundreds of Chinese into America illegally.
Blog Keo, 62-year-old Chinatown travel bureau operator, was found guilty of four counts of an indict- ment charging conspiracy to viotalo the Federal In- migration laws.
Kre WXA convleta? of using his travel agency sa a "front" in a conspiracy to ges Chinösa into the coliti- try between 1950 and 1052. during the Korean War sud armistice negotiations, by providing them with papers falsely claiming their parents were U.S. citizenn.
The falas passport claims allegedly were sold for $400 each, Kee was accused of clearing $23,000 during the two years,
The 11-day trial brought out that Kee, an expert on Immigration matters, Сп-
ployed a group of lawyers, doctor and hotary, publics.
The Inwyers allegedly wero Dick undisclosed sums for permitting Kee to sign their names to false doonments,
The doctors allegedly
necessary provided
in. formation stating would-bo immigrants were
the SAMO blood type as the
American citizens they claimed as parents.
الله
Keo at first denied charges against him, but with his when confronted income tax returns listing a number of fees, be admitted they мето for
passport He fa cod sentence of 20 years in gaol and a $30,000 fine-United Press,
nervloes. maximum
CYPRUS DEBATE IN UN
CEYLON SPEAKS
A
UP FOR BRITAIN
New York, Feb. 19.
Ceylon today upheld Britain's policy, of granting eventual self-government to her colonies and appealed to the Greek authorities to exhort terrorists in Cyprus to lay down their arms.
NASSER'S WAR WARNING
From JOHN WEAVER
Beirut, Feb, 19, Nasser is threatening to
start a new fight with Israel and keep the Suez Canal closed, sald Col Cyril Banks, MP, today.
Col Banks told me he met Nasser for an hour in his study yesterday and asked him; "What about the Canal?"
Nasser leaned back In his chule, folded his arms, smiled and Bald: "We have two choices if the Israelis don't withdraw from our territory.
PROPAGANDA WAR
"We could close the Canal to all shipping" or resume armed hostilles against laruel"
Nasser also spoke of plans to hot
up his propaganda war against Britain in the Middle East. He intends to have six more radio stations in action. nino altogether next week.
Не
"This is my attempt said: to combat Western propaganda, cgainst me. Why does not the West realise there is no future all of us continuing this pro-
we?"--London Ex press Service.
Jaganda
'NO SANCTIONS”
Washington, Pob, 19. The Senate Democratic policy.
đó nghAmerica's
1-
Mr R. S. S. Gunewardene, Turkey's claim to have a volce Ceylon's permanent representa in the Cyprus government. tive, told the United Nations He suggested that a Royal Politioni
today voted Committee in the Commission might be the best committed second day of its Cyprus debate way to "clear the art and work animously that it was an accepted British out a cooper relationsble ho deiagation, to the United Nations
Cypria Perty, Spchder of Aus; The majority leader, Senator
also defended Briti
began
It' Waspmot
Sir
Türkish minority, shit to oppopo ang grael REN
sanctions Repinst Lyndon
Johrison, announcing committee's, ection to the
The
the
party for
This of
his
conference
on
Josu
Eisenhower, at
With
Senator Johnson
the
om the White Hous tomorrow.
committee's
ittee's response to
the relapse to Sir Anthony's principle to lead all their terri-teen London physician, Sir Force toles to self-government in due Great Injority in
course. Evans..
He said the second of the two
"empty
which fever attacks was a condition of principle either, he said, Elling
a repir by Mr Evangelos Senate, sald he had sudden high fever, accompanied the attainment of Independence Averon-Tossizza, Grook For
by his own country, Burna, eign Minister, to yesterday's attacks of fever and India and Paidatan and the
British and Turideh statements. can be expected in a coming of new nation, "
ComTM Mr Averoff described person who has en infection of Gliana (the Gold Coast.)`
mander Allan Noble British the liver," saldi Sir Horace here.
operations Anthony underwent three year
ret
Tukdah deleration ago for obstractions in the bile
chairman, as advocates of lost cause.-Reutër. duct.
gave the ship's surgeon complete report before the ship salled and we have boon in sald close touch ever since,” Sir Horace. "There is no ques- tion of a malignant condition," -United Press,
a
Cey Minister of State, and Mr Selim request. 10, Buidance was to
Mr Gunewardene said on "dismissed" both Borddia and Greek annexation of the strike torn island. She also refected
Commons' Cyprus Debate: Govt's Policy Approved
NO BLACKOUT Commons at night approved genoo" and put off the day
London, Feb. 19. Agreement to accept arbitra- tion was reached tonight in a pay dispute which had threa- tened to black out British homes and seriously disrupt industry, Cost of granting the associa tion's demand In full would amount to well over £1 million the a year-Reuler,
Paris, Feb. 19. More than 150 people have applied to join the first tour to Communist Jndid and his political col China organised from leagues lost power during Syria's last revolution Political Western World, the French observers bellevo Syria is now travel agency organising the run, behind the scenes, by trip reported today. Army-Leftist coalition,
which
I will cost £850 a head, is forcing Conservatives into The trip, organised in ogrce- ment with the Chinese govern- comTM Jadid Joined the Popularment, will take tourists on
Parly of Syria in 1037. He combined tourism and pleasure goined fame in 1045 when he led an attack against the French our lasting 45 days in bastion of Tel Kalak, the only:
The agency suld the tourists French position to surrender:
would fly to Hongkong with unconditionally during the stopg
for sightseeing at Istanbul, treed Syria Bagdad, New
Delhi and Calcutta.
It would be incorrect to regard to be made by each member of exile.
the current situation as a
the common market
threat to the existence of munity."Reuter,
the Welfare State. That will survive because it has become an integral part of Britain's social fabric.
But
of
it would appear that tem- porary readjustments the system aro inevitable under certain circumstances, and especially when the nation's economy is strained and uncertain of itself. What Mr Thorneycroft is now asking the people of Britain to accept is almost certainly what any other government, under the prevailing cir- cumstances, would have to put before the antion. The economy pill may be un-)
one that palatable, but in
. most people would agree is
necessary at this time.
Awoke
Bank Collapses:
50 Feared Dead
Rio de Janeiro, Feb. 19. 'The Federal Savings Bank building in the heart of Rio de Janeiro collapsed this afternoon with an estimated 80 people in- side,
Oliola's believed that the. denili toll might be as high as 50.
At least 35 people in the street wtre. injured by the flying debris NA building .compitiely col- lapard-Reuter,
In His Coffin!
Madrid, Feb. 19.·
A 79-year-old Spaniard, Simon Sanz, of Burgo De Osma, woke up in his coffin today, five hours after falling Into a death-like coma which led his relatives to believe he was dead.
1.
Ils-familly bought a coffin In
readiness when he tell some days ago. Believing ho had stopped breathing, the wrapped him in al relativey
shroud, and put him in the
revolution which from French rule.
c
sunimer.
a
the
He was decorated for bravery After Hongkong they would
in the Palestine war, and in have two cholecs: 1940 was made chief of the Syrian-Israeli Mixed Armistice
And
Hongkong-Tokyo with a visit to the Tokyo falr Commission. In 1952 he become being held between May & and Syrian military attache to the May 19 and a ten-day stay in United Nations and later head of Japan, returning to France by the Syrian military academy. way of Peking, Moscow
But on April 16, 1855, Jadid, Prague then a major, was ousted from
* the army for his righust politics. just two weeks before the mur der of the deputy Chief of Staff Col. Adnan Malki. United Press and Reuter.
#
Hongkong Canton Shanghai- Peking. by Chinese air lines or railway.
lay in Peking and retum by way of Moscow with eight hours flight in twin-jet TU104 plane of the Soviet airways, Aeroflot,
Helicopters For Ike from Peking to Moscow.
Washington, Feb. 19.. Travel agency officials said to- The White House plans tonight they could only take, the set up a special helicopter first twenty of the 150, who had savice shortly to ferry Pre-applied to go on the trip. Aldent Elsenhower between the Router. White HousO and. Washington. national airport, it was learned" today United Press.
''No H-Tost' Plea
London, Feb. 10.
Soviet Move
New York, Feb,119. The Soviet Unions had
pro
The British Liberal Party pared. its own demand to the committee, meeting at the House Unked Nations for the 'Imposi collin.
of Commons, today, urged the tion of sanctions against Israel When the old man returned to Government to cancel the pro- for non-compliance with the consciousness his friends and posed Hydrogen bomb tests at General Assembly withdrawal relatives began a joyous cele-Christmas Island next month.-requests, delegation sources said bration--France-Presse :
today __Neuter,
VIA
1-
a letter endorse unanimously he wrote Mr John Foster Dulles on February 11 in which he mold: "It is my hope that you will infuct the American de- tegation to the United Nationa to oppose with "all its skill such a proposat (sanctions) if it in formally made."
at
IKE RETURNS IN LONDON the House of; government in their "atransi-
Meanwhile President Elsen- the Government's policy in when peace in Cyprus could be hower returned here today from
headquarters Cyprus by 307 votes to £53, * | hapéɖ] for,
Governmental holiday
Thomasville, Georgia, Heim- spokesman said, majority of 54.
mediately went to the White The chief point made by Lim bour spokesmen was that the. Mr. Lennox-Boyd the Colonial House and talked with Mr John Government should negotiate Sceretary, said no one wanted Foster Dulles.
the exiled ̈ Archbishop} to see partition
The President is to decid of Cyprus but
America will with
Israel to force it Makarios. But this was turned it would be "very foolish if we what new setica down,
did not recognise we may have take against
its troops from This would only encourage to come to that conclusion to withdraw the terrorists and the Greek Reuter.
Egyptian territory,-Rouler.
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