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COMMENT OF

THE DAY

Disarmament

THE

five-power sub-

Tcommittee, which works

under the authority of the United Nationa Disarm- ament Commission, is about 10 meet again in London. Mir Stassen, the United States representative, has left for the talks armed with a new Ava-point plan, indicating that the Western delegates will set to work with deter mination to achieve con- structive, practical results;. the Soviet attitude remains in doubt. During the last ten

years

there has been su much talk About disarmament. with little tangible result, that many have become confused and sceptical about the whole insue. They are confused, because so many different disarm- ament plans have been put forward, sometimes differ. ing only in detail; and sceptical, partly because they are confused, partly because they have lost faith In the sincerity of Russing declarations. It is felt that Ho long na the Soviet govern. ment uses the disarmament issue chiefly an a

propa- ganda weapon against the West, there is little hope of ргостова.

ISARMAMENT, however,

DISAR

is not just a matter of words and technicalities,

Union

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RELAX

CHINA MAIL

No. 36690.

UNIONS

London, Mar. 13. leaders of Britaja'm 200.000 shipyard workers to- night prepared final plans for a national strike which will halt work on contracts worth millions of pounds,

belt mood gave to hope that

much can now be done to stop the country's booming shipyards falling silent from noon on Saturday.

Employers were equally

do- termined not to grant the ten per cent wage increase claimed by the unions.

Established 1845

THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1957.

DETERMINED TO PRESS

The cost of the claims by ship- builders and engineers Ett estimated at more than £110 million a year.

Employers have warned that it

Britain's exporting be im- proved prices must be cut ---- not increased.

There was also no sign of com- promieu in the threat of a strike by 2,500,000 general engineering

workers fighting employers for a similar pay

Increase,

WORK WILL HALT ON

VALUABLE ORDERS

Union chiefs will deelde, on Friday their plana for a stop- page which some industrial eireles say may deliver the heaviest blow to British In- dustry since the 1020 general | strike.

The threatened striices were discussed between Mr Jain Macleod, the Labour Minister, and Mr Harold Macman, Prime Minister, this morning. Mr Macleod also met leaders of both the chipbuilding unlona

Attackers Penetrate Lobby In

Bid To Oust Cuban Leader

REBELS

IN DARING RAID

ON PRESIDENT'S PALACE

35 Reported Killed In Sharp Fighting

Havana, Mar. 13.

Rebels attacked President Fulgencio Batista's Presidential palace with submachine guns; rifles, pístols and hand grenades this afternoon. The first wave of the surprise assault swept into the palace lobby before being repulsed after an hour of bloody fighting.

Canal

Men cluding an American tourist. A second American

To Check

Tonnage Of Ships

or an unrent propaganda issue. It is a very real and vital subject; and the hard renlities of selentine and technical progress on the one hand, and economic necessity on the other, are alrendy impolling many countries in the direction of disarmamcat. Throughout the long years of argument and, debate over disarmament, the biggest stumbling-block has been the issue of effective inter- national control. On other innon sho: West and Russia have come fairly close

times; at

for together example, if the question of

Cairo, Mar. 13. the manpower limits of

Officials of the Egyptian armed forces could be taken

Canal authority will, meà. Isolation, in

agreement i could probably be reached. sure the tonnage of ships Over the key question of using the Canal before tran- control, however, there has sit is allowed. always been a fundamental difference.

erveisi issue Another

IN nuclear disarmament, For long the chief Soviet aim was to deprive the West of the use of its greatest deter ront to aggression--the nuclear weapon. But since Rusala has come to possess her own nuclear weapons, her attitude hus become somewhat more realistic. She has already frankly ad mitled there is so far no means of detecting hidden stockpiles; on the other

A Canal authority circular advised shipping companies of this today.

The Canal is now open

hips up to 500 tons.

to

The measurement of tonnage would be made in order to as sess tolls.

Two ships, one Grect and one Italian, of more than 300 tons (below which no tolly are charged) are expected t Port will Said tonight, and omelais

and measure the ships' tonnige establish the tolls due.

WEEK'S JOB

(A spokesman for Lloyds In

►

of

RUSSIAN BID

TO INTIMIDATE HUNGARIANS

and the employers.

‚ Price · 20-¡Cents

DAKS

IN ALTERN TRINKERS

Whiteaways

STRIKE

not

The union representatives told

him formally they could accept his proposal that they should submit their wage claim to an official arbitrator,

The caplayers refused to Kay whether they favoured arbitra- tion after their talks with Mr Macleod. A full scale motting of employers will discuss possibilities tomorrow, Millions of pounds worth of

oversena orders are expreted Lo be hit by the shipyard

Arabs Blow

Up Railway In Gaza

Gaza, Mar. 13.

A railway line inside the Gaza strip was blown up last night, a Norwegian Major of the United Na tlons Emergency Force said today.

He said the

line was blown

up by Arabe in protest against the use of the line by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to transport supplies, from the Israeli port of Haifa to Gaza.

Last

It was reported meanwille that a UN, 'patrol

night arrested three Arab Fedaycen (commandos) as they attempted to infitrate into Israel. The Fedayeca were carrying ex- plosives and were armed with submachine guns,

A Scandinavian

vian officer of the

Danish - Norwegian battalion, stationed in Gama, told Agence Budapest, Mar. 13. !

France-Presse that "all of Gaza:] About 5,000 Soviet, troops is led with arms. I have secu paraded ncar

Budapest's children from 10 to 14 yours old Heroes Square today in carrying rifles and suimanchine their first show of strength guns - In the, strosts.”—France-, since the Hungarian Gov- Press,

At least 36 persons were reported killed, in-

tourist was wounded. Reliable sources 'said 20 of the dead were members of the Palace Guard.

Hundreds of tourists caught city and soldiers were patrolitog in the open when the fighting Prado Boulevard searching out started scurried for the shelter | remalting rebels.

the adjoining. Hotel Sovila Baltimore, which promptly locis-Francis MoCarthy

United Press correspondent ernment's tightened security was among precautions against possible ed and bolted all its doors.

those caught in the surprise burst trouble on the "Ides of General Francisco Tabernilip, head of the Cuban Army, an-

most March" on Friday," of gunfire and witnessed of the battle from the shelter of nounced inter tonight that

piliar a concrete the attack had been suppressed street from the

Two columns of marching across the

Russian Palace before | armed

infantrymen and that President Batista and finally reaching the hotel. converged on the square. his family were unharmed.

"I saw two of the attackers Others rode by in lorries and killed while firing at the Palace a patrol of about 18 motorcycles from behind a truck, and a with machine guns mounted on third cut down as he attempted their side cars roared past. to run for it across Zayns Park ACTOSS the street from the Hungarians stopped to watch No incidents were Palace," he said in a cable dis- in silence. patch,

reported.

GRENADES THROWN

stoppage, but a Shipbuilding Employers Federation omcini Bald it was Impossible to gauge accurately the damage the industry might suffer. Most firms had orders on which there would be delays. He said It was doubtful whether Ger- many or Japan would accept any orders transferred from Britain because they were already experiencing delivery difficulties.

"The strike may harm our pre- alige more than anything," he said.-Reuter.

Showgirl's Protost

LADY GODIVA

RIDES THROUGH PICCADILLY

Loudon, Mar. 13.

A 22-year-old blonde mounted on a horse rodo around London's bully Piccadilly Circus today nude, but for the briefest of panties.

The girl, Geraldine Halgh,

sino wore a long wig to

cover some of her other charms.

Her ride through Pfocadilly Circus - hub of the fashionable West End-

protest against Britain's Migh tax on .pabilo entertainments, She claims to have been - dźwiown out of work at s

showgirt by faxation, and the ride--cut short by: the Police,swas ner less public performance before beginning, a' job as a night-club: barmaid.. -China Mal] Special.

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INDONESIA

CRISIS:

PRESIDENT'S

MOVE

Djakarta, Mar. 14. President Sukarno today declared a state of war and slego throughput Indonesia. to meet Indonesia's worst crisis in its soven years 08 a free nation.

The President said: "Due to tho situation in Indonesia, I proclaim a state of siege and war." Earlier today, the Indo- nesian Premier, Dr All S01- troamidjajo, and his Government decided to resign under pres gure of Army revolts which had rejected its authority in almost

every island but Java. Dr Sastroamidjojo is expected cnd second term as Pre- mier this morning when he and his Cabinet hand their resigna- tions in to President Sukarnie.

fo

his

Sources predicted that Dr Sukarno would announce a new master plan for the political future of the Republic after he has accepted the resignations.

And So To Bed

the

The announcement of the panding resignations was made after a tense four-and-a-hali- hour Cabinet session.

After

mooring | Sastreamidjojo: came"

the hot tropics night and told waiting correspondents:

We

to

out into

will hand in our mandate

Sukamo President,

this

morning. We will continue as a caretaiçer govemment pending formations of h

government

"Now we are going"""to" bod," Deputy Prender Idham Chald told reporters-that, the... Cabinet had attempted to reshuffle, Ita membership lied United during the last long „necting":

Press

Up Go Freight Rates Cypriot Hanged

***Nicosia, Mar. 13.

London, Mar.18. of rising costs.

A Greek Cypriot convictes of The Far Eastern freight con

rate increases on They any erence, the Japan outward most commodities will be effec- carrying a firearm was hanged freight conference and the tive from May 1. However, fron in the City Geol tonight despite conference and steel rates and the charter a last-minute appeal by the Pallippines-Europe.

Greek Cypriot Mayor of the announce a general increase in ing surcharge affecting them are eity for meres. freight rates in the trades from being adjusted at once,

Inside the prison, convicts President Balista, whose

Britain, North Continent and Genuine forward bookings were singing hymns and the Scandinavia. offices are on the third floor of

will be protected at the booked Greek national anthem and the heavily guarded Palace, was

do not give rates.

wails, as the banging on the reported to have

details of actual increases which been inside

The Suez surcharge of: 15 per hanging took place. the building throughout the

120 necessary they say because leent continues-Reuter,

Preza.

battic.

The attackers totalled between 15 and 20 and were presumed to be student revolutionarles.

Havana, Mar. 13. The police late to. night seized the Uni- versity of Havana and the headquarters of the Cuban Federation of Labour-United Press,

hand, It Is generally London sad to assess a ship's accepted that control of tonnage "from scratch" would They

launched their attack

and Police troops guarding the

future nuclear production take ut letst a week, given against almost 100 crack Army may be practicable. Pro-sufficient staff. The breadth had gressive mensures of to be measured at 12 or 13 polots palace.

the ship's side, and at

nuclear disarmament therefore possible.

along are

THERE remains a final im-

portant question, Disarm

ament cannot be dealt with

different levels,

The only other method was to accept the ship's official tonnage, which is contained in ships docu- ments. Shlus also carried a Suez Canal tonnnge certificate).

Several of the attackers throw grenades at the soldiers but their aim was not accurate.

At 6 p.m.

tank

One of the dead was ident- fed as Jose Antonio Hechevor- ria, President of the University Students Federation, who had recently been in hiding.-United Press.

SINGAPORE

TALKS

CLEAR ONE ·

HURDLE

London, Mar, 13.

The second plenary sesalon of

Until now Russian troops have remained in the background as the Hungarian authorlikes began preparing for Friday's celebra- tions of the anniversary of the outbreak of Hungary's 1848 rc- volution against the Austrian Hapsburg monarchy,

There have been reports of planned anti-government demon- strations on this day and talk of ▸ new uprising like

the Hungarian revolt last October and November. China Mail Special.

AMERICA MAY

the Singapore constitutional BUY COFFIN OF

talks disposed of the first of column the seven points of the agenda

opened up heavy ring at vari- this evening, during a two- TUTANKHAMEN

out

snipers

More than rn hour later huge explosions apparently either bombe or mortar Are-were heard near the Palace.

ous buildings on 'Zulueta Street hour session at Carlton House

the Sevila Balmore, Terrace in London,

Washington, Mar. 13. The matters covered by this The State Department spoke- White today first point were "agreed with man Mr Lincoln certain modifications" on the refused to comment on reports basis of the constitutional pro- that the United States might buy posals made by the Britisn the golden coffin and musk of Government in February of last King Tutankhamen from Egypt. was year.

this Reports

Paris from The second and most im- moming said Egyptian finances portant point--internal security-- were in such a bad shape that will come up for

discussion at President Nasser was negotiat- tomorrow afternoon, France-relies the next meeting, scheduled for ing for the sale of the priceless

discovered in 1922, United Press,

in isolation from the wider

A Port Said report said the behind relationships between the Arst ship to pay transit fees to apparently trying to fush leading countries of the the Egyptian Canal authority world. No government since French and British troops maintains a high level of landed in Egypt last autumn armaments, thereby im- passed through the Suez Canal poverishing its own people, today. unless it is planning agres-

The Presidential Palace The ship was the 411-ton ringed by a dozen light tanks in sion, or fears aggression. Lebanese sailing ship "Abdel Why the Western powers Kader." bound from. Tripoli to Park and neighbouring

groups of three circling Zayas

block had to halt their" post-war | Jeddah with a cargo of wood, demobilisation and re-arm. The transit fees were paid in Tanks blocked all streets leading search for rebel escapees. in well known: they feared Lebanese pounds.-Ching Mail to the Palace, Soviet aggression. And Special and France-Presso,

while this fear is now less acuto, there is stil 巍 dangerous Inck of political confidence and understand- ing between the West and Runala. Posalbly a start can be made un agreed disarmament before there has been pro- gress over political issues Reparating the two sides.

BID TO END CONCUBINAGE

IN COLONY

London, Mar. 13,

A Labour momber; Mr

in

a

APPEAL FOR HELP

Presse.

At the height of the Aghing, MP's Questions On HK

group of unidentifed men,

bellaved to be students, attack-

a

4

Answered In Commons

od the suburben Vexiado Radio station building. They killed policeman and tried to read proclamation over the air but were cut off immediately.

London, Mar. 13. kitchens and camps and by Just before 4p.m., Cosme Voras, The number of Chiness of all voluntary agencies, Commander

the

John Rankin, Labour, The West would be happy Albert Roberts, urged the Guard, appealed. for reinforer Hongkong during 1958 was onlod how many Inhabitants of

Palace categories recorded as entering – Mr to make such a beginning. Government in the House of monts, saying some of the at-1,437,000, Mr John Profumo, the Hongkong had been refused per The further stages of dia Commons today to make teckers were still within the Colonial Under Secretary, sald mission to occupy rooftop armament will not be concubinage, in Hongkong Palaco

in a Parliamentary reply today. dwellings

under the latest practicable, until at least illegal,

Police reinforcemente poured About 1,338,000 Chinoso were legalation and how many had Home of the political issues Mr.John Profumo, Colonial in from two downtown stations recorded as leaving. The number been provided with aliemailpa

aleng have been solved. Only Under-Secretary, replied: callos: from the nearby Naval ment was 334,000, about 100 of

eng with two truckloads of of squatters awaiting resettle accommodation,

“Mr. Profumo said :458 rooftop then will there be an atmo "Modem ideas are gradually headquarters. The enure force whom were living in caves futs had been demolished. The sphore of international

make extonalve disarm- ament.A sato and wise to be the best way to deal policy.

understanding which will doing away with concubina also deployed at the scene, figures were available for un-people

of 85 Police prow! CRTs were MeProfumo, said no rellable would probably have held 1,800 and, I think that may prova York firkig ?wse" milli tón del tukaz people *: through tion could be provided “jor rea“.

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